ML20079H680
| ML20079H680 | |
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| Site: | 05000000, Zimmer |
| Issue date: | 12/16/1983 |
| From: | Devine T, Garde B GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT, MIAMI VALLEY POWER PROJECT |
| To: | Asselstine J, Gilinsky V, Palladino N NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
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| Download: ML20079H680 (3) | |
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REF: EDO-13888 ACTION - DeYoung December 16, 1983 Cys:
GCunningha Rehm Honorable Nunrio J. Fallad!.no. Chjirman Keppler s
Honorable Victor Gilinsky, Commissioner Denton Honorable James K. AsselstinO,"Co=missioner Honorable Thomas M. Roberts, Commissioner Honorable Frederick M. Bernthal, Co=missioner
Dear Co=missioners:
This leti er is to alert the Cor=fissilon -to' the imminent release of infor=ation highly relevant to the December 14, 1983 petition of the Miami Valley Power Project (MVFP) under 10 CFR 2.206.
That inter alia, that the Co= mission reserve judgment petition requeses, on the proposed " Course of-Action" for the Zi=mer nuclear plant until developing a record on the fitness of the Bechtel Corporation for its Ad yesterday's Commission briefing on proposed duties in the plan.
the Cours e of Action, Mr. Keppler did not discuss any of the substance in MV??'s disclosures, either with respect to the q'uality-assurance estimate or with resoect to the allegations implications of the cost 3echtel's trach record in the Diablo Canyon Independent Design about Verification Program (IDV?).
Diablo Canyon is relevant to 24-mer, bett.eA.Secht.el has assigned the project manager from the former to
.The Cocmis sion de-manage engineering and licensing at the latter.
ferred final. judgment on the Course of Action until the close of business today in order to obtain staff review of MVP?'s petition before it became moot.
significant staff review of the merits of MV??'s Diablo The most Canyon allegations occurred yesterday in Room ?-114 of the NRC's Phillips 3uilding in Bethesda, Maryland.
A representative of the Government Accountability Project, Ms. Billie Garde, attended the at which a team of NRC inspectors queried Bechtel and Paci-
- meeting, fic Gas and Electric executives about MVP?'s allegations and others.
MVPP firmly believes that any good-f aith review of its petition re-the transcript quires the Commission to read and take into account of tha: meeting.
Tnere is no dispute that the issue is relevant.
Indeed, on Dacember 8 Mr. Charles Dick, the Diablo Canyon Project manager, was one of three. key executives that 3echtel publicly introduced to Bechtel demonstrate.the quality and integrity of the Zimmer team.
-explained, "Af ter an extensive revie.w and investigation of Bechtel's the Nuclear Regulatory Cettnission last month.gave work at Diablo, F EE approval to go ahead with fuel loading which is now underway."
That reassurance no longer is tenable.
At yesterday's Bethesda the Jiablo reeting, ?.egion III NRC insoector Isa Yin stated that Canyon design program effectively did not even exist, except as a
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.2-based paperwork review La which he had no confidenca whatsoever,Mr. Yin upon.his personal inspection at :the plant. control and ' construction inspection into training, documentall five people whose,trainin^g he audited recent all to Bechtel procedures, procedures revealed that had eith,er never received any training at he or received training up to two years after they began l
her plants.
He a. so-to procedures.they brought with them from otcontrol program that he co.uld s it e.
reported that there was no document find.
d In the design verification area every level of review he audite Nor was for particular small-bore piping calculations had a problem.
Mr. Yin reported 'that of the calculations he reviewed for 20 specific piping components, all had varying erro this isolated to paperwork.
load applied at
-- including force applied in the wrong direction, noMr. Yin's findings all, or the load applied in the wrong place.any. notion that the "
given any assurance to the design verification program.
soundly rej ect Even more disturbing, however, was Bechtel's braten position institutionalized their serious mistakec were all excused by the hing of taking " calculated risks" on the assumption that
" luxury"ly would meet he Mr. Yin stated that such practices "cannot be tolerated" and that eventual "never"_before had.seen such a sic.uation.
is not yet known how high the organizational cancer in the As a result, MV?? is.
IDV? extends into -the 3echtel-chain of ce==and.
It But.MVPP lity in is even more concerned thatand on an even larger scale -- verification of qu to Zi=mer, instead of the design only.
the entire plant, Yesterday Mr. Keppler's message was that relevant informat By late this Diablo Canyon will be evaluated as it becomes available.
i may be avail-af ternoon the transcript of yesterday's Bethesda mee ibly l reliability.
making a serious error about 3echtel's organitationadecision without t able.
The stakes are too high to =ake thatin order to avoid a few days
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b AW D Cw>3 Billie Garde Direc:cr, GA? Citicens Clinic
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December 14, 1983 Letter frem Thomas Devine (MVPP) to the NRC recuesting relie" under 10 CFR.2.206 to defer decision on CG&E's course of action to verify cuality of~ construct' ion..(The five exhibits attached to the letter are not included herein.
The exhibits are suprnarized in the letter and are available to the Licensing Board and parties upon request to Division of Licensing, NRR).
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