[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 211 (Wednesday, November 1, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55612-55613]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-27035]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-245]


Northeast Utilities, Millstone Nuclear Power Station, Unit 1; 
Receipt of Petition for Director's Decision Under 10 CFR 2.206

    Notice is hereby given that on August 21, 1995, George Galatis and 
We the People (Petitioners) submitted a Petition pursuant to 10 CFR 
2.206 requesting certain actions associated with spent fuel pool issues 
at the Millstone Nuclear Power Station, Unit 1. The Petitoners 
submitted a Supplement to the Petition on August 28, 1995. 

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    The Petitioners allege that Northeast Utilities (NU or the 
licensee) has knowingly, willingly, and flagrantly operated Millstone 
Unit 1 in violation of its operating license for approximately 20 
years; that it obtained previous licensing amendments through the use 
of material false statements; and that it presently proposes to 
continue operating under unsafe conditions rather than comply with the 
mandates of its license. Specifically, the Petitioners allege that NU 
has offloaded more fuel assemblies into the spent fuel pool than 
permitted under License Amendment No. 39 to the Millstone Unit 1 
Provisional Operating License and License Amendment No. 40 to the 
Millstone Unit 1 Full-Term Operating License. The Petitioners further 
allege that License Amendments Nos. 39 and 40 were based upon material 
false statements made by NU in documents submitted to the NRC. The 
Petitioners refer to certain NU submittals allegedly containing the 
false information, such as NU Safety Assessment Reports (SARs) 
associated with License Amendments Nos. 39 and 40 and with Systematic 
Evaluation Program (SEP) Topics IX-1 (fuel storage), IX-5 (ventilation 
systems), and III-7.B (Design Codes, Design Criteria, Load Combinations 
and Reactor Cavity Design Criteria).
    The Petitioners request a number of actions. The Petitioners seek 
institution of a proceeding to suspend the operating license for the 
Millstone Unit 1 facility for a period of 60 days after the unit is 
brought into compliance with the license and the design basis of the 
plant. In addition, the Petitioners request that the operating license 
be revoked until the facility is in full compliance with the terms and 
conditions of its license. The Petitioners further request that before 
reinstatement of the license, a detailed independent analysis of the 
offsite dose consequences of the total loss of spent fuel pool water be 
conducted. The Petitioners also request that enforcement action be 
taken against NU pursuant to 10 CFR 50.5 and 50.9.
    Finally, the Petitioners request that a proposed license amendment 
pending before the Commission wherein NU seeks to increase the amount 
of spent fuel it may offload be denied. In addition, the Petitioners 
request that the NRC retain an independent expert, at NU's expense, to 
prepare an SAR on the proposed amendment. The Petitioners also request 
that before the issuance of any amendment, an analysis of both the 
probability and the consequences of appropriate events be conducted.
    In the Supplement, Mr. Galatis alleges that NU also committed 
violations by offloading more than one-third of a core of fuel at 
Millstone Units 2 and 3 and Seabrook Unit 1. In addition, Mr. Galatis 
alleges with regard to Millstone Unit 3 that NU submitted a material 
false statement to the NRC associated with a license amendment and that 
an unanalyzed condition exists with regard to system piping for full-
core offload events. With regard to Seabrook Unit 1, Mr. Galatis 
alleges technical specifications violations associated with criticality 
analysis.
    The Petitioners' requests with regard to any pending license 
amendment are not within the scope of 10 CFR 2.206. The remaining 
issues in the Petition are being treated pursuant to 10 CFR 2.206 of 
the Commission's regulations and have been referred to the Director of 
the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. As provided by 10 CFR 2.206, 
appropriate action with regard to these issues will be taken within a 
reasonable time.
    A copy of the Petition is available for inspection at the 
Commission's Public Document Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, 
NW., Washington, DC, and at the local public document room located at 
the Learning Resource Center, Three Rivers Community-Technical College, 
Thames Valley Campus, 574 New London Turnpike, Norwich, CT 06360.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 26th day of October 1995.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Frank P. Gillespie,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 95-27035 Filed 10-31-95; 8:45 am]
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