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Accepts Offer to Present Evidence in Matter of Alleged Deliberate Provision of Inaccurate & Incomplete Info by Gpc to NRC Re Testing of Emergency Diesel Generators at Facility
ML20129F599
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Site: Vogtle Southern Nuclear icon.png
Issue date: 08/23/1992
From: Vorse J
NRC OFFICE OF INVESTIGATIONS (OI)
To: Lavine B
TROUTMANSANDERS (FORMERLY TROUTMAN, SANDERS, LOCKERMA
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August 23, 1992 Mr. Bryan B. Lavine Attorney at Law Troutman Sanders Nationsbank Plaza, Suite 5200 600 Peachtree Street, N.E.

Atlanta, Georgia 30308-2216

Dear Mr. Lavine:

The purpose of this letter is to formally accept your offer to present evidence, on behalf of your client, Georgia Power Company (GPC), in the matter of the alleged deliberate provision of inaccurate and incomplete information, by GPC to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), regarding the testing of the emergency diesel generators at the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Unit 1, immediately subsequent to the Vogtle Site Area Emergency of March 20, 1990.

Regarding the NRC personnel to attend you, presentation, in addition to Office of Investigations personnel, it has been requested that representatives of the NRC Office of Enforcement  ;

and Office of General Counsel also be present. I believe that i you would agree that such attendance is appropriate.

Please contact Investigator Larry L. Robinson of my office, at (404) 331-6509, to arrange a mutually agreeable schedule.

Sincerely,  !

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By David Beasley Mr.Mosbaugh who specializesin the nuclear fuel from melting Georgia Power spokesman i %~ ,,

stan wmrta whistleblower cases, said a fed. heated from 90 degrees to 136 Tal Wright declined to comment eral grand jury has been con. degrees, the NRC says. on the criminal imystigation. t ,

The U.S. Justice Department vened in Atlanta to consider the Georgia Powerofficials alleg- But in a ste ement,the utility a I is conducting a criminal investi- case. edly told NRC officials that the denied ever attempting to mis-

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getion into allegations that Geor- Joe Whiticy, U.S Attorney generator's mechamcal prob- lead NRC. . .

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Nuclesr Regulatory Commission Georgia, declined to confirm or (NRC) tbout the safety of Plant deny the existence of a grand baugh, the generator continued bor Department Iaw udge administrative g l that Mr. Mos- -

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ally had to be replaced. *that decision is under review t firmed for the first time by the ,s Mr. Mosbaugh, formerly the by the omce of the US. Labor NRC in documents filed recentlY Most serious charge: They lied in the case of Allen L Mosbaugh, third highest ranking manager at Secretary. ,

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a former high-ranking manager The most serious of Mr. Mos- Vogtle, claims in a complaint in a separate action,Mr. Mos-

@[p iA at the nuclear plant,invohed in a baugh's charges is that Georgia filed with the U S. Department of baugh has filed a petition with lergthy whistleblower action Power officials tied to the NRC labor under a law designed to NRC seeking to block transfer of *" ~

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about the reliability of a crucial protect wListleblowers that he the Vogtle license from Georgia og: inst the utility, '

In the document. NRC de- backup generator following a was demoted after complaining Power to a utility subsidiary, clines to comment on Mr. Mos- March 1990 accident at the plant. about safety problems at the Southern Nuclear Operating - - ' ume

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sued by the Department nf Jus- knocked out by a truck that hit a gia Powerlearned that h had se- In documents filed during  ;

tice for possible criminal prose- pole, causing a 36-minute cretly tape-recorded conversa- that proceeding, NRC acknowl- An aNegation that Georgia Power officials tied to the NRC cution." blackout tions with fellow plant em- edges for the first time the exis. about the M?ty of a crucial backup generator following a Michael Kohn, attorney for A se nd backup generator playees. tence of a criminalinvestigation. March 1990 act dent at Plant Vogtle is under irwestigation.

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WA DATE TIE COP 90TS 02/24/90 1425 Started for 24 Hour Run 02/25/90 2206 Secured from 24 Hour Run 2336 Started for ESFAS Testi,g 2348 Secured for ESFAS 02/27/90 0312 Started for ESFAS  :

0424 Secured for ESFAS 0605 Started for ESFAS ,

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j 03/13/90 1518 Start for thint. Test 0146 Stopped 03/14/99 03/21/90 2149 Failed to start due to insufficient fuel in fuel lines after maintenance.

2156 Failed to Start Again 2202 Started and Governor Vented 2217 Stopped 2259 Started for Overspeed Trip Test 2301 Stopped Manually due to Low Lube Oil Pressure and High 011 Filter DP 2314 Started 2318 Stopped .

03/22/90 0017 Started 0023 Stopped for Maintenance 0426 Started for Testing 0429 Stopped 0714 Locally Started for Maintenance and Engineering Testing 03/22/90 1030 Locally Shutdom i,

03/22/90 1106 Started from CR 1243 Tripped on D/G High Lube Oil Temp.  ;

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i 1909 Normal Start 1948 Stopped. Simulated Hi Temp Lube 011 Trip 1951 Started. Simulated LOSP at Engine Panel i

i 1954 Stopped. Simulated Hi Vibration Trip L 1957 Normal Start 1959 Stopped. Simulated Hi Crankcase Pressure Trip 2004 Started. Simulated SI at Engine Panel 2010 Stopped. Simulated to Lube 011 Pressure Trip I 2220 Started. Simulated Bus UY Signal i 2317 Nomal Shutdown ,

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! 1350 Start to Perfom Functional Test for WO 1-89-03281 (Lo Lube 011 Pressure Trip Flow Orifices) e 1355 Nomal Shutdown 1356 Started. Simulated UV for Functional on WO

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03/02/90 0215 Secured for ESFAS 0912 Started for Maintenance 1 1944 Secured for Maintenance J 03/12/90 1306 Started 2137 Stopped 03/13/90 0009 Started 0506 Stopped

03/20/90 0820 LOSF uccurred - Lost "A" RAT - DG1A Tied and 1 Tripped (Several Alarms came in - not noted in the log.)

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- from Station Blackout, j 1029 RAT "B" Energized 1040 IBA03 Energized from "B" RAT 1326 Shutdown 2119 Started for Troubleshooting 2206 Shutdown 2223 Started for Trouble nooting 2228 Secured 2233 Started for Troubleshooting 2254 Secured 03/23/90 0254 Started for Maintenance Troubleshooting 0450 Secured 000:m5.

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2348 Nonnal Start ,

2358 Stop 03/31/90 0012 Normal Start 0024 Ndraal Stop

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l The Honorable Joseph I. Lieberman, Chairman Subcomittee on Clean Air and Nuclear "99ulation a Coenittee on Environment and Public Works United States Senate

Washington, D.C. 20510

Dear Mr. Chairman:

4 l Pursuant to conversations with your staff. it is our understanding that you are planning to hold a hearing on the Nuclear Regulatory Comnission's handling of whistleblowers in the nuclear industry and that you may call Mr. Allen

Mosbaugh and the Georgia Power Company to testify regarding Mr. Mosbaugh's experiences as a whistleblower prior to and after the site area emergency of j March 20, 1990, at the Vogtle nuclear power plant.

On June 24, 1993, the NRC Atomic Safety and Licensing Board in the ongoing

Georgia Power Company license amendment proceeding determined that six tape recordings made by Mr. Mosbaugh, which are copies of portions of a larger number of tapes, should be released to Georgia Power Company in c',covery. We understano that these six tapes, which by agreement among the neties were to
be re%ased on July 2,1993, were previously made available to the Subcomottee by Mr. Mosbaugh's attorney.

We understand that the Subcommittee does not intend to seek or compel the public disclosure of material compiled by the NRC's investigatory staff that

is not already in the public record, or seek public disclosure of substantive

. conclusions that the investigators may have reached on matters under j investigation.

The Director of the Office of Investigations has concluded that public discussion by the Subcommittee of information relating to Mr. Mosbemoh's l allegations with either Mr. Mosbaugh or the Georgia Power Company wi'l not ,

i adversely affect any current matter under investigation by his .

However, neither the Commission nor its staff will be in a pos s
either the NRC investigation or any potential effect of the inves possible enforcement actions or on the angoing licensing proceeding.

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Kenneth C. Rogers Acting Chaiman ,.

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