[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 186 (Wednesday, September 24, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55168-55169]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-22356]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-247 and 50-286, License Nos. DPR-26 and DPR-64]


Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., Entergy Nuclear Indian Point 2, 
LLC, Entergy Nuclear Indian Point 3, LLC, Indian Point Nuclear 
Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3 (IP2 and IP3); Receipt of Request for 
Action Under 10 CFR 2.206

    Notice is hereby given that by petition dated March 30, 2008, Mr. 
Sherwood Martinelli has requested that the NRC (1) ``* * * suspend the 
license for IP2 and IP3 reactors located in Buchanan, NY owned by 
Entergy until they are fully in compliance with all 10 CFR Rules and 
Regulations, as well as other local, state and federal laws and 
regulations, and have eliminated the environmental risks that have 
contributed to, and/or caused my wife's breast cancer,'' and (2) ``* * 
* halt the License Renewal Process.''
    The request is being treated pursuant to 10 CFR 2.206 of the 
Commission's regulations. The request has been referred to the Director 
of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR). The Petitioner 
participated in a conference call with the NRR Petition Review Board 
(PRB) on August 14, 2008, to discuss the petition. The additional 
information provided by the Petitioner was considered by the PRB before 
making its final recommendation. By letter dated September 15th, 2008, 
the Director accepted for review, pursuant to 10 CFR 2.206, the 
Petitioner's concerns regarding the licensee's failure

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to implement the new emergency notification siren system in a timely 
manner. The Director also informed the Petitioner that the siren issues 
in this petition would be combined with the Petitioner's earlier 
petition on the new siren system, dated September 28, 2007. The earlier 
petition was noticed in the Federal Register on February 25, 2008 (73 
FR 10068). The Director informed the Petitioner that his issues on 
groundwater contamination were considered by the NRC in response to an 
earlier petition by the Petitioner. A Final Director's Decision was 
issued on August 14, 2008, and noticed in the Federal Register on 
August 21, 2008 (73 FR 49495). The NRC found that the licensee was in 
compliance with the pertinent NRC regulatory requirements on the 
release of radioactive isotopes and that public health and safety have 
not been, nor are likely to be, adversely affected.
    As provided by Section 2.206, appropriate action will be taken on 
this petition within a reasonable time.
    A copy of the petition and the transcript of the conference call 
with the PRB can be located at Agencywide Documents Access and 
Management Systems Accession Nos. ML080950265 and ML082330375, 
respectively, and are available for inspection at the Commission's 
Public Document Room, located at One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville 
Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 15th day of September 2008.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Eric J. Leeds,
Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
 [FR Doc. E8-22356 Filed 9-23-08; 8:45 am]
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