ML061770565

OI Interview Report

ML061770565
Person / Time
Site:	Salem, Hope Creek
Issue date:	10/22/2003
From:	NRC/OI
To:
References
1-2003-051F, FOIA/PA-2005-0194
Download: ML061770565 (1)

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1,72003-051F-Interview of:

Date: October 22', -f003 Position/Location.,--=.,/ ... . * ..

Special Duties held" He has raised concerns and written notifications regarding plant configuration problems and insufficient components. He did not write notifications regarding nuclear safety. With those written, he was personally satisfied with the response. He indicated that he is pretty boisterous and will chase an issue down. He knows others have written notifications regarding nuclear safety and believes they were addressed. He was thinking of issues from around the restart in 1997. The only recent issue he could think of was the BF19 incident. He only read the notification because he is not in the control room and he did not read it all.

He has heard good things about -, nd believes people have been satisfied.

He thought some people feared what they would be thought of and brought their issue td to handle. This did not happen frequently and did not involve nuclear safety. Most of wha- he deals with is industrial safety. He gave an example of a tagging issue.

He-did -not know-of -people being -disciplined-or-fired for-raising-concemsHe-hinks-people -just worry about how people look at them and he believes it goes with their personality; no matter where they work they would be that way. He believes people will go through ECP or the grievance process and all are aware of the processes available.

Xdid not believe he got th kind of support he needed from system engineering for the twelve week schedule becaulot rid of them. They are finally getting them back and now they get a quicker response.

He said there are issues regarding conservative decision making that come into question. He

.. .believe-ifthereis-a-n-uclear-safty issue it will be W ht up and addressed. In considering production pressures and safety issues to resolve ali t ere were none lately. He mentioned the "circ water fiascos" (4/7/94). Wit! ' ... - . .*there is a strong operator background and a push for conservative decision making-"you have that in there now."

He is not aware of any issues not being addressed. He personally will "chase them Sometimes the response is slow, but it seems to have gone into a new gear unde, clear, concise, different approach maanagement and the difference is evident a .as aly*eems the same an cýelieves the plant will get back to where it as.

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