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News Article Re Shutdown of Facility for Six More Wks to Deal W/Mgt Troubles
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Site: Pilgrim
Issue date: 11/05/1987
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CON-#487-5034 2.206, PR-871105, NUDOCS 8712140167
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The Pttgrim nuclear ite u.tif tty compantes seeking A senior government safety of-ut until Plymouth will remat to recoverfrom consumers the ficial agreed. "htanagement is one midduly - six weeks longer than costs of nucIcar power plants of the key ingredients in assuring planned - to correct long term never completed or shut down safe operations..Our heartburn management problems. Boston Edison Co. ofltetals announced after completion. Page 5.

is that the number of reactor oper-alors[at Pilgrim]is very low," safd Richard W. Starosteckt, director yesterday, Company spokesmen told a terview, "If we don't get at our press briefing at the Park Plaza problems.over time there is poten. of reactor projects Hotel that the management prob-flat to get sloppy and affect safe.

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week program to upgrade maw company offirlats nald. Edisch lite questions." said Bruce Buck-

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emerge'ocy shutdowns within Edison has taken to improve Ita NRC commissioners who criti i 3;

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dan reopen, Edison of ficials must performance. Another was to au-

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thortw. over the past four years, a o Js decision to stay shut is "a determine what caused the shut-41 percent increase to staff at Pil' goul step. At least it's recognizing

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Ihere is a problem that needs to be downs, which trigger emergency Thit only 563 of thox poultions dealt with."

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' prevent the release of radioactiv-have been filled - a biluution that Out he said the utility must I

,T L lty following an accident, Staroshrki said has led to "11' recognize that its management j

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questions about the emergency amounts of overtime., Pilgrim " Management has been weak at

"; ethutdowns and would have doesn't have a crisin in its number the plant for some time and this

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sought NRC permlaston to reopen of reactor operatorn - but It is not han had a negative influence on {

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dents near the plant. Last night, flut Ediaon decided that stay-the utility agreed to a request by the performance of Pilgrim.and h[

-ing closed six more wrtka will al-the Plymouth Board of 6clectmen ther, plants, nald yesterday that y

low it to improve employoc trNn-lo arrange within two weeks an NRC H concerns about misman-M

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,'of which have been lacking. Ox-e[m efjo garding the plant.

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.pn said, The five NRC congmts-Dut some of the more than 60 (Globe Stqger Doris Sue Wong

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"'one of the nation's worst managed realdents at the meeting objected contributed to this reportJ to the two-week delay, calling Edl.

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