ML20127B496

Advises That Staff Did Not Conduct Thorough Review of Offsite Emergency Preparedness Which Resulted in Inaccurate Info Being Provided to Commission

ML20127B496
Person / Time
Site:	Pilgrim
Issue date:	08/01/1990
From:	David Williams NRC OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL (OIG)
To:	Taylor J NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO)
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ML20127B494	List: ML20127B490 ML20127B496 ML20135E389
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NUDOCS 9010110274
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SUBJECT:

INSPECTION REPORT ON NRC STATT'S REVIEW OT l

4 PI14 RIM OTT-SITE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS l Your July 26, 1990, letter to me asked whether our inspection uncovered evidence of a deliberate intout by any staff member to

, present inaccurate or incomplete information to the commission.

Our Report of Inspection concluded that the staff did not conduct 1

a thorough review of Pilgrim off-site energency preparedness a which resulted in inaccurate information being provided to the commission. During our inspection we also were concerned that the inaccurate and incomplete statements were gathered and This was fully reported in an intentionally deceitful manner.

examined; however, our inspection did not disclose evidence l

sufficient to substantiate that any member of the staff intentionally provided inaccurate information to the commission.

If you vish to discuss this matter further or review documents gathered during our inspection we will be glad to be of assistance.

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i Pilgrim Lessons Learned Task Force I . Charter l

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[ On July 23, 1990, theOfficeoftheInspecterGeneral(OlG)issuedReportNo. ]

1 90N-02 on the NRC staff's review of Pilgrim offsite errergency preparedness. ,

! The IG concludeo that (1) the assessment by the NRC staff of Pflgrim offsite  !

emergency preparadr,ess was not balanced or thorough, and (2) certain i

infonu, tion provided by the staff concerning the status of Pilgrin offsite

emergency preparedness during the October and December 1988 Comission meetings was inaccurate. An August 1987 repcrt on the adequacy of offsite emergency

• preparedness at Pilgrim which concluded that "Hassachusetts offsite l radiological emergency planning and preparedness are inadequate to protect ths l public health and safety" set in action the events at Pilgrim.

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! In a memorandum to the Chairman dated August 3,1990, the EDO requested the

Director, NRR, to conduct a lessons learned review and provide recotzendations i

on how we should proceed in the event we encounter a similar situation in the l1 2 future. The charter of the Pilgrim Lessons Learned Task Force is to perform 4

an introspective review of the process used by the staff to evaluate the a

adequacy of offsite emergency preparedness at Ptigrim. The objective is to .

! develop specific *1essons learned" to guide the staff in evaluating the adequacy of offsite energency preparedness issues if confronted with a similar 4'

situation in the future.

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The Task Force review should cor sider:

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• The regulatory basis for the NRC review ct offsite einergency preparednes:

for operating nuclear power plants.

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' The NRC - FEMA roles and relationship in reviewing offsite emergency ,

l preparedness (includiig situations where 6ffsite authorities de not fully l

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• Enforcement actions under 10 CFR 50.54(s)(2), i.e., the "120-day clock".

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• NRC staff actions f0110 wing a FEMA finding that, "off. site emergency planning and preparedness are inadequate to protect the pubite health j

and safety."

• Provisict.s of the NRC-FEMA Memorandum of Understanding. ,

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• The interactions between the NRC and State and local governments / agencies I and between the NRC and the public.

• The role of the licensee in providing information pertaining to state and i

local governments.

• Appropriate means for resolving conflicting information.

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• Documentatier c' the NRC staff review.

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• Other areas identif tee by the Task Force ciuring the course of the review.

I The Director of NRR will document the results of the Task Force evaluation in l a report to the EDO.

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