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Re: Sandia Reactor Shutdown Coverup?


     Just an FYI on this.  The reactor operators responsible were 
     effectively demoted and the management staff of the ACRR was changed 
     after this incident.  The operators took it upon themselves to 
     withhold the information from management and were summarily punished.  
     This is typical anti-nuclear trash reporting, and they actually expect 
     you to pay for their newsletter!
     
     Gus Potter
     Sandia National Laboratories
     (505) 844-2750
     CAPOTTE@sandia.gov


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Subject: Sandia Reactor Shutdown Coverup?
Author:  ifoe@ifoe.com at hubsmtp
Date:    6/21/97 7:09 AM


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<h3>Sandia Reactor Shutdown Coverup?</h3>
<p><img src="sandscr1.gif" align=left hspace=0 width=327 height=423>Want to know
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<p><b>SANDIA PEARL HARBOR ANNIVERSARY EVENT</b> - Last month we reported that a 
December 7, 1996, <b>scram at the Annular Core Research Reactor (ACRR) went 
unreported to Sandia Laboratory management for 10 days</b>, and that the 
Laboratory issued a
press release on the event some seven weeks thereafter. Also reported was the 
apparent
destruction of records of the event, and an investigation by the DOE enforcement
staff. </p>
<p>Since that report, IFOE requested a copy of the occurrence report that should
have been filed by
Sandia for the DOE Occurrence and Reporting System (ORPS). IFOE was informed 
that <b>the
information in the ORPS was considered &quot;proprietary&quot;</b>. </p>
<p>In addition, IFOE researched the records available in the DOE Public Document
Room for
information on what the Secretary (or Acting Secretary) was told about the 
event. The only
available information that was found were daily event reports to the Secretary 
(or Acting
Secretary). No information on the December 7 scram was identified for the months
of December,
January, February and the middle of March. Moreover, no information on any 
events at Sandia
were reported for about 100 consecutive days during the same period. </p> 
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<p>&#169; 1997 Information Focus on Energy</p> 
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