ML20094C332
| ML20094C332 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Comanche Peak  |
| Issue date: | 08/03/1984 |
| From: | Eisenhut D Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Bloch P, Jordan W, Mccollom K, Mccollum K Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
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| ML19276C058 | List: |
| References | |
| TASK-AS, TASK-BN84-124 BN-84-124, OL, NUDOCS 8408070455 | |
| Download: ML20094C332 (2) | |
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MEMORANDUM FOR: The Atomic Safety and Licensing Board for Comanche Peak, Units 1 and 2 a-
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-(P. Bloch, W. Jordan, K. McCollom)
FROMi Darrell G. Eisenhut, Direckor
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Division of Licensing SUB' JECT:
BOARD NOTIFICATION: ALLEGATIONS RELATING TO IMPROPER CONSTRUCTION PRACTICES ON COMANCHE PEAK 4IN CONDENSERS (B0ARD NOTIFICATION NO.84-124)
'This Notification is provided in accordance with NRC procedures regarding
' Board Noth~ications.
vThe-enclosed letter'to Texas Utilities Electric-Company dated June 19, 1984,
' transmitted a ' portion of a transcribed interview with the alleger and re-t quested an assessment of the extent that the Texas Utilities' quality control program was implemented during condenser unit fabrication and installation,
.a summary of:the test results that will reflect existing leak rates, and an evaluation of' the impact of any. expected condenser tube leakage on the ability 3
ito maintain satisfactory. steam generator secondary side water chemistry.
P Texas Utilit'ies responded to the above request in a letter dated July 9, 1984, also enclosed. The staff is currently evaluating that response. The ASLB will
!{i be kept advised.
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The parties to the proceeding are being informed by copy of this memorandum.
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Comanche Peak Units 182 Docket Nos. 50-445/446 ACRS Members s
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Peter B. Bloch, Esq.
Dr. Robert C. Axtmann
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4 Mr. John T. Collins Mr. Myer Bender Hr. James E. Cummins Dr. Max W. Carbon 3
Mrs.:Juanita Ellis Mr. Jesse C. Ebersole Billie Pirner Garde Mr. Haroid Etherington Ellen Ginsberg, Esq.
Dr. William Kerr Dr. Harold W. Lewis 4
Renea Hicks, Esq.
Dr. J. Carson Mark J
Dr. W. Reed Johnson Mr. William M. Mathis
- ni Dr. Walter H. Jordan Dr. Dade W. Moeller
- L Dr. Kenneth A. McCollom Dr. David Okrent Thomas S. Moore,-Esq.
Dr. Milton S. Plesset M
~ Nicholhs S. Reynolds, Esq.
Mr. Jeremiah J. Ray Dr. Paul C. Shewmon i
Alan S..Rosenth'al, Esq.
Dr. Chester P. Siess
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Mr. Lanny Alan Sinkin Mr. David A. Ward Mr.. Michael D. Spence.
Robert A.~ Wooldridge, Esq..
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F iThe attached eo:losures are matters relating to alleged improper construction fpractices -involving the Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station main condensers (Units >l and 2) expressed by an a11eger during an. interview conducted on p
JAugust-24, 1983 by members.of the NRC Office of Investigation Field Office, 4
. Region IV. Although the condenser units are components within the BOP i
classification, the allegations expressed raise concern as to the quality of
- workmanship _that could impact on. reactor safety.
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'You are requested to provide this office in writing within 20 days, your assessment of the extent that your quality control program was previously implemented during condenser unit fabrication and installation; a summary of 1
-test results that will reflect existing leak rates; and an evaluation of the impact of any expected condenser tube leakage on your ability to maintain.
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' satisfactory steam generator secondary side water chemistry.
The response directed by this letter is not subject to the clearance
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Reduction Act of 1980, PL 96-511.
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R. L. Bangart, Director
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Are you talking about extremely bac. Lixe the 4
for instance, we took air na.ners and sledge concensers, j
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your wedding band and you take a 16 pound sledge hammer I-8 and drive them.
We put ice on to shrink taem and put enem 9
in the condenser.
That is a no-no. You are supposed to 30 ease them in witn our hand so they can expand, f-Il MR. GRIFFIN:
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That is new?
15 No, it is all new. We split 16 tubes, belling the tubes and flaring tnem.
We split tuce 17 sheets.
I reported a tube sneet split.no Westinghouse.
18 They said on, my God, you Knew, yeah, yeah, yeah, anc all 19 tnis stuff.
The next day we had a meeting and we all went 20 there anc tnere must have been 45 or 50 people.
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Knen was this?
22 This was a couple of years 23 ago.
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Where are these tube sneets?
25 They are. in tne condensers.
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15 Here is your water boxes right here and your condensers.
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the west box and it is in three sections.
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Eacx there you have got 19 some cracked tube sheets. You have got overrolled tuces or
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wrcng type steam generator to start off with. It was a Sie 4
million goo:-up.
Westinghcuse said wait a minute, I tning 5
we can straignt tnis proclem out since it is air 6
condensers, wnich they went banxrupt and are no more in I
j the concenser business. They deciced they had to 8
intergroove a tube sneet.
They t:0,: an in:h ano a cuarter e
9 tu'ce sheet and they cut it in half.
Tney should have used i
10 two tube sheets if they were going to do that and maoe it i
11 twice as strong and not half.
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Are tnese things still tnere?
13 They are still there,, yes. All 14 you got to do is go in tnere.g It is really terrible. What
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16 tncusand is cutting the tuce out and look at your sheet.
17 there is a spider wed cracx.
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that stuff.
So they intergrooved tne tube sheet and they still have got leaks over there on this section here and 8
we are not supposed to have no leaks at all.
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She can't see "rignt tnere" --
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So when you say section one, 11 identify wnat you are pointing to.
12 Okay. Condenser B, Unit 1, 13 west disenarge water box and you have got a cracxes tube 14 sneet.
Also, tne tunes.are overrolled severely.
15 On the eas.t water box, condenser B, discharge 16 end, you'are heavily overrolled and you undoubtedly nave 17 got quite a few cracks in it.
I can ssear to tnat. I know 18 you do because it swelled up so big.
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a 10 a so-so condenser.
.between1and10 abo [2ta6,youknow, 11 tney macc the sheet When tney intergrooved tneir sneet, 12 13 real, real thin.
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leaxs, for instance.
I nave got a water stopping tne water box from leaking, 16 is still leaking.
I go tell box over here leasing and it 19 and I said
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You nra saying it is still leaking today or it was still learing when you left?
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rework it.
10 MR. HERR:
Who was the engineer?
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Let me get one thing straight.
13 Excuse me for a second. M and M, were 14 they your supervisors?
was my J5 16 supervisor.
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He don't know anything. He 24 is supposd to be a tnree striper.
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dcn't look like we are going to do yet? I go no,.I saio it 7
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y they wouldn't 14 They woulc just buy them off.
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tnrows it way in and then you pick tne other side up and 21 at tirows it way in.
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I Right.
MR. GdIffIhr Is this a non-Q area also?
Rignt, it is non-Q. We are 10 down here tnrowing tnat turbine back.
They started having II us jacx it.
We jacked it up and down putting all sind of 12 stress on it, and well sideways.
You know, you can tear 13 tnat little expansion joint out.
14 so I finally told EEEEEl[and tne general II foreman over the turbine that I weren't going to jack it 16 no more without tnem giving me written permission to do it II or telling me to do it in wrf*'ng because I says I mignt 18 want to worx another joo somewheres, and I saic I will a
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13 Okay, stainless steel liners. This is lixe the 14 reactor building and tne fuel building. he are supposed to 15 have a gap in here on our fit-ups.
This is not in there.
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This is something new?
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