ML20205E965
| ML20205E965 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Millstone  |
| Issue date: | 02/01/1999 |
| From: | Lochbaum D UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS |
| To: | Shirley Ann Jackson, The Chairman NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
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.a UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS j
February 1,1999 I
Chairman Shirley A. Jackson United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 l
i SUlkIECT:
' INDEPENDENT' REVIEW OF MILLSTONE FIlllNGS Deat Chairman Jackson:
I applaud your decision to have an independent evaluation, headed by Judge Bollwerk, into the dismissal of NU employees in January 1996. The recent Inspector General report on the matter and the Executive Director for Operations' iclated response outline several issues that beg prompt resolution. An independent evaluation can be valuable in this regard.
Ilowever, I question whether any NRC employee, other than those witliin the Office of theinspector, General:and,the Atonuc Saf,;ty,and Licensing Board Panel, can truly serve on Judge Bollwerk?s team without an inherent conflict ofinterest. Since the Executive Director for Operations was formerly the Director of the Special Projects Office, any tinding by the evaluaticn team that is critical cf the SPO would essentially be the equivalent of finding fault in every NRC employce's ultimate boss. That is a j
conflict ofinterest that will undermine the credibility of the ' independent' evaluation effort iflef t i
uncorrected. The NRC went to great pains to ensure that the ICAVP contractors at Millstone had no ties, or even perceived links, to NU. For the same reason, the independent evaluation team must not be conupted through the inclusion of NRC employees who have a conDiet ot interest.
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woundeias be acenfhet of; interest for<anyone,from OIG to be on the independent svaluationJpam. The OIG report was critical of how SPO handled this Millstone investigation. StrFof OlG, even those not directly involved in the original report. would be biased to re-affirm those finuings.
It is respccij),llygecognende4that Judge Bollwerk?s team not include anyone from the NRC with the except'en ofASLBP staf6f t is crucial for the final resolution of this matter that the independent evaluation team's report have credibility. The inclusion of people reporting to the EDO or to OlG could g f seriously impair the credibility of the team's efforts.
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