ML20081J664
| ML20081J664 | |
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| Site: | Midland |
| Issue date: | 06/29/1983 |
| From: | Rau P MIDLAND DAILY NEWS MIDLAND, MI |
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| FOIA-83-397 PR-830629, NUDOCS 8311090072 | |
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tine NltC nme' int en%l Consumer lheily News ataf f writer urm y h.isoith'd u nenine management 4. utility rnchedule is *n : nod hallpurit e, club pay that euch veur's delay pu.ti6 flaverment regulators may Ihey ther'e nrhtslule"very nptmdat ic.* A,n. - ruview nownt ing with C4nimumera l'nwer..Jigure."llurramn twiped wr ite t hn NitC M IDM5 willadd about $:500 milhon tothaty I
fier July 1J. w hen the p ertir' will al-rntimate
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te pipt Idre advettwsrddlerence Nurh,'* b Adding'lG hmnths would msan tiust'Uco.itininterentespemical.mv.
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i diff'erence of timu botwecn the NitCkvinced the Midland plant wa=,tur from-me. an hn. mnde its cwn cetimmten of mnke timt iitaternent.untd t hey givii um, nn the NHC%enimune, whirh he mmd 41 the pinne well N fimatud.imt hanl; timer vwws mni geva un a chunre in re,. uon cmnpirtal usuf outamth4 for nmn.@. Connumers gave us W c
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+.e we tald (*nnsumers.or tha.put he o t thew e timaten are.. Agency o.'m f).ppnnd? Conk enhl.,.,Cank.nned IJm schedulutilrn,et *en.4 j * *( rey,h,1 revi,cy,utout Iwo innuth6 en.re it e a very hat und lgarhy l.they gnvy un is catregnely,nptiment et t
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t ci.ils identifwd twa *criticul paths" to -
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A citizon intervennr in the Midland
- , : cracking.nwnt. differendal utdemont and *epMMrf trainecg when.Umo pmNu
. nuclear plant hcensing hearings said 1
were needed cinewheie in the plant inr Tuceday the doesn't belicve top-fevel
/ Cnok'said his congremelannf tehti.' P' nnntherJoh;They.mnid thht wun un es.
Consumers l'ower Co. maneser ;, *eNohndactiledonecalvelyc manyshoutthodtonel gimeratorbuild.' 'ampic.of puttin(schedule ahead of
' understand what's going on at their; Cook toutified before the UA.llouse,!!ng was correct.611e alue snid Connum. gwuhty Wella midthat mnybeone fac.
j own pinnt, of Representatives Subcommiuco on era wan ettempting to condenna tho rn.b inr in the treintng *chedule changen.
i Mary Sinclair made the statement. Energy and the Environment. ond told. formation in order ta meet time hmits
- hut alt was not a majo* factor? lie n.dd during a hearing before the Atomic' auhenmemtla members that the dienel *:'for the enngressional heanng:nnd that thero are other reanonn t the delava Safety and Licensing Dourd, while,. generator butidmgla theonly building *.'if hetoldCongremunnythingwhichwan spointing out that heforelan inerciar; that han had settlernenfnecur heyond..hnnecurate'itwas u'nintentional,*,-
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',. questioning Consumers vice presidents Jemen W. Cook about soile probl mn at, the, normal predicdons/according to. Mrs. Skclair was to continuo cucay, i can he tested an'a f
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who le repreenting ano.her,' citizen in.She and attorney Lynne Bernabel.[ quote from a,n unonicial tranee
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y,y. heering:t.TEliTIMONY st Tues!,1 a Cnok anid thc utility did reapo'nd in sumedthis morning.
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. tervennt in the hgrings. said,they he.,,. tMs. llernabel and Mrs. Sincluir said f
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.heve Cook misled a congrt spional sub.f that is misleading. They said while the
- Cook dinagredd with severht state.
had crmeirnt th utility fortwaitmg
, committee carher this mondt when he, idle #el Noncrutor buddmg may be the told it enfy one budding at the plantc - only one which has shown encewivo menta mudo enrher in the hearings by frmn Novender 1982 until. late Janu.
U.S. Nuclear. llegulutory Commision ary 19H3 to take nction about problems f 4, ',; settlernent, other buildinge havo.lir.spector Dr. Itonn Lnndaman. Land,
' willi'ccrtain innpection proceduren.
.g shown problems with differendal wet]- had*teelified that he wna nnt e *Welle wdd. hnwe ver. the udhty legun
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- tiement to when one part of a structuroj,.manggy.erly enthusiande" about'.tho uta ll t!ement and cracking. Differential eet 4,,g
'ov e abihty.to succen(ully completo, undthatitwasnotidentifiedpsa major O
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acttk a more th,an anotherpart., line, cf the underpinning work, but Cnok said i con <crn untti Jnnuary.nfter whic n,
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,,1 Mrs. Smelaar enked, Cook a j he disagrucu with thut opinion. Ile unid ".utllitystoptel ming t ho prnecdurcet.
ByMARYA 'NSCitt NKENDhitP ' fng i huDd.Is weI r."o e w Y. 'meannr..cthat la Landsman *n "gonersi der 7.*h'inspcetMn prohtems b
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the enmpany is u' nderpinning a row of.8 l Cook stuo'wtid LandEman's critic 4nm.
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localbuilder Ch Dennett'adevelop.
huildinga at the plant, saying she be.
ree near Jeffernon lieves how much Cook.knows aboutKof several top level Consumers *'ottb.. ! *We duln't im.till enough rigor und ment plans for 4 etals was *regrettahle.**and that he9 diacipitnointothepmcedure.methatwe
- and Wackerty on t opprovulof the, such thinga relhete,t_he company' doesn't share thutopinion.
- woutd almnf utely minimizo t he number Midiand l' annini, Commisvio'n mnnugementattitudo. j e*
.* Connuiners dnen not dehiy innpec' *of mwnen.* he wid. Ilowever pl.ms (n' Tuesday.
8he. sold she believes Consum.er*..
Ther mission voted
-2 to rpcom.,, management, docan't understand the. tar training when it geta in the way of ' re. train and re.cestify inspecturn, up.
qconstruction work.nccordmg toItoy Ac*' date in*pection plans und put more
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Wells Jr. executive manager of the manatecrint emphnnis on inyectoin wh> >wouldendSummerset acuido.
. Administrativejudge Jerry Harbour.. Midland Project Quality Aneurance De..proceduren gives Cook' assurance the near Meadow. Tho,prnponni wdl.'said, however, he thinks it is the inter.
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' built in such'a'rdsh that quality con-Bechtel fermerly'ran the QC rrog-structioiiis'hirig ig5ch4, of'icials'of $rn but that arrangemhnt was criti -
t Consdmcrs Power.Co.;and Bechtelcik,tbith'eNRCs.4 tW'h! O I 4,.
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Pode e'have hen conflicts IJtween tsa Wehavea neworganuationahda '
- quality and cost ind schedule, but ne~m prog ~ ram. All of theiahposhi? *-
, those "sMsWe5iiot the*cauw. of steps,* Wens told the 'ASLB adminis b theistest breakdomiiin~'uality asshr-tratiseludges.!idland' plant, said -
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,*,3,j;an' attorney reprednting utgr! *
- 1 feel.d.oing work right the first t.ime *
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- . kthe fastest and bests ay through the Wndr Ba'rbira Stan$rislR6tgeti said i
process,"Rutgers told the Atomic Safe.'- Bichtel Vnd Coip6mers^ agree d'to'
, ty and Licensing B9ard during the,.icinspbet all'of the plant's 9.000 wfe' dtam! electrical cables dnly abr the -
- -.: licensinghearinglor,the Mydland NRC~iss*.ed sia IMWatispecF -
i plant. y p q.W_.;..l * *tioEKpreviousaudithadshokn that5
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- Regulatory Commisilon; Dr' Ross percentof.l,M.Ocablesue.r.emisrdute.d.1' e 4.-
<a Landsman, told th'elicensing boardiv DWH$R ASKED AB'Ol'.fa'N"51rE
,cently that haste In Yinishing the plant s' ection' that revealed improyr posi-p
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, man out overquality construction.Util-. pens,g of 45 p reent of 123 pi,w su ity and cot 3struction officials were treme congentinn* but L d that the
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stringent specifications rr..ight h'avW~ *
- MonBay's panel of witnesses in*
cluded Rutgers;Jemes.W. Cook. a Con ' been *unclest to the workers t Fumers Poweryice president: and Roy stf. led.the surpor.ts., '*"*."'.*e.
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A. Wells Jr., executive manager of the In his untrcn testimony; howeverc
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Rutgers dechned to blame merkmen.
7 partment for Consu ncrs Pc,wer.
'. He uwte that crafLsmen's skills are.
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- *exce!!ent* and that their usrk usually COOK. ALSO DISAGREED,with reflects the instructions given therd.@
Landsman's' conclusion about quality.c.,..u-
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- u d coa said the're 'isn't-a single pat.,. At another point, Rctgers said he answer.*a's16mhy'problemscontinuein l"bda"a "t'oi:gher* manage could haw dene a betterjob if he had
.implemertting QA programs'at the Midland plant, and offered this list of. 'enough to the day-to-day deia;1s." Rt.t '
gested that p thaps he is'not *close reasons:.
e The Mid!and plant has a unique cers is based in Ann Arbor,but mak~e
s cogeneration design and has sutTod several trips to Midland each weck. !.,,.
unique construction problecu, such as But his owra!! conclusion was that
- .'orly ccmpactd soils under entical Bechtel dovi not tolerate Slipshod.
buildings.
merkmanship," as another NRC in.
o The project has twn under k ay f:,r spector har claimot no 1cng (since 19691 that NRC require.
ments fo'r more'eqdipment have kft the WELLS TOK ISSUE with Lands.
plant correstedand.hort ofspace..
man's claim that mome of the project's e NRC requirements have changs.d engineers and tep level managers.
duringthelongcor.structier. period. ' g should biririseni bec.iuse they are u'.
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- Relations with the NRC have been'. q' alified. The NRC inspector made u
"adversarial,* partly bi<ause it is hard that charga estlier this month to the:-
- to change thiopinionPof NRC inpe. ~ ASLlL._..w..,. i.
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tors'u'ho have had long associations' '. Wells was ene d thidnamed. H/
told,the ASLil he considers his QAt miththejob. -
e Com'munications with the NRC, 'backsmund *adquate" tc do his job, have suffered due to the enassive and also dr<riS4 'what he said 'mK amwnt c fir. formation that must be ca. arnple QA cm;w rwnet for others na'med changed about the Edland pra.ut, by Landsman. ~
'/ ",; 3 Work at the plant in 1952 AntiA4 Wells said land rqan's'statterienti neither the NRC por C4neurners Pow. *du not reno rn me twause !Ideese er. Cook testified. But he said in leth it is inareurate. All of th'ose gentlemen hi> mniten and oral teetimon> that the are well quahrwd to perform (heir problems hase ben identified and that pbs*,
newly revised procedares will make The lion n>inc hc,aring m as to rtsume sure',the plant is buih properly and thiimorning mth the same officists on r,afely. -
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