ML20236L605

Responds to Appeal Re Denial of FOIA Request for Document Listed in Encl App.Appeal Denied Due to Document Being Draft & Predecisional in Nature.Document Withheld (Ref FOIA Exemption 5)

ML20236L605
Person / Time
Site:	North Anna
Issue date:	11/06/1987
From:	Stello V NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO)
To:	Bauman L GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT
References
FOIA-87-461, FOIA-87-A-91 NUDOCS 8711100458
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Ms. Linda' Bauman iGovernment Accountability Project gy6 3907 IN RESPONSE REFER.

Midwest Office 104'E. Wisconsin Avenue TO FOIA-87-A Appleton,.WI 54911

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Dear Ms.'Bauman:

i This. is in response to 'yourJ1etter dsted October:15.1987,' in'which you.

appealed Mr. Donnie H. Grimsley's response dated October 8,'1987.-

Mr. Grimsley's response denied'one. document subject tolyour Freedom'of:

Information Act'(F0IA): request for: documents concerning.four categories-of information relating to a July 1987. stainless steel tube; rupture:at the North Anna. nuclear power plant.-

Acting on your-appeal, l'have carefully. reviewed the record in.this case.

and have determined that the previously withheld:information;will.

continue to be withheld from public disclosure.p(a)suant to Exemption.(5) ur of the FOIA (5 U.S.C. 552(b)(5)).and 10 CFR 9.5 (5)of..the-Comission's regulations.. Your appeal-is, therefore, denied.;

'The document listed on the enclosed sppendixTis. a ' draft which is clearly.

predecisional because :it was prepared prior to and.in the course of.

reaching a final ^ agency decision. This' document.. describes.the preliminary opinions of.the staff.

Exemption (5) wasEintended to permit the' agency's withholding of such documents;to preserve-thet free and candid internal dialogue necessary for the careful formulation of agency decision.,

This'is a final agency action. -As. set forth.in-the.FOIA'(5 U.S.C.-

552(a)(4)(B)), judicial review of this decision is available in'a' district court of the United ' States in' the district in which you. reside:

or have your principal place of business.or in(the District of Columbia.

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all. findings.of inspection, including tu not limited to the '117 tubes which showcd'significan

' deteriorate.on, and were taken out of service and what.is being us6d in their place.

4) any and all information regarding the above, before the inspection o

and the reasonc ' for the inspectiot;.

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nd :ha UAC Manual, Appendix 0211, Parts l'. A. 2 a Ad ' A.>3 (approve-1 October:

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' orsicn ir.a t } osi concerned with, honest and. open governtnent,. Through Edd ic outreach, t he Project promotes whistleblowers as ager.ts of L governmeat a : countability.

Through it. Envirorental Wiiistleblower Clin'ic, GAP of f ers assistance to local public jnterest and citizens. groups and interveners in the concern for safety:at nuclear power plants.

We are requesting l Nis,information 'as parb.of an, ongoing monitoring project of the NRC's ef forts to, prptect,public. health, and; safety at and near nuclear processincj plants and radioactive waste facilities..

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or portions of documents withheld.

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justification..of your.grotinds f or claiming each. exemption, explaining why l

each exemption is relevant. to. the-document or portion of the document withheld.

This index,lq recjulred under Vaughn v. Rosen '(I), 484 F.2d - 820

'D.C. Cir. 197 3 ); ceg.. cTenied; 415 U.S; 977 (1974).

We look forward to you'r iesponse to this -request within ten (10) working' days.

Sincerely; Wh 2WWQ,yp c

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clear puwer plant, allowing a trace of rying superheated. water through 1

radianctivity to escape.into the at steam generators was among thou-

-i mosphere, had seen inspected a '.said Ronald H. Leasburg, utility sen.

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month ago, uti ity officials said, No one was injered and there was ior v;ce president for engm.eermg

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m 'r.e acc' dent Wednesday, the most During the inspection,117 tubes serious ever at Virgin:a.. Power's showed significant deterioration and -

North ' Anna power plant about 40 were taken out of service, trasburg

. 1 mi es northwest of Richmond, the said. The reactor has-3,000 of the

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tubes, all original equipment at the 1

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heo ~edtNeonsf agency recones adsact to tie segreat have been located.

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are already susdatte ter punge beoecean an6 copgeng in tie NAC Pulide Decasumme Aem 1717 H Street, N.W., WasPwgeon. OC.

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are being numeh sueenade ter pieet bispecdon ed copy 6ig in the NRC Puhde Demouse Roent,1717 H Street, N.W., Washotb1 ten, DC. le e totest under tus POLA reenhor and requester resse..

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• et the prepossNd een vou agreed ^o acomet h e sensphone anweressie, mesi e emneer er ear sesst is now being made swetsets ter peac sepscess and ooying et the NAC NInc Decnament Reen. 017 H Street, N W.. WesNngton, DC, h a taider uruler Wes FORA susteer and roguesear home.

W is information on how you rrwy coesn eccess to and the cheroes er conving scords pieced in the Nnc Pese Deewneni moom 17t7 H s:reet, N.W., Washmeen. OC Agent./ records subge:t to the re@est are ar=**-se Any M* chaine Nr comes of the recorde powuled and asyment procedwes are noted in the comments escean.

mecorde out$ect to the remest hoe been cue ='ed to another Federas ageneyfles) for seriew and direct rumpasse a yes.

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sie Secreesty of the Comtrenien, U.S. Nucieer p Commmeion, Washangton, DC 2rWERK, and shondd cleerty stone en the sueuelupe and in the letter eum la is an " Appeal from at kiisisi FOtA Dedelen.

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Re: FOIA-87-461-APPENDIX C RECORDS MAINTAINED AMONG POR FILES -

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7/11/84 Inspection Report. 50-338/84-24 'and 50-339/84-24.

Accession No. 8408270387.

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4/18/85 Inspection Report. 50-338/85-09 asui 50-339/85 09.

Accession No. 8505170386.

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6/24/87' Inspection Report. 50-338/87-17 and 50-339/87-17.,

Accession No. 8706300262.

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8/28/97 Inspection Report, 50-338/87-24 ' and 50-339/87-24..

Accession No. 8709040248.

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Rei FOIA-87-461 APPENDIX D

' RECORDS MAINTAINED IN PDR UNDER THE ABOVE REQUEST MER

1. - l2/27/85 Letter from.W.L. Stewart to Nelson Grace. ' subject:~ North Anna

. Power Station Unit 1 Steam Generator Tube Plugging Report..

(17 pages) 1 2.

4/11/86 Letter from W.L. Stewart to Nelson Grace, sihject: North i

Anna Unit 2 Steam Generator Tube Plugging Report. (17 pages) 3.

6/2/87 Morth Anna Unit 1,1987 Steam Generator Plugging Sumnary.

graphs. (4 pages) 3 4.

6/12/87 Post-56TR Cooldown Using Backfill.. (7 pages) j 5.

6/12/87 Reactor. Trip. or Safety Injection (with attachment)v (24'.-

pages) 6.

Undated Inspection and Repair History. (4 pages) 7.

Undated North Anna Steam Generator Tube Rupture Event on July 15..

1987. (3 pages) 8.

Undated Visit 1, Steam Generator Tube Rupture Sequence of Event's, July 15,1987.(2pages):

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Undated Draft Preliminary Notification. (1 page)

10. Undated - NewRelease.-(1page)-

11. 7/15/87 Draft Norning Report. (1 page)-

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12. 7/15/87 Swanary of " Alert" Emergency North Anna Power' Station Udit "C" Steam Generator Tube Rupture. (4 pages).

13. 7/15/87. News Release fl. (2 pages)'

14. 7/15/87 News Release it. (2 pages) t

15. 7/15/87 Morning Report - Region II. (1 page)

16. Undated Update os Reactor Trip on July 15. (1 page) 1 17, 7/15/87 News Release #3, Alert Status continues at North Anna as-.

Cooldown continues.

18. 7/15/87 News Release f4 Alert Ended at North Anna Power Station.

(1page)

19. 7/16/87 Preliminary, handwritten notes.. (2 pages) 8

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i APPENDIX 0 (Continued) t RECORDS MAINTAINED IN POR UNDER THE' AB0VE REQUEST NUMBER l-p Draft Morning report. (1 page).

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21. 7/17/87' July 16, 1987 1600 seeting. (3 pages)L

22. 7/17/87 North Anna Power. Station' Unit 1 Forced Outage. (1 page)'

23. 7/17/87 Unit 1 Steam Generator "C" Outage.-(4 pages)

24. 7/18/87 July 17, 1987 -11600 meeting. (2 page's) a

25. 7/18/87 Steam Generator. Inspection:and. Repair Logic.. (8 pa'ges)L

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26. 7/IP/37 July 18, 1987 - 0830 meeting. '(2 pages)

27. 7/18/87 July 18,1987 1600 meeting.. (2lpages).

28. 7/19/87 Chronology Steam Generator Tube Rupture Event North Anna-Power Station Unit 1 July 10. '198h (7. pages) 4

29. Undated July 19,1987' - 0830 meeting.- (2 pages)

30. 7/19/87 Historic x/y Display (charts) L(5 pages)-

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31. 7/19/ 87 List of figures / diagram. (16 pages)

32. Undated July 19,1987 - IS00 meeting. '(2 'pages)

33. Undated July 20. 1987 - 1600 meeting. (2 pages) i 1

34. 7/20/87 Chronology Steam Generator Tube Rupture Event North Anna 1

Power Station' Unit 1 July 15.1987. (8 pages).

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35. 7/20/87 iMorning Report. (1 page)

36. Undated North Anna 1 - Stem Generator Tube Leak, July..15, 1987 (charts, drawirns, events). (12 pages)

37. 7/20/87

$A-C E/C Inspection Plan Diagram.-(2 pages)

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38. 7/20/87 Draft Morning Report. (1-page) i 3g. 7/20/87 Event Report. (1 page)

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40. 7/21/87 Morning Keport, Region II, (1 page)

41. 7/21/87 Facsimile.with handwritten notes. (3 pages)'

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RECORDS MAINTAINED IN PDR UNDER THE ABOVE itCQUEST NLMBER l

42. Undated VEPCO Response to Generic Ltr:85-02.;(5 pages)

43. Undated July 21, 1987 - 0900 Meeting. (2 pages)'

44.'7/21/87-Morning. Report Region II. (1 page):

45. Undated DraftMorningReport.(1page) 1 l

46. Undated ' Event Report. (1 page) 1

47. Undated Photographs.. (4 ' pages)

48. Undated North Anna '1 Steam Generator Tube Rupture Event. '(2 pages)

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49. Undated North Anna Vait 1 Pressurizer Level graphs. (2 pages)'

50. Undated Vent Stock "A"_. (1 page).

51. Undated Drawing, (1 page) 1 l

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RECORD TOTALLY WITHHELD 1.

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