ML20217D562

Notice of Receipt of Petition for Director'S Decision Under 10CFR2.206.NRC Denied Petitioner Request That NRC Take Immediate Action to Not Allow Plant,Units 2 & 3 to Restart

ML20217D562
Person / Time
Site:	San Onofre
Issue date:	09/22/1997
From:	Collins S NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
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Shared Package
ML20217D560	List: ML20217D557 ML20217D562 ML20217D571
References
2.206, NUDOCS 9710060003
Download: ML20217D562 (2)

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q 7590 01 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMIS$10N SOUTHERN CALIFORNI A EDISON COMPANY' ET AL. .

, SAN ONOFRE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION DOCKET NOS. 50 361 AND 50 362 i RECEIPT OF PETITION FOR DIRECTOR'S DECISION UNDER 10 CFR 2.206 i

Notice is hereby given that by letter dated June 23, 1997, Patricia j -. Borchmann (Petitioner) requested that in accordance with 10 CFR 2.206. the

!- U.S, Nuclear Regulatory Comission (Comission or NRC) not allow San Onofre I Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) Unit 3 to restart from its current-refueling outage until her concerns were fully resolved, This letter was

! ~ supplemented by letters dated June 28 and July 11, 1997. in which the Petitioner requested the staff to take the same action for SONGS Unit 2. 0n

! July 8,1997, the NRC verbally. notified the petitioner that the issues -

!= discussed in the submittals did not contain enough information to warrant the ,

- NRC taking action to prevent the SONGS units from restarting, By NRC letter-1

. dated September 22, 1997, the NRC denied the Petitioner's requests that the_

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[ NRC take immediate action to not allow SONGS Units 2 and 3 to restart.

. The Petitioner's letters contained a variety of issues in support of the

. requested actions, which the staff grouped into three categories for the f

- purpose of evaluating the request for immediate action. These categories are

- fully described in the NRC's letter of September 22, 1997, denying'the

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Petitioner's. request.

As a result of its Evaluation detailed in its letter of September 22.

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the imediate action requested to prevent SONGS Units 2 and 3 from restarting.

Therefore, the request for immediate-action was denied. As provided by 10 CFR 2.206, appropriate action will be taken with regard to the concerns raised oy the Petitioner within a reasonable tine.

A copy of the Petition is available for inspection in the Comission's Public Document Room at 2120 L Street NW. Washington DC 20555-0001, and the Local Public Do:ument Room at the Main Librdry. University of California.

P. O. Box 19557. Irvine. CA 92713.

Dated at Rockville. Maryland, this 22nd day of September 1997.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION XAL--

amue . ins. Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

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