ML16341G839

Discusses 930126-28 NRC Senior Managers Meeting to Evaluate Nuclear Safety Performance of Operating Reactors,Fuel Facilities & Other Matls Licensees

ML16341G839
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Site:	Diablo Canyon
Issue date:	02/05/1993
From:	Taylor J NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO)
To:	Clarke R PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC CO.
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NUDOCS 9302120053
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<o UNITEDSTATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D. C. 20555 February 5, 1993 Docket Nos.

50-275

& 50-323 Mr. Richard A. Clarke Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer Pacific Gas and Electric Company 77 Beale Street San Francisco, California 94106

Dear Mr. Clarke:

On January 26-28,

1993, NRC senior managers met to evaluate the nuclear safety performance of operating reactors, fuel facilities, and other materials licensees.

The NRC conducts this meeting semiannually to determine if the safety performance of the various licensees exhibits sufficient weaknesses to warrant increased NRC attention.

In addition, at this meeting, senior managers identify specific.plants that have demonstrated a level of safety performance that deserves formal NRC recognition.

At the January 1993 Senior Management Meeting, the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant (Units 1 and 2) was identified as having achieved a high level of safety performance and as a

result met criteria for recognition of its performance.

I am pleased to note that Diablo Canyon has again been identified as a good performer.

In identifying such plants, NRC senior managers perform an evaluation of performance in many areas including operational

safety, self-assessment, problem resolution, and plant management organization and oversight.

The NRC recognizes that to achieve the level of performance demonstrated by the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant, there must be management involvement in all phases of plant activities, the staff must be dedicated and knowledgeable

, and fully supportive of plant activities, and a commitment to safety must exist throughout the organization.'e commend you and your staff for achieving this high level of safety performance.

Your achievement is a

positive example to the industry.

The greatest challenge that you now face is to maintain this level of performance and not to rest on past achievements.

Continued management involvement and support, and dedicated efforts from your staff to identify and ea02aZO05S 9aoa05 PDR ADOCK 05000275 i

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Sincerely, Original Signed Byz James M. Taylor James H. Taylor Executive Director for Operations cc:

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NRC Resident Inspector Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant c/o U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P. 0.

Box 369 Avila Beach, CA 93424 Dr. Richard Ferguson, Energy Chair Sierra Club California 6715 Rocky Canyon

Creston, CA 93432 Hs.

Nancy Culver San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace P.O.

Box 164 Pismo

Beach, CA 93448 Ms. Jacquelyn C. Wheeler 3303 Barranca Court San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 Managing Editor The County Telegram Tribune 1321 Johnson Avenue P. 0.

Box 112 San Luis Obispo, CA 93406 Chairman San Luis Obispo County Board of

. Supervisors Room 370 County Government Center San Luis Obispo, CA 93408 Hr. Truman Burns Hr. Robert Kinosian California Public Utilities Commission 505 Van Ness, Rm.

4102 San Francisco, CA 94102 Diablo Canyon Independent Safety Committee ATTN:

Robert R. Wellington, Esq.

Legal Counsel 857 Cass Street, Suite D

Monterey, CA 93940 Hr. Hank Kocol Radiologic Health Branch State Department of Health Services Post Office Box 942732 Sacramento, CA 94234 Regional Administrator, Region V

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 1450 Haria Lane, Suite 210 Walnut Creek, CA 94596 Hr. Peter H. Kaufman Deputy Attorney General State of California 110 West A Street, Suite 700 Sari Diego, CA 92101 Michael H. Strumwasser, Esq.

Special Assistant Attorney General State of California Department of Justice 3580 Wilshire Boulevard, Room 800 Los Angeles, CA 90010 Christopher J.

Warner, Esq.

Pacific Gas

& Electric Company Post Office Box 7442 San Francisco, CA 94120 Hr.

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M. Rueger, Sr. Vice President and General Manager Nuclear Power Generation Business Unit c/o Nuclear Regulatory Affairs Pacific Gas and Electric Company 77 Beale Street, Room 1451 San Francisco, CA 94106

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