ML091100073

NRC Office of Investigations Case No. 1-2008-053

ML091100073
Person / Time
Site:	Salem
Issue date:	04/17/2009
From:	David Lew Division Reactor Projects I
To:	Joyce T Public Service Enterprise Group
BURRITT, AL
References
1-2008-053, RI-2008-A-0067
Download: ML091100073 (3)

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April 17, 2009 Mr. Thomas P. Joyce RI-2008-A-0067 President and Chief Nuclear Officer PSEG Nuclear LLC - N09 P. O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038

Subject:

NRC Office of Investigations Case No. 1-2008-053

Dear Mr. Joyce:

The Region I Field Office, NRC Office of Investigations (OI), initiated an investigation (Case No.

1-2008-053) on July 17, 2008, to determine if a supervisor for Steam Generating Team (SGT), a subcontractor working at Salem Unit 2, deliberately instructed workers not to attend a radiation safety briefing before entering a high radiation area (HRA). Based on testimonial and documentary evidence gathered during the OI investigation, the NRC concluded that there was insufficient evidence to substantiate that an SGT supervisor deliberately instructed workers to bypass a radiation safety briefing before entering the HRA.

A number of workers assigned to the work activity involved in the assertion were interviewed by an OI investigator and were unable to supply any direct knowledge that they or other workers made an entry into the HRA without the required briefing. Further, in testimony provided by Salem and SGT management, including an SGT supervisor, the Radiation Protection Manager, and the former General Foreman of SGT at Salem, they indicated that they had no recollection of workers ever being forced into an HRA without having first obtained an HRA briefing. In addition, they testified that each worker was personally responsible for his/her own safety, and that any of the workers who had entered the radiological controlled area would had to have electronically signed a computer radiation work permit, which indicated his/her agreement that an appropriate briefing had been obtained.

Please note that final NRC investigation documents, such as the OI report described above, may be made available to the public under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) subject to redaction of information appropriate under the FOIA. Requests under the FOIA should be made in accordance with 10 CFR 9.23, Requests for Records, a copy of which is enclosed for your information.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRC's document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Mr. Thomas P. Joyce 2 RI-2008-A-0067 No response to this letter is required. Should you have any questions regarding this letter, please contact Mr. A. Burritt of my staff at (610) 337-5069.

Sincerely,

/RA/ Clifford for David C. Lew, Director Division of Reactor Projects

Enclosure:

As Stated

Mr. Thomas P. Joyce 3 RI-2008-A-0067 Distribution:

C. Carpenter, OE R. Urban, SAC D. Screnci, PAO Region I Docket Room (w/concurrences)

ADAMS (Docket Nos.50-311)

SUNSI Review Complete: LC (Branch Chief Initials)

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