Did the NRC deny the previous LES license application?
In January 1991, the NRC received an application from LES to construct and operate the nation’s first privately owned gas centrifuge enrichment facility. The 1.5 million Separative Work Unit (SWU) plant was to be built in Homer, Louisiana. As a result of an extended licensing hearing process, LES decided to withdraw its application in 1998. The last hearing issue being litigated was the environmental justice issue related to the proposed site being located between two rural, minority communities and how travel between the communities would be affected.
