ML20197E296

Partially Withheld Ltr Re Abuse of Drug Screening Program & Const Deficiencies Discussed During Feb 1985 Telcons.Actions to Develop Facts & Circumstances of Encl Identified Concerns Initiated

ML20197E296
Person / Time
Site:	Vogtle
Issue date:	02/26/1985
From:	Uryc B NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To:	Price L AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED
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FOIA-86-43 NUDOCS 8605150217
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%.,,,, FEB 2 61985 Ms. Leslie A. Price

SUBJECT:

V0GTLE - ABUSE OF DRUG SCREENING PROGRAM AND CONSTRUCTION CONCERNS e

This refers to our several telephone calls during February 1985, in which you expressed concerns related to the GPC drug screening program and construction deficiencies practices at Georgia Power Company's Plant Vogtle.

An enclosure to this letter documents your concerns as I understand them based on our conversation. We have initiated actions to develop and examine the facts and circumstances of your concerns; therefore, if the enclosure does not completely and accurately reflect all of your concerns, please contact me collect as soon as

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possible at (404) 221-4193 so we can assure that they are adequately addressed during our review. If you should call and I am not available, please ask to speak to my associate Jeff Lankford or, if you prefer, leave a message so I can return your call.

Regarding your request for confidentiality, let me assure you that we will make every effort to handle this matter in such a way so as to maintain your anonymity.

. Some of our procedures to ensure anonymity include limiting access to documents which contain your identity, preparing documentation in which your identity is

?. concealed, and other internal procedures which limit the dissemination of your identity on a strict need-to-know basis. I would like to point out however, that licensees can and do sometimes correctly guess the identity of individuals who provide infomation to us because of the nature of the information, or other factors beyond our control. In such cases our policy is to neither confim or deny the' accuracy of their guess. -

In addition, there is a possibility that at a later stage in the development of this matter we could be compelled to reveal your identity by order or subpoenas issued by courts of law, hearing boards, or similar legal entities. In such cases, the basis for granting this promise of confidcotiality and any other relevant facts will be comunicated to the authority ordering the disclosure in an effort to maintain your confidentiality. If this effort- proves unsuccessful we will attempt to inform you of any such action before we disclose your ident-ity.

We will consider you to have waived your right to confidentiality if you take any action that may be reasonably expected to disclose yourself as having provided t

this infonnation to NRC. In addition, we will consider you to have waived 'your right to confidentiality if you provide (or have previously provided) infonnation to any other part that contradicts the infomation you provided the NRC, or if circumstances indicate that you have intentionally provided false information to 1 the NRC.

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Ms. Leslie A. Price 2 FEB 3 g 1985 In closing, let me assure you that every effort will be made to resolve these issues. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has been given the mandate to protect the public in the uses of nuclear facilities and materials by protecting the public health and safety, the environment, and assuring industry conformance to regulatory requirements. We engage in major efforts on a daily basis to ensure that we fulfill our mandate. It is concerned citizens such as yourself, who in bringing concerns to our attention, help us to meet these demanding responsibilities. We appreciate your bringing concerns to our attention and i should you have additional questions, or if I can be of further assistance in this matter, please do not hesitate to contact me.

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Enclosure:

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f RII-85-A-0016 85-0016-CS-02 February 26, 1985 STATEMENT @F CONCERNS Soil density records were falsified during the 1976/1977 time frame. (85-0016-05)

There is extensive honeycombing in the concrete of the control building on the north wall. (85-0016-06)

GPC is purposely omitting the fact that workers are being ,

terminated for drug abuse activity so that NRC will not force them to reinspect the work perfomed by these individuals.

(85-0016-07)

There are problems with documentation in the QA vault. (85-0016-08)

Some NDE inspectors are subjected to " instant certification" and

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as a result may not be qualified to conduct inspections because of j the lack of proper training. (85-0016-09) l e

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