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ML20235S618
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Site: South Texas  STP Nuclear Operating Company icon.png
Issue date: 06/09/1987
From: Westerman T
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
To: Johnson E
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
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SUBJECT:

NEW SAFETY ISSUES IDENTIFIED IN GAP 2.206 STP PETITION OF MAY 29, 1987 I have reviewed the subject STP petition, and I do not identify any new safety issues for STP. We can only deal with the GAP "500 allegations" when they _{

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.HL&P spokesman sees investigation as delay tactic h EABMS SCAREEff amar the esmetudse of a puhue laterut argnatuaties to as- and several subeentracters Past nevernesseet Weest and Wins to deity the by sist whistle blowtug employees la talaims safety stuostions. h raking lasmas that in mese cases goverseneet, enveressnaatal and 1peeld he a yleistles of fecer !

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Recently you ran a half-page ad paid for by the Government Accountability Project (GAP) concerning their activities at the South Texas Project (STP).

GAP, with offices in Washington D. C. and Wisconsin, describes itself as a "public interest" organization which is " pro-safety." We thought your readers might be interested in knowing the real f acts about GAP's activitics at STP. .

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After we read articles last January in the Austin-American Statesman and {

other papers concerning charges by GAP's representatives that they had 1 '

knowledge of harassment and intimidation and safety problems at STP, we inrnediately contacted Ms. Billie Garde, GAP's representative. . We encouraged her to come forward with information to us or to the NRC and assured her that ,

the anonymity of anyone providing information would be protected. . i In order to encourage GAP to use SAFETEAM so that we could get on top of any safety concerns as soon as possible, we even offered to have a third party  ;

do a totally independent check on SAFE'iEAM's investigation of matters brought  !

to our attention by GAP or persons represented by GAP. And we offered over a l period of almost two months to make other procedural changes demanded by GAP in order to get them to bring us any single item of safety concern on a trial basis. GAP would not budge. We also continued tTurge GAP to go tTtiie NRC if they would not bring the information to us. To our knowledge, they have not done so.

, Finally, on March 18 I wrote to GAP stating that we could no longer be a party to their games and that:

"We will urge federal and state officials to seek from you and your organization every scrap of information which could potentially relate to the safety of the South Texas Project. If any such information exists and is made availble to us, we will pursue it to its resolution.

We can then leave to the citizens of Texas the judgment as to which of us truly represents the public interest."

Copies of this letter were sent to all NRC Commissioners and key enforcement officials. GAP's latest response refuses to provide us any information.

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The Editor April 6, 1987 I am enclosing copies of my correspondence with GAP and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; and I encourage the editor to print all or any part of that correspondence which we are confident will demonstrate that we are sincere and straight forward in our objective to have safety concerns investigated by  ;

ourselves or by the NRC.

We are ready to immediately investigate any concerns about STP that GAP brings to our attention.

The employees at STP are doing a super job as Unit i nears completion.

We are proud of their accomplishments, but I can assure your readers that our.

pride will never get in the way of " job number one" -- building a safe nuclear plant.

Sincerely, J. H. Goldberg Group Vice-President, Nuclear JEG/JHG/sd l

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