ML20012B250
| ML20012B250 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Quad Cities  |
| Issue date: | 01/30/1990 |
| From: | Grassley C SENATE |
| To: | NRC |
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| NUDOCS 9003140057 | |
| Download: ML20012B250 (2) | |
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' Nuclear Regulatory Constission Congressional Liaison 1717 H Street N.W.
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' Dear Directors Enclosed please find a letter from John Shaff regarding the Quad Cities nuclear plant.
I would appreciate any assistance you could provide, pertaining to -
this matter.
Please mark your return correspondence to the attention of Paul M. Collison when responding to my office.
Thank you for your attention to my request.
Sincerely, -
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Charles E. Grassley UnitediStates Senator CEG/pc:
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.[f, John T. Shaff-RR 1. Box 193 Camanche. Iowa 52730 (319)522-2554
. E E ll' E h IS Sept.-2. 1989 The Honorable Charles Grassley 135 Hart; Senate Office Building
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Washington. DC 20510
. De ct Se na t or Gr a s s. l e y :
1 As 1 mentioned in_my last letter 1 al so wr ote to Senator HarW i n and to. Congressman Tauke.
I received an identi_ cal NRC letter from Senator Har k in's Of f i ce.
I will give vc'o a sinillar answer to the 10tters.that I have returned to the NRC and to Senator Harkin.
The re tr of i t that I am referring to et the Quad Cities station may make the difference between a Chi-'nobv1 and a-Three Mile Island in the event of a major nuclear mishap.
I believe that this is an unecceptable risk to the-safety of'the pecole in this area.
If an early release of radiation were to take place the people of Clinton would~not even be evacuated yet.
The flRC themselves estimate 22 hrs.
to evacuate.the area in and around Clinton.
li we look at the ovacuation done around Chernobyl and applied It here we might have a rec tangl e f rom Davenpor t _ to Rockf or cl. Ill i noi s about 50 mil es wi de.
An area 1_lKe that would cut into much of our best fa*rmland, render
,porhaps a million people homeless, and use up the Price-Anderson insurance fund for the first 10*A of the damage.
An accident Ilke that would 'also be' the death knell of nuclear ener gy for this country.
I submit.that the NRC has Known about this problem for over 2 year s and that now -they are proposing to tehe-up to three more years
'to_fix it.
That i s e five year period thet we are subjec ted to thi s l~
oddltional harard from the Quad Citles unit ar. well as the Palo unit l,
cnd the. unit on the Iowa Nebraska border.
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'about four and a half years too l ong.
They shoul d h&Ve al ready' bs en fixod.
I believe that the NRC at the IIs t ional level has become more of'an utility advocate than a public v&'ocate which they were y
or I gi nal l y designed to be.
My hope would be that wi th your se l f. Senator Harkin, and j
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. Congressman Tauke all pushing for e speedup et the NRC_something jl l
might happen.
If we continue to see no action from the NRC a media i.
campaign enlisting more pubile opinion will be next i n omler.
I am
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planning to suomit a resolution on the subject at the annual Farm Bureau mee t ing thi s coming week.
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- Most people here have roots, ours go b=.:!: ido years in this area. and we woul d not care to-have our-l ie s di sr up ted even b>>
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temporary evacuation.
I would hope that you can get something done about this situation.
Sincer e i v.
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John T.
Sheff