SEABROOK — The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board was established to determine if parties who filed petitions to intervene in a hearing on an application for a operating license extension from NextEra Energy Seabrook LLC have standing to do so.
The Seabrook nuclear plant's owners are seeking a 20-year license renewal. The current license expires March 15, 2030.
The ASLB will now consider two joint requests from nuclear watchdog groups and environmental protection organizations to intervene in the licensing extension process, said NRC public affairs officer Neil Sheehan. One is a joint request of the Washington, D.C.-based Beyond Nuclear organization, Portsmouth-based Seacoast Anti-Pollution League and Concord-based New Hampshire Sierra Club. The other is a joint request from Friends of the Coast and the New England Coalition, both Massachusetts-based organizations.
"The ASLB panel (will) consider whether those seeking a hearing have standing and whether the contentions being raised have merit and warrant an evidentiary hearing," Sheehan said.
http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20101028-NEWS-10280414
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