ML20217K570
| ML20217K570 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Oyster Creek |
| Issue date: | 06/16/1997 |
| From: | Collins S NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML20217K501 | List: |
| References | |
| 2.206, DD-97-14, IEB-96-002, IEB-96-2, NUDOCS 9708150300 | |
| Download: ML20217K570 (4) | |
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7590-01-P UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION DOCKET NO. 50-219 GPU NUCLEAR CORPORATION OYSTER CREEK NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION ISSUANCE OF DIRECTOR'S DECISION UNDER 10 CFR 2.206 Notice is hereby given that the Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRT.;, has dismissed as premature a Petition dated April 1, 1997, submitted as a resolution passed by Berkeley Township Environmental Commission (Petitioners) opposing an upcoming planned transfer of spent nuclear fuel from wet to dry storage during -
operation of Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station (OCNGS). Petitioners requested that NRC direct GPU Nuclear (GPU) to shut down the nuclear reactor at OCNGS during the aforementioned fuel transfer.
Specifically, the Petitioners asserted that (1) the load transfer path for the 100-ton fuel transfer casks passes over the reactor's containment mechanism and other dafety-related equipment; (2) NRC Bulletin 96-02, dated
. April 11, 1996, states that a dropped cask could damage the isolation condensers and the torus, creating the possibility of an unisolable leak, which in industry jargon describes a situation perilously close to a nuclear meltdown; (3) the operating record of GPU demonstrates it is capable of human error, including dropping heavy loads; (4) Berkeley Township could not be successfully evacuated in the event of a ser' s nuclear accident at DCNGS; and (5) the safer, simpler alternative of turning off the reactor while lifting'100-ton loads over the containment can be easily implemented.
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. DD-97-14 3 2 The Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation has determined that the request should be dismissed as premature for the reasons stated in the ' Director's Decision Under 10 CFR 2.206 (D0-97-14), the complete text of which follows this notice. The decision and the documents cited in the decision are available for public inspection &nd copying at the Comission's Public Document Room at 2120 L Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., and at the local pubite document room located at Ocean County Library, Reference Department, 101 Washington Street, Toms River, New Jersey.
A copy of this Director's Decision will be filed with the Secretary of the Comission for the Comission's review in accordance with 10 CFR 2.206(c).
As provided by that regulation, the decision will constitute the final action of the Comission 25 days after the date of its issuance, unleis the Comission, on its own motion, institutes a review of the decision within that time.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 16th day of June 1997.
. FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION at .e or Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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gO EDO Principal Correspo dence Control FRON: DUE: ^?/^7/^7 EDO CONTROL: G970474 DOC DT: 06/13/97 FINAL REPLY:
S;ntter Robert G. Torricolli TO:
Chairman Jackson FOR SIGNATURE OF : ** GRN ** CRC NO: 97-0657 EDO DESC: -
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OYSTER CREEK NUCLEAR POWER PLANT -- TRANSFER OF Cajian SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL (Lynn Worrall) Jordan .
Thompson Norry Blaha Burns DATE: 06/24/97 . Miller, RI ASSIGNED TO: CONTACT: d)lIIAJ I M b 18988# A/ e12 M p rialla- O//ly SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS OR REMARKS:
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l- PAPER NUMBER: CRC-97-0657 LOGGING DATE: Jun 23 97 ACTION OFFICE: EDO AUTHOR: SEN. ROBERT TORICELLI AFFILIATION: U.S. SENATE ADDRESSEE: CHAIRMAN JACKSON LETTER DATE: Jun 13 97 FILE CODE: ID&R S OYSTER CREEK
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OYhRCREEKNUCLEARPOWERPLANT ACTION: Direct Reply DISTRIBUTION: CHAIRMAN SPECIAL HANDLING: OCA TO ACK CONSTITUENT: -
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DATE DUE: Jul 9 97 SIGNATURE: .
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