ML20012B920
| ML20012B920 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 03/16/1983 |
| From: | Shackleton O NRC OFFICE OF INVESTIGATIONS (OI) |
| To: | Herr R NRC OFFICE OF INVESTIGATIONS (OI) |
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| ML20012B886 | List: |
| References | |
| FOIA-89-192 NUDOCS 9003190163 | |
| Download: ML20012B920 (4) | |
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Richard K. Herr, Director. 01:RIV FRON:
Owen C. Shackleton Jr.. Director. 01:RV N
SUBJECT:
TRANSAMERICA DELAVAL INC. - ALLEGATIONS RE:
USE OF
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IMPROP2R MATERIALS IN THE FABRICATION OF DIESEL ENGINES FOR USE IN NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS.(QS-83-005)
REFERENCE:
Telecon with Investigator Donald D. Driskill, 01:RIV, on-the captioned matter on January 27 M83 Enclosed is the Report of Inquiry (QS-83-005) concerning the captioned subject.
It is to be noted that prior to calling Region V ;-3.N h
he alleger in this matter, called the of ro.
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- ector, Office. of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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. secretary and upon his direction she o call Region V.
This matter is being referred to your office for whatever action you deem appropriate.-
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William J. Ward, Director Division of Field Operations. 01:HQ M
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REPORT OF INQU11tY SUBJICCT: TRANSAMERICA DELAVAL INC. - ALLEGATIONS RE: USE OF IMPROPER MATERI ALS IN THE FABRICATION OF DIESEL ENGINES FOR USE'IN NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS Report Number QS-83-005 1.
On January 27, 1983 telephonically contacted 01:RV an sat terview Owen C. SHAC TON Jr.,
Director, 01:RV.
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escribe<! DELAV L as a man acturer of deise. ensueC for nue ear power plants.,,..
could recall.-ey made diesel engines for nuclear plant's at TVA and WPPSS.
tated there were a lot of other nue r plants they manufactured diesel engines for, but at this time could not recall their names.
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read in the newspaper the och d
about some bad that was sold to a nuclear power plant.
said this mad hink about some of the pract s that went on at DELAVAL during t e time period of 1979-80.
tated they used uncertified materials the manufacture of diese engines for nuclea ower
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has many documents woul like the NRC to look at that bel eves indicate violat of proper manufacturf f sa ety-related hardware for nuclear power plants.
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aid ed the representatives from NRC to meet with nd go over these papers.
as gisen " nuclear requisitions" th*at had *S wrong 4.
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related that %'~ bought 5.
nucles ners t type hardware) from CARDINAL in Las Vegas
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more money for the f asteners thane ou hould.
tated when they received these JAs rs _they,, et e rmined e
.asteners did not meet the specifications, claimed CARDINAL hpd represented m
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related that' CARD 1 old their fasteners to LIgERTY EQUIPMENT ente Washington.
laimed LIBERTY turned around and sold the fastene DELAVAL had rejected to DELAVAL through some other buyers.
explained that after the buyers learned that LIBERTY vas buy ng e fasteners from CARDIN hat CARDINAL had sold to DELAVAL, and that had been rejected.
vent and told Martin ORRICAN. Purchas nt what was ing. According to ORRICAN did not do anything about ep asing of these asteners from LIBERTY.
vent on to describe LIBF s a company who does not do us ness'in an ethical manner.
laimed that when LIBERTY sales representatives vould learn that DELAVAL had bought some hardware from a coinpetitor of LIBERTY, they would tell DELAVAL buyers they could have saved money if they had bought from LIBERTY, -
then-said when they received orders from LIBERTY, their prices would be very_high.
- idded had heard rumors and gossip that LIBERTY had urn s ed " funny paper" on foreign manufactured pipe claiming it was made in'the United States.
6 le ed that on some schedule 40 and 80 pipe, 1/2", 3/4",
, an elieves 1-1/2 in diameter to be used in diesel engines for nuc ear plants being built fo V and WPPSS.-the lot or cert 4 umbers were changed at DELAVAL.
related tha purchased f an Eastern manufacturer whose name ~
s pipe was could not recall.
elleved the nutaber on this steel pipe was SA587.
said that s type of pipe was basica11
.anuf ured fo'r the chemical industry as it had bendability.
claimed that Bill BORZA, Material Manager at that time, ger with DELAVAL, lined out the SA587 and changed it to A106.
said this designation was not what the pe ves designed to meet y the manufacturer's engineering
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advised that when pipe-came in a described in item f6, Jerry TOLE, QC man for DELAVAL, then cou certify it under their N stamp for nuclear service.
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- claimed there was disregard for th inspections at e:
DELAVAL by some of ~ the management people.
tated'that Dick BOYER 'who g described as "a guy in the QA epartment" commented
't ov they " danced" around the NRC inspector.
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