ML20099H606
| ML20099H606 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Diablo Canyon  |
| Issue date: | 02/24/1985 |
| From: | GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML20099H479 | List: |
| References | |
| 2.206, NUDOCS 8503190427 | |
| Download: ML20099H606 (4) | |
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Exhibit 5
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
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In the Maitter of
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PACIFIC GA5 AND ELECTRIC
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COMPANY
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Docket Nos. 50-275
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m 0:ab!c Canyon Nuclear Powcr
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P19nt, Unite 1 and 2
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AFFIDAVIT OF STATE OF COUi,:n Oc ct,s nc Th_ c t..w e. beinq dul y tworn, deposes Lnd says:
M n.o. It I en subTritting this affidsvit f r e. '
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without any
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t o 8v. Thome: Levine, who has i d een t i + 1 ed hi Terel f to Fe legal director et the Government AccountPbility Froject
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I have i m e t r uc. t ed Mr. Eevin.= nct to release my sifidsvit c i, t h., pohlic <ncnrd without 4 test renoving o'y nao,e.
'"e e t st -ment esidence2 m,
concern ovcr the Nu c '. e r T..
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- .'c i ar er e of rignif icent engi neeri ng ccro e end qual i ty
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the design c4
, i p e-supports st r'irbic Canyon where I werked as o design enginee.
I bel i eve F.<-t the vialPtinne are more P/=temotic and swer. tF2n et othe-elav pirnt-v^ nr e I '.s'e been ewicyed.
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V-f violating my confidentiality without leading to coirective action far the serious problems that remain at Diablo Canyon.
Most slanificent, the NRC refused to permit me to confirm my
. ' 1 c-g at i ons of engineering errors by obtaining rendom c -I c.ul at i ons for o u r-mutual revi ew.
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RELEW N T ISSUES NOT YET ON THE PUBLIC RECCED 1.'iUlr_E ib2L SS'_C dL1ELOECd to !!1C !$C 5tdii 1,
lhe eteff failed to include my allegations on the f ec mcac e of errorn, which is significant since they occurred on nt.
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,;,' " d b e s i e that nearly ell pipe supports which I had rc 2. w r: d cor.ta2 ned certain of the engineering mistel:es listed in
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i..c.fr. Lee 20 NT'C letter.
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lho stMf fnled to inclur's my allegations on tnc r.
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't in ivuee i and 2 alone of the NPC Decambor 20 I r.t t er
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cratM cpuge up to 10% of small bore pipe sujports to feil p r u. s 3 0. c l y h a rt pr.srod en ri invo?vnd errort such is o
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idh o n deccribing my allegation on limi tati ons in the
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+0r mt et sken in prolimir.a.y celculatirrt, the t i. Ied to i n c l ucie the effect of the 1imitoticns--the
.... m) wor e '. cm scenari o was only checi od in ebout 10*; of the
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The stMf fsilcd t.,. include my alleg tion t.%= t when
.neering pm sonnci di:cos. ore 1 errors on worl that a l r e s ci; had
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responded by reprimanding the perconrol d
m if the error rfther than b v che:-L i ';
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<f: t en t of si rr.i l ar def i ci enci es--even if the alleged error had be+ ri confirmed and corrected.
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The NRC ste4f f+iled tc include my allegation that
-< tor menagerr.ent confi rmed erroneous engineering work that would
<ite pr 9vi ouc l y checi.ed and approved calculation to
- fall, e rgen,ent still refused to feil the hanger on grounds that the
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mr-s s' enu i d not have bean caught enywa y, due to its approved c t - ' vt.
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NF. 7.te+I failed to include my allegetion that rgcment pc-son w1 re.lected suggestions to upgrade the a
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mc t.:.c :fol og y so that the worst c e s,t-scenat-io would be c ". u-l :.."
c.n croent fs th+t there wean't time to be that thorough.
i T' s iJPC so aff f'a i 1 ed to include my allegation that cite
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,t t t a ag t e d to no beyond the standard cocibinstion t- -! c u et ;rs1iein9ry ce]culstions.
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ri,e Jevel of training wM so poor that engineering r.nc 1 a,e:gned to calculate and/cr check weld stresses were
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c.3n3gemert rejected Intcens1 etaff f ni ti sti ves to v.r y r u d,
t r a ; r.i n g i r f oi sn.a l l y.
17 To d e f.c t;.e staff har rc-iased to obta.n any c+]culations for me to con'irm in private the deficiencies that I
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elthough tir.
D;-vi r:0 informs ree that in r9: t th9 9t'ff he; obtelned and reviswed cslcul+tiont vith
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and I informed the staff that because the errors were routine I
could readil y pinpoint them on any random sample of e.1culstions.
I have r.ad the above 5 page t.tatement and it is
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