ML20154S112
| ML20154S112 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Millstone  |
| Issue date: | 05/10/1988 |
| From: | Weicker L SENATE |
| To: | Zech L NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
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Dear Mr. Zech:
I am writing in regard to a letter I recently received from Mr. H.
Mr. Lloyd believes there was a release of materials from the Millstone Nuclear Power Plants on April 17, 1988.
A copy of this letter is enclosed.
I respectfully raquest an investigation be initiated to determine whether such a telease occured.
I asked that you share your findings with Mr. Lloyd and provide me with a copy of your reply.
Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter.
With kindest regards, I Si rel
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Iowell-P. Weicker, Jr.
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Dear Senator,
On Sunday, April 17, 1988 from 2:00 P.M.
to 8:00 P.M. something in the air came over my property.
Its odor was bitter and so powerful that my throat became
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sore and f elt like it was closing up.
I had severe headache and felt nauseous, I felt sick so I went into my house to lie down.
The odor wasn't as strong inside as it was outside.
Then I realized that this. odor was coming from the Millstone Nuclear Power Plant. I live east of the Millstone Plant with nothing but a half mile of water between us.
The wind was blowing from the west.
The odor got weaker about 8: 00 P.M., but the taste of whatever was in the air was still in my mouth the next day.
I called the Waterford First Selectmans Office Monday morning and explained this experience to Karen Stergen, I also called The Nuclear Regulatory Commission at Mill-Stone and spoke to Mr. Scott Barber.
Mr. Barber was unaware of this situation.
Its hard to believe that Millstone could release such a powerful substance into the air without permission from NRC.
People are getting angry about the statements from these Plants that admit a week A
or two later that they released a radioactive substance into the environment but say 9
it was a very small amount that will not affect anyone. Af ter.the experience I had
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on the 17th I'm convinced that Millstone has released something very harmful into the j
environment.
I want you to know that I feel that this is a lethal situation.
I'm Q'
very concerned about the adequacy of control at Millstone for releasing harmful sub-stances. Why aren't the NRC personnel at Millstone aware >,f this type of release?
l Another example of lack of control at Millstone is that-for years we have had minor problems with Millstone about the Public Address system they use for paging people working at the site.
This system is allowed to get sos loud its like the speakers are in our yards.
This paging goes on day and night. Wh'en we request the speakers be turned down its like the people in charge are not aware of anything wrong.
At one time the Public Address system at Millstone was used on Sunday af ternoons for one employee to call another employee four letter words.
If the people at Millstone can't control a simple Public Address system how can they control lethal matters?
Please investigate this site before something horrible happens.
Sincerely you s, C
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