ML20136F112
| ML20136F112 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Catawba  |
| Issue date: | 11/04/1985 |
| From: | Felton J NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION (ADM) |
| To: | Carr A DUKE POWER CO. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20136F117 | List: |
| References | |
| FOIA-85-584 EA-84-093, EA-84-93, NUDOCS 8511220042 | |
| Download: ML20136F112 (6) | |
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Docket No. 50-413/50-414 Mr. Albert V. Carr, Jr.
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lb Duke Power Company Legal Department P. 0. Box 33189 IN RESPONSE REFER Charlotte, NC 28242 TO FOIA-85-584
Dear Mr. Carr:
This is in partial response to your letter dated August 19, 1985, in which you requested, pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (F0IA), copies of all records related to and underlying Enforcement Action No. EA 84-93 regarding the Catawba nuclear station.
The documents listed on the enclosed Appendix A are responsive to your request and are being placed in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) Public Document Room (PDR), 1717 H Street, NW, Washington, DC 20555. You may obtain access to these records by requesting folder F01A-85-584 under your name. The documents listed on the enclosed Appendix B are already publicly available at the PDR. You may obtain access to these records by referring to the PDR accession numbers which are indicated at the document descriptions. Enclosed is a notice.which explains charges and procedures for obtaining documents from the PDR.
We have been informed by the NRC staff that the records identified on the enclosed Appendix C have already been made available to the Duke Power Company.
The staff is continuing to search for and review records subject to your F0IA request. We will notify you as soon.as possible with regard to the remaining records.
Sinc ely, Y
. M. Felton, Director Division of Rules and Records Office of Administration a
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Enclosures:
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. APPENDIX A RECORDS BEING PLACED IN THE PDR 1.
Undated Brown & Root, Inc. v. Donovan (10 pages) 2.
Undated Document with handwritten notations (5 pages) 3.
Undated Federal Register Notice 950.7 (4 pages)
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Undated 3 x 5 photocopied note w/following information typed Case No.
84E039, Catawba, Licensee: Duke Power Company, subject: QA welding problems (i.e. licensee's QA inspector Discrimination)
(1page) 5.
03/26/84 Ltr to Tucker from Lewis, subject: Meeting Summary - Docket Nos. 50-413 and 50-414 (5 pages) 6.
04/11/84 Notice of Significant Meeting for Licensee: Duke Power Company, Facility: Catawba Nuclear Station (1 page) 7.
05/01/84 Ltr to Tucker from Lewis (2 pages) w/ enclosure Meeting Summary (3 pages) 8.
08/14/84 Memo from Neijfeld to Lewis and Olshinski, subject: Catawba Welding Concerns (32 pages) 9.
08/15/84 Memo from Bryant to Brownlee, subject: Interview with Beau Poss on August 15, 1984 (2 pages)
- 10. 09/12/84 Routing Slip (1 page)
- 11. 09/27/84 Ltr to DeYoung and Axelrad from Garde, Re: Enforcement Action Request, Duke Power Company (8 pages) 12.
10/11/84 Memo from Davis for Clements subject: Attached Memo (2 pages) 13.
12/06/84 Memo from Davis for Clements, subject: Catawba Proceeding (4 pages)
- 14. 03/27/85 Note from Burns to Johnson w/ attachment:
a) March 1985, Kansas Gas and Electric Company vs. Raymond J.
Donovan and James E. Wells, Jr., on petition for Review of An Order of the Secretary of Labor, Brief of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission as Amicus Curiae (23 pages)
- 15. 05/24/85 2-Way Memo with attached Routing and Transmittal Slip' dated 05/23 from Olshinski.
(2 page)
Re: F0IA-85-584 APPENDIX A (CONTINUED)
- 16. 06/06/85 Ltr to Rosenthal, Wilber and Moore from Johnson, re: In the Matter of Duke Power Company, et al. (30 pages)
- 17. 06/28/85 Ltr to Taylor from Garde (2 pages)
- 18. 07/23/85 Memo from Reamer to Bates, subject: SECY-85-226-DD-85-9; Review of Director's Decision in the Matter of Duke Power Company (1page)
- 19. 07/24/85 Notation Vote Response Sheet of Commissioner Asselstine (1 page) 20, 07/26/85 Memo from Reamer to Bates, subject: SECY-85-216 and SECY-85-226 (1page)
- 21. 08/13/85 USNRC Office of Public Affairs, No.85-108, re: NRC Proposes to Fine Duke Power for Discrimination against Employee (1 page)
- 22. 08/13/85 Office of Inspection and Enforcement, Notification of Significant Enforcement Action, subject: Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty (1 page)
- 23. 08/13/85 USNRC Office of Public Affairs No. 11-85-60 NRC Proposes to Fine Duke Power for Discrimination Against Employee (1 page)
- 24. 08/13/85 Memo from Jenkins for Grace, 01shinski, Jones, Walker, Brownlee, Darce, Burger and bibson, Re: Duke Power Company
- Catawba Units 1 and 2, Employee Discrimination Letter to DPC and NOV (1 page)
- 25. 08/13/85 Routing slip to Mr. J from Gene Holler, re: Catawba /will be mailed today EA 84-93 (1 page)
- 26. 08/13/85 Memo from Jenkins to Brownlee, subject: Enforcement Packages for Review, Concurrence, or Final Information (1 page)
Re: F0IA-85-584 APPENDIX B RECORDS ALREADY AVAILABLE IN THE PDR 1.
09/14/83 Ltr to Commissioners from Billie Pirner Garde Accession.No. 8309190025, PDR/A00CK/50-413G 2.
05/22/84 Report of Investigation, Accession No. 8410190379 PDR/ADOCK/50-413Q 3.
05/22/84 Memo from Messenger for Chairman and Commissioners subject: Catawba Nuclear Power Station--Review of NRC Handling of Allegations, Accession No. 8410190376, PDR/AD0CK/50-413Q 4.
06/22/84 Partial Initial Decision Acc. No. LBP 84-21 19NRC1418/ Dockets 50-413, 50-414 PDR# 8407030223 5.
06/27/84 Ltr to DeYoung from Guild w/ attached Partial Initial Decision (6 pages) Acc. No. 8407170537 6.
07/20/84 Ltr to Guild from DeYoung w/ attached Receipt of Request for Action Under 10 CFR 2.206 (4 pages) Acc. No. 8407270055 7.
07/31/84 Ltr to James G. Martin from Dircks, Accession No. 8408090508 PDR/ADOCK 50-413 U 8.
08/31/84 Ltr to Tucker from Dance (12 pages) Acc. No. 8410230225 9.
11/27/84 Partial Initial Decision Resolving Foreman Override Concerns and Authorization Issuance of Operating Licenses (43 pages)
Acc. No. 8411290384
- 10. 04/22/85 Ltr to Taylor and Axelrad from Owen w/ attachment A: Memorandum for the Commissioners from Shapar, Executive Legal Director, regarding questions about 5.2584 B: 09/18/78 memorandum for the Commissioners from Shapar, Executive Legal Director, regarding passage of 6.2584 with NRC recommended clarification, Accession No. 8504250162 PDR/AD0CK/59-413Q
- 11. 06/04/85 Ltr to Guild from Taylor, IE, re: Mr. Guild's 6/27/84 2.206 request. ACC No. 8506060425 and 8506060432
- 12. 06/04/85 Ltr to Owen from Taylor (1 page) Acc. No. 8506110105
- 13. 06/04/85 Ltr to Garde from Taylor (2 pages) Acc. No. 8506130401
- 14. 07/26/85 Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Board in the Matter of Duke Power Company (27 pages) Acc. No. 8507290381
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- 15. 08/02/85 Ltr to Guild from Chilk', SECY,'re: Commission's review of i
Director's Decision DD 85-9..Acc. No. 8508050335
- 16. 08/13/85 Ltr to Duke Power Company from Taylor, subject: Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty r
w/ attached Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty, Accession No. 8508160156 PDR/ADOCK/50-4130 i '
- 17. 08/13/85 Office of Inspection and Enforcement, Notification of Significant Enforcement Action (l'page) Acc. No. 8508150339 18.- 08/14/85 Ltr to Billie Garde from Taylor Accession No. 8508190116 PDR/A00CK/50-413P i
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'ke: F01A-85584 APPENDIX C FOLLOWING RECORDS AVAILABLE AT DUKE POWER 1.
06/27/84 Ltr from Guild to DeYoung 2.
07/13/84 Lt.r from Burns to Carr 3.
07/20/84 Ltr from DeYoung to Guild 4.-
07/24/84 Note from Burns to Carr (Duke Power) 5.
04/22/85 Ltr from W.H. Owen to J. Taylor 6.
06/04/85 Ltr from J. Taylor to R. Guild 7.
06/04/85 Ltr from J. Taylor to B. Garde 8.
06/04/85 Ltr from J. Taylor to Duke Power 9.
07/08,.7/19, 7/26/85 3 - Orders
- 10. 08/02/85 Ltr from S. Chilk to R. Guild
- 11. -08/13/85 Ltr from J. Taylor to Duke Power
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SUBJECT:
MEETING
SUMMARY
- DOCKET NOS. 50-413 AND 50-414 This letter refers to the meeting conducted at our request in the NRC Region II Office on March 13, 1984. The purpose of the meeting was to present information developed by members of the Region II staff concerning allegations that a foreman of a specific welding crew engaged in activities that were contrary to approved construction procedures and subsequently caused members of the crew to utilize unacceptable welding procedures.
The Region II staff developed this information during the final stages of followup activity involving the issue of generic foreman overri@ which was brought up during the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB) hearing. With no evidence of widespread forerz overrice, the Region II staff then focused on developing the separate new iss.: relative to possible irregularities by this particular foreman and his crew.
~. ASBL was advised of the resolution of the generic foreman override issue z i that tne Region II staff intended to continue appropriate inspection etfor:- on the :ewly developed issue.
We felt this mes. ng was necessary so that we could inform you of this infor-mation which mz ootentially involve safety issues requiring your prompt attention, evalu: on, and safety-related corrective action.
It is our opinion that this meetir.; :erved its intended function of providing your representatives with a general t ::rstanding of the nature and scope of the allegations so that you could begin
.*e initial steps of an in-depth inquiry into this matter. The Region 11 staf f Il continue its own evaluation of the concerns identified and will consic-appropriate enforcement action, if any, resulting from our evaluations.
Er.. sed is a summary of the meeting topics.
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Section 2.790 of NRC's " Rules of Practice", Part 2, Title 10, Code of Federal
- ulations, a copy of this letter and the enclosure will be placed in NRC's alic Doc ment Room.
Copies of this document will also be provided to the tomic Safety and Licensing Board hearing the safety and environmental it.es and the parties to the Catawba Operating Licensing proceeding on tri.+ issues.
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Sincerely, Richard C. Lewis, Director Division of Project and Resident Programs
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Meeting Summary cc w/ encl:'-
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MAR 2 61984 ENCLOSURE MEETING
SUMMARY
Licensee:
Duke Power Company Facility:
Catawba Docket Nos.:
50-413 and 50-414 License Nos.:
CPPR-116 and CPPR-117
Subject:
Allegations Concerning Alleged Improper Welding Practices A management meeting was held in the NRC Region II Office on March 13, 1984, to present to licensee representatives (herein after referred to as " licensee")
information developed by members of the Region II staff concerning allegations that a foreman of a specific welding crew engaged in activities that were con-trary to approved construction procedures and subsequently caused members of the crew to utilize unacceptable welding practices.
The nature and scope of the allegations were detailed to the licensee in orcer for the licensee to have sufficient information to begin formulating the initial steps of a detailed inquiry.
The initial information leading to these specific allegations was developed during the course of Region II inspection activities regardirg the s>neric
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" foreman override issue" that was examined during the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLG) hearing.
The Region II staff's initial inspection activity concerning the generic " foreman override issue" involved individual personal interviews with 18 welders employed at the Catawba site. During these interviews, several indi-viduals indicated they were aware of, or involved in personnel related incidents with one particular foreman.
One of the individuals, who subsequently became known as " Welder B", provided specific first hand information of irregularities-involving the same foreman.
This led to Region II inspectors to fccus their intrection activity on that particular foreman inasmuch as there was no substan-tive information to indicate that the generic " foreman override issue" existed as a site-wi,de problem.
l The Region 11 staff presented the ASLB with the information provided by " Welder B" anc informed the Board that this matter would be pursued by the Region II staff as a separate allegation in accordance with Regional policy.
The Region II staff focused their inspection ef forts on the specific welding crew and its foreman.
Information developed during the inquiry indicated that the specific crew in question nornally experienced a high rate of personnel turnover and that a large number of welders had been assigned to that crew at one time or another as matter of normal crew management.
Selected interviews were subsequently conducted both on and off site in attempts to develop additional information. As a result of' these interviews, information was developed which indicated the following:
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temperatures.
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Arc strikes may have been removed from a valve without proper documentation.
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Socket welds may have been made out of procedure in that one side,olthe socket was completely welded and then the other side welded.
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The lead man on the crew reportedly acted as a "look out" for licensee QC inspectors when welding procedures were being violated.
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Welders perceived the foreman to be applying pressure for quantity.
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The foreman allegedly instructed welders to weld without being in possession of proper welding documentation.
Regional management was briefed and a decision was made to advise the licensee based on the possibility that safety related systems may be involved and the immediate attention was warranted by the licensee. The licensee was advised that several of the individuals interviewed requested and were granted confidentiality during their interviess and that the staff would not release the identity of these individuals. The identity of the foreman in question was provided to the licensee during this meeting inasmuch as he is the current focal point of this matter. In addition, during the foreman's interview with the staff, he was asked if he had any objections to his identity being used in a public document and he replied that he did not.
The Regio. II staff also felt that the foreman's identity was crucial information required by the licensee in order to have a starting point for their inquiry into this matter and that providing this information was appropriate in this instance.
The licensee was advised that Region II staff. will be closely following their activity in this matter and continuing parallel independent inspection activity to review the technical implications of these allegations.
The above matters were discussed during the meeting and amplified as required in response to specific questions posed by the licensee.
The licensee was made aware of the Region 11 staff's concerns as a result of these matters and advised by the staf f to begin an immediate review of these issues to determine what problems are raised as a result of the issues; the possibility that these activitiet extended beyond this particular welding crew; and, what corrective actions would be required for adequate resolution.
The licensee was informed that this meeting was not an enforcement conference; however, if there are findings of violation of procedures, codes, or regulatory requirements, enforcement action could result.
The licensee was requested to keep the Region II staff fully advised on the progress of their inquiry and they indicated that they would keep the staff advised of the progress and actions planned in this matter.
Attachment:
Attendance List
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e h4AR 2 61984 ATTACHMENT-ATTENDANCE LIST
~ Attendance at the Duke - NRC meeting on March 13, 1984, at the NRC's Region II Office included:
Duke Power Comoany R. L. Dick, Vice President Construction, Acting Project Manager W. O. Henry, QA Manager - Technical Services C. Ray, Jr., Principal Mechanical / Nuclear Engineer D. Stout, Design Engineer NRC - Region II R. C. Lewis, Director, Division of Project and Resident Programs (DPRP)
J. A. Olshinski, Director, Division of Engineering and Operational Programs (DEOP)
H. C. Dance,' Chief, Project Bra :h 2, DPRP V. L. Brownlee, Chief, Project it: tion ~2A, DPRP B. Uryc, Investigative Coordina: r N. ' Economos, Reactor Engineer, : TJP A. R.'Herdt, Chief, Engineering ; ogram Branch, DEOP J. J. Blake, Chief, Materials a* : Mechanical Section, DEOP l
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