ML19326A443

Requests Full Rept on Safeguard Sys Defects Described in 750715 Remarks by Rep RM Mottl in Encl Excerpt from Congressional Record

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Issue date:	07/25/1975
From:	Murphy G CONGRESS (JOINT & ROTATING COMMITTEES, ETC.)
To:	Anders W NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
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'E N~ YsS~a' WASHINGTON, D.C. 20510 July 25, 1975 Honorable William A. Anders Chairman Nuclear Regul or Commission Washington, .

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Dear Chairm:

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In the July , 1975 Congressional Record on page E3832, Congressman donald Mottl of Ohio refers to the discovered safeguard system's defects at the Davis-Besse nuclear powerplant located near Port Clinton, Ohio. In May, inspectors of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission found problems with nearly half of the safety-related electrical wiring examined at the plant.

Would you please supply the Committee with a full report on the matters discussed by Congressman Mottl.

Sincerely ' curs, Ge rg .. Mur y, Jr.

xecutive Director

Enclosure:

7/15/75 Congressional Record (E3832-E3334)

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3832 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-Erf,msions of R,merks July 15,1975

% we res.,d snie me a eman sentative Jaarna O. O'Fama raised to my stonal Record, which !s supposed to y,g cg p mind the most serious question arising the action of Congrees. I thenar an of us at

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e. na $."s*e"y' for euen ra prtatins encouresement.

tecnniques, such a* from statements inse-ted in the Rzcoan admit. is a my inaccurate npresentation seieet use or bomrece type to idenury speak- and not differentiated from those actual- of what actually took place because of the ere and subjects. should be utuised within provision to revise and extend.

-the umste of prinung time to make the 17 made during floor debate. This ques-format of the Record more readable. If the Rard were 2brevWd h e tion concerns the reliance upon the RLe* tronic recording and the speeches of th

't. A study should be made of modern tech- omo as an accurate source of congTes- Members placed in the Racoan as they were I niques. Including possible use of automatic sional intent. Mr. O'HAaA's frank state- actually delivered. I believe that some of

• data processing fac111tles, which would per* ment that D.e has done this himself makes the remarks that take place on the Soor mit the preparation of a subject indet more more forceful his recommendation that would be more deliberately considered. more frequently than the present b1 weekly indez.

"fbe Congressional Record has been appm- the practice should be stopped. The fol- accurately prepared. and would be of greater latorical signiacance to people in their priately described as a mechanical miracle. lowing was Jfas O'HAaA's testimony on attempt to interpret the law and to see It is miraculous to receive a complete recorg the subject,. which way Congress is going." ,

of proceedings each morning- of ten lene Finsuy. Mr. Chairman and members of the ,

than 12 hours1.388889e-4 days <br />0.00333 hours <br />1.984127e-5 weeks <br />4.566e-6 months <br /> after adjournment. 'Ibese committee. I would like to speak of the meth- , Representative Cunningham's recom- .

timitations of printing time make the user od by which we report our debates. I think mendations were to: , i of sophisticated printing techniques such it is fair to say that the Congressional Rec * "ConSne extension and revision of remarks I as boldface type more difBcult. However, ord is a shambles. It is full of statements in the Record to grammatimi and typo they should be employed to the manmum never made. graphical corrections, extent possible to inake the format of the, The only place in the world where you can Record more readable, go back and sty anything, even though you I.imit each Member on inclusion of articles for extension in the Record to material per- I Indering of the Record is presently ac- didn't. Is in the Congressional Record. It is a talning to legtsistive matters." i complished on a b1 weekly basis. More satisfying thing, but I don't think it con- g frequent Lndestng is extremely destrable for tributes very much to the public understand- Senator BATH teStifled: '

reference purposes. We recommend a study ing of wbst we are actuauy doing in the U.S. I am concerned about the expanding

• by the Joint Cornmittee on Printing of pas. Congress. O not only makes it dimeult for quantity of material which is printed in ,

sable utilization of such techniques as auto. Interested observers to assess the actions of the main body of the Congressh Record  !

matic data processing fac111tles to permit Congress, but I have occasionally heard com* and which frequently has little or no relation i the preparation of a subject index as . plaints from Members of the Congress with to the legislative business at hand. Although frequently as technicany possible. We be. respect to the manner in which the press was much of this material is sign 1 Scant and may lieve those techniques will eventually per. Mporting congressional business. deserve to be called to the attention of f.

mit the preparation of a daily subject index . The state of the Congressional Record Congress.-! do so myself-it tends to clutter

8. House Soor debates should be recorded forces reliance upon press reports that may up the Record and make it less valuable for I electronically, themselves be based upon incomplete infor- its primary purpose. Since the Appendiz is In order to produce an accurate transcript mation, be erroneous, or be partly the prod- no longer being pubushed la permanent .

In the Congressional Record of the House uct of the personal pontical preferences of form. I would suggest that such items as debates all such debates shall be recorded the writer. reprints of editorials and articles from news- ,

electronically. If the Congressional Record could be read papers or journals. communications from  ;

and understood. I think we would have less constituents, nonpertinent speeches by out-A number of recommendations were dimeulty with that problem. elders, statements of congratulation to orga-made by our present and former col- Those who are tasyers in this room under. nizations. Individuals, or communities, and <

leaJues concerning the RrconD. The sec* stand that when the courts interpret a Fed. Other matters which do not have to be ond interim report of the Joint Com- eral statute ther rely on three sources. nrst. preserved for posterity, and all the other i mittee--Senate Report No. 948, 89th the statute itself. second the corranittee re. material that we feel is important to bring 1 Congress. 2d Session-tssued January ports. Third, the debate in the House and to the attention of our colleagues, that this  !

19, 1966* listed in the Appendix a topg. senate on the particular parts of the statute appear automaticany in the Appendiz only.

cal summary of these recommendations in question. It is the responsibility of the 'I'his would not only cut down on printing.

.by our colleagues. These included: courts to find the congressional intent. and indezicg. and binding costs but also would they determine it from those three sources. me the permanent Rzcoan a more man-

1. The format of the Congressional Rec *g Many statements bearing upon the ques- ageable and useful documentary source.

ord should be improved to make It more con- 1 intent, which were t1 f.c g asi The then Representative STAFFotD cise, readable, and interestinE (Rosenthal. l Matthews. Rumsfeld Quie. O'Hara. Congres- never heard by the House or Senate when it testiSed'* l stonal Quarterly).

agree $ to a bill. are found in the Record. Mr. Chairman. It has always seemed to me They cannot be distinguished from what 1

2. De Record should be a verbatim record the House or the Senate actually heard be- that the Congressional Record should be a i to preserve congressional intent on legisla* fore voting on a piece of legislation. There is. record-on the House eide, at least- of what j tion (O'Hara). Remarks should not be in* no way that the courts can determine which transpires in the Congress and not a resting l sorted in the body of the Record unless ac* of the statements were actually made and place for the press releases we' send back tually given (P. C. Jones. Matthews). Exten- which of them were not made, which of these home. I believe only those remarts which sions and revision should be limited to statements were brought to the attention of are actually made on the floor should appear grammatical and typographical errors (Cun* the House or Senate before it voted and which in the body of the Record. with provistons ningham, Gibbons. Rumsfeld). Insertions were not. It makes possible a corruption of in the Appendiz for informative material should be abstracted and printed separately the legislative process and a misrepresenta- relating directly to legislation under (Todd. Rumsfeld. O'Hara. Staford). Inserts tion of the legislative intent. I say this with consideration.

, should appearin appendiz only (Bayh). all seriousness because I have done it myself.

3. More indez and digest Information I don't think I misconstrued congressional should be included. This should include a intent but I have inserted in the Record.

subject indes pubitahed each day (Rosen- when I couldn't find sumetent time to make NUCLEAR PLANT'S SAFETY SYSTEM that. Yarborough), a revised digest eumma- statements, remarks bearing upon the ques- FOUND 50-PERCENT FAULTY l rizing arguments and debate in sequence tion of intent with respect to bills coming l (O'Hara. Dunne. Congressional Quarterty). out of my committee. ney appeared in the i

and summartes in a standardized form in* Record with no way to distingutah them from HON. RONALD M. MOTTL dicating the meaning of record votes (Rums- any statement made on the noor. I think this -- - oromo -

feld) . As a bad practice and ought to be ended.

4. ne Record should periodically present IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES an analysis and review of legt:1stion in the I would also like to bring to the atten- Tuesday. July 15. IMS form presently prepared by the Congreastonal tion of our colleagues testimony from Quarterly (Stratton). other witnesses. Representative Grasons. Mr. MOTIT. Mr. Speaker. I was

5. Pages of the Record should be perforated Representative Cunningham. Senator shocked to learn that nearly half of the to facilitate tearing them out (Rumsfeld). BATH. and Senator STArronD. Vital safeguard systems at the . Davis-

6. Nongermane debate should be printed By Mr. G!ssoNS: Besse nuclear powerplant were recently

( separately so that germane debate can be "My next area of suggestion would be in found to be defective. The Davis-Besse i

read tn sequence tsattonstau). the matter of the Congressional Record. I plant is located just west of Cleveland.

The second category of the above rec. a pM h h M k b d e use f th Congressional o ommendations falls within the ambit of nere is far too much extraneous material lieve that we can rely on nuclear power House Resolutions $68. 569. 570 and 581. that goes into it. ne privilege of revising as a safe, clean and inexpensive source

' Die testimony of our colleague Repre. and extending to overdone. ne Congres- of energy. We have also been told re-mo Mo y 1

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E 3834 CONGRESSIONAL REcogo Extensi ns of Remarks July 25,197 instead to comply as best they can si There is such dan $er of leaksge of radia. !!ved an, d died. The text of the article demsoda. Demands, for example, that th tion, or injury to people, one would think follows . bly new equipment without regard to whet. '

that the people building the station wouso rus Pvasert or Jestzer zu ruz RrovLarroN w it la Num a a e-mm wt I be Inore meticulous. ,,,,g

1. MN Unfortunately, some businessmen ha 1 Public protest arises over g*g ,,,,, pipes, (By Representative PuzLrr M. CaaNE) found that the compliance route does n l st any nuclear installel nls sema,n, gee that The success of the American free enter. Work. They have been forced to go out I fatting et 8$m power plants have prise system has traditionany depended on businean after a lifetime of work that h t p owns and repeated inspections. a martmum of individual initiative and a provided employment not only for ther

[n ,3 And recently the pace of nuclear power in minimum of governmental interference. selves, but for many others.

Its growtn has proved to be disappointingly But the expanaton of the federal regula. Many larger companies have resorted ,

slow. partly due to these jam-upa. tory' agencies, both In terms of numbers and hiring high-priced consultanta-st $10.C Of course there are of ten debatable find- enforcement powers. Sles in the face of that to 8100.000 each-to adetse them of th<

" ings. It could be that some of the cables tradition. potential 11ahnity under ngulstry stan 1 marked as wrongly installed by the inspec- It is not surprising that businessmen view ards. Some have invested thousands or ev . I tors from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Com* a number of these agencies as an-in-one an1H1ons of donars in what could be term i mission can be said to be safe, or even prop

• combinations of prosecutor, judge, and jury. industrial preventive medicine in hopes J

• erly placed. *Ibe Occupational Safety and Health Admm. heading off trouble. St1H others have adopt.

But there certainly should not be any 1stration, for example, is empowered to taaue policies, such as reverse discrimination damaged cables along a circuit which guar- cease and desist orders that have all the meeting guidelines for minortty hiring, th antee the safety of the Darls-Besse plant, force of law. might avoid problems in one area but etc What escuse can there be for that? Other agencies haul businessmen into the morale of their other employees or t. )

Responsible primarily is the Toledo Edi- court if the businesses do not comply witt. enthusiasm of their customers.

son Co which is building the plant for it* directives lasued in agency proceedings. For rur construza rave self and the Cleveland Electric uluminating example.1972 legisistion gave the Equal Em* None of these actions helps achieve the ;

Co. Next come the principal contractor, ployment Opportunity Commission the right creased productivity needed if the econo:

Bechtel Ccrp.. and then the Fishbach & to take court action against private employ

• 1s to rebound and open up more employme I '

_ Moore Electrical Contract, Inc. ers without going through the federal gov- y n ome te ec* ernment's legal arm, the Justice Department. cre costa th t se inc zne s of un meaning of the blueprints that say exactly IMwocruct ts woT rwovos ing regulatory directives are passed on ;

how the whole system has to be built. The inherent danger in such a system la the very consumers that so many of the re j Toledo Edison has been asked to set up the extent to which coercion and intimida, ulatory agencies At state here,are supposedis ultimately, to the protect.

futu Its own reinspection team, to go back over tion, rather than justice and due process. are every bit of the work. Surely that company employed in brmging about complJance with of theagencies, tory free enterprise with ausystem. If the regu.

their resources,1 has enough of its own capital, its own repu. directives.

In too macy cases, businessmen cited by sHowed to abuse their power, the system tation and its own corporate philosophy at atake to ocmpel it to do an strtight job of a federal agency for some sileged violation in danger. Thus, it is up to Congress, whi ,

scrutinizing the Davis-Besse plant. are sure they are innocent, but prefer to give created these agenetes in the arst place. l i 2 Energy sources have become uncertain. In rather than shoulder the heavier cost of seeI that they do notby am encouraged getPresident out of hand.

Ford's c.

E An energy. centered civilization such as Azn. contesting the agency in court. for regulatory agency reform and by the fa

= erica's needs nuclear and other power ur. Stui others head off the possibility of ci-

- that a number of members of Congress ha gently. And it needs them to be depend. tations and heavy legk1 costs by taking ac. Introduced bins desung with these agene.

E .ablewd totally.100*", safe. tion which even the agency would and un.

necessary, and some of their weaknesses.

Because of the present inequities I have A180- I am heartened by the fact th more and more Americans are beginning '

introduced legislation to put the business.

g pggyp gp ggggg g g man on a more equal footing and to ensure realize that regulatory agencies are, in pg ;

that a regulatory sgency's findings are based responsible for the delays la construct..

REGULATION OF BUSINESS on the merits of a given case, not on govern, of nuclear power plants, the increased cor , l mental coercion, of automobiles, the shortages of natural g 8'**en227 the biu wouid provide compen. the delays in developing new sources of c i H0N* LARRY MCDONALD sation for defendants where the US. govern. and the plight of our nation's ranroads-ment has !!!ed a civil suit and lost the case. mnuon just a few examples.

As a conseqwnce, Americans am Mginr 1 )

oe croaGIa 5 m THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES A businessman found innocent of charges brought by a regulatory agency trould be to question whether government regulatl Tuesday, J:12y IS, Ins reimburned by the government for reasonable is cosung inwe than tt is wth.

Mr. MCDONALD of Georgia. Mr. legal fees he tneurred in aghttng the case, evoras, war uzarr ,

Speaker, as we enter the 200th year since nsuus: Enactment of the blu would have these Let us look at what might result from o:

the founding of our country, it is indeed form of regulauou-by the Equal Empic l appropriate to recall the reasons for our woupnnamn 8 c nSdent f vindicati n ment Opportunity commission.

be able to challenge regulatory agency As noted above. EEOC can bring s' Declaration o In epen ence. Our an- nndings without fe.ar of incurring substan- against a company that it claims ensues cestors were harassed by agents of the tial legal expenses just to prove that they discrimination in hiring and promotion. '

British Crown and burdened by insidious are right. avoid a civil suit, the company must ta i taxation. Fed up with the <ncroaching Regulatory agencies would be discouraged what is known as acirmative action to elir '

totalltarianism, they threw og the from foretag conformity with their direcures nate such discrwnation. - I shackles of tyranny. Hopefully, in Amer- by harassmg businnsmen who don't han EEOc talks of guidelines and goals a:

the anancial ruources to aght back. dentes it ts mandsting quotas for the hirn i Aca, the people would never again be

• subject to the whims of despotism. tui fNdants ro$17se aYa de$$ w pmmoen of minwity pp memh Perhaps the tales of our Revolution are public on whether the agencies were doing mert bs'sts I hNn and p N tI fmmmar to most Americans, but the an e:rective Job or beLng overzealous. until certain ratios are reached.

modern day applications are not. Our ne injustice of a businessman having to what would happen it a top profession forefathers would be appalled at the ac. . pay for his defense while his tax denlars are basketball team were ordered to take afir i cumlated power of our present Federal bems used to help prosecute the case against tive action to make sure its racial ecmpe; Government. Individualism and progress him w uld be enminated. tion renected that of au basketball play +

are being stifled by the paternalistic at. a tmar ro ALL in the surrounding ares?

l tempts of the state at economic control The existing situation is a potenual prob. The quality of the team's performan Our colleague Representative PanJP M. tem for businesses of a11 sizes. would decline, some outstanding ptsye CaaNE of Illinois, has recently written 1,tany smaller businesses simply cannot would never get a chance to make the squa

" "* high-priced attorney to rep. and fans would stay away in droves.

about the injustice of our existing regula. " t th' " "

tions in the SeId of business. His article, a tf the di n court te t. they wo IreacY[ro "as W c stinYpp "The Pursuit of Justice in the Regulation not only be out the legal fees but would be ciste the skins of chet walker, Bob Is

of Business," appeared in the July 1975 the target of repeated retauntory investiga. Walt Frazier Earl Monroe, Karecen Abd i i issue of Nation's Business, and I hope it tions in the future. Their ab1uty to pay legal Jabbar, and many others who have earm i will be read with a real understanding fees would eventually run out. the right to play through their on 1N!!t. '

la of the principles for which our forebears . So they don't make waves. They prefer and not through some artuicial rwharus:

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July 15,1975 CONGRNSS10NAL RECORD-Extensions of RamaAs E 3833 pestedly that the probabnity of an acci. 'rhan an about s.'mo safety-ntated cables m the ==p--y on June 27 also sant letters

-"m" to nine of me plaats conteetoes making

• dent is extremely remote. Obviously, this in theif plant.

and the sameaccording proportun to the of problems is them to report any poestble peoblems.

stata==t depends upon a 100-percent found in the other cables, then about 1,30o In the letters to workers. Todelo Edison

• %" int operation of the nuclear power = would have some deSciencies. Insted the oeos and beene telephone numbers plant's safety-related equipment. Jamse O. Esopter, the mamtmaion's re- of four company escials.

Only a few weeks ago. Forkers at the glanal dirececr. said be expects other e10C* Wrrell said the company had assumed it nuclear powerplant at Lumby, Md., were taten1 problems win be found, but he w111 not had bwn swung the no-=ary feedback exposed to dangerous radiation after a ban a nnat nport untal reinspection is ch fmm worte and contradme thmgh h Mactor coolant pump malfunctkned. PletedThe byplant, september. chain of co-aanf but wut not assume that owned jointly by Toledo Edison any more. -

The short history of our operation of nu- Terrou also said the company in the last clear power stations has been replete ' andisthe Cleveland being Electric bunt by-and is to D1n='a=+ta-be operated by--Co, Sve months has raised from 't to 12 the num-with malflinctions of the safety-related Toledo. Edison. Commercial operation $s ber of men on the quality assurance stam i systems. Luckily, the pub!!c has not yet scheduled to begin in september 1976. The which monitors the work in the plant. ,

been subjected to a catastrophic acci. plant as about so% completed- ne com=wont Sndings indicate. Novak l l dent. It must be stressed that a large nu. Those aMing the reinspection include 10 said, that 'Ibledo Edison. On its own initta= l l clear reactor accumulates an enormous zenginam from the Osithmburg, ud, one tlw. also had decided that a total reinspec- l twp, the plant a main contrao- tion was needed. '

I amount of dangerous and h!shly toxic lof m--tsor.nd worgers from Flahbach & Moore Elec* Some problems the -mmimion uncovered l l materials during normal operation, trical Contract Inc. of chieago, the subeen- were based on a ditrmace in interpreting '

I roughly 1% tons of such material, nearly tractor for electricalinstauntion. design requirements, Novat said, so that

one-Sith of wnich is gaseous or volatile, cammi aina inspectors han dan monitor- what may now appear to be a problem may

' The detonation of the nuclear weapon Ing the r---~ turn out not to be one at an.

over &thima produced only about 2 Es pler said the comrriacion cocaiders the Be noted that while the commission was pounds of these materials. eteestimi problems signh" and caued W concerned tat some separaton barrim M l Mr. Speaker, an article by Mr. Thomas acti -7n'sn minspecti a nWest "a dra8818 electric crUes had not been instaned, there had bun pr. fu tnstaning them later. 1 Quinn appearing in the Cleveland Plain Keepler ahaw these problems had not been Novat also said that while the instana- '

Dealer on July 13,1975, elaborated upon uncovered by Toledo Edison or its contrac- tion of some cables did not meet design re- l the findings of the surprise inspection of tors. ' Itis has cast doubt, he said, on the quirements, this does not necessar!!y mean i the rimarly completed Davis-Besse nuclear qualtty of work being done tn other parts. the instauntion was unsafe. .

powerplant. The text of this article of the plant. Keepler said that the electrical problem is gggj ,g *. Because of the breakdown in what is called more sign 1 Scant than another construction I Darn-Baser 3mnaan Powaarwr Toledo Edisonas quality assurance program, problem at Davis-Beano brought to the ecm-Keepler said he has orde-ed his inspectors to mission's attention last July.

, (By Thomas J. Quinn) increase the frequency and scope of Jbelt In that case, a former emptore of one of '

Inspectors of the U.S. Nuclear segulatory inspections into the safa.y-related piping and the plant's contractors alleged protective l Commwan concerned whether the Datts- other key systems in the plant. paint had been appued without nasurance I Besse nuclear power station is being built "We are sharpening our eyes in other that it could meet the standards for safety-i correct 1T. have found problems with nearly areas." Keepler said. related work.

I half the safety-related electrical Mring ex- He added that the discovery of the electrt* Eeepler said that this tuegation had been

' amined. - est problems have " bothered us . . . and "right and meaningful." j At the commtmainn's request. Toledo Edison abattered our confidence a little bit" in' But, he said, this does not mean that the

] Co. has organized a 15-man engineering team Toledo Edison.

point job was faulty.The paint win be tested 1 to reinspect an safety-related wiring in the Keepler said the company has not been to insure it has good adhesiveness and other plant, under construction outside Port Clin- *ridtag herd on its contractors and has required features before commercial opera-ton 70 mues weet of Cleveland. ourty reusd on them.

. Toledo 1Mtann has estimated the reinspec- He said Tbledo Edison. like other aman . tion begins.

To6edo eat =aa sincials have questioned tion win cost more than 9400,000. . utility firms bunding a nuclear power plant

• whether the quauty of the paint was a prob-Commtanion odicials said they are con- tended to delegate much of the inspection lem as a4 but have agreed that the proper corned that Toledo wAtman may also have responsibtuty to their contractors. procedures were not fouowed.

i failed to uncover other sign 1Acant safety "By doing this, some utultles get burned. Keepler said the paint and electrical prob.

problems in the plant. The commwon now Contractore, themselves stretched thin, cut lems are ahka in that "namMr. th contrac-plans to step up its own inspections. corners here and there " Keepler said, ter faned to do his job and Toledo Edison To help Snd out what else may be wrong.

Toledo Edison mailed letters July 3 to each of at He saidthethat while thestincontractors also were faded to do their kh."

i j fault, commission holds Toledo It is unreanstaa to expect that isolated the plant's 1.200 construction workers urging Edison responsible. problems uke the point job would not crop

! them to repet any possible problems and He said the ele: tricians ins +a'Hng the es- up during construction of such a comples

) assuring them their identitles would be kept bles had not been given detailed enough In* technological sectItty as a anclear power r

conadential, structions and their work had not been The commtw n,o an oNahe=* of the now- property inspected. pla."nt. Esepler sand.

[ Das tmportant thmg is that there is a

- defunct AtewnM Energy Comm6aatan as espe- Es said n==amwton inspectors found that system for preventing remtrence and as-clany conostned with a nuclear plant's safety some ables were damaged,placed too closely auring corrective aetha." h sa&d.

j systems because of the dangers if there is a 'ogether or otherwise incorrectly Instaned.

breakdown in any of them. Placing cables too close could jeopardize Mr. Speaker. I wish to applaud Mr.

, According to federal government studies, a plant's safety, for instance, in case of a Keepler and his st&R for their vigilanct",

, the worst r=== = man would be a plant fire. Keepler said, and to urge more 8tfingent inspections e acesdent coupled with a safety system break- The problems were found in safety-re. of this plant, the projected Perry nu-down that could release large amounts of lated cables in the control room. In those l deadly radioactive substana== feeding into the control room and in other clear complex and aII nuclear power-1 Donald Terre 4 Toledo Edtson's publie in. parts of the plant. About 20", of the elec. Plants under construction. I also wish to r formation manager, said chances of such an trical wiring in the plant is considered saf- express my Cotoplete agreement with the I accident at Darts-Besse were astronnmicany ety-related. editorial comments of the Cleveland remote because of built-in safeguards, in. Esepter, whose cece !s in Chicago, said Plain Dealer on July 15. 1975, that our ciuding the dupucation of the many safety al m d at electrimi prob. ems have been found nuclear powerplants must be no less than systems. in other plants under construction in the 100 percent safe. "Ihe text of this ed!-

e ne 2fovak, the cornpany's eight Midwest states under his jurisdiction.

Terren and IOTIAI IOUTE' project enignes- .sr Davis-Besse, were asked However. he said, the number and the if the extreme low probability of such an nature of the electrical problems found at Poe 100 Puncmer 8Ars Nocma Puurr ace 1 dent was based on the assumption that Davis-Besse were more ettensive. A teams of federal nucleat inspecters

,- safety-related wtring and other safety eye- In addition, he said, the similar problems pured a surprise inspection at the Davis-l tems were working correctly. -

found in other plants were isolated and Besso nuctaar power station near Part Citn-ney sm&d at was. did not indicate a breakdown In a utnity tes. Das team fcumd just about half the

• The electrical problems were uncovered by company's inspection procedures, 4 safety embles at a==waad to be damayed er t  ! a'a== ef '"*"mia""= inspectars during a Novak. Ttrrren and other 'Ibledo Edison incorrectly instanaa

seerwsay Maaaaaaa=* taap=eh la May. ometals said the company has been taking We Sad that profoundly disturbing. It is The sour-man team found one or_mcre pron- steps to become more aware of the quality nearty unballeveaDie that any part of a nu.

lease with 24 et 51 electris cables they of work being done in the plant. etear power p1 mat should be put together

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