[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 136 (Monday, July 15, 1996)] [Notices] [Page 36916] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 96-17941] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket No. 50-335] Florida Power and Light Company, St. Lucie Plant, Units No. 1 and 2; Receipt of Petition for Director's Decision Under 10 CFR 2.206 Notice is hereby given that by letter dated June 12, 1996, Thomas J. Saporito, Jr., for himself and on behalf of the National Litigation Consultants (Petitioners) requested that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Commission) take action with regard to operations at the Florida Power and Light Company's (licensee's) St. Lucie Plant, Units No. 1 and 2 pursuant to 10 CFR 2.206. The Petitioners request that the Commission (1) issue a confirmatory order requiring that the licensee not operate St. Lucie Plant, Unit No. 1, above 50 percent of its power level capacity, (2) require the licensee to specifically identify the ``root cause'' for the premature failure of the steam generator tubing, and (3) require the licensee to specifically state what corrective measures will be implemented to prevent recurrence of steam generator tube failures in all the steam generators in Unit 1 and Unit 2. As basis for the requests, the Petitioners assert that (1) the licensee's Unit 1 steam generator tubes have degraded to the extent that more than 2,500 of the tubes have been plugged, (2) the licensee has not identified the root cause for the premature failure of the steam generator tubing, (3) the licensee will most likely experience similar tube ruptures on other steam generators at the station, and (4) the licensee's ``FSAR's [Final Safety Analysis Reports] and the NRC's CFR's [Code of Federal Regulations] require that the integrity of the primary systems on Unit 1 and Unit 2 not be breached.'' The Petition is being treated 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 request 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 Indian River Junior College Library, 3209 Virginia Avenue, Fort Pierce, Florida. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day of July 1996. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. William T. Russell, Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. [FR Doc. 96-17941 Filed 7-12-96; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590-01-P