ML20005F719

Forwards Directors Decision,Under 10CFR2.206,denying a Harlowe Request That NRC Fix or Close All Nuclear Power Reactors Designed by GE & Fr Notice.Safety Evaluation of Advanced BWR Design Not Yet Complete.W/O Encls

ML20005F719
Person / Time
Site:	FitzPatrick
Issue date:	01/05/1990
From:	Capra R Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Brons J POWER AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (NEW YORK
References
2.206, NUDOCS 9001170187
Download: ML20005F719 (2)

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TColburn NRC PDR Local PDR SVarga Mr. John C. Brons BBoger Executive Vice President, Nuclear CVogan Generation OGC Power Authority of the State of New York DLaBarge 123 Main Street RCapra White. Plains, New York 10601 JLinville EJordan I

SUBJECT:

DIRECTOR'S DECISION UNDER 10 CFR 2.206 REGARDING BWR DESIGN PROBLEMS Enclosed for your information are copies of a Director's Decision, letter i

of transmittal, and Federal Register notice issued by the Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (Director) in response to a Petition filed under 10 CFR 2.206 of the Commission's regulations. The Petition was filed

'i by Ms. Anna Harlowe on behalf of the Ecology Center of Southern California.

The petitioner requested that the NRC fix or close all nuclear power reactors designed by General Electric Company (GE). As discussed in the enclosed Director's Decision, the Petitioner's request under 10 CFR 2.206 has been denied.

The petitioner also expressed concern that GE is pursuing a " standardized" Advanced Boiling Water Reactor design which petitioner alleges fails to address many of the shortcomings identified by GE's. own engineers as far back as the 1975 Reed Report. The petitioner was informed that the staff has not yet completed its safety evaluation for advanced boiling water reactor designs, nor has any utility applied for a license to build or operate an advanced boiling water reactor.

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Robert A. Capra, Director Project Directorate I-1 Division of Reactor Project - I/II Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

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Letter dated December 4, 1989 to Ms. Anna Harlowe OFo/

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Director's Decision dated December 4, 1989

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123 Main Street White Plains, New York 10601 fir. J. P. Bayne, President Power Authority of the State of New York ilr. S. S. Zulla 1633 Broadway Vice President Nuclear Engineering l

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