ML062540462
| ML062540462 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Salem, Hope Creek  |
| Issue date: | 10/23/2003 |
| From: | Ted Wingfield NRC Region 1 |
| To: | |
| References | |
| FOIA/PA-2005-0194 | |
| Download: ML062540462 (1) | |
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Ted Wingifield notes/comments on the,_-
interview (10-23-03)
The following are my observations/questions of theANU
- interview held on 10-23-03.
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'ASSESSMENT QUESTION`-
.*.__~__EC Will raise concerns and has done so before?
YES Raises concerns for others?
YES Believes that this is most likely a result of his union steward position.
Believes others raise concerns without hesitation?
YES Says that he has seen both behaviors - people raising concerns and some not.
Knows of someone who has experienced retaliation for NO raising concerns?
Page 7 through 29 - Recounts circumstances surrounding the 24BF19 (24 Steam Generator Feed Regulating Valve) failure
". NCO
..tried to take manual control of the BF19... It failed to respond... opinion of the NCO... that the valve was mechanically bound..
supervision... didn't want to declare that the case because that would put us In a 303 and would require a 1-hour shutdown... we Itiadla difference of opinion Involving the Control Room Supervisor and the Operations Superintendent [Shift Manager)].
Ssupervisors didn't want to commit to the valve being mechanically stuck... [they] 6idn't want to commit to the Wave being mechanically stuck... they (management] chose to pursue a controls failure"... the prevailing thought was that the valve could be operated locally, SoD they stationed locally at te valve (it was determined later that manual operation was not possible)... shutdown not commenced unti 067e next day Page 31 & 32 - ".. were not wanting to shut the units down, we wanted to keep them up... keep having these great long runs..
material conditions continued to fade away, continued to decline... decisions... to keep the units on line.,.. become less and less conservative" Page 32 through 40 - Recounts an Incident during the star t up following the 'hurrica ne-salting' shutdown... they were coming up In
-power and had not opened the main steam Isolation valves when they were supposed to due to a missed step or section In the start-up procedure Page 40 through 48 - Discusses erratic behavior of the steam dump valves during the same 'post-hurricane' start-up... they made an emergent change to the start-up procedure to remove the restriction that the steam dumps be In automatic control... they had
- to have extra reactor operators dedicated to controlling steam dumps manually (which therefore controlled temperature and pressure) during the start-up Page 55 - Mentions local manipulation of a Pressurizer valve b* 0 M* 2000/2001... he was grieved for It Page 56 through. '58 - Discussion abou#UM ~coSlng the W/2 Reactor Feed Pump (RFP) steam admission valve Page 59 & 60 - Talks abou~mj uisng a 'rail extension bar' in an energized bus compartment when trying to get a circulating water pump breaker Into the cubicle Page 60 through 65 -
=~aclns; (are] sending the wrong mesa et~o t te uevsr".
ecie nIcdn during start-up from th7ue re linaoutge (2003) In which a superviso r manipulated a pressure controller for an Instrument nitrogen system and lied about It to the equipments operators who asked..
(an operations supervisor) was Involved with admitting the truth t~I W
0 Page 71 through 74.- Talks about his firing and reinstatement related to his random fitness for dutjs (negative) on 'non-duty' hours during a meeting ;.. Identifies [200301 10-alleger] as the person who Informed him in emarks; that he should be 'made an example or' 0
Page 85 & 86 - Conhfiddnt that 'nuclear safety concerns' are.currently being (and will continue to be) raised Page 86 -
NEOs are] not being listened to...
their Input Isn't utilized" Page 91 through 93 -
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