ML20129F663

Discusses Tape Recorded Statements of Witnesses & Voices Concerns Re Witnesses Ability to Recall Specific Statements & Should Be Afforded Opportunity to Review Statements Before Responding to Further,More Detailed,Questions

ML20129F663
Person / Time
Site:	Vogtle
Issue date:	09/20/1993
From:	Domby A TROUTMANSANDERS (FORMERLY TROUTMAN, SANDERS, LOCKERMA
To:	Robinson L NRC OFFICE OF INVESTIGATIONS (OI)
Shared Package
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600 PE ACHTR S T . SulTE $200 ATLANTA. GEORGI A30308 2216 TELE PHONE: 404 885 3000 FACStMILE: 404 885 3900 ARTHUR H DOMOY DIRECT. 404 885 3130 September 20, 1993 Mr. Larry L. Robinson Office of Investigations U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region II Field Office 101 Marietta Street Atlanta, Georgia 30323 Re: Georgia Power Company Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, I Unit 1; Taoe Recorded Statements of Witnesses .

Dear Mr. Robinson:

l On September 8, 1993 Mr. George Frederick reviewed his interview transcript in the above-referenced matter which is currently under investigation by your Office. Mr. Dockery attended this review session and suggested that I might want to provide you a memorandum which addresses the tape recordings made 3 in 1990. More specifically, I expressed concern that even though I the interviewees of your investigation (Mr. Frederick, in this I instance) acknowledge a likelihood of conversing with other '

particular employees, they are unable to specifically recall l certain conversations with those individuals. As I explained to <

Mr. Dockery, over three years havc passed since thesc  !

conversations, unbeknownst to the participants, were recorded. l Because of your review of those tape recordings your Office is  !

capable of fashioning detailed questions as to specific statements. In asking these questions, your Office has chosen to ,

forego the opportunity to refresh the interviewees' recollection i by playing the relevant tape recordings. This approach leaves l the witness relying solely on attenuated memory, without the i benefit of all relevant information. I My statement to Mr. Dockery was that a witness's inability .

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Mr. Larry L. Robinson September 20, 1993 Page 2 refreshed recollection, respond to further, more detailed, questions. With respect to Mr. Frederick, the following are specific conversations alluded to in your interview:

Comment to Mr. Coursey or Mr. Briney concerning recent history of Calcon sensors (Tr., p. 11) ;

Mr. Briney's statement concerning his opinion of the Calcon >

sensors as " junk." (Tr., p. 12);

" Conversations with Allen Mosbaugh" (Tr., p. 26);

A " statement to Mr. Mosbaugh" (Tr., p. 32);

Conversations with Mr. Majors (Tr., p. 46); and l Statement by Mr. Frederick concerning his assignment to i identify reasons for historic discrepancies in statements (Tr., p. 60). l These particular statements may be insignificant in your Office's analysis. However, additional observations concerning such statements by Mr. Frederick after an opportunity to listen to them would not be surprising. I am confident that the same ,

applies to other witnesses in the same situation. '

Please feel free to call me if more specific answers to your questions, based on a refreshed recollection of Mr. Frederick or  ;

other witnesses, would be helpful in your review. '

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