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on Long Mott Construction Permit Application
A Nuclear Regulatory Commission Atomic Safety and Licensing Board will conduct an oral
argument Feb. 26 on challenges to a construction permit application from Long Mott Energy, LLC, for a
multi-unit advanced reactor facility in Calhoun County, Texas.
The oral argument will begin at 10 a.m. Eastern time. It will allow the board to ask questions
regarding requests from the petitioner, San Antonio Bay Estuarine Waterkeeper, to add topics to the
existing hearing regarding the application. The session will also address administrative matters for the
full hearing. The three administrative judges on the board will hear arguments from representatives for
the petitioner, Long Mott Energy, and the NRC staff.
The proceeding will be held virtually. It will be open to the public via a listen-only telephone line
by dialing (301) 576-2978 and entering passcode 262 891 871#.
The board is composed of three administrative judges from the NRC’s Atomic Safety and
Licensing Board Panel. Boards conduct adjudicatory hearings on NRC licensing and enforcement
actions, and they are independent of the NRC staff. A board’s rulings may be appealed to the
Commission, the five-member body that sets NRC policy.
Information on the Long Mott Energy application review is available on the NRC website.
Source: NRC