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Requests That License Be Withheld Until Questions Re Monitoring Procedures When Plant in Operation,Answered
ML20100F348
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Site: Oyster Creek
Issue date: 04/10/1969
From: Litch R
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To: Seaborg G
US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC)
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20545 Dear Commincioner Scabarcs The Newark rowo on April 8,1969, reported in intervicvr with William 0 Kuhnc, president of the parent compan/ to the Jerccy Contral Povtcr and Light Co, told stockholdcro that tho Oycfaor Creek nucionry

, poccr plant, now two years lato, ohould bo operativo comotino thic cummor,

, Uc tract that Sonator 1:uckio' o bill S-7 will becomo law by that 'timo and that you.will then, to abloto deny operating lioonso on tho groundu of

.thoraal pd1TIItion. Wo point out a 1'cyt additional pointo which we belcivo should to 23hsidorod prior to cranting provisional operating licence.

On tho%.sio of now data developod by the Anti-pollution Leocuc, Oyotor Cicek will manufacturo 7 b111ono curios annually.... comparo this with the 175,000 curies roloased in the Hirochima bomb, end you will coo under, v^.mt a deccy peril the people of Ocean County Uc'er Jorney will live. The conpary caya that c racka developed followed.by lottaco of containorago vocacic, end cuch crncka und Icakn could occur acain.

icntesta havo now bocun to cuesti on not only the thermal pollution cc cd by (;ient nuclear power stationo, but the offect on tho environment of cho dir charco of larco cuantitica of co-called low-lovel radioactive wanto'. With few exceptionn, proacnt day nuclear roaotoro dicchargo cuch wasto up tho stackn.

Tho offect of thic added fiscion producte radioactivity on the environment wac not concidered a major probica when reactorn voro emc11 and pinced in icolated arcao. Oyctor Crcck howcVer, is to be one of the larcoct'reactora in the Uortheast, and will be located in tho midct. of an u.ea with 12,000 population.

_iuch h..c bcon caid of the elaborato "conitoring" procedurco th on the plant in L. operation. The eu,ostion arisos who, in practico, does the nonitoring, and what h gpcnc. '.then the count io hich 7 Where are the findinco published and.ho Ceaidea what chould to done when monitoring revoalo potentially dcnccrous conditions ?

It chould to evident that provisional operating liconao cDould to withold until those, and many other c:ucationc are satisfactorily answorod.'

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should an aosident or sabotage recuire evacuation or the need to keep indoo1B"with windows t&ghtly sealsdg There are two schools within four miles 8

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There is also concern that this plant will release radioactive material into the atmosphere and liquid solids on a batch basis into Barnegut Bay.

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of operation of trial operation l and reliable trades made by its hs On July 16, after three mont the Wall Street Journa reported that a decision wainspect the reacto the plant, journalsEnergy Commission to furtherfull power operatio short weeks and relief valves beforeas to how in just three atomic power

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Dear Mr. Harris:

I deeply regret the delay in responding to your letter of June 20 in regard to the nuclear power plant on Oyster Bay, Monroe County, New York.

An unusual volume of mail has precluded an earlier reply.

I have forwarded your letter to the Atomic Energy Commission, requesting that they respond directly to you, and forwarding me a copy of their reply.

Sincerely, EDMUND S. MUSKE, U.S.S Chairman, Subcommittee on Air and Water Pollution

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Dear Senator Muskie It is our understanding that the.above said nuclear power plant has had a number of problems from l

supposedly bad welds and metal failure.

It is'our further understanding that tests were performed to see how the repairs might be made, but the corrodents were never identified.

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have now been identified.

If they haven't, it doesn't seem to me that the plant should be. operated.

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Dear Senator Muskie:

13, 1969, Mr. Seabourg wrote to mc on October Atomic pursuant to your request concerning the above said Plant.

I have discussed Mr. Seabourg's comments with onc of our expsrts and we have the following comments:

Oyster Creek and Tarapur (India)

In the Dresden, design called for 304 stainless Plants the All three of these Nuclear Power steel in a forged or vrought form.

plants devoloped cracks within components (the Dresden-after 7 years of operation).

t of the Oyster Creek reactor, it was a well-known fact tha the 304 stainless proposed in the Oyster Creek plant was er-susceptible to this type of cracking which was later exp ionced.

The specifications should have called for 304 L stainless steel if 304 was a desirable composition.It is difficult The "L" being low carbon stainless steel.for me to unde were approved inview of the foregoing.

There is certain additional information set fo below which we would appreciate your obtaining for us relative to this plant.

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November 3, 1969 What'is the composition of the CLAD overlay, by what proceduto was the CLAD overylay deposited?

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