[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 242 (Monday, December 16, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 66063]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-31811]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-266, 50-301, 72-5, 72-7, 72-13, 72-1007]


All Users of VSC-24 Dry Storage Casks; Receipt of Petition for 
Director's Decision Under 10 CFR 2.206

    Notice is hereby given that by a Petition filed pursuant to 10 CFR 
2.206 on September 30, 1996, Citizens' Utility Board (Petitioner) 
requested that the NRC (1) order Wisconsin Electric Power Company 
(WEPCO) to retain 24 empty and available spaces in the Point Beach 
Nuclear Plant spent fuel pool to accommodate retrieval of spent fuel 
from a VSC-24 cask until such time as WEPCO has other options available 
to remove spent fuel from the cask and (2) prohibit loading of any VSC-
24 casks until the certificate of compliance, the safety analysis 
report, and the safety evaluation report are amended to contain 
operating controls and limits to prevent hazardous conditions. As part 
of the first request, the Petitioner asked that the NRC take immediate 
action to issue an order preventing offloading during the refueling 
outage which was scheduled to begin October 6, 1996.
    The Petition has been referred to the Office of Nuclear Reactor 
Regulation (NRR). By letters dated October 11, 1996, and December 10, 
1996, the Director of NRR denied the Petitioner's request for immediate 
action. As provided by 10 CFR 2.206, further action will be taken 
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.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 10th day of December 1996.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Frank J. Miraglia,
Acting Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 96-31811 Filed 12-13-96; 8:45 am]
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