ML20236P392
| ML20236P392 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Peach Bottom  |
| Issue date: | 07/07/1987 |
| From: | Specter A SENATE |
| To: | NRC |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20236P389 | List: |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8708120332 | |
| Download: ML20236P392 (2) | |
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ARLEN SPECTER COMMITTEES
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PENNSYLVANIA A JUDICI ARY APPROPRI ATIONS L. CENCE 3Cnifeb Sfales-Senale W ASHINGTON. D.C.
20510 l-i July 7, 1987-l l
Congressional Liaison Nuclear Regulatory Commission 1717 H Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.
20555 i
Dear Gentlemen:
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My office has been centacted by Robert Wells regarding the closing of Peach Bottom.
I am forwarding to you a copy of the correspondence that I have received.
Your findings and views,.in duplicate form, along with the l
l return of the enclosure, will be greatly appreciated.
1 Thank you for your assistance with the aforementioned matter.
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y ArlenSp[cter AS/jbm Enclosure l
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June 12, 1987 f
' \\f The Hon. Arlen Specter The United States Senate pp yp g r
" M II 331 Hart Office Building Vashington, D. C.
20510
Dear Mr. Senator:
Re Nuclear Regulatory Commission L
Sleeping guards fined at the Florida Nuke Turkey Point Power Plant will cost the Florida Power and Light Company a 375,000 fine.
NRC announced on April 22, 1987 that seven guards were fired after they were found sleeping by a NRC inspector on January 15th.
An inspector sent down in early March also discovered an un-authorized visitor in a vital area of the plant, said Joe Gilliland, l
a NRC spokesman.
A check of the records turned up eight previous cases.
A vital area is defined as any place where tamparing with equipment could release radiation endangering the public, said Gilliland.
NRC said the fine resulted not from a single violation, but from a pattern of incidents beginning in January 1985.
Peach Bottom was shut down due to employees sleeping and playing games on the job.
From what I have read, this was done on information received in a telephone call from an employee.
Nowhere have I read of such charges against Peach Bottom over a two year period as was i
committed by the employees of the Florida Power'and Light Company.
1 Peach Bottom has a fine record for the past twenty years.
Why l
vere they closed down for the past couple of months and not just fined?
l This is causing a loss of millions of dollars.
This loss vill be passed on to the rate payers and the rate payers are helping to pay i
the NRC vages.
I think it is time for you to step in and investigate this situ-ation.
Is it a case of discrimination or a case of no fair penalty I
policy, or just another government agency gone berserk?
Your prompt attention to this matter, I am sure, vould be ap-preciated by the rate payers.
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Very truly yours,
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I REV/b Robert E. Velfs.
p 1405 West Chester Road Coatesville, Pa. 19320 l
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