ML18025A079
| ML18025A079 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Susquehanna  |
| Issue date: | 01/08/1979 |
| From: | Lemanowicz I Citizens Against Nuclear Dangers |
| To: | NRC/SECY |
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| Download: ML18025A079 (3) | |
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ITIZ~~.'S A"-AX1$ST H<'CL-."".R DANGERS.S Boz >77, P~ ~l, Ber;tick,:-a.,
18603 Secretary of t'e Commission Docketin~ and Service Section U.S. '.t'uclear Regulatory Commission 8'ashington, D.C.
205i5 "ate: January 8, 197/
Dear Sir:
As a preliminary prereouisite, and in compliance with "overnment r emulations the Citi "ens Aga~ns 3'uclear Dang rs in the at ached document(s) state for the record the timely reason(s) for intervention in the roceedin-s b fore the
'~.S. I'uclear Re-".ulatory A~'ency and before the
.-".to~ic Safety and Licen sin ~ Bo o rd in the matter o:
=osier and Light
- Company, and Allegheny =lectric Cooperative, Inc. (Applicants)
Docket Hos.r 50-j87~>> an 50-F88 pepzits )os.
C:"rR-101 and C~:-:-.-102.
v'ours truly
~~rs. Irene Le=ano.~icz Chairperson
THF CiTZZc,:~S AGAiNST NUCL=AR DAi":G RS, Serving as a public interest ad hoc grouo tb-inunei'a e'"to concerns of many citizens living in relative close proxim m to:-.Salem Township, Believing that the government has thus far fa
~dlito~eaustely protect people from tbe risk of nuclear dangers, that might occur
'as a result of the operat,ion of the Applicants'tomic power p'lant, Determined to intervene ln the interest of public health and safety, The Ci lzens Against Nuclear Dangers hereby allege,
- contend, and aver the following:
'ilhereas, the ma]or Applicant has publicly 'dmitted in the oress on many occaslcns that defective manufacture and assemblage, etc., of maJor components of the atomic reactor and its systems for the Salem Townsh'p plant have been discovered;
'dhereas, ln 1978,,the congressional General Accounting Office investigations of commercial atomic reactor construction nationwide reveal what amounts to apparent negligence on the part of'uclear Regulatory Commission officials who improperly conducted tbe mandated safety inspections of atomic reactors such as the type the Applicants're constructing at Salem Township;
- lhereas, because of the large-scale omissions and discrepancies discovered bv tbe GAO investigations, concerned and responsible citizens have cause to consider the Appl'cents'afe y tests and quality control
- reports, e c.,
as tainted; Therefore, tbe Nuclear Regulatory Commission should re-examine (or examine for the first time, whichever be case may be) all per inent inspection records relating to the on-site and off-site manufacture, fabrication and assemblage of all operating sys erne designed for tbe Applicants'tomic power plant at Salem Township, with special emphasis on the pressure stress and Qeldlng X-ray inspections; Therefore, care ul re-examination of tbe structural placement of steel and alloy plating shields, steam and water pipes, re-bar and concrete
- suoports, and all other vital components necessary for the proper containment of radioactivity within the designed systems of the reactor facilities at Salem becomes an aporoprlate course of actlcn for the Nuclear."-.egulatory Commission ln 1'gbt of the findings of fact by the GAO, a::d fo. other co pelllng reasons, before an operating License can be considered for approval.
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<<< (V THE CiTTZ-;iS ACAL".i'ST NUCLEAR DRAG RS, Serving as a pu'olic interest ad hoc group to enunciate the concerns of many citizens living ln relative close proximity to Salem Township, Believing that the government bas thus far failed to adecuately protect people from he risk of nuclear dangers, that m'gbt occur as a result of the operation of tbe Applicants'tom'c power plant, Determined to intervene in the interest of public heal h and safety, Tbe Citizens Against nuclear Dangers hereby allege,
- contend, and aver the following:
- Whereas, tbe United Transportation Union is bes'ant to expose train workers to the dangers of industriaL radiation while ransporting nuclear fuels to.the Berwick atomic power pLant, and elsewhere;
'ilhereas, tbe.=ederal Railway Administration end the Public U llity Com ission presently have only a handful of inspectors to'nspect the thousands of mlles of rail lines ln Pennsylvania; Mbe.eas, oecause of, among other things, the lack o
.=ederal regulation, lochl communities are planning to Legislatively ban or res rlct the quantities of radioactive fuel shipments sent by train or truck through their communities; "lhereas, tbe Applicants plan to ship to and from Salem Township v'a rail an average of twenty shipments (each containing LS B:1R fuel assem lies per cask) an average distance of one t'bousand miles; Therefore, because of the badly deteriorating roadbeds and trackage of CCNK4TL and tbe other rail carriers, and the crushing sixty-five ton weight of each fuel cask, the shipment of radioactive cargoes is defin'tely unsafe at any speed.
There should be a moratorium placed on any shipment of. atomic fuel to the Applicants'alem plant un 11 all railway roadbeds and. trackage enroute are rebuiLt and inspected; Therefore, the nuclear Regulatory Commission should also place e pbas's on ways and means of dealing with problems that will arise from derail"ents and collisions especially at:
grade crossings,
'over-
- passes, under-passes,
- tunnels, bridges and barge crossings, as well as emergency evacua ion plans enroute.