ML17139C647
| ML17139C647 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Susquehanna  |
| Issue date: | 10/17/1984 |
| From: | Murley T NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Kenyon B PENNSYLVANIA POWER & LIGHT CO. |
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| NUDOCS 8411120248 | |
| Download: ML17139C647 (3) | |
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October 17, 1984 Docket Nos.
50-387 50-388 Pennsylvania Power & Light Company ATTN:
Hr. Bruce D.
Kenyon Vice President Nuclear Operations 2 North Ninth Street Al 1 entown, Penn syl vani a 18101 Gentlemen:
Subject:
NRC OI INVESTIGATION AT SUSQUEHANNA (1-82-065)
Between July 19 and November 18,
- 1982, the NRC Office of Investigatton (OI) conducted an investigation of construction activities at the Susquehanna Steam Electric Station (SSES),
Unit 1, Berwick, Pennsylvania.
The investigation was conducted in response to a series of allegations received by the NRC Senior Resident Inspector at SSES.
The results of the investigation are described in the enclosed investigation report summary.
During the investigation, examples of falsification of records by employees of the Bechtel Power Corporation were identified.
Speci'fically, the falsification involved:
(1) individual "checkers" of pipe drawings signing off the approval of the designs using the initials of a lead pipe engineer without authority to do so; (2) a drafting group supervisor making drawings himself and placing the initials of a non-existent person in the originator block of the documentation and using his own initials in the "checker" block; and (3) the backdating of a pipe support calculation, qualifying a jet pump anchor, after the original calculation was lost.
The NRC considers any issue of falsification of records a serious concern.
Although there was no evidence that Bechtel corporate or upper site management were involved in the falsification, these events demonstrate the importance of adequate monitoring of activities performed during the construction of nuclear power plants.
Therefore, although construction activities are completed at Susquehanna, during any present or future work by Bechtel at Susquehanna, you should assure that Bechtel staff activities are adequately controlled by supervision; and adequately monitored by management.
- Further, you should assure that required records are correctly and accurately generated and maintained.
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Pennsylvania Power 8I Light Company In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790, a copy of this letter and the enclosure will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room.
Si neer ely,
Enclosure:
Investigation Summary Original signed by, Thomas Z. Murley,-
Thomas E. Murley Regional Administrator, RI cc w/encl:
Norman W. Curtis, Vice President, Engineering and Construction - Nuclear A.
R. Sabol,
- Manager, Nuclear guality Assurance W.
E. Barberich, Licensing Engineer H.
W. Keiser, Superintendent of Plant Public Document Room (PDR)
Local Public Document Room (LPDR)
Nuclear Safety Information Center (NSIC)
NRC Resident Inspector Commonwealth of Pennsylvania r
Bechtel Corporation ATTN:
Mr. H.
O. Reinsch, President 60 Beale Street San Francisco, California 94104 RISC P
RI:
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Region I Docket Room (with concurrences)
DPRP Section Chief J. Grant, DPRP V. Stello, DED/ROGR R.
- DeYoung, IE Regional Admi'nistrators, RII-RV RI:ES IEE RI:lee Holody/gcb.
Martin RAigg A lan I
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