Re: US nuke regulators criticized for false safety methods

["dkosloff1" <dkosloff1@email.msn.com>]

Since my earlier posting on this subject, I downloaded the entire UCS
document.  It appears from the wording that UCS used some compilation of
Licensee Event Reports to come up with the number of "violations".  I will
see if I can verify that by checking their cited source, NUREG-1272, vol. 7,
No. 1, Table 5.1.

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From: "Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@earthlink.net>
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Sent: Friday, August 18, 2000 12:13 PM
Subject: Re: US nuke regulators criticized for false safety methods

Don Kosloff dkosloff1@email.msn.com
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> Hank,
>
> Excellent recollection!
>
> The NRC has moved to performance based indicators for nuclear power
> plants. This is a good step and will lead to more accurate assessment
> of a plant's performance, especially since many of the indicators are
> process indicators reflect upon safety.
>
> As is often the case, the UCS pounces on the number of violations as
> an indication of performance. What they fail to state in their news
> briefings, all violations are not equal in significance. There are
> many levels of violations. Many in fact are derived from self-
> assessments at the plants. No mention is made that the numbers they
> quote (and I don't know over what time frame they were collected and
> reported) that there were an insignificant number that really
> reflected on any issues requiring significant attention. Going back
> to 1982 and using a vertical slice assessment based on that time
> frame is not a valid comparison. Any deviation from "verbatim
> compliance" in the past has been deemed to be a violation, regardless
> of the safety significance.
>
> So, as in all releases from groups with an agenda, they use a few
> facts, twist the significance, and true meaning with respect to what
> the real effect/outcome is, and hide the other factors that put all
> of their statements into perspective.
>
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