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See also: IR 05000498/1979019
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Nevmber 15, 1979
Docket No. 50-498/79-19
50-499/79-19
>tlMORANDUM FOR: File
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W. C. Seidle, Chief, RC6ES Branch
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W. A. Crossman, Chief, Projects Section
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AlIICA~ ION $ OF l'.11HIDAT1CN OF C1YIL QC INSPEC70RS
AT SOUnl TEUS PROJECT (sip) DS 50-498; 50-499
-The SIF Fasident Reacto'r Inspector (RRI)-called me at my home on Novenber 2,
1979, at approximately 6:30 p.m. to report alleged intimidation of five Brown
and Root (B&R) Civil QC inspectors.
Two B6R Civil QC inspectors entered the RRI's of fice at about 4 : 4 '.
shif t) on Friday, Novecber 2,1979, and one, the spokesman, stated $p.m. . (af ter
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changing jobs and wanted to tell the RRI that he and four o'her Civil QC
inspectors had been threatened and raceived extrece intimidativa f rom S&R
f orecen and general foremen. The majority of the threats were made during
the course of concrete place: rent activities including meetings, preplacement
and placement inspections. The spokesman further stated that
was threatened'
with words like, "I'm gonna hit you with a vibrator."
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The spokesman alco related an incident during a t;ecting where a foreman " chewed.
. out" two QC inspectors in f ront of , the QC supervisors and the QC supervisors did
not even -try to defend the QC inspectors, g said in ef fect .thet none of the
QC supervisors nor QA managers had any " guts and would not stand up to the
B&R construct. ten managment.
(lle didn' t use the word " guts".)
Iso told the FAI that his of fice was in a poor location, hsaid none of
the peopic would 'come see him during working hours becausegwas "right under
the nose" of Ilouston leighitng 6 Power. Company personnel.
The RRI voiced concern that such r.onditions exist on site.
(There have been
too man like allegatiens.) gatatedthat the QC inspectors are an extension
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if forts and is of the opinion that any interference with their inspection
is a hinderance to NRC objectives.
The spokesman lef t the names of the four other QC inspectors who are villing
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The yC inspector who accompanied the spokesman would not identify himself.
The spokesman identified a concrece superintendent who made several of the
threats ar4 in'.imidations,
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W. A. Crossman, Chief
Projects Section
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