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116884 1 (1981-11-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadyws0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GEN'-RAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D C 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 9 45 a m THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1981 Statement of John W Harman, Acting Associate Director Energy and Minerals Division Before the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs I Quality Assurance in the ConstructionIB li of Nuclear Powerplants 116884 Mr Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee We welcome the opportunity to be here to discuss quality assurance in the construction of nuclear powerplants My statement today will address our earlier report to the Congress on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) nuclear oowerplant construction insoection program and what NRC has told us it has done to implement the recommendations in that report l/ The matters discussed in our report directly relate to the subject of today's hearing At the outset, I would like to make two points about our earlier report First, the report was issued in September of 1978--nore than 3 years ago Therefore, it only reflects our evaluation of NRC's construction inspection program as it existed at that time We have not conducted any subsequent evaluations of this program Second, we did not evaluate the effectiveness of utility construction or construction-related quality assurance programs Our report focused on the effectiveness of NRC's inspection program Our report was an evaluation of these NRC inspection activities as they existed at that time Ile conducted our evaluation at NRC headquarters, its l/The Nuclear Regulatory Commission Needs to Aggressively Monitor and Independently Evaluate Nuclear Powerplant Construction, EMD-78-80, Sept 7, 1978 1 & -

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