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2The Daily Tar Heel Monday, September 21, 1987 aMy report tam Dy MICHAEL JORDAN Staff Writer A report released Sept. 8 by Ralph Nader's Public Citizen group critic izing several nuclear power plants including plants owned by Carolina Power and Light (CP&L) and Duke Power misconstrues Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) records, spokesmen for area power companies said. The report, entitled "1986 Nuclear Power Safety Report," said Duke Power and CP&L ranked in the top 20 for the number of emergency shutdowns at their nuclear power plants. "We believe the report to be extremely misleading," said Rick White, manager of news services at CP&L. The group opposes nuclear power, said Paul Viggiano, a spokesman for Duke Power. "Their whole goal is to attack the Task force By LEIGH ANN McDONALD Staff Writer Substandard housing conditions in the poor parts of rural Orange County hardly compare to conditions in Chapel Hill, but county govern ment and private sector businesses could work together to provide decent affordable housing, according to a report prepared by the county's Bell Tower to shut down for rewiring operation By MICHAEL JACKSON Staff Writer For three days this week, the Morehead-Patterson Memorial Bell Tower will not remind students of the time by sight or by sound. The tower's clock and chimes will not be operating Sept. 22, 23 and 24, said John Yesulaitis, director of the Marching Tar Heels. Rewiring of the tower will be completed on those days by physical plant workers. "The tower is very old, and the wire Lco:n::3 for a place to eiceeciss? THEBODYSHOP i v..", "" , " 1 : 1 For New Customers We Offer , , , , One Free yVeek Anytime! i:.:Tfy;OjutNew.Casses:-r; w oumumiy 933-9281 OCT. 9 8F.E1. 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Gordon said nuclear plants have experienced emergency shutdowns with increasing frequency. The plants were designed to accom modate a limited number of shut downs without damage to operating parts, but the utilities are approaching the upper limits of the safety margin, Gordon said. "I think that Duke Power does not deserve the good reputation it has," Gordon said. The NRC reports the worst acci dents or near-accidents in the nuclear suggests -housing improyeMents Low-and Moderate-Income Housing Task Force. "There are major differences between Chapel Hill and rural Orange County," said task force Chairman Lightning Brown. "Chapel Hill appears to be an island of rich people." The housing report targets county residents with low and moderate is deteriorating," Yesulaitis said. "It's a hazard." There have been no problems with the tower's wiring system before, he said, and the rewiring is simply a matter of prevention. The 56-year-old tower, which plays songs four times a day and chimes every quarter-hour throughout the day and night, will probably operate again late Thursday or Friday morn ing, Yesulaitis said. rur everyone. Kroger Plaza I: V locM power plaMs industry to Congress each year, he said. In 1986 plants operated by Duke Power had three out of the 11 abnormal occurrences classified by the commission, Gordon said. "These results, on a safety scale, posed no danger to the public," Viggiano said. "And that's what we're concerned with." Viggiano said the shutdowns were safety precautions, not emergencies. He said two of the shutdowns occurred because of events beyond the company's control, including last summer's drought and parts supplied to the company that failed to meet safety standards. "We feel that we have the best nuclear power system in the nation," Viggiano said. "We don't know why he's singling out Duke Power. Maybe it's because we're the best in the industry." Sue Gagner, a public affairs officer income, which is less than $26,720. This income figure is 80 percent of the county's median income, which is $33,400. The task force found that 513, or 2.4 percent, of the houses in Orange County have no indoor bathrooms. There are no heating systems in 11.9 percent of the homes. Among the 10 recommendations, the task force suggested that Orange County form a non-profit housing corporation that would create afford able housing and improve conditions in existing homes. "A non-profit housing corporation is needed in the county to serve the general needs of the ordinary people," Brown said. "By ordinary people, I mean people such as the secretaries on the University staff. Less than one third of the University staff can afford to live in Chapel Hill." The task force made other recom mendations that the study indicated would be especially successful in Orange County: B Rehabilitate housing that is below standard health and safety conditions. D Encourage private developers to build more low- and moderate income homes, such as modular and site-built homes, by amending the restrictive county zoning ordinance. B Amend the county zoning ordi nance to allow the construction of new mobile home parks and improve conditions in existing parks. The zoning ordinance limits the amount of space allowed for mobile STILL HM BUSINESS t And still in the same location but in rx LACOCK'S Shoe Store And Repair Shop o 143 (S The hardest thing about break- j ing into professional music is well, break ing into professional music. So if you're looking for an oppor tunity to turn your musical talent into a full-time perform ing career, take a good look at the n my. It snot II all parades ' f and John Philip 1 C i mn A . - bands rock, waltz and boogie as well as march, and they perform 7 before concert au- 4 diences as well as spectators. With an average 9 J !?' : " for the NRC, said Nader's group took facts from the commission and interpreted them to fit its desires. "We would like to see Mr. Nader's group report things more accurately," Viggiano said. Viggiano said Gordon had misused the NRC's records on licensing problems. Viggiano said licensing problems can be anything from an improper filing of documents with the commis sion to a full-scale! emergency shut down, but that Gordon had not made that distinction in the report. The report said tuke Power's two Catawba plants, located south of Charlotte, ranked seventh and 10th in the number of licensing problems in 1986. ; The report also said Duke Power's Catawba plants ranked eighth and 1 1th in emergency shutdowns in 1986. A CP&L plant in Hartsville, S.C. ranked 16th. ? - ' home parks, said Tara Fikes, housing services director. "The task force; recommended that the commissioners should examine any county ordinances that would prevent developers from building mobile home parks," Fikes said. "Mobile homes are one of the better options (for low- and moderate income families) because of their affordability." ; Brown agreed: that mobile homes are currently the most reasonable option for manyjcounty residents. "The housing! market (in Orange County) is such that for people who earn ordinary salaries, the best choice they can afford is mobile homes," he said. But some existing mobile home parks are in bad condition, Brown said. The shortage of mobile home parks in the county holds down competition among the park devel opers and owners, who sometimes fail to enforce minimum health and safety standards. ; According tp' the task force report, mobile homes are the most important source of low- and moderate-income housing available, and they are the fastest-growing' segment of the county housing market. 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"It's a commitment to each other to work our backsides off on the details; it is not an agree ment to sign any old thing because there is to be a summit this fall," said one of several U.S. negotia tors who spoke about the remain ing differences on condition of anonymity. Bork's chances still uncertain WASHINGTON After the first week of his confirmation hearings, Robert Bork's chances of becoming a Supreme Court justice remain as much in doubt as the effects of his extraordinary five days of testimony packs for future nomination fights. As the Senate Judiciary Com mmittee prepares to hear from Bork's backers and detractors in the hearings' second phase, key questions are unansweredr B Will the impressions Bork created in his bid to win approval of the committee's 14 members be bolstered or eroded as the hearings continue? B What effect will the commit- tee's vote, still weeks away, have when the nomination reaches the full Senate? 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