ML19207C186

Requests That Const of Facility Be Stopped Permanently Due to Defective Workmanship & Matls

ML19207C186
Person / Time
Site:	Marble Hill
Issue date:	09/03/1979
From:	Owen B AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED
To:	Harold Denton Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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NUDOCS 7909070418
Download: ML19207C186 (2)

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September 3, 1979 II.r. Harold Denton Office of liuclear Reactor Regula.tien Zuclear Regulatory Comniscion 7ashington, D.C. 20555

Dear I r. Dcnton:

As taxnayers and residente of Indiananolis, Indiana

~e are becoming increacingly anorehensive about the nuclear nor:er f ccility at :trble ':ill and feel that all conctruction chauld cence ~.e the oroject chut dor.n f ar the folloring r eacen s :

From the beginning there have bect problecc viith de-fective workmanship and materials (i.e. honeycombing in the concrete and substandard sunglies for plumbing, etc. ) and alledged attempts to cover up said defects. This has not hannened only.once. The ridiculous situation goes on end on. Che public is losing faith in the ability of Public Cer'tice Indicna to build a nuclear correr nlant.  !.lco ,

mmy citicens of Indiana do not feel Public Service Indianc.

hac my interest in the caf ety or viell being of the nublic.

Profits seem to be more imnortant. Even to the extent of covering un defectc to cave exnenses end the public be dacn ed. Safety in a nuclear oorer facility is extremely innortant due to the very nature of nuclear norter. This .

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=<r Ic nuclear power inherently too dangerous and do e really need it ? ..n increacint; number of people not only in Indiana but all over the nation think it is too dangerous.

'i: hen the excerto can't aCree on the dangers of low level radiation or what to do with nuclear viastes, what can ordinary citicena think ?

Sone ennerts tell us that we can have all the electrical energy we need ( this includes curulus in case of a 'olac'c out or other energency) without nuclear nower. If this ic so, it would seen that the risk benefit ratio of nuclear

,ower would make the conatruction of any more nuclear novrer

,lanta untenable.

Iactly, ::e would like to address the T.R.C. cnd it's f"nction as a regulatory body. It has cone to our attention that another nuclear cower facility under construction hac had cinilar honeycombing problems in the concrete, such as L:arble Hill has had. Te have been told that although this plant's concrete construction could not, or would not meet the U.R.C's standards. After investigation by the.N.R.C.

it was decided the standards would be lovinred!!! *~

e fecl thic dovngrading of standards, is in eff ect, nullifying the nurnose of the H.R.C. Since the H.R.C. is currently ctudying Earble Hill' a honeyconbing end various conctruct-ion aroblens, e wish to exnrecs our concern and decire that there be no such lowering of standards at the 1:erble Hill power plant. In f act we wish again to recuest that all conctructicn be ston,cd ,ernenently at Marble '-:ill.

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