ML20033D823

Comments on L Sokolow Expressing Concern Over NRC Proposal to Remove Requirement for Psychological Testing of Plant Employees.Nrc Drafting Screening Rule for Employees & Considering Psychological Testing Requirement

ML20033D823
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Issue date:	11/10/1982
From:	Dircks W NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO)
To:	Damato A SENATE
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Dear Senator D'Amato:

This responds to your request for coment on Dr. Lloyd Sokolow's letter, dated July 29, 1982.

In that letter, Dr. Sokolow expressed concern that the NRC was proposing to remove the requirement for psychological testing of nuclear power plant employees.

L The NRC does not presently have any specific regulatory requirements for psychological testing, but some nuclear power plant licensees have comitted in their security plans to using psychological testing as a screening.

i mechanism. When approved, such comitments become enforceable conditions of the utilities' operating licenses. Licensee plan comitments in this regard generally follow the requirements and recomendations of American National ll StandardInstit'ute(ANSI)StandardN18.17. The requirements and recomenda-tions of this standard are endorsed in NRC Regulatory Guide 1.17 " Protection

• l of Nuclear Power Plants Against Industrial Sabotage," which does not make them requirements for regulatory purposes, but does provide guidance on an acceptable way to meet NRC regulations.

As Dr. Sokolow pointed out, the NRC staff is drafting a screening rule for nuclearpowerplantemployees(10CFRSection73.56).

Psy-hological testing is being evaluated as one possible element of the proposed employee screening o

l requirements. We expect that the draft rule will be approved for publication

. by spring 1983.. At that time, the proposed requirements will. be published l

in the Federal. Register for a 90-day public comment period.

Coments of i

Dr. Sokolow and others will be considered and evaluated before publication of the final NRC rule.

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If you or Dr. Sokolow desire further information in this area, please contact p

Mr. James Prell (301-443-5976).

Sincerely, 72./o2p/f39/

(s e u. m William J. Dircks l

Executive Director for Operations

Enclosure:

Ltr to The' Honorable Alfonse M. D'Amato from Lloyd Sokolow, dtd 7/29/82 Retyped in OEDO - see previous,0RC (ED0286)

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