ML061980086
| ML061980086 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Salem, Hope Creek  |
| Issue date: | 10/22/2003 |
| From: | NRC/OI |
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| References | |
| FOIA/PA-2005-0194 | |
| Download: ML061980086 (6) | |
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Interviews conducted on Wednesday, October 22, 2003 by SA Mullen:
HSSERpresent Busring the ie w
Local pa 2 during the interview), 52 pages; IISSLER, present durig the interview), 26 pages; and
- ri*ri (No union representative during his interview), 36 pages.
bt....jparticipated in a safety culture survey at SS, within the last month.
Zsaid that he has not participated safety culture surveys in the past, because "'I didn't feel that they [management] listened to what we had to say, and I didn't feel that b they got back to us on the information we provided." According to@
the questions in past surveys were ambiguous, and there was little value-because of different interpretations (pp. 7 and 8).
opined to other members of the safety council that the, s ould hear the working p man s perspective on why we don't do surveys. Howeverinformed the
, fmembers that he would generate participation and wnu garner 100 percent of i the SS NCOs and NEOs to participate in the survey.
claims that he did et 100 percent participation by the NEOs and that he handed them in recently.,NOW explained how he got involved: "We do off-shift bids here in operations and for various departments...No one had bid the position [safety coordinator]."
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has not received any official, feedback on the recent safety culturie survey (pp. 10, 11, and 13).-X "Iki.
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4]'4c 4wreo.4C I assessment of the safety culture at SS is: "I don't think it's where it needs to be. They 900a *6 4 created the safety councils. I have been on them in the past and got very frustrated because V4tcA,AM.
all you do is sit aoun.dan talk about what you are going to do and nothing really gets accomplished."
i said there is a lot of talk but not yermuch action to correct or fix things. In regards to whether things have improved said: "I think safety is better now because we have the teams in place, and they--are sticking together longer than they ever have."
also said that: "you have to bird do oleto get things done.
You have it. Now, what are you doing? I need help with this."
014Iso said that he does paper trails, e.g., e-mails and notifications, to get things done (pp. 14 and 15).
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3' cited the temporary power and light d
(TPLF) that is still not fixed.
said the TPLP it is too cumbersome. Padded that he "can't have a power strip under his desk working with a computer unless it's been inspected and has a tag on it...Extension cords running through outside for temporary sumps (PH) with nothing on them. They're supposed to be wrapped...We overlook them to get the job done
- e, -rather than to do the right thing and go through the time to change the procedure, and a
tIhat's all it would take" (pp. 15-18).
talke a uta AJd fan that was open and exposed, and the fan was rotating backwards.
s that it took him saying that he would go to OSHA in order c'*
,,I-for it to be fixed.
also claims: "The problem I had in the past was because I do CadleA a that and am relentless I'm a problem. It's better to store him off over here and let me deal 4-,, 4' with something else that won't raise any issues [meaningless assignments]...
Ft said that recently one of th asked him how he could getsweasy jobike him I(pp. 18, 19, 50, and 51).
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"had opined that he this was against PSEG policies because of heat stress and
- high radi"tion, from an ALARA perspective (p. 19).
When asked idhad an other nuclear safety concerns m
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' V think of any. Ye hinks the process at SS is cum ersome and does not easil romotefor eople'to raise issues/concerns. When asked for examples of some of his frustrations,
)aid that he had some things at home that he could provide
.additional information at a later date (reporting'agent's perception that they would be industrial safety related) (pp. 19-21, and 24).
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said that.? can talk about industrial safety items.
l ilso said that
'the e" instances with a circuit or breaker that didn't go right. They are documented."
Asaid that he coul ovide additional information at a later date on this d..,c&, particular matter.
aid that he provided his concern(s) to the system engineer partcularly aouthe circulator, tagging the water box, and trunk operated switch.
?s$Aj According t these two instances were within the last two ears. When asked if it was a system engineering problem or a maintenance problem, iaid:
"Well, it's not a system engineering problem, but the problem was it wasn't getting to them to evaluate. It's gotten to them now..." (pp. 25-33).
aid that PSEG has a hose control program. The yellow hose is contaminated, the red is air, and the blue is clean which are in the operation standards.
ccordi g to there are contractors who are not following the standards.
said that has ril-sed this issue to the se sthat e
said some of the contracto s udon't ow ofthest ocarrs, su insists that everyone is supposed to know.
said the last occurrence was at the
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beginning of the current outage.
7opined that it should be covered in GET (pp.
37-40).
On Labeling, aid: "You [I] can't hang a label and follow it because of recent staffing changes."
said the labeling control coordinator/station label recently retired. A lot of things were routed throgh him and doesn't apen is the ro ralm/procedure.
- is ouIAN (pp..42-455).
said that SS recently gained that came ac Ja rdeparting a few years bac to have!Md headed in right direction but have since faded s"o&
ag/back. 'said we battle too much b.rtween the union and the company laims through hearsay, he heard that Ji di n't get a raise last year because he tried to slow things down and do them the right way.
offered no specifics to the hearsay information (pp.
46 and 47).
2)IMI said that he evaluatei, assesses radiological conditions'for jobs performed inside the RCA at SS I & II (p. 6)
When asked if he was someone who spoke his mindaid as a Ae has no qualms about raising safety issues.
stated ths't he has not been discouraged to raise safety issues and that he raises them for others (pp. 6 and 7)!
A recent issue thae_"_
and others raised is the SS-661s in the bioshield of unit 1I containment. The maintenance guys raised an issue of potential catastrophic failure of the valve. Whe raisethatat isse to his supervisor, he was told that it was a maintenance issue, however disagreed with that assessment. Subsequently, the mechanics felt it was okay to do. So the work was finished with no issues (pp. 8 and 9).
voiced a concern about building scaffolding inthe dark.'
IJxplained because pf the extreme heat in the bioshield, during power operations, the light bulbs go/fai.*4 said that they tried to re-lamp the light bulb outlets but supervisor(s) were holding a flashlight f th workers. Afterward it was addressed via the use of stringers, but accordin to it sent the wrong message and there was a lessons learned session. YetLI Walso said that some still don't get it, because he witnessed a supervisor of the scaffold builders today (meaning the day of his interview with 01) standing with a flashlight instead of shutting the guys down to do the stringers (pp. 11, 12, and 24).
- said that he did not have any nuclear safe concerns as he does not have much involvement in that area, more industrial safety.
aid that technicians sometimes want to be part of the work party to help the guys out.
explained the situation:
there was the same down power for both units hnd we ended up a-n a-"Rn ech act a RP escort in the bioshield on the catwalks for the pumps and he.
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asked to check oil levels by SS. 00*
1urther explained that we had no support from operations whereas normally there is support due to concerns about potential leaks and any abnormalities, as a result, the rad pro supervision performed all of the briefs.
elieved that the aforementioned event(s) occurred on September 20, 2003.
Msaid the reason for no support from operations that was provided to them was at o erations had their hands tied with cleaning out the grass from the water boxes.
agreed with that assertion saying operations didn't have the staffing to aildress it said that he participated in the recent safety culture su e
"ass and that he tried to get all 27 technicians to pa icipate as well. According to he is unaware if all 27 technicians participate opined that it was proba ercent participation. To date, as not received any feedback.
0 said that he has usually participated in all of the safety surveys at SS (pp. 17-18).
qi ed that a disgruntled separated employee is why the NRC Was interviewing
- himaid, that was a recent reorganization and he feels that someone be upset about bat.
elieves that someone has asserted IT S is putting work above safety, and
- es not "necessarily agree with that."
also said that: "There have been a lot of things identified, tons and tons of things i entied, a lot of things fixed, and some other things that are that are going to take a lot of intensive labor, procedure changes, and things like th t to get changed..So ou are not going to change everything overnight." According to and he elieves the majority of SS personnel think the same, things being fixed are Improving at SS, however, things are going in the right direction because people are speaking up on safety [industrial] items (pp. 19-22).
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aid that he had participated in the recent safety cul ture survey at SS, by cthecking the boxes but did not write* a ments. *IIUJ3*has yet to receive the results from the most recent survey. O wm w as participated in the safety surveys in the past.
felt that safety surveys from the past were done only from the perspective that management could y that Wthe did one and that he has not seen a lot of correction come from past surveys. L 1
has also seen different attitudes come from the most recent survey. "We have to try to be more safety conscious. We have to be more pro-active. We have to do this.
have to do that." According to
-there have been a lot of actions on his shift.*ns aid his performance evaluations have reflectedhat he is safety conscious and not afraid to stop a job whenhe thinks that it is unsafe.
added and the supervisors have supported himfe manners.
-tated that senior management such as seem to be addressing various items (pp. 6, and 28-1).
In the last few years, I
zia said that: "I have had a lot of personal situations in the last couple of years. I have been lied to a lot. I've brought up various issues [such as fire retardant and fire retardant/resistant clothing] that have seen brick walls. Until they
[management] start proving themselves to me and doing safety first - - I have seen a lot of
talk over the last ten years about safety first, and it has gotten better. But there are still a lot of guys out there my level and above, and my level and below for that matter, that will cut corners....." (pp. 32-34)..
ald that management has never stressed productivity over safety with him and that he has never seen it on someone else, however, he said that he has heard hearisay to that effect.
dded that in his own performance evaluations, it has been documented by his supervisors that he ýdisplays a good safety awareness and will stogwork to get things corrected.`
asserted that he had no nuclear safety issues.
tated that in his opinion nuc ear safety has been improving at SS and that he has no trouble sleeping at night knowing that SS is in good hands (pp. 7-9).
1aid that ilnd,~tial safety incidents/events have risen over the last three years at SS. According t he has noticed that boric acid transfer pumps and other motorized equipment have routinely needed work and re-work. As to the boric acid transfer pumps, "There has been a lot work trying to get the proper seals or an upgraded-type seal that would work for more than a couple of months. The charging pumps have
,een a lon-standing issue, 23 and 13 in particular, the positive displacement pumps."
added: "Well, we have had some controller problems on the CC unit changers for some time. They come and go. They get fixed on a rather frequent basis."-
said that there is a lot of repeat work (pp. 8, and 10-12).
aid that in past (over five years ago) he had been involved in and was aware of another situation where reverse power on an emergency diesel generator had occurred (when closing the breaker The work required a series of steps in rapid succession, close and raise. However, the situation has been improved whereby bulleted items are checked off as place keeping.
explained that NEOs before this task at SS, locally at the diesel (not froim the control room), including the sync scope activities (pp. 13-16).
Regarding switch gear ventilation said he saw a handout about a new break away door that they are going to be installin o help with differential pressure. In the past, there have been some problems with high DPs. Jsaid: "We've had some pinched fingers and some wrenched backs. There again, I woul lump that in Industrial."
'i also said: "A damper problem. They identified a damper problem nine months ago that had to do with some DP somewhere" (pp. 17-19, and 26).
On MS52 tated there has been a latch issue, added the latch was bound up several times. We (SS) have had problems with Governor over-speeding. We have replaced quite a few Governors on the pumps. We also have had problems because the system won't trip. As 19 wh t er systems engineering was involved with the aforementioned situation, "
advised that: "Initially, no, but after a couple, yes, they started getting involved..." MIMO laid sometimes TARP teams are brought in (pp. 19-21).
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On RHUR, asserted that there have been some leakage and corrosion problems that SS has had wieinon seals and flanees. As to if he has seen repeat occurrences, NWMQM"-ý aid: "As IN I feel like we identified the leakage on a flange many years before it became a real issue. We identified that it was leaking....When it became an industry-wide problem with the carbon steel bolts being eaten away, somebody walked down there and said we have a major problem down here. Ai we had been telling them that we have roblem down there. We have been repeatedly cleaning it up..." Has it been fed fi M
aid: "No. we still have leakage down there." Have they been pro-active in addressing the prolem, commented: "They have replaced bolts and things along that line, yes. But in my opinion, there should be something other than c rbon steel bolts. To me, that would be the fix, plus fix the leaks."
According t there are a number of different materials that can handle borated water. Suggestions have been submitted to the icenseet.o address the issue but sometimes they get kicked back for monetary reasons.
also talked about a suggestion to deal with the charging pump/13 or V-charging pumps, little low boil coolers and gear box coolers have to be dismantled during the grassing season to clean them out.
As a result, several suggestions were made to create a back flush, a couple of valves to address the issue (pp. 22-26).
On an Environmental issue; Qsaid:
"we fought for a long time to get moveable fish lips so we can dump the grass off of the fish lips instead of sticking a rake in there and trying to get a rake jammed in there. We have had a lot of issues. We have come a long way. We have a lot longer to go..." (p. 26).
- ~stated that SS has gotten rid ofa lot of store rooms. He explained if you want something (parts) now, you have to wait a day or two for it to come in from Baltimore or some place else. In the past you could down to the store room and ask for it and it would be handed to you (p. 28).