ML20062C512

Ack Receipt of Request for Proceedings & Imposition of Civil Penalties for Improperly Transferring Control of Licenses, Per 10CFR2.206.NRC Will Take Action Re Issues within Reasonable Time.Confidential Ltr Withheld

ML20062C512
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Site:	Hatch, Vogtle
Issue date:	10/23/1990
From:	Murley T Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Kohn M KOHN, KOHN & COLAPINTO, P.C. (FORMERLY KOHN & ASSOCIA
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% ,,,,, October- 23, 1990 Docket Nos. 50-321 and 50-366 50-424 and 50-425 t (10C.F.R.Section2.206) 3 Michael D. Kohn, Esq.  !

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Dear Mr. Kohn:

This letter is to acknowledge receipt of a " Request for Proceedings and imposition of Civil Penalties for Improperly Transferring Control of Georgia Power Company's Licenses to the SONOPC0 Project and for the Unsafe and Improper Operation of Georgia Power Company Licensed Facilities" (Petition)which  ;

Commission (NRC) you submitted on September to the on 11, 1990, Chairman behalf ofofMessrs.

the U.S. Nuclear Marvin Regulatory B. Hobby i and Allen L. Mosbaugh. The Petition has been referred to sly office for '

preparation of a Director's Decision pursuant to Section ?.206 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR). Although the Exhibits referred to in the Petition did not accompany it, you subsequently submitted those exhibits to the NRC on September 21, 1990. In addition, we have received a supplement to the Petition dated October 1, 1990.

The Petitioners are employees or former employees of the Georgia Power Company (GPC) which holds licenses from the NRC for the operation of a number of nuclear facilities including the Vogtle facility. The Petitioners make a number of allegations regarding the management of GPC nucteer f acilities.

Specifically, the Petition alleges illegal transfer.by GPC of its operating .

licenses to The Southern company and to SONOPCO, knowing alisrepresentations ay  ;

GPC in responding to concerns of a Commissioner regarding the chain of consnand'-

for the Vogtle facility, intentional false statements to the NRC to mislead the NRC regarding the reliability of a diesel generator whose failure had <

resulted in a Site Area Emergency at Vogtle, perjured testinony, submitted by {

a GPC executive during the course of a proceeding-under.Section 210 of the-.

Energy Reorganization Act, repeated abuse at the Vogtle facility of Technical Specification 3.0.3, repeated willful Technical Specification violations at the Vogtle facility, repeated concealment of safeguards problems from the NRC, operation of the radioactive waste systems and facilities at Vogtle in gross violation of NRC requirements, and the routine use at GPC nuclear facilities of nan-conservative and questionable management practices.

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'. Michael D. Kohn, Esq. October 23, 1990 As a result of recent events relating to operationt.1 activities at the Vogtle f acility and earlier ieceipt by the NRC of several allegations similar to those raised in the Petition, the NRC has performed several investigations and inspections at the Yogtle facility aimed at determining the facts surrounding each allegation and at determining the safety significance of each issue. I have determined that, while the issues raised in the Petition are cause f or concern, no immediate action is necessary regarding these matters. I have reeched this determination with the benefit of the NRC inspections and ongoing investigations noted above. As provided by Section 2.206, the NRC will take action with regard to the specific issues raised in the Petition within a reasonable time.

For your information, I have enclosed a copy of the Notice that is being filed with the Office of the Federal Register for publication.

Sincerely, Original cigr.ed by, Jho:aas E. Marlcy Thomas E. Murley, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

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Manager - Licensing Environmental Protection Division i Georgia Power Company Department of Natural Resources P. O. Box 1295 205 Butler Street, SE., Suite 1252 Birmingham, Alabama 35201 Atlanta, Georgia 30334 Mr. G. Bockhold, Jr. Attorney General l

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Generating Plant ~ 132 Judicial Building P. O. Box 1600 Atlanta, Georgia 30334 Waynesboro, Georgia 30830 i Mr. Alan R. Herdt ,

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• U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission . t 101 Marietta Street, NW., Suite 2900 101 Marietta Street, NW. , Suite- 2900 Atlanta, Georgia 30323 Atlanta, Georgia 30323-Office of the County Commissioner Mr. Dan Smith Burke County Comission Program Director of Waynesboro, Georgia 30830 Power Production Oglethorpe Power Corporation Office of Planning and Budget 100 Crescent Centre Room 6158 -Tucker, Georgia 30085 i 270 Washington Street, SW.

Atlanta, Georgia 30334 Charles A. Patrizia, Esq.

-Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker Mr. C. K. McCoy 12th Floor .

Vice President - Nuclear,-Vogtle Project 1050 Connecticut Avenue, NW. ,

Georgia Power Company- Washington, DC 20036 t P. O. Box 1295 '

Birmingham, Alabama 35201 Mr. W. G. Hairston.111 .

t Senior Vice President -

Resident Inspector Nuclear Operations U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Georgia Power Company P. O. Box 572 P.O. Bc,x 1295 ,

Waynesboro, Georgia 30830 Birmingham, Alabama 35201 Mr. R. P. Mcdonald Executive Vice President -

Nuclear Operations  :

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