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Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Nonproliferation Advocate Asks NRC to Open Hearing on Laser Enrichment

Nonproliferation Advocate Asks NRC to Open Hearing on Laser Enrichment

By Elaine M. Grossman
Global Security Newswire
WASHINGTON -- A nonproliferation activist has requested that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission open to the public a final board hearing before approving a license for the nation’s first commercial laser enrichment facility (see GSN, July 6).
A three-member Atomic Safety and Licensing Board -- a chairman and two administrative judges -- on Wednesday morning was expected to begin weighing nuclear energy industry giant GE-Hitachi’s bid to open a facility in Wilmington, N.C., that would produce nuclear fuel for commercial reactors around the globe.

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