ML052440483

Memo from Letts to Miller Salem/Hope Creek: Discrimination Against a Senior Reactor Engineer for Raising Concerns Through the Corrective Action Process

ML052440483
Person / Time
Site:	Salem, Hope Creek
Issue date:	09/27/2002
From:	Letts B NRC/OI/RGN-I/FO
To:	Miller H Region 1 Administrator
References
1-2002-033, FOIA/PA-2004-0191
Download: ML052440483 (2)

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0 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF INVESTIGATIONS FIELD OFFICE. REGION I

• 'S toe 475 ALLENDALE ROAD KING OF PRUSSIA. PENNSYLVANIA 19406 September 27,2002 MEMORANDUM TO:

Hubert J. Miller, Regional Admistrator Region I 7

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Barry R. Letts, Director Office of Investigations Fie( Office, Region I

SUBJECT:

SALEMIHOPE CREEK: DISCRIMINATION AGAINST A SENIOR REACTOR ENGINEER FOR RAISING CONCERNS THROUGH THE CORRECTIVE ACTION PROCESS (CASE NO. 1-2002-033)

Qp September 4, 2002, an Allegation Review Board (ARB) convened to consider allegations that senior engineer at S m/Hoereek, had beep chilled/discri inated against for raising c

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not receive satisfaction fro' immediate su rviso se nem to the next level of management, where It was requested tha I ocurne issue via the corrective action process (CAP).W claimed that en umente atter through he above channels trnediate supervisor threw the evaluation o desk, e "t's it, you're out of here,"ad escortthe alleger offsite.

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, 2002 Returned to work after beig d discovered that ould not access protected area and had been adrnimtively removed from the site y Security, which was later rectified.

Onet er 11, 2002, OlIcntacte in effort to schedule a formal interview.

_,idvised OI that has share otential di mina concerns with the PSEG Nuclear Employee Concers Program

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tected a potential bias held by the ECP toward plant manageme t that a s tim would like to allow the ECP to complete their investigation.

aintamed that it would not be healthy for_

from a stress perspewe to bjnterviewe at tis time and was unsure of the NRC allegation process._-stated that w d to achieve a better art le or feeLfor the NRC process before following througlorwllegation. OI advisedcthat:ould speak to Dave VITO, RI Seriior Allegations Coordinator, regarding on process and was advised that the investigation would not move forward withou operation. On

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C.) September 12, 2002, OI provid VITO, as of September 23, 20C vith VITO's office phone number. According to lad not contacted him for further information.

Ltact wi n effort to agaipdetermine i aation.Jnaintained thafioes not ly de c o

the pursuit ofmllegation c On September 23, 2iL 01 re-established cor

• ,aesired to pursuewllegation of discrimi esire to be formally interviewed, has present]

discrimination, and has chosen the ECP to adc if Absent any further requests for OI assistance in this matter, this investigation is closed as unsubstantiated by this memorandum.

cc: F. Congel, OE L. Chandler, OGC S. Collins, NRR (Attn: G. Cwalina)

WARNING NOT FOR PUBLIC DISCLOSURE WITHOUT APPROVAL OF FIELD OFFICE DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF INVESTIGATIONS, REGION I 7C