[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 116 (Friday, June 14, 1996)]
[Notices]
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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

Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 116 / Friday, June 14, 1996 / 
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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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