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Forwards Updated Const Status Repts as of 790901.Info for Inclusion in Yellow Book.Related Info Encl.Preoperational Testing Program Has Been Merged for Both Units
ML20127C826
Person / Time
Site: 05000000, Midland
Issue date: 09/11/1979
From: Miller D
CONSUMERS ENERGY CO. (FORMERLY CONSUMERS POWER CO.)
To: James Keppler
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
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ML082170543 List: ... further results
References
FOIA-84-367 CSM-0157, CSM-157, NUDOCS 8504120352
Download: ML20127C826 (14)


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Midland Unit 1 DOCKET NUMBER 50-329 STATUS DATE 9-1-79 UNIT % COMPLETE 5,4, I-J NUMBERS START CPT.

% CPT.

I-J NUMBERS START CPT.

% CPT.

7045 7890 8-73C 8-80 95 7075 7095 5-76C 6-78C 100 0

7805 5-78C 11-81

  1. 30 -

7080 7170 3-74C 6-78C 100 0

7810 2-75c 2-77c 100 7055 7085 4-76C 6-78C 100 QD 0 7730

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  1. 8-80 7220 7270 7-78C 8-78C 100 7730 7815 12-79 10-81 7225 7275 7-78C 7-78C 100 0

7820

  1. 8-79C 11-81 7210 7260
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0 7520 9-77C # 7-79C # 100 7215 7265 8-78C 12-80

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7405 4-77C 2-81

  1. 65 7090 7105 3-77C 10-80
  1. 45 0

7410 6-77C 2-81

  1. 90 7105 7680 10-80 # 11-80 0

7415 11-78C 2-81

  1. 55 0

7360 8-78C 12-80

  1. 65 0

7420 8-77C 2-81

  1. 85 0

7365 6-78C 12-80 70 0

7475 11-78C 2-81 10 0

7280 8-77C 12-80

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0 7425 7-78C 10-80

  1. 45 7245 7325 2-77C 12-80 75 0

7430 12-77C 2-81

  1. 50 7025 7230 4-74C 4-76C 100 0

7435 4-78C 2-81

  1. 25 7230 7335 4-76C 12-80 50 0

7440 0_ 9-79 # 9-80 7255 7340 5-78C 12-80

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7315

  1. 9-79 11-79 0

7735 2-74C 8-77C 100 7030 7345 8-76C 12-79 85 0

7740 2-74C 8-77C 100 7040 7110 4-78C 3-79C 100 O

7745 2-74C 8-77C 100 7110 7505

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  1. 15 0

7750 1-80 # 6-81 7505 7895

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  1. ~3:3I" 0

7755 12-78C # 12-80 10 7115 7470 9-75C 5-81

  1. 95 0

7670

  1. 9-80 # 11-80 7035 7235 4-76C 4-77C 100 0

7590

  1. _ 2-80 0 7-80 7235 7240 4-77C 11-77C 100 0

7690

  1. 11-80 # 11-80 7240 7355 11-77C 4-81 10 7070 7130 6-74C 2-80 95 0

7535

  1. 8-80 # 11-80 7130 7370 2-80 2-81 0

7540 7-80 # 9-80 7370 7595 2-80 4-81 0

7545

  1. 10-80 # 10-80 7305 7825 1-80 11-81 0

7465

  1. 7-80 # 8-80 7310 7455 1-80 2-81 0

7560

  1. 8-80 # 2-81 7205 7510 12-77C 3-81 35 0

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  1. 11-80 # 11-80
  • 0 7005 3-73C 6-73C 100 0

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  1. 4-80 # 4-80
  • 7005 7015 6-73C 8-73C 100 0

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7675

  1. 6-80 # 11-80
  • 7050 7060 7-74C 7-77C 100 7628 7630
  1. 4-81 # 5-81
  • 7060 7150 7-77C 8-77C 100 7623 7625
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  • 7150 7200

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J 7430 --

J 7890 --

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J 7670 --

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J 7805 --

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J 7590 --

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Of Nuclear Plant to Serve Dow Chemical 4 yygy 1

se e w >L6mnastJoonsat ses// #cpeere-to produce a deftmtave est mate ql costs and dr/

u re w att urasar.t MIDIAND. Mach.-Consumers Power Co. production schedules by March.

g reported a neardoubitng in estimated costs The new delays and cost increases repre-'

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rA tts troubled nuclear power project here sent just the fatest in a lengthy settes of charging Boeing Co N

and projected new delays that jeopardize construction delays and cost increases for tions of U.S. antitrt.:

the senture's survival.

the plant. The project has been plagued by milhon in damages.

N The muchdelayed, muchdisputed 13-problemst environmentahsts have fought it; In Seattle, a spok yearold project. Into which Consumers federal permits came slowly; and, for a the company hasn't -

STa Power already has pumped !1.3 bilhon, was tirne. Consumers Power even ran short of to thoroughly review added. however, that intended both to power generators for Con-rnoney to budd it.

hyou we u turn up the un.

sumers Power and to produce steam for use All of this created a substantial amount "gtod defenses" for :

us do the soode.orn by Dow Chemical Co. in its buge chemica!

of discord between Consumers and Dow, cimpany beheves il w+aily and econom cany-and give you manufacturing complex here. Dow was to be which has been counting on the nuclear pro-

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.arn shed f acts-discreetty. cons.

retectrve and euentiauntormation the plant's biggest customer, and its agree-ject to replace the aging fossu fuel genera.

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The suit. filed i kuding h plant.

mated mat those plants caWt be ma past W. also umes n

Bank. The altitne s.

Defore you recommend or take ection While Dow didn't hare any immediate 19N.

no a joint venture. en accues. tion, e rnen..

With the nuclear project under way, Dow agency was includ, tr coinvestment or tan enester opoor.

cornment on Consumers Power's new pro-

'ansty. en 6mportant new esecutrve o' jections.11 was clear that the plant won't be has been trying to avoid major outlays at nearly D9 million ir Ish national carrier

[ep[E-NeYeYanu?oI nd able to dellver the steam to Dow before Dec.

the old plants. This has led to a lengthy dis.

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29 Boeing 727 200 31, 1984, the date after which Dow can pull pute between Dow and the Enytronmental about 3231.1 milhon coupon' BISHOP'S SERVICE,lNC.

out of its contract to buy steam from the Protection Agency, which has been pressur.

At the heart of :

Ing Dow to clean up allegedly dirty emis.

rnissions" Boeing i tw.*ae s.as a, m..=. ma plant.

A Dow spokesman said company offt-stons from its old units. Just last week, the I

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cials, surprised when Consymers disclosed' EPA filed sult in federal district court in [C ts the new estimates yesterday were meeting Michigan seeking more than !20 million in Iber'la ch d t' wss.e.in,.

+5 Hors se avect. tNC to decide what to do. A spokesman for Con-fines and an order for Dow to comply with of the first I atters 4t rut sind St o t New Yort,Ny toot t sumers acknowledged that the utihty didn't state clean air rules.

t 1,t wouldn t pa) v e esimmare.aeo"aenonetoUyoues.<n.

give Dow any advance warning and said it in 1974 Dow began pressing Consumers st-est-froo 3

had dispatched officials to discuss the new for additional guarantees and sought a firm anothn p sh '

e report.

date (which became known as the " drop 3 g' A

For its part, Consumers said it received dead" date) after which it could pu!! out of B th a revised cost estimate and construction the project if the nuclear plant wasn't fin-Boeing had and n

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schedule last week from Bechtel Power ished. As the dispute turned bitter, Consum-Mr. Amador in co Corp., its prime contractor. Consumers said 'ers threatened to rue for hundreds of mil-purchases of the r, _.,

Bechtel estimated its contracting costs lions of dollars if Dow did pull out of the would rise to 11.59 billion from a 1976 esu-project.

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mate of 1947 million. Consumers said this In a bid to avoid a complete break, the would raise the total price for the power two companies in 1978 renegotiated their plant to 13.1 billion from a previously esti-contracts.1Jnder the revision, Dow can pull 4

CD&T a Y U rs e

out of the project if the plant can't deliver M L W LL T H

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mated 11.67 billion.

% ten the project was announced in De-steam by Dec. 31, 1964 or five months be-I E.ill g

f cember 1967, the estimated price was 1349 fore the plant currenUy is projected to have

\\h,~l million, and the plant was to be completed that capability. !! Dow does withdraw from g

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the project, though, it will be liable to Con-CD in 1975.

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Q O M *I projection is for nuclear inel to be loaded million in penalties, depending on how much G

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was intended to produce steam for Dow.

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they are loaded, the reactors are scheduled q

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hand On 18* 14K gold chain 560.On j for some eigM months of testing before they i

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l In San Francisco. Bechtel said Consum-

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! e Cube brdrop l quired changes and delays in the project.

OvisA Ohic 0 Asoc OCheck I "The uncutainty of federal regulatory re-

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Exp-l at Three Mlle Island, has made it very dif.

I ficult and sometimes impossible to accu-r Nn, j rately forecast their impact upon the final AM**

j ' cost or completion date of the project." Be-t l chtel said.

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w4u.Pnsst Jour.no a 60DLAND. Mich. Consumers Powtr h

here sent lust the latest in a lengt y ases for milhon in damages.

swa d osts reported a ntardoublu g in estimate c dtre construction d: lays and cost incre lagued by In Seattle, a spokesma of its troubled nuclear powtr projectand projected new i

ht it; the comp.e.y hasn't yet r the plant. The project has been p problems environmentalists have foug to thoroughly review It-its came slowly; and, for aen ran short o 4

the venture's survival.

much4elayed, rnuchdisputed 13-which Consumers federal permwas tirne. Consumers Pow "gmd defenses" for any Company beheves the nt The money to build it.All of this created a substan into yearold project, d Dow, "rmsunderstariding of a Power already has pumped 11.3 bilbon.

intended both to power generators for Con-ry of dAScord between Consumers an uclear pro.

f use which has been counting on the nt! fuel genera. i wescon.The suit.

sumers Power and to produce steam or d

ical by Dow Chemical Co. in its huge chemmanuf acturta Oow has estt i

here, also names the f

d its agree-ject to replace the aging oss -

n past Bank.The airlute tors at its Midland complex.rnated th agency was included Yn un, M/Nt n e!!y Confo.

the plant s biggest customer, anment to buy the steam wa nearly D9 milhonin t qishedirets-discre eyou it.any and econormcaff r-.and owective ms essentiabnformateon has been trying to avoid maj ish national carr 19H.

at need Wlule Dow didn't have any immediate buildmg the plant.

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29 Boemg 72MO n out peoote and companies youtEcI,on e otie o

comtr:ent on Consumers Power's new pr -jectio the cild plants.This hasled to a ew and the Eny about 5231.1 milho rec 7m*.nd b

h has been pressur.

At the heart of th No merg-e a r.nt ventues an acouis. tion asntavntment or tam shener opp pullpute between Dothe, Protection Agency.

Dec, I

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able to deliver the steam to Dow be ore or*

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eek, the gencio Amador Mor 31.19N. the date alter which Dow canout of its con t ve or a,ty.enemportantnewesecu r cobport, '

ing Dow to cleanskms from its old units. Just i

EPA filed suit in federal district

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l Michigan seeking more than CD millio u

said company offt-r ith of rs I disclosed fines and an order for Dow to comply w that it wouldn't e(ilSHOP'S SERVICE, plant.

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cials. surprised when Consumerst s yesterday, were meeting ween

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Mr. Amador in the project if the nuclear plant w 2trar troo ',n om...,on.nowy l,

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'(( a revised cost estimate and construc ll out of the Power schedule last week from Bechtel Corp..its prime contractor. Consumers sasts lions o r

id the C"'""'

In a bid to avoid a ccmplete break, Bechtel estimated its contracting co ren'.tM;r project.

9 8 renegotiated theirpull 1978 esti-a4*a.

would rise to !!.59 b;111on from amate of !H7 million.

the power two companies in 17 contracts.

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't deliver out of the project if the plant can r

would raise the total price forplant to 13.1 billion fr ths be-l esti-steam by Dec. 31,19M. or fiv u...

d that capability. !! Dow does withdra mated !!.67 billion.When the project was announced in De-

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v. ding the nuclear generated steam t'o involve about 25 persons af th'eNRCf la n operating ce I would pro-g Ifood said. At present, he said he has j N "If we feel a plQ'y p,js goin[

Daily News staff writer Dow Cbemical Co l'nat on- - 10 persons working full-time, but only < tested. we typicall rovide six months The N uclea r R egulatory Co m m is. vide the stea m. sion's Caseload Forecast Panel will be If the nuclear plant is not send m g on one aspect of the Midland review - ? (for license review). I'r'n not so sure the soil problems at the plant.^Jj l 4 9 steam across the Tittabawassee River " Midland fits that' nortnf flood 'said t ra velm g to Midland July 28 to make~ to Dow by Dec 31. 1 % 4 the c hemicalj A public hearing also will b con-If one looks at past his'torff one rnight ~ it s own estimate of the com pletion ducted on that issuer,The NR.says schedule for the Midland nuclear ( c mpany can terminate th,, y improper soils wefe placed under sev jconclud'e a ipngerllitMpagmlghY be steam con,g l i trac t with Consumers. ,-r !y), "g.... a ppropriat esCC "@~ -' plant ,g Dow has said it is pleased with the s, eral crucial safety-related buildings at ij* Given the hist 5ry rotraitN r. new construction estimate. but still is the site. causing them to sink or considering a number of options for fuh,Ilood said anothef 10 NRC's,crackd, The follow m g day. panel m e m bers { 'need "8 crystal ball'ings on Midland, flood ~ 14'ImWei' the h'e' w'ould ! will m eet w ith officials from Con. ta ffers est sumers Power Co. in a day long meet. ture power supplies at the Michigarty are working occasionally on,other aK ' length of the operallk IfcMe prochs. mg that will be open to the public, ac-Division.13 - 9, pects of the Midland, operating licenst %, lie said knowing this. Consumers has project manager for the Midland plant. so "we can make our own assetsment* donsumers ,,7frpiLLd provided a year' for th4f various hear-cording to Darl }{ood, the N R C's Now, the NRC wants to visit the si revie g een concerned sinceg ingst"On that bas laying the as 'Im msistmg that the 'nFTTfrir be f of [he " " ble~ completion date, lj {c_ M d McEE Rq t- ~ 'ed accessible to the putlic," liond sauf of* sa ~ OW rn ! zed f' MR e th ' law the discussion that will follow the paQ' { t _ 'On g IIMt'16 nel's tour of the nucleat' plant. lie saldi A ess br'ief! T rs 4 the location has not yet been picked. nuclear plaert, ConsurM4'aga j n p y all 6 but will probably be close to the plant.. the NRC tB "regr5uyMelC' ~] ler a steam contr ar I' flood said he also would like the put$ effects of tg Thr fdl[e Is Id(Jt liThursday(briefingf .in .tha ac g ^ Twic/ lic to be able to touc the plant with 'ho ~ dent and9et SE*wl M(,IlEens no 51s't mA oi c nYn' g sl$ b@Mi yr,Q f n lin panel on July 28. but added he' knows[. view of theffidland of no way to accomplish that withouth Nek lidfA4 bd' meetin eCen o 'thajiUs terventlo , loot a n-inhibiting the panci's scrutiny of corg (with Cgsurgirs) and they ftirg and permit geY rnonth. struction progress at he plant' Q fg' us if ef o with the'. figns fof 'Mid By law, cit!zerd af ecte b nuc ea . 11 Consumers. owner of the plant, re-la nd. IN $ aid. "But tho' difficult Iantq operating $ their'areaIare a IIcenhIn fed to b' ?6" e Inlerf'rmally conten, th~e Mid 9 l cently issued a new construction comT the, staf(jia,s is thak wFoiN/ ate"orf enors, In, licen c ng apthitle efno date tha 9 l pletion s< hedule for the plaat which es ' priority

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timat ed Unit 2 ufill be operating b ' completion (for fu,Il licensing ."We havb to accom structiog(.t December 1%3 and Unit I by July 198 a c t ion). r3 . # d$f$ $h ca" ar plastik M[ g,- @ 8$ $ ?l That f oi e( a st shortens by eight months a pres sous estimate by Bechtet@ lie said several other nuctedr plant ( t, ne utility,has often criticized the i plants its frons' o(Mid14 th' gr0 desk saying. person there's ' M problem l Power Corp. prime contractor for thg further along than Midland have a hig&. ne Bechtel estimate 4 ner priority with the NRC. but Jiood(,terventiondeldy nuclea)r plants misuse & yltem unnecessarilf plant'. that,, of. co' nuclear pla nt u c which said Unit I would not be ready. was unabit to rank Midland on a prlors WW!$ j over a.ny; planf' und cons l until May 1946. would not have allowed ity scale. lsf% ' "*Y llood made severs observations That's a real ne *d ratlie,r' th'a pe the ut ility to meet a dead!me for pro-A t ypical full licensme review w. uld about the expected length of the Mid cen ed one. Ilood said . $ ; : ~ > J> '. '.... ' V g.. ] z .y g Q ~% :), ',h- ' ' f % ~~j.g..'se*J V % N?'li::-l' *~ ' ' ' k '.' f-C &.:-i '. & W h.' UO l& W.~' $ h.~-b, W l 4-W. ~~

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.<pA g.4 4, j ! P " ' il o Qq', ~ h, r; r AUG05 N f n:; m...a..e.;.m; = t T s 7 CODSumers PowerCom an $5 '""*' o"'"*: 2'2 *E'M-Jackson, Michigan 49201 (517) 78S-0333 FOR DMEDIATE RELEASE MIDIMiD, Mich., July 31, 1980 -- A reorganization of the managesent of Consu=ers Power Co:pany's activities at the Midland nuclear plant site has been announced jointly by Janes W. Cook, vice president-Midland project, and Russell E. DeWitt, vice president-nuclear operations. The reorganization creates a site manage =ent office which combines the E '2.nni ccustrrctien sta"f cad opernt$ng personnel of energy supply depa-t-ment into a single organization to both co=plete the construction of the ple.nt end, subsequently, test e.nd operate the facility. Done.1d 3. Miller, currently site manager for construction activities, vill retain that title but vill assume canc6ement responsibilities for all phases of the project at the site as head of the site management office. Joining Miller,in the site canagement office vill be Gerald 3. Slade who becomes assistant site mantger and plant superintendent. Ee.previously served as plant superintendent with responsibilities for cperating the facility. Reporting to them vill be Thc=as C. Cooke, construction superintendent; Thomas W. E1vard, plant operating and =aintenance superintendent; Robert E. McCue, ter hnical superintendent; Dennis D. Johnson, schedule contrcl superviscr; Roger F. l'innear, plant personnel director; Nor:an J. Saari, plant public affairs director; Vernen M. Brown, plant controller and Joseph M. Bielinski, -administrative supervisor. . Previously Cooke, McCue, Johnson and Saari reported to Miller and E1vard, Kinnear, Brown and Bielinski reported to Slade. Establishing the site canagement office vill consolidate certain dual activities particularly in the testing erea and establish a single pcint -mor e-- O

- e4 2 responsibility for all site activities associated with the Midland nuclear plant, according to company officials. Under the previous organization responsibility.for the plant vould have shifted from the construction organi-zation to the separate operations staff at the fuel load date. Under the new concept the onsite staff and organization vill not ch' nge at the ' fuel load date. The plant superintendent will bec'ame the head of a the site management office. It is' anticipated that th'e site management office vill remain in effect imtil all major construction activities are co=pleted. Stnilar responsibility vill apply in the utility's headquarters casagement structure. Prior to fuel load Cook vill have authority for site activities with DeWitt providing staff guidance for operational activities. At fuel load, scheduled for July 1983, these lines of authority vill also be ~ reversed. Miller, 37, joined Consuners Power in May 1978 as site manager for the Midland prcject. He previously vorhed for five years in helping to bring tvc . nuclear units. located at Millstone Point in Connecticut into co=mercial op erat' ion. Frc: 1969.to 1973 he was a project engineer for the General Dyna ics Ccrporatien verking on nuclear suh=arines. ' He is a native of Hanover, Pa., and received his bachelor of science ' degree in mechanical engineering frcm Pennsylvania State University. He has taken' pest graduate study at the University of New Haven. Slade, 36, joined 0cnsu=ers Power in June 1969 as :a general engineer at ethe Felisades nuclear plant. He =cved to Midland in May 1975 as pler.t operatiens-superintendent. --= ore-- t m

m-. ~ ' 4 q 3 i j I Slade' is a native of Detroit. He.. received a bachelor of science degree 'a ^ 1 . in"mechanica1 engineering from Michigan Technological University-and a masters idegree in nuel' ear. engineering from Purdue University. s ill 1 e w 4 e e 2 4 0 - t i s e t 6 e N' ' 8 - July:.31~:19 0; y= = .aa_-}}