ML20239A614

Notice of Withdrawal of Intervention.* Petition Withdrawn Due to M Gregory Death on 870821.Certificate of Svc Encl

ML20239A614
Person / Time
Site:	Comanche Peak
Issue date:	09/14/1987
From:	Roisman A GREGORY, M., ROISMAN, A.Z.
To:
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CON-#387-4394 CPA, NUDOCS 8709180003
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(Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station ) I Unit 1) ) l NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF INTERVENTION It is my sad duty to advise the Board and the parties that on August 21, 1987, Meddie Gregory died. Her death ended a two- l year struggle with cancer which she fought with the same determination and vigor with which she has fought the forces of Texas Utilities Electric Company and Brown and Root who first ignored her safety concerns, sought to force her to change her opinions, and ultimately fired her. On a personal level all of us who knew and worked with Meddie have lost a very good friend and an inspiration. On a professional level her insights and ability to review and analyze complicated engineering drawings and technical documents will be sorely missed by the interveners and their counsel and ultimately by the Board.

There is a hitherto unrevealed chapter in the Heddie Gregory saga that should now be revealed. On July 13, 1984, Meddie's employment at Comanche Peak was terminated. Prior to that termination, sr had been an internal source of information for

-both'the NRC and GAP. After her wrongful discharge, Meddie filed

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a: complaint with the Department of Labor (DOL), and the initial DOL determination was that she had been terminated for engaging in protected activity. Brown and Root appealed that determination and there was a hearing in November 1984 before the

' DOL Administrative Law Judge. After this hearing was completed.

but before the judge rendered an opinion, Meddie was diagnosed as

.having cancer. Brown and Root and Texas Utilities Electric company then gave her a choice: she could either pursue her legal rights or retain the insurance coverage that was essential for her treatment. The agreement that-she was forced to r' 9h in a literal attempt to save her-life was that she would no longer raise'her claims of wrongful discharge in any legal proceeding and that if she did-the insurance coverage to which she was entitled would be withdrawn. In that one event the owners and contractors of the Comanche Peak plant revealed in all their ,

ugliness the tactics they were willing to use in order to suppress dissent and prevent the truth from being told in these licensing proceedings.

While Meddie Gregory cannot legally continue as an intervenor'in this proceeding, and thus her intervention petition must be withdrawn at this point, for those who remain involved in the struggle her courage and strength and commitment to safety will give us the strength to continue in our battles, and we dedicate the remaining interventions and their ultimate success 1 to her.

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Anthony-Z. R iss(n Suite 600 1401 New . rk Ave., NW Washington, DC_ 20005.

(202) 628-3500 Counsel for Meddie Gregory On-Behalf Of:

Billie Garde, Juanita'Ellis, and all the Whistleblowers Dated: September 14,.1987 h

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L I hereby certify that' NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL'OF INTERVENTION-was served today, September 14, 1987, upon the following,by-first Lelass. mail, postage prepaid,.or by hand where marked with an asterisk (*),:or'by' Federal Express whereEmarked by two asterisks l(**).

Lando W. Zech, Jr., Chairman  !

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory commission Washington, D.C. :20555 Thomas M. Roberts, Commissioner .

U.S., Nuclear. Regulatory' Commission Washington, D.C.. -20555-

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4Fredrick M. Bernthal, Commissioner U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission-

' Washington, D.C. 20555

- Kenneth;M.' Carr, Commissioner l U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington,..D.C. -20555 Alan:S. Rosenthal, Chairman Atomic Safety & Licensing Appeal Board US Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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, Administrative. Judge Atomic SafetyL& Licensing Appeal; Board , .

US Nuclear-Regulatory' Commission

-Washington,-DC 20555 i Y" Peter B'. Bloch 1 Administrative' Judge

-U.S.. Nuclear Regulatory. commission .

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Dr'.'Kenneth.A. McCollom

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Stillwater,00K 74075 Dr. Walter H; Jordan 881 West. Outer Drive-

, ' Oak' Ridge , TN 37830 Elizabeth B. Johnson.

Oak. Ridge: National Laboratory P.O. Box, Building 3500-Oak Ridge,:TN '37830 Docketing and Service Section Office of the Secretary

, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

. Washington, D.C. 20555 Geary S. Mizuno, Esq.

Office _of Executive Legal Director U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Thomas G. Dignan, Jr.

Ropes-& Gray 225 Franklin Street Boston, MA 02110'

'Juanita Ellis, President Citizens-Association for Sound Energy 1426 South Polk Dallas,'TX 75224

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' Billie P.' Garde.

Government Accountability iProject'- Midwest Office 4 3424 North Marcos Lane  !

'Appleton,_WI.'54911 William Burchette-Foster DeReitzes Heron, Burchette, Ruckert &'Rothwell 1025-Jefferson Street, NW

, Suite 700 Washington, DC20007 Robert A. Jablon

-Spiegel'& McDiarmid 1350 New York' Ave., NW Suite 1100 Washington, DC 20005

' William'W. Vernon Blake Tartt Fulbright & Jaworski

'1301 McKinney Street Houston, TX 77010 Anthon Z R6ipman l

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