ML20245K497
| ML20245K497 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | River Bend  |
| Issue date: | 06/22/1989 |
| From: | Paulson W Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Deddens J GULF STATES UTILITIES CO. |
| References | |
| 2.206, NUDOCS 8907050145 | |
| Download: ML20245K497 (3) | |
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June 22,.1989 Docket No. 50-458 Gulf States Utilities ATTN: Mr. James C. Deddens Senior Vice President Post Office Box 220 St. Francisville, Louisiana 70775
Dear Mr. Deddens:
SUBJECT:
NRC LETTER ACKNOWLEDGING RECEIPT OF 2.206 PETITION REGARDING BWR DESIGN PROBLEMS 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. Theletter(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 ne if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
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Dear Mr. Deddens:
SUBJECT:
NRC LETTER ACKNOWLEDGING RECEIPT OF 2.206 PETITION REGARDING BWR DESIGN PROBLEKS 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 cf 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.
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20006 Beaumont, TX 77704 Mr. Les England Mr. William H. Spell, Administrator j
Director.- Nuclear Licensing Nuclear Energy Division Gulf States Utilities Company Office of Environmental Affairs P. O. Box 220 P. O. Box 14690
.St. Francisville, LA 70775-Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70898 Richard M. Troy, Jr., Esq.
Assistant Attorney General in Charge Mr. J. David McNeill, III State of Louisiana Department of Justice William G. Davis, Esq.
254 Lcycla-Avenue Department of Justice fiew Orleans, Louisiana 70112 Attorney General's Office 7434 Perkins Road i
Resident Inspector Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70808 P. O. Box 1051 St. Francisville, Louisiana 70775 H. Anne Plettinger 3456 Villa Rose Drive President of West Feliciana Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70806 Police Jury P. O. Box 1921 St. Francisville, Louisiana 70775 Philip G. Harris Cajun Electric Power Coop. Inc.
Regional Administrator, Region IV 10719 Airline Highway U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P. O. Box 15540 Office of Executive Director Baton Rouge, LA 70895 for Operations Ell Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 1000 Arlington, Texas 76011 i
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Issues Coordinator
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P. O. Box 35473 Los Angeles, California 90035
Dear 5s.Harlowe:
This letter acknowledges the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission'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 recommended 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 i
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 j
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 i
scenarios for early containment failures; and (6) Mark II designs, on which the Reed Report focused,'have dozen,s of safety and economic problems and have suffered massive cost overruns during construction as j
a result of design problems.
The NRC will review the Petition in accordance with 10 CFR 2,206 and I willissueaformaldecisionwithregardtoitwithinareasonable 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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h omas E. Murley ffice of Nuclear, Director s
Reactor Regulation
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RECEIPT.0F. PETITION FOR DIRECTOR!S DECISION.UNDER 10 CFR 2.206 Notice is hereby given that by Petition dated March 8, 1989, Ms. Anna Harlowe, on behalf of the-Ecology Center of Southern California (Ecology Center), has requested the Nuclear Regulatory Comission (NRC or
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Comission) to initiate saforcement action involving all boiling water reactors now operating or under construction. The Ecology Center requested that the NRC fix or close all nuclear power reactors designed J
by the General Electric Company (GE). As bases for.this request, the Ecology Center alleged that (1) in 1972, a member of the NRC staff 1
recomended that GE-designed reactors be banned in the United States;
-(2) in 1975, GE engineers generated the " Reed Report" that detailed I
dozens of safety and economic problems with GE-designed reactors and i
that recorrnended that GE stop selling those reactors; (3) in 1986, an j
HRC official admitted that 24 GE reactors with Mark I containments had
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NRC task force confirmed that Mark I contain. ants were virtually certaintofailinanaccident;(5)accordingtoNRCsafetystudies, Mark II reactors have rany 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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The request is being treated pursuent to 10 CFR 2.206 of the Comission's regulations. The NRC will take appropriate action on the 1
Petition within a reasonable tire.
i A copy of the Petition is available for inspection in the Comission's Public Document Room, 2120 L Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., 20555.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 4.424 %f4 s H. Snierek, Acting Director 0 fice of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 5th day of June 1989.
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CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT CO. (Brur:swick Station, Units I and 2 Decket Nos. 50-324 and 50-325)
CLEVELAND ELECTRIC ILLUMINATING CO., ET AL. (Perry Nuclear Power Plant.
Unit 1, Docket No. 50-440)
COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO. (Dresden Nuclear Power Plant, Units 2 and 3 Docket Nos. 50-237 and 50-249), (Quad Cities Nuclear Power Plant, Units I and 2, Docket Nos.50-254 and 50-265), (LaSalle County Station.
Units 1 and 2, Docket Nos. 50-373 and 50-374)'
CONSUMERS POWER CO. (Big Rock Point, Docket No. 50-155)
DETROIT EDISON CO. (Fermi Unit 2, Docket No. 50-341)
GENERAL PUBLIC UTILITIES (Oyster Creek Station, Docket No. 50-219)
GEORGIA POWER CO. (Hatch Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2 Docket Nos. 50 321 and 50-365)
GULF STATES UTILITIES CO. (River Bend Station, Docket No. 50-458) i ILLIh015 POWER CD. (Clinton Nuclear Power Plant, Docket No. 50-451)
IOWA ELECTRIC LIGHT & POWER CD. (Duane Arnold Nuclear Power Plant, Docket No. 50-331)
LONG ISLAND LIGHTING CO. (Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant, Docket No. 50-322)
MISSISSIPPI POWER & LIGHT CD. (Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Docket No. 50-416)
NEERASG PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT (Cooper Station, Docket No. 50-298)
NI AGARA M0 HAWK POWER CORP. (Nine Mile Point, Units 1 and 2, Docket Nos. 50-220 and50-410)
NDRTHEAST UTILITIES (Millstone Unit 1, Docket No. 50-245)
NDRTHERN STATES PCKER CO. (Monticello Nuclear Power Plant, Docket No. 50-263)
PENh5YLVANIA POWER & LIGHT CO. (Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2. Docket Nos. 50-387 and 50-388)
PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC CO. (Pe'ach Bottom Nuclear Station, Units 2 and 3, Docket Nos. 50-277 and 50-278), (Limerick Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1, Docket No. 50-352)
POWER AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (James A. Fitzpatrick Station, Docket No. 50-333)
PUBLIC SERVICE ELECTRIC & GAS CO. (Hope Creek Generatin9 Station, Docket No. 50-354) t
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TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY (Browns Ferry Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2, and 3 Docket Nos. 50-259,50-260,and50-296)
VERM0hT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER CORP. (Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant, Docket No. 50-271)
WASHINGTON PUBLIC POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM (WNP Unit 2, Docket No. 50-397)
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