NRC denies appeal for hearing on Davis-Besse restart

Washington (Platts)--17Aug2004

The NRC commission denied an appeal for a hearing on the staff's approval in
March for Davis-Besse to restart operations. In an order issued today, the
commission agreed with an administrative licensing board's decision that the
four petitioners failed to establish standing and did not offer any admissible
contentions. The petitioners had objected to allowing the reactor, which had
been shut for more than two years, to resume operations on the grounds it was
not in compliance with fire protection and other licensing requirements. The
licensing panel and NRC said those issues were outside the scope of a hearing,
which was restricted to the company's self-assessment improvement plans. One
challenger, Paul Gunter of the Nuclear Information & Resource Service, said he
was disappointed with the decision because his group had raised concerns about
"fire protection violations" months before the NRC restart panel gave the
go-ahead for Davis-Besse to restart.

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