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cLEN EL LYN. lLLINois 60}37 August 14, 1981 MEMORANDUM FOR:
J. F. Streeter, Acting Director, Enforcement and Investigation Staff J. B. McCarten, Investigator FROM:
James Foster, Investigator
SUBJECT:
1978 ELECTRICAL ALLEGATIONS - ZIMMER On October 12, 1978, I received a telgphone allfromb
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of the U. S. Testing Company (UST). L was emplo~yed at the Zin.mer site as an electrical QC inspector and had been there for approximately three months. UST was being replaced as the lead electrical inspection group, and Kaiser was performing most electrical inspections.
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indicated he was going to be dismissed, and that he was concerned regarding several aspects of the electrical QC program at Zimmer. He recounted concerns relative to cable pulling, cable storage, Nonconformance Reports (which were either not being processed or were voided), and design changes which he felt relaxed the original plant specifications.
He stated that UST personnel had formerly reported to Mr. Stu Tulk, but he had been promoted, and they now reported to Mr. Mike Kopp. He stated that Tulk was not to blame for the conditions which concerned him. He named three other inspectors who were involved with electrical QC inspections:
I The central concern he discussed involved Design Document Change (DDC)
E-3710, modifying specification H-2173 by deleting paragrgh 202.22(b) which dealt with electrical cable installation. The DDC indicated that Sargent & Lundy would identify any cable tray overfill and direct the contractor to take corrective action. On the basis of the DDC, Noncon-formance Reports dealing with cable tray overfill had been voided with the notation "see DDC-E-3710".
Nonconformance Report (NR) numbers provided as examples of such voiding were 2393, 2394, 2395, and 2396, all dated September 8, 1978 (apparently, many " hold" tags had been applied on that date).
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telephoned RIII. They OnOctober16,f
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i os work, and fwasafraidthathewouldbeterminatedshortly.' They also stated that several of the Kaiser electrical QC personnel ha'd concerns in the electrical. area, but were afraid to talk to the h3C for fear of re-pression.
During this conversation, we again discussed the previously expressed concerns, and concerns relative to temporary wiring, temporary cable tray supports, conduit inspection, and grounding deficiencies. NR E-1270 relative to a conduit inspection deficiency was mentioned.
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had discussed his concerns with site personnel including Turner, Ehas, and Schweirs, without gaining any satisfaction. He stated that he was preparing a letter to Cincinnati Gas & Electric, Kaiser, and the local newspapers detailing his concerns, but had not decided whether to send it.
He indicated his decision might be affected by a meeting with Turner and Culver, scheduled for later that day.
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'again telephoned me.
He stated that UST had On October offered him a job in position. He had decided not to send his letter, and did not wish to i
continue to discuss his concerns with RIII personnel. He inquired as to whether h1C had any open positions, and indicated that he would call me from New Jersey sometime in the future.
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I referred the information I had been provided to electrical inspectors _in the Reactor Construction Branch (T. Vandel, G. Maxwell, J. Hughes). They inspected the Zimmer site on October 24-26, 1978, and reviewed the informa-tion I had provided. Their inspection is documented in IE Inspection Report No. 50-358/78-25. No items of noncompliance with hTC requirements were observed during the inspection.
Attached are my notes of the telephone conversations, the inspection report, and a note to T. Vandel (then the Zimmer Project Inspector) from F. Jablonski regarding similarities of the concerns to earlier NRC observed deficiencies.
Also attached is C. Norelius' memo documenting his more recent telephone l
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)myonlyparticipationwastorelay the concerns they expressed to RIII reactor construction branch personnel.
I 'did not accompany them to the site nor review their inspection report (due to my involvement in priority investigation) until after it was f'inalized.
. James E. Foster Investigator Attachments:
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