ML20041F048
| ML20041F048 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Callaway  |
| Issue date: | 03/10/1982 |
| From: | Gallagher E NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE) |
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| ISSUANCES-OL, NUDOCS 8203160136 | |
| Download: ML20041F048 (5) | |
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY C0ftlISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AFD LICENSING BOARD In the flatter of UNION ELECTRIC C0itPANY
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Docket Nos. 50-483 OL
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(Callaway Plant, Unit 1)
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AFFIDAVIT OF EUGENE J. GALLAGHER I, Eugene J. Gallagher, being duly sworn, depose and state:
1.
I am a civil engineer with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission. Since February 1981, I have been assigned to the Reactor Engineering Branch, Division of Engineering and Quality Assurance, Office of Inspection and Enforcement.
Prior to February 1981, I was a reactor inspector assigned to the Region III, Reactor Construction and Engineering Support Branch, Mfice of Inspection ' nd Enforcement.
a I was assigned to the Callaway Plant (anong others) during the period of Decerrber 1977 through September 1980. A statenent of my professional qualifications is appended hereto.
2.
As a civil engineer inspector for the Region III office of Inspection end Enforcement I conducted five inspections with respect to the Callaway Plant, Unit 1, in order to:
(1) ascertain whether adequate quality assurance plans, instructions and procedures had been established for the construction of concrete structures; (2) provide an independent evaluation of the performance, work in progress and completed work to ascertain whether activities relative to concrete construction were c 8203160136 820311
accomplished in accordance with NRC requirements, and (3) review the quality related records to ascertain whether these records reflected work accomplished consistent with NRC requirements and license commitments.
3.
I filed testimony and testified at the Callaway Operating Licensing hearing on Joint Intervenors' Contention IA regarding embedded plates.
4.
The purpose of this affidavit is to respond to Joint Intervenors' Motion For Admission Of Additional Evidence, dated February 19, 1982.
5.
I have reviewed the Joint Intervenors' Motion for Admission of Evidence dated February 19, 1982 including the attached document (Blue 675) regarding the Callaway embedded plate issue.
6.
The information provided in this document does not raise any significant safety issues nor does it affect my conclusions regarding the acceptability of embedded plates installed at the Callaway plant. The basis for these conclusions are:
a.
The calculated capacity of each plate is based on the allowable design load which is less than the yield limit capacity of the plate and anchor rods.
In fact, the Applicant's direct testimony on this issue (Pages 34-35) indicates that the inherent factor of safety is on the order of two. This provides sufficient margin of safety between the actual applied loads and the yield limit of the plate. This method of calculation, as well as Applicant's conclusion, is based on accepted engineering practices.
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The assumption that the weld undersize is 1/8 inch for a full 360 around the weld and for every stud is most conservative.
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s Therefore, the reduced capacity of the plate calculated is conservative.
The actual capacity of the plates are generally higher.
7.
The four plates identified with reduced load capacities equal to the intended design load c3pacity in Joint Intervenors' Motion (p. 3) does not pose a safety issue for the reason stated in item 6(a) above.
Sufficient margin exists between the actual load and the yield limit of the plate and anchor rods, for the reason stated in item 6(a) above.
8.
The attached document to Joint Intervenor Motion '(Blue 675) does not provide any new information that would affect the conclusions in the previous filed Staff testimony.
In fact, the information contained in this document was requested by the NRC during a meeting with Union Electric on April 10, 1980 (see Staff Exhibit 6, NRC Inspection Report 80-14, attachment A, item 17). The document illustrates (a) the calculated design load capacity of each plate using an allowable design load based on 0.6 time the yield strength of the stee1 (b) the actual applied load associated with each type of embedded pl' ate and (c) the reduced load capacity assuming a 1/8 inch undersized weld a full 360 l
around the weld. This information had previously b'een' reviewed during the NRC investigation and is documented in NRC Inspection R'eport 80-14, Page 7, Staff Exhibit 6.
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY C0ffil5SION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of UNIUN ELECTRIC COMPANY Docket No. STN 50-483 OL (Callaway Plant, Unit 1)
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of " RESPONSE OF THE NRC STAFF TO JOINT INTERVENORS' MOTION FOR ADMISSION OF ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE" and " AFFIDAVIT OF EUGENE J. GALLAGHER" in the above-captioned proceeding have been served on the following by deposit in the United States mail, first class, or, as indicated by an asterisk, through deposit in the Nuclear Regulatory Comission's internal mail system, this lith day of March,1982:
James P. Gleason, Esq., Chairman Administrative Judge Barbara Shull Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Lenore Loeb 513 Gilmoure Drive League of Women Voters of Missouri Silver Spring, MD 20901 2138 Woodson Road St. Louis, MO 63114 fir. Glenn 0. Bright
- Administrative Judge Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Marjorie Reilly U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission Energy Chairman of the League of Washington, DC 20555 Women Voters of Univ. City, M0 7065 Pershing Avenue Dr. Jerry R. Kline*
University City, M0 63130 Administrative Judge Atomic Safety and Licensing Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission Gerald Charnoff, Esq.
Washington, DC 20555 Thomas A. Baxter, Esq.
Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge l
Mr. John G. Reed 1800 M Street, N.W.
Rt. 1 Wa.shington, DC 20036 Kingdom City, M0 65262 Dan I. Bolef A. Scott Cauger, Esq.
President, Board of Directors Assistant General Counsel for the Coalition for the Environment, l
flissouri Public Service Comission St. Louis Region l
P.O. Box 360
,f;S101 University City, M0 63130 6267 Delmar Boulevard Jefferson City, M0 f
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[ c Donald Bollinger, Member Rose Levering, Member Missourians for Safe Energy Crawdad Alliance 6267 Delmar Boulevard 7370a Dale Avenue University City, MO 63130 St. Louis, MS 63117
-Mr. Fred Luekey Kenneth M. Chackes Presiding Judge, Mnntgomery County Chackes and Hoare Rural Route Attorney for Joint Intervenors Rhineland, MO 65069 314 N. Broadway St. Louis, Missouri 63102 Mayor Howard Steffen Chamois, MO 65024 Professor' William H. Miller Mr. Earl Brown Missouri Kansas Section.-
School District Superintendent American Nuclear Society P.O. Box 9 Department of Nuclear Engineering Kingdom City, MO 65262 1026 Engineering Building University of Missouri Mr. Samuel J. Birk Columbia, M3 65211 R.R. #1, Box 243 Morrison, MO 65061 Mr. Harold Lottman Presiding Judge, Dasconade County Robert G. Wright Rt. 1 Associate Judge, Eastern District Owensville, MO 65066 County Court, Callaway County, Missouri Eric A. Eisen, Esq.
Route #1 Birch, Horton; Bittner and Monroe Fulton, MO 65251 Suite 1100 1140 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
Atomic Safety and Licensing Washington, DC 20036 Board Panel
- U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Docketing and Service Section*
Washington, DC 20555 Office of the Secretary I
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Atomic Safety and Licensing Washington, DC 20555 Appeal Board
- U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission l
Washington, DC 20555 1bQ~E
&W Eoy P. Lessy(J Deputv Assist 1nt Chief Hearing Counsel 1
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