ML20136G870
| ML20136G870 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 11/29/1984 |
| From: | Stello V NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE) |
| To: | Moseley N NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE) |
| References | |
| SP-S-002, SP-S-2, NUDOCS 8508200049 | |
| Download: ML20136G870 (4) | |
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APR1 1980 DOCKETED USNRC
'85 AUG -7 P2 :46 MEMORANDUM FOR:
Noman C. Moseley, Director Division of Reactor Operations Inspection CFF!CE F SECA IA:
Office of Inspection and Enforcement 00Cr1TaGAS M URMCH FROM:
Victor Stello, Jr., Director Office of Inspection and Enforcement
SUBJECT:
COMPLETION OF IE INVESTIGATIO*: 0F INFORMATION FLOW AT TMI DURING MARCH 1979 ACCIDENT The Comission has directed IE to complete its investigation of the infomation flow from the licensee to NRC during the accident at Three Mile Island in March 1979. You are assigned the lead responsibility for the task.
The following i
guidelines are provided for direction:
(1) The prompt completion of this task is to be considered your top priority assignment.
If you believe it to be necessary, you should assign someone to act in your stead as Division Director until this task is completed.
(2) The background of this task is as follows:
(a) At the' time enforcement action was taken on the IE investigation results, it was concluded that until completion of other on-going investigations, final conclusions should be held in abeyance on the following three matters:
- Reporting of a calculated exposure rate of 40 rem /hr at Goldsboro.
- Reporting of the high core exit temperatures.
- Reporting of the containment pressure spike.
(b) The Kemeny Comission and the NRC Special Inquiry investigations
-have been completed.
(c) In view of all the information now available, we must reach final conclusions on the matters left open, and make a recomendation on actions to be taken.
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Norman C. Moseley (3) As a minimum, the task should include:
(a) R'eview of the prior IE investigation into this particular matter.
(b) Review of the NRC/TMI Special Inquiry Group investigation into N
this particular matter.
(c) Review of the material available from the House Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment, Committee on Interior and Insular Arrairs.
(d) To the maximum extent practical, reliance should be placed on available interview transcripts and testimony. However, as necessary, l
you should' conduct interviews of individuals whose testimony is needed to determine the proper. extent or meaning of written material j
or past testimony, or.to complete the available evidence in matters not previously pursued or inadequately pursued on the basis of new considerations.
If there is a need for deposing individuals under oath, the proper request for the power to do so should be made promptly.
l (e) Other evidence, information or allegations that has come to light since the completion of the prior IE investigation, and that relate i
l to the determinations that are to be made should be considered in your assignment. This includes any material from other investigations that'may reflect in a significant way on the tendencies of the principal l
participants to initiate or accede to practices intended to alter information or to restrict the required flow of information for any reason.
(f) ThreekEpersonnelshouldbeselectedtoassistyouinthistaskon
-essentially a full-time basis.
If additional resources are needed l
during the course of the task please inform me promptly. The task should be completed as soon as practicable, but in no event should i.
.the date of the final report be later than June 6, 1980.
l (g) David Gamble, a representative from OIA, will actively participate as a working member of this task group. Marian Moe of OGC will be kept informed of the ongoing activities of the group.
l It is essential that we initiate this task with an open mind. The conclusions reached in the prior IE investigation are to be set aside and every effort should be made to impress upon everyone contributing to this assignment that they should not be influenced in this task by the previously stated IE conclusions.
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fiorman C. Moseley The report of your task should briefly summarize the background that led to your task; should clearly specify the purpose and scope of your efforts; should describe how you conducted the task including the personnel involved in the task, the information reviewed, new information obtained, and how it was obtained; should describe the evaluations made in sufficient detail to clearly define the bases for the conclusions reached; should list the conclusions reached, and
-finally, the actions recommended on the bases of those conclusions.
Please initiate work on this assignment immediately.
I want to be informed of progress periodically (at least twice weekly).. Inform me immediately of any matters that arise that may interfere with the prompt execution of this task, m
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Victor Stel Jr.
Director Office of Inspection and Enforcement cc: Chairman Ahearne Commissioner Kennedy Commissioner Gilinsky Commissioner Hendrie Commissioner Bradford W. J. Dircks R. DeYoung L. Bickwit H. Shapar J. Murray J. Cummings*
D. Thompson M. Moe R. Fortuna D. Gamble
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