ML20023A425
| ML20023A425 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | 05000000, South Texas |
| Issue date: | 10/10/1979 |
| From: | Bradford P NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| To: | Stello V NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE) |
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| ML20023A411 | List: |
| References | |
| FOIA-82-603, FOIA-82-604 NUDOCS 8006090443 | |
| Download: ML20023A425 (2) | |
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Octo.ber 10, 1979
.JFFICE OF THE COMP.113SION ER MEMORANDUl4 FOR:
Victor Stello, Director -
Office I
ection & Enforcement FROM:
Peter A. Bradford
SUBJECT:
ATTACHED NEWSPAPER ARTICLE 2
g On the face of it, the conduct described in the attached article seems to merit some enforcement action more definitive than a visit to Brown and Root telling them that "they had to do somethir.g about it."
I appreciate that there may be much more to this than is reflected in the newspaper article, but can you give me an understanding of why no_ enforce _-
ment action stronger than a v.isit..occurr_ed., if this is indee'd the case?
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Chairman Hendrie Comiss'ioner Gilinsky Comissioner Kennedy Comissioner Ahearne A. V. Gossick, EDO L. Bickwit, OGC A. Kenneke, OPE S. Chilk, SECY.
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l-By nomm O'Toole degree te=peratures inside Be su*
- "t7e sent three ~ people in cere un.
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The cha:rmas of tse Nuclear Reg:-
elear cere a:d ce hydroges exp!csbn announced, who looked at certa.is things'and i:teniewed a lot of peo#
!atory CsW"4 said yesterday that inside the containment 1: dica:i:-
pie." Earry Thornbur:h. director ob 5
s'he NRC might take co: trol of a damage to the core.
the.
3 const=ction Whos &
- ricken nuclear power plant in the "These numben should have been.visiom sald yes:erday. "Ther haven t '
nported to the NRC." Commissicser filed a fun report yet b'ut tre heard evest of asocer accident like Three.
i 1H!e Island.
they didn't find a lot that was irregu-i-
Peter 3:2d!:rd sa2d. "Not so ::uch be.
lar.-
- !! gets dif*.cnit !! we're asked to 3
.cause a law requires it but because W:e re, as,on the NRC'erdced the is.
switch switches and turn valve
,f wceels." NRC Chairman Jose it's impanast to puhn: heald and
'd8* o..he South Texas Nue! ear,a
. Sa:ctrie told the Senate suW ph M.
safety."
Met,.grh,wtH supply eleedelry )
f "We have to be conf! dent that d' to Houston. Austis a on nucitar regulation. "but thee ties are going to send i=pcriant could be el.ru= stances where we'd as.
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s==e command of liccuses employes.
sagegy.infor=a: ion.to us promptly." is a 20 t=~i=ute cews fHm to be aired whee we'd dep::: ce phnt's opera-Co-sMocer weter Gill = sky sajd. today c thWasoWs prs = lee of the t:n !!*za $a Natic al ".raard and "If there's any quesco: =bcu ge. :3 C35 Mag *=se.
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. wsere we wedd go 1:10 the pla t a:d this infcn:.ades. Ge= I thl=k we h ve Dunng the program. CBS reporter' take over its =asatement."
to ask the question of whether these George Cnle interviews a man named Easdrig said the NRC will.nere machises shculd be in pnvate hands."
Das Sway e. who was an inspector for i
I atam stand back the way it did dar,
.GH'.ssky said the NBC has altaadr Brown & Boot for two years on the ing the Erst three days of Three Mile taisen some. stepe to make sure that South Texas Noelear Project. Sway e lc said he stopped inspecting concrete t
certain informadon is - supplied Island.It was not anta the acddent's.
promptly to the N3C by instanine d.1 ened his life ar.d beat an inspec.or pours when concreta workars th:tst.
fourth day that the NRC's Earold rect telephone nrhs is, the control ' working for him.
l Denton, the director of nuclear rega-
'c latic. went to Three Sme Island to roon.s of an opersung suetear plants.
in the Csited States. He said the NRC.
"It reached a point in JrJy of '77 act as the federsi gover= cent's spokes =as to ee'-" the accident to is also masing it a requiremest cat! =Satwe attempted to stop a pour for the public and to pennsylvania Gov.
power plas:: instan Instnt=ests that ajor deficiencies. They threatened 21:hard Thornburgh.
show the letel of water over a suelear{ ' to kill toe." Swarre told CrSa. "T of tempera =tre maide the uraniumcore and =ahe direct meas "I cink it's clear that after Three
' 3Ce Island Se comzr.ission can't fnel bundlea.
of him. Put h2m in the hospital for do.
i sta:d boek fer= another accident
- 1:g his job.
Sezdrie toldJthe nDestruittv. " Irs-
. We should have had teur;erature c* ear that the peopieMaat to-hest dl.:
the control room at,.Three MUe Is. measurements displaIed **sh I
rectly from the'*.anoD* tad,c3his of land." GE!= sky sa4Nat w c:ded obviously they wa:ted us to do ma:kawhen,the3.,f-e, had
_.is agency and (r;:s*,a,gteg that exactly nothing 'out fin paper out. We was a ce= putt.*,-
- e.,e,gn we'd te dra d in.
took a vote we started fining paper another accidC#. - -
750 degrees.
s..&:> $ se To a man. "!yE'CF='Eners
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out, and we did it for five months."
.o Thor:bt:rgh said the NRC
' b Srst day of the accidest that the' gated them an told the subco:s=Inee4be,wouki not tc!cate a=other Th.st. Ma.e dsh=d.
core at Three MHe Island was no tr::th to them.
where plast cpersic-s,watabeld" crn-ne longer covered by cooling water. he eial information abost tha. accident s,,r seversi days. They mesdoned as weuld have 'suggsste. the reg!on "There was some barassment of exr=ples of withheid dats'the.2,500 around the plant be evacuated. Cllin. quality inspectors." Thontburgh said:-
sky hinted he would have done thel told them.: hey had to d g7
. same thing.*
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"The.questiets was raised about } aboutit and I belleet things 5:n a lot 0
be=er."
what we z!Iht have done that day
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(March 23. hrst day of the ac=identi
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--c if we k=ew about the temperatures and the hydrogen espicalen." Gilinsky said "Thetl1s:no question is n:r mind that the thottshts'of the staff and co misalon.ieould have turned immediate>rto menadon.-
' Surprisi Inspection is' Held
.y After Allegations at ProjEt,
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- The Nuclear Regulatory Commis. [
sion conducted a surynse inspection
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of a.snetear power ;lant being built outside Houston because of aHega.
tions that inspectors working for Brown & Boot Co. wereenet doing
., their jok O