ML20210K860

Partially Withheld Memo Re NRC Handling of Allegations

ML20210K860
Person / Time
Site:	Catawba
Issue date:	04/29/1983
From:	Jamarl Cummings NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTOR & AUDITOR (OIA)
To:	Ahearne, Gilinsky, Palladino NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
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FOIA-85-584 NUDOCS 8604290098
Download: ML20210K860 (1)

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!!E!'ORANDUit FOR: Chairman Palladino Comissioner Gilinsky Commissioner Ahearne ()

Comissioner Roberts C-Comissioner Asselstine .

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FR0ft: James J. Cummings, Director 7 Office of Inspector and Auditor

SUBJECT:

CATAllBA NUCLEAR P0llER STATION; REVIEll 0F NRC HANDLING 0F ALLEGATIONS e

7 In an April 21, 1983, letter to the Director, Office of Investigations (01),

and the Region II Regional Administrator, the Government Accountability c Project (GAP) of the Institute for Policy Studies on behalf of a citizens

. group in South Carolina expressed their questioning of "...the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) oversi.ght of problems that have been brought to the attention of both the resident and regional inspectors and investigators."

Insofar as the GAP letter addresses possible NRC employee improprieties, Ben Hayes has referred this matter to the Office of Inspector and Auditor (0IA).

The GAP letter focuses on allegations that were brought to the attention of the NRC Regional Office in January 1982 by quality control welding inspectors ,

at the Catawba Nuclear Power Station regarding Duke Power Corporation management and alleged falsification of inspection documents.

The allegations.were reportedly investigated and eventually dismissed by a '

utility task force. GAP review of documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act reportedly identifies possible evidence of utility management harassment / intimidation as described in reports written by the NRC Senior -

, Resident Inspector at Catawba and Region II staff. '

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