ML20033H274
| ML20033H274 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Comanche Peak  |
| Issue date: | 02/14/1990 |
| From: | Bentsen L SENATE |
| To: | Rathbun D NRC |
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| NUDOCS 9004190070 | |
| Download: ML20033H274 (3) | |
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COMMERCt.ScitNCE. AND TRANSPORTOTION J06NT tCONousc JOINT COMMITTE! ON TAXAfl04 Ginitch 6tateg 6e.nate WASHINGTON. DC 20610 i
February 14, 1990 J
i Mr. Dennis Rathbun, Director Office of Congressional: Affairs The United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission-1717 H' Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.
20555 Dear.Mr. Rathbunt With. regard to our previous correspondence concerning the Comanche Peak' nuclear power plant, I am enclosing a copy of an additional letter I have received from Mr. Kendall McCook of i
Tolar, Texas on this issue.
I would appreciate your thorough review of these additional con-
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cerns, and any pertinent information you could provide would be helpful.
L Thank you for your assistance, and I look forward to hearing from
'you.in the near future.
1 Sincerely, N
Lloyd Bentsen l-Enclosure PLEASE REPLY TO:
961 Federal Building Austin, Texas 78701 4
I 9004190070 900405 i
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V Kendall McCook-Rt. 1 Box 70 Tolar, TX 76476-30 January'1990 Senator Bentsen-U.S.
Senate Senator Bentsen, I am acknowledging the receipt of your. letter dated:26LJanuary.
Included was a January 22nd response by James Taylor, Executive
. Director for' Operations.at the N.R.C.
When Mr. Taylor says "the issues can be resolved in a. reasonable. period of timeg". Mr.: Taylor' denies some very dangerous difficulties at Comanche peak.
Today, 30 January, CFUR is supposed.to receive the report from our December 7th concerns.. ' We ' are possi bly_ three days f rom the license ~at Comanche Peak being granted, and we have too little-time to deal with problems serious.enough that even as late as January 26th (four days after the last-inspection-team arrived at the plant).
Fines are.still beino levied'for check' valve violations and cover-ups that to:this day continue.. =(He enclosed news article)
The last complete and operational test of these valves.occured during, Hot Functional Testing on May'4, 1989.
. Thousands of gallons of boiling water damaged service pipe-and: caused'one-support to collapse, as the direct result of the valve problems.
Texas-Utilities did not even report the incident.
In the enclosed star Telecram article, Dennis Crutchfield, associate director of the regulatory commission's special, projects division, " warned the utility ~in his letter that-an operating-license for Unit I would not be issued until the' commission' evaluates 'the effectiveness of your corrections."
Those corrections must not be tested after fuel load,'when radioactive contamination might occur.
CFUR believes another Hot Functional. Test of the valves must take place -- without radioactive threat.
I pray you will read this letter carefully.-
The. fate of my-neighbors and my friends and my family is in your hands.
I repeat, once again, that abundent natural gas supplies from here t'o'far West Texas could. produce-all the energy even a growing economy 1 would need.
Once nuclear generation occurs at Comanche Peak,;that safe, clean source of electricity would be lostIthat Texas: Utility site.
We need public hearings;about the dangers at Comanche Peak.~~
I have recently spoken with a' man who characterizes theidrug' abuse and terrible working conditions at the plant.
Drugged welders working 94 hours0.00109 days <br />0.0261 hours <br />1.554233e-4 weeks <br />3.5767e-5 months <br /> a week.
Jean Davis has identified himself'and offers the names of:others.who want to testify-about their terrible.
experiences with helping build the plant.
The last opportunity.
for adversarial investigation into plant construction came in;1983; Since-that time, for one reason or another, hearings were suspended cont; o
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un'til. CASE rccoivad $4.5 cillicn in July, '1988, thsroby,cnding j
the.i ossibility.of any further public hearings.
For seven years,.
p operations-at the plant have been outside citizen ; scrutiny.
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CASE, now paid-by Texas Utilities, stands between4 T.U.
and the-licensing;of.an unsafe plant.; They have signed a: secret agreement..
which forbids them from participating in Atomic-License. Board hearings..
I wish you well,--
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