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Informs That NRC Will Be Requested to Testify on First Day of House Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigations Hearings Tentatively Scheduled to Begin on 800729 Re Const Problem & NRC Investigation of Facility
ML20023C889
Person / Time
Site: 05000000, South Texas
Issue date: 07/09/1980
From: Kammerer C
NRC OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS (OCA)
To: Ahearne J, Gilinsky V, Hendrie J
NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
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MEMORANDUM FOR:

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OVERSIGHT AND INVESTIGATION SUBCOMMITTEE, HEARING ON THE SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT M

~ The Subc'mittee on Oversight and Investigations of the House Comittee-o

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on. Interstate.and Foreign Comerce will. hold a series of hearings i f.

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tentatively beginning on Luly 2.9 198.0 gel _ative_to th_e, South Texas Pro (ect r.

and the' role of the NRC in the pr~oblems encounted 'inthe"iB~nTiiuctibF "

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of.that nuclear plant.

Congressman Bob Eckhardt (D-TX) is Chairman

'of'the Subcommittee.

The NRC will be requested to testify on the first day of the hearings and will be expected to lay the groundwork for subsequent hearir:gs.

The hearings will. focus on -the generic issue of construction problems

associated with nuclear power plants vis-a-vis an adeq'uate 'or inadequate project management structure utilized by a given utility.

The Subcomittee is interested in the following as applied to. South; Texas.

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A brief chronology of the events leading up to the present-day situation at South Texas 2.

Why did the af. fairs get to the point where a complete investi-jj gation by.the NRC became necessary 3.

What NRC corrc~ctive action is underway The..Subcomittee, in 'its oversight capacity, will be interested in j-7

examining the regulatory role of the NRC and has expressed interest in o cf '

knowing the impact of the implementation of the " Action Plan" as it 8 "-.

applies to increased public health and ' safety with respect to the plant.

8 ni mg The Subcomittee plans, at.this time, to involve the NRC ~only on the

.first day with subsequent hearings being devoted to members of the

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. nuclear industry in general and the utilities in particular.

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They will request that the Chairman and Vic Stello be the pr_incipal. witnesses for the

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7/23 Comments, on draft due to drafting office by COB 7/25 Proposed final testimony circulated (a.m.)

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