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Forwards Draft Palladino Testimony to Be Presented Before House of Representatives Subcommittee on Energy & Environ on 840614 Re Plant Licensing Concerns
ML20125D943
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Site: Diablo Canyon  Pacific Gas & Electric icon.png
Issue date: 06/11/1984
From: Kammerer C
NRC OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS (OCA)
To: Gilinsky, Palladino, Roberts
NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
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. .# June 11, 1984 yq1l 3fYb 1 l MEMORANDUM FOR: Chairman Palladino Comissioner Gilinsky Comissioner Roberts Comissioner Asselstine ~

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DRAFT TESTIMONY - AB ANYON Attached for your review is a draft copy of .the testimony to be presented by the Chairman before the Subconsnittee on Energy and the ~_

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- TESTItDNY OF NUNZIO J. PALLADINO CHAIRf%N U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COW.ISSION BEFORETHE SUBC0f'iilTTEE ON ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONENT C7fiITTEEONINTERIORANDINSl1}RAFFAIRS UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRES9ffATIVES DIABLO CANYON LICENSING CONCERNS JUNE'14,1984 O q' M

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l MR. CHAIPMAN, WE ARE PLEASED TO BE HERE TODAY TO ADDRESS TFE MATTERS STATED IN YOUR LETTER OF MAY 23 REGARDING THE DI ABL3 CANYON NUCLEAR POWER PLANT AND TO RESPOND TO.YOUR QUESTIONS. I AM ACCOMPANIED BY MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS. AS.YOU REQUESTED, WE ALSO HAVE PRESENT OUR PRINCIPAL STAFF INVOLVED IN THE SAFETY REVIEW AND LICENSING DECISIONS ON THE DI ABLO CANYON P'LANT. I WILL BRIEFLY SUMMARIZE EVENTS AND ACTIONS SINCE WE LAST MET FITH YOU ON THIS TOPIC IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR AND THEN ASK HA9C;D DENTON, DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION, TO COMMENT MORE F'ULLY.

AS YOU WILL ~ RECALL, ON NOVEMBER 8, 1983 THE COMMISSION REINSTATEF THE PACIFIC 6AS AND ELECTRIC'S AUTHOR,ITY TO LOAD FUEL AND CONDUCT COLD SYSTEM TESTING. On JANUARY 25 0F THIS YEAR WE AUTHORIZED HOT SYSTEM ~ TESTING, THIS WAS FOLLOWED.BY COMMISS:0N D

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MEETit'G5 ON MARCH 26 AND 27 TO HEAR : ROM THE STAFF ON THE STATUS )

0F DIABLO CANYON UNIT 1 AND, IN PAR ICULAR, TC DECIDE WHETHER TO l

REINSTATE THE LOW-POWER LICENSE TO ALLOW CRIT-ICALITY AND TEST!HG AT LEVELS UP TO 5 PERCENT OF RATED POWER.

. AT THAT TIME, A MEMBER OF THE NRC STAFF, MR. ISA YIN, It! FORMED THE COMMISSION THAT, BASED ON HIS FINDINGS FROM HIS INSPECTION ACTIVITIES, HE COULD NOT RECOMMEND TO US THAT THE LOW POWEP LICENSE BE REINSTATED. AFTER A THOROUGH EVALUATION OF THESE CONCERNS BY A SPECIALLY ASSIGNED REV.IEW GROUP (APPOINTED BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR-FOR OPERATIONS) AND THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON REACTOR SAFEGUARDS, THE COMMISSION REINSTATED THE LOW-POWER

. LICENSE ON APRIL 13, 1984. .

THE- DI ABLO CANYON REACTOR SUBSEQUENTLY WENT CRITICAL ON APRIL

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FULL POWEP OPERATION OC THE DIABLO CANYON PLANT, 3ECAUSE Fil.'.

POWED OPERATION IS A MATTER WHICH THE COMMISSION MUST STILL REVIEW IN ITS ADJUDICATORY CAPACITY AND OUGHT NOT TO APPEAR TO HAVE PREJUDGED IN ANY WAY, I HAVE ASKED MR. DENTON ON EEHALE OF THE STAFF TO REPORT BRIEFLY ON THE STATUS OF THESE REMAINING ISSUES, FOLLOWING HIS PRESENTATION, SE WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER Le QUEST 10NS,s 00m tyu19h J 

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m GOVEBHMENT ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT In'st tute for Policy Studies 1901 Que Street. N.W., Washington. D.C. 20009 (202)234-9382 September 13, 1984 FREEDOM OF INFORMAT)0N Director ACI REQUESI Office of Administration $.2"/)-g% -7yg U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission Washington, D.C. 20555 k k 7.-/ 7-To Whom It May Concern: Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. E552, the Government Accountability Project (GAP) requests copies of any and all agency records and information, including but not limited to notes, letters, memoranda, draf ts, minutes, diaries, logs, calendars, tapes, transcripts, summaries, interview reports, procedures, instructions, files, graphs, engineering analyses, charts, maps, photographs, agreements, handwritten notes, studies, data sheets, notebooks, books, telephone messages, computations, voice recordings, any other data compila-tions, interim and/or final reports, status reports, and any other records relevant to and/or generated in connection with the June 12, 1984 Congressional briefing on Diablo Canyon including but not limited to any practice sessions, rehearsals or previews of possible questions that could be raised at the hearing, as well as any comunication concerning the June 12 briefing af ter the June 12 briefing was concluded. If any of the materials covered by this request has been destroyed and/or removed, please provide all surrounding documentation, including but not limited to a description of the action (s) taken, relevant date(s), and justification (s) for the action (s). GAP requests that fees be waived, because " findings information can be considered as primarily benefitting the general public," 5 U.S.C. 5552(a)(4)(A). GAP is a non-profit, non-partisan public interest organization concerned with honest and open government. Through legal representation, advice, national conferences, films, publications and public outreach, the project promotes whistleblowers as agents of government accountability. We are requesting the above information as part of an on-going monitoring project on the adequacy of the NRC's efforts to protect public safety and health at nuclear power plants. For any documents or portions that you deny due to a specific FOIA exemption, please provide an index itemizing and describing the documents or portion of documents withheld. The index should provide a detailed justification of your grounds for claiming each exemption, explaining why each exemption is relevant to the document or portion of the document withheld. This index is required under Vaughn v. Rosen (I), 484 F.2d. 820 (D.C. Cir.1973), cert. denied, 415 U.S. 977 (1974). We look forward to your response to this request within ten days. Yours truly, Thom vine Crystal Dixon LegafsNector D Legal Intern 

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