ML19282C381

Great Lakes Energy Alliance Petition to Intervene & Statement of Contentions.W/Attached Article on Pipe Corrosion

ML19282C381
Person / Time
Site:	Palisades
Issue date:	02/27/1979
From:	Sinclair M GREAT LAKES ENERGY ALLIANCE
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NUDOCS 7903300083
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PETITION FOR LEAVE TO INTERVENE Pursuant to the notica of hearing on the intention of Consumers Power Company to shut down the Palisades Plant in 1981 in order to replace defective steam generators, the Great Lakes Energy Alliance, an unincorporated association of citizens' groups in the State of Michigan, hereby petitions for leave to intervene in the above proceedings before the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

IDENTIFICATION OF PETITIONER AND INTEREST A)

The Great Lakes Energy Alliance is an unincorporated association of citizens' groups which has formed in the State of Michigan and the Great Lakes area to study energy problems and policies and to disseminate information and stimulate pub-lic awareness and involvement in the study of nuclear power and safe energy alternatives.

B)

Many citizens belonging to several member organiza-tions of the Great Lakes Energy Alliance reside in close prox-imity to the Palisades nuclear plant at which the repair on defective steam generators allegedly will take place.

Among these groups are the Coho Alliance of St. Joseph, Michigan, United for Survival at Benton Harbor, Michigan, and the Grand 7 9 0 3 3 0 00Ts 3

Haven Alliance of Grand Rapids, Michigan.

These groups have a special concern in regard to the environmental and social impact of the replacement of defective steam generators which irthe subject of this licensing proceeding.

C)

Fifteen of the total of twenty-two citizens' groups from Michigan and Illinois who comprise the Great Lakes Energy Alliance (hereafter referred to as " Petitioners") are ratepayers of Consumers Power Company and therefore have a special economic as well as social and environmental interest in the replacement

'of defective steam generators which is the subject of this licensing proceeding.

STATEMENT OF CONTENTIONS 1)

The shutting down of the Palisades nuclear plant to replace defective generators will require exposing workmen to hazardous levels of radiation.

Recently, studies have shown that the radiation c'andards that have been purported to be safe for workers in nuclear installations have resulted in a higher in-cidence of cancer among those workmen than in a comparable group in the general population.

The NRC is now proposing more conservative radiation standards for workmen.

The Petitioners want to know how adequate protection from radiation hazards will be given to the workmen involved in this project.

2)

The defective steam generators that must be re-placed will be contaminated with radioactivity.

The Petitioners want to know the nature and extent of the environmental and a

safety review procedure which the NRC will undertake to protect the public during the repair operations.

3)

Petitioners want to know the type of procedure which will be employed for replacement of the steam generators.

4)

The defective steam generators constitute-a type of long-lived, toxic radioactive waste which will have to be stored and disposed of permanently.

The Petitioners want to know what plans are being made for disposal of this defective equipment.

5)

The Michigan Legislature has passed a bill banning the disposal of nuclear waste in the State of Michigan.

In view of this law, Petitioners want to know where the defective and radioactive contaminated steam generators will be shipped for storage, since it cannot be stored in this State, and what routes for its transportation in the State will be used.

6)

Petitioners want to know the environmental and safety risks that are associated with the long-term storage and/

or disposal of these defective radioactive parts of the Palisades n-plant.

7)

It has been reported that replacement of defective steam generators can take approximately two years' time and can cost a quarter of a billion dollars.

(See Exhibit A, attached.)

Petitioners want to know who will pay for the power that will be purchased during that period of time and who will pay for the new steam generators and the labor and supervision involved.

8)

Petitioners want to know what the cost of the per-manent storage of the defective radioactive parts will be and who will pay those costs.

9)

Petitioners want to know how this type of problem can be prevented from reoccurring in the other nuclear planto that Consumers Power Co. has under construction and is contem-plating for future construction.

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VERIFICATION I, Mary P. Sinclair, am a duly authorized spokesperson for the Petitioner, the Great Lakes Energy Alliance.

As such, I have drafted the foregoing Petition to Intervene, and affirm that all statements made therein are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

I am authorized to sign this petition and make this af firmation on behalf of the above named Petitioner.

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ordinate a $40 miHion re-PC*:d m hu 2r the fud 40 sen:h pregn= on ce mane Ice -- is expected to tots!

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So fr the corrosion re.. tion of corrosion related engmeen:g. "You'd be upset erating reactors.

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