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NRC panel hears Yucca Mountain arguments today

WASHINGTON -- A legal board for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission will hear arguments today on whether to allow the Department of Energy to withdraw its Yucca Mountain license application.

On Friday, the panel will meet with attorneys to discuss how the Energy Department is going to preserve documents from the long-running project.

The sessions will start at 9 a.m. each day at the commission's hearing facility in Las Vegas, at Pacific Enterprise Plaza, Building 1, 3250 Pepper Lane.

The NRC will webcast both days.

Today's webcast can be accessed at http://www.visualwebcaster.com/event.asp?id=69198.

Friday's webcast can be accessed at http://www.visualwebcaster.com/event.asp?id=6919

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