[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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