ML16340D916
| ML16340D916 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Diablo Canyon  |
| Issue date: | 10/17/1983 |
| From: | Bishop T NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION V) |
| To: | Cooper J AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8310200175 | |
| Download: ML16340D916 (4) | |
See also: IR 05000275/1982026
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Mr. John H. Cooper
2191 Lariat Drive
Los Osos, California
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Dear Mr. Cooper:
The purpose of this l'etter is (1) to respond to the concerns
and problems
which you identified to Mr. E. Powers of the Office of Investigations of the
NRC on July 12,
1982 and (2) to answer your letter of August 20, 1983.
Before proceeding,
please
allow me to apologize for the tardiness
of this
letter and our delays in communicating with you,
The delays are
due to the
fact that two of our offices (Office of Investigations
and Region V) were
involved in following up your concerns
and personnel
involved thought each
others office was contacting you.
Because of this problem,
we have
instituted procedures
to eliminate this sort of situation from occurring
again.
Regarding the issues
you raised, I am enclosing
copies 'of two Region V
Inspection Reports,
Nos. 50-275/82-26,
50-323/50-13
and 50-275/82-42.
Mr. J.
Burdoin,
a Construction Inspector of my staff, followed up your concerns
and
documented this effort in the first report.
Subsequently
we assigned
Hr. P.
Morrill, an Operations
Inspector of my staff, to review that inspection
effort as well as the transcript of your conversations
with Mr. Powers
on
July 12,
1982.
Mr. Morrill concluded that additional examinations
were
appropriate
and followed-up (as
documented in the second inspection report).
Mr. Morrill discussed
several of your concerns with NRC licensing personnel
in Washington,
D.C. to verify that valve failure modes
and redundancy
were
safe at Diablo Canyon.
Although he did not find any major safety problems,
Mr. Morrill did find that
the licensee's
tracking and documentation of Nuclear Plant .Problem Reports
and Design Change
Requests
was out of date
and not always scheduled.
During
other examinations
these
issues
were examined
more thoroughly and corrected
by the licensee.
My staff is aware of these
problems
and has been told to
remain alert for any "back-sliding".
All in all, my staff and I feel your
concerns
were well thought out and
show
a real dedication to safety.
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Even if individual concerns
may not be found to be safety problems,
by
following up the concerns
we often find other problems or issues
which need
to be r'esolved or corrected.
In this way individual concerns
(or
allegations)
become
a valuable part of our inspection program.
Me greatly
appreciate
your time and patience in this matter.
Thank you again for your
assistance.
Orlgr'net signed by
T. Young
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T.
M. Bishop, Director
Resident,
Reactor Projects
and
Engineering Programs,
Region V
Enclosures:
As stated
cc w/o enclosures:
J. Burdoin,
RV
P. Morrill, RV
G. Powers,
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Distributed by RV:
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Resident Inspector
Mr. Martin, RV
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