ML20212M185

Requests That NRC Carry Out Independent Investigation Into Alleged Safety Violations at Facility Before Granting Util Low Power Testing License

ML20212M185
Person / Time
Site:	Seabrook
Issue date:	11/22/1986
From:	Kuczynski E AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED
To:	Zech NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
Shared Package
ML20212M173	List: ML20212M171 ML20212M185
References
NUDOCS 8701300032
Download: ML20212M185 (2)

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Q 0W I am writing to ask you to see to it that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission carries out a comprehensive, independent investigation into alleged safety violations at the Seabrook nuclear power plant before it considers granting the utility a low-power testing license.

L Former employees at the plant have recently come forward and testified to a long list of alarming conditions and procedures at the construction site. These include epidemic levels of drug and alcohol abuse on the job, electrical cables along the inside of the containment vessel walls that give off sparks and ignite

.( small fires, a clogged and inadequate fire protection system, J improper mixtures used in the containment cement, empty beer cans 3 and bottles dropped into wet containment cement (which may create

, air pockets), improper training procedures for various jobs, i including delicate welding work, and much m' ore.

EBy ^ ~ now 'everyone'isTa'wareEthat!3dcidents;;canf and Twillr 1 happen lati inuclear~ .powerfplants. ~A't any moment during'~ operation a cooling

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^s 9s tem,~ 'a ~fi re ' prot'ecti'on sys tem, or a containment building could be tested to its limits, and the health andslivestofcthousands'ofs

..peo ple: would depend on the integrity of the original design and construction of the plant.

Please let the NRC know in no uncertain terms that the citizens in your state are aware of the allegations being made by Seabrook construction workers, and that they will not be satisfied with the Commission undertaking anything less than a well-designed, well-monitored, and independentinvestigation of these claims.

Thank you for giving your attention to this matter.

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