Last month, the nuclear commission dismissed the state and county from its Shoreham proceedings.

Have there been any inquiries from the state licensing division or the nuclear regulatory commission?

The nuclear commission's decision will not be final until a public hearing is held, at the request of critics of the sale, in late October.

The latest goal is to complete those agreements by November and apply to the nuclear commission by the end of the year.

Within a day, the nuclear commission's Northeast regional office sent a six-member investigating team to the plant.

Neil Sheehan, a spokesman for the nuclear commission, said no decision has been made on a hearing.

This is not the nuclear commission's first foray into high-tech proceedings.

The nuclear commission and the company have not set a time before which they will release their findings.

Yesterday a spokeswoman said the governor would not comment on whether he agreed with the nuclear commission's decision.

The nuclear commission is supposed to decide in three years whether to grant a license, but it may take a fourth.