96-10049. Receipt of Petition for Director's Decision Under 10 CFR 2.206

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 80 (Wednesday, April 24, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18183-18184]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-10049]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Receipt of Petition for Director's Decision Under 10 CFR 2.206

    Notice is hereby given that by letter dated March 5, 1996, Mr. C. 
Morris submitted a Petition pursuant to 10 CFR 2.206 requesting that 
the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) take action with regard to 
all nuclear power plants.
    The Petitioner requests that, within 90 days, the operating 
licenses of all nuclear power plants be suspended until such time as 
those licensees have discovered the reasons for the repeated errors in 
their electrical distribution system designs and in their undervoltage 
relay (UVR) set points, and provided convincing evidence that these 
deficiencies have been corrected. Since the Petitioner asserts that the 
situation is urgent, the request is being treated as one for immediate 
relief. The Petitioner also requests that the aforementioned evidence 
be submitted for review by a competent third party, and that if the NRC 
finds that licensees may safely operate with UVRs that do not remain 
properly set, it should do so in the context of a public meeting.
    The Petition is being treated pursuant to 10 CFR 2.206 of the 
Commission's regulations and has been referred to the Director of the 
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. As provided by Section 2.206, 
appropriate action will be taken

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on this petition within a reasonable time.
    By letter dated April 17, 1996, the Director denied the 
Petitioner's request for immediate suspension of the operating licenses 
for all nuclear power plants. A copy of the Petition is available for 
inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room, the Gelman 
Building, 2120 L Street, NW., Washington, DC.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 17th day of April, 1996.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
William T. Russell,
Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 96-10049 Filed 4-23-96; 8:45 am]
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