ML20062H369

Ack Receipt of Petition Requesting NRC to Suspend All Activities at Facility,Order Removal of Radioactive Matl & Permanently Revoke Ol.Petition Being Treated Under 10CFR2.206.Draft Fr Notice Encl

ML20062H369
Person / Time
Site:	Berkeley Research Reactor
Issue date:	01/10/1980
From:	Harold Denton Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Baldwin W, Martino I FRIENDS OF THE EARTH
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NUDOCS 8001220047
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Dear Mr. Baldwin and lis. Martino:

This letter is sent to acknowledge receipt of your petition on behalf of the Friends of the Earth requesting that the Nuclear Regulatory Cocaission suspend all activities under Docket No. 50-224 at Etcheverry Hall, University of California, Berkeley, order the reroval cf all radioactive materials from the site, permanently revoke the c:erating license under c.

Docket No. 50-224 and hold public hearings before any reactor operation C "

is resumed.

Your petition is being treated under 10 CFR 2.206 of the Cor:r:ission's regulations, and accordingly, appropriate action will be taken on your petition within a reasonable time. I enclose for your infornation, a copy of the notice that is being filed for publication with the Office of the Federal Register.

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. d. a. :@mi .J Harold R. Dent:n, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (J

Enclosure:

As stated above cc: w/ enclosure P rof. SC. ig N. Kaplan React or Administrator Department of Nuclear Engineering i University of California l at Berkeley l College of Engineering l Berkeley, California 94720 i

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".'N*TED STATES OF AMERICA NJCI EAR RE5ULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of )

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) Docket No. 50-224 The University of California )

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RE0L'EST FOR ACTION UNDER 10 CFR 2.206 Notice is hereby given that by :etition dated December 11, 1979, the Friends of the Earth reques:ed that an order be issued to the Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to suspend all activities of the i

TRIGA reactor at Etcheverry Hall, :: remove all radioactive materials from the site, to revoke the creratir.g li:ense and to hold public hearings before any reactor operation is resumed. Tne bases of t.*.e request are alleged deficiencies in the seiscic design of the facility, and allega. ions that the potential threat tc tne public health and safety is greater than pre-viously estimated and taa; :urrent evacuation plans are inadequate. This petition is being treatec as a recuest for action under 10 CFR 2.206 of the Cocnission's regulati:ns, ar.d ac:ordingly, action will be taken on the i

petition within a reascoacle tire.

Copies of the petition are available for inspection in the Commissien's Public Document Room at 1717 H Street, N.W., Washington, D. C. 20555.

JR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

-arold R. Den:cn, Director

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