ML17298A790

FOIA Request for Documents Re Facility Hot Functional Testing Problems,Including Broken Thermowells,Loose & Broken Reactor Coolant Pump Parts & Loose Thermal Sleeves

ML17298A790
Person / Time
Site:	Palo Verde
Issue date:	10/17/1983
From:	Bernabei L GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT
To:	NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION (ADM)
References
FOIA-83-609 NUDOCS 8402080026
Download: ML17298A790 (4)

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C OVERHMEHT ACCOUHTADILITYPROJECT Institute for Policy Studies 1901 Que Street. N.%'., Woshington, D.C. 20009 (202) 234-9362 October 17, 1983 Director Office of Administration FREEDOM OF INFORMATION U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 gyes)Qg 40'P To Whom It May Concern: g ac- 'd /0-B7 Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C.

5 552, the Government Accountability Project (GAP) of the Institute for Policy Studies requests copies of any and all agency records and information, including but not limited to notes, letters, memoranda, draf ts, minutes, diaries, logs, calendars, tapes, transcripts, diaries, interview reports, procedures, instructions, engineering analyses, drawings, files, graphs, charts, maps, photo-graphs, agreements, handwritten notes, studies, data sheets, notebooks, books, telephone messages, computations, voice recordings, and other data compilations, interim and/or final reports, status reports, and any and all documents related to problems encountered by the Arizona Public Service Company during hot functional testing of Palo Verde, Unit 1, including but not limited to the following failures: broken thermowells, loose and broken parts to the reactor coolant pumps, loose thermal sleeves and cracked shrouds on the CEA upper support structure.

If any records have been destroyed and/or removed, please provide all surrounding records, including but, not limited to a list of all records which have been or are destroyed and/or removed, a description of the action(s) taken, relevant date(s), individual, office and/or agency-wide policies and/or justification(s) for the action(s),

identification of all personnel involved with the action(s), and any and all records relevant to, generated in connection with, and/or issued in order to implement the action(s) .

GAP requests that fees be waived, because "finding the information can be considered as primarily benefitting the general public."

U.S.C. 5 552(a) (4) (A) . The Government Accountability Project is a non-profit, non-partisan public interest organization concerned with honest and open government. Through legal representation, advice, national conferences, films, publications and public outreach, the Project promotes whistleblowers as agents of government accountability.

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Director Office of Administration Page Two October 17, 1983 GAP requests the above information as part of an ongoing monitoring project on the adequacy of the NRC's efforts to protect public safety and health at nuclear power plants.

For any documents or portions that you deny due to a specific

'OIA exemption, please provide an index itemizing and describing the documents or portions of documents withheld. The index should provide a detailed justification of your grounds for claiming each exemption, explaining why each exemption is relevant to the document or portion of the document withheld. This index is required under Vau hn v. Rosen (I) 484 F.2d 820 (D.C. Cir. 1973), cert. denied, 15 U.S. 977 19 ).

We look forward to your response to this request within ten working days.

Sincerely yours, Staf Counsel pdc

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