[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 8, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 11683]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-3293]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Receipt of Request for Action Under 10 CFR 2.206

    Notice is hereby given that by petition dated January 25, 2006, as 
supplemented by the letter dated February 2, 2006, David Lochbaum, 
acting on behalf of the Union of Concerned Scientists and numerous 
other organizations and individuals, has requested that the Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission (NRC) take action with regard to nuclear power 
reactors and research and test reactors licensed by the NRC that are 
either operating or undergoing decommissioning. The petitioners request 
that the NRC issue a Demand for Information (DFI) to each licensee for 
the subject facilities that would require them to provide information 
related to systems, programs, and monitoring activities related to the 
potential release of water contaminated with radioactive materials.
    As the basis for this request, the petitioners describe several 
cases of contamination at nuclear facilities and the uncontrolled 
release of radioactively contaminated water from NRC-licensed 
facilities. The petitioners' cite NRC regulations requiring licensees 
to have controls to limit the release of radioactive materials and to 
limit the radiation dose individuals receive from the operation of NRC-
licensed facilities. The petitioners request the issuance of a DFI to 
the subject licensees to verify compliance with NRC regulations and to 
support assessments of the potential public health threat from such 
releases of radioactively contaminated water.
    The request is being treated pursuant to Sec.  2.206 of Title 10 of 
the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR 2.206). The request has been 
referred to the Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. 
As provided by 10 CFR 2.206, appropriate action will be taken on this 
petition within a reasonable time.
    A copy of the petition and the supplemental letter are available in 
the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) for 
inspection under Accession Nos. ML060330228 and ML060400179 at the 
Commission's Public Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint 
North, Public File Area O1 F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), 
Rockville, Maryland. Publicly available records will be accessible from 
the ADAMS Public Electronic Reading Room on the NRC Web site (http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html). Persons who do not have access to 
ADAMS or who encounter problems in accessing the documents located in 
ADAMS, should contact the NRC PDR Reference staff by telephone at 1-
800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to [email protected].

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 1st day of March 2006.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Christopher I. Grimes,
Director, Division of Policy and Rulemaking, Office of Nuclear Reactor 
Regulation.
 [FR Doc. E6-3293 Filed 3-7-06; 8:45 am]
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