ML19323H925
| ML19323H925 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Fermi  |
| Issue date: | 05/29/1980 |
| From: | Dircks W NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
| To: | Conway N AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8006170281 | |
| Download: ML19323H925 (3) | |
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~Mr. Norman V. Conway, III 2935 37th Street Des Moines, Iowa 27831
Dear Mr. Conway:
This refers to your March 21, 1980 letter to President Jimmy Carter in which you expressed your cencerns with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's investigation of ABC Television's allegations that serious problems exist at the Fermi Nuclear Station construction site.
Our investigation into this matter has disclosed that certain Detroit Edison Company activities failed to comply with the NRC's requirements that controls governing small bore piping suspension design should have been in effect. With regard to your specific concern with personnel qualifications at the Fermi site, the NRC investigation has determined that the resumes of certain individuals did contain false information, but that the resumes were not relied upon in selecting these personnel.
As a matter of fact, the qualifications of these people were found adequate to perform their required design function.
Also, it has been determined that Detroit Edison will no longer be using the employment service that originally supplied these people.
What was found to be of concern in this regard however, was the fact that Detroit Edison had not established personnel qualification requirements for these design positions, nor had the utility per-formed a proper review of the final design product.
The utility has been subsequently issued a Notice of Violation which requires appropriate corrective action and steps to prevent a recurrence.
The utility response to this NRC citation is now being reviewed and evaluated by the inspection staff to determine the acceptability of Detroit Edison's proposed actions.
The specific corrective measures will be subsequently verified during a future NRC inspection.
We appreciate having the opportunity to respond to you concerns, and sincerely hope that you are now satisfied that problems found at the Fermi site as a result of the ABC television investigation, have been fully identified and will be correctec. We trust this information is responsive to your needs.
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