[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 128 (Thursday, July 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 36085]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-17462]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-282, 50-306, and 72-10]


Northern States Power Company (Prairie Island Nuclear Plant, 
Units 1 and 2), Prairie Island Independent Spent Fuel Storage 
Installation; Receipt of Petition for Director's Decision Under 10 CFR 
2.206

    Notice is hereby given that by a Petition filed pursuant to 10 CFR 
2.206 on May 28, 1997, Prairie Island Indian Community (Petitioner) 
requested that the NRC (1) determine that Northern States Power (the 
licensee) violated the requirements of 10 CFR 72.122(l) by using its 
Materials License No. SNM-2506 for an Independent Spent Fuel Storage 
Installation (ISFSI) prior to establishing conditions for safely 
unloading the TN-40 dry storage containers; (2) suspend Materials 
License No. SNM-2506 for cause under 10 CFR 50.100 until such time as 
all significant issues in the unloading process, as described in the 
Petition, have been resolved, the unloading process has been 
demonstrated, and an independent third-party review of the TN-40 
unloading procedure has been conducted; (3) provide Petitioners an 
opportunity to participate in the reviewing of the unloading procedure 
for the TN-40 cask, hold hearings, and allow Petitioners to participate 
fully in these and any other procedures initiated in response to the 
Petition; and (4) update the Technical Specifications for the Prairie 
Island ISFSI to incorporate mandatory unloading procedure requirements.
    The Petition has been referred to the Director of the Office of 
Nuclear Reactor Regulation. By letter dated June 27, 1997, the Director 
denied Petitioner's request for immediate action. As provided by 10 CFR 
2.206, further action will be taken within a reasonable time.
    A copy of the Petition is available for inspection at the 
Commission's Public Document Room at 2120 L Street, NW., Washington, 
DC, and at the local public document room located at the Minneapolis 
Public Library, Technology and Science Department, 300 Nicollet Mall, 
Minneapolis, Minnesota.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 27th day of June 1997.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Frank J. Miraglia,
Acting Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 97-17462 Filed 7-2-97; 8:45 am]
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