ML17262A967
| ML17262A967 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Fermi, Harris, Columbia, River Bend, Ginna, Robinson, Comanche Peak  |
| Issue date: | 08/19/1992 |
| From: | Murley T Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML15036A540 | List: |
| References | |
| 2.206, NUDOCS 9208310193 | |
| Download: ML17262A967 (6) | |
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7590-01 U.S.
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION HOLDERS OF OPERATING LICENSES OR CONSTRUCTION PERHITS FOR NUCLEAR POMER PLANTS R CEIPT OF PETITION FOR IRECTOR'S D CIS ON UN ER 0
CFR 6
REGARDING THE USE OF THERMO-LAG 330 F
R ARRI R HAT R A Notice is hereby given that the Nuclear Information and Resource Service and other organizations (Petitioners) have submitted to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on July 21,
- 1992, as supplemented by the addenda of August 12,
- 1992, a Petition pursuant to 10 CFR 2.206.
Joining with the Nuclear Information and Resources Service in filing the Petition are the Alliance for Affordable Energy, Citizens Organized to Protect our Parish, Citizens for Fair Utility Regulation, Don't Waste New York, Citizens Against Radioactive Dumping, Coalition for Alternatives to Shearon Harris, Conser-vation Council for North Carolina, Safe Energy Coalition of Hichigan, Steve
- Langdon, Essex County Citizens Against Fermi-2, Natural
- Guard, and Northwest Environmental Advocates.
The Petitioners alleged a number of deficiencies with Thermo-Lag material including failure of Thermo-Lag fire barriers during I-and 3-hour fire endurance
- tests, deficiencies in procedures for installation, nonconfor-mance with NRC quality assurance and qualification test regulations, the combustibility of the material, ampacity miscalculations, the lack of seismic
- tests, the failure to pass hose stream tests, the high toxicity of substances emitted from the ignited material, and the declaration by at least one utility, Gulf States Utilities Company, of the material as inoperable at its River Bend Station.
The Petition also alleged that fire watches cannot
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substitute for an effective fire barrier indefinitely and that the NRC staff has not adequately analyzed the use of fire watches.
Based on these allegations, the Petitioners request that the NRC imnediately suspend the operating licenses for the River Bend, Comanche Peak Unit 1, Shearon Harris, Fermi-2,
- Ginna, MNP-2, and Robinson facilities pending a demonstration that the facilities meet NRC fire protection requirements.
The Petitioners also request the issuance of an order to stop the installation of Thermo-Lag at Comanche Peak Unit 2 or a suspension of the facility's construction permit.
The Petitioners seek the NRC to issue a generic letter before September 5,
1992, requiring licensees to submit information to the NRC demonstrating compliance with fire protection requirements.
Mhere facilities cannot demonstrate compliance, the Petitioners request immediate suspension of the operating licenses for the affected facilities until such time as compli-ance with NRC fire protection requirements can be shown.
In a letter of August 19,
- 1992, I have determined that immediate action is not necessary regarding the matters raised in the Petition.
The Petition has been referred to the Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation pursuant to 10 CFR 2.206.
As provided by 10 CFR 2.206, the NRC will take appropriate action on the specific issues raised by the Petition in a reasonable time.
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A copy of the Petition is available for inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
20555.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 19thday of August 1992.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
'homas E. Hurley, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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