ML061980085

OI Summary Notes of Witness Interview

ML061980085
Person / Time
Site:	Hope Creek
Issue date:	10/09/2003
From:	NRC/OI
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References
FOIA/PA-2005-0194
Download: ML061980085 (1)

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Summary rinterview 10/09/03 (with S. Barber and E. Neff):-He personally did not feel intimidated to raise concerns, nor did he have any knowledge that anyone did not raise a concern when they should have.-He seriously questioned the toxic management style of' He claimed their behavior can be intimidating and demeaning and was not conducive to raising issues.-He knows of no instances where production took precedence over safety, but describe t March 17turbine byp Ye situation as clear to him that production was divin questions to excess. u questioned and intimidated senior managers and t length when it was clear to t ie others the unit had to be shutdown to make the repair. nly relented after everyone was lined up against him.-Additionally, he recognized the reactivity management event at a Wednesday SORC (after the decision was made to shut the unit down on Monday) and highlighted the eventto his direct reports and senior management.

This became an INPO significant event and he believes put operators at HC in a bad light and him for having recognized it.-He noted that HC was 100% owned by PSEG Nuclear and Salem was appoximately 50% held by PSEG and this affected the significance of HC's productivity.-He described presence and actions at a SORC meeting as chilling in that prior to his arrival there was. an open discussion on the actions required for suppression testing for fuel pin leaks, after entered, no one volunteered their thoughts an.d to pull it out of each of them. However, he could not recall any specific details on wha said.-He criticized the interactions on the site in general because they were not collegial, and Maintenance specifically for not recognizing their lack of action/coordination with plant activities.

Did not have a "big picture" mentality.

Offered several incidents regarding this.-He noted that capacity factors for all three units were at approximately 93% when he left at end of August and had never been before.iniormatioti in tis record was deleted in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act, exemptions 9 e-FOIA- /__ _