ML20246F591

Forwards to Ecology Ctr of Southern California Re Petition to Fix or Close All Nuclear Power Reactors Designed by Ge.Ltr Ack Receipt of Petition Filed by Ecology Ctr & States Petition Filed Under 10CFR2.206

ML20246F591
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Site:	Limerick
Issue date:	07/06/1989
From:	Clark R Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Hunger G PECO ENERGY CO., (FORMERLY PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC
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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:. LIMERICK GENERATING STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 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, W.R. Butler for Richard J. Clark, Project Manager Project Directorate I-2 Division of Reactor Projects I/II Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

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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: LIMERICK GENERATING STATION, UNITS 'l AND 2 Enclosed for your information is a copy of a letter dated June 5,1089, from the Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, to the Representative of the Ecology Center of Southern California. The letter (I) 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. .

4 Please contact me if you have questions on this issue.

Sincerely, h) c t Richard J. Clark, Project Manager Project Directorate I-2 Division of Reactor Projects I/II Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Enclosure:

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Mr. George A. Hunger, Jr. Limerick Generating Station Philadelphia Electric Company Units 1 & 2 CC:

Troy B. Conner, Jr., Esquire Mr. Ted Ullrich Conner and Wetterhahn Manager - Unit 2 Startup 1747 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. Limerick Generating Station Washington, D. C. 20006 P. O. Box A Sanatoga, Pennsylvania 19464 Mr. Rod Krich 57-1 Philadelphia Electric Company Mr. John Doering 2301 Market Street Superintendent-Operations Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19101 Limerick Generating Station P. O. Box A Mr. Charles W. Elliott Sanatoga, Pennsylvania 19464 Poswistilo, Elliott and Elliott 325 N. 10th Street Thomas Gerusky, Director Easton, Pennsylvania 18042 Bureau of Radiation Protection PA Dept. of Environmental Resources Mr. Graham M. Leitch, Vice President P. O. Box 2063 Limerick Generating Station Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120 Post Office Box A Sanatoga, Pennsylvania 19464 Single Point of Contact 4 P. O. Box 11880 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17108-1880 Mr. James Linvil'a U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mr. Philip J. Duca Region I Superintendent-Technical 475 Allendale Road Limerick Generating Station King of Prussia, PA 19405 P. O. Box A Sanatoga, Pennsylvania 19464 Mr. Thomas Kenny Senior Resident Inspector US Nuclear Regulatory Commission P. O. Box 596 Pottstown, Pennsylvania 19464 Mr. John S. Kemper Senior Vice President-Nuclear Philadelphia Electric Company 2301 Market Street' Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19101 l

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

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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 po,wer 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 EE-designed reactors be banned in the United States; (2) in 1975 generated the " Reed Report" that detailed dozens of s. GE engineers afety 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 scenarios for early containment failures; a!! nd(6)reactors Markhave 11 many possible 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.

Sincerely, Y

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

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The request is being treated pursuant to 10 CFR 2.206 of the t Comunission's regulations. The NRC will tale 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.

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

COMMONWEALTH EDISON C0. (Dresden Nuclear Power Plant, Units 2 and 3 Docket Nos. 50-237 and 50-249), (Quad Cities Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1and2,DocketNos.50-254and50-265)}(LaSalleCountySta Units 1 and 2, Docket Nos. 50-373 and 50-374 CONSUMERS POWER C0. (Big Rock Point Docket No. 50-155)

DEIROIT EDISON CO. (Fermi Unit 2 Docket No. 50-341)

GENERAL PUBLIC UTILITIES (0yster Creek Station Docket No. 50-219) .

GEORGIA POWER C0. (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)

ILLIN0!$POWERCD.(ClintonNuclearPowerPlant,DocketNo.50461)

IOWA ELECTRIC LIGHT & POWER C0 (Duane Arnold Nuclear Power Plant, DocketNo.50-331)

LONG ISLAND LIGHTING C0. (Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant, Docket No. 50-32 NEBRASKA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT (Cooper Station '

NIAGARA and50-410)

MOHAWK POWER CORP. (Nine Mile Point, Units 1 and 2. Docket Nos. 50 NORTHEAST UTILITIES (Millstone Unit 1 Docket No. 50-245)

MORTHERN STATES POWER C0. (Monticello Nuclear Power Plant, Acat No. 50-26 PENNSYLVANIA POWER & LIGHT C0. (Susquehanna steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2 Docket Nos. 50-387 and 50-388) i PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC CD. (Peach 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 & SAS C0. (Hope Creek Generating Station, Docket No. 50-354)

TENNESSEEVALLEYAUTHORITY(BrownsFerr Docket Nos. 50-259,50-260,and50-296)yNuclearStatib,a, Units 1,2,and3 VERMONT Docket YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER CORP. (Vermont Yankee Nuc No. 50 271)

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