[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 249 (Friday, December 28, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67334-67335]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-31930]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


The UNPLUG Salem Campaign, the National Whistleblower Center and 
Mr. Randy Robarge Riverkeeper, Inc., et al.; Receipt of Requests for 
Action Under 10 CFR 2.206

    Notice is hereby given that by the following three petitions, the 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) was requested to take immediate 
corrective actions to protect the public against the possibility of 
terrorists seizing control of a large commercial jetliner and crashing 
into a nuclear power plant in the United States.
    1. From Mr. Norm Cohen, on behalf of the UNPLUG Salem Campaign, 
dated September 17, 2001.
    2. From Mr. Michael D. Kohn, on behalf of the National 
Whistleblower Center and Randy Robarge, dated October 24, 2001.
    3. From Messrs. Alex Matthiessen, and Karl Coplan, on behalf of the 
Riverkeeper, Inc., et al, dated November 8, 2001.
    The petitioners requested that the NRC staff take certain specified 
compensatory measures, to protect the public and environment from the 
catastrophic impact of a terrorist attack on a nuclear power plant or a 
spent fuel pool.
    These requests are being treated pursuant to 10 CFR 2.206 of the 
Commission's regulations. These requests have been referred to the 
Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. As provided by 
Section 2.206, appropriate action will be taken on these petitions 
within a reasonable time.
    Since the subject of these petitions involves safeguards matters, 
the NRC

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has decided not to make the petitions public or publicly discuss the 
petitions to avoid disclosure of potentially sensitive security 
information.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 20th day of December 2001.
    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Brian W. Sheron,
Acting Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 01-31930 Filed 12-27-01; 8:45 am]
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