ML031671233
| ML031671233 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Callaway  (NPF-030) |
| Issue date: | 06/13/2003 |
| From: | Gwynn T Region 4 Administrator |
| To: | Randolph G Union Electric Co |
| References | |
| 2003-ERA-008, EA-03-040 | |
| Download: ML031671233 (5) | |
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June 13, 2003 EA-03-040 Garry L. Randolph, Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Union Electric Company P.O. Box 620 Fulton, Missouri 65251
SUBJECT:
RESPONSE TO ALLEGED DISCRIMINATION (2003-ERA-008)
Dear Mr. Randolph:
On March 21, 2003, you responded to our March 5, 2003 letter regarding alleged discrimination against an employee of The Wackenhut Corporation (TWC), your security contractor at the Callaway Plant. Our letter was in response to a January 22, 2003, finding by the Regional Administrator of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) that the evidence obtained during its investigation indicated a violation of the employee protection provisions of the Energy Reorganization Act (Section 211 of the ERA). Our letter requested that you describe actions taken or planned to assure that this matter was not having a chilling effect on the willingness of other employees to raise safety and compliance concerns.
In your response, you stated that your own investigation of this matter included interviews of several TWC and Union Electric personnel involved in security and had not found that the OSHA determination had affected the willingness of individuals at the Callaway site to raise concerns to your organization, to contractors, or to the NRC. You also indicated that you had contracted with a firm used by many nuclear plants to perform an independent survey of the safety-conscious work environment at Callaway, with results expected in the July-August 2003 time frame, and that in the interim Union Electric and contractor management would vigilantly monitor and promote a safety-conscious work environment. You stated that you had personally communicated these expectations to the president of TWC.
The NRC has reviewed your response and determined that no further actions are required at this time. We recognize that TWC appealed OSHAs determination and that a hearing is pending before an administrative law judge. In addition, as we informed you previously, the NRCs Office of Investigations (OI) has an ongoing investigation into this matter to determine whether a violation of 10 CFR 50.7 occurred.
Please contact Gary Sanborn of my staff should you have any questions regarding the NRCs involvement in this matter.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter will be made available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from Union Electric Company the NRCs document system (ADAMS), accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.
Sincerely,
/RA by Dwight D. Chamberlain Acting for/
Thomas P. Gwynn Acting Regional Administrator Docket: 50-483 License: NPF-30 cc:
Charles E. Adkins Regional Administrator, OSHA City Center Square 1100 Main Street, Suite 800 Kansas City, Missouri 64105 Richard A. Michau President, Wackenhut Nuclear Services Division The Wackenhut Corporation 4200 Wackenhut Drive #100 Palm Beach Gardens, Florida 33410 Professional Nuclear Consulting, Inc.
19041 Raines Drive Derwood, Maryland 20855 John ONeill, Esq.
Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge 2300 N. Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20037 Mark A. Reidmeyer, Regional Regulatory Affairs Supervisor Regulatory Affairs AmerenUE P.O. Box 620 Fulton, Missouri 65251 Manager - Electric Department Missouri Public Service Commission 301 W. High P.O. Box 360 Jefferson City, Missouri 65102 Union Electric Company Ronald A. Kucera, Deputy Director for Public Policy Department of Natural Resources P.O. Box 176 Jefferson City, Missouri 65102 Rick A. Muench, President and Chief Executive Officer Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation P.O. Box 411 Burlington, Kansas 66839 Dan I. Bolef, President Kay Drey, Representative Board of Directors Coalition for the Environment 6267 Delmar Boulevard University City, Missouri 63130 Manager Quality Assurance AmerenUE P.O. Box 620 Fulton, Missouri 65251 Jerry Uhlmann, Director State Emergency Management Agency P.O. Box 116 Jefferson City, Missouri 65102-0116 Scott Clardy, Director Section for Environmental Public Health P.O. Box 570 Jefferson City, Missouri 65102-0570 Manager Regulatory Affairs AmerenUE P.O. Box 620 Fulton, Missouri 65251 Technical Services Branch Chief FEMA Region VII 2323 Grand Blvd., Suite 900 Kansas City, Missouri 64108-2670 Union Electric Company David E. Shafer Superintendent, Licensing Regulatory Affairs AmerenUE P.O. Box 66149, MC 470 St. Louis, Missouri 63166-6149 Union Electric Company Electronic distribution by RIV:
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