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Ack Receipt of 970528 Petition Requesting That NRC Take Action to Accomplish Listed Concerns.Notice of Receipt of Petition Encl & Being Filed W/Ofc of Fr for Publication. Subj Petition Has Been Referred,Per 10CFR2.206
ML20148P109
Person / Time
Site: Prairie Island  
Issue date: 06/27/1997
From: Collins S
NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
To: Bernie White
AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED
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ML20148P115 List:
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2.206, NUDOCS 9707010232
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Dear Mr. White:

This letter acknowledges receipt of the Petition of May 28,1997, in which the Prairie Island Indian Community requests that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) take action to accomplish the following:

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Determine that Northern States Power (the licensee) violated the requirements of Section 72.122(1) of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Reoulations (10 CFR 72.122(l)) by using its Materials License No. SNM-2506 for an independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI) prior to establishing conditions for safely unloading the TN-40 dry storage containers; 2.

Suspend Materials License No. SNM-2506 for cause under 10 CFR 50.100 until such time as all significant issues in the unloading process, as described in the Petition, have been resolved, the unloading process has been demonstrated, and 4

an independent third-party review of the TN-40 unloading procedure has been conducted; 3.

Provide Petitioners an opportunity to participate in the reviewing of the unloading procedure for the TN-40 cask, hold hearings, and allow Petitioners to participate fully in these and any other procedures initiated in response to the Petition; and 4.

Update t'n Technical Specifications for the Prairie Island ISFSI to incorporate mandato,. unloading procedure requirements.

In support of your requests, you provided information related to the content of documents associated with the licensing of the Prairie Island ISFSI, the licensee's procedure for unloading a storage cask, NRC inspections related to the licensee's dry cask storage program, and statements made by the NRC staff during meetings and in correspondence.

Your Petition has been referred to me pursuant to 10 CFR 2.206. On the basis of a preliminary review of the requests and supporting information included in your Petition, I have determined that no immediate action by the NRC is required to address an imminent threat to the public health and safety. The potential safety significance is considered low and an immediate finding is not necessary since no cask operations (loading or unloading) are currently planned. If, at any time during the review of your Petition, the NRC staff determines that your concerns indicate the need for staff action, such action will be forthcoming. The legal and technicalissues that you raise will be addressed in accordance with 10 CFR 2.206 and a response will be provided within a reasonable time.

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Plant Washington DC 20037 Northem States Power Company 1717 Wakonade Drive East Plant Manager Welch, Minnesota 55089 i

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Plant Tribal Council Northem States Power Company Prairie Island Indian Community l

1717 Wakonade Drive East ATTN: Environmental Department i

Welch, Minnesota 55089 5636 Sturgeon Lake Road Welch, Minnesota 55089 Adonis A. Nebiett Assistant Attomey General Philip A. Gartner, Esq.

Office of the Attomey General Gartner & Shulman, Ltd.

455 Minnesota Street P. O. Box 149 Suite 900

.120 West Center St. Paul, Minnesota 55101-2127 Lake City, MN 55041 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mr. Roger O. Anderson, Director Resident inspector's Office Licensing and Management issues 1719 Wakonade Drive East Northem States Power Company Welch, Minnesota 55089-9642 414 Nicollet Mall Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401 Regional Administrator, Region til U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 801 Warrenville Road Lisle, Illinois 60532-4351 Mr. Jeff Cole, Auditor / Treasurer Goodhue County Courthouse Box 408 Red Wing, Minnesota 55066-0408 Kris Sanda, Commissioner Department of Public Service 121 Seventh Place East Suite 200 St. Paul, Minnesota 55101-2145 November 1996

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e B. White For your information, I have enclosed a copy of the notice that is being filed with the Office of the Federal Register for publication. I have also enclosed a pamphlet on the public petition process. Mr. William Reckley of my staff has been assigned to lead the review of your petition. Please feel free to contact him at (301) 415-1314 if you have questions regarding the petition process or other matters pertaining to your petition.

Sincerely, Original signed by F.J. Miraglia for:

Samuel J. Collins, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50 282, 50-306, and 72-10

Enclosures:

1. Notice
2. NRC Pamphlet, "Public Petition Process" cc w/encls: See next page DISTRIBUTION (w/ encl.1 h Docket File 50-282/306, 7210 (w/ original incoming)

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For your information, I have enclosed a copy of the notice that is being filed with the Office of the Federal Register for publication. I have also enclosed a pamphlet on the public petition process. Mr. William Reckley of r.1y staff has been assigned to lead the review of your petition. Please feel free to contact him at (301) 415-1314 if you have questions regarding the petition process or other matters pertaining to your petition.

Sincerely, Original signed by F.J. Miraglia for:

Samuel J. Collins, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-282, 50-306, and 72-10 I

Enclosures:

1. Notice
2. NRC Pamphlet, "Public Petition Process" cc w/encts: See next page DISTRIBUTION (w/ encl.11:

Docket File 50-282/306, 72-10 (w/ original incoming)

PUBLIC (w/ incoming)

EDO #970414 EDO R/F (EDO #970414)

PD33 R/F (w/ incoming)

NRR Mail Room (EDO #970414) (w/ incoming)

J. Callan E. Jordan H. Thompson P. Norry J. Blaha, EDO S. Burns, OGC K. Cyr, OGC B. Beach, Rlli R. Bangart, OSP C. Paperiello, NMSS J. Lieberman, OE S. Collins /F. Miraglia T. Martin R. Zimmerman J. Roe E. Adensam (EGA1)

G. Marcus M. Boyle (MLB4)

B. Wetzel J. Hannon M. Thadani OPA OCA J. Goldberg, OGC T. Harris R Landsman, Rill W. Kane, NMSS C. Haughney, NMSS M. Delligati, NMSS P. Eng, NMSS V. Tharpe, NMSS (w/ incoming)

J. Kennedy W. Reamer, OGC L. Clark, OGC S. Droggitis, OSP NAME: G:\\ DRY-CASK \\Pl2206.ACK

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