; and (2) by inserting (consistent with the document issued by the Commission on June 22, 1998, and titled White Paper on Risk-Informed, Performance-Based Regulation (SECY–98–144)) after risk-informed and performance-based techniques . 3. Hearings and judicial review under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (a) In general Section 189a.(1)(A) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 ( 42 U.S.C. 2239(a)(1)(A) ) is amended to read as follows: (A) (i) In any proceeding under this Act, for the granting, suspending, revoking, or amending of any license or construction permit, or application to transfer control, and in any proceeding for the issuance or modification of rules and regulations dealing with the activities of licenses, and in any proceeding for the payment of compensation, an award or royalties under sections 153, 157, 186 c., or 188, the Commission shall, subject to clause (ii), grant a hearing upon the request of any person whose interest may be affected by the proceeding, and shall admit any such person as a party to such proceeding. (ii) The Commission may only hold a hearing under this subparagraph for an application for a license under section 103 for a construction permit if the Commission receives a request for a hearing under clause (i) by a person described in such clause by not later than 30 days after notice and publication of the application for the license in the Federal Register. (iii) The Commission shall hold a hearing after 30 days notice and publication once in the Federal Register, on each application under section 104 b. for a construction permit for a facility, and on any application under section 104 c. for a construction permit for a testing facility. (iv) In cases where such a construction permit has been issued following the holding of such a hearing, the Commission may, in the absence of a request therefor by any person whose interest may be affected, issue an operating license or an amendment to a construction permit or an amendment to an operating license without a hearing, but upon 30 days