ML13039A264

G20130101/LTR-13-0119 - Ltr. Erich Pica Concerns Regarding Documents Relating to the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station

ML13039A264
Person / Time
Site:	San Onofre
Issue date:	02/08/2013
From:	Pica E Friends of the Earth
To:	Macfarlane A M NRC/Chairman, NRC/OCM
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CORR-13-0033, G20130101, LTR-13-0119
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,ETS SU.S.NRC Protecting Peoplerd the Divirownent Ticket No: G20130101 r-74.z---S rIl:Ifom to Assigned Office: NRR Other Assignees:

OEDO Due Date: 02/27/2013 SECY Due Date: 03/01/2013 Date Response Requested by Originator:

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Documents Related to San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS)Description:

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Incoming Task: Erich Pica Friends of the Earth Chairman Macfarlane Letter Date of Incoming:

02/07/2013 Document Received by OEDO Date: 02/08/2013 OEDO POC: Dan Merzke OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY CORRESPONDENCE CONTROL TICKET Date Printed: Feb 07, 2013 18:15 PAPER NUMBER: ACTION OFFICE: LTR-13-0119 LOGGING DATE: 02/07/2013 AUTHOR: AFFILIATION:

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LETTER DATE: ACKNOWLEDGED SPECIAL HANDLING: Erich Pica (Friends of the Earth)DC CHRM Allison Macfarlane Concerns regarding documents relating to the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station Signature of Chairman RF, SECY has Ack.02/07/2013 Yes Commission Correspondence.

NOTES: FILE LOCATION: ADAMS 03/01/2013 DATE DUE: DATE SIGNED: EDO --G20130101 Friends of the Earth The Honorable Allison M. Macfarlane Chairman Nuclear Regulatory Commission 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852 February 7, 2013

Dear Chairman Macfarlane,

As you will know, Senator Barbara Boxer and Representative Edward Markey yesterday released a statement calling on you to investigate allegations contained in a Mitsubishi document that apparently reveals that Southern California Edison was aware of potential design flaws in the steam generators the utility installed at the San Onofre nuclear reactors in Southern California.

These potential flaws have now led to a radiation leaks, as well as a shutdown of the reactors for more than a year.I am writing to request that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) release to the public this Mitsubishi document and related documents that indicate Edison's awareness of the potential steam generator design flaws. We also insist that the NRC explain why this document has been withheld from the 2.206 proceeding and the ASLB proceeding in which Friends of the Earth is currently a party. Both of these proceedings involve Edison and their damaged steam generators which threatened the lives and livelihoods of millions of people living within close proximity to Edison's nuclear reactors at San Onofre.According to the February 6, 2013 letter issued by Senator Boxer and Representative Markey, the document in question is a 2012 report apparently prepared by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI)entitled "Root Cause Analysis Report for tube wear identified in the Unit 2 and Unit 3 Steam Generators of San Onofre Generating Station." We assume that this document is in the NRC's possession given the thirteen month vigorous investigation that the Commission has been conducting in this historic and unprecedented, multi hundred million dollar steam generator failure at San Onofre.We also insist on an explanation of why this document, and related documents have not been provided nor cited by NRC staff in the course of two proceedings originating from a petition to the Commission submitted by Friends of the Earth and subsequently assigned by you and the other NRC Commissioners to NRC staff as a 2.206 proceeding and before the ASLB to assess whether or not the NRC's CAL and Edison's restart plan do not constitute a "defacto licensing amendment process." As this MHI and related documents have direct and decisive bearing on those cases focused on Edison's failed steam generators, we request an explanation of why those documents have been suppressed from those proceedings and the immediate release of the documents to the public so that those proceedings can move forward in a fair and transparent fashion.Page 1 1100 15 Street, NW

• 11h Floor

• Washington, DC 20005 202.783.7400

• 202.783.0444 fax -877.843.8687 toll free -www.foe.org 2150 Allston Way, Suite 240 .Berkeley, CA 94704 510-900-3150 510-900-3155 fax

• 866.217.8499 toll free Friends of the Earth Friends of the Earth/Page 2 We also insist on an explanation of why this document, and related documents have not been provided nor cited by NRC staff in the course of two proceedings originating from a petition to the Commission submitted by Friends of the Earth and subsequently assigned by you and the other NRC Commissioners to NRC staff as a 2.206 proceeding and before the ASLB to assess whether or not the NRC's CAL and Edison's restart plan do not constitute a "defacto licensing amendment process." As this MHI and related documents have direct and decisive bearing on those cases focused on Edison's failed steam generators, we request an explanation of why those documents have been suppressed from those proceedings and the immediate release of the documents to the public so that those proceedings can move forward in a fair and transparent fashion.As Senator Boxer and Representative Markey note in their statement, with more than 8.7 million concerned people living within 50 miles of Edison's crippled San Onofre nuclear reactors, the public has a right to expect that your agency will release this and the related documents immediately.

At this point, we respectfully suggest that this is not just a matter of the legality of the two proceedings underway and the NRC's own credibility as the nation's nuclear regulator, but, your decision has direct bearing on the lives and livelihoods of millions of people across Southern California put at risk by the reckless operation of these reactors in the past and by their imminent proposed restart despite the utility's failure to conduct meaningful repairs or replacement of the steam generators.

We hope that you will act on this matter as one of immediate urgency.President Friends of the Earth 1100 15'h Street, NW

• 111h Floor

• Washington, DC 20005 202.783.7400

• 202.783.0444 fax -877.843.8687 toll free

• www.foe.org 2150 Allston Way, Suite 240

• Berkeley, CA 94704 510-900-3150

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Moglen, Damon [DMoglen@foe.org]

Thursday, February 07, 2013 4:37 PM CHAIRMAN Resource Urgent: Letter to Chairman Macfarlane from Friends of the Earth Regarding San Onofre toAM02071 3final-Annotated.

pdf High Letter for Chairman Macfarlane from Friends of the Earth President Erich Pica regarding documents relating to the San Onofre nuclear reactors.1.