[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 15 (Friday, January 23, 2015)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-01197]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2015-0009]


In the Matter of All Operating Reactor Licensees With Mark I 
Containments

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Director's decision under 10 CFR 2.206; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued a 
director's decision with regard to a petition dated April 13, 2011, 
filed by Mr. Paul Gunter, Director for Reactor Oversight Project of 
Beyond Nuclear (the petitioner), requesting that the NRC take action 
with regard to all operating General Electric (GE) Boiling Water 
Reactor (BWR) licensees with Mark I primary containment system (the 
licensees).

DATES: January 23, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2015-0009 when contacting the 
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You 
may obtain publicly-available information related to this document 
using any of the following methods:
    <bullet> Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2015-0009. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-287-
3442; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#652604170a094b2204090904020d0017250b17064b020a13"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="adeeccdfc2c183eaccc1c1cccac5c8dfedc3dfce83cac2db">[email protected]</span></a>. For technical questions, contact 
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 
this document.
    <bullet> NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-available documents online in the 
ADAMS Public Documents collection at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``ADAMS Public Documents'' and 
then select ``Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, 
please contact the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 
1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#8bfbeff9a5f9eef8e4fef9e8eecbe5f9e8a5ece4fd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="81f1e5f3aff3e4f2eef4f3e2e4c1eff3e2afe6eef7">[email protected]</span></a>. The 
ADAMS accession number for each document referenced (if it is available 
in ADAMS) is provided the first time that a document is referenced.
    <bullet> NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public 
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Siva P. Lingam, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-1564, email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a7f4ced1c689ebcec9c0c6cae7c9d5c489c0c8d1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="cd9ea4bbace381a4a3aaaca08da3bfaee3aaa2bb">[email protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that the Deputy 
Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, has issued a director's 
decision (ADAMS Accession No. ML14337A243) on a petition filed by the 
petitioner on April 13, 2011 (ADAMS Accession No. ML11104A058).
    The petitioner requested that the NRC order the immediate 
suspension of the operating licenses of all GE BWRs that utilize the 
Mark I primary containment system. As the basis of the request, the 
petitioner cited the events in Japan at the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear 
power plant.
    On June 8, 2011 and October 7, 2011, the petitioner met with the 
NRC's Petition Review Board. The meeting provided the petitioner an 
opportunity to provide additional information and to clarify the issues 
cited in the petition. Information regarding those meetings, including 
meeting transcripts are available in ADAMS under Package Accession Nos. 
ML11166A137 and ML11292A159 respectively.
    The NRC sent a copy of the proposed director's decision to the 
petitioner and the licensees for comments on October 27, 2014 (ADAMS 
Package Accession No. ML14198A098). The petitioner and the licensees 
were asked to provide comments within 30 days on any part of the 
proposed director's decision that was considered to be erroneous or any 
issues in the petition that were not addressed. The NRC staff did not 
receive comments on the proposed director's decision.
    The Deputy Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation has 
determined that the request, to require that the NRC order the 
immediate suspension of the operating licenses of all GE BWRs that 
utilize the Mark I primary containment system, was resolved through the 
issuance of orders, written statements in accordance with Title 10 of 
the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), rulemaking, and the Emergency 
Response Data System initiative. The reasons for this decision are 
explained in the director's decision (DD-15-01) pursuant to 10 CFR 
2.206 of the Commission's regulations.
    The NRC will file a copy of the director's decision with the 
Secretary of the Commission for the Commission's review in accordance 
with 10 CFR 2.206. As provided by this regulation, the director's 
decision will constitute the final action of the Commission 25 days 
after the date of the decision unless the Commission, on its own 
motion, institutes a review of the director's decision in that time.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 15th day of January, 2015.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Jennifer L. Uhle,
Deputy Director, for Reactor Safety Programs Office of Nuclear Reactor 
Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2015-01197 Filed 1-22-15; 8:45 am]
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