ML101170651

IA-09-023 - D. Kuhn - NRC Evaluation of Your Actions in Response to an NRC Confirmatory Order Dated December 1, 2009

ML101170651
Person / Time
Site:	Peach Bottom
Issue date:	04/27/2010
From:	Collins S Region 1 Administrator
To:	Kuhn D - No Known Affiliation
McLaughlin M
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April 27, 2010 IA-09-023 Mr. Duane Kuhn HOME ADDRESS DELETED UNDER 10 CFR 2.390

SUBJECT:

NRC EVALUATION OF YOUR ACTIONS IN RESPONSE TO AN NRC CONFIRMATORY ORDER, DATED DECEMBER 1, 2009

Dear Mr. Kuhn:

The purpose of this letter is to: (1) acknowledge receipt of your undated letter, received by the NRC Region I office on March 25, 2010, which described the actions you had taken as required by the Confirmatory Order issued to you by the NRC on December 1, 2009; and, (2) document the results of the NRC evaluation of your actions.

The NRC Confirmatory Order (ADAMS Accession No. ML0933501341) required that you author an article in which you related your failure to timely report an arrest to Exelon Generation Company (Exelon) in accordance with site procedures, while you were employed as a Reactor Operator at Exelons Peach Bottom facility. The Confirmatory Order also required that the article describe what you learned from the incident, as well as emphasize the importance of adherence to all requirements, including the requirement of informing facility licensees of all reportable incidents defined within the facilitys behavior observation program. The Confirmatory Order further required that you submit the article to: (1) Exelon, for consideration to use in its training program; and, (2) the Professional Reactor Operator Society (PROS) and the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO), requesting their consideration for publication in their respective newsletters. You were to complete these actions within 90 days of the date of the Confirmatory Order, and then send a letter to the NRC, attaching a copy of the article, within 30 days of having completed those actions.

Your undated letter (ML101130526) attached a copy of an article you wrote which met the expectations set forth in the Confirmatory Order. Your letter also indicated that copies of the article were sent to PROS and INPO for publication consideration, and to Exelon, for consideration to use in its training program. NRC Region I contacted Exelon, PROS, and INPO, and confirmed that they have all received your article. Therefore, we have determined that you have satisfied all the terms of the Confirmatory Order.

You are not required to respond to this letter. However, should you choose to respond, your response should be sent to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Regional Administrator, Region I, 475 Allendale Road, King of Prussia, PA 19406 and marked "Open by 1

Designation in parentheses refers to an Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) accession number. Documents referenced in this letter are publicly-available using the accession number in ADAMS.

D. Kuhn 2 Addressee Only," within 30 days of the date of this letter. A copy of this letter and your letter, including the article, and your response, if you choose to submit one, will be made available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the NRCs document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.

gov/reading-rm/adams.html. These letters will also be maintained by the Office of Enforcement (OE) in a NRC Privacy Act system of records, NRC-3, Enforcement Actions Against Individuals. The NRC-3 system notice, which provides detailed information about this system of records, can be accessed from our Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/foia/privacy-systems.html.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact Mr. Karl Farrar of my staff at 610-337-5301.

Sincerely,

/RA/ Original Signed by Marc L. Dapas for Samuel J. Collins Regional Administrator cc:

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania State of Maryland

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