ML20071J425
| ML20071J425 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Zimmer |
| Issue date: | 09/13/1982 |
| From: | HOUSE OF REP., INTERIOR & INSULAR AFFAIRS |
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| ML20071J419 | List: |
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| FOIA-83-74 PR-820913, NUDOCS 8305260403 | |
| Download: ML20071J425 (3) | |
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__ _ $J r 3 FOR RELEASE? september 13, 1982 CONTACT! Ken Burton 202-225-2844 Henry Myers 202-225-8331 UDALL SCHEDULES ZIMMER NUCLEAR PLANT HEARING s
Congressman Morris K. Udall, D-Arizona, has scheduled an -
Energy and the Environment Subcommittee hearing for September 14 to " gain a better picture of the Zimmer nuclear power plant" and the subsequent breakdown of the project's quality assurance.
"The hearing scheduled for Tuesday is a direct result of my not being satisfied with information that we have been provided to date," said Udall, who chairs the subcommittee and the Interior and Insular Affairs Committee.
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Udall said he wants to delve into five areas that must be examined prior to issuance of an operating license for the power plant, located near Cincinatti, Ohio:
-- Deficient weld procedures.
-- Apparent falsification of weld procedure test data. ,_
-- Insufficient documentation to demonstrate that many of.the 2000, welders who worked at the Zimmer site were qualified for the work they performed. ?
-- The chemical and physical preperties of certain
- safety-related piping cannot be documented.
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-- Significant quantities of safety-related materials were purchased from vendors not qualified to supply such materials. .
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Udall said he is concerned as well that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission did not require an independent audit of the Zimmer plant.
"It seems urealistic to have confidence that the company that neglected quality assurance for so many years, will, on its own,
. fully uncover the d.eficiqncies resulting from its neglect," Udall said. .
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"My intent now is to compile a record that gives a much better picture than has been presented to date of the status and prognosis of the Zimmer project. I hope to get an idea of the-major corrective actions now knosm to be necessary prior to plant operation, and I also want to know what will happen if existing uncertainties can't be resolved," Udall said.
Witnesses-include James Keppler, director.of Region III and as'sociates of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Earl A.
-. -Borgmann, senior vice. president and Harlan Sager, manager of quality assurance for Cincinnati Gas,&, Electric; Donald Iselin,
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_ M. , group vice president, Kaiser Engineers; Donald Milan, chief, . Ja f0ffi'. Division of> Boiler Inspection, State of Ohio;; Richard Jagger, .
assistant Director of Inspections and National Board of Boiler '.-
and Pressure Vessel Inspectors;-Thomas Devine, legal director, Government Accountability -Pi oject and Dav'id Altman, chairman,
.- Cincinnati Environmental Advisory Council.
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- The hearing, in room 1324 of-the Longworth House Office
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Quality Assurance at the Zimmer Nuclear ' Station September 14, 1982; 9:45 A.,M.; K'oom 1324-Lo'ngworth Building
-Witness List -
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission ,
Mr. James Keppler,-Director Region III, and associates
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PANEL II Cincinnati Gas and Electric Mr. Earl A. Borgmann, Senior Vice-President Mr. Harlan Sager, Manager, Quality Assurance Kaiser Engineers ,
Mr. Donald Iselin, Group Vice-President ,
-State of Ohio .
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- Mr. Donald Mil'an, Chief, Division of-Boiler Inspection Mr. Richard Jagger, Assistant Director of Inspections National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors Panel III l
Government Accountability Project (GAP)
L Mr. Thomas Devine, Legal Director l
Cincinnati Environmental Advisory Council i Mr. David Altman, Chairman
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