ML20217P318
| ML20217P318 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Millstone  |
| Issue date: | 02/02/1998 |
| From: | Katz D, Mangiagli S CITIZENS AWARENESS NETWORK |
| To: | NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
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| NUDOCS 9804100064 | |
| Download: ML20217P318 (2) | |
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CT: 64 old Turnpike Road, Haddarn, CT 06435 P/F: 860446 2167 l
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ITIZENS nWARENESS ETWORK ALERT February 2.1998
/ al Mangiagli, CAN Board Member,(860) 345-2157
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, Debb.v Katz CAN President,(413) 339-5781 Many Questions Remain Regarding Millstone Citizens Awareness Netwuk was asked by Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to submit three questions for Dr. Shirley Jackson, Chairman of NRC, to address during her public meeting tonight at the Waterford High School at 7 PM. CAN believes there are serious issues at stake in the restan of the Millstone reactors. In addition to the first three questions listed below which were submitted to Dr. Jackson, we wui submit 11 more questions for Dr. Jackson and NRC to address. In addition, CAN will submit a 10 CFR 2.206 petition to the NRC requesting the revocation of NU's license to operate its Millstone units given recent disclosures of managerial intimidation and harassment.
- 1. A reactor suffered a partial melt down and a licensee lied to the NRC without NRC revoking their licenses to operate a nuclear reactor. At Millstone gross and systemic mismanagement threatens the health and safety of workers and the public without license revocation by the NRC. What will it take for the NRC to revoke a license to operate a nuclear reactor?
- 2. Little Harbor Consultants established 14 attributes associated with an efTective Safety Conscious Work Environment. LHC believes that " requiring management action" is acceptable for the restan of the Millstone reactors even though NU has a decade long history of harassment and retaliation. A) Will you reject LHC's recommendation and hold Millstone accountable to meaningful requirements such as " meeting expecta: ion"? B) If you refuse to hold Millstone accountable to meaningful requirements, will you impose, so as to protect the health and safety of workers and the public, a 6 month dry-run period prior to start up for NU to demonstrate that they will not harass and'or fire workers who raise safety concerns?
- 3. Given both the gross number of discrepancies and the two serious discrepancies found when only 5 of the 88 reactor systems were inspected at Millstone Unit 3, will NRC increase the scope of the Independent Correctise Action Verification Program and inspect additional l
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- 4. What actions will NRC take given the continued harassment and intimidation of workers by senior management which is demonstrated in the Focu:,98 Nuclear Oversight list dated January 1,1998?
- 5. Since senior management continues to use harassing and intimidating tactics to censure employees at Millstone, will NRC revoke NU's license?
- 6. Given the level of radioactive contamination at Haddam Neck's site, the release of contaminated blocks and soil from Haddam Neck to the scrounding community and the recent shipment of contaminated sediment from Millstone's intake pipe to the Waterford landfill, what guarantee do we have that that NU manrement did a betterjob with radiological controls at Millstone Units I,11 and 111 than at Haddam Neck? And, what insestigations has NRC carried out regarding site contamination at Millstone and off-site locations that received materials from Millstone?
- 7. Will NRC approve Millstone Unit 111 entering into mode 4 in the near future and if so, how can this bejustified given the fact that the reactor is still not meeting NRC regulation?
Recall that Haddam Neck was in cold shutdown when a nitrogen bubble, unbeknownst to workers, forced water out of the reactor core and nearly caused core boiling.
- 8. The 2.1 million-dollar civil fine NRC imposed on NU was for violations in the period October 24,1995 through December 31,1996. What actions does the NRC intend to take for the violations which occurred in the past 13 months?
- 9. What progress has been mde in NRC's insestigation to ascertain whether NU intentionally made false statements of fact under oath?
- 10. Is NRC currently investigating the alleged resignation of the Supervisor of Operator Training at Millstone Unit 111 for making false statements in documents to the NRC? If accusations of false statements by NU prove true, will NRC revoke NU's license?
- 11. Will NRC keep Millstone 11 and 111 on the " watch list"if they restan?
- 12. What is the cost incurred for the enhanced NRC oversight at Millstone?
- 13. Under the Reapon administration the cost to regulate nuclear reactors is paid for by individual licensees. If NU is paying for the increased NRC costs to regulate Millstone, are the ratepayers of CT forced to cover the expense of NRC oversight?
- 14. What maintenance and operational costs have ratepayers incurred during the two-year operational hiatus at Millstone station?