ML20063E924
| ML20063E924 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | LaSalle  |
| Issue date: | 04/21/1982 |
| From: | AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML20063E917 | List: |
| References | |
| FOIA-82-248, FOIA-82-A-15 NUDOCS 8207140500 | |
| Download: ML20063E924 (3) | |
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ty Project.of the I r of;;he affidavit with I ha ve. ins t'ructed :Mr nstitute for
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to release my identity I do without this time.
not wish. to be publicly id at I am speaking out to entified nbout sloppy workmanship thatevidence my concerns aEe at the LaSalle nucle' '.has led i
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ego around 1000 holes weren I can.confi:rm that several
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y were internal voids in;the concreteiof the pedestal it-When the jackhammers chipped.into the concrete, the se'1f.
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- The jackhammers voids caused the jackhammers to jump.
E took of f and both cut through reinforcement bats and in-i i.
creased the honeycombing already inside the concrete.
j There was some repair work.donc to the~ damage in the pedestal.
Construction used grout to p,atch up,the concrete 1
But the bonding holes they had stumbled into or created.
as strong, and there may:have been many other voids i
isn't Worst of all, in spo'ts where they weren' t. core-dri'lling.
i when I left they had not repaired or replaced the rein-I forcement bars they cut through.
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the only instance that I observed of con-This was not structiondamagetoconcrete' rein [orcementbars.
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Pitters from Reactor hold up the control rod casings.
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("RCI"). were, core-drilling eight to ten Controls, I'nc.
inches down into the concrete f.loor,.which I estimated was
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about 18' inches thick.
time to check; for and detect the reinforcement bars, how-I the fitters were. hitting the bars.
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saw the,' gore bits pulling out chunks.of sttel from the l
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floor rein'forcement bars.
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Reinforcement bars,may have*been broken throughout l
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The constructionicrews routinely did not use
'j metil detectors to locate theirebars.. They would just start drilling.
The quality control inspectors did not seem to care.
Quality control was more.like r. joke at LaSalle than anything else.
I am a:fraid the results will show u]) when the plant starts operating.
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i I am speaking out because'I was.at the LaSalle plant l
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I don' t want to live l
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I have read the above 3 page affidavit and it is true, accurate and conplete to the!best of my knowledge and belief.
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