Petitions made to NRC to take actions against terrorists

["Jacobus, John (OD/ORS)" <jacobusj@ors.od.nih.gov>]

I thought this would be of interest to the group.  It is interesting to note

that NRC is not making the petitions public



-- John 



John Jacobus, MS

Certified Health Physicist 

3050 Traymore Lane

Bowie, MD  20715-2024



E-mail:  jenday1@email.msn.com (H)      



[Federal Register: December 28, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 249)]

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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 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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