Page 6-Saturday, May 19, 1979-The Michigan Daily NRC permits some nukes to operate again WASHINGTON (AP)-The Nuclear that the plants either shut down or stay William Lee, president of Duke The eighth plant is Three Mile Island Regulatory Commission said yesterday out of operation until they were Power, said enough operators will be Unit 1, adjacent to the damaged Unit 2. that some atomic power plants shut reviewed because the Babcock & certified by next Tuesday or Wed- While design improvements have been down for improvements after the Three Wilcox systems seemed sensitive to nesday to put Unite 2 back into ordered for Unit 1, it remains shut down Mile Island accident can resume malfunctions and hard to control. operation then. Unit 3, which has been partly because some of its equipment is operation. Oconee Unit i was allowed to continue down for refueling and equipment im- on standby to aid its crippled sister The commission followed staff operating temporarily. .. Ar"n'li; iet a al A10h UanllT tn WIr r nnrovmtsosfxpetepbsk n uit recommenations mat saa enougn Haroi ijenon, r uector of rear- safety improvements have been made tor regulation, said yesterday that for Duke Power Co. to operate its three Oconee Unit 1 would have had to shut Oconee reactors at Lake Keowee, S.C. down today if the commission had not lifted its previous order. NRC STAFF members said im- DENTON SAID enough Duke Power provements have moved swiftly at reactor room operators had completed eight nuclear plants designed by Bab- special training and testing to allow cock & Wilcox Co., which designed the Oconee Unit 1to continue operating. As Three Mile Island plant near more operators are requalified and Harrisburg, Pan. tested, the othr two units will be permit- The commission on April 27 ordered ted back on line.- operation in early June. Denton said all operators of Babcock & Wilcox plants will take refresher courses in handling emergencies, in- cluding the situations that led to the March28 Three Mile Island accident. AFTERWARDS, OPERATORS will be tested, and the NRC will review the test results. A score of 90 per cent or better will be required. Longer-range safety improvements, which could take up to six months to finish, still will be required, Denton said. But the plants can operate safely for now without them, he said. "I would say we have reduced the risks considerably of the chance of another Three Mile Island," Denton said. NRC staff members said the other Babcock & Wilcox plants are com- pleting their required improvements and should be back in operation ina few weeks, if not sooner. These plants are Arkansas Unit 1 at Russellville, Ark.; the Rancho Seco plant at Clay Station, Calif.; the Davis- Besse plant at Oak Harbor, Ohio; and the Crystal River plant at Red Level, Fla. Art students' exhibition The University School of Art was well represented among winners in the 1979 Michigan Potters Exhibition, currently being held at Pewabic Pottery in Detroit. Four of the eight cash prizes in the exhibition were awarded to students or graduates of the ceramic program at the U-M School of Art. The winners were: Mary Jo Bole, an undergraduate student from 10315 Cliff Drive, Cleveland, Ohio; Andree Valley, a graduate student from Ann Arbor; Cynthia Boughner, of 2954 Longridge Court, West Bloomfield, Mich., a student in the summer master's degree program and a former undergraduate; and Thom Phardell, a former graduate student. The prizes were presented by Wayne Higby, University art graduate who is now a professor of ceramics at Alfred University. Co-op suit dismissed against former member By TIMOTHY YAGLE Xanadu co-op's suit against former member Talib Abdul-Muqsit for allegedly unpaid bills was thrown out of Washtenaw County Small Claims Court last week because, according to Abdul- Muqwit, "The plaintiff (Xanadu) didn't show up" at a Jan. 9 hearing on the matter. But he said Thursday he plans to take Xanadu and the Intercooperative Council (ICC), the co-op's central of- fice, to court "real soon" for alleged "defamation of character" resulting from an article which appeared in the Daily last January. He said he would try to win reimbursement for attorney expenses which he says he has accrued during the last four months. ABDUL-MUQSIT, a former LSA student government representative, claims he was given "adverse publicity" and made to appear "irresponsible" in the January 13 ar- ticle. He was a member of the co-op located on Washtenaw Ave. in Novem- ber and December, 1977 when, accor- ding to Abdul-Muqsit, he had to leave because of "county policy." He said the Washtenaw County Department of Social Services paid his living expenses while he was at Xanadu because he is disabled. Abdul-Muqsit also said he is "demanding a full public apology from every Xanadu member." He is currently living on North Campus. "I'm not going to pay them (Xanadu) something they weren't even entitled to. They haven't proved I owe them anything," Abdul-Muqsit said. ICC Membership coordinator Gigi Bosch said he "left owing a debt and we couldn't find a forwarding address." She added that Xan adu member Jim Gerber, who she said was supposed to have gone to the small claims court hearing last January, did not go and did not tell anyone he could not attend. BOSCH ADDED that the ICC will continue to bill Abdul-Muqsit for his alleged debts and enlist the aid of a collection agency. According to Bosch, Abdul-Muqsit owes Xanadu and ICC $130.66 for telephone calls and $116.81 for room and board. She said the ICC has a 75 per cent success rate in debt collection. "He (Abdul-Mugsit) has been irresponsible," Bosch claimed. "He hasn't been willing to meet with anyone." Abdul-Muqsit said no one has ap- proached him to settle the matter. Xanadu members could not be reached for comment. Sunday, May 20 Aud. A, Angell Hall MACBETH (Roman Polanski, 1972) Polanski adopts Shakespeare's great tragedy with a smooth, intelligent screen- play written in collaboration with Kenneth Tynan. With an emphasis on realism, Polanski has vividly brought MacBeth to life. "It is the finest film version ever made."-New York Post. Filmed in Cinemascope. (120 min.) 7:30 & 9:40 Cinema Ii is accepting new member applications. Pick them up at all Cinema ii film showings.