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Notifies of Discontinuance of Ofc of Investigations Inquiry Q2-85-021, Shearon Nuclear Power Plant;Alleged Falsification of Inservice Piping NDE Insp Records, Based on Listed reasons.W/860910 Press Release
ML20237G464
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Site: Harris, 05000000
Issue date: 07/07/1986
From: Vorse J
NRC OFFICE OF INVESTIGATIONS (OI)
To: Grace J
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
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FOIA-86-596, FOIA-86-793 NUDOCS 8708140084
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, ~JUL 0 719861 MEMORANDUM FOR: J. Nelson Grace, Regional Administrator Region II FROM: James Y. Vorse, Field Office Director Office of Investigations Field Office, egion II

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DISCONTINUANCE OF 01 INQUIRY Q2-85-021, ENTITLED SHEARON HARRIS NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; ALLEGED FALSIFICATION OF INSERVICE PIPING NDE INSPECTION RECORDS This memorandum will serve to notify your office that 01 is closing subject inquiry based upon two factors: (1) your December 2-6, 1985 inspection of pertinent welds that were included in the group of alleged falsified inspection documents, with findin the corrected documents, andyour (2)gs that these intended welds issuance of awere Noticeasofdescribed in Violation regarding the proper procedure for correction of these inspection records.

Formal 01 Report of Inquirs to follow.

Your office may release Inspection Report No. 50-400/85-48 with its associated Notice of Violation.

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PRESS RELEASE: Aft'er meeting with Attorney General Lacy Thornburg  ;

FRON: C.A.S.N. Legal Committee j s '

The CASH Legal Committee has recently acquired an NRC inspection report '

dated July 15, 1986 that contains two violations that the NBC inspectors found in the Harris plant's pre-service inspection program of velds on i safety-related etbilpment. j These violations are very similar to the allegations made by CASH, and -

thus far ignored by the NRC, based on the allegations and evidence l presented by former CP&L (and NES/Conam) employee, Patty Miriello. j Needless to say, we are pleased that the NRC finally took these procedural flaws seriously and inspected the Harrie plant. Our concern, however, as fuel loading again becomes imminent, is that they have only checked '

i the tip of an iceburg which may be much more extensive than even f Ms. Miriello is aware of, in terms of videspread alteration of quality assurance data, which will become the baseline data source for all later L, efforts to evaluate and insure the proper maintenance and safe operation i of the Harris reactor. l The CASH Legal Committee wishes to request the cooperation of the North Carolina Attorney General's office in ensuring that these critical

. unanswered plant safety questions get resolved before CP&L is allowed to load fuel at the Harris reactor. We would like'the assistance of 5 the Attorney General's office in either directly investigating the '

[ falsification of documents in the CP&L pre-inspection, quality assurance j i program or formally requesting the Director of Peactor Regulation, Harold Venton, to direct his office to do a thorough investigation of the reliability of testing of welds on safety-related equipment at the Harris reactor. If original documents demonstrating the possibility of veld indications have been destroyed, this would call into question whether '

the Harris reactor could ever be operated safely. We hope that the ,

Attorney General can assist *us with answering questions that involve the ,

future safety and security of our state and region. j

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