ML20042E331
| ML20042E331 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Comanche Peak  |
| Issue date: | 03/31/1990 |
| From: | Garde B, Garge B Citizens Association for Sound Energy, ROBINSON, ROBINSON, PETERSON, BERK, RUDOLPH, CROSS |
| To: | Charemagne Grimes Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 9004200631 | |
| Download: ML20042E331 (3) | |
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e Robinsori, Robinson, Peterson, Berk, Rudolph, Cross & Garde Attonicye et how tos F.ne t College Avenue Mary Lou Robinson
' Nila Jean Robismon Mar ch 31.- 1990 Appleton Wh.mne.tn t tus:
. John.C. Peterson (sinpai.iuif Avram D. Ucrk O' ce " ll"Y '"' *'""
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i Intille Pirner Garde Mr. Christ.sphor 1. Grimes. Director Comanche Peak Pr oj ect Division of;tluclsar. Reactor Regulation j
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-1 White Rockville. Haryland 20BS2 Subj ec t : CASE's Hovember 29, 1989i Documented-Request Ior Action on Ther mo-Lag Di s put e ; Open Issues.
Stat r un Comanche Peak St eam Elec t ric (CPSES). Docket Hop. 445 and bu ~ 4*lt.
Dear Mr Grimesi j
Sound Energy (CASE) filed autquet Citizens Association -f or and to. the downgrading of Therrno-Lag insulat2 pn material As you know.
dispute in regards
-Thu NRC-and intimidation of a Quality Control inspector.
the. harassment
. I rr t he inspec t ion. r upor t inves tigat ed and 1ssued an inspec ti on r epor t.
.t u suud - on t he incident that is the subj ect of tha Thermo-Lag disput u (50-445/90-05, 50-446/90-05). there was a n l'ndi c a ti on t ha t the NRC had closed an j
open' 1 tem.
Although the report does not identif y. the scope of
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is that the NRC has finalized all of the
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inspection activities
-f If t his is true. CASE wishes to point out that there are fout luauuu connected with the Thermo-Lag a ncident that r ornain unr esolved and ident 1 L iud bel ow,
unaddressed. CASE is continuing t o pur sue.the issuus, as and'Is expecting the NRC to formally address each of the tusues in r e s po ndi rig to our dispute.
l The issues not addressed by the NRC A ns pec t ion r epor t ~. pundi ng l
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(1) During CASE's review of: the Thermo-Lag intimidat i on Ine ide nt.
f Design Change Aut hor iza t i on aro.e.
several t echnical ques tions t uin j
(DCA) 77269 Revision 14, relaxed the c ur e. t a rne requitement We believe that thau t o " f ac ilit at e c ons t r uc t ion. "
72'to 24 houru Atter tbe c ont r ibut odi t o causi ng Ther mo-Lag damage.
-may have the ma n1 mum t hic knes u -
November 2. 1989.. intimidat ion incident,
telaxed frum 1/2-l in Specification 2323-MS-3BH wer e requ1rements It is not clear what of t eet i nc h t o 3/8-inch minimurn thic knes s.
t hi s had on the fire tests that were conduc t ed pr ior to pur c hau u.
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1 If the original testing was c o nduc t ed us i ng1 1/ 2-i nc h ma t e r 2 a l. 41 1s not clear how the test results c an be applied-t o 3/8-inc h t ha c k
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1 (2) CASE also questions whether process formulas t o manuf ac t ur e Thermo-Lag ' wer e changed t o expedi t e c ons t r uc ti on, = whic h ma y ha ve -
affected'euring and fire r esis t anc e c har ac t er i s tic s. The o t a g i na l material specified was qualified on the basis of testinu matustal
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with s pecific.charac t eri s tic s, dime nsi ons, and c onf igur a L J ons.
It these par amet er s wer o c hanged, new testing s hould probably. ha ve been conducted.
(3) CASE as concerned about the inability of TU' Electric's Sucuraty Department to recognize and-identif y the November 2 -1989, ancident as a violation of 10 CFR 50.7 in regardu to the harassment of a QC inspector.
(4) CASE remains concer ned wit h t he ' cor r ective action taken t o snuuto that this type of ancident is not repeated.
To the extent that theso issues are not being considered by t he NRC to connec tion with the Thermo-Lag di sput e, pleas e consider t hem ' as open A t ein.
Si nc e r ely,
\\W Billie P.trner Garde Attorney for CASE cci Mr. Dennis Crutc hfield Assistant Direc t or of Special' Proj ects U..S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission 11555 Rockville Pike 1 Whi t e Flint North j
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Assistant Director for Inspection Program
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' Anornep ui I.uw Nila Jean Robinson sto Eunt College Avenue
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March 30, 1990.
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. Dennis M. Crutchfield,-Associate Director-for Special Projects Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Subject:
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Dear Mr. Crutchfield:
As you know,zthe Citizens Association for Sound Energy-(CASS) has
- been actively involved in monitoring _the' Comanche Peak-Nuclear Power Plant.
In that regard, we participated ~in the. exit of'the Operational Readi' ness _ Assessment Team (ORAT).
H. Shannon Phillips, Sr.,ECASE i
Consultant, evaluated the " inspection documented in - the ref erenced -
report to determine if NRC Inspection Procedure 93806 was'fol1 owed.
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Our consultant concluded that the-NRC perf ormed a thorough-e aspection and that.the results were well documented.
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identified significant deficiencies in.several-different~ areas.
Although the NRC performed a through inspection CASE is conceined about several areas where deficiencies were identified in'the
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NRC report.
We believe the following areas deserve further scrutiny.
Organizations appear't'o operate too independent 1y'ol' each other and, as a result, the information flow between orl;ani-zations is often adequate.
Maintenance work was performed that was outside the scope of the original work order but the shift supervisor,was not
-notified. ' Organizations often make such decision ~s without sufficient authority..Also no nonconformance report (ONE form) was initiated;when maintenanc'e identified poten-tially adverse conditions.
3 Problems with housekeeping and material control have oc--
cu'rred and were identified by the-NRC dating back to 1985.
CASE is concerned that TU Electric has been unable to effec-tively solve the problem.
The.NRC ORAT inspection found L
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s Problems with overdue' preventive maintenance items continue.
' Problems with developing procedures that effectively accomplish goals, objectives, and tasks continue.
Problems with determining root causes of deficiencies continue.
The ORAT inspection stated that TU Electric has a tendency to address the specific deficiency and rarely mention.the program failures.
'If ynu have in any questions pl' ease contact ~me at (414) 731-1917 or Mrs.- Juanita Ellis, The President of CASE, at (214) 946-9446.
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