ML20083G381

Informs That Repts on Addl Deficiencies Re Welding & Welder Qualifications Not Received from Applicant.Applicant Causing Time Delays

ML20083G381
Person / Time
Site:	Limerick
Issue date:	01/02/1984
From:	Romano F AIR AND WATER POLLUTION PATROL
To:	Brenner L, Cole R, Morris P Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
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ML20083G377	List: ML20083G373 ML20083G381 ML20083G383 ML20083G388 ML20083G391
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NUDOCS 8401110316
Download: ML20083G381 (2)

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Pollution Patrol m BROAD AXE, PA. Jan. 2, 198434 ,  :" ;;1 :03 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commissior '

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BEFORE T:-:E ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICE.NSING EOARD 2> c Ir The Matter Of _:

PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC COMPANY Docket Sos. 50-352 (Limerick Generating Station and 50-353 g(

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L Judge Lawrence Brenner, Chairman; Judge Richard Cole, Judge Peter Morris F The Octcoer 28, 1983 Memorandum and Order re Docket Nos. 50-352-OL [:.

and 50-353-OL required the Applicant and NRC Staf f to set forth ';

how the, assured themselves for Limerick that welding and welder

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qualifications, and inspections thereof, meet the design criteria .2

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["i,' and welding codes, including particularly how it is assured that 3

non-qualified welders are not qualified by fraud as has apparently 2 4p ,, occurred elsewhere despite the persumed existence of a CA program.

' C[, The ASLB placed this time at one month (and the Staff 2 weeks w

-tp later) from the date of the Oct. 17 & 18, 1983 Prehearing to

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supply all cocuments.

m. /AMPP states it has not received such reports,and/or documents.

Further, AWPP has previously written the Board seeking re-leif from Applicant's withholding of copies recuested, thus pre-venting organized discovery time usage.

On Tuesday, Dec. 27, 1983 there was a meeting with Applicant's

'.r. Wetterhahn in the P.E. Document room ostensibly to assist AKPP 1r searching through uhe volumnous boxes of records to which the Applicant gave Discovery numbers, but which we did not request.

On asking a question relative to an ANPP interrogatory 84 of 12/

5/83 Mr. Wetterhahn said we should have already received such answers, but we still do not have them.

Mr. Wetterhahn, with two assistants, also supposedly for our assistance showed us indexes of logs of welding, but on asking for :he reports involved in welding infractions in the logs, Mr.

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. r told us we would have to write him for such reports.

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Letter to Judges Brenner, Cole and Morris of Jan. 2, 1984 continued:

It was like looking at index cards in a library...but the books ,

weren't there. Now we waste more time.

The Oct. 28, 1983 Order required "all documents requested of -

welding pertinent to the Limerick facility", without limits re inspection reports, audits and related correspondence.

The Applicant has not followed the wording or intent of  ;

the Order and AWPP having, thereby, lost at least three weeks time, requests such time as necessary to over come the apparently pur- E poseful delays of the Applicant.

t Further, " Applicant's Interium Report to the Licensing Board

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Relating to Contention VI-1" dated Sept. 16, 1983, in particular, [

Affidavit of Vincent S. Boyer, is confusing and inconclusive at .

best. Paragraph 14 talks of continuing to review "further phy- '

sical re-inspection of a representative number of welds for which

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the subject inspector was responsible" Further,"there are initial indications, not yet confirmed, that some additional deficiencies -

may be present".. (emphasis by AWPP)

Since we have not received a report on those " additional de-ficiencies" discussed in Sept. 16, 1983 affadavit our motion to extend Discovery at least three weeks has been forced upon AWPP and results in a burden to the Board, by the Applicant's own delays.

Respectfully submitted QR; WATER D LLUTION PATROL 7 2-

$ran R. Romano. Chairman 61 Forest Ave.

FRR/jch Ambler, Pa. 19002

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