ML20246E961

Forwards Ack Receipt of Petition Filed by Ecology Ctr of Southern California Under 2.206

ML20246E961
Person / Time
Site:	Shoreham File:Long Island Lighting Company icon.png
Issue date:	07/06/1989
From:	Brown S Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Leonard J LONG ISLAND LIGHTING CO.
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2.206, NUDOCS 8907130069
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Mr. John ~ D. Leonard NRC PDR & LPDR CShiraki l

Vice President-Nuclear Operations PDI-2 Reading 0GC Long Island Lighting Co. SVarga EJordan Shoreham Nuclear Power. Station BBoger BGrimes-P.O.- Box 618, North Country Road WButler ACRS(10)

Wading River, NY 11792 M0'Brien

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' LETTER TO ECOLOGY CENTER OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGARDING THEIR L

PETITI0ff TO FIX OR CLOSE ALL NUCLEAR POWER REACTORS DESIGNED BY THE GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY RE: SH0REHAM !!UCLEAR POWER STATION 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 rne if you have questions on this issue.

Sincerely,

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. Stewart W. Brown, Project Manager ,

Project Directorate I-2 l Division of Reactor Projects I/II Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Enclosure:

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July 6. 1989 Docket No. 50-322 Mr. John D. Leonard Vice President-Nuclear Operations Long Island Lighting Co.

Shoreham Nuclear Power Station P.O. Box 618, North Country Road Wading River, NY 11792

SUBJECT:

LETTER TO ECOLOGY CENTER OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGARDING THEIR PETITION TO FIX OR CLOSE ALL NUCLEAR POWER REACTORS DESIGNED BY THE GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY RE: SHOREHAM NUCLEAR POWER STATION 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 Connission's regulations.

Please contact me if you have questions on this issue.

Sincerely,

/ h Stewart W. Brown, Project Manager Project Directorate I-2 Division of Reactor Projects I/II Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation '

Enclosure:

As stated cc w/ enclosure:

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Mr. John D. Leonard, Jr. Shoreham Nuclear Power Station Long' Island Lighting Company ec:

Victor A. Staffieri, Esq. Supervisor General Counsel Town of Brookhaven Long Island Lighting Campany 205 S. Ocean Ave.

175 East Old County Road Patchogue, New York 11772 Hicksville, New York 11801 Town Attorney W. Taylor Reveley, III, Esq. Town of Brookhaven Hunton & Williams 3232, Route 112 Post Office Box 1535 Medford, NY 11763 707 East Main Street Richmond, Virginia 23212 MHR Technical Associates 1723 Hamilton Avenue Mr. Lawrence Britt Suite K Shoreham Nuclear Power Station San Jose, California 95125 Post Office Box 618 Wading River, New York 11792 Richard M. Kessel Chairman & Executive Director Mr. John Scalice New York State Consumer Protection Plant Manager Board Shoreham Nuclear Power Station Room 1725 Post Offica Box 628 250 Breadway Wading River, New York 11792 New York, NY 10007 ,

Resident Inspector Jonathan D. Feinberg, Esq.

Shoreham NPS New York State Departuent U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission of Public Service Post Office Box B Three Empire State Plaza Rocky Point, New York 11778 Albany, New York 12223 Regional Administrator, Rogion I Gerald C. Crotty, Esq.

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Cammission Ben Wiles Esq.

475 Allendale Road Counsel to the Governor King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406 Executive Chamber State Capitol Ms. Donna Ross . Alb6ny, New York 12224 New York State Energy Office .

• jency Buildig 2 Herbert H. Brown, Esq.

Empire State Plaza Lawrence Coe Lanpber, Esq.

Albany, New York 12223 Karla J. Letsche, Esq.

Kirkpatrick & Lockhart South Lobby - 9th Floor 1800 M Street, N.Y.

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Dr. Monroe Schneider Mr. Charlie Donaldson North Shore Committee Assistant Attorney General Post Office Box 231 NYS Department of Law Wading River, NY 11792 Room 3-118 120 Broadway Fabian G. Palomino, Esq. New York, NY 10271 Special Counsel to the Governor Executive Chamber - State Capitol Albany, NY 12224 Martin Bradley Ashare, Esq.

Suffolk County Attorney H. Lee Dennison Building Veteran's Memorial Highway Hauppauge, NY 11788 Robert Abrams, Esq.

Attorney General of the State of New York ATTN: John Corwin, Esq.

i New York State Department of Law l Consumer Protection Bureau 120 Broadway -

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Honorable Peter Cohalan Suffolk County Executive County Executive / Legislative Building Veteran's Memorial Highway Hauppauge, NY 11788 Ms. Nora Bredes Shoreham Opponents Coalition 195 East Main Street Smithtown, New York 11787 Chris Nolin  !

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\ ,,,,, June 5, 1989 Ms. Anna Harlowe

~ Issues Coordinator j Ecology Center of Southern California i '

P. O. Box 35473 Los Angeles, California 90035

Dearis.Harlowe:

This letter acknowledges the U. 5. Nuclear Regulatory Cossaission'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 chanca of failure in a nuclear accident; (4) in 1987, an NRC task force confinned that Mark I containments were virtually certain to fall in an accident; (5)accordingtoNRCsafetystudies Mark II reactors have many possibin '

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 willissueaformaldecisionwithregardtoit,withinareasonable 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, i'omas E. Murley, Director ffice of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

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

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Cosmission) to initiate enforcuaent action involving all boiling water reactors now operating or under construction. The Ecology Center

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' requested that the NRC fix or close all nuclear power reactors designed l by the General Electric Company (GE). As bases for.this request.

theEcologyCenterallegedthat(1)in1972,amemberoftheNRCstaff recoseended that GE-designed reacters be banned in the United States; (2)in1975,GEengineersgeneratedthe'Reedkeport"thatdetailed dozens of safety and economic problems with GE-designed reactors and that reconnended 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 MRC task force confirmed that Mark I containments were virtually certaintofallinanaccident;(5)accordingtoNRCsafetystudies, Mark II reactors have many possible scenarios for early containment failures; and, (6) Mark 11 designs', on which the Reed Repok focused, hase dozens of safety and economic problems and have suffered massive co'st overruns during construction es 4 result of design problems.

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

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

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY C0PMIS$10N gh, .

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COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO. (Dresden Nuclear Power Plant, Units 2 and 3 Docket Nos. 50-237 and 50-249), (Quad Cities Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and Units 1 and 2 Docket 2 Docket Mos.50-254 Nos. 50-373 and 50-374 and 50-265)). (LaSalle Coun CONSUMERS POWER C0. (Big Rock Point. Docket No. 50-155)

DETROIT E0! SON CD. (Fermt 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 50-366)

GULF STATES UTILITIES C0. (River Bend Station. Docket No. 50-458)

ILLINDISPOWERCO.(ClintonNuclearPowerPlant,DocketNo.50i461)

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

LONG ISLAND LIGNTING C0. (Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant, Docket No. 50-322)

MISSISSIPPIPOWER&LIGHTCO.(GrandGulfNuclear$tation,DocketNo.50-416)

NEBRASXA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT (Cooper Station Docket No. 50-298) '

NIAGARA MOHAWK POWER CORP. (Nine Mile Fotnt, Units 1 and 2, Docket Nos. 50-and50-410)

I NORTHEAST UTILITIES (Millstone Unit 1. Docket No. 50-245) .

NORTHERN STATES POWER C0. (Monticello Nuclear Power Plant, Docket No. 50-26 PENNSYLVANIA POWER & LIGHT CD. (Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2 Docket Nos. 50 387 and 50 388)

PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC CO. (Prach Bottom Nuclear SMtion, Units 2 and 3, Docket Nos. 50-277 and 50-278), (Limerick Nuclear Power Plant, Uni?,1. Docket No. 50-352 POWER AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (James A. Fitzpatr' ek Station, Docket No. 50-333)

- PUBLIC SERVICE ELECTRIC & GAS CD. (Hope Creek Generating Station, Docket No. 50-354)

TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY (Browns Ferry Nuclear $tatiba,' Units 1, 2, and 3, Docket Nos. 50459, 50-260, and 50-296)

VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER CORP. (Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant, Docket No. 50-2711 WASHINGTON PUBLIC POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM (WNP Unit 2. Docket N 4

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