ML20217C135
| ML20217C135 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Millstone, Haddam Neck File:Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Co icon.png |
| Issue date: | 03/04/1997 |
| From: | Luxton S AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
| To: | Callan L NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20217C047 | List: |
| References | |
| 2.206, G970140, NUDOCS 9803260325 | |
| Download: ML20217C135 (2) | |
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860-444-0113 Cyr, OGC Goldberg, OGC March 4,1997 O, Burns. 0GC N - @, NRR Mr. Leonard J. Callan Lieberman, OE Executive Director ofOperations U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D. C. 20555-0001
Dear Mr. Callan:
The Citizens Regulatory Commission ( CRC ) is in receipt of a 10 CFR 2.206 petition submitted to you by Mr. Albert A. Cizek, a current employee of Northeast Utilities ( NU ) at the Millstone Nuclear Power Station. We wish to endorse Mr. Cizek's position by requesting that we be allowed to join the petition as a co-petitioner.
We in the CRC are very concerned about the continued violations that are occurring at the Millstone and Haddam Neck facilities. We have been actively involved in the situation at these facilities for about the last eighteen months.
We have attended most, ifnot all, of the meetings offered by your staff, Millstone, Haddam Neck, and the Connecticut Nuclear Energy Advisory Council ( NEAC
). We have been directly involved in support of current and former Whistleblowers. We have attended many legislative hearings at the state levelin support of laws to protect employees ofMillstone and Haddam Neck, the public, and the ratepayers. We have also submitted many letters, and made public comments ofconcern, about Millstone and Haddam Neck to your staff, and Chairman Jackson.
Because of the action of former NU employee Mr George Galatis, and his petition, 1
the NRC finally, under intense public scrutiny, and media pressure placed the three Millstone units on the " Watch List " on January 1,1996. Again, because ofMr.Galatis and his complaints to the Inspector General's office, the NRC staffissued 10CFR 50.54 ( f
) letters to the Millstone units requiring sworn affidavit's ofcompliance prior to restarts once they shutdown.
1 Looking at the past eighteen months, we have reviewed voluminous amounts of NRC inspection documents. We have seen essentially no change in ti.w performance of the Millstone units, in spite of being on the " Watch List for more than 14 of the 18 months.
We have seen restructuring, new management teams, ICAVP plans, ECP plans, Recovery plans, and Restart plans, but we have not seen any change in performance.
Haddam Neck on the other hand, in spite of claims to the contrary, has shown a very disconcerting decline in it's performance. We believe that poor regulation by your
. agency, and the drain of experienced workers, is creating a very unsafe license situation.
Recent near misses and NRC reports demonstrate our concerns at Haddam Neck.
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For the reasons listed in this letter, and those proffered by Mr. Cizek in his petition dated March 3,1997, We of the CRC wish to ask that all of our previous communication, and public comments be included as evidence in the review associated with Mr. Cizek's petition.
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