[CPEO-MEF] RADIATION, CONTRACTORS: Nuclear Fuel Services, Erwin, TN

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Purpose Of Meeting To Get Comments From The Public, NRC Official Says

BY BILL JONES
Greenville Sun (TN)
May 30, 2009

ERWIN -- U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission staffers from Atlanta 
listened to public complaints about operations at the Nuclear Fuel 
Services, Inc., plant here for about three hours Thursday night.

Located near the Nolichucky River in Erwin, the Nuclear Fuel Services 
plant for decades has produced fuel for U.S. Navy nuclear-powered 
submarines and surface ships.

It also "down-blends" highly-enriched uranium to a low-enriched state 
suitable for conversion into fuel for Tennessee Valley Authority 
nuclear-power plants.

A number of NFS employees, including at least one vice president, were 
in the audience during the meeting, but made no comments and took no 
direct role in the meeting.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.greenevillesun.com/story/303846

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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