[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 116 (Friday, June 14, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 30456]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-15150]
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Part VIII
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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PECO Energy Company, Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, Unit Nos. 2 and
3; Final Director's Decision; Notices
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-277 and 50-278]
Peco Energy Company Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, Unit Nos.
2 and 3; Issuance of Final Director's Decision Under 10 CFR 2.206
Notice is hereby given that the Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has denied in part
a Petition, dated October 6, 1994, submitted by the Maryland Safe
Energy Coalition (Petitioner). The Petition requested that the NRC take
action regarding the Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, Unit Nos. 2 and
3 (PBAPS). The Petition consisted of a press release which was reviewed
by the NRC pursuant to 10 CFR 2.206.
The October 6, 1994, Petition requests the NRC to immediately shut
down both reactors at Peach Bottom and keep them shut down until
certain conditions are corrected. Specifically, the Petitioner stated
that (1) the risk of fire near electrical control cables due to
combustible insulation could cause a catastrophic meltdown; (2) cracks
were discovered in the structural support (core shroud) of the reactor
fuel in Peach Bottom Unit 3, indicating possible cracks in other parts
of the reactor vessel; (3) the NRC discovered that both reactors had no
emergency cooling water for an hour on August 3, 1994; and (4) other
chronic problems exist at Peach Bottom according to an August 16, 1994,
NRC report. The Petitioner also indicated his support for the demands
from the Nuclear Information Resource Service that (a) all safety class
component parts in both reactor vessels, including the cooling system,
the heat transfer system, and the reactor core, be inspected and (b)
the Peach Bottom operating license be suspended until an analysis of
the synergistic effects of cracks in multiple parts is conducted
(incorporated into Request 2).
The Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation has denied
Requests (2), (3) and (4) of the October 6, 1994, Petition. The reasons
for this denial are explained in the ``Final Director's Decision Under
10 CFR 2.206'' (DD-96-05), the complete text of which is published
elsewhere in this separate part of the Federal Register, and which is
available for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document
Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, NW., Washington, DC, and at
the local public document room for the Peach Bottom Atomic Power
Station located at the State Library of Pennsylvania, (REGIONAL
DEPOSITORY) Government Publications Section, Education Building, Walnut
Street and Commonwealth Avenue, Box 1601, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania,
17105. A Director's Decision denying Request (1) of the October 6, 1994
Petition was issued under separate cover on April 3, 1996 (Director's
Decision DD-96-03).
A copy of this Final Director's Decision will be filed with the
Secretary of the Commission for review in accordance with 10 CFR
2.206(c). As provided in that regulation, the Decision will constitute
the final action of the Commission 25 days after the date of the
issuance of the Decision, unless the Commission, on its own motion,
institutes a review of the Decision within that time.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 10th day of June 1996.
William T. Russell,
Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 96-15150 Filed 6-13-96; 8:45 am]
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