ML17212A431

Requests Info on Behalf of Constituent Re Proposed Pilot Program Using Independent Review Process

ML17212A431
Person / Time
Site:	Saint Lucie
Issue date:	06/12/1981
From:	Chiles L SENATE
To:	Kammerer C NRC OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS (OCA)
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%enate June 12, 1981 COMMITtCCSi APPROPRIATIONS SUOGET GOVERNMENTAl AFFAIRS SPECIAL, COMMITTEE ON AGING DEMOCRATIC STEERING COMMITTEE Mr. Carlton Kammerer, Director Office of Congressional Affairs Nuclear Regulatory Commission 1712 H

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I have recently received the enclosed correspondence regarding a matter involving your agency, and because of my desire to be responsive to all inquiries, I would appreciate having your comments and views.

Your early consideration of this matter ciated and, if convenient, I would like reply in duplicate directed to my State Buildin

, Lakeland, Florida 33801.

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cation, p ease return t e enclosure and to this letter as indicated below.

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to have your Office, Federal your communi-make reference Most incere LANTON CHILES LC/rob Enclosure RE:

In reply, please refer to:

Mark P.

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Oncavage 12200 S.N. 110th Avenue Miami, Florida 33176 I)fay 26, 1981 Hon. Lawton Chiles United States Senate Y7ashington, D.C. 20510 Dear Senator Chiles; X appreciate your efforts to keep me informed of'he problems of nuclea'r energy in the State of Florida. I was appalled at the letter sent to Chairman Hendrie by Chairman Marshall McDonald of the Florida Power and Light Corporation on March 3, 1981.

In essence, Chairman McDonald asked the I&C to abandon its congressional mandate.

The NRC was formed to make nuclear power "safe:" for the American people.

This mandate and obligation will certainly be forfeited as the NRC neglects its licensing duties.

The heart of the I<RC licensing procedure is the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and the Safety Evaluation

Report, (SER).

Each document must thoroughly and objectively examine the failings and the benefits of the proposed action.

Comes now Chairman Ii'IcDonald asking that the draft SER be written by FPZcL and/or its contractors. If this request is

granted, the I<RC would be truly morally bankrupt.

The licensing proceedings certainly have their failings, but in large part the failings come from the NRC which does not establish and enforce its own criteria for reactor design.

Weak components in the reactor design are often catagorized as "non safety related" and this allows the design to become acceptable.

The case in point is Turkey Point where terminal corrosion in all six steam generators is causing terrible

waste, safety, and economic problems.

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1 The NRC-is guilty of approving poorly studied and tested proposals in an attempt to alleviate the corrosion problem.

In reality, the change in water chemistry at Turkey Point made the corrosion far worse than it had been.

As a result of this bumbling, the citizens of Florida will receive a new radioactive waste dump in Dade County and a bill for about Q 730,000,000 in repair costs.

Other plants with poorly functioning components are Surry, Palisades, and of course Three Mile island.

FP8L has not been bashful in asking the NRC to ignore its own rules. In 1980, the NRC was asked to ignore its inspection schedule on the corroded steam generators for four months.

The NRC approved, but fortunately legal action taken by some local citizens has stopped this practice.

The licensing of St. Lucie No.

2 must be done carefully and thoroughly. I have strong doubts that the NRC will not effectively study the design problems of Turkey Point but will allow the licensing of St. Lucie No.

2 to proceed without the benefit of this data. If FPRL were to write the draft SER, I am certain that the steam generator corrosion issue would be thoroughly whitewashed.

I urge you and the other members of the Florida delegation to insist on the most careful and complete licensing procedure for St. Lucie No. 2. I would appreciate being kept informed of this situation as it developes.

Very truly yours, Mark P.

Oncavage cc:

Members of the Florida Congressional Delegation

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