- Federal Register: July 10, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 132)
Notices Page 41187-41188 From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access
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- NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
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- Docket Nos. 50-247 and 50-286, License Nos. DPR-26 and
DPR-64
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- Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.;
Receipt of Request for Action Under 10 CFR 2.206
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- Notice is hereby given that by petition dated April 23,
2003, Richard Blumenthal, Attorney General for the State of Connecticut
(petitioner) has requested that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(NRC) take action with regard to Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos.
2 and 3. The petitioner requests that the NRC (1) order the licensee for
the Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3 (IP2 and 3) to conduct
a full review of the facility's vulnerabilities, security measures, and
evacuation plans and to suspend operations, revoke the operating license,
or adopt other measures resulting in a temporary shutdown of IP2 and 3;
(2) require the licensee to provide information documenting the existing
security measures which provide the Indian Point facility with protection
against terrorist attacks; (3) immediately modify the IP2 and 3 operating
licenses to mandate a defense and security system sufficient to protect
the entire facility from a land- or water-based terrorist attack; (4) order
the revision of the licensee's Emergency Response Plan and the Radiological
Emergency Response Plans of the State of New York and the nearby counties
to account for possible terrorist attacks; and (5) take prompt action to
permanently retire the facility if, after conducting a full review of the
facility's vulnerabilities, security measures, and evacuation plans, the
NRC cannot sufficiently ensure the security of the IP facility against
terrorist threats, or cannot ensure the safety of New York and Connecticut
citizens in the event of an accident or terrorist attack. As the basis
for this request, the petitioner states that (1) the IP Radiological Emergency
Preparedness Plan (REPP) fails to adequately inform the public in the event
of a radiological emergency and relies upon selective release of critical
information and irrational and unenforceable secrecy; (2) the IP REPP fails
to address voluntary evacuation as required by NRC guidance documents;
(3) the IP REPP fails to address family separation in its analysis of evacuation
times; (4) the IP REPP fails to meet requirements for protection of foodstuffs
and drinking water in 50-mile ingestion exposure pathway emergency planning
zone; (5) the evacuation travel time estimates for the IP REPP fail to
meet NUREG-0654/FEMA-REP-1; (6) the IP REPP fails to address administering
radioprotective drugs to general population; (7) the IP REPP does not adequately
address the possibility of a terrorist attack; (8) IP and NRC personnel
and resources confront ``dual challenges'' when ensuring security at an
operational facility; (9) the spent fuel storage facility is vulnerable
to terrorist attack; (10) the security forces at nuclear power plants have
repeatedly failed to
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- repel mock terrorist attackers; and (11) catastrophic
effects (illness and fatality data, economic loss data, and environmental
consequences) will result from a terrorist attack on IP. The request is
being treated pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10
CFR) Section 2.206 of the Commission's regulations. The request has been
referred to the Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. As
provided by Section 2.206, appropriate action will be taken on this petition
within a reasonable time. The petitioner participated in a teleconference
with the Petition Review Board on June 19, 2003, to discuss the petition.
The results of that discussion were considered in the board's determination
regarding the petitioner's request for immediate action and in establishing
the schedule for the review of the petition. By letter dated July 3, 2003,
the Director partially granted the petitioner's requests for immediate
action requested in items 1, 2, 3, and 4 above at the Indian Point Nuclear
Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3. A copy of the petition 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. Publicly available records will be accessible from the Agencywide
Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Public Electronic Reading
Room on the Internet at 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 or 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov.
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- Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 3rd day of July 2003.
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- For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Samuel J. Collins,
Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. [FR Doc. 03-17466 Filed
7-9-03; 8:45 am]
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