[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]


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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]
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