ML071280385

G20070318/LTR-07-0322 - Ltr. Representative Dennis J. Kucinich 2.206 Petition Requesting the NRC Take Safety Related Actions to Ensure That Reactor Heads Do Not Degrade to the Point of Failure - Document Request - 2.206/FirstEnergy

ML071280385
Person / Time
Site:	Davis Besse
Issue date:	05/01/2007
From:	Kucinich D US HR (House of Representatives), US HR, Subcomm on Domestic Policy
To:	Klein D NRC/Chairman
References
2.206, FOIA/PA-2007-0299, G20070318, LTR-07-0322
Download: ML071280385 (4)

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EDO Principal Correspondence Control FROM: DUE: 05/17/07 EDO CONTROL: G20070318 DOC DT: 05/01/07 FINAL REPLY: Represenetative Dennis J. Kucinich TO: Chairman Klein FOR SIGNATURE OF :** GRN **CRC NO: 07-0322 Schmidt, OCA DESC: ROUTING: Safety Related Actions to Ensure Reactor Heads Do Not Degrade -Document Request -2.206/FirstEnergy DATE: 05/07/07 Reyes Virgilio Kane Ash Silber Ordaz Burns Caldwell, RIII Carpenter, OE Cyr, OGC Schmidt, OCA Shoop, OEDO Mensah, NRR Jones, OGC ASSIGNED TO: NRR CONTACT: Dyer SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS OR REMARKS: Ref. G20070297.

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LETTER DATE: ACKNOWLEDGED SPECIAL HANDLING: LTR-07-0322 LOGGING DATE: 05/07/2007 EDO REP Dennis Kucinich CONG Dale Klein 2.206 petition requesting the NRC take specific safety related actions to ensure that reactor heads do not degrade to the point of failure Signature of Director, OCA RF, OCA 05/01/2007 No Comm. Correspondence NOTES: Chairman and Commissioners should receive copies of documents being requested FILE LOCATION: DAMS DATE DUE: 05/21/2007 DATE SIGNED: EDO --G20070318 HENRY A, WAXMAN, CALIFORNIA.

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--JIM COOPER, TENNESSEE CHRIS VAN HOLLEN, MARYLAND MNonRy (202) 225-5051 PAUL W. HODES, NEW HAMPSHIRE FAGSIMILE (202) 225-4784 CHRISTOPHER S. MURPHY, CONNECTICUT MINARITY (202) 225-5074 JOHN P. SARBANES, MARYLAND TTY (202) 22-6852 PETER WELCH, VERMONT http://oversight.house.gov May 1, 2007 Mr. Dale E. Klein Chairman U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555

Dear Mr. Klein:

Yesterday, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission received at §2.206 petition requesting that the NRC take specific safety-related actions to ensure that reactor heads do not degrade to the point of failure, as occurred at the Davis-Besse nuclear plant prior to the shutdown of the facility in 2002. As you know, FirstEnergy, owner of Davis-Besse, deceived government regulators about safety violations at the facility.

Those violations resulted in a football-sized crater in the reactor vessel. Only a slim steel liner stood in the way of a catastrophic radioactive release into the air, which would have jeopardized the safety of millions of residents in the state of Ohio.To aid the ongoing Domestic Policy Subcommittee's review of the NRC, I request that the NRC provide copies of the following letters and any documents included with the original letters to the Subcommittee:

1) A Nuclear Regulatory Commission letter dated approximately 8 weeks ago to Babcock& Wilcox Canada about cracking in a replacement head to be installed in the Palisades reactor.2) The Babcock & Wilcox Canada letter dated approximately 3 to 4 weeks ago in response to the above NRC request.3) The Nuclear Management Corporation letter dated approximately 2 to 3 weeks ago in response to both the NRC and Babcock & Wilcox Canada letters.The Domestic Policy Subcommittee has broad jurisdiction over many federal agencies, including the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

The Oversight and Government Reform Committee is the principal oversight committee in the House of Representatives and has broad jurisdiction as set forth in House Rule X. An attachment to this letter provides additional information about how to respond to the Subcommittee's request.

Mr. Dale E. Klein May 1, 2007 Page 2 Since this request is limited in scope, please provide the above letters and attachments by the Friday May, 4, 2007. If you have any questions please contact my Staff Director, Jaron Bourke, at (202) 225-6427.Sincerely, Dennis J. Kucinich Chairman Domestic Policy Subcommittee cc: Darrell Issa Ranking Minority Member