ML20044F949
| ML20044F949 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Trojan File:Portland General Electric icon.png |
| Issue date: | 04/27/1993 |
| From: | Kunihiro D NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION V) |
| To: | Sniezek J NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
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| NUDOCS 9306010252 | |
| Download: ML20044F949 (2) | |
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JANUARY 21, 1993 HEETING WITH OREGON ENERGY FACILITL SITING COUNCIL (EFSC) following are responses to questions contained in your memorandum dated April 23, 1993.
1.
The purpose of my attendance at the January 21, 1993 EFSC meeting was specifically to address the Trojan decommissioning.
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During a question and answer period after my presentation about the decomissioning process, Mr. Hayes, a member of EFSC, raised questions about Mr. Hopenfeld's views, and the agency's handling of his views. On page 4 of the attached partial transcript of the EFSC meeting is a reasonably accurate representation of the line of questioning related to Mr. Hayes' concerns.
3.
No. Hike Masnik, NRR, read me portions of the attached transcript, on April 16, 1993, after he had been provided a copy by Adam Bless, Oregon Department of Energy. The first time'I had seen any transcript is when Greg Cook provided me a copy on April 22, 1993.
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I determined what I had committed to strictly from my recollection of the meeting.
5.
Upon returning from the EFSC meeting in Salem, Oregon I met with the Regional Administrator, and Deputy Regional Administrator to discuss the meeting.
I specifically mentioned Mr. Hayes' expressed concerns about the agency's handling of Mr. Hopenfeld's views on steam generators, and my comitment to respond in writing. After some discussion, Mr. Martin concluded that since the Region had no involvement in the issues raised by Mr. Hopenfeld it was not appropriate for us to be in the middle of any controversy over how they were handled. Mr. Martin also felt that if EFSC wanted more detail about issues which were no longer relevant to the safe operation of Trojan, they should submit a formal request to the NRC, and the cognizant headquarters office would-respond. As a result, I was instructed not to fulfill to my commitment to respond to Mr. Hayes' concern.
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m Although I was not comfortable with not responding to Mr. Hayes, I was still hopeful that we would be able to develop a written response that management would find appropriate. After repeated inquiries from a reporter who was at the January EFSC meeting, and therefore aware of my commitment, I shared my dilemma with other Regional staff, including the Regional Public Affairs Officer, Greg Cook. He determined from discussions with NRR staff that a SECY paper had been put together which summarized the handling of Mr. Hopenfeld's steam generator concerns. He suggested that it might be appropriate to provide the SECY paper in response to Mr. Hayes, and I agreed.
(By this time, as long as Mr. Hayes' request was not ignored, any reasonable response was acceptable to me!)
Since I was on detail to Headquarters, Greg Cook discussed the approach with the Acting Regional Administrator, who also agreed.
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The response was developed after extensive discussion with NRR engineering and project management staff.
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D an M. Kunihiro Regional State Liaison Officer
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