[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 66 (Thursday, April 4, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15150-15151]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-8297]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-390; License No. NPF-90]


Tennessee Valley Authority, Watts Bar Nuclear Plant; Receipt of 
Petition for Director's Decision Under 10 CFR 2.206

    Notice is hereby given that by a Petition dated February 14, 1996, 
Ms. Faith Young (Petitioner) requests that the NRC take action 
regarding the use of nearby Watts Bar Lake water to cool the 
radioactive core of the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant. Petitioner asks that 
the NRC rescind Watts Bar's license to operate until the issue of 
increased radioactive contamination of the plant's emissions can be 
studied and resolved.
    Petitioner believes that the lake containing the water used to cool 
Watts Bar's core contains sediment previously contaminated by 
radioactive material. Over the lifetime of Watts Bar's operation, 
according to Petitioner, uncontrolled access to the lake by the plant 
will disturb this sediment, which will in turn contaminate water drawn 
into the plant's cooling system. Petitioner believes that the issue of 
heightened radioactive contamination of nuclear power plant emissions 
has not been previously addressed. Petitioner requests to be kept 
advised over the course of the NRC's review, and states both that the 
utility should not be consulted in advance and that independent 
evaluation should be a part of the review process.
    The Petition is being treated pursuant to 10 CFR Sec. 2.206 of the 
Commission's regulations and 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 
20037.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 27th day of March, 1996 .

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
William T. Russell,
Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 96-8297 Filed 4-3-96; 8:45 am]
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