ML20024C728
| ML20024C728 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 03/27/1980 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE) |
| To: | |
| References | |
| TASK-04, TASK-10, TASK-4, TASK-GB B&W-5008AA, NUDOCS 8307130135 | |
| Download: ML20024C728 (2) | |
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a NRC - I&E Interview - March 27, 1980 Brian Mehler Q:
OK, let's continue.
When you ran a computer program and you got an unacceptable leak rate, what did you do with it?
Mehler:
We used to run anoth,er one.
Q:
Why?
Mehler:
Because, you know, just like anything, the first one could be bad because there could have been something in the plant that was unstable at that time, that could have just made it just a shade over a gallon.
Q:
Were you required to make a determination that there was a rational cause for invalidating that leak rate?
Mehler:
No.
Q:
Did that strike you as funny that you get an unacceptable leak rate and continue operation?
Mehler:
You know, if you got a leak rate that said you had a ten gallon a minute leak rate and you looked at your make-up tank and you didn't see a big decrease you know it wasn't correct.
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Q:
We've been told that leak rate tests that failed, their records were crumpled up and thrown in the trashcan.
Is that true?
Mehler:
Yeah.
Q:
Would this include those that you really couldn't have a valid reason for throwing them out, that they were greater than 1 GPM and you had a gut feeling that it couldn't be there?
Mehler:
I would say yes.
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