[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 84 (Tuesday, May 2, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 21556]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-10732]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50-293]


Boston Edison Company; Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station; Receipt of 
Petition for Director's Decision Under 10 CFR 2.206

    Notice is hereby given that by letter dated March 10, 1995, Mary 
Elizabeth Lampert and 62 other persons request that the U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission (NRC) take action with regard to the Pilgrim 
Nuclear Power Station operated by the Boston Edison Company (the 
licensee).
    Petitioners request that during the March 25, 1995, refueling 
outage and In-Vessel Visual Inspection conducted by the licensee, 
certain technical concerns be addressed, and that before Pilgrim goes 
back on-line, appropriate repairs be made or corrective action be 
taken, and that the NRC discuss the status of such repairs and 
corrective actions with the public in Plymouth, Massachusetts. 
Petitioners also request that the NRC terminate its policy of issuing 
Notices of Enforcement Discretion (NOED) and commence enforcing NRC 
regulations again. Finally, Petitioners request that the letter be 
treated as a Petition pursuant to 10 CFR 2.206.
    As the bases for their requests, Petitioners identify three groups 
of technical concerns: (1) Age-related deterioration of 25 safety 
related reactor internals; (2) parts and components ``known to be a 
problem at Pilgrim,'' including the core shroud, water level 
indicators, QA for fuel pool cooling system during loss-of-coolant 
accident/loss-of-coolant protection, coolant protection, motor-operated 
valves, containment integrity, drywell liner corrosion vulnerability, 
station blackout vulnerability, and Rosemount transmitters; and (3) 
parts and components ``potentially a problem at Pilgrim,'' including 
potential fuel rod corrosion and substandard and/or counterfeit parts. 
Additionally, Petitioners contend that allowing a reactor to operate 
under an NOED cannot pose less risk to the public health and safety 
than keeping the reactor shut down until NRC regulations are met.
    The Petition is being evaluated pursuant to 10 CFR 2.206 of the 
Commission's regulations. The Petition 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.
    A copy of the Petition is available for inspection at the 
Commission's Public Document Room at 2120 L Street, NW., Washington, DC 
20001.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 19th day of April 1995.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
William T. Russell,
Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 95-10732 Filed 5-1-95; 8:45 am]
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