ML19327B566
| ML19327B566 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Beaver Valley |
| Issue date: | 10/16/1989 |
| From: | Taylor J NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
| To: | Spencer A SENATE |
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| CCS, NUDOCS 8911020057 | |
| Download: ML19327B566 (1) | |
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October 16, 1989 The Honorable Arlen Specter
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The Federal Building 1000 Liberty Avenue Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222
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Dear Senator Spector:
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. This responds to your letter of September 14, 1989, regarding Mr. Alfred Morabito, 1
in an order issued i
'who in his communication to you asserted that the Commission,[he] accepted i
on August 16, 1969 was "under the incorrect assumption that employment outside the Nuclear Group." Mr. Morabito's concern is made clearer by a recent' letter to Senator Heinz in which he explained that he had not
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" accepted" employment-outside the nuclear field, but had been " reassigned."
The' Commission's reference to Mr. Morabito's " acceptance" of employment outside i
1 the. nuclear field was not intended to make any representation as to whether that-Ltransfer was voluntary.
It was intended, rather, to explain that Mr. Morabito-could not be issued a valid senior reactor operator's license because under the y
h Commission's regulations'(10 CFR Part 55), one prerequisit.e for receiving such
. a license'is a-certification from the employer that the employee's job requires.
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'such a license. The'necessary certification had been withdrawn by the facility licensee, Duquesne Light Company, prior to the Commission's determination.
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Mr. Morabito has never disputed, to our knowledge, that the job he now holds is outside the nuclear area.. Nor has he argued, in his filings before the Commission,
.that he' can be issued a valid license at this time. Rather, Mr. Morabito claims o
L that having been found to have passed the examinations for a license prior to his L.
transfer from the nuclear area, he is entitled to a retroactively granted and L
ratroactivel.y revoked license.so that he can represent to prospective employers
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t1at ne nas-neld an NRC senior reactor operator's license. The Commission's order of July 15, 1989, while denying the m"aw for the issuance of an already invalid license, nevertheless was explicit in - m bg that Mr. Morabito can represent to examinations necessary for a senior ul' any. prospective employer that he passed reactor operator's license.
I' trust that this is responsive to your concerns.
Sincerely,
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,k- )- l mes M. Tay Acting Execu ive Director for Operations ccsa 7
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