ML20071M963

Statement of Lr Berstler Alleging Deficiencies in Installation & Testing of HVAC Sys at Facility.Leak Test Rept Forms for nongas-tight Ductwork & Worksheet Encl

ML20071M963
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Site:	Hope Creek
Issue date:	04/13/1982
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Thh following is a sietement 161.en in the of fice of D. M. Stover, Project '

. Superir tendent-Contracts on April 13, 1982, by Lawrence R. Bersteler who" ' ' '

' r.e. sides! at 60C DeP ncy Place, Claymont, DE 19703 (302) 798-6217W *  ; ' 1

' ' J.,was hired October 1,1981, by W .; Constructors (Hirsch-Arkin-Pinehearst) ' ' ' I'

,and' l hive' been on' site at the Hope Creek 'Jobsite the entire tim'e; ' Formerally, l'

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I' was, employed by Sun ship at Chester, PA where Wc-ceysdjasj3"y,'M/5$--(4 7p<wc4:a4d+yas, E p I am familiar.with ASME and Pipe Welding Codes. .' * ' ' ""

Upon being hired by W-H I was informed that I was to be independent from the construction-side of the business and non-biased. In the first month I processed 70 AWNS and 8 NCRs. Subsequently, I was told that I was now '

, , part of the team -- that I was to help with the construction side. .

Today, April 13, 1982, there was a question about the test on air supply ' system, 1 ' in Control Room 137. Thcre have been two tests done as of two weeks ago. As

[f far as 1 am concerned the tests are invalid because the irs (Inspection Report) , .

had not been updated. There were open NCRs, AWNS, etc. #

I explained that I had only received the FCRs last Wednesday; April 7,1982,.- [

'and that there was a lot of work involved in bringing everything up to date. +4

'invo'Iving the supply system final signof f. .

The Inspection Report cannot'be ' '

signed off until all inc.omplete documentation has been approved. Without ' '

t proper documentation the test is invalid.

W-H QC got into a heated argument with WIH management who claimed that' -

' I the 3 Rs _ had to be done "no ma tter what." I felt we' were "under the gun" ,.

l by pressure from managernent to do whatever it. took to sign off the irs.

We were told by M.' J. Timmons, Project Manager for the 10855-M-735(Q) contract '

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that "we had to bend the rules" if necessary. (This conversation tock place , ,

ago.)two Iweek.s have a copy of the actual test report a

' (pprmimately two weeks second test which took place ago) at my home. This test indicates that all ductwork on the supply system at El.137 Control Room No. I was .

to be signed off but could not, in fact, be signed off because incomplete documentation and hangers that were not installed which had to be installed prior to signoff. The leak test was L'ased on the cntire system and the reported .3% leakage criteria is not true. ,

Normally, QC finds problem, writes it up, man'agement concurs and QA managements concurs and it is left at that point. By canagement, I m:=an QC/QA management first .

and then Construction Menagement reviews it. .

As a result of my conversation this morning with A. J. Bryan and D. Reel of Eechtel QC, A. J. Bryan instructed D. Reel to go out and verify whether or not there were any problems. D. Reel concurred that there were some problems. >'

I then went back to shop to do paperwork and a que' tion arose as to who interprets y -

the spec. I was told that Mike. Wita, QA Manager (site) wou'Id do all the' interpre' t ing. ',.

I . received this' word from Steve liershman, Corporate QA Manager (Philadelphia).9 "M!

?-Present at this meeting were: *t 8

I t.. 'R. Bersteler (W-H QC), E. H. Cochrane, I ,

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I telephoned S. Hershman to verify that Mike Wita was to do all interpretation i i !

because I feel thatr as QC Inspector,1 should be doing the interpreting ~ : At t . . I' l',

th'is point Robert Garvey, Site Construction Manager, got into it and started *

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yelling. Mr. Garvey's official title is Assistant Vice President, Nuclear 'l' '1 Power. He is the number one' man on-site and he fired me. ' 'I ' '

There was a meeting March PS,1982, in the Philadelphia offices of W.H concerning material handling from home office to field site in reference to structural " '

t codes D.l.3 and D.l .1 and spec 10855-M-735(Q). At this time I was given'a letter. '

telling me not to abide by the spec. I heve a copy of this letter in ny personal i file which states: "We are not bidi..g by the tech spec.'due to a contradiction - -

between paragraph 1.8.1 and 1.8.3 specifically in reference to porosity."

t Prior to the March 25, 1982, meeting W-H constructors was informed' by D. Reel 1 * '

of Bechtel QC that "You have tech specs, you have codes -- live' by them. We ' '

are aksing for no nore than the specification requirements, and we will accept l' no less."

Bechtel QC inquired whether U-H's program required that an IR could not be '

, signed off until all reference documents had'been approved including SDDRs, etc.

I concur that we (W-H QC) were being asked to sign off prior to approval of "

these reference criteria documents.---.- .

Bechtel asked if W-H QC was aware of materials being received without -

• i verification (material identification -- green tag). Yes.

• I am aware .

of such materials coming from Philadel,phia shop to the field site. The ' '

materials were delivered to the laydown area and subsequently installed.

Since that time the required repairs have been made.

At today's session in the shop, R. Garvey said to M. Wita " Write Larry's check out right now. You' re fired." Mike Wita stated "That sounds good to me, Eob." .

Bechtel inquired whether there was any discussion involving other than work related topics which might have led to my fi' ring. There was no discussion involving money, absenteeism, qualifications or any other non-work related _

topics. I have not received any check as at this point I was called out to the field to do an inspection. When I left, R. Garvey was on the telephone -

to S. Hershman. I had called S. Hershman to verify my firing and he stated

_he was not sure P.. Gamey could fire me.

• Cechtel asked if W-H QC had been told not to talk to Bechtel QC, Yes,, I was told not to talk to Bechtel QC and further was told not, to talk to '

the NRC or the client.. . At. the time of.this conversation, along with myself, '

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. Bill McLaughlin, QC, and R. Garvey and li. Wita were also present.

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I conversation took place yesterday, April 12, 1982. .

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. . 9 Staterent by L. P.. Bersteler taken April 13, 1982 .

Fece 3 Bechtel asked why I thought I was being terminated. I feel I was fired for . .  :- ,

' simply doing my job, no other reason." They might have felt, there was a, .,,7 , ;. ,.

personality problem, but I was doing my job 100 percent. + .

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R. Garvey at the time of being fired merely said "I've had with you.. You've  ;., ;i ,

czused too r.any problems." The problems being inspection types, too muche  ;  :. .

paperwork, etc. ,

U-H Construction indicated that as. Soon as the tests were complete, we were , , , .

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to insulate. I explained that this was not possible. You cannot insu~iate when there are open SDDRs, NCRs, etc.

I informed management (R. Gaivey) that there was a problem with the painting . ,, c before the irs could' he signed off. R. Garvey informed me that the painting did- ,l nst have to be done. As far as he was concerned, the test on the supply was a- -

io a final signoff and release to Bechtel. As far as iny understanding goes, the :, .. . , ,

system is not ' complete until the painting and documentation have been approved '.  ; .,i' by W-H QC and Bechtel. ,

Sechtel inquired what it'.y is.tiiediate plans are. I plan to go back to the office, , ,,

and get in touch with S. Hershman to determine what my status is. If he concurs e that I am indeed .f. ired,.I_ plan to.go. to. B.. Batemany NRC Representative..on-site, a ;pr. .

and report my findings.

nechtel recomended that after ta'iking to S. Hershman', I get back to Bechtel . ,: . g and advise them of the outcome of that conversation. Bechtel will then ,, -

get back to me and advise me what their intended course of action will be.

Bechtel further advised me that I awatt making any decisions to go elsewhere ,

i until I' hear from them.

Bechtel then inquired what I thought the weakest point in their QC program was.

I believe it is S. Hershman, their QC Manager (Philadelphia), and management (construction). It is my personal feeling that the relationship of father / son l

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of.F. Hershman and S. Hershman creates a conflict of interest with respect to U-H Constructor's QC Program. ,

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