94-32302. Commonwealth Edison Company, Zion Nuclear Power Station, Receipt of Petition for Director's Decision Under 10 CFR 2.206

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-295 and 50-304]


Commonwealth Edison Company, Zion Nuclear Power Station, Receipt 
of Petition for Director's Decision Under 10 CFR 2.206

    Notice is hereby given that by a letter dated November 3, 1994, and 
a signed petition, Robert K. Rutherford and other Zion Nuclear Power 
Station security guards (Petitioners) request that the U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission (NRC) take action with regard to the new response 
team member (RTM) security plan at Zion Nuclear Power Station.
    Petitioners request that the NRC reassess and withdraw its approval 
of the new RTM security plan and require greater justification from 
both the licensee and the security contractor about reduction of armed 
guards and the defense of the plant to what Petitioners characterize as 
a minimum state of operational readiness. As bases for the request, 
Petitioners assert that the new RTM security plan degrades actual plant 
security; that the proposed qualifications in the plan are causing 
employee turnover, undue stress, labor problems, and inconsistency in 
plant defense; that monetary considerations should not take priority 
over plant defense and administrative jobs should not replace front-
line security guards; that the total disarming of the Zion owner-
controlled area and the Zion-protected area is highly detrimental to 
plant defense and public safety; and that modern armaments and 
increased hostility among the general public as well as terrorist 
threats from either domestic and/or international sources have not 
abated.
    The letter and enclosed petition are being treated as a Petition 
pursuant to 10 CFR 2.206 of the Commission's regulations. The Petition 
has been referred to the Director of the Office of Nuclear Regulatory 
Regulation (NRR). As provided by 10 CFR 2.206, appropriate action will 
be taken on the Petition within a reasonable time.
    A copy of the Petition is available for inspection at the 
Commission's Public Document Room at 2120 L Street, NW., Washington, 
DC.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 22nd day of December 1994.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
William T. Russell,
Director, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Regulation.
[FR Doc. 94-32302 Filed 12-30-94; 8:45 am]
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