ML19308C120
| ML19308C120 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 10/26/1979 |
| From: | Difedele R BURNS & ROE CO. |
| To: | Frampton G NRC - NRC THREE MILE ISLAND TASK FORCE |
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| TASK-TF, TASK-TMR NUDOCS 8001210417 | |
| Download: ML19308C120 (14) | |
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L Burns and Roe,Inc.
- 550 Kinderkamack Road e Orade!!, New Jersey 07649 m Tel. N.J. (201) 265-2000 - N.Y. (212) 563-7700 TWX 710 990-4959 m Cable BURNS ROE ORA October 26, 1979 George T. Frampton, Jr., Esquire NRC/TMI Special Inquiry Group U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop AR-400 Washington, D.C.
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Subject:
Interview of E.J. Gahan
Dear Mr. Frampton:
Enclosed are three copies of " errata sheets" applicable to the transcribed interview of Edward J. Gahan. Please insert the first page after the trans-
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cript's title page and the " errata sheets" after page 103 of each copy of this f
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As I informed you in our telephone conversation of October 17, Mr. S. C.
y yf Gottilla has been recuperating from a hospital stay and has not as yet been i
able to provide the errata sheets for the transcript of his statements. I will i,.
transmit them to you when they become available.
Sincerely, jfjh A.$/ D V Richard B. DiFedele Staff Attorney PSD:lj Enclosure cc:
Mr. K. Mallory Essex Corp.
Mr. Doyle, Consultant NRC/TMI Special Inquiry Group Glenn Mitchell, Esq.
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Gahan Changes in 26 September 1979 de position of Burns and Roe, Inc. by Edward J. Gahan.
See changes and reasons for them at pages 104 et seg.
(Note: typographical error, as used below, means transcription error or spelling error.)
Page Line 5
13 Change " servo mechanics" to " servo-mechanisms" Reason:
Typographical error.
6 3
Change " Perk & Elmer" to "Perkin -
Elmer" Reason:
Typographical error.
6 13 Change " Perk & Elmer" to "Perkin -
Elmer" Reason:
Typographical error.
6 15 Add " project engineer for" before "an infrared spectrophotometer" Reason:
Clar ification of the answer.
6 19 Change " Perk & Elmer" to "Perkin -
Elmer" Reason:
Typographical error.
6 23 Change " transitions" to " transients" Reason:
Typographical error.
8 7
Change "Hagen" to "Hagan" l
Poason:
Typographical error.
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Gahan Page Line 8
12 Change "ask" to " answer" Reason: Typographical error.
8 15 Change "with" to "and" Reason: Clarification of the answer.
10 17 & 18 Change "to alert all normal emergency situations to assimilate" to "to alert the operator for all off eaormal and emergency situations and to assimilate" Reason: Clarification of the answer.
11 13 Delete the word "come" insert the word " keep" Reason: Clarification of the answer.
11 17 Delete "will go a long way in mitigating" insert "may mitigate" Reason: Clarification of the answer.
12 11 & 12 Change "to the instrumentation and engineering or the architect engineer to perform his function" to "to the instrumentation engineers for the architect engineer to perform this function" Reason: Clarification of the answer.
17 8
Af ter the word meeting insert "regarding Oyster Creek No. 2 (later to become TMI 2)"
Reason: Clarification of the answer.
18 13 Change "I soon say perhaps" to "I would say soon perhaps" Reason: Clarification of the answer.
18 16 Change "on" to "to" Reason: Clarification of the answer.
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Gahan Page Line 19 18 Change " engineers" to " engineering" Reason:
Typographical error.
23 3
Change "No they did not." to "Yes, they f
did include all of the relevant criteria."
Reason:
Misunderstanding of the question.
23 15 Add "were" after " required" Reason:
Clarification of the answer.
24 23 Change " impetuous" to " impetus" Reason:
Clarification of the answer.
28 16 Change " compliment" to " complement" Reason:
Typographical error.
29 3
Change "this type characteristics" to "its type, characteristics" Reason:
Typographical error.
30 13 Change "Schnauss" to "Schmauss" (2 places)
Reason:
Typographical error.
31 10 Change "that we cooperate in instrument" to "was that we coordinate instrumen-tation" Reason:
Clarification of the answer.
32 4
Change "HV&C" to "HV&AC" i
Reason: Typographical error.
32 13 Change "but some parameter on that panel."
to "but possibly with some critical j
parameters at these local panels i
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Gahan Page Line displayed in the control room."
Reason: Clarification of the answer.
32 13 Change "Some" to "If some" Reason:
Clarification of the answer.
32 20 Change " discreet" to discrete" Reason:
Typographical error.
33 6& 7 Change "at least once a month.
Very often more frequently depending on the need." to "at intervals which varied widely in accordance with the project needs but, at times, were at intervals as short as one month, or less."
Reason:
Upon further recollection the answer given was not completely correct.
34 13 Add "Such detailed operational reviews were not within our scope of responsibilities on this project" Reason: Clarification of the answer.
34 17 Change "a few little account scenarios" to "a i
i few critical accident scenarios" Reason: Typographical error.
l 35 1
Delete "do these analyses on" and insert in lieu 1
" carefully established" l
Reason: Clarification of the answer.
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Gahan Page Line 35 2
Change "often" to "off "
Reason: Typographical error.
36 16 Change "Then" to "When" i
Reason: Typographical error.
i 36 20 Change " discreet" to " discrete"
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Reason: Typographical error.
37 25 After the word " plant" insert the word " control room" Reason: Clarification of the answer.
38-6 Delete the words "were only" insert " performed A/E i
services as A" Reason: Clarification of the answer 38 21 Add after " project.", "Also we had experience with i
the Cooper Station of the !!cbraska Public Power District, which work started somewhat earlier than that of Three Mile Island."
Reason: Further recollection has indicated that this important experience item should have been included.
d 39 16 Add "have" after "did"
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Reason: Typographical error.
I 40 1
Add after " General Electric," "In addition, our scope of work for the Cooper boiling-water reactor plant was similar to that for Three !!ile Island and the work st ted earlier."
Reason: Same as given for Page 38, Line 21.
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Gahan Page Line 41 16 - 18 Replace these three lines with " seek the full downscale position. This is a criterion we normally employ an a company-wide basis."
Reason: Clarification of answer and Typographical error.
42 12 - 13 Change " purpose. The possible exception" to " purpose, with the possible acceptance" Reason: Typographical error.
44 11 Delete the word " stronger" insert the word " strong" Reason: Typographical error.
44 19 Delete the words "I believe as much as" insert " contrasting with what" Reason: Clarification of the answer.
44 23 Delete the word " primary" Reason: Clarification of the answer.
46 13 Change "in" to "and" Reason:
Typographical error.
46 17 Delete"or" after " supervised" Reason:
Typographical error.
54 20 Change " situation" to " decision" Reason:
Typographical error.
56 13 Delete "that" Reason:
Clarification of the answer.
56 14-Change " critical" to " super-critical" Reason: Clarification of the answer.
56 19 Change " protects"to " protection" Reason:
Typographical error.
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Gahan Page Line 57 10 Insert after " context, the words "Our scope of work did not require such rigorous analyses of operating mistakes."
Reeson: Clarification of the answer.
57 21 Change " power. Any" to "potier and" Reason: Typographical error.
59 15 Insert the following sentences "We are instrumentation and control engineers not psychologists. Our scope of services was to provide those services normally provided by instrumentation and control engineers at the time, which as I have stated, included consideration of essantial aspects of operability."
Reason: Clarification of the answer.
62 25 Add "on" after "non-expert" Reason: Clarification of the answer.
64 4&5 Change "it be th2 precedent from both nuclear and power plant" to "It would be the precedent from both nuclear and fossil power plant" Reason: Clarification of the answer.
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Line 69 11 Change "or" to "on" Reason:
Typographical error.
74 9
Change "scalant" to " scale length" Reason:
Typographical error.
75 5& 6 Change "on a simplistic sense overall basis" to "in a simplistic sense and on an overall basis" Reason:
Clarification of the answer.
77 14 Change "on" to "in" Reason:
Clarification of the answer.
77 15 Change "is" to "are".
Add "that" after "One" Reason:
Clarification of the answer.
77 16 Add "is" before "a" Reason:
Clarification of the answer.
80 22 Af ter the word"followed" insert "in the design.
I do not know whether the actual execution was according to the design in all respects."
Reason: Clarification of the answer.
81 6
Delete the word " demand" insert " commands" Reason: Typographical error.
81 18 Add "the switch and" after "over" Reason: Clarification of the answer.
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Gahan Page Line 83 12 Change "indscriminately" to " indiscriminately" Reason: Typographical error.
84 2
Change " spacial" to " spatial" Reason: Typographical error.
84 3
Change " flow to group similar to the controls" to
" flows 'Ib group similar controls,"
Reason: Clarification of the answer.
85 23 Change "two" to "is to" Reason: Typographical error.
86 14 Change "necessarily" to " unnecessarily,"
Reason: Typographical error.
86 19 Add "come" after " fact,"
Reason: Clarification of the answer.
87 13 & 14 Delete the words "we end up with" and insert " safety and operational requirements as derived from the regulatory process, good engineering practice, and equipment manufacturer, and the operating utility, result in" Reason: Clarification of the answer.
87 24 Insert after "available" the words "in the nuclear power industry" Reason: Clarification of the answer.
89 19 Change " port" to "importance" Reason: Typographical error.
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Gahan Page Line 90 13 Change "subsistent" to " consistent" Reason: Typographical error.
90 14 Change " closer" to "close" Reason: Typographical error.
91 3
Insert "The specification of certain models for switches etc. effectively establishes the convention. As with any convention exceptions may have been made with good reason.
Moreover, as you are aware, I am not privy to what was actually installed by others since I was only with the project during its early stages."
Reason: Clarification of the answer.
93 14 & 15 Delete these two lines end substitute "the balance of plant computer was the responsibility of the Utility and was not specified by Burns and Roe."
Reason:
Further recollection has indicated that the original answer was incorrect.
94 5
Change' entire line to " conditions:
startup, operation at load and shutdown."
Reason:
Typographical error.
94 6
Change " position: to " operation" Reason: Typographical error.
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Gahan Page Line 95 6
Insert af ter the word " response" the word " times" Reason: Typographical error.
95 21 Insert at the end of the line " Operating procedures generally were not within our scope of work although initial draf ts of some procedures were provided for further development by the utility."
Reason: Clarification of the answer.
96 12 Add after "whatever."
" Safety guides were in existence in 1970 and regulatory guides somewhat later. These were applied during the course of the project" Reason: To substantiate that answers given were essentially correct.
97 2
Insert af ter the word "about." the following words "There was no m6ck-up requirement in our scope of services i
as ordered by the utility."
Reason: Clarification of the answer.
97 4
-Delete the words "would have been also and adjunct to" insert "may in some circumstances facilitate" Reason: Clarification of the answer.
97 6
Insert af ter the word " design" the following", responsibil-ities, as required by our scope of work,"
Reason: Clarification of the answer.
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Gahan Page Line 97 21 Delete the words "was addressed a subject that I would prefer not to" and insert " addresses that subject; this is within another subject area and I cannot" Reason: Clarification of the answer.
98 5
Insert at the end of the line the following sentence:
"Certain draft operating procedures were provided to the utility for their further development although Burns and Roe was not consulted regarding the finalization of :..e these procedures."
Reason: Clarification of the answer.
98 20 Insert at the end of that line the following: "That was not within our scope of services."
Reason: Clarification of the answer.
99 18 Change " play?" to " display?"
Reason: Typographical error.
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