ML20028F736
| ML20028F736 | |
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| Site: | 05000000, Perry |
| Issue date: | 01/28/1982 |
| From: | Weil C NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
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| FOIA-82-545 NUDOCS 8302040101 | |
| Download: ML20028F736 (3) | |
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Robert F. Warnick, Director Enforcement and Investigation Staff FROM:
Charles H. Weil, Investigator
SUBJECT:
ALLEGATIONS FROM WEUS-TV, CHRINEL 5, CLEVEIAND, ORIO C011CERITING THE REACTOR BIOLOGICAL SHIELD MID WELD CRACK COVERUP EACKGROU!!D INFOPJfATION On December 2, 1981, Russel J. Marabito, Region III Public Affairs Officer, was contacted by Eileen Cory, a reporter for WEUS-fTV, Channel 5. Cleveland, Ohio. Cory advised she had received information concerning:
- 1) voids in the concrete of the reactor biological shield; and 2) a steci crack was covered up on the 599' elevation of Reactor Building 1.
Marabito's memo-randtsu concerning the telephone call with Cory is attached (Attachment 1).
BIOLOGICAL SHIELDING Leonard G. McC.<;or, Project Inspector, advised the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company (CEI) had submitted interim reports on August 14, and December 18, 1981, concerning the density of the biological shield for Perry Units 1 and 2.
CEI's interim reports (Attachments 2 and 3) were submitted under the provisions of 10 CFR 50.55(e) and noted the designed specific gravity for the heavyweight concrete placements had not been obtained. As a result, a chalky material, " soft enough to scratch with the fingernail and contains no ferroun aggregate", had de-veloped in the top three inches of the bioshields ior both reactors.
McGregor continued )a known radiation source was used to scan both biolo-gical shield walls to determine the radiation protection factoss. During these scans several voids, measuring approximately 4'x7', were detected in the placed concrete. CEI was evaluating the concrete voids and would be notifying the Division of Reactor and Projects Inspection with their results.
i On January 13 B82. Emanual Riley, General Supervisor of the Quality Construction Section at the Perry site advised CEI was still evnluating the information pertaining to the voids in the biological shields and the l
10 CFR 50.55(e) report had not been finalized.
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M 23M Region III Files WELD CRACK COVER-UP Since'the allegation, "there was a steel crack that was covered up at 599' in Reactor Building 1", was not specific, the allegation could not be pur-sued through normal means (i.e., direct observation of the weld; interviews of welders and quality control inspectors involved).
Therefore, other means had to be explored and the information derived from indirect sources.
On December 4 and 10, 1981, Gary Leidich, CEI's supervising Quality Assurance Zngineer at the Perry site was contacted. Leidich advised he had accompanied Cory during her tour of the Perry site on December 2,1981.
Leidich contin-ued, he did not know who had spoken to Cory, but she did talk to numerous employees of Newport News Shipbuilding (the welding contractor at the site) throughout her visit. Leidich surmised that since Cory spoke mostly to Newport employees, the allegation of a weld crack cover-up must have been made by a Newport employee. Since the allegation appeared to have come from a Newport employee, the assumption was made the weld in question must have been made by Newport. Taking this information, the Nonconformance Reports for Newport welds on the 599' elevation of Reactor Building I were reviewed. A Nonconformance Report within these parameters was not found; however, Nonconformance Report No. CQC-3992 dealt with a crack weld made by Newport on the 612' elevation of Reactor Building 1.
(The 612' elevation is reached from the 599' floor.) The description of the non-conformance was, "While sandblasting for painting, leakage of moisture in weld I-449 at the lower right hand corner of wall embed 41035 at approxi-mately 612' elevation and 15 30' az."
Leidich believed this Nonconformance Report most closely described the WEWS-TV allegation of, "a steel crack that was covered up at 599' in Reactor Building 1."
On December 11, 1981, Carl F. Hubbuch, Construction Quality Engineer, provided the following: During September 1981, Newport Qcality Control began to prepare a Nonconformance Report for generalized weld pitting of attachment plate welds on the 612' elevation in Reactor Building 1.
While preparing the report, the inspector found he did not have sufficient informa-tion to complete the report and put the report aside to obtain more details.
During the interim, the inspector's employment wcs terminated and the report was not finished.
On approximately October 1, 1981, Newport released the area to Metalweld, Inc., for painting. When Metalveld began to work in the area, moisture on the weld for an attachment plate for a pipe hanger was observed.
Subsequently, a Hold Tag was applied and the area was sealed off so the weld would not be painted.
Since the area was scaled off, Metal-weld would not allow anyone, including Newport Quality Control, to enter the area. Therefore Newport never finished the Nonconformance Report.
Subsequently, Nonconformance Report No. CQC-2392, pertaining to moisture on the weld, was prepared by the CEI Quality Assurance Organization. This Nonconformance Report was in the process of being dispositioned as of 1
January 13, 1982.
1 1hi January 13, 1982, Marabito recontacted Cory. Cory advised she did not have any additional information concerning the alleged weld crack cover up on the 599' elevation of Reactor Building 1.
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CONCLUSIONS These matters are considered closed.
(1) CEI reported the initial prob-lems with the biological shield to Region III in August and December 1981 under the provisions of 10 CFR 50.55(e) and was evaluating the later developements involving.the biological shields in preparation of submitting a 10 CFR 50.55(e) report. The 50.55(e) report will be followed up and closed out in the routine inspection program.
(2) The information concern-l ing a weld crack cover up on the 599' elevation of Reactor Building I was not specific and a cracked weld at that elevation could not be located.
A cracked weld on the 612' elevation had been identified.:1 the licensee and was being tracked on a Nonconformance Report.
Charles H. Weil Investigator Attachments:
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Memo dtd 12/3/81-Marabito to Warnick 2.
10 CFR 50.55(e) Report dtd 8/14/81 3..
10 CFR 50.55(e) Report dtd 12/18/81 cc w/ attachments:
R. Ibrabito SRI, Perry C. E. Norelius R. L. Spessard
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