ML19309A180
| ML19309A180 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Rancho Seco |
| Issue date: | 05/23/1978 |
| From: | Hinkelman L BECHTEL GROUP, INC. |
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| NUDOCS 8003260889 | |
| Download: ML19309A180 (2) | |
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A..aCHMENT 5 j
May 23,1978 i
I, Loren G. Hinkelman, Norwalk, California, voluntarily make the following statement to William G. Albert and Owen C. Shackleton, Jr., who have 1
identified themselves to me as employees of the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). No threats, promises or duress were used against me to make this statement. I have been advised that my statement might be used in an official NRC hearing and will be.ncluded in a NRC report.
3 I am presently employed as a Vice President and Manager of Domestic Operations for the Los Angeles Power Division of the Bechtel Power Corporation, d400 E. Imperial Highway, Norwalk, California. I am a v/
registered Civil egineer for the State of California, State Board of Engineers for Civil and Professional Engineers, No.11038.
In 1972 I was working for Bechtel as the Cu -f Civil-Structural Engineer for the Los Angeles Power Division. I was involved with the design of the Rancho Seco Nuclear Generating Station from the beginning of the project in the Spring of 1967 until I was transferred to our San Francisco Office in January 1973.
I have been advised of the allegations concerning erroneous calculations and drawings that were used in building the Spent Fuel Storage Building for Rancho Seco. No such calculations or drawings were ever used to the best of my knowledge or memory. All pertinent design calculations are available for C(
independent review.
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May 23,1978 - sheet 2 The ' Rancho Seco Cooling Tower design and seis. 'c criteria were established prior to the San Fernando earthquake. Since they are not Category I struc-tures, they were not subject to the Design Spectra Analysis conducted for the safety related facilities. When the San Fernando earthquake occurred in 1971, Bechtel examined the data available and inspected damage at the earthquake site. Earthquake motion data for analytical purposes was not available for another two years. At the time of the earthquake in 1971 there did not appear to be justification to change the criteria under which the towers were designed.
1 This opinion remains unchanged.
I have read the alm e statement. It is true and correct-to the best of my knowledge.
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