# Entergy Operations, Inc.; Establishment of Atomic Safety and Licensing Board
Pursuant to delegation by the Commission, *see* 37 FR 28,710 (Dec. 29, 1972), and the Commission's regulations, *see, e.g.,* 10 CFR 2.104, 2.105, 2.300, 2.309, 2.313, 2.318, 2.321, notice is hereby given that an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (Board) is being established to preside over the following proceeding:
**Entergy Operations, Inc.**
**(River Bend Station, Unit 1)**
This proceeding involves an application by Entergy Operations, Inc. to renew for twenty years its operating license for River Bend Station, Unit 1, located in St. Francisville, Louisiana. The current operating license for River Bend Station, Unit 1, expires on midnight, August 29, 2025. In response to a notice published in the *Federal Register,**see* 82 FR 37,908 (Aug. 14, 2017), announcing the opportunity to request a hearing, the Sierra Club on October 12, 2017 filed a petition to intervene and request for a hearing.
The Board is comprised of the following Administrative Judges:
E. Roy Hawkens, Chairman, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Dr. Michael F. Kennedy, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Dr. Richard E. Wardwell, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001
All correspondence, documents, and other materials shall be filed in accordance with the NRC E-Filing rule. *See* 10 CFR 2.302.
Rockville, Maryland, October 18, 2017.
Edward Hawkens,
Chief Administrative Judge, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel.