[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 47 (Friday, March 10, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12403-12404]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-2320]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50-271; License No. DPR-28]
Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee, LLC and Entergy Nuclear
Operations, Inc. Notice of Issuance of Director's Decision Under 10 CFR
2.206
Notice is hereby given that the Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation, has issued a Director's Decision with regard to a petition
dated October 11, 2005, filed by Mr. Jonathan M. Block hereinafter
referred to as the ``Petitioner.'' The petition concerns the operation
of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station (Vermont Yankee).
The petition requested that the NRC require the temporary emergency
closure or de-rating of Vermont Yankee due to flooding conditions on
October 8 and 9, 2005.
As a basis for this request, the petitioner stated that evacuations
would be impossible as a result of storm damage to existing evacuation
routes for Vermont Yankee.
The petition of October 11, 2005, raised immediate concerns
regarding emergency evacuation planning for the States of Vermont and
New Hampshire due to storm damage to existing evacuation routes through
the city of Keene, town of Hinsdale, and other portions of New
Hampshire. In a teleconference with the NRC, the Petitioner raised
additional concerns regarding the Department of Homeland Security,
Federal Emergency Management Agency (DHS/FEMA) and the State of New
Hampshire's plans for an evacuation if an event were to occur at
Vermont Yankee simultaneously with a natural disaster. Specific
concerns were raised regarding alternative assembly points and
decontamination centers for people who would normally evacuate through
potentially flooded areas. The Petitioner also requested assurance from
the NRC that contingency evacuation plans are in place.
The NRC sent a copy of the proposed Director's Decision to the
Petitioner and to the licensee for comment on December 7, 2005
(Accession No. ML053140204). The NRC staff did not receive any comments
on the proposed Director's Decision.
The Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation has
determined that, The Petitioner's emergency request of October 11,
2005, to shut down or de-rate Vermont Yankee was denied. The reasons
for this decision are explained in the director's decision pursuant to
10 CFR 2.206 (DD-06-02), the complete
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text of which is available in ADAMS, and is available for inspection 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, and from the ADAMS Public Library component on the
NRC Web site, http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public
Electronic Reading Room). 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 at 1-800-397-4209 or 301-
415-4737, or by e-mail to [email protected].
A copy of the Director's Decision will be filed with the Secretary
of the Commission for the Commission's review in accordance with 10 CFR
2.206 of the Commission's regulations. As provided for by this
regulation, the Director's Decision will constitute the final action of
the Commission 25 days after the date of the decision, unless the
Commission, on its own motion, institutes a review of the Director's
Decision in that time.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 4th day of March 2006.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
J.E. Dyer,
Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 06-2320 Filed 3-9-06; 8:45 am]
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