ML20079H326
| ML20079H326 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Diablo Canyon  |
| Issue date: | 01/19/1984 |
| From: | Michael Waters CALIFORNIA, STATE OF |
| To: | Palladino N NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8401230399 | |
| Download: ML20079H326 (2) | |
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Dear Chairman Palladino:
It has been brought to my Ettention that within the past three months, the Nuclear Regulatory Commis-sion (NRC) and the Intervenors in the licensing pro-ceeding for the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant have rec-eived more than 100 allegations by plant workers about potential safety problems at that plant.
The allega-tions, taken together, portray a project where quality assurance and quality control have suffered a serious breakdown, and where management has covered-up that breakdown.
The NRC has not yet determined the causes within the organization of plant owner Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E).
According to PG&E the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant is now ready to operate, and we are alarm-ed at the prospect of the NRC authorizing operation be-i fore a full investigation of these serious allegations is conducted.
It is in the interests of both the public and the NRC to resolve all safety questions at this plant before it is licensed to operate.
Given the serious and well documented nature of many of the allegations, and the fact that they relate to issues which were not uncovered and/or corrected during the course of the two--year long design verification program (ordered af ter PG&E lost its license for Diablo Canyon in 1981), we call on the NRC to complete the following steps before authorizing plant operation:
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The NRC will authorize a complete investigation by its Office of Investigations into the causes of the quality assurance / quality control break-down at Diablo Canyon, including charges of re-taliation against workers who report problems or mistakes, the falsification and destruction of records, and intentional management decisions to violate the Atomic Energy Act.
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An independent body will conduct an independent audit of the entire PG&E/Bechtel design review, including a provision for a broad public over-sight committee.
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An independent body will conduct a comprehensive quality control re-inspection of all safety re-lated hardware in the plant.
Particularly in the case of Diablo Canyon, with it's troubled history, we regard the completion of these three steps, and a resolution of the problems they might uncover, as necessary to assure safe plant operation.
Sincerely, f
MW:rkc MAXINE WATERS ASSEMBLYWOMAN 48th District cc:
Darrell G.
Eisenhut, Director Division of Licensing U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C.
20555 Governor George Deukmejian State Capitol Sacramento, CA 95814 Congressman Morris Udall Chairman, Subcommittee for Energy and the Enviornment 1324 Longworth House Office Building Washington, D.C.
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