[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 222 (Thursday, November 16, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 69346]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-29383]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-213]


Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company, et al., Haddam Neck 
Plant; Receipt of Petition for Director's Decision Under 10 CFR 2.206

    Notice is hereby given that by petition dated September 26, 2000, 
the Citizens Awareness Network (petitioner) has requested that NRC take 
action with regard to Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company (CYAPCO). 
The petitioner requests that the United States Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission (NRC): (1) Conduct a full investigation of CYAPCO's garment 
laundering practices and specifically of the September 20, 2000, 
incident at a public laundry facility; (2) revoke CYAPCO's license, or 
suspend it until such time that an investigation is completed and any 
contamination found as a result of that investigation is remediated; 
(3) report any violations of regulations to the Department of Justice, 
and; (4) conduct an informal public hearing.
    As the basis for this request the petitioner states that on 
September 20, 2000, CYAPCO laundered bright yellow coveralls at a 
public laundromat in East Hampton, CT. In addition, the petitioner 
states that rubber boots and gloves from the Haddam Neck Plant are also 
washed at the laundromat on occasion. The petitioner contends that 
although it is not clear whether or not the garments were radioactively 
contaminated that the ``laundering of Haddam Neck's protective garments 
at a public facility constitutes a serious loss of radiological 
control, and blatant disregard for public and worker health and safety, 
the environment, and NRC rules and regulations.'' In support of the 
claim the petition cites a number of events that the petitioner 
believes collectively demonstrate an ``inability on the licensee's part 
to follow NRC rules and regulations * * *.''
    Based on the findings of an inspection performed by the NRC staff 
as a result of the petition, the staff is confident that there is not 
an immediate safety issue associated with this petition. Therefore, the 
NRC does not intend to act immediately on the petitioners' second 
request (suspension or revocation of the Haddam Neck Plant operating 
license).
    This request is being treated pursuant to 10 CFR 2.206 of the 
Commission's regulations. The request has been referred to the Director 
of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. As provided by Section 
2.206, appropriate action will be taken on this petition within a 
reasonable time.
    The petition (ADAMS Accession Number ML003755400) may be examined, 
and/or copied for a fee, at the NRC's Public Document Room, located at 
One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, 
Maryland, and is accessible electronically from the ADAMS Public 
Library component of the NRC Web site, http://www.nrc.gov (the Public 
Electronic Reading Room).

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 9th day of November 2000.
    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Roy P. Zimmerman,
Acting Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 00-29383 Filed 11-15-00; 8:45 am]
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