ML20246B137

Forwards TE Murley Acknowledging Receipt of Ecology Ctr of Southern CA Petition,For Info

ML20246B137
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Site:	Vermont Yankee File:NorthStar Vermont Yankee icon.png
Issue date:	06/22/1989
From:	Fairtile M Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Capstick R VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER CORP.
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NUDOCS 8907070209
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Mr. R. W. Capstick Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corporation 580 Nain Street Bolton, Massachusetts 01740 1398 Gentlemen:

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, Qiginal Sipigt by:

Morton B. Fairtile, Project Manager Project Directorate I-3 Division of Reactor Projects I/II

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4 Ferry Road Ferry Road Brattleboro, Vermont 05301 Brattleboro, Vermont 05301 Mr. John DeVincentisp Vice President Mr. George Sterzinger, Commissioner Yankee Atomic Electric Company Vermont Department of Public Service 580 Main Street 120 State Street 3rd Floor j

Bolton, Massachusetts 01740-1398 Montpelier, Vermont 05602 New England Coalition on Nuclear Public Service Board Pollution State of Vermont Hill and Dale Farm 120 State Street R.D. 2, Box 223 Montpelier, Vermont 05602 Putney, Vermont 05346 Vermont Public Interest Research Group, Inc. G. Dean Weyman 43 State Street Chairman, Board of Selectman Montpelier, Vermont 05602 Post Office Box 116 Vernon, Vermont 05354 William Russell, Regional Administrator Raymond N. McCandless Region 1 Office Vermont Division of Occupational i

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Radiological Health 475 Allendale Road Administration Building King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406 Montpelier, Vermont 05602 Mr. R. W. Capstick Honorable John J. Easton Vermont Yankee Nuclear Attorney General Power Corporation State of Vermont 580 Main St. 109 State Street Bolton, Massachusetts 01740-1398 Montpelier, Vermont 05602 R. K. Gad III Ropes & Gray Conner & Wetterhahn, P.C. i 225 Franklin Street Suite 1050  :

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Special Assistant Attorney General Chief Safety Unit Vermont Depart. of Public Service Office of the Attorney General 120 State Street One Ashburton Place, 19th Floor Montpelier, VT 05602 Boston, MA 02108 Jay Gutierrez Geoffrey M. Huntington, Esquire Regional Counsel Office of the Attorney General USNRC, Region I Environmental Protection Bureau 475 Allendale Road State House Annex King of Prussia, PA. 19406 25 Capitol Street Concord, NH 03301-6397 G. Dana Bisbee, Esq. Charles Bechhoefer, Esq.

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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 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 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, 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 o'verruns during construction as a result of design problems.

The NRC will review the Petition in accordance with 10 CFR 2.206, and I 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.

Sincerely, k) cmas E. Murley, Director ffice of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

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i 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 Comission) to initiate enforcement 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 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 recommended'that GE-designed reactors be banned in the United States; (2)in1975.GEengineersgeneratedthe"ReedReport"thatdetailed dozens of safety and economic problems with GE-designed reactors and thatrecommendedthatGEstopsellingthosereactors;(3)in1986,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 confinned 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 problemt.

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1 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. l A copy of the Petition is available for inspection in the Commission's l

Public Document Room 2120 L Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., 20555.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION r_pfsl4 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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