[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 128 (Thursday, July 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36085-36086]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-17464]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-361 and 50-362]


Southern California Edison Company, et al. (San Onofre Nuclear 
Generating Station); Receipt of Petition for Director's Decision Under 
10 CFR 2.206

    Notice is hereby given that by e-mail request dated April 25, 1997, 
Stephen Dwyer (Petitioner) requested that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission (Commission or NRC) supplement his 2.206 petition dated 
September 22, 1996, which is currently being considered by the NRC. In 
his September 22 2.206 petition, Mr. Dwyer requested that the NRC shut 
down the SONGS units as soon as possible pending a complete review of 
the seismic design of the SONGS units based on the new information 
gathered from the Landers and Northridge quakes. By NRC letter dated 
November 22, 1996, the NRC denied the Petitioner's September 22 request 
that the Commission immediately shut down SONGS.
    In his April 25 e-mail to NRC Chairman Jackson, Mr. Dwyer specified 
his concerns related to the ability of the San Onofre Nuclear 
Generating Station (SONGS) steam generators to withstand a major 
seismic event. Specifically, Mr. Dwyer stated that the ability of the 
SONGS steam generators to withstand a major seismic event is seriously 
compromised by the degradation recently observed in the SONGS Unit 3 
steam generator internal tube supports

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(eggcrate supports). You requested an investigation to determine if 
Unit 2 has experienced degradation similar to that found in Unit 3. You 
also stated that further seismic analysis should be performed for the 
SONGS steam generators and that a retrofitting upgrade of the steam 
generator supports could be accomplished at this time. For the reasons 
stated in NRC's letter of June 26, 1997, the staff will treat this 
request as a separate petition and not supplement Mr. Dwyer's September 
22 2.206 petition with his concerns regarding the eggcrate supports.
    The request is being treated pursuant to 10 CFR 2.206 of the 
Commission's regulations. By letter dated June 26, 1997, the 
Petitioner's request that the Commission immediately shut down SONGS 
was denied. 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 in the 
Commission's Public Document Room at 2120 L Street, NW, Washington, DC 
20555-0001, and the Local Public Document Room at the Main Library, 
University of California, P. O. Box 19557, Irvine, CA 92713.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 26th day of June 1997.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Frank J. Miraglia,
Acting Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 97-17464 Filed 7-2-97; 8:45 am]
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