Leyse, Lightning and the Gangsters at NSAC, INPO and the NRC

I’m mailing a copy of this entry to Chairman, NRC, with a request that she direct her staff to go to nuclearpowerblog.blogspot.com and read the entry of Thursday, July 24, 2008

Lightning, NSAC and INPO, (how things work!)

from which the following is extracted:


I was with NSAC when I classified the consequences of a lightning strike at Salem Unit 1 on June 8, 1980, as a Significant Event and my report was entered into our communications system on August 12, 1980, as an NSAC/INPO SIGNIFICANT EVENT.

INPO immediately objected to my entry and worked overtime to demand its rejection.

Well, it is really amazing, HOW THINGS WORK! It turns out that on November 5, 1985, the NRC issued an Information Notice regarding lightning strikes. In contrast to INPO's rejection of my above SER that is dated 12-Aug-8o, the NRC included the lightning strike at Salem on June 9, 1980, in this Information Notice that is dated November 5, 1985.

BUT WHAT IS EVEN MORE FUN: the NRC referenced INPO report, INPO SER 76-84, in its Information Notice. Very likely, the INPO Signifcant Event Report, SER 76-84, includes the Salem event that INPO effectively censored on 12-AUG-80. It is also interesting that it apparently was not until 1984 that INPO admitted that lightning strikes induced significant events. And, very likely, the NRC became aware of the significance of lightning strikes when it became aware of INPO SER 76-84 in the course of its confidential communications with INPO.

Here is NRC Information Notice 85-86; note the reference to INPO SER 76-84. Also, the NRC's writeup of the lightning strike at Salem is less inclusive than my Significant Event Report of August 12, 1980.

So, I sent the following request to the NRC asking them to allow me to have copy of INPO SER 76-84. Here is the e-mail and it is followed by the NRC's denial.

FOIA request for INPO SER 76-84

Date:6/22/2008 11:44:16 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time

From:Bobleyse

To:FOIA.resource@nrc.gov

AttachedInformation Notice No. 85-86: Lightning Strikes at Nuclear Power references INPO SER 76-84. This discloses that NRC has INPO SER 76-84. This is my request under FOIA to be provided with a copy of INPO SER 76-84.

Information Notice No. 85-86: Lightning Strikes at Nuclear Power ...However, INPO SER 76-84 covers this latter subject as well as summarizing earlier INPO documents dealing with lightning strikes at nuclear power plants. ...www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/gen-comm/info-notices/1985/in85086.html - 23k - Cached - Similar pages

Robert H. Leyse bobleyse@aol.com

The NRC denied this request arguing that, "The information is considered to be confidential business (proprietary) Information."