[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 26 (Monday, February 9, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 7038]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-02608]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-250 and 50-251; NRC-2015-0011]
Florida Power & Light Company; Turkey Point Nuclear Generating
Units 3 and 4
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: 10 CFR 2.206 request; receipt.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is giving notice
that by petition dated July 18, 2014, as supplemented, Mr. Thomas
Saporito (the petitioner) requested that the NRC take enforcement
action with regard to Florida Power & Light Company (FPL or the
licensee). The petitioner's requests are included in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section of this document.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2015-0011 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You
may obtain publicly available information related to this document
using any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2015-0011. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-287-
3422; email: [email protected].
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that a document is referenced.
NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: By petition dated July 18, 2014 (ADAMS
Accession No. ML14202A520), as supplemented by email (ADAMS Accession
No. ML14202A521) and the petitioner's address to the Petition Review
Board on September 3, 2014 (ADAMS Accession No. ML14266A123), the
petitioner requested that the NRC take enforcement action against FPL
due to increased ultimate heat sink (UHS) temperatures at Turkey Point
Nuclear Generating Units 3 and 4 (Turkey Point). The petition states
concern with the impact of the higher UHS temperatures on the
environment and the licensee's capability to mitigate accidents at the
higher temperatures.
The petitioner requested that the NRC take escalated enforcement
action against FPL, specifically to issue FPL a violation and civil
penalty, and to issue FPL a confirmatory order to maintain Turkey Point
in a cold shutdown condition until FPL completes independent
assessments of the UHS temperature increase and its impacts on safety-
related equipment. As the basis for this request, the petitioner stated
that operation of Turkey Point at a UHS temperature greater than 100
degrees Fahrenheit will significantly jeopardize public health and
safety and the environment.
The request is being treated pursuant to Section 2.206 of Title 10
of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR). The NRC reviewed the
petition, its supplements, and the transcripts from the meeting on
September 3, 2014, and referred the request to the Director of the
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. The Director determined that the
petitioner's request that the NRC take enforcement action until the
licensee completes an independent root cause assessment for the rise in
UHS temperature met the criteria for review under the 10 CFR 2.206
process. The Director determined that the other requests in the
petition did not meet the criteria for review under the 10 CFR 2.206
process because they concern issues that have already been the subject
of NRC staff review and evaluation and have been resolved. The NRC will
take appropriate action on this petition within a reasonable time.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day of January, 2015.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Jennifer L. Uhle,
Deputy Director for Reactor Safety Programs, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2015-02608 Filed 2-6-15; 8:45 am]
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