ML20196A370
| ML20196A370 | |
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| Site: | South Texas  |
| Issue date: | 06/17/1988 |
| From: | Murley T Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| 2.206, NUDOCS 8806300023 | |
| Download: ML20196A370 (2) | |
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7590-01 UNITED STATES MUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION DOCKET NO. 50-498 HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER COMPANY SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT, UNIT 1 RECEIPT OF PETITION FOR DIRECTOR'S DECISION UNDER 10 CFR % 2.206, AND ISSUANCE OF DIRECTOR'S DECISION Notice is hereby given that by Petition dated March 17, 1988, Earth First!, Gray Panthers of Austin, Lone Star Green, Public Citizen, South Texas Cancellation Campaign, and Travis County Democratic Women's Comittee (Petitioners) reouested that the Comission delay voting on a full-power oper-ating license f or tne South Texas Nuclear Project (STNP) until the NRC completes investigation of all allegations regarding the STNP and releases to the public a report disposing of each allegation. The Petition asserts as grounds for this request that (1) many allegations are not yet resolved and are to be the subject of future reports or future corrective action; (2) no oecision on the safety of the plant or on the corporate character and competence of i
Houston Lighting & Power Company (HLAP) can be made until the allegations of 1
harassment and intimidation and wrongdoing are resolved; (3) the Safety Significance Assessment Team (SSAT) review of the allegations relied on a sampling of items; (4) some items, such as the essential cooling water system, are expressly left unresolved by the SSAT Report (NUREG-1306); and (5) the NRC should require HL&P to prove the plant safe, rather than requiring the public to prove the plant unsafe.
The Director of the Office of Nuclear keactor Regulation has made the deter-mination to deny Petitioners' reouests.
The reasons for this decision are explained in a "Director's Decision Under 10 CFR 62.206," (0D-88 9 ), which is 63 g3 9996,,
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' available for inspectian in the Conmission's Public Document Room, 1717 H Street N.W., Washington, D.C. 20555. A copy of this decision will be filed with the Secretary for the Commission in accordance with 10 CFR 92.206(c).
Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 17thday of June, 1988.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION, 9
Thomas E. Murley, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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