ML023120325
| ML023120325 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Saint Lucie  (DPR-067, NPF-016) |
| Issue date: | 10/31/2002 |
| From: | Graham B US SEN (Senate) |
| To: | Rathbun D Office of Congressional Affairs |
| Brown E, NRR/DLPM, 415-2315 | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML023300007 | List: |
| References | |
| G20020636, LTR-02-0722, TAC MB6679, TAC MB6680 | |
| Download: ML023120325 (6) | |
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EDO Principal Correspondence Control FROM:
DUE: 12/02/02 EDO CONTROL: G20020636 DOC DT: 10/31/02 FINAL REPLY:
Senator Bob Graham
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DESC:
St. Lucie Nuclear Power Plant (Betty Lou Wells)
DATE: 11/07/02 ASSIGNED TO:
NRR Travers Paperiello Kane Norry Craig Burns/Cyr Zimmerman, NSIR Reyes, RII CONTACT:
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Bob Graham SEN Dennis Rathbun St. Lucie nuclear power plant Signature of EDO OCA to Ack 10/31/2002 No NOTES:
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BOB GRAHAM FLORIDA
'United *tatcs ol natc WASHINGTON, DC 20510-0903 October 31, 2002 Mr. Dennis K. Rathbun Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555
Dear Mr. Rathbun:
Enclosed is aletter from Ms. Betty Lou Wells.
I would appreciate your reviewing the information that has been presented and providing me with your comments. Please address your reply to my state office:
United States Senator Bob Graham 2252 Killearn Center Boulevard, Suite 300 Tallahassee, Florida 32309-3573 Attention: Karen Bunton Telephone:
(850) 907-1100 Facsimile:
(850) 894-3222 Your cooperation and assistance are greatly appreciated. I look forward to hearing from you soon.
With kind regards, Sincerely, United States Senator BG/kmb Enclosure
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radiat n's 32 St;lucie N uclear Plant
,adseveralc airborne -o workers inhaled radioactive
,durhgjmaintenance woffon one of.,.
riclearher this montr-f,a
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-~ pany reported. FPL,'v~hkh 6%fiS Y2'ý operates the ldnt was preparng>
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'.th'b vessel foi--dn-NRC/n*ns entioni hen-the exPosureb.drv d Z41 -.
SSOUTH HUTCHINSON ISLAND InA AU.ft, folrosinoth a
ove:y TheNu~ler eguatryof cracks and corrosion on'hereac The Nuclear Regulatory
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tor vessel head at"a plant 0 O Commission is c6ntinuing to exam-the NRC,commeided&iit s'dti.ns, me an Oct. 6 incident~that exposed -,,9 ofl" nitio1i'*,103 fiudear ofao 32,St. Lucie NuclearPlant workersQ'
<* 6n9 "fi-tdination' wo the<Stc...
to low-levels of radiation.
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At this point in time, 'it does nt ha-,beenpressure' appear that anyone was exposeld"<ieaningzrast afd
.thŽrdebris
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beyond the allowable limits, but the the Unit One vessel~head when pari_,-.:
NRC is still looking into it," said Ken.ticles vfere detected nea*ripo1_yees:$*
.OClark, iý`spokesman in-the NRC's %n'h platform 62 feet abdv6 ih~erbT "Atlanta office, Monday. :7'
--- ?. widrk ias intended to prevent.radi-Aresident NRC inspector stationed atlon exposure dur'ng'the, tRC-at the plant should have more infor-i.i'spect~on, said 'Rachel SCo6;.tLY.Z-9; mation about the cidentwithin 3 sokes oman.
davs. Clark-said.
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tionary measures,ý ne De] to
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'have-':6mplt h,.Anspek had ciean.,tli*t par't of Unit -"> The
.workers *:-absorbed'
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-trV e55el One sii bpeed in 1976.
'minimal"'Jevels of -dtion-,eadand have
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c*."o_.iI job. - The NRC doesn't a
.reiswhich lsminotendughto-Scot prove or disapprov 'spectifcid say.hathrb~~3aleC ti atek~'"
measures to perfor
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!0 kind of a task,".Clai-k'6said. ý-Bnual3 radainepurto was vt6
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.pubic "But the NRC reqmires that 500 m
-,W however. you do it,:-oti don t The two workers cleaning i,'e
.1nTh "Iei*Nudler expose workers."
the vessel wre wearing pro-.7*,lan
,tective gear, including respi-
'otending ifh'*o, NRC" operat--l The NRC mandates expo-ratory equipment, but those Jng Ilcenses foradtion, l sure to radiation be kept as on the upper level were not," 20 years.' !- '- i' I
low as reasonably possible.
Scott said.
t "This is the fnr.mt time that "We knew there would be. uled for-9 am:, Oct 2Nat~the"'
we've done this type of work some airborne contamina-'
ME Energy;Encxmter adja on the reactor vessel head,"
ton created," she said. But it cent to the plant &'-,'
Caller on 04t. 6 Mr. Valicenti has a plan as mayor, and he is a whistle blower. I'd like to know how come he became a whistle blower after his son was afrested and he left the police department? Answer that question and maybe I'll vote
" foryou.
E-mail received on Oct. 7 Like many others, I enjoy receiving the Hometown News and echo other readers' approval of the format, content and continuity and for being the "people's paper." But the Oct. 4 issue contained a story that alarmed me so much I hadto showit to xiiy friends aiid fa&ily to substantiate.what was printed: On PageAS the heaaline read, "Tips on Auto burglars, Learjet pilot sought."The two ideas must ha;e appeared to be similar, hence sharing a headline. Ii states that the FBI is looking for a-"
greenand white Learjet that flew over the nhclear power plant on 911i, not once, not twice, but threelmýs! The report states-the firsi tw6 passes were flowiat 500:6-00" feet over the pow'er plant,,while the third and last pass "
was at "tree top level;"
, -6 Excuse mi? Does this concern anyone else besides me that a Learjet got aclose enough to a n-u-c-I-e-a-rpower plant three times, -on the anniversarý of the wo"rs't atitack on American civleians in our history, and the FBI is '.,"4-,.
asking if you have any inf6rmation to corntact Crinie.
Stoppers? CrimeStoppers? Please! As a native of Stu'arti have seen manfiy changes ariund the Trbasuie Coast over the past 59 years, some good, some not. But ohe thigijI would have "bet ihe fanch on" is never seemigthe day when the dinner conversation with my husband would be about the cavalier manner in which a rkporter prints a story stating a Lear Jet entered air space over our nuclear power plant. I am not "shooting" the messenger, but why aren't more people alarmed about this story?
This is the same nuclear power plant the "authoriltes" "
assured us was in a no-fly zone; but ifa plarie, sholId 5
crash into it, it wouldn't do much damage.-Boy, knowing how thorough. knowledgeable and efficient cur "author ities" are, I feel much better now. Thanks.
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