ML20149M151
| ML20149M151 | |
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| Issue date: | 05/29/1987 |
| From: | Beckjord E NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REGULATORY RESEARCH (RES) |
| To: | Rehm T NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20149M139 | List: |
| References | |
| FOIA-87-655, FOIA-88-A-3 NUDOCS 8802250362 | |
| Download: ML20149M151 (1) | |
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Eric S. Beckjord, Director Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research
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DRAFT GAO REPORT ON NRC's SAFETY STANDARDS AND INSPECT 10W AND ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS Your remorandum of May 19, 1987 requested our review and coments on the subject draft report. We have identified, what we believe are, five signi-ficant problems or omissions of fact in the report. These are detailed in the enclosure.
If you have any questions, please contact Themis P. Speis or Tom King of my staff.
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Re: F01A-87-655 APPENDIX E RECORDS MINTAINED IN THE_PDR UNDER THE AB0VE REQUEST MlMBER 1.
9/22/87 Letter from Senator Alfonse M. D'Arato to Honorable Lando W. Zech, concerning GAO report entitled, "Nuclear Regulation and Efforts to Ensure Nuclear Power Plant Safety Can Be Strengthened." (2 pages) 2.
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Undated Draft copy of Research's input for response to August 1987 GA0 Report on Effort To insure Nuclear Power Plant Safety Can Be Strengthened Chapter 2 (p20). "NRC's Effort To Resolve Generic Safety Issues".
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5-29-87 Memo from Eric S. Beckjord to Thomas Rehm, subject: Draf t GA0 Report on NRC's Safety Standards and Inspection and Enforcement Effort.(3pages).
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GOVEl\\NMENT ACCOUNTADil.lTY PP.OJECT 4 555 Connecticut Avenue, NW.. Suite 202 Nioshington. D.C. 20036 (202)232 8550 MIDHEST OFFICE 104 E. WISCONSIN AVENUE APELETON, WISCONSIN 54911-4897 September 23, 1987 FRIEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUEST DEEDOM 0F INFORMATION Director "f'7'j{j" Office of Administration
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20210 TO WHOH IT MAY CONCERN Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA, 5 U.S.C. 552,) the GCvernment Accountability Project (GAP) requests copies of any and all agency records and information, including but not limited to notes, lotters, memoranda, draf ts, minutes, diaries, logs, calenders, tapes, transcripts, summaries, interview reports, procedures, instructions, onginec, ring analyses, drawings, files, graphs, charts, maps, photographs, agreements, handwritten notes, studies, data sheets, notebooks, books, telephone messages, computations, voice recordings, computer runoffs, and cry other data compilations, interim and/or final reports, status reports, cr.i any and all other records relevant to and or generated in connection with and including the federal report released Tuesday, September 22, 1987 by the General Accounting Office, regarding the Nuclear Regulatory Commission lacking guidelines on shutting down nuclear power plants for cafety violations. (see attached article) l This request includes all agency records as defined in 10 C.F.R. 9.3a(b) cnd the NRC Manual, Appendix 0211, Parts 1. A.2 and A.3 (approved October 8, 1980) whether they currently exist in the NRC offical, "working" investigative or other files, or at any other location, including private rcsidences.
If any records' as defined in 10 C.F.R. 9.3a(b) and the NRC Manual, supra, and covered by this request have been destroyed and/or removed after i
this request, please provide all surrounding records, including but not limited to a list of all records which have been or are destroyed and/or rcmoved, a description of the action (s) taken relevant to, generated in cont oction with and/or issued in order to implement the action (s).
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Nudear Regu.
Stello said the NRC explains what violations any more nudear plants until it adopts the G AO f atory Commisss<mi lacks guidelines on shutting would lead to a shutdown en a "technical spedfl. recoenmeidations and improves enforcement of down nudar power plants for safety violations, catsons" document each plant receives upon 11 safety regulations.
and some have operated for years with signifamnt censang.
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- To suggest that a comprehensive set of cri. by D'Amate's demand are Shordiam in New York g
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teria beyond what we already have ought to be de. and Seabrook in New Hampshire. Both plants The report, by the Generm! Accounting Offace. weioped. I'm at a less bermuse we resly have a have been thwarted in their efforts to otxann full-i recommends that the NRC "provide utilstses clea r fastly comprehensive system right now, hesaid. power licanoes im neither has an approved l signals on the types of safety and management esmergency evacuation plan problems that could result an a shutdown."
While the NRC has ordered shutdowns at five OPeratsng plants an the past 25 years. "its deci-
.*De NRC has allowed nucle'er plants to keg operating despite findings of design problems *
"Nudear Regularsen: Effor.s To Ensure Nu. ssons to done these plants or allow antinualP deer Power Plant Safety Can Be Strengthened ~ crations look inconsistent twcause it did not take questionab:e equipment and even utility person-was written m resposase toa request from Sen. A3
.the same action for other plants with similar nel found asleep in the control room on duty."
a IYAmato said. mis wrt shows that h fan se M. D'Amato, R-N.Y.. who was to reinse the problems, the rqart said, sedous problems are found, the NRC eraits and report at a news conference Some plants w6th chronic safety violations that units and watts befers taking action.".
Vector Stellow the NRC's eseostive director for were allowed to May open wound up shut down ~ The report also po6mted to instances in which operas sons. rc; - 0,: to some of the rgort's cret-anyway becauseof equipment failures, the report the commissioners could not agree on what types g scrsms an a tedephone enterview Monday, although nosed.
or degrees of safety problems should lead the he sasd he had nos yet seen :se document.
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