ML20024B391

Submits Customer Svc Dept Monthly Activities Rept for Jul 1979

ML20024B391
Person / Time
Site:	Crane
Issue date:	08/09/1979
From:	Kosiba R BABCOCK & WILCOX CO.
To:	Macmillan J BABCOCK & WILCOX CO.
References
TASK-01, TASK-03, TASK-1, TASK-3, TASK-GB GPU-0220, GPU-220, NUDOCS 8307080606
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1. Ooerster Traintne - Het Ed THI-1 Teasi Training, utilizing a new total-

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The approach eschasizes teaan intensive approach, was very successful.It is being implemented for team building and control room discipline.

all requalification prograass.

A task group has been established to develop a new Business Plan for Train 7

Services (TS) taking into account the impact of THi-2 on this business.

T3 Manager. N. Elliott, who is supervising the effort. is the SW recre-sentative for upgrading the Standards appilcable to training (Ah3f/A35).

Target completion of the new plan is early September, and the plan will add simulator needs, capacity for internal Division training and new products to support operations.

Resource Availability _ - Though progress was made in getting requisitions processed and approved, ove thrust is shifting to the acouisition of co 2.

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New opportunities for in seeking field emoarience has started some response.

field service support result from the many NRC bulletins requir actions re operating plants.

I persist and look forward to igrovesant.

teest effort.

Business Plannino for service - Our first sorting out of seven product line

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Preliminary analysis shows considerable variation among these products in the. characteristics o be collected against this sort.

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the aM11ty to set appropriata coals and measure performance.

Soecial proefucts = In response to T!!!-2. 8W connitted to offer customers by 5/31/79. cevices to aid the operator in readily recognizing coolant s 4.

cooling margin (T-sat Meter) and open-close position of the Power Ope Relief Valve (PORV).

The PORV device has been designed, tested and or.e order sold to THI-1 f Further sales are being pursued.

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..:J.: ^amt !.r 19L9 f F ~ The T-Sat Meter prototype was demonstrated to ACRS on May 31 but has not yet been offered to customers. Delays were incurred in June as the Product Manager b dealt with suggested changes. In late July the butid-to-print design was compieted. Offers to customers are being withheld pending 8 alley Controls Co. (Pittman) decision on delivery tism and cost. or alternatively to allow Special Products (NPGO) to assesele the device. (The meter is made up of f. cosmarcial electronic parts asseseled la a case about the size of a large F. home stereo asplifier). In the avantime. NRC has siendated installation of i such a device prior to January 1.1980. and competiton are active. My efforts continue and I request your continued assistance. [ 5. Soecial Products continues on-schedule work in concert with Construction Co. r I H and LAG for the first penetration of TMI-2 Containment Building in August. Total team B&W effort on this job reinforces the challenge for us to provide similar quick / quality services to our customers in other activities. [. N 8. Inservice insoection (151) ~ personnel cospleted the fint radial profilometry I inspection at Indian Point !*.o 2 (W U-tube steam generator). The customer expressed satisfaction at the timeTy performance of inspection and computer h. analysis. This portands sore business, especially in non-88W units. 7. Pine Cracks in Stainless steel ('3041 Sorated Water Systems has been recognized p as a likely proelen extencing to all PWR plants rather than being local to TMI-1 (where more than 300 indications have been identified). NRC bulletins c reqvf ring inspections have been issued. Service support is being provided to 7 several customers for ISI inspections and in programs to define causes and corrective actions. Contender causes are Stress Corrosion Cracking resis11.ing from water chemistry, welding procedures or metal incompatibility. 8. Availability Perfonnance continues to lag under impact from NRC actions super-l posed on a variety of equipment problems. Att3chment I stannerizes data. t 9. Nuclear Parts Center Letter-Agressent with 81nghamp Willasette Pump Co..for r marketing and otstribution of spare parts for reactor coolant pumps was placed j in jeopardy by a letter from 8-W received in June. A visit of Kostba/thde et al with 8-W President (W. Thorpe) resulted in agreements to continue working our spare parts Letter Agreement. 7 sima ~ ACCOMPt.!530(NT3 l. TMI-2 in-Containment surveillance Program (Perrone) On July 9.1979. GPU requested that 88W support drilling of penetration 401 the ' penetration to be used for collecting a water sample fro:s the sump. GFU had been dealing with Advanced Valve Company to drill this penetration. The scope of supply for the waterhole was to sodify the peep h91e drilling equip-j ment for the geometry of the waterhole. and provide a guide tube and valving arrangesent for Tygon Tubing which would be used to collect the water sample. '1 - L ? ~ .y {. m. FIS '6 7 h o!g 324 19 @ 2 97 -. m. = -' :::.-yM-W.s '. :~ M' L-- ....'..:...e. \\l l E. 2.

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• ll forming mockup test on or around August 11. 1979, and ship the equipment'to.

the site August 13, 1979. Significant accomplishments inc'ude: a. LAC completed fabrication gf the camera mounts and we are currently in the check-out stage of the TV camera with its remote pan and tilt and zoom capablitty. [- b. We submitted a draft safety evaluation report and met with the NRC personnel.on site. We do not anticipate great difficulty in obtaining approvals, especially after the precedent has been Set with the waterhole, L c ' The fabrication of the secondary boundary equipment is procaeding at AMG. t Scheduled completion is August 10. 1979. l d. The radiation chemistry people at LRC have received all the radiation i monitors and air sampling equipment. We art currently developing detailed f procedures on the use of this equipment and it will be mock-up tested 1 along with the whole system. . { e. A careful analysis of the fabrication cost of the equipment versus the authorized expenditures from the' customer was completed. It appears that we will be able to complete the project within the cost allowances for both equipment and aanhoun. .I 2. Babcock-Hitachi - Loose Parts Monitor (Perrone) Shipped remaining three DLPt.'s on July 12, 1979 as scheduled. to support Loose Parts Monitoring System construction in Japan. All major system i

l Iteam have now been shipped. The minor itess remaining to be shipped aru four torque wrenchas and one battery for General Radio Shaker.

' l 3. Texas Utilities Ser rice. Connanche peak 1 & 2 (Perrone) H. Two Lcose Parts Monitoring Systems were retested satisfactory and shipped j on July 21, 1979. Prior to delivery at the. site, one of the Loose Parts Monitoring Systems will be set to at the ANS meeting in Dallas to demonstrate B&W's detection techniques utilized in the TMI-2 Accident Recomry Program. 4 Real Event Cosouter Acouisition Lister and locoer (RECALL) (Perrone) i . i We have received the first COMPUJAS hssed data acquisition system. This system has capabilities to do data analysis and reactimeter monitoring. The intent of this system is to offer it as a flight recorder with total t + i --h

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s c c c a J. H. 28acM111an Augst 9,193 g ..p RECALL, capability. This system will be demonstrated at the MS show in 7r Dallas, and this pas: month, we issued proposals to Product Management and 1P21 for supply of a RECALL system for Toledo Edison and Muelheim.Xaerlich. 5. Duke Power Cormany - Oconee I (Sattler) Inservice Inspection has completed the Eddy Current work on Icaking tubes E" in Steam Generator 8. Approximately T50 tubes were examined. The report )) s is being prepared. Eddy Current examir.at'ons were also perforwed due to tube Icaks in a decay heat cooler. This is a new endeavor for B&W. one that could result l r! in new business at other sites. A new development in Eddy Current data acquisition was also tested out at Oconee !.during the recent leaker outage. An absolute coil and lower frequency were used to detect debris on the secondary side of the OTSG. r The success of this method of examination has not been determined at this y b time. E" The Sludge Analysis report has been completed. ' Sludge was detected during the examination which covered approximately 20 tubes in each generator. [ - The report has been distributed. r WORK IN PROGRESS p

1. Crystal River fit "s" 0TsG Reoair Tools (Olds)

L-A plan and schedule for refurbishment and replacement of missing parts of the ring girder for the.0TSG repair tooling was formulated. When seeking E' FPC concurrence with initiation of the plan. FPC requested ye wait until i a discussion of commercial issues is held between Mr. Griffin. EPC Vice C. President, arid Mr. MacMillan. NPGD Vice President. This meeting is scheduled t[ for August 13. ? 2. Crystal River it! - Worthinoton Decay Heat Removal Pumo (Olds) Purchasing has written a letter to Worthington requesting a caeting with Company executives to discuss warranty replaces:ent of the CA-3 "A" CH pump e casing. A task to assist FPC with disposition of the Consultant's report is in preparation. The G-order for casing replacement is not approved, pending outcome of Purchasing's meeting with the pump. vendor. [ 3. TMI-2 Recoverv Procram - NRC Recuirements_ (Wascher) Most o.' the fixes required by the NRC to allow our plants to continue to operate after THI-2 have been installed and the plants started back up. NRC hat, now issued IE Bulletin No.19-14.

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n.y i G-f g i l C r J. M. MacMillan - 5_- AugsM,Hg 1 a. Identify seismic analysis details. L' l b. Inspect various safety grade systems relative to as-built geometry 1 of supports, mstraf ats, es6edments.. valve and valve operator l locations and weights. c. Inspect within 120 days of issue. 'l d. Provide description of differences between design and as-installed l and a schedule to fix same. r This requirement will require additional reactor shutdown to accomplish both the inspection and the fix. i . Our N15's were also subjected to various equtpment failures which manifested themselves during their.recent restarts: L a. Leaks in decay heat cooler - 16 additional lost days. b. Leaks in OTSG tubes - 7 additional days so far this month. c. Four ACP seal failures - 13 additional days lost. I I 4. Davis-8 esse 1 (Wascher) r The- 0s-1 transient (SPR #372) has been re-ruvised in light of TMI-2. It was recommended that two following review actions be performed: (1) review of containment isolation requirements tor TEco, and i (2) review of pressurizer level vs system pressure and a review of flow i changes. The importance of these items bas been discussed with D. F. Hallman r and it is believed that an innedtate followup is not required. Thus, August 20. 1979, has been established for completion of these reviews. 5. Computer Aided Soectral Analysis (CASA)' (Perrone) i The CASA system was installed at Prairie Island. Some diffi.gulty has resulted from this installation of the prototype system. These difficulties will be documented. CASA is now an on-line system monitoring the Unit.2 rotating machinery equipment. As a result of the initial installation of CASA at Prairie Island, the customer has requested that we instrument the turhine generator. This' work is currently in progress at Piairie Island. 6. Consumers Power Comoany - Midland Units 1 and 2 (Sattler) Baseline examiantions are currently in' progress on both units with the sajor, effort at this time being on Unit 2. Currently there are eleven ISI personnel on site. We have experienced some slowdown due to problems with manuals, procedures and calibration blocks. When' these problems are resolved, the level of ISI activity should increase to keep up with plant construction. Manpower level should incrgase over the next several months to about sixteen people. 7. Public Service of indiana (Sattler) A preliminary negotiating session was held with Public Service of Indiana. e Prospects appear very favorable. 88W r.ust itemize exceptions and clari-fictations to the PSI bid specification and respond to supporting labor provisions with a firm price. Pmgress is being made toward these objectives. t +., 3 F15 j6 7 8 $J-324I9??4 .n -: u, m --. p..... j

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L e-I PROBLEMS (Present/ Potential)"

[ Servi e Bulletins - The untimely performance in evaluating the 1977 Davis-1. t 5 esse depressurization resolving corrective action.providing instructions to customers provided additional emphasis to upgrade "Cossunications L Circuit to the Site" (See J..H. Macttilian 7/23/79 to Kostba). i

I Work is proceeding with leadership of Olds /DeCarli/Schuler and Kostba.

Espect action to be completed in August. { Difficulty over $PR instruction appears to be resolved. Follow-Up [. Action: Kosiba. t. 2. Crystal River fit - RCP Seals (Olds) During heatup of the RCS on 7/6. the A, 8.'and C RC pump seals did not stage properly. The unit was taken to cold shutdown and the seals disasseseled. All three seals had cracked carbons and exhibited similar failure characteristics. The packages were carefully refurnished, and reinstalled. During heatup and plant operation the "C* upper seal l 1eaked. This leakage is stable and FPC is continuing plant operation. The r cause of the seal carbon cracking has not been positively determined. Several d possibilities are being investigated. The investigation has revealed several p inadvertent closings of the seal return line building isoTation valve during surveillance testing. FPC proceduits have been revised to preclude a repeat. Follow-Up: Olds. 3.. Crystal River III - t.imitoroue Valve Ooerators (Olds) [ tad Engineering identified t.imitorque motor operators supplied by B&W that } may not have been environmentally qualifled for their intended service. A G-order was approved and four replacement operators. have been procured r and delivered to the site for installation at the earliest 6pportunity. A L vendor claim has been filed to attempt to twcover costs from the valve vendor and/or t.imitorque. Discussions are undemay with the equipment r supplier - Rockaw11. Follow-Upt Olds. [ 4. Fuel Transfer System Modification for Davis-8 esse I (Kostba) [ The progress in pmposing a repeat of the successful Crystal River !!! (Florida Power Corp.) plant modification has been unsatisfactory. Each of h the many participants speaks readily of how.poorly we are progressing. tut action to "put it all together* waits for a leader. Participants include Stearns-Roger. Purchasing Depart.3ent. Service Department (FE&S, M&PM - PMduct M nacer, and NPC). and the Engineering Department. On August 8 R. H. Ihde. Manager, NPC, and cognizant manager for the Stearns-Roger upgrade agreesent,was assigned to provide the leadership. Slagle,Kosiba 7 and Roy s;pport will be prnvided as aeeded. Note the elements of the poor progress include - proposal cosmitted to Toledo Edison in May, June.) July t and not yet issued. Price from S-R ano Engineer Depart =ent increased 50". i the FDAK CR I!I job. Efforts c:ust be successful because of the benefits accruing to us from the S-R agreement (i.e. c.ustomer funded proof test in i. operating plants that can be fed fomard with predictable performance, opportunity for Fleid Eng. & Constructinn Co. work in installation, etc.) Folhw-Up Action: Ihde. i 1 t I ,{ s .d-2....m. '.-.. ~... ]* h,, ' L. 7

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. ::;.;e... .... -w = _ - _..,.,,.. -... .y-f a i J i ~ ~._ .m f i e ? t l J,2,!!:,Mg,cM,j}}3n,,,_ _ _ _ __,,,,,,g g t,b,j9{9 g F, 5. Multi-Function Mas't Plant Modification (Wascher) I'l l' : As of July 33. a quotation for multifunction fuel mast for apt.L and SMUD ~ l have not been received by NPGD. These proposals were due early in July. It will now be approximately one year between the tire of our availability !] presentation to AP&L and their receipt of a formal preposal for such a mast. Stearns-Roger must be pressed into responding to our request for quotation p 'l in a reasonable time frare and on the dates they commit to. Assistance 'i requested from Purchasing Department (Slagle) to obtain quotes. L .l Follow-Up Action: Wascher. 4 6. Customer Service Decartment 'Orff ee Scace - Work efficiency continues to b be degraded by delays in developing office facilities and equipment for t CSD. Assistance has been stquested from Deddens/MacKinney et al. but something additional must be done to achieve results. Follow-Up Action: Kostba. 7. 80 Transmitters (!hde) r Probless. have been experienced on the supply of SQ transmitters a.ed on the parts to the transmitters. FPC has indicated that they plan to buy only Rosemount transmitters in the future, alck Caser from Bailey is visiting Lynchburg Thursday. August 9 to review this problem in an attegt to develop a corrective action. Follow-Up: Ihde. j 8. Personnel Resources for IS! (Sattler) [ As noted last scat's. lack of personnel has centinued to be a problem. Some progress has been made, but much more must be made in the innediate future to alleviate cur problems. [ One person was edded to the Administrative unit in Julyfwhich will f a. help speed up our billing process. t k .) - y b. Approvals have bene obtained for twenty, additional field ter.hnicians. [ Newspaper ads are being run. and resumes are starting to arrive. c. Design of the ARIS II modifications for Consumers Power and Washington Pubile Power Supply System have been delayed due to a lack of personnel-in the Equipment Davelopment unit. i ' t i d. Constaners Power Co. continues to express concern over the slowdown of i work due to the lack of approved 151 manuals. procedures. and the late [ arrival of calibration blocks. Calibration block design and fabrication has been a problem due to the lack of personnel to properly coordinate and follow up on this effort. Consumers has requested a priority list covering work to be done on procedures calibration standards and the listing of examinations for both units. 1 i ~ O " ^ ~ ^ - ( 324 0ggg F 15 [6785J, .]. ..4-

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a position whereby we are not capable of meeting some of our contract F obilgations. These delays have continued to cause problems with.tne F customer, notably Consumers Power Cospany. A letter is being written m discussing this problem la depth. Follow-Up Action: Sa ttler. N-9. Administrative Pmeedures Problem / Consumers Power Co. (Sattler) }. A deviation memo was prepared and approved covering the use of Procurement i Authorizations by the Inservice Inspection Section. The Policies. Systems F and Procedures Administration is currently following up on this deviation. P This fbliow-up includes a review of NPG-1272-12. the preparation of a similar NPG Procedure for ISI procurement, and reviews of other Procedures used durCag procurement activities. Follow-Up Action: Sattler. ~ ADMINISTRATIVE 1. A " Generic Operatire Plant" contract (Contract No. 600-5173) has been E estacitsbed. This contract will allow the preparation of specifications. k PA's, drawings and other documents that relate to operating plants without F. using either the Standard Plant systen or a specific operating plant centract. t. This should eliminate some of the problems we have been having with respect t to document control. l' 2. Seoar te sales classes for main product ifnes were obtained in July. We i now will be able to monitor performance against forecast /comeitments more easily. The transition to the new s' ales classes required about 20". of Contract Administration's time during the period. Conversion of all [- outstanding WA's to the new sales class system is in progress. A large effort will be required in August to complete the convenforr. The new 5 l breakdown of sales classes is beneficial from a performance sonitoring/ k product line standpoint. However, sanitoring five sales classes rather (i. than three adds work for the analysts. ,i 3. Acovisition of office equionent such as partitions, drawing boards, type-writen., etc., is using up valuable manager-level manhours. Hopefully the passage of time with completion of CS initial outfitting will eliminate t this performance losert but more Itkely judicious attention to correcting .F the degrader will be required from CS Staff and General Services. This 's i situation will be sanitored and reported to assure isprovement is achieved, f. 4. NPC Suyer Recruit =nt continues unresolved as p'riority has been given to k planning and tne t4PC Duying question. 4 I b t u g .-f a i g 324]922-@. F15 {6 7 8 63 j - y. j. c.-....+.,

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J.M _MacMillan _ a9 August,9d979... [ aa }., i 5. Stata of personnel acquisition efforts is evident in the. table below. ~ Chargeable /non-chargeable ratios are being monitored. Evident is the urgency ta acquire personnel needed for our busincss. i:.r* i Personnel Current Added Lost On Board 7/31/79 Plan ,This Month _ This Month ? ~ MPC 29 31 0 1 FE15 126 110 7 2 M&PM 24 29 1 0 1 Spec. Prod. 26 3T 2 1 I5I 69 100 2 0 ( Training 13 16 0 0 L CSD Total - 287 306 12 4 L Requisitions: 1 Mo.(Requisitions Open (3 Mo. 55,* [ I 3 Ms.(

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