ML20245K537

Forwards NRR Ack Receipt of Petition Filed by Ecology Ctr of Southern California & Stating That Petition Being Treated Under 10CFR2.206 of NRC Regulations

ML20245K537
Person / Time
Site:	Cooper
Issue date:	06/22/1989
From:	Oconnor P Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Trevors G NEBRASKA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT
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2.206, NUDOCS 8907050157
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.Mr. George A. Trevors, Division Manager . Nuclear Support Nebraska-Public Power District Post Office Box 499 .

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SUBJECT:

NRC LETTER ACKNOWLEDGING' RECEIPT OF 2.206 PETITION REGARDING BWR DESIGN PROBLEMS ,

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 any questions.

Sincerely,

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Paul W. O'Connor, Project Manager-Project Directorate - IV Division of Reactor Projects - III, IV, V and Special Projects Office of Nuclear-Reactor Regulation '

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SUBJECT:

HRC LETTER ACKNOWLEDGING RECEIPT OF 2.206 PETITION REGARDING BWR DESIGN PROBLEMS 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)statesthatthePetitionisbeingtreatedunder10CFR2.206ofthe 1 Commission's regulations.

Please contact me if you have any questions.

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'Mr. G. D. Watson, General Counsel.

Nebraska Public Power District P. O. Box 499 Columbus,. Nebraska 68601 Cooper Nuclear Station ATTN: Mr. Guy R. Horn, Division Manager of Nuclear Operations P. O. Box 98 Brownville, Nebraska 68321 Dennis Grams, Director Nebraska Department of Environmental Control P. O. Box 98922 Lincoln, Nebraska 68509-8922 Mr. Larry Bohlken, Chairman Hemaha County Board of Counissioners Nemaha County Courthouse 1824 N Street Auburn, Nebraska' 68305 Senior Resident inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Com1=sion P. O. Box 218 '

Brownville, Nebraska 68321 Regional Administrator, Region IV U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 1000 Arlington, Texas 76011 Mr. Harold Borchart, Director Division of Radiological Health Department of Health 301 Centennial Mall, South P. 0.' Box 95007 Lincoln, Nebraska 68509-5007

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,,,,, .1une 5, 1989 Ms. Anna Harlowe Issues Coordinator Ecology' Center of Southern California  :

P. O. Box 35473 i Los Angeles, California 90035

DearEs.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 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 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'anuclearaccident;(4)in1987,anNRCtaskforceconfirmedthat Mark I containments were virtually certain to fail in an accident; (5) according to NRC safety studies Mar scenarios for early containment failures;k IIand reactors have (6) Mark many possible II designs, on which the Reed Report focused,'have dozen,s 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 forrial 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.

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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 Commission (NRC or i Comission) to initiate enforcement action involving all boiling water j reactors now operating or under construction. The Ecology Center requested that the NRC fix or close all nuclear power reactors designed )

bytheGeneralElectricCompany-(GE). As bases for.this request, the Ecology Center alleged that (1) in 1972, a member of the NRC staff recomended that GE-designed reactors be* banned in the United States; (2) in 1975 GE engineers generated the " Reed Report" t:st detailed dozens of safety and economic problems with GE-designed reactors and 4

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 confinned that Mark I containments were virtually certain to fail in an accident; (5) according to NRC safety studies, Mark II reactors have ciany possible scenarios for early containment failures; and, (6) Mark II designs', on which the Reed Report focused, i 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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A copy of the Petition is available for inspection in the Consission's Public Document Room 2120 L Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., 20555.

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a CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT CO. (Brunswick Station, Units I and 2, Docket Nos. 50-324 and 50-325)

CLEVELAND ELECTRIC ILLUMINATING CO., ET AL. (Perry Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1,DocketNo.50-440)

COMMONWEALTH EDISON CD. (Dresden Nuclear Power Plant, Units 2 and 3 Docket hos. 50-237 and 50-249), (Quad Cities Nuclear Power Plant, Units I and 2 Docket Nos.50-254 and 50-265) (LaSalle County Station, ,

Units 1 and 2, Docket Nos. 50-373 and 50-374)

CONSUHERS POWER CO. (Big Rock Point, Docket No. 50-155)

DETROIT EDISON CD. (Permi Unit 2, Docket No. 50-341)

GENERAL PUBLIC UTILITIES (Oyster Creek Station. Docket No. 50 219)

GEORGIA POWER CD. (Hatch Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2, Docket Nos. 50-321 and 50-366)

GULF STATES UTILITIES CO. (River Bend Station, Ncket No. 50-458)

ILLINDIS POWER CO.-(Clinton Nuclear Power Plant, Docket No. 506461) .

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

LONG ISLAND LIGHTING CD. (Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant Docket N MISSISSIPPI POWER & LIGHT CO. (Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Docket No. 50-416)

NEBRASKAPUBLICPOWERDISTRICT(CooperStation,DocketNo.50-298)

NIAGARA MOHAWK POWER CORP. (Nine Mile Point, Units 1 and 2. Docket Nos. 50-220 and50-410)

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

NORTHERN STATES POWER CO. (Monticello Nuclear Power Plant, Docket No. 50-263)

PENNSYLVANIA POWER & LIGHT CO. (Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units I and 2 Docket Nos. 50-387 and 50-388)

PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC CO. (Pinch Bottom Nuclear Station, Units 2 and 3, Docket Nos. 50-277 and 50-278), (Limerick Nucitar Power Plant, Unit 1, Docket No. 50-352)

POWER AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF NEW Y'JRK (James A. Fitzpatrick Station, Docket No. 50-333)

PUBLIC SERVICE ELECTRIC & GAS CO. (Hope Creek Generating Station, Docket No. 50-354) y TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY (Browns Ferry Nuclear Stadon, Units 1, 2, and 3, Docket Nos. 50-259,50-260,and50-296)

VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER CORP. (Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant, Docket No. 50-271) l WASHINGTON PUBLIC POWER SUPPLY SYSTEN (WNP Unit 2, Docket No. 50-397) l

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