ML19261D667
| ML19261D667 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Zimmer |
| Issue date: | 05/30/1979 |
| From: | Yore J Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
| To: | Gradison W HOUSE OF REP. |
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The Honorable Willis D. Gradison, Jr.
United States House of Representatives Wa:hington, D.C.
20515 Federal Office Building 550 Main Street Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
Dear Congressman Gradison:
This is in response to your letter of May 21, 1979, regarding a letter dated April 12, 1979, from the Heitkamp family of Cincinnati concerning the safety of the Zimmer Nuclear Power Station in Moscow, Ohio.
We have forwarded the Heitkamp letter to the Office of Inspection and Enforcement so that an investigation of the matters referred to by the Heitkamp family can be promptly investigated.
Since the Zimmer Nuclear Power Station is the subject of a pend-ing adjudicatory proceeding, I am requesting that copies of your letter with its attachment and this reply be filed in the NRC Public Document Room and served on the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board and all of the parties in the Zimmer proceeding.
Sincerely, na I James R. Yore, Chairman Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel I
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E5asfjington, D.C. 20515 Mr. James R. Yore Chairman Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Nuclear Regulatory Commission 1717 H Street, N.W.
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Enclosed is a copy of a letter from some constituents of mine, the Heitkamp Family of Cincinnati, rogarding the safety of the Zimmer power plant in Moscow, Ohio.
As the plant's licensing hearings are under way, the Heitkamps are concerned about remarks they heard regarding the safety procedures followed in the plant's construction.
I would greatly appreciate any comments you may have regrrding their concerns.
Than5c you for your attention to this matter.
I lo'ok forward to receiving your response.
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a Hon. Willis D. Gradison 1519 Longworth House office Building Washington, D. C.
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Dear Congressman Gradison,
On Thursday, April 5, 1979, I attended a meeting of C.A.R.E.
(Citizens Against a Radioactive Environment) at St. John's Uni-tarian Church in Cincinnati.
At this meeting two men, both formerly employees with responsibilities at the Zinser nuclear power plant it Moscow, Ohio, stated that, while they were et-ployed the-
, grossly inadequate procedures were used in the constructi,on of the Zitmer plant.
Mr. Vic Griffin, former quality control engineer with Kaiser Engineers, Inc., stated that components purchased by Cincinnati Gas and Electric Company received no independent inspection, i.e.,
that the word of the vendor was accepted as proof that a given part met specifications.
(I know from ny own line of work that tne purchaser cust do his own inspection to assure that the vendor has met specifications. )
Mr. Griffin stated he rerigned in protest.about three years ago.
The staff, he said, agreed with him but went silent upon his resignation.
About,taree weeks ago, he said, he met a friend who is supervisor of construction at Zicser; this friend said be could close the plant down tomorrow, if he told what he knew about the construction of the plant.
also, Mr. Ed Hofstedter, formerly of Eusky Products, Inc.
(Florence, Kentucky) stated that not ene weld at Z4 mer uas dcne by a certified welder.
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of cable trays (supports which carry electric cables for tne control of various systems, including the cooling system).
Icadequate welds on certain sections of these trays are to be found, according to Hofstedter.
(The URO has also acknowledged widespread difficulties with welds in other nuclear plants.--
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The cable trays are positioned, as described by Hofstedter, one above the other, so that if one fell it could dislodge or interfere with others; the back-up ecergency syste=s, he said, are involv ed.
Moreover, the trays, he feels, are 20 % overloaded and the fire protection saterial around tnem not approved by Underwriters Laboratories.
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I an oppossed to use nuclear energy in Cincinnati or any-where else.
A technology wcich, if disaster is to be averted, demands perfection at all times cannot be advocated, since humans can make errors.
To permit Zinner to operate, if such conditions
' exist, is pure lunacy.
The plant is due to receive its ato=ic fuel in June of this year.
I rec uest a reply as to what action you plan to take in regard to these claims.
Because the rest of my family is also oppossed to nuclear energy and is concerned about these conditions they also sign.
Sincerely, Lawrence ii. Heitkamp (age 40--cook) l*
b(f j, Walter A. He itkamp (age 83--retired purc'asing agent) n Margaret M Zeitkamp (age 76--house wife) 2159 145
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