ML20040C368
| ML20040C368 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Palo Verde  |
| Issue date: | 01/15/1982 |
| From: | Roedel J ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE CO. (FORMERLY ARIZONA NUCLEAR |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML20040C356 | List: |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8201270575 | |
| Download: ML20040C368 (10) | |
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D-UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of ARIZONA
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PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY,
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et al.
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Docket Nos. STN 50-528
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STN 50-529 (Palo Verde Nuclear
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STN 50-530 Generating Station,
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Units 1, 2 and 3 )
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AFFIDAVIT OF JOHN A. ROEDEL ON SUA SPONTE ISSUE STATE OF ARIZONA
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County of Maricopa
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I, John A.
Roedel, being duly sworn, upon my oath state as follows:
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I am employed by Arizona Public Service Com-pany as Corporate Quality Assurance Manager.
2.
My business address is 10025 North 21st Ave-i l
nue, Phoenix, Arizona 85021.
l 3.
As the Corporate Quality Assurance Manager I I
am responsible for the Corporate Quality Assurance Programs l
l for the design, procurement, construction and operation of nuclear electrical generating projects and for fossil gen-I l
erating projects.
My resume is set forth in Attachment JAR-1 (attached).
l KO$h$bg]g PDR i
4.
This affidavit is made with reference to Item (e) of the Board's Order Concerning Sua Sponte Issue, dated December 11, 1981.
5.
Item (e) reads as follows:
" Describe the quality assurance and quality control programs of the Joint Applicants, its architect, engineer and contractor used in the construction of the base mats."
6.
The quality assurance and quality control programs that have been developed for the production, test-ing and placement of concrete at the Palc Verde Nuclear Generating Station ("PVNGS" or "Palo Verde") are dependent upon the various responsibilities given to the different contractors and are under the overall direction of the Arizona Public Service Company's Quality Assurance Depart-ment.
Specific responsibilities have been assigned to the various contractors to develop independent checks and bal-ances to assure that the concrete at Palo Verde is produced, tested and placed in accordance with national codes and standards and the design specifications.
7.
To accomplish this requirement, champion Inc.
was given the responsibility to produce and deliver the concrete to the point of placement, Engineering Testing Labs
("ETL") was given the responsibility to do the testing of the concrete as it was produced and delivered, and Bechtel was given the responsibility to accept and place the con-crete.
Each contractor was required to have a separate 1
quality assurance program which was approved either by Bechtel as the arcLitect/ engineer and constructor of PVNGS or Arizona Public Service Company ("APS") prior to the com-mencement of the work.
8.
These quality assurance programs require various management controls, testing, inspection, surveil-lances and audits depending upon the various contractors' activities and responsibilities.
APS and Bechtel together perform audits and surveillances over all activities to assure that the programs are followed and that the concrete as placed meets the design specifications.
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Production and Delivery (Champion Inc.)
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Champion is responsible for (a) managing, operating, and maintaining the onsite batch plant, (b) fur-nishing concrete materials including cement, aggregate, pozzolan, admixtures, and ice, (c) storage and protection of concrete materials, (d) sampling and testing of concrete materials, and (e) delivery of concrete to the point of con-crete placement.
Champion's quality assurance program re-quires, among other things, testing of the materials in accordance with ASTM specifications and frequencies, cali-bration of scales and measuring devices, inspection of pro-duction activities and periodic audits by Champion's quality assurance department to assure compliance to specifications.
In addition, the activities of Champion are either constantly. - _ _ _ _ _ _
o monitored by Bechtel Quality Control or audited by the Bechtel Quality Assurance and/or APS Quality Assurance organizations.
II.
Concrete Testing (Engineering Testing Labs) 10.
ETL is responsible for performing concrete temperature, air content, unit weight, slump and compressive strength tests.
In add'. tion, ETL is required to perform in-process tests of concrete materials in accordance with a described frequency to assure that previous testing of these materials by Champion or Champion's supplier was -in fact correct.
ETL's activities are covered by a quality assur-ance program which was approved by Bechtel prior to the com-mencement of activities.
11.
Concrete temperature and slump tests are per-formed at the point of placement, truck discharge and batch plant; the unit weight, air content (as required), andbom-pressive strength cylinder samples are taken only at the batch plant.
All of ETL's activities at the batch plant and at the placement point are under the direct supervision of a Bechtel Quality Control Test Lab Coordinator.
The activi-ties at and in the vicinity of the point of placement are also monitored by Bechtel Concrete Quali.ty Control Engineers assigned to the concrete pour.
Furthermore, all of ETL's activities are monitored by audits or surveillances by the Bechtel Quality Assurance and/or APS Quality Assurance organizations..
III. Concrete Acceptance and Placement 12.
Bechtel is responsible for the acceptance of the concrete produced by Champion and tested by ETL.
The concrete is accepted on the basis of verification of mix design by Champion and in-process tests and inspections by ETL.
The concrete is then placed in accordance with ap-proved construction procedures and specifications.
Bechtel activities are checked by Bechtel Quality Control and au-dited by the Bechtel Quality Assurance and/or APS Quality Assurance organizations.
13.
Actual planning and control activities for the placement of the containment basemats were as follows:
(a)
Prior to the beginning of a placement, the Bechtel Quality Control Test Lab Coordinator re-viewed the placement schedule with Bechtel's Batch Plant Quality Control Engineer and ETL's Test Lab Supervisor.
A testing program was established for that particular concrete placement and the frequency of testing was re-viewed.
(b)
The Champion Quality Control Engineer and Bechtel Quality Control Engineers verified the mix design and materials to be used for the concrete pro-duction with the Batch Plant Operator prior to the beginning of production.
(c)
The Bechtel Batch Plant Quality Control Engineer verified the concrete mix proportions of each
batch delivered to the placement point and signed each batch delivery ticket after verification.
He notified the ETL lab technicians as to what concrete tests were to be made and at what frequency.
The Bechtel Bcten Plant Quality Ccntrol Engineer placed a "T"
(for test) on batch tickets for those batches that required cor-relation tests to be made in the field.
(d)
During the placement, slump and tempera-ture tests at the batch plant were performed by two and sometimes three ETL technicians and monitored by the Bechtel Quality Control Test Lab Coordinator.
Test re-sults were immediately recorded by an ETL technician other than the one performing the test and given to the Champion Quality Control Engineer and the Bechtel Batch Plant Quality Control Engineer so that adjustments could be made to the concrete if necessary.
Slump and temper-ature tests at the truck discharge and point ef placement were performed by an ETL technician at each location.
These field tests were ncrmally monitored by i
the Bechtel Quality Contrcl Test Lab Coordinator or a Bechtel Concrete Quality Control Engineer.
Test information obtained was immediately documenced at the test location and conveyed by radio back to the batch plant so that adjustments could be made to the concrete if necessary.
Champion also maintained a separate log of the test results.
l (e)
Cn the next working day following a con-l crete placement, the Eechtel Quality Control Test Lcb Coordinator reviewed all test reports and batch plant
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tickets for completion.
Data tables for slump corre-lation testing and frequencies were prepared.
The com-pressive strength tests were reviewed throughout the entire testing period up to the specified design strength age of 91 days.
Plots of all test data as well as correlation data were maintained in current status.
If a non-conformance was noted, a Non-conformance Report was written and forwarded for resolution in accordance with Quality Assurance Pro-gram procedures.
^ AM n A. Roedel Subscribed and sworn to before me this
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day of 688MOAY
, 1982.
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My commission expires:
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Attachm:nt JAR-1 RESUME JOHN A. ROEDEL
Title:
Corporate Quality Assurance Manager Arizona Public Service Company As the Corporate Quality Assurance Manager, I am responsible for the Corporate Quality Assurance Programs for the design, procurement, construction and operation of nu-clear electrical generating projects and for fossil genera-ting projects.
I have had nineteen (19) years of experience in nuclear operations, manufacturing and construction and have been directly involved in Quality Assurance and Quality Control for nuclear power plant construction.and operation since 1971.
I have been with Arizona Public Service Company since 1974.
Prior to this, I was Manager of Quality Assur-ance for Washington Public Power Supply System.
I am a Senior Member of the American Society for Quality Control, Charter Member of the Nuclear Power Divi-sion and a Subcommittee Chairman of the EEI Quality Assur-ance Committee.
I have a B.S. in Business and Technology from Ore-gon State University and have studied for a M.B. A.
at the University of Washington.
I am a Registered Professional Quality Engineer in the State of California.
.s UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY' COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of ARIZONA
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PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY, et al.
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Docket Nos. STN 50-528
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STN 50-529 (Falo Verde Nuclear Generating
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STN 50-530 Station, Units 1, 2 and 3)
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of " Joint Applicants' Response to Items Listed in Board's Order Concerning Sua Sponte Issue," have been served upon the following listed persons by-deposit in the United States mail, properly addressed and with postage prepaid, this /f[dayofJanuary,1982.
Docketing and Service Section U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C.
20555 Chairman, Maricopa County Board of Supervisors 111 South Third Avenue Phoenix, Arizona 85004 Dr. Richard F.
Cole Atomic Safety.and Licensing Board U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C.
20555 Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C.
20555' Ms. Patricia Lee Hourihan 6413 S.
26th S treet Phoenix, Arizona 85040
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,e Robert M. Lazo, Esq.
Chairman, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C.
20555 Dr. Dixon Callahan Union Carbide Corporation P.O.
Box Y Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830 Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C.
20555 Stephen M. Schinki, Esq.
Office of the Executive Legal Director U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C.
20555 Edwin J. Reis, Esq.
Office of the Executive Legal Director U.S.
Nuclear Regulatcry Commission Washington, D.C.
20555 Rand L. Greenfield, Esq.
Assistant Attorney General P.O.
Drawer 1508 Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504 Charles A. PM choff