ML20134A620

Further Response to FOIA Request for Four Categories of Documents Re Plant Qc.Forwards Documents Listed on Apps B & C.Portions of App C Documents Withheld (Ref FOIA Exemptions 6 & 7)

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Site:	Callaway
Issue date:	10/22/1985
From:	Felton J NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION (ADM)
To:	Bell N NUCLEAR INFORMATION & RESOURCE SERVICE
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ML20134A622	List: IR 05000483/1985002 ML20134A620 ML20134A628 ML20134A632 ML20134A636
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• OCT g 21985 Ms. Nina Bell Nuclear Information and Resource Service 1616 P Street, NW, Suite 160 IN RESPONSE REFER Washington, DC 20036 TO F0!A-85-655

Dear Ms. Bell:

This is in further response to your letter dated September 23, 1985, in which you requested, pursuant to the Freedom of Infonnation Act (F01A), four categories of documents related to quality control at the Callaway nuclear power plant.

Document 1 on the enclosed Appendix B is already available in the NPC Public Document Room (PDR). The remaining documents on Appendix B are being placed in the PDR in folder FOIA-85-655 under your name.

Portions of the documents listed on the enclosed Appendix C are being withheld from public disclosure pursuant to Exemptions (6), 7(C), and 7(D) of the FOIA (5 U.S.C. 552(b)(6), 7(C), and (7)(D)) and 10 CFR 9.5(a)(6), (7)(iii), and (7)(iv) of the Commission's regulations. Disclosure of the information would constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy and disclose the identity i of a confidential source. ,

Pursuant to 10 CFR 9.9 of the Commission's regulations, it has been detennined that the information withheld is exempt from production or disclosure, and that its production or disclosure is contrary to the public interest. The persons responsible for this denial are the undersigned and Mr. James G.

Keppler, Pegional Administrator, NRC Region !!!.

This denial may be appealed to the Comission's Executive Director for l Operations within 30 days from the receipt of this letter. As provided in 10 '

CFR 9.11, any such appeal must be in writing, addressed to the Executive  !

Director for Operations. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission, Washington, DC i 20555, and should clearly state on the envelope and in the letter that it is '

an " Appeal from an Initial FOIA Decision."

The NRC has not completed its search for and review of documents subject to your request. We will respond as soon as those actions are conpleted.  ;

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1. 03/04/85 PNO-III-85-20, available in the POR,ANO 8503110231 i 2. 03/10/84 Union Electric internal memcrandum on effective communication (6 pages)

3. 02/07/85 Handwritten notes ffrom B. Little (1 page) l 4. 02/22/85 Union Electric Request for Corrective Action number P8502-035 i

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5. 02/22/85 Union Electric Request for Corrective Action number P8502-039

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] (3 pages) j 7. 02/22/85 Union Electric Surveillance Report (10 pages)  !

8. 03/25/85 Union Electric Surveillance Report (24 pages) l

9. 04/23/85 Union Electric Surveillance Report (16 pages)

10. 09/03/85 Allegation Management System Printout (2 pages)

11. Various Newspaper Articles (4 pages)

12. Undated Allegation Data Form (1 page) i i

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O Re: F01A-85-655 APPENDIX C WITIlHELD IN PART 02/05/85 Memorandum for Weill from Pelke on Callaway Allegation. Withheld name and address under Exemption 6 and 70, release would be an invasion of personal privacy and his name is confidential as an alleger. (1 page) 02/13/85 Letter to an alleger from Well, withheld name and address under Exemptions 6 and 70, release would be an invasion of personal privacy and his name is confidential as an alleger. The attached inspection report is in the PDR, ANO 8504080524 and AN0 8504080520 (5 pages) 07/15/85 Letter to an alleger from Weil, withheld name and address under Exemption 6 and 70, release would be an invasion of personal privacy and his name is confidential as an alleger. The attached inspection report is in the PDR, ANO 8504080524 and ANO 8504080520 (16 pages) 1 l

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Dear Mr. Felton:

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 522, as amended, and 10 CFR 9.8 of the Commission's regulations, the Nuclear Information and Resource Service requests the following documents regarding the Callaway nuclear power plant. Please consider " documents" to include reports, studies, test results, correspondence, memoranda, meeting notes, meeting minutes, working papers, graphs, charts, diagrams, notes and summaries of conversations and interviews, computer records, and any other forms of written communication, including internal NRC Staff memoranda. In your response, please identify which documents correspond to which requests below.

Pursuarit to this request, please provide all documents prepared or utilized by, in the possession of, or routed through the NRC related to:

1. A February 22, 1985 audit report of Union Electric's quality assurance office which led to the suspension of inspectors;

2. All related requests for corrective action or plans for corrective action related to this innue, and Union Electric reviews of the quality control inspection system;

3. Union Electric Company documents that indicate that on March 10, 1984, Terry Shaw, a OA supervisor, directed his inspectors to take their technical problems initially to Mr.

Shaw or to an assistant supervisor; and

4. NRC Staff responses to Union Electric plans to review and correct problems in the quality control inspection system at Callaway.

Newspaper articles regarding the problems with quelity control inspection at Callaway are attached.

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! furnishing the information can be considered as primarily benefiting the general public." The Nuclear Information and i Resource Service is a non-profit organization serving local

! organizations concerned about nuclear power and providing infor-i mation to the general public. Information required by 10 CFR 9.14a was provided by letter dated August 3, 1984, i

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UE adds 15 inspectors to roles of unqualified operating in December, generates plants, Garde said, including the GIRISTOPil SZEQfENYI of the Tribune's staff 1,150 megawatts of electricity for William II. Zimmer plant in Ohio, a Union Electric Co. has identified customers in St. Iouis and dozens of Midland, Mich., plant and the Mar-22 inspectors - 15 more than initial- Mid-Missouri towns such as Ashland ble 11111 plant in Indiana. All three ly reported - who lacked qualifica- and Moberly. The plant is 35 miles have been shut down for severe defi-tions to ensure the safe operadon east of Columbia. ciencies. Quality control questions and maintenance of its Callaway Mike Geary, a Union Electric have also been raised at the Co.

County nuclear power plant, a Nu- spokesman, said utility offictals de. manche Peak plant near Glen flose, clear Regulatory Commission offi- clined to comment on their investi. Texas.

cial said this week. gation of the inspectors' work. "We Geary said Union Electric engi-he official, Bruce utile, said util- don't see a need for a blow-by-blow neers are carefully evaluating the ity engmeers and auditors who account of what's being done," he jobs performed by the inspectors began investigating inspectors' said. But he confirmed that 22 in, with questionable credentials.

backgrounds last month have identi- spectors lacked certain credentials. "We're looking at the nature of the fled about 250 inspections performed work involved," he said. "If it didn't Uttle said he expects the utility to by the 22 inspectors during the past wrap up its study by the end of I'9,uin a high level of expertise, three years. March. At that time, Geary said' we !! probably assume it was done A special utility task force has Union Electric will provide the com- all right. We'll also check to see if found that the 22 irupectors were mission with a report of its findmgs the work had been subjected to addi-qualified to do all 230 of the jobs re- U nalInspeedons."

Uttle plans to file a report of his own ne utility's engineers have not viewed as of Friday, Uttle said. The f ndmgs and recommendatMns by task force has found no evidence of the end of April.

reinspected any areas yet, Ocary deficiencies in the plant's hard- Said S me reinsPections may be dtf-In early March, the utility con. ficult, if not impossible, to perform ware. cluded that seven of its present in-ne St. louis utility is reviewing because plvit materials have be-spectors lacked sufficient training C*** I'"#CU

about 12,000 work orders, said Uttle* or experience in some areas of work a commission inspector at Cal- they had been doing at the plant. As A longtime nuclear power oppo-laway, a result, Union Electric suspended neA Kay Drey of University Oty, lie said his agency will wait for the men from doing certain jobs. said yesterday she and the Coalition Umon Electric to complete its study for the Environment will file a peti-before considering action Ile said Union Electrie employed 13 of the tion asking the commission to shut the utility is conducting a thorough 22 inspectors, Uttle said. Seven of down the Callaway plant.

investigation and has found no evi-the 13 still work as quality contrut g dence that the inspectors

• work com-EI P she said, "makes it all the more ot[

i , ,d for ind pe prombed the plant s safety. dent construction. contractors, in, vi us that we have to call on the reg-Billie Garde, a staff member with ulatory commbslon to shut down the the Government Accountability cluding Danfel International Co' which helped build the plant-plant until Union Electric can dem-Project, a public interest group in onstrate that the systems are Washington, D.C., voiced doubts. Nuclear plant inspectors check ,,f,'n "De system had to have broken electrical, mechanical and civil en-down in a fairly significant fashion," gineering work throughout the plant, she said. "The NRC's approach to includmg systems such as pipes and this is dangerously inadequate " valves in the reactor buildmg. TH L. WEATH ER Utile said he cannot assess Garde said Daniel International whether the unqualified personnel helpn1 build Kansas' Wolf Creek nu- Cloudy 1oday, with a 70 percont I influenced the safety of the plant clear power plant, which has been chance of showers. High around near Fulton until he looks at the plagued with structural flaws. De 50, with southwest winds at to to work orders and, if netessary, ex- regulatory commission recently 15 miles per hour. Tonight,60 per amines the inspectors

• field work. gave the plant near Burlington, cent chance of showers, with the lie plans to start that part of his in- Kan., an operating license. Iow in the mid-30s. Tomorrow, vestigation on Monday. Inspection problems have turned cloudy with a 30 porr.ent chance The $3 billion plant, which started up at several U.S. nuclear power of showers. High in the mid-40s.

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! 4 Yearlongworkers' rift revealed in UE safety assurance problems By QIRISMPil SZEQIENYI Shaw's inspectors. "I would expect a supervisor to G of the Tribune's staff competent in inspection philosophy."

Friction between inspectors and their supervisors at Several inspectors said such a management attitud the Callaway County nuclear power plant had surfaced and supen-isors' shortage of expertise spurred inspe nearly a year before Union FJectric Co. started inves- tors' complaints to Powers' office which did the audit.

Ligating its deteriorating quality control system, an in- outlined inadequate training, education and experienc among seven of 13 inspectors - including Portell r.nd a

_ternal memo reveals.

Company documents show that,gn '"" in_1980 sistant supervisor LM. Zahara - and sparked suspe quality control supervisor Terry Shaw ordered inspec- sion of some of their duties.

tors under him to take technical problems to him or to an Following the audit's suggestion, the company su assistant supervisor before approaching other depart- pended inspectors from some tasks until their qualific ment managers. tions are established. Union Electric is also reviewir h "In past weeks, there have been numerous instances some 12,000 work orders to determine whether disqua' k demonstrating a lack of effective communication within fled men did inspections that could jeopardize tl 90 the quality control department," Shaw wrote in the plant's safety.

memo to 30 people, many of whom were inspectors. 'Ibe St. Louis utility is also reviewing the credentia "Our aim is to solve problems through communication, and work of 50 to 60 more inspectors employed by a fir

" not create them." that helped build the plant, which sttarted generati But some inspectors said this week that they repeated- electricity in December.

{ ly got no action from Shaw when voicing concerns about 1he Nuclear Regulatory Commission's inspector supervisors who were unqualified to make technical de- callaway is also planning to review some work order y ,

cisions for ensuring safety. In addition, the utility con-firmed today that inspectors took their concems to Yesterday, the Fulton Sun quoted plant spokesm:

Mike Geary as saying that "we have a good system be Shaw's boss in early December, nearly two months be- for recourse ..I'm not sure why the inspectors didn't a fore the utility started an audit of problems. up the quality control chain of cammand "

Several inspectors said they did not trust some super- But today, Ceary admitted that statement was e 5 visors because they lacked expertise in certain quality true. lie said he had been unaware of the inspectors' e control areas. "On a day to day basis, you're going to forts when he talked to the Fulton newspaper.

have technical questions," said one informed source He conceded that seven or eight inspectors had tak who requested anonymity. " Management wants us to go their concerns in early December to Paul Appleby, .

to them for answers, yet how can they discuss these assistant plant manager who oversees quality conb problems when they're not technically qualified?" operations.

One assistant supervisor, Vernor, Portell, recently lost Geary said the inspectors' concerns "were bei certification for two types of inspections at the 33 billion taken seriously." After the interviews, Geary said, O plant near Fulton. Reacting to the finished audit, dated pleby put together a plan for corrective action. Ces Feb. 22, plant manager Steve Miltenberger suspended said he didn't know what changes Appleby had p:

Portell's certification. Porte11, however, retains his su- posed.

pervisory role. Irupectors said this week that they grew impati)

" A supervisor does not have to be certified at any level with Appleby's efforts, and so they asked Powers' qui in any discipline," said Robert Powers, assistant man- ty assurance office to investigate. Powers noted that ager of the division that oversees the effectiveness of spectors have the right under company policy to co plain to his division.

Auditors concluded managers had broken wnt r"'** ia **'er* 'a't' ace' by certifri"8 * :

THE WEATHER c'mP'"r inspectors. The inspectors check electrical, mechanic civil and material work throughout the plant, includ Fair tonight with a low in the upper 30s. Mostly systems in the reactor building and other key com sunny tomorrow. High around 60. nents.

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Facility: Union Electric Company

, Callaway Nuclear Plant Licensee Emerge'ncy Classificaticn:

Steedman, MD 65077 Notification of an Unusual Event Alert Docket No: 50-483 Site Area Emergency  !

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Subject:

DECERTIFICATION Of QC INSPECTORS 4

The licensee informed the Resident Inspector on February26, 1985, that seven

' Union Electric Quality Control Inspectors were decertified af ter a review identified procedural and education / experience deficiencies in UE's inspector certification program.

impact on Construction.The decertification only affects the Operational QC pregram an The licensee began the review after employees alleged that a key procedure certification process was not being followed, i i.e., that a level III. inspector had not signed the certification documents of recently certified Level 111 inspect The allegation additional was substantiated and further review by the lictnsee uncove deficiencies:

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The news media is aware of the inspector decertification. '

This information is current as of 11:30 a.m., March 4, 1985. U2 CONTACT: P. Pelke E. Greenman '

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I Washington and a former cammin- which reports only to corportte sistant supervisers, Vernon Porten, certification. He retains b l

sion worker, said regulators should headquarte-o and functions to an- lected necessary expertence la civu sory position,Cleary said, shut down the plant untu the utsuty sure that n_=nhers of the quauty and electrical inspectlana, fields he been barred from fursta l completas its rutews. eentrol staff perform correctly. evernsw. siectricalinspections. ,

f amhamg the federal agency's la late January, the quality assur- e ne man rempan.ihte for appen- e Most of the 13 men har inaction, Pouard said: "Dat's es- ance of5ce received cametalata tag certification of inspectors, queil- for inspections la more e actly what the dif5eulty is over at from inspectors who gaa=*=ad the ty centrolsupervisor Terry 5 haw, on the four technical catege the NRC, Instead of proof that a cradaaMala and ab0lties of other three accaslons since Oct. 21 vlolat- taung 38 certifications ar plant Le safe, they operate on the ab- quality control inspectors and two ed company rules for certifying in- - but half of those ec sence of proof that it is danger- evtales supervisors. Powers said spectors. were found questionable ses." his auditors began investigating the One perses that Shaw recon > cases, the snen did not me l The $1 biDion CaDaway plaat - next day. Among the findings sul- sneeded be certified for two locbal- accepted within the trw 4

campisted at snore than ave thnee lined in a reb. st eedst report and cal dunes was Perten tast week, others, Union Electrie tv i

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! three quality control as- tenherger suspended Portelrs di.sj more employees wrvisora, Vernon Porten, cert 1Scacon. He retains his superrt- toenting why. Powers derued cost savings a.: a After antahing their report, audi-tsaary expertence in etv0 sory pan' ham Qeary said, but he has modvs. "We felt there were some scal' P W fle w he been barred from further civU or tore whitdad the hat of unqualihed inspectors to seven by verifying program weaknesses and perhaps electrical inspections an responsible for approv-

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stion of inspectors, quah- for inspections to more than one of or in interviews with the other in- of the program as a significant con-supervisor Terry Shaw, on the four technical categottes - to- spectors

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l isions since Oct. 22 violat- tahng 2e certincations among them of rules for castifying in- - but half d thcee certincations ty control managers dodged Urdon 7ks story was compUed and wrn- ,

were found questionable. In some Doctric's own written poucles for rson that Shaw recom- cassa, the men dad not meet criteria proper certification of the tnspectors tan by Thbune reportersl e certined for two techro- accepted wtthiri the industry. In charged wtth ensuring Callaway's Saechenyt and editor and Dolores Muskey Paul floberts was Porten. tast week, athers. I. inion Doctric had ignored safe opersuon.

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