ML20138J052

Intervenor Exhibit I-CCANP-147A,consisting of Pages 92-95 of 811119 House Subcommittee on Energy & Environ Oversight Hearing, QA in Power Plant Const

ML20138J052
Person / Time
Site:	South Texas
Issue date:	08/14/1985
From:	HOUSE OF REP., INTERIOR & INSULAR AFFAIRS
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OL-I-CCANP-147A, NUDOCS 8510290233
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INTERV!EhED APPRCx!MATELv 100 INDIVIDUALS AND EXPENDED OVER 250 MAN-DAYS ONSITE PURSUING THESE ALLEGATIONS. 4UALITY CONFIPfuTION PROGRAM WILL BE BOTH COSTLY AND TIPE CCNSCM-

. IN3. THE EFFECT OF TH1$ CN THE CCNSTRU'CTICN SCHEDt'LE CF THE PLANT REMAINS 70 BE CETERM!NED, THE CURRENT,1NVEST!GATICN HAS IDENTIFIED A NUMSF.R OF GUALITY ASSURAhCE-RELATED PROSLEMS AT THE ZIMMER SIT,E. THE MAJORITY CF IQUTh TEZA3 THE PROBLEMS ICENTIFIED TO DATE FOCUS ON THE INEFFECTIVEhESS CF s

. N CONTRCLS IMPLEftENTED BY THE LICENSEE AND !TS CONTRACTCRS FCR IN JANUARY 1931, HOUSTCN llGHT!N3 AND PCaER COMPANY (HLg4 ASSURIN3 THE QUALITY CF WORK PERFORMED. IN THAT REGARD NUMEROUS INITIATED A DESIGN REVIEW OF THOSE PCRTIONS OF THE ENGINEER!NG

'CEFICJENCIIS HAVE BEEN FCUND CCNCERNING TRACEABILITY OF MATERIALS.

CESIGN WORK PERFCRMED BY BRO'nN AND ROOT, INC., (B&R) FCR THE HANDLING CF NCNCONFORMANCE, INTERFACE BETWEEN CONSTRUCTION AND ,

SCUTH TEXAS PRCJECT ELECTRIC CENERATING STATION (SIP). TME 1 CUALITJ CONTROL. CUALITY EECOROS. AND THE LICENSEE'S CVERVIEW OF PURPOSE CF THl3 REV!Ed WAS TO ASCERTAIN THE GVERALL A0ECJACY CF

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• A REVIEW CF THE FOLLOWING BAR TECHNICAL DISCIPLINES:

.THE IMPACT OF THE IDENTIFIED GUALITY ASSURANCE CEFIC!ENCIES CN

l THE ACTEL CCNSTRUCT!CN HAS YET To BE DETERM!NED, AN EXTENSIVE .

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- CIVIL /STRUCTLRAL REVIEW CF THE KS BUILT PLANT IS CLR9ENTLY BEING PERFCRMED.

- CCMPUTER FRGGRAMS AND CCOES LIMITED !NDEPENDENT MEASUREMENTS hERE PERFORMED BY THE NRC IN

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. SELECTED AREAS CF CONCERN IN AN ATTEMPT TO CHARACTERIZE THE ,

AqTUAL SAFETY SIGN!FICANCE OF THESE CEFICIENCIES. ALThouGH A FEW - GE0 TECHNIC .

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P.AJORITY CF THE TESTS AND EXAMINATIONS DISCLCSED NO NAR0 WARE PRCBLEMS.

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• - P!P!NG AND $ PPGRTS/SIRESS AND SPECIAL STRESS

- RADIOLCGICAL CCNTRCL EEFORE THE PLANT CAN BE LICENSED A COMPREHENSIVE CUALITY CONF 1R-MAT!'CM PROGRAM WILL HAVE TO BE C3NCUCTED AND ICENTIFIED PRCBLEM j

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q 94 95 THE LICENSEE MET WITH CUADREX CORPORAfl0N FOR THE FIRST TIME ON IN LATE SEPTEM8ER THE LICENSEE ANNOUNCED THAT BROWN AND ROOT HAS JANUARY 16, 1981, AND SEVERAL OTHER TIMES IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY BEING REPLACED BY BECHTEL POWER CORPORATION AS ARCHITECT-ENGINEER.

1981. TO PLAN THE REv!EW. THE REVIEW BY QUADREX INVOLVED 12 WE INTEND TO CAREFULLY MONITOR HOW BECHTEL INVESTIGATES AND ENGINEERING CONSULTANT PER$0NNEL WHO SPENT MORE THAN $!X WEEKS IN  !$ POSES OF THE PROBLEMS SURFACED BY THE CUADREX REPORT.

AUDIT!NG B&R DESIGN ENGINEERING DOCUMENTS AND INTERVIEWING VARIOUS BAR DISCIPLINE ENGINEERS. THE REPORT ON THE QUADREX DIABLO CANYON EFFORT DATED MAY 1981, WAS SU8MITTED BY THE LICENSEE To THE NRC LICENSING HEARING 80ARD CN SEPTEMBER 28, 1981. BRE! FLY, THE T DIABLO CANYON, THE PACIFIC GAS s ELECTRIC COMPANY (PGtE)

QUADREX REPORT FOUND THAT BROWN a ROOT APPARENTLY FA! LED TO PROVIDED INCCRRECT INFORMATION TO A EXPERT CONSULTANT, WHO USED PROPERLY IMPLEMENT THE CA PROGRAM IN THE DESIGN AREA SUT ALSO THE INFORMATION IN DEVELOPING THE SE!SMIC RESPONSE SPECTRA FOR FAILED TO PROPERLY IMPLEMENT AN OVERALL DESIGN PROCESS CONSISTENTTHE DESIGN OF CERTAIN SEISMIC P! PING AND EQUIP"ENT RESTRAINTS.

WITH THE NEEDS CF A NUCLEAR PCWER PLANT. AS A RESULT VERIFICA- UR INVESTIGATORS HAVE FOUND THAT THERE WAS A LACK 0F RIGOR AND T!ON OF DESIGN INFCRMATICM WAS APPARENTLY NOT PERFORMED IN A F RMALITY IN THE PROCEDURES USED FOR VERIFYING THE ACCURACY OF TIMELY MANNER, AND REGULATORY COMMITMENTS FOR SAFETY DID NOT INFORMATICN TRANSFERRED BY PGSE TO ITS CCNSULTANTS. THESE APPEAR To BE FULLY OR PROPERLY IMPLEMENTED TO SATISFY NRC REcutRE- PROCEDURES DID MOT CCMPLY WITH OUR REQUIREMENTS CALLING FOR VER!-

MENTS FOR LICENSA8!LITY.

[CEPENDENT PERSON CUALIFIED IN THE PERTINENT DISCIPLINES.

NRC INSPECTICN REPORTS DATING 8ACK 701979 FOUND PROBLEMS AT THE PRCPER CUALITY ASSURANCE CONTROLS WERE NOT EMPLOYED IN TECHNICAL ScuTH TEXAS PLANT SIMILAR TO THOSE IDENT!FIED IN THE QUADREX AND PROCUREMENT COMMUNICATIONS WITH SERV!CE-TYPE CONTRACTORS. NOR REPORT. HowEVER, THE AGENCY'S AUDITS D!D NOT SURFACE THE NUMBER WERE DOCUMENT CONTROLS ADECUATE TO ASSURE THAT THOSE INVOLVED IN l OF PROBLEMS SUGGESTED BY THE QUADREX REPORT. THouGH WE WERE ESIGN HAD READY ACCESS TO THE MOST RECENT INFORMATICN AVAILABLE.

AWARE OF CA PROBLEMS AT SOUTH TEXAS AND HAD CITED THE LICENSEE '1 FOR A 8REAKD0mM IN THEIR CA PROGRAM IN APRIL 1980. THE MAGNITUDE BECAUSE OF THE INADECUACY OF CA CONTROLS CVER DESIGN VERIFICA-CF POTENTIAL PRCSLENS WAS NOT FULLY APPRECIRTED UNTIL WE FIRST REVIEhED THE REPORT IN AUGUST OF 1981. CONTRACTORS. THE ACCEPTABILITY OF THE DESIGNS BASED CN THEIR ANALYSES IS NOW IN CUESTION.

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