ML20195E919
| ML20195E919 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 08/20/1986 |
| From: | Matakas R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML20195E886 | List: |
| References | |
| FOIA-88-25 Q1-86-011, Q1-86-11, NUDOCS 8806240160 | |
| Download: ML20195E919 (6) | |
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Title:
THREE MILE ISLAND NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION, UNITS 1 & 2:
ALLEGED ILLEGAL DRUG USAGE BY "0PERATOR ON DUTY" l
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Case Number: Q1-86-011 General Public Utilities Report Date: August 20, 1986 100 Interpace Parkway Parsippany, New Jersey 07054 Control Office: 01:RI Status:
Closed Inquiry Reported By:
Approved By:
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Richard A. Matakas, Investigator '-
Cnester W. White. Director Office of Investigations Office of Investigations Field Office, Region I Field Office, Region !
Participating Personnel:
Francis 1. Young, NRC Resident inspector i
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- 1 OETAILS OF INVESTIGATION Purpose of Inquiry Based on conversation with the Region i Regional Administrator on July 25, 1986, this inquiry was self-initiated by the Office of Invet tigations (01) on the captioned subject. The purpose of the Inquiry was to contact and interview the alleger to obtain specifics concerning his allegation that he had "personal
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knowledge that marijuana and other drugs are com b
rators hfN *E on duty" at Three Mile I land (TMI). The alleger who documented is allegations i a letter to Lando W.
H,Jr.,
airman, SNRC, dated July 7,1986 (Exhibit 1 pertains).
Background
On July 28, 1986, a Region I allegation panel meeting was held to discuss
-Mrojects, requested that the reporting investigator contact the alleger for an
'llegations. Richard STAROSTECKI, Director, Division of Reactor a
Ig interview at the earliest possible date.
The reporting investigator contacted miofficeonAugust6,1986.
y telephone on July 31, 1986, and arranged for an interview in Interview with CLOUSER as interviewed on August 6,1986, by the reporting investigator and dent inspector Francis 1. YOUNG.
A Report of Interview is Exhibit 2.
pl had no personal knowledge of illegal drug usage by operators at TMI.
is in omation was, for the most part, heresay, lacks specifics, and outdated.
Closure Infonnation Due to the lack of specifics provided by the alleger, this matter is closed and no further investigative effort will be expended by this office.
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- Letter, to ZECH, dated July 7, 1986.
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Report of Interview with dated August 6,1986, e
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l REPORT OF INTERVIEW Case ;iumber: Q1-86-011 On August 6, 1986, was interviewed by investigator Richard A. Matakas and Three Mile Island (THI) Resident inspector (RI)
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Y,,. i Francis 1. Young at located in Pennsylvania.
j he purpose of the interview was to discuss allegations made in a Jul 7, 1986, letter to NRC Chainnan 1.ando W. ZECH, Jr.
In the etter, stated that he had "personal knowledge that marijuana and other drugs are cournonly being consumed by operators on duty" at TMI. When interviewed on August 6, 1986, Estated substantially as follows:
has no personal knowledge of drug or alcohol use at TMl except for one incident which took place approximately one or two years prior to the THI-2 accident (March 28,1979). On this occasion, went to lunch M at the "Blue Room" in Middletown Pennsylvania. While on his lunch gg
- hour, observed "chief operator" "shooting pool and hjl drinking high balls."
eard rder and subsequently drink at least two "high balls.'
could not say that as intoxicated when he left the bar.
ssumed that was going back to work when he lef t the bar because prior to leaving, looked at his watch and said that he had to get back to work.
personally know<.
and was aware that onger worked at TMI.
further cocenented that he was aware that ad recently been indicted due to his involvement in a "cheating scandal.
'said that as a former member of his church who used to sing in t e church choir.
did not have any additional first hand infunnation or knowledge that maruuana and/or other drugs were being consumed by TMl operators on duty.
As a result of this observation, whenever converses with someone who works at THl, he talks to them about drugs and alcohol. As a result, two
{j individuals have related infortnation to relating to drug and alcohol Inf rmation in this record was d..ic abuse at TMI.
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His first source of information is who was fonnerly married l
o was involved with the THi-2 to a construction project, l
first name is believed to b ho may now be working at th had a conversation with sometime in approximately 1981 when she related information to which had allegedly been given to ner by her.fomer husband. In anticipation for this interview, spoke again with n August 5,1986, to refresh his memory about the 1981 conversation, related the information given to him by as follows:
"Unit 2 was built with shoddy construction and there was drug and alcohol abuse onsite during construction."
infonnation only involved Unit 2, he had no infonnation about Unit I nor did the infonnation relate to activity following the construction stage, second source of infonnation is he identified a
escribe as a nion welder who "may be an j
aiccho ic himself, said that worked at both TMl Units 1 and as a welder during construction of both units an believes th had occasion to work at one of the two sites following construction.
provided the information to about five years ago, described the substance of infonnation as follows:
old t at it was "comon knowledge among workers that marijuana was being used by personnel in the control room."
did not have any further information, he could not identify the personnel referred to b and he did not know if as referring to the marijuana usage taking plac'e before or af ter the units went operational, tated that he did not have any additional insonnation regarding drug or alcohol abese at IMI nor could he expand on the infonnation which he did provide. He said if any additional infonnation is brought to his attention, he will contact the reporting investigator, f
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Reported By:
R. A. Matakas Investigator Office of Investigations Field Office, Region 1
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