ML19224C892
| ML19224C892 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 04/13/1979 |
| From: | Fitzgerald J NRC OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL (OGC) |
| To: | Bickwit L NRC OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL (OGC) |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 7907100168 | |
| Download: ML19224C892 (2) | |
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MEMORANDUM FOR:
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SUBJECT:
OTHER NRC INVESTIGATIONS cr IE T-John Davis, IE, said that what they are doing is fact-
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finding to determine what the facts are regarding the occur-rence Ito build a description as to what transpired.
Later they will try to compare what transpired against the require-ments in the license and regulations.
Tht,y are looking at the licensee's actions, at facts associated with whether he
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has performed in a manner consistent with his license.
They are not looking at NRC, I&E., how NRC responded, how local authorities responded, etc.
John indicated he was going to try to write up for the E.I Commission what IE was and was not doing, but had not yet 7.
been able to put pen to paper.
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They are in the process of interviewing 15-20 people.
They are using the team approach, i.e.,
two or three people doing
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Generally, they have two technical persons
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and one with investigator background.
The person inter-viewed is asked if he has any objections to the interview being taped.
After the report of interview is tran:3cribed, the interviewee is asked to read it over and see if there
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are any errors and sign it if he de. Sires.
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they feel people will tell more in an informal environment.
r The person interviewed is allowed to have a person,of his
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management is not allowed to be present at the interview il unless a management person is selected by the interviewee as ff5 his representative.
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After the interview phase l's completed, the interviews will be reviewed against " readouts," other documentary informa-E.
tion on the event, and compared against each other.
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will get the interviewees together in a group or g:foups to "mo o m 1
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%M see if ambiguities or contradictions can be resolved through interaction (refreshment of recollection).
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If anything comes up that raises a hint of criminality,. they 5k will bring in an OIA person to give proper warnings, and
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handling.
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IE sees this as taking about a month.
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to find out the why of certain actions.
For example, now
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they are trying to determine whether, when and by whom a valve was turned.
Subsequently, they will focus on why it was turned, They do have an early set of interviews of 4 or 5 people --
those who requested that statements be taken from them right away.
This was not an interrogation, hut only statement-
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John said that IE believed it was acting as required by its
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charter, performing its responsibilities.
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assessing the licenseets performance and deciding whether to take enforcement ac'tions.
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As to the Commission's inestigation, John said that anything IE develo Moreover,ps would certainly be available to the NRC inquiry.
t that inquiry might treat of IE's performance and
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IE might learn something from it.
IE is thick-skinned and RE won't be offended by any of this.
John stated that such a group might well want to replay the same ground as IE and interview the same people.
Standards George Sege spoke to Bob Minogue of OSD about what that
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office was doing re TMI.
Each AD and Branch Chief has been requested to look at Reg Guides that might require changes in' light of TMI.
Th'ey broke it down into three categories:
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A (. urgent reassessment for change), B (.non-urgent), and C
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(20 changes needed)..They came up with 30 Category A items, T=:
such as bypass procedures for safety-related items, inert-i=a.
ing, designs for auxiliary buildings, etc.
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Their next step will be defining the scope of work and assessing priorities with regard to other work in the
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