ML19263E240

Requests NRC Appear Before 790404 Legislative Commission or Energy Sys Hearing to Discuss Safety Questions Re High Level Radioactive Waste Tanks Operated by Licensee

ML19263E240
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Site:	West Valley Demonstration Project
Issue date:	03/21/1979
From:	Hoyt W NEW YORK, STATE OF
To:	Hendrie J NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
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NUDOCS 7906050370
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NRC BNDA WU INFOMASTER i-001229C080 03/21/79 TLX WU PRESS WSH A . .

' 110 TWX 7108240415 NRC BHDA SPL110 WAB289C2004)C4-071180E079)PD 03/20/79 2004 ICS IPMMTZZ CSP 5164723370 NL TDMT ALBANY NY 214 03-20 0804P EST

/MS JOSEPH HENDRIE CHAIRMAN, . TWX7108240415 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

. WASHINGTON DC .

DEAR CHAIRMAN HENDRIE I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT .YOU APPEAR.BEFORE A HEARING -TO BE.

CONDUCTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE . COMMISSION ON ENERGY SYSTEMS ON APRIL. 4 1979, AT 10AM IN ROOM 306 (SPEAHERS PARLOR) IN THE STATE CAPITOL IN ALBANY.

THE COMMISSION WILL ASH YOU .TO ADDRESS YOURSELF TO IMPORTANT SAFETY GUESTIONS REGARDING THE HIGH LEVEL RADIO ACTIVE WASTE. TANKS OPERATED BY NUCLEAR FUEL SERVICES, INC AT THE WEST VALLEY FACILITY.

s AS YOU XNOW, THE MUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ORDERED TESTS OF T$E LEAKAGE DETECTION DEVICES AND STEEL PANS SURROUNDING THE HIGH LEVEL WASTE TANKS. THE RESULTS OF THESE TESTS HAVE BEEN HIGHLY DISTURBING.

THEY HAVE ESTBLISHED THAT THE LEAKAGE DETECTION DEVICES WERE NOT.

PROPERTY OPERATING AND MORE IMPORTANTLY THERE IS A LEAK IN THE PAN UNDER THE . TANK THAT HOLDS THE 600,000 GALLONS OF HIGH LEVEL RADIO ACTIVE LIQUID WASTE.

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YOU WILL BE SPECIFICALLY ASKED TO ADDRESS THE FOLLOWING POINTS:

1 DO THESE FINDINGS INDICATE THAT THERE IS A REDUCED LEVEL OF FROTECTION J

2. WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SUCH A REDUCED LEVEL OF PROTECTION TO THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF .THE .PUBLIC AND THE ~ ENVIRONMENT 3. . .

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3. WHAT ACTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO RECTIFY THE PROBLEMS THAT DO EXIS T .

! REQUEST YOUR PRESENCE AT THIS MOST IMPORTANT INFORMATIONAL FEAR ING. -

WILLIAM.3 H0YT-MEMBER OF ASSEMBLY --

CHAIRMAN LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION ON ENERGY SYSTEMS 0605 EST 2299 a38 790605037o s