PNO-III-86-075, on 860731,village of Seneca,Il Filed Suit Against NRC to Prevent Resumption of Facility Operation.Suit Cites Alleged Shortcomings in Emergency Planning Activities & Troubled Performance Record

PNO-III-86-075:on 860731,village of Seneca,Il Filed Suit Against NRC to Prevent Resumption of Facility Operation.Suit Cites Alleged Shortcomings in Emergency Planning Activities & Troubled Performance Record

ML20212B871
Person / Time
Site:	LaSalle
Issue date:	08/01/1986
From:	Shafer W, Snell W NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To:
References
PNO-III-86-075, PNO-III-86-75, NUDOCS 8608070256
Download: ML20212B871 (1)

LIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE--PNO-III-86 Date August 1,1986 This preliminary notification constitutes EARLY notice of events of POSSIBLE safety or public interest significance. The information is as initially received without v:rification or evaluation, and is basically all that is known by the Region III staff on this date.

Facility: Commonwealth Edison Company Licensee Emergency Classification:

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LaSalle, Units 1 and 2 Notification of an Unusual Event

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Docket Nos. 50-373; 50-374 Alert {

Site Area Emergency i General Emergency

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Subject:

SUIT TO PREVENT RESTART i On July 31, 1986, the Village of Seneca, Illinois, filed suit against the Nuclear Rigulatory Commission in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (Chicago),

sceking to prevent the resumption of operation of the LaSalle Nuclear Power Station, f l

[ Both units are currently shut down. Unit 2 has been shut down since June 1, 1986, as a l

result of problems with reactor water level pressure switches (Reference PN0-III-86-52, 52A l and 52B). Unit 1 is shut down for refueling and modifications. The licensee plans to restart Unit 2 on August 7; Unit I would be restarted about September 1, 1986.

Under a Confirmatory Action Letter, issued June 2, 1986, in connection with the water level ,

pressure switches, the concurrence of the Region III (Chicago) Regional Administrator is {

r:ouired before either unit may resume operations.

The Village of Seneca previously announced on June 17, 1986, that it was withdrawing from emergency planning activities for LaSalle (Reference PN0-III-86-58).

The suit cites alleged shortcomings in emergency planning activities for the LaSalle plant and the plant's " troubled performance record." The Village had previously filed a petition under 10 CFR 2.206 seeking to institute a proceeding to revoke the LaSalle Operating License for lack of an adequate emergency plan and, in the interim, to prohibit resumption of operations of the plant.

The State of Illinois will be notified of this information.

Region III (Chicago) was informed of the filing of the suit at 9:00 a.m., August 1,1986.

This information is current as of that time. f CONTACT: 1 388-5513 388-5656 DISTRIBUTION:

H. St. ED0 NRR E/W Willste Mail: ADM:DMB Chairman Palladino PA IE NMSS DOT:Trans only Com. Zech ELD OIA RES Comm. Bernthal AE0D Comm. Roberts -

Comm. Asselstine SP d'Mp Regional Offices b bfg ACRS SECY INP0 d )7 NSAC 3.' M CA RIII Resident Office PDR Licensee: $80 (Corp. Office - Reactor Lic. Only) J 8608070256 860801 Region III

-I 86-075 PDR

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