ML20245J868

Forwards NRR Director to Ecology Ctr of Southern California Representative Acknowledging Receipt of Petition Filed by Ctr & Advising That Petition Being Treated Under 10CFR2.206 of Commission Regulations

ML20245J868
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Site:	FitzPatrick
Issue date:	06/23/1989
From:	Labarge D Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Brons J POWER AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (NEW YORK
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2.206, NUDOCS 8907030197
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NRC & Local PDRs PDI.1 Rdg TColburn Mr. John'C. Brons SVarga Executive Vice-President Nuclear AD/PI Generation CVogan Power Authority of the State of New York RCapra 123 Main Street OGC White Plains, New York 10601 Edordan BGrimes

Dear Mr. Brons:

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JJohnson Enclosed for your information is a copy of a letter dated June 5,1989, from the Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, to the Representative of the Ecology Center of Southern California. The letter (1) acknowledges receipt of a Petition. filed by the Ecology Center of Southern California, and (2) states that the Petition is being' treated under 10 CFR 2.206 of the Commission's regulations.

Please contact me if you have questions on this issue.

Sincerely, Original signed by David E. LaBarge, Project Manager Project Directorate'I-1 Division of Reactor Projects I/II

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Mr. John C. Brons Power Authority of th] State of New Ycrk James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant .

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Mr. Gerald C. Goldstein Ms. Donna Ross Assistant General Counsel New York State Energy Office Power Authority of the State 2 Empire State Plaza of New York 16th Floor 10 Columbus Circle Albany, New York 12223 New York, New York 10019 Resident Inspector's Office Regional Administrator, Region I U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Post Office Box 136 475 Allendale Road Lycoming, New York 13093 King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406 ,

Mr. William Fernandez Mr. A. Klausman Resident Manager Senior Vice President - Appraisal James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear and Compliance Services Power Plant Power Authority of the State Post Office Box 41 of New York j

i Lycoming, New York 13093 10 Columbus Circle New York, New York 10019 Mr. J. A. Gray, Jr. Mr. George Wilverding, Manager Director Nuclear Licensing - BWR Nuclear Safety Evaluation Power Authority of the State Power Authority of the State  :

of New York of New York 123 Main Street 123 Main Street White Plains, New York 10601 White Plains, New York 10601 Mr. Robert P. Jones, Supervisor Mr. R. E. Beedle Town of Scriba Vice President Nuclear Support R. D. #4 Power Authority of the State Oswego, New York 13126 of New York 123 Main Street White Plains, New York 10601 Mr. J. P. Payne, President Power Authority of the State of New York Mr. S. S. Zulla 10 Columbus Circle Vice President Nuclear Engineering New York, New York 10019 Power Authority of the State of New York I 123 Main Street Mr. Richard Patch White Plains, New York 10601 Quality Assurance Superintendent James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant

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123 Main Street Charlie Donaldson, Esquire White Plains, New York 10601 Assistant Attorney General New York Department of Law 120 Broadway New York, New York 10271

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..... June 5, 1989 Ms. Anna Harlowe Issues Coordinator Ecology Center of Southern California P. O. Box 35473 Los Angeles, California 90035

Dear $s. Harlowe:

This letter acknowledges the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC's) receipt of your Petition on behalf of the Ecology Center of Southern California dated March 8, 1989. Your Petition requests the NRC to fix or close all nuclear power reactors designed by the General Electric Company (GE). As bases for this request, you allege that (1) in 1972, a member of the NRC staff reconsnended that GE-designed

. reactors be banned in the United States; (2) in 1975, GE engineers generated the. " Reed Report" that detailed dozens of safety and economic problems with GE-designed reactors and that recommended that GE stop selling those reactors; (3) in 1986, an NRC official admitted that 24 GE reactors with Mark I containments had a 90 percent chance of failure -

in a nuclear accident; (4) in 1987, an NRC task force confirmed that '

Mark I containments were virtually certain to fail in an accident; (5) according to NRC safety studies Mark II reactors have many possible scenarios for early containment, failures;' and (6) Mark II designs, on which the Reed Report focused, have dozens of safety and economic problems and have suffered massive cost overruns during construction as a result of design problems.

The NRC will review the Petition in accordance with 10 CFR 2.206, and I l will issue a formal decision with regard to it within a reasonable time. A copy of the notice that is being filed with the Office of the Federal Register for publication is enclosed for your information.  !

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PILGRIN. NUCLEAR. POWER. STATION ET AL.* q RECEIPT.0F. PETITION FOR. DIRECTOR!S DECISION.UNDER 10.CFR.2.206

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Notice is hereby given that by Petition dated March 8, 1989, 1

Ms. Anna Harlowe, on behalf of the Ecology Center of Southern California j (Ecology Center), has requested the Nuclear Regulatory Commission'(NRC or ,

Consission)toinitiateenforcementactioninvolvingallboilingwater reactors now operating or under construction. The Ecology Center i requested that the NRC fix or close all nuclear power reactors designed by the General Electric Company (GE). As bases for this request, I I

I the Ecology Center alleged that (1) in 1972, a member of the'NRC staff recomended that GE-designed rActors be banned.in the United States; (2)in1975,GEengineersgeneratedthe"RhedReport"thatdetailed dozens of safety and economic problems with GE-designed reactors and that recomended that GE stop selling those reactors; (3) in 1986, an NRC official admitted that 24 GE reactors with Mark I containments had a 90 percent chance of failure in a nuclear accident; (4) in 1987, an NRC task force confirmed that Mark I containments were virtually certain to fail in an accident; (5) according to NRC safety studies, 1

Mark II reactors have many possible scenarios for early containment failures;and,(6)MarkIIdesigns',onwhichtheReedReportfocused, have dozens of safety and economic problems and have suffered massive cost overruns during construction as a result of design problems. .

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I The request is being treated pursuant to 10 CFR 2.206 of the Commission's regulations. The NRC will take appropriate action on the Petition within a reasonable time.

A copy of. the Petition is available for inspection in the. Commission's Public Document Room, 2120 L Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., 20555.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION M e s H. Sniezek, Acting Director 0 fice of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 5th day of June 1989.

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