ML20236S416
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| Issue date: | 10/30/1987 |
| From: | Carr K NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| To: | Morella C HOUSE OF REP. |
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| NUDOCS 8711250147 | |
| Download: ML20236S416 (4) | |
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CHAMAN October 30, 1987 The Honorable Constance A. Morella Member, United States House of Representatives 11141 Georgia Avenue, Suite 302 Wheeton, Maryland 20902
Dear Congresswoman Morella:
It is my sincere pleasure to nominate Mr. Kenneth E. Perkins, Mr. Thomas A.
Murley and Mr. Novak Zuber for the 1987 Congressional Excalibur Award.
The dedication and initiative exhibited by Mr. Perkins, Mr. Murley and Mr. Zuber are characteristic'of their fine performance and make them outstanding candidates for this distinguished award.
I have enclosed nominating statements for each candidate from the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Our agency contact for the Excalibur Award Program is Duane A. Potter.
If you need further information, Mr. Potter can be reached at (301) 492-8930.
Sincerely.
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Kenneth M. Carr Acting Chairman
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NOMINATION FOR CONGRESSIONAL EXCALIBUR AWARD Kenneth E. Perkins, ES-03 Chief, Incident Response Branch Office for Analysis and Evaluation of Operating Data Bethesda, Maryland The accident at the Three Mile Island (TMI) Nuclear Power Plant in March 1979 vividly pointed out the need for the entire Federal Government and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), in particular, to respond more effectively to nuclear power plant accidents and other large radiological incidents. Shortly after the TMI accident, NRC began taking actions to improve this situation. Kenneth E. Perkins took over the responsibility for the NRC's incident response program in 1982 and has successfully directed this program for the past five years.
It is now recognized as the model emergency response program for civilian Federal agencies.
In addition, Mr. Perkins' efforts in coordinating the NRC's response program with those of other Federal and State agencies have had a profound positive effect on all of the other accident response organizations with which he has worked.
Mr. Perkins has demonstrated his technical and managerial capabilities in designing and building one of the finest and most functional civilian emergency operations centers in the world. Mr. Perkins was involved in every aspect of the planning, selection, and construction of this facility so that its approach remained consistent with the mission of the NRC and the Federal government, and was compatible with the operations of State and local governments. A measurable tribute to the success of this facility is the large number of domestic and international visitors who tour this operations center each year to learn how to make their own emergency response programs more effective.
Mr. Perkins' contributions extend beyond the physical facility itself.
He has always been concerned with the problems of dealing with the myriad of governmental and industrial organizations, as well as the public, during a highly charged response to a large nuclear emergency.
The quality of the staff and the operational capabilities of the NRC Operations Center which were developed under Mr. Perkins' leadership are every bit as impressive as the facility that he has obtained for his agency. Mr. Perkins was also a significant contributor to the Federal Plan for responding to such emergencies and has been very successful in encouraging other Federal agencies to develop the necessary procedures and personnel to support the State and local authorities in a major emergency. Mr. Perkins has also used his considerable interpersonal skills in working with each of the NRC's regional offices to develop response programs that are consistent with the national program, and essentially identical in every part of the country.
The culmination of these vigorous efforts has been the recognized outstanding performance of the NRC in the 1984 and 1987 Federal Field Exercises. These nuclear power plant exercises were the largest civilian emergency response exercises conducted in the United States. Each was deemed to be a successful demonstration of the Federal capability to pro-vide the necessary support to offsite governmental authorities. Mr. Perkins was primarily responsible for assuring that the NRC, the othsr Federal Agencies, and the States were fully trained and prepared for these exercises.
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NOMINATION FOR CONGRESSIONAL EXCALIBUR AWARD Dr. Thomas E. Murley, ES-06 Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Bethesda, Maryland
-l NRR nominates Dr. Thomas E. Murley, Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, for the Congressional Excalibur Award in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Dr. Murley demonstrated his leadership and outstanding management ability by fostering greatly improved relationships on the loss of Fluid Test program management between the NRC and the Energy Research and Development I
Administration. He controlled the NRC's program with unequaled expertise, resulting in a technically sound research program that produced scientific information which contributed to the confirmation of NRC's reactor regulatory program.
In addition, Dr. Murley created a new component of the reactor safety research organization and instituted a program to investigate problems in quality and environmental control.
As Administrator of Region I, Dr. Murley selected and motivated a highly skilled technical staff which implemented more efficient inspections of l
nuclear facilities in the face of diminishing agency resources.
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willingness to listen to contending legitimate viewpoints before making l
sensitive licensing decisions, and his promotion of national, public outreach programs that communicated vital information about complex technology to the public, attests to his effective leadership.
Most recently, as Director of the Office of Nuclear Peactor Regulation, Dr. Murley has demonstrated outstanding leadership in managing the NRC's largest organizational unit, which is responsible for all aspects of nuclear power plant licensing and inspection.
Dr Murley's office deals with major issues which have nationwide impact, such as the manufacture, production and utilization of nuclear facilities; the quality of construction, maintenance, and safe operation of nuclear power facilities; and emergency preparedness at nuclear facilities.
Dr. Murley's outstanding achievements have been recognized by numerous awards, including the NRC's Distinguished Service Award and the Distinguished Executive Rank Presidential Award. His accomplishments and national recognition within the nuclear profession make Dr. Murley an invaluable asset to the NRC and the Federal Service.
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NOMINATION FOR CONGRESSIONAL EXCALIBUR AWARD Novak Zuber, GG-15 Senior Reactor Scientist Office of Nuclear Regulation Research Bethesda, Maryland Novak iuber has been with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Office of Research since it was formed in 1973. His outstanding performance over the past 14 years has contributed to the successful completion of safety analysis computer codes which have been validated against experimental data from scaled test facilities, These computer codes have become the inter-national state-of-the-art tool of choice for every country with a nuclear power program.
In addition, almost every major utility and vendor in the U.S., as well as several of the leading service organizations, have adopted these codes into their safety analysis programs.
After 14 years of research the NRC is revising its regulations to allow the use of these best-estimate computer codes, rather than overly conservative ones, in the licensing process.
This should lead to more understandable regulation and to safer operating conditions for nuclear plants.
As a major part of this effort, Dr. Zuber has recently supervised the development of a code scalability, applicability and uncertainty (CSAV) methodology. This methodology has attracted international attention and promises to be used both now and in the future to reliably determine the safety margin in best-estimate analyses of nuclear power plant operation.
The public will benefit from the efforts which Dr. Zuber has achieved through mor3 conomic and safer generation of needed electricity.
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