ML20235Q450
| ML20235Q450 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 09/30/1987 |
| From: | Stello V NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
| To: | Aftergood S COMMITTEE TO BRIDGE THE GAP |
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| RULE-PRM-50-44 NUDOCS 8710070596 | |
| Download: ML20235Q450 (2) | |
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SEP 301987 Mr. Steven Aftergood, Executive Director Committee To Bridge the Gap 1637 Butler Avenue #203 Los Angeles, California 90025
Dear Mr. Aftergood:
This letter responds to your petition for rulemaking, dated July 8,1986, to reduce the fire hazard from nuclear reactor graphite. The petition requested that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission amend 10 CFR 50 to require licensees whose reactors employ graphite as a neutron moderator or reflector to formulate and submit for NRC approval fire response and evacuation plans for combating a i reactor fire involving graphite and other constituent parts (e.g., fuel). The petition also requested that licensees perform measurements of the "Wigner energy" stored in the graphite at their reactors, and submit these measurements !
to the NRC for review together with a revised safety analysis that addresses '
the risk and consequences of a reactor fire.
You were notified of receipt of the petition and of the notice of the petition and request for comments published in the Federal Register. Ccpies of the public comments were sent to you. After reviewing the petition, the comments received from the public on the petition, our contractor's (Brookhaven National Laboratory) report on the subjects of stored energy in graphite and graphite burning, and the existing regulatory framework, the petition for rulemaking has been denied. The basis for this decision is set forth in the enclosed Federal Register notice of denial.
We appreciate your concern about and interest in the health and safety of the public.
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Dear Mr. Aftergood:
This letter responds to your petition for rulemaking, dated July 8,1986, to reduce the fire hazard from nuclear reactor graphite. The petition requested that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission amend 10 CFR 50 to require licensees I whose reactors employ graphite as a neutron moderator or reflector to formulate y and submit for NRC approval fire response and evacuation plans for combating a y reactor fire involving graphite and other constituent parts (e.g., fuel). The petition also requested that licensees perform measurements of the "Wigner energy" stored in the graphite at their reactors, and submit these measurements i'
to the NRC for review together with a revised safety analysis that addresses the risk and consequences of a reactor fire.
You were notified of receipt of the petition and of the notice of the petition and request for comments published in the Federal Register. Copies of the public comments were sent to you. After reviewing the petition, the comments y received from the public on the petition, our contractor's (Brookhaven National 0 Laboratory) report on the subjects of stored energy in graphite and graphite i, burning, and the existing regulatory framework, the petition for rulemaking has '
! been denied. The basis for this decision is set forth in the enclosed Federal j Register notice of denial.
a We appreciate your concern about and interest in the health and safety of the public.
k Sincerely, VctoY Executive Direc for Operations
Enclosure:
As stated
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