ML20198C195
| ML20198C195 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Oyster Creek |
| Issue date: | 09/04/1985 |
| From: | Deutsch R GENERAL PHYSICS CORP. |
| To: | GENERAL PHYSICS CORP. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20198C184 | List: |
| References | |
| FOIA-86-88 GP-M-010270, GP-M-10270, NUDOCS 8605220279 | |
| Download: ML20198C195 (2) | |
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N GENERAL PHYSICS CORPORATION MEMORANDUM DA TE-September 4, 1985 GP-M-010270 TO:
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R. W. Deutsch l@p SUBJECT; Press Report Concerning General Physics " Containment Leakage System Testing" Course On September 1, 1985, the New York Times and several other newspapers throughout the country carried articles concerning a course on " Containment Leakage System Testing," which General Physics conducted for GPU Nuclear Corporation at Oyster Creek on November 29 and 30, 1983. The articles were the result of a letter from Representative Edward J. Markey, Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Energy, Conservation, and Power, to Dr. Nunzio Palladino, Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, that was critical of certain statements in the training materials for this course.
The course consisted of ten lectures and the accompanying text contained in excess of 350 pages. One of the lectures in the course entitled, " Inter-actions with the NRC," contained three viewgraphs referred to industry experi-ence and used wording which could be interpreted as suggesting ways to circum-
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vent NRC regulations. These viewgraphs were followed by a disclaimer which stated, " Discussion of the above experience should in no way indicate endorse-ment of any of the observed approaches." Although some of the wording on these three viewgraphs was ambiguous and could be considered to be inappro-priate, all of the many other references to the NRC specifically stressed When taken in context, diligently following NRC regulations and procedures.
the course emphasized working with the NRC in fulfilling the public health and safety responsibilities associated with containment system leakage testing.
After reviewing the contents of the course and the course evaluati m in late 1983, following the session at Oyster Creek, the course material was revised to change or delete the viewgraphs which contained the questionable The revised material was used to conduct the course a second and wording.
last time on March 1 and 2, 1984, in Columbia, Maryland, for employees of' several other utilities. The course evaluations prepared by the attendees following the second session cf the course indicated that, while the course provided many good ideas for leak rate testing and performance, it needed to be more specific. As a result, the course was discontinued and is no longer offered.
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- All Employees GP-M-010270 P 92 2 General Physics has been involved in nuclear power plant training for more than 15 years. W have developed and presented hundreds of courses involving NRC requirements. We have been involved in several NRC research projects whose purpose was to improve nuclear power plant safety and effi-Several of our key executives are former AEC or NRC employees. Long ciency.
before the Three Mile Island accident, General Physics was advocating advanced operator training programs including the use of plant-specific simulators that have now been adopted and implemented by the NRC.
In all of the hundreds of nuclear power plant training programs developed and implemented by General Physics over the past 15 years, public health and safety have always been of paramount importance, and we have not had a single case in which our strong support for NRC regulations has in any way been questioned.
This incident indicates that no matter how much care we have taken in the past to ensure that the training materials are in accordance with NRC regula-tions and procedures, we all must increase our efforts to prevent a similar I want to reinforce what has always been the Company's incident in the future.
It has always been the policy of General policy regarding regulatory matters.
Physics that protection of public health and safety is the paramount objective for all nuclear power plant training programs associated with plant activities developed and conducted by the Company.
It is our goal to assist our clients so that they are in compliance with NRC regulations. Further, in regard to NRC requirements ar. well as industry codes and standards, we have always implemented procedures which require careful review of course materials to ensure that they are not only technically correct but that they fully support the spirit as well as the letter of the regulations governing the operation of I wish to encourage all members of the Company to bring nuclear power plants.
to my attention any situation which may give the appearance of a lack of sup-f port for regulatory requirements.
The Company had provided a full accounting of the circumstances involving the GPU course to the NRC prior to Chairman Markey's letter and the resulting Subsequently, we have provided the same full accounting newspaper articles.
We are cooperating fully with both GPU and the NRC to resolve this to GPU.
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[C7d g,,, y Re: Freedom of Information Act Request h th p-/[M Gentlemen:
I request a copy of the following records:
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All non-proprietary and non-personal records regarding IE Information Notice 85-101 " Applicability of 10 CFR 21 to Consulting Firms Providing Training", including a copy of the IE Notice 85-101.
This is essentially identical to F0IA request #86-37 listed in the NRC Weekly Information Report of the EDO, dated January 24, 1986, except that we also request a copy of. that IE Notice 85-101.
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A list of licensees for Iodine-125 sealed sources and/or Gadolinium-153 sealed sources.
This is essentially identical to FOIA request #86-44 listed in the NRC Weekly Information Report, dated January 24, 1986.
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A copy of the printout provided by the NRC in response to FOIA request #85-l 749, indicated in the " Granted" section of the November 22, 1985 NRC Weekly Infomation Report. This involved a list with five categories of infomation regarding manufacturers who install sources requiring leak l
testing into devices with registered designs for distribution to licensees.
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A copy of the NRC's " Citizens's Guide to U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Information" mentioned in F0IA Request #85-484, and in the " General" section of the NRC Weekly Information Report dated July 19, 1985.
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A list of data bases, including mailing lists, that NRC subscribes to or buys from private or public sources.
This is essentially identical to F0IA request #85-679 listed in the
" Granted" section of the October 25, 1985 NRC Weekly Information Report.
6.
A listing of the organizations licensed to machine Magnesium-Thorium, as described in FOIA Request #85-785, and mentioned in the " Granted" section of the December 13, 1985 NRC Weekly Information Report.
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G We will pay all copying or related costs involved with these requests.
In the event any of these records are already available in. the Public Document Room, (PDR), we agree to those charges which they may include in an invoice with copies of the requested documents.
We realize that any personal infonnation or data marked or classified as proprietary, will be excluded.
We do request that the six (6) categories of infonnation requested herein be placed in separate envelopes (or other dividers) and labeled, so as not to have all the papers intermingled.
Thank you.
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OCT 211985 Mr. P. R. Clark, President GPU Nuclear Corporation 100 Interpace Parkway Parsippany, New Jersey 07054-1149
Dear Mr. Clark:
Thank you for your letter to Chairman Palladino, dated September 3,1985, describing GPU Nuclear information and actions regarding certain materials used during a training course presented at Oyster Creek in the Fall of 1983.
The information that you provided regarding company policy and provisions for communicating this policy to employees was helpful.
I am pleased to learn, as a result of a recent vendor inspection at General Physics (GP), that many of your employees who took the course at issue raised concerns about the inappro-priateness of the presentation on interactions with the NRC.
However, in view of the timing of your Enclosure 2 letter to euployees dated December 8,1983, I am disappointed that the contrary-to policy nature of the material provided by GP wasn't promptly identified to GPU management by one of the 17 employees attending the course.
In additiot1 to the actions identified in your letter, I recommend you take the following steps:
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Revise remaining copies of the lecture material provided by GP to remove the objectionable material.
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Review results of the latest integrated leak rate tests (ILRT) conducted at Oyster Creek, to assure information reported regarding the test is correct and complete.
The slide numbered 3-5, in Enclosure 1 to your letter, was particularly distressing when it alleged that the " traditional industry approach to ILRT testing problems has been predicated on not stating to NRC.. " From your communications with the course attendees and from GPUN management viewpoint, is this a valid allegation?
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Mr. P. R. Clark The GPU actions described in your letter are responsive to NRC concerns and no further written response is required.
However; I would appreciate your comments on the validity of the allegation regarding the traditional industry approach to ILRT testing problems.
Sincerely, Origina! Si;ned By Janes M. Taylw James M. Taylor, Director Office of Inspection and Enforcement Distribution:
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