IR 05000352/1979175
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| Site: | Limerick  |
| Issue date: | 04/09/1980 |
| From: | Robert Carlson NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Kemper J PECO ENERGY CO., (FORMERLY PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8005270193 | |
| Download: ML19323E752 (2) | |
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Docket Nos. 50-352 APR 0 9 E1 50-353 Philadelphia Electric Company ATTN:
Mr. John S. Kemper Vice President Engineering and Research 2301 Market Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19101
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Gentlemen:
Subject:
Combined Investigation 50-352/79-175 and 50-353/79-175 This refers to the investigation conducted by Mr. G. Walton of this office on January 14-16, 1980, at the Limerick Generating Station, Units 1 and 2, Limerick, Pennsylvania of activities authorized by NRC License Nos. CPPR-106 and CPPR-107
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and to the discussions of our findings held by Mr. Walton with Mr. Corcoran and other members of your staff at the conclusion of the investigation.
In addition to Limerick Generating Station, Units 1 and 2, this investigation included four other nuclear facilities.
The attached report includes the inves-tigations performed at all six nuclear facilities.
Areas examined at your facility are described in the Office of Inspection and Enforcement Investigation Report which is enclosed with this letter.
Within these areas, the investigation consisted of selective examinations of procedures and representative records, interviews with personnel, and observations by the inspector.
Within the scope of this investigation, no items of noncompliance were observed.
In accordance with Section 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," Part 2, Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, a copy of this letter and the enclosed investigation report will be placed in the NRC's Public Document Room.
If this report contains any information that you (or your contractor) believe to be pro-prietary, it is necessary that you make a written application within 20 days to this office to withhold such information from public disclosure.
Any such appli-cation must be accompanied by an affidavit executed by the owner of the informa-tion, which identifies the document or part sought to be withheld, and which contains a statement of reasons which addresses with specificity the items which will be considered by the Commission as listed in subpraragraph (b) (4) of Sec-tion 2.790.
The information sought to be withheld shall be incorporated as far as possible into a separate part of the affidavit.
If we do not hear from you in this regard within the specified period, the report will be placed in the Public Document Room.
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Philadelphia Electric Company
No reply to this letter is required; however, should you have any questions concerning this investigation, we will be pleased to discuss them with you.
Sincerely, e
Robert T. Carlson, Chief Reactor Construction and Engineering Support Branch
Enclosure:
Office of Inspection and Enforcement Combined Investigation Report Nos.
50-352/79-175 and 50-353/79-175
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Report No.79-175 Docket No.
50-289, 50-320, 50-334, 50-412, 50-352, 50-353 CPPR-105, DPR-73, CPPR-106, DPR-107, License No. DPR-66,DPR-50 Priority Category A-C
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Licensee:
Philadelphia Electric Company Duquesne Light Company Metropolitan Edison Company Facility Name:
Beaver Valley 1, 2, Three Mile Island 1, 2, Limerick 1, 2 Investigation At:
Shippinoport, Pa., Middletown, Pa., Limerick, Pa.
Investigation Conducted:
Dec. 10-13, 1979, Jan. 8-9, 1980, Jan. 14-16, 1980 l
Investigators:
M 1[2 /fb h fo G. Walton, Rea or Inspector
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C. Gallina,/ Investigation Specialist
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C. Tripp, 6dction Chief, Engineering Support 7 date Section #1, RC&ES Branch Investigation Summary:
Investigation on Dec. 10-13, 1979 and Jan. 8-9 and Jan. 14-16, 1980 (Report 79-175)
Area Investigated:
Unannounced investigation at six nuclear facilities of four allegations concerning welder qualifications.
The investigation involved 60 investigative hours onsite by one NRC regional based inspector.
An inspector
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and an investigator also interviewed the allegers in their home.
Results:
None of the allegations investigated were found to be substantiated and no apparent items of noncomplianc
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMisslON
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December 12, 1979 M.r. Gary Boring 429 Water Street Indiana, Pennsylvania
Dear Sir:
This is to confirm the meeting held at your residence on November 20, 1979, between you, your brother, Wayne, and Dr. C. Gallina and Mr. Glenn Walton of this office. As a result of that meeting, our understanding of the information provided by you and your brother which potentially relates to areas of nuclear safety is as follows.
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Welder qualification. practices during the construction phase at Three Mile Island, Unit 2 (TMI-2)
From your comments we understand that crafts bought union " Books" and wFe sent to TMI-2 with instructions to state they were certified welders. Then during the actual welding test given at TMI-2, if the welders could not pass the test in the vertical or overhead positions, they would take the test in a flat position.
You stated that several of these individuals who bought " Books" were never cualified welders and could not pass a valid welding test.
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Welding Condenser at TMI-2 During the construction at TMI-2, you stated you were assigned to weld on the inside, southwest end of the condenser. Someone had already welded from the outside and before you comenced welding you wanted to remove some obvious slag already present in the weld.
Wha you brought this to the attention of the foreman, you were told to go~ahad and weld, regardless of the slag present, which you did.
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Welder Qualification While you were working at a fossil-fueled plant (Conemaugh), for Schneider i
Inc., you stated that you took welding tests for eight other welders. As a i
result, they were qualified by Schneider Inc. without ever taking a test.
l Further, that Schneider Inc. is currently working on nuclear facilities at Beaver Valley, Units 1 and 2, and some of these individuals might be working i
there for Schneider Inc.
They could weld for Schneider Inc. without requali-fying because welder qualifications are transferrable when the individual works for the same organization. Also at Shippingport (Beaver Valley ?),
you state that welders are being supplied from Union Local 636, Titusville, Pennsylvania, which sells union " Books" and as a result may be supplying
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Selling Union Books You believe union " Books" are being sold out of Local 329, and as a result unqualified welders and fitters may be working at nuclear facilities such as Limerick and Hope Creek.
We would appreciate your review of the above areas to assure that our understanding is correct.
If there is additional information you may have or wish to provide,
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please let us know.
As was explained to you during the November 20, 1979 meeting, we plan to thoroughly investigate all matters within NRC regulatory jurisdiction.
We do understand that you have provided similar information as above to other Federal and State agencies.
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Please advise this office in writing within 20 days if our understanding of the infurmation provided to us is correct.
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