ML062210137

E-mail from Teator to Vito, Salem Sj Check Valve Issue

ML062210137
Person / Time
Site:	Salem, Hope Creek
Issue date:	01/27/2004
From:	Teator J NRC/OI
To:	Barber G, Vito D NRC Region 1
References
FOIA/PA-2005-0194
Download: ML062210137 (1)

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Subject:

SALEM SJ CHECK VALVE ISSUE Dave, Steve Pi le an I interviewe on 2 issues on 1/22/04. During the SCWE portion of the intervie aid that he believes the Sm SJ v as estion were declared operable (after leaking was-deteled) without a sound technical basisq oes not believe the conservative thing was done an, e do not believe that technical specification cTmpliance was met with how they handled the issuea, said that at artificial isla 0ertio made operabi *conclusions and ncessure/pushback on the J valve issue came fro SpecNii told 19ý ý ýhat they were not in tech spec compliance on i-s e an esponded that engineering hd done an evaluation

-and pushed back o im he believed it was inoperable.

Eil .heard a similar concern raised regarding these valves b .ýuring a 12/16/03 interview.

We have now heard this from 2 high level s I s -with indicatio at there may have been a violation of tech specs. I will not receive th Panscript for about 10 days -but wanted to get this info to you so that a formal determination can 6e made thru the.tc~~r on whether a violation occurred here. If it did, there are clear indications from! ,i'estimony t it is potential deliberate misconduct Jeff CC: Eileen Neff; Ernest Wilson I I in this record was deleted in accordance with the Freedom of Informption Act, exemptions "2c_.fOMIAk- Zý00-r l t