ML20246Q263

Forwards NRR Director to Ecological Ctr of Southern California Ack Receipt of Petition & Stating That Petition Being Treated Under 10CFR2.206

ML20246Q263
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Site:	Fermi
Issue date:	07/14/1989
From:	Stang J Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Sylvia B DETROIT EDISON CO.
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July 14, 1989 Docket No. 50-341 Mr. B. Ralph Sylvia Senior Vice President Nuclear Operation Detroit Edison Company 6400 N. Dixie Highway 1 Newport, Michigan 48166

Dear Mr. Sylvia:

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, 06pfd Signed by John Stang, Project Manager Project Directorate 111-1 Division of Reactor Projects - III, IV, V

& Special Projects Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

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July 14, 1989 Docket No. 50-341 Mr. B. Ralph Sylvia Senior Vice President Nuclear Operation Detroit Edison Company 6400 N. Dixie Highway Newport, Michigan 48166

Dear Mr. Sylvia:

1 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.

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Dear Ms. Harlowe:

This letter acknowledges the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Consission'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 s,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 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 dverruns 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, L y-omas E. Murley, Director ffice of Nuclear 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' J

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'RhedReport"thatdetailed 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 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 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 Comission's Public~ Document Room, 2120 L Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., 20555.

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