ML062680107

Letter to Clayton, NRC from Coutu, Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant - Supplemental Interview Results

ML062680107
Person / Time
Site:	Kewaunee
Issue date:	08/29/2003
From:	Coutu T Nuclear Management Co
To:	Beverly Clayton NRC/OI/RGN-III/FO
References
EA-03-105, FOIA/PA-2006-0113, NRC-03-090
Download: ML062680107 (3)

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• ~~~IrL k 6cL NMC Committed to NuclearExcellence Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant Operated by Nuclear Management Company, LLC NRC-03-090 August 29, 2003 Mr. Brent Clayton Region III Enforcementllnvestigation Officer U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 801 Warrenville Road Lisle, IL 60532-4351 KEWAUNEE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT DOCKET 50-305 LICENSE No. DPR-43 SUPPLEMENTAL INTERVIEW RESULTS (EA 03-105)

On July 16, 2003, a pre-decisional enforcement conference was conducted between representatives of Nuclear Management Company, LLC (NMC) and members of your staff to discuss apparent violations related to the Fitness For Duty Program (EA 03-105) at the Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant. During that meeting NMC committed to performing additional investigative interviews to determine if our conclusions as presented at the pre-decisional enforcement conference were based on complete information. Attachment 2 to this letter contains documentation of these interviews as requested by your staff during the meeting.

Attachment 1 provides a statement requesting that the investigation information be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 2.790.

The information obtained during these subsequent interviews was found to be consistent with the information obtained by NMC prior to the pre-decisional enforcement conference.

Therefore, NMC's conclusions as presented at the pre-decisional enforcement have not changed.

If you have any questions, please contact Gordon P. Arent at 920/388-8537.

Thomas Coutu Site Vice-President, Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant Nuclear Management Company, LLC GPA cc: US NRC, Senior Resident Inspector, w/o attach.

_US NRC, Region III, w/o attach.

US NRC, KNPP Project Manager, w/o attach.

Electric Division, PSCW, w/o attach.

KNPP QA Vault, w/o attach.

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ATTACHMENT I NUCLEAR MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC KEWAUNEE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT DOCKET 50-305 LICENSE NO. DPR-43 August 29, 2003

AFFIDAVIT OF THOMAS COUTU NUCLEAR MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC I am Thomas Coutu, Site Vice President, Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant, Nuclear Management Company, LLC (NMC). I have been specifically delegated the function of reviewing the proprietary information sought to be withheld from public disclosure in connection with nuclear power plant investigation activities, and am authorized to apply for its withholding on behalf of NMC.

I am making this Affidavit in conformance with the provisions of 10 CFR 2.790 of the Commission's regulations and in conjunction with the NMC application for withholding accompanying this Affidavit.

I am authorized to execute this Affidavit on behalf of NMC and that the averments of fact set forth in this Affidavit are true and correct to the best of my knowledge, information and belief.

Pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph (b)(4) of Section 2.790 of the Commission's regulations, the following is furnished for consideration by the Commission in determining whether the information "sought to be withheld from public disclosure" should be withheld:

(i) The information is owned and has been held in confidence by NMC.

(ii) The information is explicitly held in confidence by NMC and not to be disclosed to the public.

NMC, through the use of an independent investigator, has conducted additional interviews in support of a Fitness For Duty concem raised at the Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant. These interviews contain information of a personnel nature and were conducted in confidence. NMC requests that this information be withheld from public disclosure because it represents "Personnel and medical files and similar files, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy," in accordance with10 CFR 2.790(a)6.

The proprietary information "sought to be withheld" in this submittal is provided in Attachment 2 and contains the heading, Report of Interview.

(iii) The information is being transmitted to the Commission in confidence, and under the provisions of 10 CFR 2.790, it is to be received in confidence by the Commission.

(iv) The information sought to be protected is not available in public sources or available information has not been previously employed in the same original manner or method to the best of our kno ge and belief.

Thomas Coutu Site Vice-President, Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant Nuclear Management Company, LLC State of WISCONSIN County of MANITOWOC Signed or attested before me on this 2jqday ofQ . 2003....

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