[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 189 (Tuesday, September 30, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 51169]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-25897]


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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 letter dated June 23, 1997, Patricia 
Borchmann (Petitioner) requested that in accordance with 10 CFR 2.206, 
the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Commission or NRC) not allow 
San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) Unit 3 to restart from 
its current refueling outage until her concerns were fully resolved. 
This letter was supplemented by letters dated June 28 and July 11, 
1997, in which the Petitioner requested the staff to take the same 
action for SONGS Unit 2. On July 8, 1997, the NRC verbally notified the 
petitioner that the issues discussed in the submittals did not contain 
enough information to warrant the NRC taking action to prevent the 
SONGS units from restarting. By NRC letter dated September 22, 1997, 
the NRC denied the Petitioner's requests that the NRC take immediate 
action to not allow SONGS Units 2 and 3 to restart.
    The Petitioner's letters contained a variety of issues in support 
of the requested actions, which the staff grouped into three categories 
for the purpose of evaluating the request for immediate action. These 
categories are fully described in the NRC's letter of September 22, 
1997, denying the Petitioner's request.
    As a result of its evaluation detailed in its letter of September 
22, 1997, the NRC staff found that there was insufficient basis to 
warrant the immediate action requested to prevent SONGS Units 2 and 3 
from restarting. Therefore, the request for immediate action was 
denied. As provided by 10 CFR 2.206, appropriate action will be taken 
with regard to the concerns raised by the Petitioner 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 22nd day of September 1997.

    For The Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Samuel J. Collins,
Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 97-25897 Filed 9-29-97; 8:45 am]
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