ML20209G975

FOIA Request for Commissioner Tm Roberts Memo Sent to Util Re Flaws at Plant

ML20209G975
Person / Time
Site:	Waterford
Issue date:	04/24/1987
From:	Halapatz J AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED
To:	NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION & RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (ARM)
References
FOIA-87-237 NUDOCS 8705010108
Download: ML20209G975 (1)

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April 24,1987 N.emorandum For: Director, Division of Rules & Records Office of Administration, US Nuclear llc [eardgency Regulatory Commission Washington DC 20555. ffO/n - * (( ,

From: Joe Halapatz, A Concerned Citizen 316?. Northgate Dr., Apt. 2014, Irving.TX ' [g [Y '

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Request for Information Under The Freedom Utilities Gli Acces of Information Act, FOIA to $ensitive# Memos Please provide the undersigned, under FOI A, a copy of the --

Commission document concerning flawsat a Waterford, LA. By BEN A. FRANKLIN .

nuclear plant, which bore the initials of US NRC Commission - 5' = "a m h v-* m '

er Thomas M. Roberts., was passed on to Louisian.a Power and clear WASHINGTON. April h - The No Regulatory'. Commission toda Light Company executivesfrom Kr. Roberts's office and was Snn=nced a series of tnternalinvesi found in the files of the louisiana Power and Light Compa- satims and policy changes fo!!owin ny, as was reported in an article (adjoining) which appear sadis,g gty m p sim oft ed in The New York Times, dated Tuesday, April 21, 1987 with electric uutny companies? ,,, ,

. , The commisslorphairman,Ibndo %

Since the document was found in the files of the Loulslana z ech Jr.,saidin astatement that a fei Power and Light Company it is no longer privileged. i *,c mmisggma Rob I request the document identified above in order to make '

a personal determination as to whether any- testimony 1 *Ydr be co

$ Et@[n h" ly eted as smn as possible" to might offer will be pertinent. . $l',geg"a ,m copy ot a sensiu flaws at a waterfnrd a n5ciY[r$r,$

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• was passed to company execu'tives from Mr. Roberts's office. The plant is operatea ov me Loumana Power and

/N -~ - Light Company.

Under questioning al' a hearing April 9 before the Senate Government Af.

Joe Halapatz fairs committee head of the a enc.y'sBen Offjee B. Hayes, the of Investi-i 3162 Northgate Dr.. g*

me $"o'i[dum had given th "

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Apt 2014 a tremendous advamage" in a subse-quent commission mvesti of' Irving Texas 3"f eN* Epi'It *"*

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_found in tne company s rues, mr. tsayes (214) 570 1512 veU3$tiv'e' 717e'*o"n*j l"g,jgrggn ,,

Roberts. Mr. Roberts testified the file was then " torn up anti thrown in the

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[REEDOM 0F WFORMATION- z id he w,s3'i,o ,,,,,n,n,

. MT REQUEST , separate internai inv augations of the

, conduct of the agenc,(s office of In.

O rin of ce , c[gg,3$ny7,nde" wh as executive director for operations is I -[-,p ) the agency's top sta f manager, was described by Mr. Ha;es and others in testimony as having ud an improper private conversation itipping off" offi-cials of the Tennessee Valley Author-ity, whose troubled imclear power pro-grarn is under revier by the commis.

Mr. zech acknolweiged in his state-ment today that the had disclosed "alQ>auons of sho comings in the N.R. 's investigative and regulatory proc ss." Senator John Glenn, Democrat of('Uhio said at the he8dng that thne was e,vidence the 8705010108 PDR FOIA 870424 agency heinOntemai was nsco

" totally $ductincapable" o HALAPAT87-237 PDR in response to testimony by Mr Hayes that he had been blocked in' some investigations from referring criminal conduct to the Justice Depart-ment for prosecution. Mr. Zech also an-i 7,"d,th,at the, agency was revoking

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