ML20246C798

Forwards Ltr from Director,Ofc of Nrr,To Representative of Ecology Ctr of Southern California,Ack Receipt of Petition Filed by Ecology Ctr of Southern California & States Petition Being Treated Under 10CFR2.206

ML20246C798
Person / Time
Site:	Clinton
Issue date:	07/06/1989
From:	John Hickman Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Holtzscher D ILLINOIS POWER CO.
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2.206, NUDOCS 8907110145
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P. 0.' Box 678 Mail Code V920 Clinton, Illinois ,61727

Dear Mr. Holtzscher:

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, o CI Fo A.

John B. Hickman, Project Manager Project Directorate III-2 Division of Reactor Projects III, IV, V, 'nd Special Projects

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. July 6, _1989 Docket No. 50-461 Mr. Dale L. Holtzscher Acting Manager - Licensing and Safety Clinton Power Station P. O. Box 678 Mail Code V920 Clinton, Illinois 61727

Dear Mr. Holtzscher:

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, b C S&Y Foe.

John B. Hickman, Project Manager Project Directorate III-2 Division of Reactor Projects III, IV, V,-and Special Projects

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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 Es. H6rlowe:

This letter ackno41 edges 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 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 '

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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RECEIPT.0F. PETITION FOR. DIRECTOR!S DECISION.UNDER 10.CFR 2.206 4-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, theEcologyCenterallegedthat(1)in1972,amemberoftheNRCstaff recomended that GE-designed reactors be, banned in the United States; (2) in 1975 GE engineers generated the " Reed Report" that detailed

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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 certaintofailinanaccident;(5)accordingtoNRCsafetystudies, 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.

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The request is being treated pursuant to 10 CFR 2.206 of the i Comission'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 Consission's Public Document Room 2120 L Street. N.W., Washington, D.C., 20555.

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CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT CO. (Brunswick Station, Units 1 and 2 Docket Nos. 50-324 and 50-325)

CLEVELAND-ELECTRIC Unit 1, Docket No. 50-440)ILLUMINATING CO., ET AL. (Perry Nuclear Power Plant.

COMMONWEALTH EDISDN CD. (Dresden Nuclear Power Plant, Units 2 and 3, Docket Nos. 50-237 and 50-249), (Quad Cities Nuclear Power Plant, l Units 1 and 2, Docket Nos.50-254 and 50-265) (LaSalle County Station, L

Units 1 and 2 Docket Nos. 50 373 and 50-374)

CONSUMERS POWER CD. (Big Rock Point, Docket No. 50-155)

DETROIT EDISON CD. (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, DocketNos.50-321and50-366)

GULF STATES UTILITIES CO. (River Bend Station, Docket No. 50 458)

ILLINDIS POWER CD. (Clinton Nuclear Power Plant, Docket No. 50-461)

IOWA ELECTRIC LIGHT & POWER CO. (Duane Arnold Nuclear Power Plant, Docket No. 50-331)

LONG ISLAND LIGHTING CD. (Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant, Docket No. 50-322)

MISSISSIPPI POWER & LIGHT CO. (Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Docket N NEERASKA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT (Cooper Station, Docket No. 50-298) o. 50-416)

NIAGARA MOHAWK POWER CORP. (Nine Mile Point, Units'I and 2 Docket Nos. 50 220 and50-410) i NORTHEAST UTILITIES (Mi11' stone Unit 1. Docket No. 50-245)

NORTHERN STATES POWER CO. (Monticello Nuclear Power Plant, Docket No. 50-263)

PENNSYLVANIA POWER & LIGHT CD. (Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1and2.DocketNos.50-3B7and50-3B8)

PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC CO. (Pnch 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 AUTHDRITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (James A. Fitzpatrick Station,

' Docket No. 50-333)

PUBLIC SERVICE ELECTRIC & GAS CO. (Hope Creek Generating Station, Docket No. 50-354) r TEhNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY (Browns Ferry Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2, and 3, Docket Nos. 50-259,50-260,and50296)

VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER CORP. (Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant, Docket No. 50-271)

WASHINGTON PUBLIC POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM (WNP Unit 2. Docket No. 50-3 5

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