NUCLEAR POWERPLANT OVERSIGHT HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETY-SIXTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON THE ACCIDENT AT THE THREE MILE ISLAND NUCLEAR POWERPLANT, MIDDLETOWN, PA. HEARINGS HELD IN WASHINGTON, D.C. Serial No. 96-8 PART II Printed for the use of the U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MORRIS K. UDALL, Arizona, Chairman PHILLIP BURTON, California ROBERT W. KASTENMEIER, Wisconsin HAROLD RUNNELS, New Mexico BOB ECKHARDT, Texas JIM SANTINI, Nevada GEORGE MILLER, California EDWARD J. MARKEY, Massachusetts DON H. CLAUSEN, California Ranking Minority Member MANUEL LUJAN, JR., New Mexico KEITH G. SEBELIUS, Kansas DON YOUNG, Alaska STEVEN D. SYMMS, Idaho JAMES P. (JIM) JOHNSON, Colorado RON MARLENEE, Montana ROBERT L. TERRELL, Minority Consultant on Energy and the Environment NOTE. The first listed minority member is counterpart to the subcommittee chairman. Cheney, Hon. Richard, a U.S. Representative from the State of Wyoming; and member, Subcommittee on Energy and the Envi- ronment Three Mile Island Task Force....... Michelson, Carl, nuclear engineer, Tennessee Valley Authority. Panel from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission consisting of: Gilinsky, Victor, Commissioner. Richard Kennedy, Commissioner. Weaver, Hon. James, a U.S. Representative from the State of Oregon; 3 Lee, Byron, Jr., vice president, Commonwealth Edison Co., Chicago, Ill., on behalf of Atomic Industrial Forum, Inc. Policy Committee_121, 371 Lee, William S., president, Duke Power Co., Charlotte, N.C., on be- Mac Millan, John H., vice president, Nuclear Power Generation Division, Babcock & Wilcox Co... Herman M. Dieckamp, president, General Public Utilities_-_-_-62, 204 John G. Herbein, vice president, Metropolitan Edison Co.------72, 232 Gary Miller, superintendent, Three Mile Island Nuclear power- Additional material submitted for the hearing record from: Hon. James Weaver, member, Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment; and chairman, Three Mile Island Task Force: 1. Report to the subcommittee by the Three Mile Island Task 2. Personal observations and evaluations of the Three Mile Island Hon. Mickey Edwards, member, Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment; and member, Three Mile Island Task Force: Pre- Carl Michelson, nuclear engineer, Tennessee Valley Authority: 1. Sequence of charts showing steam generator, reactor coolant pumps, reactor, and pressurizer at different time stages of the Three Mile Island accident__. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission: 1. Commissioners' individual responses to questions submitted General Public Utilities Corp.: 1. Letter from Hon. Morris K. Udall, chairman, Committee on 2. Letter from Herman M. Dieckamp, to Hon. Morris K. Udall, Metropolitan Edison Co.: 1. Letter from Hon. Morris K. Udall, to John G. Herbein, vice 2. Letter from John G. Herbein, to Hon. Morris K. Udall, dated 3. Letter from Hon. Morris K. Udall, to Gary P. Miller, station manager, dated May 29, 1979, transmitting questions to be answered concerning the accident at Three Mile Island nuclear powerplant-- 4. Letter from Gary P. Miller, to Hon. Morris K. Udall, dated June 14, 1979, responding to questions in Mr. Udall's letter of May 29, 1979. Babcock & Wilcox, Co.: 1. Prepared statement_ 2. Letter from John H. MacMillan, vice president, Nuclear 3. Letter from Hon. Morris K. Udall, to John H. MacMillan, 4. Letter from John H. Mac Millan, to Hon. Morris K. Udall, Atomic Industrial Forum, Inc.: 1. Letter from Roger J. Sherman, chairman, to Hon. Jimmy 2. Letter from Carl Walske, president, to Dr. John Kemeny, American Public Power Association: Page 279 281 285 288 292 295 312 335 345 347 378 379 1. Letter from Larry Hobart, to Hon. Morris K. Udall, dated 388 390 3. Appendix B: Report by the APPA Nuclear Power Task Force 391 4. Appendix C: Resolution embodying recommendations of APPA |