[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 46 (Thursday, March 7, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9208-9209]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-5365]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50-390]


Tennessee Valley Authority Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Unit No. 1; 
Receipt of Petition for Director's Decision Under 10 CFR 2.206

    Notice is hereby given that by Petition dated January 25, 1996, as

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supplemented on January 30, 1996, Jane A. Fleming (Petitioner) has 
requested that the NRC take action with regard to Watts Bar Nuclear 
Plant. Specifically, the Petitioner requests that the low-power license 
for Watts Bar be suspended or revoked.
    As a basis for her request, the Petitioner asserts that the NRC 
staff was not fully aware of the licensee's commitments and compliance 
with these commitments when it issued a low-power license on November 
9, 1995. Specifically, the Petitioner asserts that a letter from 
Stewart D. Ebneter, Regional Administrator, Region II, to Oliver 
Kingsley, TVA dated January 12, 1996, which states that open issues 
regarding the radiation monitoring system for Watts Bar existed when 
TVA requested the operating license, raises a question as to the 
conclusion drawn by the NRC staff in the Supplemental Safety Evaluation 
Report issued in September 1995, that the system meets the acceptance 
criteria of the NRC's Standard Review Plan and is, therefore, 
acceptable.
    The Petition is being treated pursuant to 10 CFR 2.206 of the 
Commission's regulations and has been referred to the Director of the 
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. By letter dated February 7, 1996, 
the Petitioner's request that the low-power license immediately be 
suspended or revoked was denied.
    A copy of the Petition is available for inspection at the 
Commission's Public Document Room at 2120 L Street NW., Washington, DC 
20037.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 7th day of February 1996.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
William T. Russell,
Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 96-5365 Filed 3-6-96; 8:45 am]
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