[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 194 (Thursday, October 7, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54653-54654]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-26141]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 70-754 and 70-1220]


G.E. Vallecitos; Notice of Public Meeting

    The NRC will conduct a public meeting at the Shrine Event Center, 
170 Lindbergh Avenue, Livermore, California 94550, on October 20, 1999, 
from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. The meeting will discuss licensed activities 
related to post-irradiation examination of reactor fuel at the General 
Electric (G.E.) Vallecitos site. The G.E. Vallecitos site has been 
engaged in research and development since the 1950's. The G.E. 
Vallecitos site includes a Radioactive Materials Laboratory where the 
post-irradiation examinations are done. GE also holds other NRC 
licenses at Vallecitos. The G.E. Vallecitos site also fabricates 
radioactive sources used in medicine and industry under a license 
issued by the State of California.
    The public meeting was initiated at the request of several area 
public officials who expressed interest in the safety of the periodic 
shipments of irradiated nuclear fuel for post irradiation examination 
at the G.E. Vallecitos site. The meeting will include

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a short presentation by representatives of G.E. Vallecitos on site 
history and current operations. This will be followed by presentations 
by NRC representatives on the licensing and inspection programs 
covering the various activities authorized by the NRC licenses issued 
to G.E. Vallecitos. This will include a discussion on the safety 
aspects of the periodic shipments of irradiated nuclear fuel to the 
G.E. Vallecitos facility. After the presentations, members of the 
public will have an opportunity to ask questions.
    For more information contact Breck Henderson, Office of Public 
Affairs, Region IV, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 611 Ryan Plaza 
Drive, Suite 400, Arlington, Texas 76011; telephone 817-860-8128.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 1st day of October 1999.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Marvin M. Mendonca,
Senior Project Manager, Events Assessment, Generic Communications and 
Non-Power Reactors Branch, Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs, 
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 99-26141 Filed 10-6-99; 8:45 am]
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