ML052490293

E-mail from G. Meyer of USNRC to S. Barber and H. Miller of USNRC, with Partially Deleted Information Regarding Role of in Following Up Allegation

ML052490293
Person / Time
Site:	Salem, Hope Creek
Issue date:	04/27/2004
From:	Meyer G NRC Region 1
To:	Barber S, Miller H NRC Region 1
References
FOIA/PA-2004-0314
Download: ML052490293 (2)

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From: Glenn Meyer.

To: Barber, Scott; Miller, Hubert J.

Date: 4127/04 9:15AM

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Re: Role ot n following up allegation While itcould be murky as to what the actions of NRC and epresent and wheq the responsibflties divide, In the specific case it appears to be straight-forward. eel has spoken witi and the specific case appears to be the B EDG and its intercooler pump leaks ,une 2003. We did extensive inspection on this and documented findings. As such, our interaclon witlWil be for Mel to convey the extensive record of g2jpnspections, and the roles of NRC an hould be pretty clear. Mel Is prepared for this and expectsi o be onsite on Wednesday. '

Glenn

>>> Hubert J. Miller 04126/04 10:45PM >>>

I tried to be clear in my original email I .. ,-

we own nuclear safety ..... no negotiating anything here...we cannot abdicate this responsibiity.

.. h3z n observe or follow us ....not the other way around ..... a n talk to whomever they wan but we can do nothing to compromise on this. supporting their effort, ieffect, does this.

please talk to me before anything that could even be interpreted as 'supportin g following up on safety concerns Is done....

>>> Scott Barber 04/26/04 04:42PM >>>

I think it is good to build cooperation wit tland I know we tried to do that in the 95 - 98 Salem Restart era. However, I'm not sure ifwe want to adlrtise that we are providing Inspection assistance to them.. I am fal n that there is nothing In th Ophdf-Wf an NRC regulated actity. I':7 M iarimage that he Is leading the Information retrieval activity (i.e. the Inspection), bu1 d may think they have the lead to gather the information. Do you think that we should clarify our respective roles or do you thInT"l is clear on the matter?

>>> GlenMLeyer 04/23/04 02:06PM >>>

I reachedWis morning and we discussed Jnterest In following up on a concern on (Hope Creek) ,,

diesel generators (EDGs). The alleger has pf~iv'ed Information from a plant individual who wants to remain anonymous, and the Information relates to EDG concerns raised within the PSEG work system which have not been addressed. We agreed to work together to determine the status of the concerns.

I offered various options for the followup, butwas reluctant to allow us to enter Itas an jegation and do the followup, to provide a copy of the notification, or to give us the notification number.,prefers that th rrange to visit Hope Creek within weeks and to work through the specifics w tieeth residents, who ccess the notification system. I agreed with the approach and briefed Mel Gray, who is prepared to make the arrangements and proceed.

I view the effort as Inspection assistance tI and given the likelihood that the concerns have already been addressed within our inspection progirai I do not currently plan to enter the concerns as an allegation.

Glenn

>>> Hubert J. Miller 04/21/04 11:33AM >>>

good instincts on this we should keep safety related Issues within our program and use the established protocols witt to giye Ingm tj W60L think they need on how the issues are being handled.

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_I this, of course, presumes that the diesel issue is being addressed within our process...

>>> Robert Bores 04/16104 02:53PM >>>

I got a call at 1425hr on Friday (4/16 fromZ; &result of the meeting betweeond the Salem/Hope Creek whistle baower.0lndirTcthas Interested in following up on one of the Identified Issues, that relating to theisel generator[ ey were looking at developing a plan to do that in conjunction.with the resident inspectors.

"I Since we may already have worked this issue, I suggested that a better a proach might be to see If we had the issue, if so where we were in the follow-up process, and havpbtain the Information from us, I II .- __-

rather than to try and re-cover areas e already done. I suggeste# a the Branch Chief, Glenn Meyer should be the prime contact on this._,greed with this and asked that Glenn call on Monday to discuss.

can b tcilitate if desired.

bob CC: Blough, A. Randolph; Bores, Robert; Gray, Mel; Orr, Daniel; Vito, David; Wiggins, James; Wilson, Ernest Informrae thislre )was deleted in a~rdanc wit e Fr edom of w ion Aexemptin7, ha.' v c-1