ML20034E581

Informs NRC of Actions Taken in Order to Ensure That Individuals & Organizations Not Precluded from Coming to NRC W/Safety Concerns

ML20034E581
Person / Time
Site:	Comanche Peak
Issue date:	02/10/1993
From:	Mccaskill R BRAZOS ELECTRIC POWER COOPERATIVE, INC.
To:	Murley T Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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NUDOCS 9303010037
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[M BRAZOS ELECTRIC POWER COOPERkTIVE. INC 2404 LaSalle Avenue e P.O. Box 2585 Waco. Texas 76702-2585 j5 Richard E. McCaskill FAX 8 6

Execuuve Vice President and General Manager February 10,1993 M

c Mr. Thomas E. Murley, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 j

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Docket Nos. 50-445 and 50-446

Dear Mr. Murley:

Your January 12,1993 letter addressed to me as Executive'Vice President and General Manager of Brazos Electric Power. Cooperative, Inc. requires me to inform you in writing and under oath or affirmation of what actions Brazos Electric has taken'or is -

j taking in. order to ensure that individuals and organizations do not believe that they are -

precluded from coming to the NRC with safety concerns.

l Brazos Electric has.never read any of the provisions of its July 5,1988 agreement with Texas Utilities Electric Company (TUEC) as prohibiting the communication of safety -

1 information~ to the NRC, and we have =taken no action to stifle-any individuals or -

organizations in such regard. With regard to the_ experts and; cons ~ultants. working for :

Brazos Electric in the Comanche Peak matter, on July 6,1988 they were informed that an

- agreement with TUEC had been reached and,.in these words, "Brazos will no longer be-

requiring the professional services of you.and your-associates, and directs'that you -

immediately cease work on any projects undertaken at Brazos' attorneys' direction."

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So that our representatives will be. aware ~of-NRC's and.TU Electric's' positions,7 B.razos Electric has provided its Comanche Peak litigation attorneys' with a copy _of your-j

' January 12,1993 letter and a copy of a February 3/1993 letter to me from Wes M. Taylor,:

j Executive Vice President'of TU Electric, which I. understand to have been written as a'-

1 result of your January'12,1993 letter to TU Electric. In his letter, Mr. Taylor; states.as L j

follows:

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"Nevertheless, in order.to affirm and clarify TU Electric's intent and to resolvel

=j the NRC's Staff's concerns, TU Electric is hereby advising Brazos Electric?

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Mr. Thomas E. Murley February 10,1993 Page Two Power Cooperative, Inc. that the subject provisions are not intended to prohibit the minority owners, their employees, or representatives from communicating safety concerns to the NRC, and accordingly TU Electric will not attempt to impose or enforce any such prohibition. These individuals or organizations may, at any time, bring safety information to the NRC, if the individual or organization so chooses."

I trust this information meets your requirements. If you require anything further, please let me know.

Yours very truly, A4 tV ichard E. McCaskill REM:ab cc:

Wes M. Taylor, Executive Vice President TU Electric OATH THE STATE OF TEXAS 9

COUNTY OF McLENNAN 5 BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared RICHARD E. McCASKILL, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Brazos Electric Power Cooperative, Inc., who, being by me duly sworn, upon oath, stated that the information provided in the foregoing letter 's true and correct.

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A SIGNED AND SWORN TO before me on the /8 ' day of sleducaut

,1993, by the said Richard E. McCaskill.

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