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5/81

The President of the United States

The President The White House

Washington, D.C., 20500 30 July 84 24991z

ear Mr. President, I am writing to your office because I have

exhausted every avenue I know of regarding a matter of great

concern to me.

On July 7th, 1982, I testified as a surprise witness before the

U nited States Atomic Safety and Licensing Commission. I am pro

nuclear, however on behalf of the public intrest, holding a

public trust and speaking as a citizen- I testified against my

employer, The New York State Power Authority. I was employed

,as a "Nuclear Security Officer."

Shortly after testifying an attempt was made on my life when

my personal vehicle was sabotaged at the Indian Point Nuclear

Power Plant in Buchanan, New York. Six months after testifying

a case was manufactured against me and my employment was term

inated. JI have applied to 53 nuclear power plants accross the country.

The results were the same- no results. One plant did hire me,

however after two days when they discovered I had testified

_I. was not allowed to return.

I have written a book on the experience titled,"The Principle,"

which I hope to have published after the case is over.

The story bears many similarities to the Silkwood incident which

ended in Karen Silkwoods death, November 1974. However I am alive

to speak and write about it and I plan to do just that.

I am an American with true faith in democracy and say the "Pledge

of Allegiance" every day as a prayer.

Mr. President, I am 24 years of age and have limited resources.

This experience has caused me the loss of my home and I now reside

with my parents. And if given the opportunity to do it over again

I would do exactly the same thing- speak for people who cannot, will

not or are afraid to speak for themselves.

My next legal step I am advised is to file an action against the

Athoriti New YQrk StteiSupMftQQa t. However I no longer have

any money to pursue the case on my own, any further, at this time.

As a nation we declared our independence in 1776. It is very clear

to me how every American must continue todefend our freedom every

day- at home and around the world.

0 Joseph M. Corrigan P.O. Box 85

Carmel, New York, 10512

Mr. President if you know of someone, group or organization

that could assist me, I would appreciate it very much if you

could convey this information to them on my behalf.

With every good wish,

My thanks

Sincerely,

JOSEPH M. CORRIGAN

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Hearing on Indian Pt. nuclear plant (( (JOnilti ree fi'01n 13-.t ")1 carried awa y Iby th currlit nuclear sufficieii information aibout Ihe cost i

oseiM Corrigan, president of thie hysteria thait hais infected So nly siuy i givque nccs u -c-ear Security- "-- . f: ... lew~nt Coit'iandt will iit Iii tlay an active pwl nt nd then shol o e e he

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Associ ition of NBw York, ao took lhe ole in the formulalil of a workable to decide if tiey ae g s

-icrophli f Neto qu s lion tI NRC old enlerl flcy LVil0 ill pla i he anxiety for higher Oct iicily 13 Asoc, lu sto 'he NR a d m rg~lcy ev cla(o u .cililllln At Ilallll l !illl

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security in the area of potential read a resolution passe y h" e Town to shoul d cman the N .C..

•sotage and acts, of teiorism mTe Board Tuesday that said all citizens iII Indian Point until it can teem. nuC

,roers ith scrt . c ........ rouiil to mt radius should te give. t.echinology "state of the arl.' pr bl m wit se urt C e, at "t( l e 1 0 lll lile 1 ,.

design and thle tack of an "intelligence- ,-r

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Frederick Shon if tic thought federl e ,

codes goverling security were heiig o- -6- 0 - I.

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Corrigan blamed ilhe deficiencies oil '1 he sai is :-o -" ol CL =-, ' o -a i

security managemen'lt, whioh tr wai isr :: rp-w -*~ -. 0 .L

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convinicedi that thle closiiig of thle plants M

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The question of security emerges at the Indian Point nuclear power plant at Buchanan.

Md ZN'*y Rbled that the officers aren't equip

By CLINT ROSWELL ped to handle sabotage of the plant,

E ulike the planting of a bomb, because HE TROUBLING question-for -there is no direction coming from -Joe Corrigan,a security off ic- the supervisors on how to react in

O - er-at-Indian Point, is what to such circumstances. do when a growing number of security gaps and lapses appear at Unit 3 CORRIGAN ADMITS IT. He is a.

.of the nuclear power. plant. The worrier. He worries that most securlicensee, the Power Authority State of New York (PASNY), has no obligation to take corrective measures as long as it maintains security standards set by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

Sometimes Corrigan feels like a dim bulb in trying to get the attention of the utility, as he makes recommendations to improve security preparedness against a possible siege or against sabotage of the plant by terrorists, only to be told by PASNY management officials that this desire of his is really not . his concern. "Outside resources," he .... .. is reminded, like the FBI or Nation- .... ... ~~~~~~~... ..~~iii ;ii!. :.. ..

al Guard, will handle this remote . .. ........ possibility.. . . ... .. ..... .. .

"I GET THE feeling that we're there just to look good on paper x .. .... . ...:.!:.iii!ii:i!:iiii! i:'i ![' :iii: ::' ' : ::

that Indian Point has a security force that meets the requirements of the NRC," said Corrigan, 22, a former marine. "The problem is me, and a lot of other security officers, think Indian Point can be penetrated pretty easily, and being so . close to a major city like New York . ........ makes us wonder how come, if we're the first line of defense, we have no training to handle terrorists?"

- Corrigan worries that security officers aren't equipped with auto- :XX. matic weapons, as the would-be terrorists are likely to carry, and he

. .- doesn't like being at a weapons .i: disadvantage either. He is also trou.

ity supervisors are retired police officers and are not trained in and don't come from the field Qf atomic safety. He worries that secretaries and many other levels of personnel are not subject to the sahne vigorous personal backgroufid check as ,security officers, even though they. work inside a nuclear power plant and could maneuver themselves into top-security areas.

And what about the strip of land abutting the Hudson River without a 12-foot-high preventive wire fence like the one along the rest of the Buchanan plant?

"These are genuine concerns," concedes Unit 3's senior resident inspector for the NRC, Thomas Foley, "but. how much safety does the fence by itself provide? It becomes a question of economics, risk and time. Any plant is penetrable. Should we put up nine fences with dogs and mine fields in between the fences? Where do you draw the line?

"AS LONG AS PASNY meets the NRC's minimum requirements, and it has one of the best security units in the East, the licensee can do whatever they want to do. They're all part of the free enterprise system. If Corrigan sees any rules and regulations are not being followed or that he can help the NRC correct any of these violations, we'd be glad to talk with him."

Corrigan views the NRC as an Illy which can f9rce the utility into

taking action, but he also knows his well-intentioned ideas will fall on deaf ears as long as PASNY maintains NRC standards.

"The bottom line," says PASNY S- .. DAN CAONIN OAILY NFWS

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vice president in charg of pub!ic relations, Cliff Spieler, "is that we do meet NRC security standards. Corrigan has yet to offer any specific recommendations regarding any improvements and frankly management doesn't agree with some Qf his opinions.

"It is irresponsible of him to t about what he considers a securit problem, that there's no fence along part of the Hudson side, if he indeed thought this information might be a

- security leak. As far as the security personnel background checks, we run different background checks on different personnel according to what and where they work and we consider them sufficient. We also think the officers have sufficient weaponry. We think they are highly qualified and trained security officers."

CORRIGAN LIKES to believe the company line also, but he wor. ries. He formed the Nuclear Sec ity Officers Benevolent Associatm as a means to unionize and prote# the officers. About 25% of the undisclosed number of officers belong to the one-year-old union, which is forming other chapters in the state, Corrigan said. They average five years experience at the Unit 3 plant and all have police or military backgrounds.

"They're very professional," Cor rigan said of his fellow workers, "but they're also afraid to speak out in many instances for fear of reprisal. I'm willing to take the heat, to be the thorn in the side of PASNY. because I'm young, 22, have no family or mortgage."

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PASNY considers Corrigan quite Fortunately, it was som a thorn- He was called in by manage.. lurch. But there wasn't and still merit after he testified at th'July 7 isn't any defined training to estab.

' hearing conducted by the NRC in fish a chain of command responses Yorktown. It was considered almost to deal with the situation" an act of defiance on the. part of Spieler wouldn't confirm the Corrigan to question PASNY, his 1979 incident but said that since that employer, in public.

time PASNY no longer has hired MANAGEMENT ASKE him contract security guards from pri.

MANAEMEN ASED him to vate firms and "a lot has chagdn explain his speech and asked him afrs a tion". Canged in why he hadn't confined his com. our security operai Con Edi. plaints to in-house supervisors. Cor. son, licensee of Unit 2 at Indian rigan told them he had written them Point, does hire Contract security letters, including one to Chairman . IThat's whyofr John Dyson, and had not had much TatshyI formed the union Johnsso, nhere,

to make sure a utility doesn't success. . hire Pinkertons or whatever again," Dyson responded by saying he said.Corrigan. "If You're a contrac, had a lot of faith in his supervisors guard, you can never voice your to handle any situation. Other man. opposition, because you'll be re. agement people reiterated the corn. Placed the next day by another pany line and'did not support Corri. guard and the utility would have too gan's "Opinions."

much leverage over a security force. • 'They still are subject to NRC guide.

lack ofcommunication was one lines, but the quality isn't there." f Corrigan's complaints. He says t's up to the Benevolent Associa.- CORRIGAN WANTS to iniprove on to keep tabs on activity like .. conditions at PASNY to insure the. roatian or Puerto Rican terrorist Plant's safety lie says more training roups because PASNY won't share is the only solution. formation with it. Nor will it share "Corrigan is genuine, but he's formation on how security offic. taking the wrong route," said the s responded to the Diablo Canyon NRC's Foley. ."le should go to a -monstration in California or give local congressman or the State other pertinent crisis manage. Legislature and convince them the

ent information, he said. PASNY actions are needed. Then the utility Vs that information is for super. will have to do it." ors, not security officers. Foley admitted the manual of safety operations

was written weli "WE'RE LEFT in the dark in too before the surge of terrorist activity ny situations," said Corrigan. became a worldwide problem. He I I know is the notorious story of did say that changes have been made security officers handled a in the manual. nb crisis here three years ago. "Something should be done," said ead of calling for a bomb squad Corrigan, "and I'm sure PASNY or nspect the suspected bomb, they any other utility won't do it until the ally handled it and moved it. NRC requires it, unfortunately."

Suspicious car wreck investigated Buchanan police are investigat- front tire caused him to lose con- an, who travels the wind ing whether missing lug nuts, trol.of the car on Peekskill Hollow. ing Bear Mountain Extension -was which caused a wheel to fall off Road. near the Putnam Valley driving along a straight stretch of the car of an Indian Point security Firehouse.

-road when the wheel fell off. officer, were intentionally remov- ,"One of the wheel's five lug nuts ed or loosened. . was' found at the accident scene e is a state employee working still: attached to its broken shaft. as an officer at te Power Authori• An outspoken critic of security The other four shafts also Were ty of the State of New York's Unit &. J.'auchanan reactors, o~seph Wreported snapped off at the stem T .. 'd da

' e,,a.e ' buCt,none of their four missin u " ' " ' "; " Co 231 of Carmel esoft u msng lug' A PASNY spokesman said they • lhji,5 early Wednesday morning nuts could be found, leading Corri- had been notified of the car acciwhile, driving home from the nu- gan' and police to speculate that dent. clear power plant. Loss of the left they had been removed ... . ... , - Jon Craig

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DEC. 30'1982 A little honesty needed at lndian Point _

I was glad to hear the remark not have to be told - never judge a have spokenout a number of times on leaders atIndian Point. Just manage

from Croton .Mayor Robert Price af- book by its cover. Mayor Price was nuclear security and safety issues at rs. So many, in fact, that if you took

ter his tour of Indian Point. He stated careful to make that observation. You Indian Point. . all their hot air, you could light up

that "it was an impressive place." He ..would never guess that W t prd ot N l New York City, if only hot air could

also commented, "You've own us . . s president of the Nuclear Securi. be converted to power.

the strengths, now show us the weak- _ "__....__."________-ty Officers Benevolent Association, I

nesses." Very good statement, Mr ... ! i prepared a confidential report for What is really at issue here is we

Mayor. v t ure d Mi ew s Alfred DelBello concerning these is- have a handfull of non-union corporate

TheCr on Village Bod .sues. I also prepared a legislative managers playing cops and robbers at

The fCt n allowe da-d propOSal for the board of trustees of our expense. However, the truth, as

the facility and were even allowed to " .. the Power ,Authority, *to create an priceless as it may be, would have

enter the containment building not ty people at Indian Point have no been the cheaper policy if it had been

normally seen by visitors. One of the nuclear security or safety experience., agency within the authority to recog- utilized from the beginning, instead of

members of the mayor's delegation They lack the experience of action v ze the security force as Nuclear a public relations effort to show off

MnafA t ,f ftho fnr-hnr touir hilf under the burden of responsibility. Police Officers. - the strengths.

that time -was security processing. A few weeks earlier Orange County Executive Louis Heimbach toured the

They learn their passes. This is a public trust. "

ility and said that ne continues o I happen to impressed by security measures. realize further its

Certainly our public officials do. country and parti =: :i: .* . . .

job as each day The Power-Authority help-wanted miscarriage of the advertisements say "Our Legacy is

Leadership." John F. Kennedy said

be pro-nuclear and after the 1960 primary in Los Angeles, importance to our "The only valid test for the ability to

cularly this region. I lead, is lead vigorously." There are no .' r- ' ; '"-' * " , t: --' ,. ..'- °'=. :. .- -! ..- ..- , , -' .,: . : .. ,

Honesty continues to be the best policy, and I will continue to speak honestly on this and other issues that present the ves-..

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Mr. 3. P. Bane Executive Vice President - Nuclear Generat6on Power Authority of the State of New York 123 Main Street White Plains, New York 10601

INDIAN POINT NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT UNIT 3

following documents concerning our review of the'subject facility are transmitted for your information.

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