96-1681. Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station; Toledo Edison Company; Receipt of Petition for Director's Decision Under 10 C.F.R. Sec. 2.206

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 72-14, 50-346, 72-1004 (License No. NPF-3)]


Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station; Toledo Edison Company; Receipt 
of Petition for Director's Decision Under 10 C.F.R. Sec. 2.206

    Notice is hereby given that by a Petition dated December 5, 1995, 
filed on behalf of the Toledo Coalition for Safe Energy, Alice Hirt, 
Charlene Johnston, Dini Schut, and William Hoops (Petitioners), the 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission was requested to immediately issue orders 
to prevent the loading of spent nuclear fuel into the VECTRA 
Technologies Inc., NUHOMS-24P dry shielded canisters (DSCs) at the 
Davis-Besse nuclear power station until an NRC rulemaking and/or 
license modification hearing is conducted on all safety-related changes 
which have been made to the canisters, as described in the Safety 
Analysis Report. Also, the NRC was requested not to authorize any 
loading of the canisters until a written procedure for unloading in 
both urgent and nonurgent circumstances is written, approved, and 
field-tested.
    Petitioners contend that the safety of the canisters has been 
compromised because of reduction in the thickness of the canister 
welds. In addition, they claim that the NRC administrative process by 
which permission was granted for VECTRA to deliver the canisters to the 
Davis-Besse station and for the canisters to be used on site are 
legally suspect, expressing the belief that agency rulemaking or some 
other public proceeding is necessary for permission for such a transfer 
and use to be granted.
    The Petition is being treated pursuant to 10 C.F.R. Sec. 2.206 of 
the Commission's regulations. The Petition has been referred to the 
Director of the Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards. As 
provided by Section 2.206, appropriate action will be taken on this 
Petition within a reasonable time. By letter dated December 18, 1995, 
the Director denied the Petitioners' request for immediate action on 
the Petition.
    A copy of the Petition is available for inspection at the 
Commission's Public Document Room at 2120 L Street, NW, Washington, DC 
20555.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 23rd day of January 1996.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Carl J. Paperiello,
Director Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 96-1681 Filed 1-29-96; 8:45 am]
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