ML20147C402
| ML20147C402 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | South Texas  |
| Issue date: | 01/12/1988 |
| From: | Rehm T NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
| To: | Garde B GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20147C408 | List: |
| References | |
| FOIA-88-107 NUDOCS 8801190209 | |
| Download: ML20147C402 (10) | |
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Ms. Billie P. Garde Government Accountability Project 3424 N. Marcos Lane Appleton Wisconsin 54911
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As you are aware, the NRC team has completed its initial review of the Government problems at the South Texa(s Projee.t. GAP) files pertaining to allegations of safett,'s Acceuntability Project's i
As agrood, the NBC team reviewed EAP.
records at GAP's Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
These records consisted of audio Mpes of the interviews with the allegers (concerned individuals).
hand-written text extrapolated from the tapes accompaefed with supporting information, and allegation detaisheets that contained the alpha-nwuric identification and brief description of each allegation. As agreed.:all the records examined by the RC remained at GAP's Headquarters..During this initial review, the MC team focused on tho' technical content and specificity of the.
i allegntions and there was no need to involve the concemed individuals at this time. The NRC team wrote brief descriptions of each allegatjon reviewed which 2
are presently being treated as confidential; As we discussed on Deces6er 30,1987, the MC team has selected 10 prisery a
allegations for investigation at the South Texas Project site. Each primary
.l, allegation is accespanied by secondary allegations that coevey similar concerns as tw stimary one. A listing of these selected allegations was provided to Mr. Ric urd E. Conditlef GAP..
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' The MC team has detentined that the data reviewed indicates that the allegations are general in nature end not of issediate safety significance.
i Nevertheless. we would like to pursue the 10 selected allegations further. In order to de this, it is taportant to make arrangements with the concerned individuals involved so that the MC team can contact them and determine if they can identify locations or components which concern them. This letter is to confirm NRC's previous verbal.arrangesents with GAP:to arrange contacts with allopers. We will start the onsite inspections at the South Texas 4
a Project $' te during the week ef January 18,.1988 had desire to make contact with your clients as soon as possible.'
The NRC team will protect the identity r,f those concerned individuals requesting it and will drew-up confidentiality: agreements with the concerned individuals, if reovired. In addition, the MC team inspection plan will consider combining other related or unrelated concerns with the selected SAP' allegations to ensure that the substance of the selected allegations dess not reveal the identity of the concerned individuals requesting confidentiality.
Mr. Richard E. 'Condit of GAP and Ms. Edna Ottney (GAP's cordultant) have been very cooperative and. on behalf of the.MC team, we wuld like to express cur appreciation for their excellect support.
l Ms. Billie P. Garde -
With regard to the notice of appeal from the U.S. District Court's refusal to enforce the original NRC subpcena for certain safety information and identities of concerned individual: related to the South Texas Project, see the attached memorandum from the NRC Solicitor to me which provides the reaFons for taking such an action,i Should you have any questions regarding these matters, please contact me at (301)492-7781.t Si h ly.,
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W) T. A,: ban i Thosesi A. Rehm6 Assistant,for Operations Office' of the Executive Director for Operations
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