ML20034B143

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Carr Response to Senator Kennedy Question 6
ML20034B143
Person / Time
Issue date: 02/27/1990
From: Carr K
NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
To: Erin Kennedy
SENATE
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CCS, KENNEDY-900227, NUDOCS 9004260076
Download: ML20034B143 (2)


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QUESTION-6; What are the identification _ numbers of.. deficiency reports prepared by Mr. Wampler? What:are the identification numbers'of licensee and/or Pullman-Higg' ins deficiency reports, prepared by 1

persons other than Mr. Wampler, which document Mr. Wampler's findings?

ANSWER.

-In response to a cancern expressed by Mr. Wampler that he was preparing.Non -

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conformance Reports (NCR) at the time of his resignation and was uncertain how

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documented in Inspection Repo'rt 50-443/83-22, and the inspector verified that

!j the turnover process.from Mr. Wampler, the' previous Level III, was being' controlled.

The inspector reviewed two Nonconformance Reports which had been-generated.by Mr. Wampler, and spot checked his in-process records. The original statement by Mr. Wampler was that there were' approximately-16 NCR's _to be =

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written; an exact number was not provided.

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by the inspector were properly processed and numbered 5689 and -5773.

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records search by the licensee only revealed one other nonconformance report-written by Mr. Wampler in his short term of employment of approximately four months.

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The NRC believed that Mr. Wampler'used the term nonconformance reports in the l

generic sense in that his reports described' deficiencies.

In fact, the documents that he was in the process of generating were most likely Repair l-

-Orders. The Pullman-Higgins Procedure, Defect Removal and Repair by Welding,

- JS-!X-14, was the controlling procedure for--the activities that Mr. Wampler.was

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I performing. Paragraph 3.3 of the procedure states," Unacceptable conditions identified through application of a required NDE method shall be reported by the NDE Technician to the NDE Supervisor, or his designee', on a Repair Order..." The usual conditions that were identified by radiographic examination were capable

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of being repaired within the scope of the installation procedure and would not-l require a Nonconformance Report.

Without weld identification numbers, the staff is unable to identify deficiency reports or other documentation written by others for the approximately 16 non-conformance reports that Mr. Wampler stated he was to prepare, The staff has spoken to Mr. Wampler and was informed he has a personal log from his work at Seabrook. The staff will interview Mr. Wampler to obtain the weld-identifica-l l

tion numbers for the welds of concern and will provide the weld examination l

report or other documentation which shows the final disposition of these welds.

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