ML030020194

G20020708/LTR-02-0803 - Stuart Richards Response to State Senator Leonard T. Connors, Jr., Jeffrey W. Moran, and Christopher J. Connors Ltr Re Oyster Creek and a Recently Announced Staff Reduction at the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Stat

ML030020194
Person / Time
Site:	Oyster Creek
Issue date:	01/02/2003
From:	Richards S NRC/NRR/DLPM/LPD1
To:	Connors L US SEN (Senate)
Tam P, NRR/DLPM, 415-1451
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January 02, 2003 The Honorable Leonard T. Connors, Jr.

Senator - 9th District 9th District Legislative Offices 620 West Lacey Road Forked River, NJ 08731

Dear Mr. Connors:

By copy of your December 3, 2002, letter to Mr. Edward Stroup, President of Local Union 1289, you formally requested the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to undertake a priority investigation into these issues with an eye toward taking every necessary remediative step to ensure full compliance with all operating standards. The subject issues, discussed in Mr. Stroups letter of November 27, 2002, are related to a recently announced staff reduction at the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station operated by AmerGen Energy Company, LLC (AmerGen).

The NRC assesses licensee performance and compliance with requirements through its Reactor Oversight Program (ROP). The ROP includes inspection activities in the areas of fire protection and instrumentation and control. The NRC Region I Office had been aware of the concerns described in Mr. Stroups letter of November 27, 2002, regarding the staffing changes undertaken by AmerGen. As such, they had initiated a review to ensure that NRC requirements were being maintained. I have forwarded your letter to NRC Region I for their information and action in support of the ongoing review.

If you should have any further questions, please contact me at (301) 415-1353.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Stuart A. Richards, Director Project Directorate I Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

January 02, 2003 The Honorable Jeffrey W. Moran Assemblyman - 9th District 9th District Legislative Offices 620 West Lacey Road Forked River, NJ 08731

Dear Mr. Moran:

By copy of your December 3, 2002, letter to Mr. Edward Stroup, President of Local Union 1289, you formally requested the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to undertake a priority investigation into these issues with an eye toward taking every necessary remediative step to ensure full compliance with all operating standards. The subject issues, discussed in Mr. Stroups letter of November 27, 2002, are related to a recently announced staff reduction at the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station operated by AmerGen Energy Company, LLC (AmerGen).

The NRC assesses licensee performance and compliance with requirements through its Reactor Oversight Program (ROP). The ROP includes inspection activities in the areas of fire protection and instrumentation and control. The NRC Region I Office had been aware of the concerns described in Mr. Stroups letter of November 27, 2002, regarding the staffing changes undertaken by AmerGen. As such, they had initiated a review to ensure that NRC requirements were being maintained. I have forwarded your letter to NRC Region I for their information and action in support of the ongoing review.

If you should have any further questions, please contact me at (301) 415-1353.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Stuart A. Richards, Director Project Directorate I Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

January 02, 2003 The Honorable Christopher J. Connors Assemblyman - 9th District 9th District Legislative Offices 620 West Lacey Road Forked River, NJ 08731

Dear Mr. Connors:

By copy of your December 3, 2002, letter to Mr. Edward Stroup, President of Local Union 1289, you formally requested the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to undertake a priority investigation into these issues with an eye toward taking every necessary remediative step to ensure full compliance with all operating standards. The subject issues, discussed in Mr. Stroups letter of November 27, 2002, are related to a recently announced staff reduction at the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station operated by AmerGen Energy Company, LLC (AmerGen).

The NRC assesses licensee performance and compliance with requirements through its Reactor Oversight Program (ROP). The ROP includes inspection activities in the areas of fire protection and instrumentation and control. The NRC Region I Office had been aware of the concerns described in Mr. Stroups letter of November 27, 2002, regarding the staffing changes undertaken by AmerGen. As such, they had initiated a review to ensure that NRC requirements were being maintained. I have forwarded your letter to NRC Region I for their information and action in support of the ongoing review.

If you should have any further questions, please contact me at (301) 415-1353.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Stuart A. Richards, Director Project Directorate I Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

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