ML20006B931

Forwards from Director of NRR to President of Concerned Citizens for Charlevoix Area,Ack Receipt of Petition Filed Under 10CFR2.206 & States That Petition Treated Under 10CFR2.206 of Commission Regulations

ML20006B931
Person / Time
Site:	Big Rock Point File:Consumers Energy icon.png
Issue date:	01/26/1990
From:	Pulsifer R Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Berry K CONSUMERS ENERGY CO. (FORMERLY CONSUMERS POWER CO.)
References
2.206, NUDOCS 9002060103
Download: ML20006B931 (3)

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January 26, 1990 Docket No. 50-155 DISTRIBUTION IDOCKETJILEw NRC & LOCAL ~PDRs PD31 R/F

-Mr. Kenneth W. Berry JZWOLINSKI Director, Nuclear Licensing PSHUTTLEWORTH-Consumers Power Company RPULSIFER 1945 West-Parnall Road PENG Jackson, Michigan 49201 OGC EJORDAN

Dear Mr. Berry:

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Enclosed for your-information is a copy of a letter dated January 24, 1990, from the Director,,0ffice of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, to the President of the Concerned Citizens for the Charlevoix Area (CCCA).

The letter (1) acknowledges receipt of a petition filed by the CCCA under 10 CFR.2.206 of the.

Commission's regulations, (2) responds in the negative to the petitioner's'-

request for immediate action with respect to ordering Consumers Power'to update and retrofit the Big Rock Point Plant, and (3)' states-that the~ petition-is being treated under 10 CFR 2.206 of the Commission's regulations. ~ '

Please contact me if you have any questions on this issue.

Sincerely, MSigf$dby Robert M. Pulsifer, Project Manager Division of Reactor Projects - III, IV, V and.Special Projects-Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

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January 26, 1990 Docket No. 50-155 Mr. Kenneth W. Berry Director, Nuclear Licensing-Consumers Power Company 1945 West Parnall Road Jackson, Michigan 49201

Dear Mr. Berry:

Enclosed for your information is a copy _ of a letter dated January 24, 1990, from the Director, Office of Nuclear _ Reactor Regulation, to the President of the Concerned Citizens for the Charlevoix Area (CCCA).

The letter (1) acknowledges receipt of a petition filed by the CCCA under 10 CFR '2.206_ of-the Commission's regulations,-(2) responds in the negative to the petitioner's 1

request for immediate action with respect to ordering Consume'rs Power to update and retrofit the Big Rock Point Plant, and (3) states that.the petition is being treated under 10 CFR 2.206 of the Commission's regulations.

Please contact me if you have any qanstions on this issue, i

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Dear Mrs. Beemon:

This letter acknowledges receipt of your petition dated November 11, 1989,:

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requesting that action be taken with regard to the Big Rock Point Plant.

'Specifically, you request that the Commission order Consumers Power Company-to meet all. current NRC design.and safety. criteria for the Big Rock Point Plant and allege that the facility currently:does not meet these criteria.-

t Your petition has been referred to me pursuant to 10 CFR 62.206 of.the Comission's regulations ~

As provided by Section 2.206, action.will be taken-on your request within a reasonable time. However,-a^ preliminary review of the concerns in your petition does not indicate any 'need to take immediate action-as you request because Big Rock Point' Plant is subject to the same regulations as all other nuclear plants and your petition does not reveal any new operational safety issues that pose an imediate safety concern for continued operation of:

the plant.

I-have enclosed for your information a copy of the notice that is being filed with the Office of the Federal Register for publication.

Sincerely, fSu Thomas. Murle, Director Office of Nuc1 ar Reactor Regulation.

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Mrs. Jo Anne Bier Beemon on behalf of the Concerned Citizens for the Charlevoix Area, Charlevoix, Michigan, has requested that the Commission take action to require Consumers Power Company to meet all current NRC design and safety.

criteria for the Big Rock Point Plant located near Charlevoix, Michigan.

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petition alleges that the NRC and Consumers Power Company,-in corroboration,.

have improperly used cost / benefit criteria in the following. instances in regard to the Big Rock Point Plant grandfathering, probabilistic risk assessment, application of the as-low-as-reasonably-achievable standard, authorization of the experimental status of the facility, and low societal risk - to defer the implementation of current NRC safety criteria, thus resulting in indefensibly large radioactive emissions from the Big Rock' Point Plant.

The request is being treated pursuant to 10 CFR $2.206'of the Commission's regulations. As provided by Section 2.206, appropriate action will be-taken-on this request within a reasonable time.

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l 2-A copy of the petition-is available for inspection 'at the Commission's Public Document Room at 2120 L Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20555.

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Frank P. Gillespie, Acting Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Dated at Rockville, Maryland this _24th day of January 1990.

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