ML20127P136

Expresses Distress at Resignation of Three GE & One NRC Engineer Over Nuclear Reactor Safety Deficiencies

ML20127P136
Person / Time
Site:	Monticello
Issue date:	03/02/1976
From:	Gove P MINNESOTA, STATE OF
To:	Anders W NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
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612-296-7301, NUDOCS 9212020088
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%rNY 612-296-7301 March 2,-1976 The Honorable William A. Anders Chairman U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 20555 Washington, D.C.

Dear Mr. Anders:

I am greatly distressed by the fact that three GE engineers and one NRC engineer have resigned in protest over nuclear reactor safety deficiencies. Their acts raise serious doubt that the NRC has diligently--:and objectively probed and determined the I am .

safety and reliability of currently operating reactors.

further distressed that the NRC has not explicitly disclosed the specific nature of the reactor safety issues raised by the resignees'. .

Within 50 miles of Minnesota's largest metropolitan area,-which encompasses nearly two million people,_there..are three nuclear-I reactors at two sites, namely_Monticello and Prairie Island. ~

firmly believe that the safety condition of these nuclear plants Therefore, I want to know must be immediately determined.

whether in light of these recent events Monticello and Prairie Island will be inspected, when the inspectionsLwill_ occur, and specifically what will be inspected. '

d The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency-has a-responsibility'to'_

assess the degree of hazard posed by nuclear reactors'and to inform the people of Minnesota in a' correspondingly. apropos manner.

The specific nature of unresolved. reactor-safety issues, the: extent-to which safety issues apply to. Minnesota reactors,-and_what-protective measures are most advisable..for Minnesotans areTguestions ached of this Agency almost daily. I request as earnestly as'I can that you keep the MPCA fu ly informed of reactor safety problems, ~

NRC actions, and the-Minne,s6ta reactors inspections.

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PL ER L. GOVE Executive' Director 1935 West County Road B2, Roseville, Minnesota 55113 Regional Offices Dulutn / Brainerd / Fergus Falls / Marshall / Rochester / Roseville .

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