ML20086N898
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| Site: | Surry  |
| Issue date: | 11/03/1972 |
| From: | Thurmond S SENATE |
| To: | Oneal R US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC) |
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' RE: Attached TO: Mr. Robert O'Neal, Director Office of Congressional Relations U. S. Atomic Energy Commission Room B-312 Washington, D. C. 20545 Sir:
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Johnson City. Tennessee 37601 OCTOBER 28, 1972 HONORABLE STROM THUEJOND UNITED STATES SENATE - SOUTH CAROLINA WASHINGTON, D. C. 20510 g DEAR SEI!ATOR THUEJOND:
YOUR LETTER OF OCTOBER 21, 1972 IS MOST GIEATLY APPECIATED. ALTHOUGH I HAVE NEVER BEEN A RESIDENT OF YOUR GIEAT STATE, I HAVE PERFORIED "'#"M-SERVICES AT NUMEROUS LOCATIONS OVER A VERI LONG PER0ID OF TIME AND VISITED MANY ELATIVES UNTIL I HONESTLY FEEL IT PART OF MY EXISTENCE.
ALSO BEING A SOUTERN I, LIKE YO'JRSELF, HAVE FOUGHT MMTY AN HONEST BATTLE FOR ALL OF US. MY LATEST FIGHT "IAS AGAINST, MY LONG TIE FRIEND, ALBERf G0E BECAUSE HE DIDNOT SUPPORT THE Ti70 SOUTHEE NOMINEES FOR TE SUPEIS COURf 0F THE UNITED STATES, EGARDLESS TO PARDY AFFILIA-TION. SO 7/ITHOUT ANY EXPECTATION OF FAVORS, I HAVE AL7/AYS HIGHLY IE- ,)
SPECTED YOUR HONEST STMID FOR JUSTICE, IN EVERY ESPECT, THROUGH OUT MY ENTIIE ADULT LIFE.
SENATOR, MY RECENT AID UNFORJNATE EXPERIENCE 7/ITH TE UNITED STATES ATOMIC E'SRGY CTMISSION HONESTLY BECAME ONE OF TE MOST PECARIOUS SITUATIONS I EVER ENCUJNTEED. SIR, IF IT HAD NOT HAVE BEEN FOR MY GOD GIVEN EIGURANCE AND Mf GOD GIVEN CONSCIOUS, ALONG 7/ITH MY FULL CONFIDENCE IN MY EXPERIENCE, KN07/ LEDGE, TRAINUiG AND QUALIFICATIONS, WITHIN TE AIEA OF EXTEME DAIIGER, I 7/00LD HAVE IELlNQUISIED EVERf-THING WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF MY ENDEAVORS. BESIDES BEING A SOUTERN AND DAMN PROUD Or IT, I AM ALSO A TENNESSEE AND NORTH CAROLINA MOUETAINEER WHICH DC'JBLES Mi DETERJ1 NATION, WHEN I AM POSITIVE 1 AM RIGHT AND ICI RIGHT IS FOR TE WELFARE AND LIFE-SAVING OF MY FELLO7/ HUMANS. I YlILL ASSUIE YOU SENATOR, AEC HAVE EICEAVORED IN EVERY YlAY POSSIBLE TO STOP NY ENDEAVOR 3 FOR SUCH SAFETY. SO WITH THEM HAVEIG THE CO:'FIDENCE OF TE MAJORITY OF OUR UNITED STATES HUJSE OF EPESENTATIVES AND SENATES, 4 THINGS MOST CERTAINLY HAVEN'T BEEN EASY AT ANY POINT OF ENDEAVOR. WHY AT FIRST I DEFINITELY FOUND IT VERT HARD TO EVEN CONVINCE MY 07/N UNITED 4
STATES SENATORS AND DEFINITELY CANNOT BLAME THEJ, ALTHCUGH I DID BE-C0'.3 ANGRY ONCE OR T;7 ICE IN ORDER TO PUSH THEM FARTER INTO THIS SO VERY I SERICUS, DANGERCUS AND LETHAL SITUATION. PRESENTLY THEY AE BOTH NJLLY
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CARL W. I!OUSTON, A.S.M.E.
Post Office Box 734 Johnsen City, Tennessee 37601 OCT. 28, 1972 LETTER TO: SENATOR STROM THUILIOND, SOUTH CAROLINA
- U. S. SENATE (CONTIINED FROM FAGE NUMBER ONE)
CONVINCED AS WELL AS MY U. S. REPRESENTATIVE, JAMES H. QUILLEN, ALSO THE OTHER FEW SENATORS THAT I AM LISTING FOR YOU: JAVITS , N. Y. , GRAVEL, ALASKQ TALMADGE, GA. , BAYH & HARTKE, INDIANA, BEALL, MD. , PROXMIRB, WISC. , PEECY, ILL. , STEVENSON, 1LL. , EWIN, N. C. 7, CHURCH, IDAHO, SPONG, VA. , AND TUNNEY, CALIF. THE AB0VE SENATORS, PLUS BAKER AND BROCK OF TE?GESSEE AE NOW YOUR E-CONSIDERATION AND UNDERSTAEING, I HAVE THROUGH THE MOST HARD EFFORTS AND ENLURANCES, HOPEFULLY CONVINCED SIXTEEN UNITED STATES SENATORS WITH EIGHTEEN MORE STILL INVESTIGATING, DELIBERATING AND DEEPLY CONSIDER--
ING THESE EXTRSIJE SERICUSNESS, FROM OUT OF FIFTY-FIVE I HONORABLY EIIDEAV0Bt ED TO CONVINCE.
SEFATOR THURJOND, I FULLY RSALIZE THE EXTREME AMOUNT OF WORK ALL OF YOU ENCOUNTER, THEREFORS IT IS ONLY NATURALLY THAT YOUASSIGN ALL ATOMIC AND EUCLEAR OPERATION TO CUR UNITED STATES ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION. DEFINIa TELY SO SINCE ALL OF US EE ONCE S0 ELL CONFIDENT IN THEIR ABILITY. YES, I USE THE TER WE BECAUSE I MOST CEMAINLY WAS ONCE AN ARDENT SUPPORDER OF EVERI PHASE OF THEIR 'PERFOR.IANCE. OF ALL THE MANY AND VARIED EXPERIMENTS, ADVANCEMENTS AND FROM GOOD TO EXCELLENT PERFORfE!CES, THE NUCLEAR POWER OPERATION HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY MOST SCEPTICAL FUNCTION AND I HAVE EITHER BEEN AN INDEPENDENT PARD OR AN INTERSSTED CITIZEN, FROM THE VERI FIRST COMMERCIAL OPERATION. YOUR SEE SENATOR THUR10ED, ANY OR ALL IUCLEAR
, REACTOR VESSELS EE AND STILL ARS JUST AS GREAT A PHENOMENA AS MAN COULD E"ER PRODUCE. THIS SIR, I HAVE ICOUN EVERYSINCE I WAS EMPLOYED BY THE PITTSBURGH TESTING LABORATORI AND SENT TO AEC'S FIRST NUCLEAR STATION, SHIPPINGPORT, PENNSYLVANIA AS AN EXPERD ELDING ENGINEER AND ELDING METALLURGIST. IN FACT I ISSISTED IN FORAULATING, CALCULATING, COMPILING AND DESIGNING ALL WELDING PERFORJANCES LATER TO BECOME PARDS OF AEC'S REGULATIONS. SO FROM HERB I HONESTLY REALIZED THAT EVERI IBCLEAR RSACTOR .
BECAE A " RUBE GOLDSBERG" CONSTRAFTION BUT THEN I BECAME 00iiVINCED THAT IF I THEY WEE OPERATED BY ELL QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS, AFTER EVERI FORI 0F SAFE CONSTHJCTION POSSIBLE, THEY WOULD BE REASONABLY SAFE TO THE PUBLIC. MY L ;
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- OCT. 28, 1972 LETTER TO: UNITED STATES SENATOR, STRGJ TRUEJOND, SOUTH CAROLINA (CONTITUED FROM PAGE T7/0) ,
GRSATEST IEASON FOR THIS, CONCESSION WAS FOR NATIONAL PROGRESS, REALIZING THAT NUCLEAR EITERGY WAS A MUST FOR OUR FUTURS.
N07 AFTER THE SHIPPINGPORT KUCLEAR P07/ER PROJECT, I FURNISHED EXPER QUALI-TY ASSURANCE SERVICE AT ONE OTHER PLANT BEFOIE SURRY NUCLEAR P07/ER STATICT.
30 YOU MAY REALIZE THAT I HAD ACCUMILATED, A GOOD WORKING IG07 LEDGE OF JUST WHAT SHOULD BE REQUIRSD IN EVERY PHASE OF QUALITY ASSURANCE AND WELDING. AT SHIPPINGPOET CUR ADVANCE IG0WLEDGE AND IMPROVEMENTS NO WHEE EQUALLED THAT OF OURS TODAY BUT IT WAS MADE UP IN EXCELLENT CONSTRUCTION AND QUALITY AS-SURANCE. THIS WAS IJI 1954 - 56 AND BY MY OTHER APPEARENCE, BEFORS SURRY, IN 1966 I FOUND BOTH CONSTIUCTION AND THE QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAM CONSIDER-ABLY UNDER THE QUALITY PERFORJANCE AT SHIPPINGPORT BUT IT STILL APPEARSD FAIHLY SAFE, ALTHOUGH I DID MAIE CERPAIN COICJENTS TO AN OFFICIAL OF THE ATOMIC EITERGY C0:. MISSION ABOUT THE DIFFEIENCE. SENATOR, IT YlAS AT THIS LOCATION THAT I FIR 3T IEALIZED THAT CUR ATOMIC ENERGY CG3JISSION WEIE ACTUAL-LY COMPETING AGAINST THE "F0SIL FUEL" AND" HYDR 0" PLANTS, ALTHOUGH IT NEVER BECATIE SERIOUSLY APPAIENT, AT THAT TEE OR UNTIL 1970, THAT THINGS WOULD OR COULD EVER BECCIE AS SERIOUS AND LETHAL AS TIEY PRESENTLY HAVE BECOME.
30 IELP MB LORD SENATOR THURJOND, WE PRESENTLY DONOT HAVE ANT CONSTRUCTION SAFETY PROTECTION FROM OUR ATOMIC ENERGY CGUJISSION, DIVISIONS OR REGULA-TION AND COMPLIANCE, YlHAT-30-EVER. TIEY ( AEC) HAVE CQJPLETELY RELINQUISHED ALL OF TIEIR " QUALITY ASSURANCEy HAVING DELEGATED IT OVER TO EVERY "0WNER' (UTILITY) AND IN 90% OF' ALL INSTANCES THS "0WNERS" JUST RELINQUISHED ALL OF THIER AUTHORITY OVER TO THEIR "CONTRACTORy WITH THE BLESSING OF AEC, AND IT IS KN0?iN BY EVERY QUALIFIED INDIIIDUAL THAT ALL " CONTRACTORS" REGARDLESS TO SIZE OR RSPUTATION IS A NATURAL ENEMY TO ANY OR ALL PHASES OR F0EJS OF QUALI*
TY PERF0EJANCE AND THOSE WHO ENFOICE IT. THIE, THE AEC HAS A FEW UNQUALIFIED INDIv1 DUALS EMPLOYED UNDER REGULATION & COMPLIANCE BUT ALL THEY HONESTLY DO IS JUST AUDIT RSPORrS AND PERF0EJANCES MADE BY TIE OWNERS AND COIGRACTORS, WITHOUT ANY IEGARDS TO THEIR OPINIGIS OR DISHONEST PERF0EJANCE, JUST AS LONG AS IT APPEAIB SATISFACTORY ON PAPER.
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-- OCT. 28, 1972 LETTER T0: UNITED STATES SENATOR, STROM THUR10ND, SCUTH CAROLINA (CONTINUED FROM PAGE THIEE)
N07I WITH TE ABOVE BEING ABSOLUTE FACTS SENATOR, 7/E ARS GR07/ING CLOSER DA.LLY TO POSSIBLE SEVERAL NATIONAL CATASTROPHES WHICH EVEN OITE COULD SET US BACKliARD CONSIDERABLY MOR3 THEN ALL OF OUT PAST PROGRESS HAS BROUGHT US FOR//ARD. THE EXTRSLSLY HARD PART HEIG IS THAT THE ESTIMATED SCHEDULED C0:1-PLETION DATES COULD NEVER BE SLO"TED MORE THEN 3% TO A MAXIMUM OF 5%,IF EVER PHASE OF CONSTECTION 7/AS FOR0ED TO CO'JPLY ? LITH THE MAXIMUM SAFETY RSQUIRS-MENTS. BY NOT' COIlPLYING VIITH ANY SAFETY AND JUST GAINING THIS THREE TO FIVE PERCENT, THEY (CONTRACTORS) OBTAIN THEIR GREATEST PROFIT FROM CHEAPER MATERIAL, EQUIEiENT AND MATERIAL. PLEASE JUST THINK, AND I AM ALMOST CER-TAIN THAT THIS GOT ON ECORD, IT 7/AS SIMPLY ESTIMATED THAT THERS ?lERS AN 011,000,QM (ELEVEN MILLION) DOLLARS DIFFERENCE ON THE SURHT PROJECT ALONE.
REALIZING IT BECOMES VERY AGGREVATING FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL TO OPENINGLY DIS-PUTE AND SO DECLAR3 MOST ALL LETTERS AND REPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES ATOMIC ENERGY CO:UAISSION AS COMPLETELY FALSE (LIES), SINCE THE CONGIGSS OF THE U'iITED STATES VOTED THEM CO:IPLETELY AUTHORITY, WITH THEIR FULL TEST.
BUT PLEASE BELIEVE ME SENATOR, THIS IS POSITIVILY AND ABSOLUTELY 7/ HAT IS OCCURING ALMOST DAILY. SIR, TIGY HAVE BEC012 SO ENTIRELY SALES MINDED UN-TIL TIEY HAVE INDOCTRONATED ALL t,THER DIVISIONS UNTIL THEY CANNOT ?IRITE OR IGPORT ANYTHING DETRIMEITTAL TO THE CAUSE OF AEC. N07I SHOULD YOU WRITE OR CONTACT THEId DIFFERENTLY THEY 7/ILL ONLY RELATE OR AGAIN 7/ RITE YOU THE SAME TYPE OF LETTER, BELIEVING THAT AFTER S0 LONG EVERYONE 7/ILL EVENTUALLY PLACE _
! FULL TEST FROM JUST THIS TYPE PERFORJANCE. THIS FORJ OF INDECTRONATION & <
PERF0E!ANCE ACTUALLY FOOLED YOU ONCE SIR, DURING OUR DISCUSSION ON THIS MOST SERIOUS SITUATION. JUST TAXE,THEIR FINAL EPORT ON THAT CRITICAL AC- ,
CIDENT OCCURING AT SURRY, JULY 27, 1972. I WAS SENT THREE COPIES FROM GOOD SENATORS AND HOITESTLY IT WAS SO Il0ST BEAUTIWLLY PHRASED UNTIL TERS COULD l HAVE NEVER BEEN ANY OTER CAUSE THEN DESIGN. 30 FROM THIS GREAT DECIEVING ,
RSPORT AEC HONESTLY EXPECTED EVERIONE TO FAITHFULLY BELIEVE THEM, EVEN-TH0JGH THEY 77ERS OR HAD COMPLETELY ELIIIINATED THE VERY EXACT TNTH AND FACTS.
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OCT. 28, 1972 NOW FROM ALL I CAN GATER DESIGN 7/AS ORIGINALLY AT FAULT AND THAT TO A LARGE DEGEE, NOT JUST SIMPLE AS AEC SO EP0EEI4 BUT PLEASE ALLO 71 ME; ,
AFTER DESIGN, ALL qJALIFIED ENGINEERING EQUIIES T"10 OTER PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS TO COMPLETELY RBVIEW AND CALCULATE ALL DESIGNS. N07I FROM HEFE THE DESIGNS, AS 80 PLACED ON DRAWINGS, GO TO THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT &
THEE IT IS REQUIRED THAT AT LEAST ONE WELL QUALIFIED CONSTEUCTION EN-GINEER CO'dPLETELY RSVIE"l3 ALL DESidNS AND DRAWINGS BEFORE TIEi ARS E-LEASED TO TE FIELD AND QUALITY CONTROL. IN THIS CASE ALL FIELD SUPERIN-TENDENTS (1) ANS SUPER 7ISORS (3) ARS DEFINITELY SUPPOSE TO BE WELL QUAIL-FIED IN TEIR PIPING & WELDING DEPARTIGNT. ALSO ALL QUALITY CONTROL MEN (3) ARS SUPPOSE TO BE EQ'JALLY QUALIFIED. N0"I IN TE CASE OF A EUCLEAR P07/ER STATICN THE 07/NER IS SUPPOSE TO HAVE SEVERAL ENGINEERS QUALIFIED AND RSVIE"IING. S0 LAST OF ALL, AND SUPP0 SINGLY THE MOST IMPORTANT, AEC IS SUPPOSE TO INDEPENDENTLY ASSUME THESE RSSPONSIBILITIES.
PROM THE MOST SIMPLE EXPLANATION, THSSE FAILURSS OF COMPLIANCE, A TOTAL OF POSSIBLE FOURPEEN (14) ALL HINGED AROUND SUCH AN OBVIOUS AND SIMPLE FAILUE, THAT MOST ANY TWO YEAR PIPEFITTER APPRSNTICE WOULD' HAVE DETECTED IT IF ASSIGNED TIE ESPONSIBILITY. HONESTLY THIS IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE. I "10ULD DE WILLING TO WAGER THAT EIGHT OUT OF EVERT /h$ ENTICES 7/0ULD HAVE l
DETECTED THS COMPLETE FAILUE TO PLACE OR CONSTRUCT AN EXTRA STRONG ANCHOR, (PIPE ANCHOR) AT EVERI PESSURS ESLIEF VALVE STATION. ANY7/AY THE DESIGN WAS ONLY A MIN 0E PART OF THE OVERALL ESPONSIBILITY FOR SUCH FAILUES OF COM--
PLIANCE BUT WERS ANY OTHER POINT OF RBSPONSIBILITY MENTIONED? NO. WHY?
MAINLY BECAUSE IT 7/0ULD HAVE IMPLICATED THS AEC DIRECTLY. NOW THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE FACT SENATOR, AFTER THE DECISION FROM OUR HEARING AT SURRY, APRIL 26,1972 I PERSONALLY VOLUNTEERSD BY LETTER TO TE UTILITY COMPAIE, VIRGINIA -
ELECTRIC & P0"lER COMPANY, WITH A COPY GOING TO AEC, THAT IF PERIITTED I WOULD VISIT THE SURRY PLANT AND CONDUCT A SPOT INSPECTION OVER THS ENTIES PLANT WHICH "IOULD HAVE IEQUIRSD T7/0 OR THRSE DAYS, AT MY 0"IN EXPENSE, BUT '
WAS EFUSED. IF I COULD HAVE BEEN PERJITTED THIS RSQUEST I AM POSITIVE I WOULD HAVE DETECTED THESE FAILUES OF INSTALLING ANCHOIG UNDER EVERT PRSS-SURS RSLIEF STATION, THEEFORS SAVING THOSE T"IO HUMAN LIVES. I HAVE A LETTER OF REFUSAL FROM VIRGINIA ELECTRIC & AEC DIDN'T EVEN IEPLY.
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OCT. 28, 1972 SOMETIME THE LAST OF 1969 I VISITED (ONE DAY) YOUR SERNECA, SOUTH CAROLINA NUCLEAR P0"lER STATION, AS A CONSULTANT FOR DUKS P07ER, AIG EVENTHOUGH IT DID APPEAR TO DE 50% BETTER CONSTECTED TIEN TIE SURRT PLANT, I DETECTED SEVERiL UNSAFE CONSTECTED AIEAS. ACTUALLY I DID WRITE AEC ON TIE IIATTER
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BUT NEVER EVEN ECEIVED A CO3 ION EPLY. ANY7/AY JUST BEING THEE ONE DAY AND NOT BEING IN TIE FIELD MOIE TIEN T7/0 FULL HOURS, NECESSARY FOR MY C0:lPUTING, I NATURALLY IEALIZED IT IIlPOSSIBLE TO HAVE BEEN ACCURATE AT OR ON ANY OF MY DETECTIONS, TEIEFORE I JUST PRAYED EVERTTHING SAFE. EVENTHOUGH FACTS 7/EE AS 1 SO STATED AB0VE, I HAVE SINCE GAINED D3 FINITE PROOF THAT 80% OF ALL OTHER PLANTS, NOVI UNDER CONSTRJCTION, AE MUCH CLOSER TO TE SURRY FORI 0F BUTCHERING. THIS SENATOR SHOULD CAUSE RISE FROM EVERYONE INTEIESTED IN HUMANS LIVES, BE IT SOUTH CAROLINA, TENNESSEE OR OEGON.
WE HAVE PROGRESSED SO EXCEEDINGLY UNSAFE, WITH FULL BLESSINGS OF THE AEC, UNTIL SOMETHING MUST BE DONE IMMEDIATELY OR 7/E YlILL S00N, VERT S00N, EX- -
PERIENCE MANY ACCIDENTS MUCH GIEATER THEN THAT ONE AT SURRY, ALTHOUGH IF ALLO"/ED IT COULD HAVE BECOME ONE OF OUR VERT SERIOUS AND MOST LETHAL AC-CIDENTS. IF OUR PIESENT UNSAFE CONDITIONS AIE ALLO 7/ED, 7/ITH MORS INCIEASING I'AILY, TIEIE IS NO OTHER ALTEIMITIVE BUT TO EXPERIENCE FROM ONE TO TEN NUCLEAR IEACTOR MELT-DOWNS. FROM EACH OF SUCH MAJOR ACCIDENTS THEE WOULD OCCUR FROM A MINIMUM OF FIVE THOUSANDS TO A EAXIMUM OF OUE HUNDRED THOUSAND DEATHS. THIS VICULD NATURALLY DEPEND ON WHICH DIRECTION THE 7/IND VIO'JLD CARRY TIiOSE DEADLY PLUTOMIUM PARTICLES. BESIDES TIE DEATHS AND CRIPPLED, M7 AIEA _
FRCJ FIVE HUIGIED TO ONE THOUSAND SQUAIE MILES WOULD ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO BE TOTALLY ISOLATED. THIS IS TIE HALF-LIFE OF PLUTOMIUM, 24,000 YEARS.
I AM ENCLOSING TWO LETTERS FROM SENATORS FR0 POSING OR STATING CERTAIN ACTION TO BE TAKEN 7/ITHIN THE VERT NEAR FUTURS. PLEASE REVIE7I THESE CAREFULLY AIG BEING TIE GENTLEMEN I KN07/ YOU ARD PLEASE TAIG SOME FOIBI 0F FORCEFUL ACTION OR FORCEFULLY ASSIST ONE OF TIESE SENATORS. I R.I ALSO ENCLOSING ONE OR TWO COPIES OF OTHER SENATORS JUST FOR YOUR CONCLUSION OR DECISION. YOU WILL ALSO FIND ENCLOSED A NE7/S CLIPPING FROM THE POTTST0WN, PENNSYLVANIA PAPER 7/HICH SHOULD BE SELF-EXPLANATORY. SENATOR, THIS ALONE SHOULD ALLOW YOU KNOWLEDGE 0F THE UNDEMOCRATIC AND FORCEFUL, 7/ITHOUT IEGARD FOR SAFETY, ACTION TAKEN BY AEC'S ATOTIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARDS MG N07/ JUST THIS ONE PLACE BUT I HAVE FOUND THIS TRJE IN CHARLOTTE, N. C. , COLUnBIA, S. C. , OAK HARBOR, OHIO
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o oIAGE NU;"BER SEVEN LETTER TO: UNITED STATES SENATOR, STROI: THUEJOND, SOUTH CAROLINA
,;arl W. I fousto:. , ASME JOHIISON CITY, TEHN.
OCT. 28, 1972 AND OTICES. JUST TO SHO"I YOU H07/ MM!Y THOUSAIDS OF INDIVIDUALS ARE FSACTING, OTLY FOUR MINUTES AFTER THIS F00L JENSCH, CHAIR:lAN OF AEC'S BOARD HAD MLED ALL OF IIY TESTIl20NY GIVEN FROM THE SURRY NUCLEAR POWER STATION AS IRELEVENT, ,
I RECEIVED A TELEPHONE CALL FROM "CBS'S" TELEVISION (CHANNEL 10), PHILADEL-PHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - TWENTY-THRSE MILES AWAY - EQUESTING THAT I APPEAR ON THEIR EVENING NE7/S PROGRAM FOR FIVE FULL MINUTES. I MADE THIS APPEAENCE THS EVENING OF OCT. 16, 1972 AND EAEY THS MOFJIING OF OCTOBER 17,1972 I 7/AS CONTACTED BY FOUR OF PHILADELPHIA'S LAR}EST RADIO STATIONS EQUESTD!G THAT I APPEAR AND CUT TAPES FOR FURTUE BROADCASTS. THERS RAN FROM FIVE MDIUTES (ONE) WHO WAS GOING TO CONTINUALLY PLACE IT ON THEIR AIR FOR T7/ENTY-FOUR HOURS, T7/0 DAYS UP TO T7/0 THIRTY MINUTE TAPES. SO AFTER ALL MY ACCOMPLISH-MENTS 7/EE FROM GOOD TO EXCELLENT.
PLEASE DONOT CONSIDER THIS A SEVEN PAGE LETTER AS I HAVE DOUBLE SPACED FOR YOUR BENEFIT AND THEN MY TYPE IS THE VERT LARGEST. IN FACT THESE SEVEN COULD HAVE BEEN CONDENSED INTO APPROXIIJATELY THEE PAGES. BUT FOR GOD'S SAKE SENATOR DO BELIEVE ME COMPLETELY AND FOR SOUTH CAROLINA AND OUR GREAT NATION, DO TAKE E"JEDIATE, FORCEFUL ED CONSTECTIVE ACTION.
I W1SH TO CONGRATULATE BOTH YOU AND MRS. THURJOND UPON THE ARRIVAL OF A NE71 ADDITION TO YOUR FAMILY. CERfAUGY 7/ISH IT COULD BE IN MY CASE BUT MY 7/IFE, TMTY-T7/0 YEARS MY JUNIOR, WAS FORCED TO ACCEPT A HYSTEECTOMY ?IHICH MEANS NO MORM CHILDREN BUT 7/E ARS SO VERY THANKFUL FOR HER HEALTH. BESIDES 7/E ALREADY HAVE THRSE WONDERFUL CHILDREN, DIAEE 13, JACK 11 AND KEVIN 7 BUT FOR SOME UNKNOWN EASON 7/E STILL DES 1ED MORB.
I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE ANY AND ALL ACTION THAT YOU MAY ELECT TO PROCEED 7lITH, ON THE EXISTING AEC SITUATION.
VERI TRULY YOURS, CARL "lILLARD HO'JSTON, ASME NO. M-36715985
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'Irre evant' to Limerick Plant that he ph3erved more than .~00 of the three-man licensing Short y after hearings nn the proposed Limerick mielear wohlmg deficiencies during the board. sustained an objection b;-
power plant resamed 11oa construction of the plant in 1970. Troy Conner, Philadelphia at the lloliday Inn. West mgh, day many rf which were not Electric Co. attorney
- who said Street, the Atomic Safety and corrected by the utihty com-tn, e testimony was irrelevaat to Licensing Board rejected a.s pany involved.
"irre'evant" the testimony of a Three months after the plant the proposed Limerick plant.
weh!mg en;;meer who stated began operation, he sak!. two % hen hemmas resumed, the that quauty control in nuclear men were killed in an arcie nt E n v i r o n m e n t a I Coalition pimer plants shou'd not he left in llauston attributed to poor r e p r e s e n t ed by Attorney in the hands of the ut!hty au.d quality wntrol and the engineer Lawrence Sager, attempted to
%, the contractor, warned that more senous ac* question PE experts on all Carl llaaston former wehiiag cidents were possiblc because phases nf the quahty control in supersisor at the Surrey, Va.. of the faulty construction. the power plant's safety Nuc! car Power Station, stated But Samuel Jensch, chairman equipment but Jensch restricted the EC to testimony on the welding aspects alone.
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Susa& cct in 1.ccal Store Robberv J that= re >"" acas+ttuned Sager mch omy wchling in connection with lCL{. IC ted by (OUnty GrQuLj 3Ury quamy wrol in the group petition against the plant last Heading police shortly after the January.
A suspect in the June 6,1970 armed robbery of a Potistown Pottstown robbery and following Since no other. safety aspects store was indicted 31onday by convictions on a Reading case,i were mentioned in the pctation, the 11ontgomery County Grand served time in Berks County the board chairman said, only Ji.ry. Prison. wclding could be explored in the Ihghtower. Local police placed a detainer hearings.
Thomas L. Sager argued that the pub'ic Heading, one of two men on ihghtower with Berks County Prison and he was arrested and has a right to know all aspects anested in connection with the of quality control in the plant
'I' armed robbery of fleese's West given a hearing the past August End Alarket, West liigh Street, after he was released to local since it will suffer in the event w as returned to the State officials from Berks County of an accident.
- Correctional I n s t i t u t i o n at Prison. IDLE TALK Graterford following his ap- liightower was . char;;ed by But Jensch rebuffed him pearance befare the grand jury. Det. Rocco Liott with robbery, declaring, "Itecause only weid-Bail was continued at $10,000. robbery with accomplice. ing was mentioned in the peti-liightower is accused of en- robbery while armed. pointing tion, the public is entitled to a tering the market with James a deadly weapon and . con- full disclosure on the quahty P. AleClendon, Reading, and spiracy, e control of the welding in the armed with a sawed-off sicClcedon is free on '$2.500 ~ plant and that abne."
shotgun, robbed a c!crk c! $1233. ball awaiting trial on_the same The hearings will reconvene
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Both men weta arrested by charges, .
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1 Ilonorable Carl W. Ilouston Post Office Box 734 Johnson City Tenneasce 37601
Dear friend llouston:
i Pursuant to our previous correspondence, I am sending to l you a copy of a letter I have roccived in your behalf from Frank E. Krucci, Director of Regulatory Operations, Atomic Energy Commission.
This enclosed Iceter is in response to the representation I had made on your behalf, and it is self-explanatory. I hope that it hcips clarify the situation for you,. and if you have additional questions or comments, I hope you will get in touch with me again, o
It has been a pleasure to hear from .you, and I appreciate your giving me the opportunity to be of service to you.
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Dear Mr. Houston:
Thank you very much for your recent co:anunication.
' I have taken the liberty at thin time of forwarding your letter to the appropriate agency for a full report on the points which i yvu raise. I shall be in touch with you in the near future, as soon as I receive a reply.
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Dear Mr. Houston:
Thank you for your latect letter concerning the need to better incure the cafety precautions at the Curry Guclear Power Station.
In light of the ccrious chargcc that you have made with regard to the Atomic Energy Commiccion'c activitico in providing cafeguards at Surry and my unfamiliarity with the particular cituation in Vir-ginia, I have forwarded your pact correspondence to Scuc tor John Pactore, Chairman of the Joint Committee on /.tomic Energy of the U.S. Congrocc for hic conci-doration and for that of hic Committoo and staff.
I truct that your statementa will receive the careful attention of the Joint Committee, and hope that we can expect to hear from the Chairman coon.
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Dear I-Ir. IIounton:
i Thin in to ac;:nowledge and t,hnnh you for your letter of Augunt 15, 1972, in which you express concern about the conatruction of nuclear power stations--apecifically 'that of
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Bc accured that I will take your corcents into consideration as I continue to study thic project.
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It was good of you to let me know of your unfortunate experience with the Atomic Energy Commission with reference to quality assurance activitics of the Commission.
I'd like to take this matter up with the General Accounting Office, the investigative arm of the Congress. Ilowever, I hesitate to do so without your permission.
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Dear Mr. Ilouston:
I appreciate your moct recent letter.
' Please be nasured that I sharo your deep interect in assuring that the AEC's cafety program in carried out in a responsible and effective way. I have asked Senator Pastore, chairman of the Joint Committee, to schedulo comprehensive public hearinga early next year; and he has announced that auch hearings will be held. Meanwhile, the AEC in completing a detailed study of its various cafety programa, which will be circulated to interected parties and completed in December. I believe that nuclear
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Dear Carl:
Thank you for your letter of June 28. I fully agree with you that major changen need to be made in the manner in which the AEC overceos its safety programa. Au you may knou, I recently offered an amendment to a bill that wan pending in the Joint Committee to creato a new Division of Iluclear Reactor Safety Roacarch. I have had a number of conversationn with Dr. Schlesinger about the safety incuo, and he has assured n.o that it will be given the highest priority. Nonethelons , I will continue to follow all developmenta closely and do all that I can to assure adequate safety procedures.
I hope that the IIouce will act favorably on the billIthat can Congresaman Quillen han introduced on your behalf.
acaure you that if the bill reachen the Senate I will do all that I can.
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