ML20126J065

Discusses Rubin Rept Re Flaws in Primary Coolant Sys

ML20126J065
Person / Time
Site:	Hope Creek, Limerick, 05000355
Issue date:	04/22/1981
From:	Bacon C AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED
To:	Hendrie J NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
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NUDOCS 8104230576
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Reactors'coolingsystems-z ~ The finger of fate T

areflawed,3RC aide says? -

y ,i REACTORS,from I-F 'that if a otpe in the system shouldpI

.(dNUMCICUS MONMON) the NRC had not yet decided how id break water would continue to drain o

- % 4.=wd rues handle the problem.

from the core indefinitely, leading to The problem also affects two CE the twin problems of core overheat-

' What's the difference between pulling s ho! dup with a , reaciors ordered for Plcs I.imerick / ingand floodingofemergencypump.

• 5 straight finger and a cocked gun? ,nucicar eeneratine station and two- bg equipment.

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Defendant Irby Butler says the difference is two years in. CE reactnrt nrdered for 'he linne -

"' ' ! ell. J Judge Michael King says there is no difference. The report recommends that in. .

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2 Creek station of Public Serv'ce Dec-specting the ripes to detect any flaws * '

~ King'a reduced sentenceyesterday forN Butler.23.of Asbury t

- of th'e Appellate Division of Superior Court,. ruled

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"'kagainst '" *" " " 'I The scram system is used to drain '. be done as soon as possible as a firstil-step in preventing such an accident. 4 ;

' Park,NJ whopleadedgulttytoachargeof armedrobbery. water from the reactor core during a

. ' Butler maintained that his 12-year term at llordentown shutdown - whether planned or 1Lubin und that the rode of the j U

""E 3 d, Youth Correctional Facility should be no more than 10 years,, emergency-of theredctor. Amstcan Society of Efechanical, i the penalty for robbery without a dangerous weapon. t The water is drained to make room . Ef;:ineers. which is accepted by the .

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Duller c r'asoned that he only held his hand in a coat pocket for the control rods to be inserted in' ' Nf(C as the standard for most reactort;

? V to simulate a pistol when he robbed a woman in a Monmouth piping, can de interpreted to say that a

- "' ? the reactorcore.

County parking lot. Because the ability to shut down gFIpes less than four inches In diameJi-

"l" New Jersey's criminal code fa!!s to spell out what is consid-

- ter - the stre of those in the scram '

cred a deadly weapon. ~ $'g,f,'h vfiv s on b ed .atsubsystem - need never be inspect-

,y.. Judge King ruled that conceal:ng a hand formed to look lilie were designed to fall in the open ; edovertheWMwedan position so that water can continue i "It is clear that many of th pipes -

a gun was armed robbery because of the threat to the victim *

who did not know whether there was a gun or not- to drain from the system. Rubin ex. (in this system) are not being ooked plained g . "The succesful simulation of a gun so that Ihe victim reason- at by anybody,"kubin said.

ably believed there was a gun is sufficient to support a conv.c- That is not a roblem under nor1' The report also recommended that' .

, tion for aggravated or armed robbery, King ruled. mal conditions, e said, because the . Sew equipment be designed to im!'

..~ Prove the ability to detect pipe

• amount limited by of thewater size of leaving the it. core is.';' breaks in the system and 4

the holding

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tank. . . in.to which it flows. ' that the control valves close wbcn .

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1 400 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pa.,19101 (215)854 2150 l

January 16, 1981 i

Mr. Conrad G. Bacon 2960 Hannah Avenue

Norristown, PA 19401 i

Dear Mr. Bacon; Thank you for yourl ' etter concerning the editorial on acid rain. You  !

make note of our position on nuclear power and the. usage of coal.and ask: l "Which sido are you on?"

Since the accident at Three Mile Island we at The Inquirer have not been i convinced that nuclear oower can ever_be made safe. Thus, while it is a " clean" l source of power in the sense of pollutants and particulate matter, the potential for tremendous environmental _ harm from radiation can never be elirdnated, age

, b,elieve . The usage of coal in the United States can be increased without harm- l ing the environment with the installation of ' scrubbers and other pollution 1 control devices, accompanied by strict federal clean-air and mining regulations.

1 It is not a matter of choosing sides - nuclear versus unrestricted use of coal. Rather it is a matter of meeting the nation's energy needs while at the j same time protecting the health and well-being of the American public and the country in which we live.

Si rely, l l

AAl b Edwin Guthman EG:pm e