ML20009C943

Affidavit Re Joint Intervenor Opposition to Applicant & NRC Motion to Compel.Discusses Consequences of Whistleblowing

ML20009C943
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Site:	Callaway
Issue date:	07/16/1981
From:	Drey K JOINT INTERVENORS - CALLAWAY
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ISSUANCES-OL, NUDOCS 8107220205
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA MUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of )

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UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY ) Docket No. STN 50-483-OL

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(Callaway Plant, Unit 1)

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AFFIDAVIT OF KAY DREY l Kay Drey, being caly sworn, states as follows:

1. This affidavit is given in connection with Joint Intervenoru' Memorandum in Opposition to Mo* ions to Compel in this proceeding.

The facts contained herein are based on my personal knowledge and-information I have obtained, primarily during the past four years, regarding negative consequences to people who have actively and openly-questioned or opposed nuclear power and even those who have attempted discretely and quietly to bring to the attention of others perceived deficiencies pertaining to nuclear power plant construction or ope ra tio n. Since the case of William Smart, which is described below and in the Memorandum to which this Affidavit is attached, and 'perhaps because of the nationwide attentior. that case received as the first investigation of a whistleblower's firing in which the NRC involved itself, people throughout the country have con-tac te d ' me , including many of the people named and/or described below, about the consequences of anti-nucleat .;tivities. The following is based on personal observations of and personal con-l Versations with the persons involved, and/or correspondt..ce and government and c.cdia publications.

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2. 'I have personal knowledge of the amount of suf fering ironworker Bill Smart and his family have experienced because of Mr._ Smart's efforts to inform the Nuclear Regulatory Commission of faulty quality control at the Callaway plant. Mr. Smart and I met -

with NRC inspector , at a meeting arranged by a St. Louis-Post-Dispatch reporter, for the first time on October 17, 1977. First Mr. Smart was demoted by the Daniel Company from general foreman to foreman (December 12, 1977) with an attendant reduction in pay. He voluntarily gave up his foreman position to become a " member of the gang" in order to have job security through his union. He was fired on March 21, 1973, for a' iegedly f ailing to obey an order. he did not hear. Af ter reinstatement (on November 7, 1978, as the result of an arbitration proceeding initiated by his unio n) , he was given jobs with no overti.me-pay potencial, requiring levels of skill beneath his 19 s in of experience, in non-safety-related locations not subject to NRC s e2veillance, and in exterior locations of ten i

shut down because of inclement weather (resulting in decreased work hours and pay). On March 20, 1979, the day af ter learning that the NRC had-. issued a " whitewash" report on its investigation of Mr.

Smart's firi..g, Mr. Smart quit working for Daniel and went to work l for Research-Cottrell, a subcontractor at the Callaway plant site.

Because that job was intermittent, Mr. Smart applied for a job with l

l Daniel (a job posted at the union hall) , on November 1, 1979, and was j denied employment without cause. He has been denied jobs elsewhere i

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T in these interim several years by contractors reluctant to hire whistleblowers. His wife and children have experienced harrassment and fear, in addition to financial insecurity.

3. Lives of whistleblowers have been disrupted. A former concrete-finisher's helper at the Marble Hill nuclear plant moved to Texas af ter reporting on faulty concrete construction, including honeycombing, and was promised that "his exact whereabouts would remain a secret." (Louisville Courier-Journal, July 15, 1979)

Other whistleblowers there were fired, demoted or transferred.

4. Other whistleblowers hurt professionally, such as by experiencing difficulty in finding employment after quitting, include a construction auditor for Virginia Power and Light at the North Anna plant, and a quality assurance engineer at the Zimmer plant near Cincinnati.

5. Physicians and scientists who have been denied the opportunity or adequate funding to do research or teach at a level commensurate with their talent and knowledge because of their having raised questions about health risks of nuclear power include the following: Drs. John Gofman, Arthur Tamplin, Karl Z. Morgan, Thomas F.

ncuso, Chauncey Kepford and Carl Johnson.

6. People who have been harrassed because of their public challenges of nuclear power include -Dr. Ernest Sternglass. Dr.

S te rnglas s ' efforts to warn the public of the health hazards of atom bomb test f allout and nuclear power plant emissions inspired Atomic Industrial Forum to publish and circulate a report entitled, D

" Low Level Radiation: A Summary of Responses to Ten Years of Allegations by Dr. Ernest Sternglass," copyrighted in 1973 by Charles Yulish Associa tes , a public relations firm.

7. Engineers who were fired af ter raising questions about safety risks of nuclear power include one who was fired by Nuclear Services Corp. , and a quality assurance engineer who worked for the electrical contractor at the Byron plant, u.1 $: tm Kay Drey [

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 16th day of July, 1981.

., - ${ M pb/A Notary Public KENNETH 1A . CHACKES t40iARY FU:UC STATE CF MISSOUAl Si . LOUIS CO.

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