ML20196E822

Forwards Rept on Review of NRC Relationship W/Tva Nuclear Safety Review Staff (Nsrs) Re Receipt & Distribution of Nsrs Repts Prior to 850101,per J Dingell 860319 Request.No Formal or Informal Arrangements to Provide Repts to NRC Found

ML20196E822
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Site:	Browns Ferry
Issue date:	12/28/1987
From:	Connelly S NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTOR & AUDITOR (OIA)
To:	Bernthal, Roberts, Zech NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
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,oY DEC 2 81987 MEMORANDUM FOR: Chairman Zech Comissioner Roberts Comissioner Bernthal Comissioner Carr s Comissioner Rogers FROM. Sharon R. Connelly, Director Office of Inspector and Auditor

SUBJECT:

REVIEW 0F NRC'S RELATIONSHIP WITH TVA'S NUCLEAR SAFETY REVIEW STAFF (NSRS) .

Attached is our report on the results of our review of NC's relationship with the Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA) Nucler.r Safety Review Staff (NSP.S) regarding NRC's receipt and distribution of NSRS reports prior to January 1, 1985. -

This review was conducted in response to .a letter dated %rch 19, 1986, from Congressman John Dingell to the Chaiman. The Chairman provfded Congressman ,

Dingell with an interim response dated June 4, 1986, and informed Congressman Dingell that the Office of Inspector and Auditor (01A) would obtain the ,

additional information not included in the interim response of June 4,1986.

The attached report contains the information v:e obtained in response to Congressman Dingell's request.

Our review was conducted during the periad from July 1936 through June 1987. ,

We relied primarily on responses to questionnaires sent to certain current NRC Headquarters personnel; certain current and former NRC Region 11 personnel;  !

and certain current and former TVA personnel. In addition, we interviewed two former senior officials of NRC Region II and one former NS'lS official, ,

Conclusion .

Based on our review of responses to the questionnairn and interviews we found there were no formal or informal arrangements between NRC and TVA's NSRS to -

routinely provide NSRS reports to NRC prior to January 1,1985. Our review indicated that NRC's senior regional management was aware of NSRS' existence and general activity since NSRS' ir.:eption. Both Region I? and NSRS understood that the NSRS organization and its activities were not a re.gulatory requirement. However, NSRS did cooperate with Re; ion II in providing NSRS reports when requested by Region II senior management or by Region II inspectors when visiting a TVA site.

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Our review identified 29 NSRS reports that the NRC Headquarters and Region II staffs had access to or received. This includes six reports previously identified in NRC's June 4, 1986 interim response to Congressman Dingell.

Sharon R. Connelly, Director Office of Inspector and Auditor

Attachment:

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