ML20216G408
| ML20216G408 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Prairie Island  |
| Issue date: | 08/29/1997 |
| From: | Collins S NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
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| ML20216G398 | List: |
| References | |
| 2.206, NUDOCS 9709150181 | |
| Download: ML20216G408 (22) | |
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7690-01 P UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION QQCKET NOS. 50 282. 50 306 AND 72-10 NORTHERN STATES POWER COMPANY PRAIRIE ISLAND NUCLEAR PLANT AND l PRAIRIE ISLAND INDEPENDENT SPENT FUEL STORAGE INSTALLATION ES.QANCE OF DIRECTOR'S DECISION UNDER 10 CFR 2.206 Notice is hereby given that the Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, has issued a Director's Decision conoeming a Petnion dated May 28, igg 7, filed by the Prairie Island indian Community (PetMioners) under Section 2.206 of Thie 10 of the Code of Federal Renulations (10 CFR 2.206). The Pethion requested that the NRC (1) determine that Northem States Power Company (the licensee) violated the requirements of 10 CFR 72.122(1) by using its Materials Lloense No. SNM 2506 for an Independent Spent Fuel Storage installation (ISFSI) prior to establishing conditions for safely unloading the TN 40 dry storage containers; (2) suspend Materials Lloonse No SNM 2506 for cause under 10 CFR 60,100 until such time as all significant issues in the unloading process, as described in the Petition, have been resolved, the unloading process has been demonstrated, and until an independent third-party review of the TN 40 unloading procedure has been conducted; (3) provide Pothioners an opportunity to participate fully in the reviewing of the unloading procedure for the TN-40 cask, hold hearings and allow Petitioners to participate fully in ttese and any other procedures initiated in response to the Pethion; and (4) update the Technical Specifications for the Prairie Island ISFSI to incorporate mandatory unloading pmoedure requirements.
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,e a 2-The Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation has determined that the Petnion should be denied for the reasons stated th the " Director's Decision Under 10 CFR 2.206" (DD 9718), the complete text of which follows this notice. The decision and documents cited in the decision are available for public inspection and copying in the Commission's Public Document Room, the Gelman Building,2120 L Street, NW., Washington, DC, and at the local public document room located at the Minneapolis Public Library, Technology and Science Department,300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN.
A copy of this decision has been filed with the Secretary of the Commission for the Commission's review in accordance whh 10 CFR 2.206(c). As provided therein, this decision will become the final action of the Commission 25 days after issuance unless the Commission, on its own motion, institutes a review of the decision within that time.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 29thday of August 1997.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION or Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation t l
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