ML20080D473

FOIA Request for Documents Re 831015 Accident at Facility Killing Control Room Operator Wc Jones

ML20080D473
Person / Time
Site:	Surry
Issue date:	11/04/1983
From:	Garde B, Steinkoenig K GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT
To:	Felton J NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION (ADM)
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FOIA-83-649 NUDOCS 8402090136
Download: ML20080D473 (2)

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GOVERNMENT ACCOONTAblLfiY PROJECT Institute for Pohcy Studie; 1901 Que Street. N W. Washingten. D.C. 20009 (202)234-9382 s

Mr. J.M. Felton, Director f hEEDO.4 OF IN! URMA '

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Dear Mr. Felton:

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. g 552, the Government Accountability Project (GAP) of the Institute for Policy Studies requesta copies of any and all' agency records, reports, information, including, but not limited to, notes, letters , memoranda, draf ts, minutes ,

diaries, logs, calen'dars, tapes, transcripts, summaries, interview reports, procedures, instrur.t.icna , engineering analyses , drawings , files, graphs, charts, photographs ,' aaps, agreements , handwritten notes , studies, data sheets, notebooks, telephone messages, camputations, voice recordings, and/or final reports, and any and all other records relevant to and/or generated in connection with an inv(stigation by the NRC of an industrial accident involving a burst steam pipe at VEPCO's Nuclear Power Plant. The accident killed control room operator'Wiyne C. Jones on October 15, 1983.

This request includes agency records as defined in 10 CFR @ 9.3a(b) and the NRC Manual, whether they currently exist in NRC official, " working",

investigative, or other files or at any other location, including private residences.

If any records as defined in 10 CFR g 9.3a(b) and the NRC Manual, and covered by this request lhavs been destroyed and/or removed, and/or are destroyed and removed after receipt of this request, please provide all surrounding records, including but not limited to a list of all records which have been or are' destroyed and/or removed, a description of the action (s) taken, rele. ant'date(s), individual, office and/or agency-wide policier and/or j1stification(s) for the action (s), identification of all personnel, involved with the action (s), and any and all records relevant to, generated in connection with, and/or issued in order to implement the action (s).

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GAP requests that fees be waived, because " finding the information can be considered as primarily benefitting the general public."

5 U.S.C. 9 552(a)(4)(A). The Government Accountability Project is a .

non profit, non partisan public interest crganization concerned with honest l and open government. Through legal representation, advice, national conferences, films, pub 11' cations, and'public outreach, the Project promotes whistleblowersfas agents of government accountability. Through its Citizen's Clinic, GAP, offers ( assistance to local public interest and l citizen's groups seeking.to en:ure the health and safety of their communities.

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We are requesting the above information as part of an ongoing monitoring project on the adequacy of NRC's efforts to protect public safety and health at nuclear power plants.

If you deny this request due to a specific exemption under FOIA, please provide a description of the withheld document including a detailed justification for the grounds of your denial. This explanation should cover why such exemption is relevant to the document, or portion thereof, withheld.

We look forward to your response to this request within ten days.

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Yours truly, Billie Pirner Garde Director, Citizen's Clinic Kristine M.L. Steink nig Staff Associate i

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