ML20153G936

Forwards Comments Addressed to Chairman Palladino

ML20153G936
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Site:	Diablo Canyon
Issue date:	01/31/1984
From:	English C ENGLISH & ASSOCIATES
To:	Gilinsky V NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
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ENGLISH & ASSOCIATES management consu : ants January 31, 1984 1205 Batn Street Dr. Victor Gilinsky Santa Barbara.Ca. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 93101 1717 H. Street NW P.O. Drawer 449 Washington D.C. 20555 Santa Barbara. Ca.

93102 De a r Dr. Gilinsky:

(805)965-1256 Please carefully consider the comments addressed to Les Angeles Area Chairman Pallidino in the enclosed letter. I' d be (7141622-6084 happy to anwer any questions.

P.O. Box 584 P0mona.Ca 91769 Sincerely, ,

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~fI Cary _nglish ENGLISH & ASSOCIATES Enc.

0805120063 000410 PDR FOIA HAMLIN87-444 PDR

ENGLISH & ASSOCIATES management consultants January 31, 1984 1205 Batn Street Dr. Nunzio J. Pallidino Santa Bareara.ca. Chairman' 93101 Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Drawer 4 A 9 1727 H. Street NW Santa Barbara.ca Washington, D.C. 20555 93102 (805)965 1256

Dear Dr. Pallidino:

' 5 " 95 ^'ea As you are aware,. nuclear plants, when constructed (714)622-606' and operated with the higest quality standards, are PO Bor 58A clearly safer and more ef ficient than most conven-C

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g tional power sources. The NRC serves a vital func-tion in protecting the health and safety of the oublic by encuring the quality of constructica and operation of nuclear plants. The integrity of the NRC review process, which has been boosted by your recent licen-sing refusals, must be held at the highest standards in order for public confidence in the nuclear industry to increase. Unless this confidence is increased, there will be only a ve ry limited nuclear f uture in ,

the United States.  :

Just so clearly as the potential safety of nuclear power is the f ailure of PG&E to maintain quality i standards in the construction of the Diablo Canyon I facility. In addition to the well-oublicized interchange of unit one and two blueprints, and the miscalculation of the weicht of the annulus, PG&E has f ailed to abide by NRC quality standards and cannot documen t the quality control in its early work.

If PG&E were a defense contractor, as is my current employer, the plant could not be accepted for purchase unless quality was completely documented. There would be no discussion of the "safety sienificance" of non-compliance. It either meets quality standards or it doesn't.

PG&E's haste to build the plant in disregard for NRC regulation and its staf fing it with inexperienced personnel is an af f ront to the reculatory orocess and to the public health and safety. For the NRC to sanc-tion this behavior would cause a devestatinc blow to public confidence and to the future of nuclear cower.

To refuse to license the plant unless NRC quality standards are documented throuchout the cons truction process would be a step toward ocening the door to further nucle ar development in the future.

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..s i Please consider, before licensing low power testing at Diablo, the effect this action could have toward narrowing other options for the f acility. I am sug-gesting to PB&E that it is in the best interest of its stockholders and the public that it serves to write off its losses and donate the Diablo Canyon site to the State or to a non-profit foundation as a nuclear energy museum. Tax credits of fer healty economic incentives to add to the public relations value of this alte rn ative . In addition to benefiting the company and its customers, this action would also create a way for the nuclear energy advocates to promote more awareness about nuclear energy. It would also be a monument to the quality standards of the industry upheld by the NRC. Actual fission at the plant would make this and other proposals more dif ficult and less attractive.

I am available for questions durina working hours at (805) 968-3511, extension 2864.

S in ce re ly ,.

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