[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 128 (Thursday, July 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36085-36086]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-17464]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-361 and 50-362]
Southern California Edison Company, et al. (San Onofre Nuclear
Generating Station); Receipt of Petition for Director's Decision Under
10 CFR 2.206
Notice is hereby given that by e-mail request dated April 25, 1997,
Stephen Dwyer (Petitioner) requested that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (Commission or NRC) supplement his 2.206 petition dated
September 22, 1996, which is currently being considered by the NRC. In
his September 22 2.206 petition, Mr. Dwyer requested that the NRC shut
down the SONGS units as soon as possible pending a complete review of
the seismic design of the SONGS units based on the new information
gathered from the Landers and Northridge quakes. By NRC letter dated
November 22, 1996, the NRC denied the Petitioner's September 22 request
that the Commission immediately shut down SONGS.
In his April 25 e-mail to NRC Chairman Jackson, Mr. Dwyer specified
his concerns related to the ability of the San Onofre Nuclear
Generating Station (SONGS) steam generators to withstand a major
seismic event. Specifically, Mr. Dwyer stated that the ability of the
SONGS steam generators to withstand a major seismic event is seriously
compromised by the degradation recently observed in the SONGS Unit 3
steam generator internal tube supports
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(eggcrate supports). You requested an investigation to determine if
Unit 2 has experienced degradation similar to that found in Unit 3. You
also stated that further seismic analysis should be performed for the
SONGS steam generators and that a retrofitting upgrade of the steam
generator supports could be accomplished at this time. For the reasons
stated in NRC's letter of June 26, 1997, the staff will treat this
request as a separate petition and not supplement Mr. Dwyer's September
22 2.206 petition with his concerns regarding the eggcrate supports.
The request is being treated pursuant to 10 CFR 2.206 of the
Commission's regulations. By letter dated June 26, 1997, the
Petitioner's request that the Commission immediately shut down SONGS
was denied. As provided by Section 2.206, appropriate action will be
taken on this request within a reasonable time.
A copy of the Petition is available for inspection in the
Commission's Public Document Room at 2120 L Street, NW, Washington, DC
20555-0001, and the Local Public Document Room at the Main Library,
University of California, P. O. Box 19557, Irvine, CA 92713.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 26th day of June 1997.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Frank J. Miraglia,
Acting Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 97-17464 Filed 7-2-97; 8:45 am]
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