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EMD-79-67 1 (1979-05-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaazir0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Q COMPTROLL.ER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. D.C. Z0548 B-127945 MAY 15 1SM The Honorable Richard S. Schweiker United States Senate 109588 Dear Senator Schweiker: This report responds to your April 19, 1979, reQuest for a prompt analysis of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's program for licensing nuclear powerplant operators. As you indicated, information from the Three Mile Island nuclear accident and from other nuclear plants has raised questions concerning the Commission's program. In responding to your request, we have answered the specific questions that you had asked. Moreover, our review has resulted in questions beyond those you asked which we believe must be answered to assure that this important ele- ment of nuclear powerplant operation is being carried out safely. These questions are discussed in the text of this report although we were unable to answer them because of the short time frame for carrying out your request. But we believe the questions should be raised in a public forum now so that other parties--the President's recently appointed Commission investigating the Three M-ile Island accident, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and congressional committees-- can consider them in carrying out their studies of the Three Mile Island accident and related matters. HUMAN/OPERATOR ERROR AT THREE MILE ISLAND AND OTHER NUCLEAR POWERPLANTS 46 The specific events that caused the nuclear accident /Vcat thE: Fe~ii e an lant are being care u- y FI-fted b 2omiifission, in partifcu ar the Office of j51nw-ctdion and Enforcemen,. However, the Chairmanofte Ao t Commission a c c thc nOc -Nuc1ear Reac- tor Requlation have publiclv stated that human error was a iua--o ruc~an±~j~biit-c~r _accident at Three Mile Island. ,4J2Y>ji Because officials of the Commission's Office of Inspection and Enforcement are currently performing their official investigation, they refused to make available to us any specific information being generated. In their opinion, their investigation would be impeded if specific 0z EMD-7 9-67

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