ML20128M996
| ML20128M996 | |
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| Site: | Shoreham File:Long Island Lighting Company icon.png |
| Issue date: | 03/12/1985 |
| From: | Kessel R NEW YORK, STATE OF |
| To: | Chilk S NRC OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY (SECY) |
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| NUDOCS 8506030140 | |
| Download: ML20128M996 (5) | |
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STATE OF NEW YORK EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT STATE CONSUMER PROTECTION BOARD RICHARD M. KESSEL CHNR AND EXECtmVE DmECTOR O RFPLY TO:
O REPLY TO:
March 12, 1985 2S 85^o= 'm r'ma M WASHINGTON AVENUE ALE /.NY, NEW YORK 12210 NEW YORK. NEW YORK 10007 (518) 47&3514 (212) 587-4482 Ilon. Samuel J. Chilk Secretary Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555
Dear Mr. Chilk:
The New York State Consumer Protection Board has received the enclosed correspondence concerning Long Island Lighting Company's Shoreham Nuclear Generation Station.
We ask that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission consider this material in its Shoreham hearing proceeding.
- Although the letter indicates that some of these matters may have previously been brought to the attention of the NRC during the hearings, others may not have.
While the Consumer Protection Board has no means of independently evaluating the allegations contained in the attached correspondence, these allegations appear to seriously affect the plant's prospects for safe operation.
The letter not only alleges technical defects in the plant's control systems, but also indicates ~ a failure by LILCO to detect these problems and an attitude of pressing forward towards commercial operation regardless of defects.
There are also allegations that NRC inspectors have apparently failed to uncover or to order correction of these deficiencies.
We request that these allegations peqnvestigated and that appropriate steps taken in light of the/ investigation.
We would also appreciate your inf ng us of dr findings.
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'P.O. Box 207 St. James, New York 11780 February 5, 1985 Mr. Richard'M Kessel, Executive Director New YorIk State Consumer Protection Board t
250 Broadway-Room 1725 New York,;New York 10007
Dear Mr.'Kessel:
As per our conversation yesterday, enclosed are recent allegations about
. design and construction flaws, tudged documentation, and inadequate preparation of Quality Assurance personnel provided by Instrumentation and Control technicians at the Shoreham Nuclear Power Station.
The worker who gave the listed systems numbers on the enclosed sheet added the following details and'said that to his knowledge, except for the Gil systen (which may have been repaired), there has been no resolution to problems brought to the attention of his supervisors:
"Gil System Radwaste Laundry Tank #20 A and 20 B'.
Data sheets gave
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alarm points as 8'6".
The operator was asked what level he had.
Answer was 9*.
When the level was checked, using the operator's indicator, it was found to read out in gallons and showed 9*, which was 9x100 or 900 gallons, or less than 8 full. Later, the calibration data on the : level transmitter was found to be wrong.
The zero had "been suppressed 104" and the tanks would run over before reading 100%.
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The head correction factor was not calculated into the calibration data.
The original calibration is invalid because of this, and one switch would be over-ranged if the head correction was added.
No action taken by technical support.
1E41.. Sensing line installation created traps which could cause false
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indications to the switch which would keep the HPCI pump off.
Calcula ted head correction was applied wrong to the seppoint.
I was told by the foreman that management did not want to hear about things like this now.
Requested review by technical department.
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Generic problem identified by our I and C group and solutions recommended.
Could be serious problem if no action taken, because these relays are also used on the diesels and I was told by the engineer that some had already failed because of'this problem."
^An additional 70 worker allcqations are contained in my Lculimony bc[ ore the NRC.
There was no response from them to questions 1 raised. John Huber, a former Shoreham worker who offered to take inspectors through the plant --
pointing out problem sites -- was not contacted for thia service.
His allegations, as well as those I gathered, were dismissed as "not important to
' safety."~ Certainly, I~ am not technically sophisticated, but it would seem to me that the issues raised by all those who spoke out, and by the technician quoted 'in this letter, are, most assuredly, important to safety.
If you haven' t seen the statements made before the Suttolk County Legislature
' by the two former, Quality Assurance inspectors at Shoreham, and they would be
. helpful, I can get copies to you.
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Coorge llentq'n qualificalions ;-- thus iat not noted.
He was certif:ed for a Level II position having '1 year's experience, when, 'in fact, he had had only 10 months: training.
While not a~ major issue, perhaps, according to workers,
.it is this very shoddiness that typifies design and construction throughout '
the plant.
Please do use the information in this. letter in the most beneficial way.
Again, I want to thank you for the excellent work you have done for all of us.
If I car be of further help, feel free to contact me at the number below.
Sincerely yours, G+..
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Patricia Bower (bib) 602-:1700
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[t nad Oetn signe0-Off as a::r0ved, :ut *.nere was n:
.ay :nat a::coval could nave Oeen given, tecause later One:4-cut
- eecastrated *ne desip error tha* all:Wed cy: ling ratner r.an -~:e require:anc test;ng
--icsing OR :ening of :ne MCV.
The act of ta: ping instrumen ati:n invalidates wna:
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des;p ated calibration (and in :ne :resence of Ouali;'/ Ocntrol, wn:
to realize Onis act invalidates One very thing ;c :e tested),
cc seem sp-off of rudged data noted en required documenta:icn.
w; n For example, I would esti: ate that mest of the 'Jesten Indica:Ors (wnica are en ins:ru=ents :necugneu:
ene plant, including Cat. I - safety related - sys:emsj W
would fail a proper calicration.
tapping on them at eacn calibrati0n stec.~hese Seters C0uld Only te calitrated :y This act eliminates what is called the "hysterests effec:" (wnicn is wna: you're tr*/ing to d::u=ent) invalidate the calibration.
and sneuld 0A watened instrumen's calibra ed in :nis manner and never knew 1: sneuld no ce a::eo:acle.
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instruments such as Rosement cansmitters ';00 many i e
fr0m tne same sourcel.
became too great for the sucaly, causing a voltage dr0cAs instruments to red tne 10ad Rosements would nct calibrate accurately.
As voltage dreoced, some instruments had to be turned off in crder '0 do and sip-off recuiredThe si Walified in *nis capact:y *3Additi0nal 3r00le=s cc:urred tecause '_;'.:'; all:wed
- .e nni:Lans wnc a fun::: n as s;3rt.2 re n0:
Therefore, de_s13n errors :::nsideracle differences between start-uc and main:ena g
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. downs, then surely my staM:U'r:ecnnte;ans, made i; :nreup ':o :he gNW.
Because of =y start-un ex erien:e, I
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However, most ma:.n enan:e tecnnicians Oc n::
exlerience to reccgni:e them wnen :ney're m tcus, and, even a.,
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g swit:n for an interlock on a steas system.;evel in One tuccine :uilding, :nere is a pressure had not been figured into ne calitratien'4 hen initially :alltrated, the head j hat the pressure switch will :e ": aced The effe:
( Mis situati:n me attention of technical support, all the ti::e. A1:ncugn I :rcugnt it ::
- nts cesign error nas not Oeen corrected.
re-desip Of systems na:
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- c:.:+ :.in; safety. De:;ft:al2/, :ne N?C nas not demanded an engineering re-e. i.;at; n Of *.ne f: 1: wing ::r:i'10ns:
- ne Rea::cr Cooling Wa:er Syste.
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Hign Pressure Cooling Inject;:n 3/3*+. required scecificattens, re-ci:;rg
?:..' renents for sensing lines in :ne ee:
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Waste feedline Expansion Joints cesip :retiens in Facia: :n
- anitary to your statevent, various federal bodies.* Shoreham workers tL2:m :na:...de:ete:na:: n of :he plan:'s safec
- 30 SNPS cauld never pass audit.
-ete c.e.vPC' do:n u ts
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vio ayca_ c! spc directives and scandards:
Cechni:Lans have no: teen 2:ven annual ey: :ws, requated readin7 hat==* haen mandaced, or:enta tion : lasses have not been nade
- et:afied *echn:: tans have been allowed :o cun tes's and current. non-crpieced and, perhaps Tost :.rpot:an:.
- )' en * 'en on instru.renta cion u n chou:
- h:se :e:nn:::ans nave c!! on work as sign-o hanced a m -**n t*:n and ri
.~o n u ta.q e_asons !ct theQnges.
CaCa cards have not and, in so.re crrc:, have never Ceen fti1ep? man been vade n:s:::1cally :::ge :
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r I h2ve talksd accut unqualified ;ersonnel -- a situation that may present grea:
yg pro 0 Lens in the discovery and resoluti:n of design errors and in plant coeration Soma of these man have teen encloyed en the.paats.of resumes :nat did not maten
- nofe security clearahce cacar_S.
Yet ney have not :een reprinanded er fired f0c fud31ng informaticn.
Also, there are systems tMit_ nave desian errers so
- v;;us tney c0uld not have Oeen acgreved -- ana yet ne_a_;rovst is nnead 7
Many wcekers had ::rre:ted 2: Least a r.alf dacen instances of f;:ge:
- ata, and a6 reed fudgin6 was a generic pr0ciem af Shdrenam.
Qual 1Cy Control has been :n _v s n! n tion of code by signing-ot! paper work withou; on-site rev_Lew of _ systems in quesC1on, l
f ind insttwTencaC1:n supervisory petscnnel do not have nucleat expetsence ho have asked worketa Co short-cuc pt::edures, especially on surveillances.
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- ney laugh 2ngly teterred to Shotenas as :ne worst, ite *j:t::est* ::: sn-::ne.
saturated with itee !:catant radts ::n! l2:111:4 :n wht:n : hey'd warned.
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prow:2:cy tcuts of overt: e w::n on:4 sp::nd:: wo:s :equ::even:s ned an :::c e
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994l, *:ng tsland 7tus; substanitated its position by estabissning a nuclear pcwet :sce between ene Untted States and, a
among other countries; Sweden, sint:ng :na: 4:% of $weden* s enetty needs are
- et by use of nuclear power.
in tact, sn L*tt. af ter
- Puoite retetendum on issues at health and west-being, the Riksdag 13weden*s rattiamenti voted t: phase out 1:s entste nue: ear tadssity unthsn the nest 29 years. 5)multaneously, at allocated add 2cional funding tor '
development of alternative energy renoutees (Resolution NV 1979/00:10).
The tesson for Lons !sland ?tust's massnformat :n is steple.
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only in the *Suttolk County Solar taetty Newslet*er,* a tree papet ava11able ta' schools and Astrat es int: win:ut ne :::nty, it:s argot *snt decas:on recesved NO press coverage.
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