ML19224A771
| ML19224A771 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 04/11/1979 |
| From: | Rich Smith NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Marquette Rogers |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 7905300241 | |
| Download: ML19224A771 (2) | |
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i prrrsm:ncu rnESS 4/8/79 "S AFETY TcNORTm, M-Vorkers C1 aim" 1.A Times Servico tilddictown - Safety procedurea of the now crippled 3MT nuclear panL went frequently circumvented and workers were someLimes punished for complaining were about unsafet conditions, sources at the sit.e of the wurse accident in courtcret al nucinar bir. tory i: aid.
"niak tnis, risk that, do anythin6 but keep the generation (of electricity) tiowing", said one key worker in the plant.
'They want the job done quickly and they don't want to go through all the paper work", said another plant worker.
"I,'m nat going current un any c:afety proceduren at thin time", said Sam 1.aird, a spokcr. man for Met Ed, operatorn of the accident damaged plant.
Workur compJ ainer. and dincl or.uren about allugcdly poor nafety practices camn to light junt a day before a team of NRC Jnvestigators was schedul.d to arrf vc to begin inturviewing and dchricfing all cmploycos et the TX1 facility.
Some employees said they were telling reportars about conditions in the planc because they did not trust the Nac, which they claim has tended to be leulent with utility co upanies operating nuclear reacturn.
Safety procedurns, pl ant workere alle ged, vure mont frequently violated.htring aftnITsuon and.cyn night shi f tn and not during tho day when more senj or pernannel worked.
The most frequently cited r.hortcut was in the crucial tagging process designed to show what parts of the complax reactor plant were ahut demt for repairs or out of service for testing.
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% rkers at TMT said t. hey are ui' ten ordered to perforza c:.aintencnen wi th.:itL Following Lagging procedures.
Ecployees said they a c so short staffed that moderate and luw priority repairs are backed up core than four inonths.
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