[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 201 (Monday, October 19, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 55904]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-27947]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-213; License No. DPR-61]


Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company; Receipt of Petition for 
Director's Decision Under 10 CFR 2.206

    Notice is hereby given that by petition dated September 11, 1998, 
Citizens Awareness Network (Petitioner) has requested that the U.S. 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) take action with regard to the 
Haddam Neck Plant. Petitioner requests that the NRC (1) immediately 
revoke or suspend the Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company (CYAPCO) 
operating license for the Haddam Neck Plant, (2) hold an informal 
public hearing on the petition in the vicinity of the site, and (3) 
consider requiring CYAPCO to conduct decommissioning activities under 
10 CFR Part 72.
    As the bases for these requests, Petitioner states that CYAPCO (1) 
demonstrates incompetence in creating and maintaining a safe work 
environment and an effective well-trained staff and (2) is not 
conducting its decommissioning activities in accordance with its Post 
Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Report (PSDAR) and therefore poses 
an undue risk to public health.
    With regard to the Petitioner's request for immediate revocation or 
suspension of CYAPCO's operating license, under the provisions of 10 
CFR 50.82(a)(2), HNP is no longer authorized to operate or place fuel 
in the reactor. The permanently shutdown and defueled status of the 
plant substantially reduces the risk to public health and safety. The 
decommissioning activities at Haddam Neck have not resulted in 
radiation exposure to any individual or effluent releases to the 
environment in excess of regulatory limits. Based on these facts, the 
Petitioner's request to immediately revoke or suspend the operating 
license for Haddam Neck has been denied.
    With regard to the Petitioner's request for an informal public 
hearing, the staff reviewed the PSDAR and found that CYAPCO has 
followed the sequence of activities included in the PSDAR as Figure 1, 
``CY Decommissioning Schedule.'' Additionally, CYAPCO committed to 
controlling radiation exposure to offsite individuals to levels less 
than both the Environmental Protection Agency's Protective Action 
Guides and NRC regulations. Both radiation exposures to individuals and 
effluents to the environment due to decommissioning activities have 
been within regulatory limits. Based on these facts, the staff found 
that no undue risk to public health and safety is present. The staff 
also determined that the Petitioner neither provided new information 
that raised the potential for a significant safety issue (SSI) nor 
presented a new SSI or new information on a previously evaluated SSI. 
Therefore, the criteria for an informal public hearing, contained in 
Part III (c) of Management Directive 8.11, are not satisfied and the 
Petitioner's request for an informal public hearing has been denied.
    The request is being treated pursuant to 10 CFR 2.206 of the 
Commission's regulations. As provided for by Section 2.206, 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, 2120 L Street, NW., Washington DC, and at the Local 
Public Document Room at the Russell Public Library, 123 Broad Street, 
Middletown, Connecticut 06457.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 7th day of October 1998.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Samuel J. Collins,
Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 98-27947 Filed 10-16-98; 8:45 am]
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