ML20147F719
| ML20147F719 | |
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| Site: | Clinton, Zimmer |
| Issue date: | 08/29/1978 |
| From: | Bancroft M BANCROFT, M.H. |
| To: | Hayes D NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
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| NUDOCS 7812220040 | |
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M EL H. EANcRor; A11CANCY AT L AW l
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l August 29, 1978 Mr. D. W. Hayes P roj ec t Section Chief Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region III 799 Roosevelt Road Glen Ellyn, Illinois 60137
Dear Mr. Hayes:
Enclosed is the letter I received from Edwin Hofstadter concerning possible welding defects in the cable trays being installed in the Zimmer and Clinton nuclear power plants. I appr eciate the interest you showed in this matter in our rele-phone conversation today. 'I also appreciate your willingness to send me copies of, or citations to, NRC inspection reports, if there are any, concerning cable trays or other Husky products used in the Zimmer and Clinton proj ects.'
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Sincerely yours,
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Michael H. Bancroft At torn ey Public Citizen Litigation Group MH3/fb Enclosure cc: Irving Peltier , Zimmer Proj ect Manager Claire Miles, NRC Public Affairs (w/o enclosure)
Edwin Hofs tadter (w/o enclosure)
Richard Pollock, Critical Mass Energy Proj ect a.
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v-itin; this as a fe. :er en,rlsyee of Esi< P eiuete I. :. of Fle. en:e, F.ent;:ky to repe-t ee.-icus and deliber .te ncn-cer.fer.un:e to 10 Cr?. 5:
0::es F. zu i.r e ie :t a and E.gineering Spe:if1:a*!cr. b; sed en the e.tove r e z. ir e.:e :t s . Te cd:e it eve . verse the;. ser_d out totarized Co.-tifiestes
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..ty of this year I had e::esie: te visit th= 2'ase- h elear Cc:. air.:ent area and to see the s s:lous cer.trel areas and in particular to see is ry cath t. sys is pesitie: and a::7 filled with the cables.
21.:e this tisit I have been distz-bed by .tvo as:ects of Esk--'s :::-:en fe.:ar.:e, a ~. . . e , ~ . . < e , .e pt.-ticu'A.-17 es they relate to the ecte sparatie: cf thie plant
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T..~ e t. o i.,p o r ta . aspe:ts are as falle s:
"se of i-feric. and esk aterial eempletely out of spe:ifications.
- 2. Trcys velded by 1::: etect veiders with every tyre veld defect
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fne fe:1e.cng 11]ust: sts: these tvs e spe:ts in as. s detail. Thsy are
. elated to the ix.er job spe:1ft:sily which was the e.-igins.1 job v1,h 1:e 1 TS 50 r e qu.ir e s e:t s . On th.is j a.b fhg e.nt a nd s e ri ou s .,:n-: s -fe. 2-sn:e e::n red and with this as a patte.: it cas c::urred en all subs. pent jobs.
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All tray is deaf t.ed vitn a Ic.a ecpacity which in:1uies t cafety fa:ter.
T r.e tensile riength of the side rails hrgely dete.mi:es this capa:ity.
C: the Zia.:sr job the to:sile st. ength cf the side rail asterial vaa to be in ex:ess of 35,0.. peurds. Esky received a.::d tested uterial ts lov :s H , C:: pc;;is and a est. site.able sacu.t 1: tha rance of 20 te 23,033 ;,cusic. )
Sone -as rejected, so:s accep.ed en the basis it .euld-be ured for fitti:gs viere strer.r.h is :et as critical. I 1
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1: stead the saterial was co t kept : pa. ate and thus many very weak :!d-rails vcre :: de up into long straigt.t asse:blies. A.fter finding out that co.-on :111 eteel vs.-led se videly in tensile strengtn ne = ore testing vne done so that they cou]d remain "unavare" of this conditien. I .:ide:. tally
.= e t e te s ting of T-6 alusinu.= vas mis e pe rformed and a vide ra;:ge of tensile strength was 6.2 s e found. This was ais e ignored as above. '=' hat this aids up ts is that Es'q h:s built tray that vi.l.1 not carry the rated lead even with safety facte.- im:1uded.
.w.:., ., I , .r; Tna "in.er jeh Vas tbs first job requiring the use of Certified velds s i:
crdar te ins.Te :eed veldJ. Es'Q ccetracted vitt G:sistene laterateries of Cincinnati to set up a veldor certification prog a.1. ~~ ey did this and than t sted all tha valder:. Without ex:eptisn they failed the tests si:*rab'.y.
E s kv then called in v a;lous veldi g E:ginee. e s.rd .W. Spieva:k ef Te:h-nicrsn S:beel of Welding 1: Ci::innati who submitted a v.-itten ps-; er findings. A copy of his report is atta:hed. In ganeral all the veld Engineers
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if net nearl;. ispessibis te uritrain people first, tr.e: t:y to retrain, t ".a :. i t is te sta.rt fre:h with a persen having ne p:ler velding it.o. ledge
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U si~y t h0 n p r Q:: t d e d t e work e ". the ir Ovn in : T a s h pr o g- c= ia,, v; ,1c h t;,.
valders finally ve: dad cr.e pie:e vr.ich wou.:d ::se a tend test. ::.is v 'est t r.e :, t e c a e " C e .- t i fi e d " by E s ky . Fe . v e r . , w h a t i s c r i t i c a21;.- i.= e - ta .,t is t a . nethis.g e::urred to tne p ality of t. pr L: tion veld.! .;- ft:t it renine to date in the sue ead state as .W. Spieva:k's f;ndings eated C teter 32, 1974. Just a few weeks are e .e ve:de.- vas " test,da ei e.- (a ti:es tefe.e hs finally .ais a te s t pie:e which ves .-ly na. ginally a::eptable. Nov he is a Re'ry " Certified" veldor!
3: 4rting in July a:d continuin . ethis sonth a new i.t e of ::sr.-:enfer.,s.n:e .
is presently in .trc:ess on the Cli: ten jeb. 71ttirgs ce teing Vig s,rst ve:d-d contra: v to spe:ifle E:.gir.ee-ing re quire 1ents. In addition Oninua Eren:, filler rod is being used with full imovledge that al uinn is not pe.2! ted i: th- contai:.,e:t cea. Iven varse the position of the spat de in each a r:anner the veld is less tr.an 35) effective!
5ub:ta:-intion of all these charges can be a::e:7 11 hed t'.: r ; er.asi:stien of Es'q de:ule:ts in relation te va tarial and tc the Velders by tha re:ords, visual e.s111 stien cf the ve:ds a:d b.e retestinC the so called " Certified" veldo.s b;. a :s ;4te:t Ve2di:g Engineer. Visual inspe: tion of the Clin'.e:
fittings vill substantiate the chirges eutli:rd.
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1 L' hat disturLs e even :aere than the setual incieente described is the l fact se many top management people eee nothing wrong in all these a::!.nx, l
Se little real con:ern as shec to prc.ducing a traly que.lity p oduct i wi t h.1: the s p eci fic a ti ons . TP.ie steuld be:ese es en more particu.larly so I when nu: lear safety is directly icvs1ved.
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Eduin P. Metste.d tsr Distribution e.: rel.lo e:
Ingineering C.:pa _ des that may cr :ay cet be ess:erced.
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Nu: lear Regulate ,v Cani:sien Cent:*rtio.nl :eint Ater.i her c Cc.11ttee 7-ivate G eup:
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Report of the findings at liusky Produc t s Incorporated on October 30, 1974 Subtit'ted by: Lee Spievack, President Tc-chnichron Inc. , $chool of Welding It wa s generally f ound t hat the reason your corpsny has had difficulty in certifyfr.; your welders is due to the fact that while some of your rco are c,ualified weldors, they suffer from tbc ills of an ca.picyce that in effering an incentive progran.
In order for an emp3cyee of your cc= pony to meet his required produ:tien icvel, plus benefit by the incentise picaram it was found that their wcidin; nachines were set ct tecxiumor out put al3cwabic, which is just belc the peint of hiewjn; bc:es in the pa ent retal. This enndition creates impree:r we) ding methodo, and instead of est ablishing goud wc] ding, you have a situatien cf b3nstin, the ectal together. Thece extre c un;perage setti.;s
, :)so reke it necessary to use hinher r,as flow in order to contrel the y crc. Thi: ha: te be er.tremely cestly to your curpany, bec .se of the conditions that cxist (welding machine setting.F and pa r !] cw.e ) it was cbserved th:t improper welding is comm:n occur:nce et llu ch) prcducts. The welds are not structurally sound.
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i A2 the' welds have c rat ers and it was obr.crved that meet of these cratcrs ch w the common condition incwn 03 " crater craching". It was further ekserved that there were many welds that had bnth crackinc conditfor,s in the weld as well as the crater. Thuce conditions are primar ily caused by the extremely high amperagen and r,as c ov e r a r.c .
Ycur v:ider s are running extrc mely hot welde due te sreed and thus you l. ave rapid coelin; conditions and cracking. The high gas flo.s
(.hile costly) n1so causes rapid cooling and thus crackint,. ,
Gene ally it i:s ubserved that the wclders in your aluminum wc3 ding arce,s had nood weldinr, techniques however lock knowledce in setting up L.:e proper welding conditiens before welding .
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- 1. Set ting t he veldin; machine
- 2. Setting the proper gas flow
- 3. Dallin; the tungsten rather then printing it
/. Controlling the weld te prevent ciaters
- 5. Cleenin; the parent metal before welding Steci We:dinr:
rocr r.in were eLucrved in the stec: w e l d i n,r. n r c a s . Cn: ran had the inewicJ:c cf proper eachire and gas f]nw settinr,s however he lacked the . e l d j n t t r'.hn i q u e . . This rap we.s ene cf y our eldest wclders. l T w. Other t hr ee c.s n had ve r y l i t t l e konvledr.e about pinper settings and noe of the three Isched the prerer ve]dir; t e :ha. iq u e s . This can
. ., s ynor nide't ru pl oyee j n your vel d i ng depa r t e..ent . Apiin i t .ac
, ; ; a r n '. that all cor.ditions cx1stcd to turn put :.wimun re.a::i:n.
A .- Je n yau hr.v e therc ennditinen you v!11 finj that certifying vt' cr:
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c;.u;;: m run ty you -cid rs it was f cund t hat the fello.ing cun: tters c ur.tsd:
- 1. Crystalli:stiens of the veld
- 2. T:: sity
- 3. Terctraticn that exceede: 100:
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- 5. Weaklag of ratent rsetal in the heat effected tone A!; the tcaditivns are created directly by runnin; too high of enpere;ca, i teu b!gh of tr.c flo.s, cnd dirty retal. l l
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- 1. The using of fans in the welding areas is common practice. This conditien causes
- the gas shield to be blevn away, thus causing porosity in the welds. This ic another reason for the high gas flow pressures which is costly since larger-volumes of gas,are used then necessary.
- 2. 2 It was noted'that Argen/CO eix vas being used
- in your M.I.C. welding operations on st eel. This again is costly because CO' would #
be adequate for your operation.
St3cight CO costs about 1/6 of what 75/25 Argon /CO rix costs.
- 3. Many of your employees do not use eye protection or face protection. I'm certain you must have frequently absenteeism due to cyc flash injuries.
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No use of safety glesses in the entire plant.
Walders must wear safety glhnnes under their velding hood. (An OSilA Standard).
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The plant is ,not in cebplinnee with OSliA Standards.
This could cause extreme hardship in.the future espe:f ally if you have a severe injury of one.cf your employees. ,
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liud y Products Inc. , should consider a training program f or theses ind2 viducis e: pluyed in their welding department. This program should eephasize welding methods as well as welding t echniques.
t.ny succ ess ariming f rc= this t raining program 1.= htghly quest ice.nble bince ,
proper welding ractbods and techniques vuold cut production. The present attitude in your welding department is quantity nut quality.
Sound certif ied quality welds will definite]y reduce quantity, however .
the savings in cost of materials will most likely improve or equalize prefits.
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U 1 ne sub .it tinC this r epert with t he int ension of creating r.any constructive suggestions and 1. ave no intension to sound like I a:
being critical. You realized you had seme concerns er you would have never centncted Technichron in the first pince. Therefore, I tidecrcly hope that I have been ci service to your company and that vc ::y serve you again in the future.
Th nk you.
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President Technichten Schoci cf Welding e
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a customere manufactures modifiestions of Stande.rd items :.nd Zissers vere specia.1 in /. important ways as fellevs.:
- 1. They rr. quired special vrap esund splice plates with different belt, beles to strengthen tne joints vnere 2 trays es e together.
- 2. They specified side rail material to have a minix : tensile s.rengt: er 35,000 pounds.
- 3. Weldi$g was to be Mig Velded in accordance with AS*:
and te be perfarted by certified velders. Section 9 l..
All pertinent long re:erds term retentien relative to Qaality ee to be retained on basis.
I respect te the velding thic meast that the velds were to have a quality level equal to that required for boilers and pressre vessels. These were te be to; quality velds with goed Pasien, struetrally seusd and with mini;rn of defects. These were to be velded by qualified velders certified as such th.a testing as called eut in Section 9 er ash?..
$=ky velders are :e:;etent to preduce commercial type velds for an ordina: r cessereial product where de'e:ts and lack of fasion is a::eptable. This is the type of veld done daily en or cenercial verk. We have Ir.centive Standard:
en this verk and er velders er.rn from 1F. to 200% day in and day out. This is the type velding described in Mr. Spievack's report.
Testing of er velkr:
established their incompete :e te perdu:e quality velds at pressre vessel standards. Esky verked with the velders until they made one geed piece which veuld pass a bend test.
and the goes rignt back te productie: The velder is ther certified aaking cenercial type velds for Incentive which they have is the only type veld ever made. Cutside of making this one test pisce no productis:
in passing production the test they need considerably more training, folleved experience, type of veld. before the. can be cospetent to ,s. educe a high quality Qaality velding vould greatly increase the manufacturing cost, particularly if ve changed r
all velding to becese cuality type. A se:end alternative would be te -reduce qualit.t velds when required en nuclear verk and eenercial quality en all other vork. % sky's decision was to certify the veldors but ve veld to Section 9 of ASV2 vith certified voldors. This Ve have never mede any affert to produce pressee vessel quality velds.
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This was done en the Zixaer job and was incorporated into the Quality Centrer knual that 1 sky elding is in confersance with ASE section 9 and ihe veld ~I are saae by certified velders. This is misleading in that people think ths' they vill get quality velds. Instead everybedy gets emercial quality velds '
yade by a velder who once made cr.e quality veld piece. On this basis ~'J' 'c'-
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aas secured additional nuclear verk.
The top haagers of P_isky are en a benus setup. Anythhg that adds cost rubt. acts frea profit which in turn reduces their " bonus. To produc- maa vould be very expensive and veuld redace thel- bemus. It is entireiy 'p.l^i---33i(1, the seeisioc not to produce the specified quality velds van 'a . : en-e- ' - .
en the cost required te de so. Thereasongiventomeand$y'NNiewas' '
that t is cetP etely l un .ecessary.
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20 Aquilla T1crance, Ky. 41042 Septester 30, 1973 United States Eegulatory Cesaission l
Region 111 l 7?9 Reesevelt Road Glen Illyn, Illin. s 60137 l l
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I have marked up various sections of the last three pages of the 100F350 copy you gave me. These each have a number near it. By this number you will see my eezments pertinent te it.
I veuld first like te give you a little perse:a1 background. I have nearly 20 years experience werking with very goed quality centrol progrtas. I have nearly 12 years experien e at Bendix in Aircra#t and V* s sile work. A'ter being there less than 30 days I knew positively that the conpany from the very top devn vanted nothing less than the very best possible effort frem everyens to produce and send out absolutely mething but the very best pessible.
In my verk I had e::asion te vieit many other Bendix plants. This constant emphasis en quality and serieusness of parpose ef everyone everywhere was readily apparent. I had ever 7 years experience at laerican Standard where everyone knew that we were to produce and ship only the very best product possible. In fact if anything they placed far tee much e:phasis en aesthatice princip.lly e4eeuss si pressure fr+2 th. si.es peepic.
I .m cor; vin:ed that centrol of ? ality 12st ee:e from the top and ge devn.
It cannet start at the botton and ge up. Neither ean it start in the middle and ge both ways. At F.; sky it never started period.
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- 1. Skills--Ter a conpetent ;; facetion H; sky has only 2 basic processes in their plant.
- a. Knowledge of sheet 2etal feb shop type of verk including Shearing, Erake Ter11ng, other ferming including Roll Terming and simple sta: ping verk. In most instan:es the quality is determined by the teeling, providing it is properly used. Skill requirement te control quality of this verk is ainisti and training if necessary is aise minisal. This is net a proble: trea. ;uality is adequately centro 11el.
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- b. Velding--2 types of velding tre used. Resistance Welding and Phnual, l N1; and Tig.
- 1. Resistance Velding. Quality is largely dependent en the machine and its settings. Feste understanding of the process, the sachine variables and relatively simple treining vill suffice te contrcl the quality. In this area quality is under a fair degree of centrol.
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- 2. hknual Velding--Mag and Tig. This is the area where kneviedge of velding, particularly in the area of the different type er veld defects, kneving hev to reeegnise them and aise knaving what causes them becomes critically important. This is absolut.ely i necessary if Q9'er where nothing is dene. this Verk is even atte.apted. This is the area The QO Shnager is not knevledgeable in '
welding and none of his people ever have been. Notni.g has ever been dene to even begin te enereise sese centre 1 rver this verk.
0;ality of nothing erthe verkelse.
nobody is entirely controlled by each velder and by 2.
CaJtside Centraeter!--er.17 Minimal centrol, 31ni22.1 effort. Veld verk sent out to veld sheps vitbeut certified velders.
- 3. Prints changed--Te my kneviedge the custener is usaelly net informed.
- 4. Not complied with.
- 5. 3est description of Hasky efforts in this trea is a " big farce". Inis is a principal allegatien in original lettcr.
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Net rensved are eenpliedandwith.
t.,eRe;eeted verkaswith iten shippse is. tags en are tsken te shipping. Tage
- 7. Veld 7ailu er-Sueh as at Louisville Gas & Ilectric shipent which should have a highlignted lasting value vusneeddone.fer a corrective action program, instead nsthing cf B. Car audits are perfanetery--te say the least.
The felleving top 'knagers at H;skf were er a e kneviedgas'le e cf taese ocaditions te the i shevn. (This is my best persenal estiaat4)
D. Ring 50fplus
?. 3anta 10CE C. Lanean 100s H. Vong 10;f B. Schus ter T5%
R. Bitter 755 C. byrne 50%
H. Parker 50%plus These people are knev edgsable to the fact shipments are made where Hasky certifies .^;11 compliance. This is aise an allegatien in the original letter.
If after going anzvere at bestover this you have any questions I vill try ts explain er I can.
Yours trulj, frlwt n f,fk,Y4WuW adut .1. sofstadter
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PART 50 o UCENSING OF PRODUCTION AND UTILIZATION FACILITIES ecefga stions Cmtem:m gf -F: mitring fue! smf paJte APPENDtX S-OU AUTY ASSUR ANCE CRt perfo retr.g qual:*! ss.:-at,:e fun tions stan TE RI A FOR NUCLE AR POM R PL ANTS repo-t to a e's Lagatria:t leve' suet that tata eto ape A; pre p-:ste s*ste:ns shat be pro. AND FUEL REPROCESSING PL ANTS videc : fue: sic-s.re est rad:oart:ve wsste '"- y,qrged mVWW ; and cria .+ tana; tree.
pre ms m ter7 app.caat far a son. dorr inrMag sumuett aneepeedetoe troe.
tya*#=s u" L%3&!sted D&D#U .g a.r*ts (I) y*yy*ts $g prtnf t is requ; rad by the proftslons te detect cold vens that =st raisult in loss Cts t a Sf schedule wbe C;;rried Lc agfety
- c. c' reteut' baat re=ees; capabt:ttT ud n' of g M N to in !ude te 1 6 preutrJ:n. y scety ceaside-st!?ca tre p orided S* suse of the i
e t- (2) to initiat* aursas repor, a danc.rption of the quautf react va*ut:m tset.:ead. ret as the = umber E a;ss:ve and:s~
p-ep-tste 's nevels e.w et? acuoca.and am.ssee protc tc be appned te tse de. of pe%onme: the tTpe e' act:rtre tm; .g pee.
c C-u m U 4 s.v.omsg s.fe:4. f::try re. ap fabr:eauer. construetaos, ug testing h fa-=ed and the locauo: o* Watiens where
' L c.ser af eans st al: be provided for teor.Jtor- of the strvetures avr.ecs and co=;nne:ta K sette'tten are pe*fr: red the o rst;.:sttota:
$ tag the reactor ec: x ;=e:t a:c:es;bere. of the fact; tty tse y app;::ut fe 6:, cpe st. " strutture f w eaw rung tw qual:- a.arursnee spaces cot ta eter re=pesenta for retretua. ing Deense is required to toclude it ste T prog-se a sr take 'artous fo a prseeded c.na; u,fet; ans%sa repar'.. Ltt:,- nau:L per.
tion of Iva-ef.eva:t accscett Suf d.s ef u- ta::ing tc the masp=a.' ar e ad rm:a_is* *s*:ve $, the thatqualf the pemas ut cega.:tzstmu eet d: art ete patna and the p: sci emetens t- En*&Dee N o-*m .r tpam.gnedtha re.
fr esdr,a? t.rt*r eat !=a f be re'eued frort eyew.s te de c.ud te urst ufe +; wet >on. q; rwr au tt,cety and orgm a s stat drwe.
m a-na: c;ci tions tre:vd::t se t):a ps tad igetes puentaem an fuei tepeoe,uuig ' s.xn irre.pe: :,e ev tae eqa -ara s.,ta: a s tra.ac-p;,nts' metude st'uci ures. sv6-ope-at:c:C cccarre :es oe !tc= pasr.uatoe ' tm sn: 4.rr.y .*ou ttv. premt er te.?u. tce. tze tod; tid ua]'s ' ang::*e it.a .aespc..
f oe*1ta gste tbe cer.fequesess ef ;w u.:sted acelde u a:ym fc. w -eg e9-t te e se- x: c.' a,cy po-uoc of the quau'7 sams t:e p mgrs=
ta.at ecu:e esume creue rut to the dea:ta at uy tc.catme ste-t s: .tv.es r:tyec'. to toe safen of the pubtle nts a;paedis en.ab. tbts App *Ddts are be: g pe"r sed etsU have 9 tates qucte wrsset req tireme:M ftr the d , t ac resa te suet it'els o' ras g*tnent
- das.r:. ec:str'ae*Jc:,, and ope-st:et of those u c:sf tie aen.v7 tL peo*3 th.as f u setsc.
I structures. r7ste::.s. am t ec = pe cent.s ne =
~ p ;ne:t require metta of tt.!s a; peed:.: ap. -
6 p!y te C act'r ties a*ectter the acery. E C # '581' " *S#"L'
e re.sted fumet ens of ttase strae ures tys. De ap;Na:t atA" er*4that at ce earuest
" tems and u>=pese:u these activaues in. .
p-set:c.at:e t:.=e eetsiswet w it the n.c =duae eude d es;g*.in g puret ute g f atr eattag. f:s ace:=;t:.s!.;:( the v .:r:t;e! a q :L;;;? u.
StefM:t &L: ppt:g v2* tag eiett; g eNe t. s u-c ::e pre s L w tj et ce"; L es w- u the ing tastC1mg. taspect::g test:rg epe-a!!ng ' reg.,,,re:o.:14 ef t t;s a; ped 4is ""ts ;ragra :
fta'sta: ing. re; siring, re*uetin g and InaCf7*.ng at C be d:c =
- r.te f b y w* t'.e t pch:a at pro.
cada es or tas:. .,et' s and st C be cA. r.ed As used 13 this a;peDd 2
- qual!*7 assur, eu* titeL gbcu: p'L:t '.if e 1: a c." L :e sitt Asce* cc =;*Jes C tt de p'as:ed asd sys. ' t t 0se pc n es. ;rx+du en. cr tLs .7 a **. acta.
te :*atte aetce.s nece* a.r7 tc ;.ronde ade. ""b' 4;h?S:t 8h d 3 0'2 CT th' 8' ~# t?'8-quite cer.f denza tta: a s? acture system, eJna s sed c:=p:Let ts tc be ceteric by or e3= pose:t wt*; pe-fo = matisfutart;T in S A' 9 212* f W E'5L" P* 'a LI 4' M8?
s.e m ce Quauty mu a e tre'udes quat:y c p: 2s t' t pate: pat:rg 1: ce p rw-s=
ce:t o; was:t ccctp sw t.t;.se quC: assur. Egear s- 2 the deig sted f ut au: s cf c:a w'Jons re3ted te the ptya;es? castsc. t L *S' C 'Tt*as
- ions 'pb e quC*r wn.-snu 14*ist::s c' a t .ateral structure co=psce t, prog s= stC p* Cede occt* : eve
- met.;r: Des Cr sTne= wt.lti prcede a =*ans to cos:rs; a*ect. g Ce quamy cf 2e id*:*det s*n.
the quati? of the =ste=!C nruerre, cotL. 14 r*3. 8"8'# 23 18 CC CE0t *:'d V 1; 'Udat fete:1. Or Fys"e= to predeter *' Led req';17e. C0:5:.ste:1 sitt th et* !=p **.A:"* k atfeIJ.
Enecu. . Act:rtt es a*ecti:( quC 7 stC ba acectn. .
=
~ pU.sted u:dat r; fiat:y ect:-Ced med; tic:a.
w ! C'ste9 tatmose Cot tr:::ed cet t:Lons 13 :ude tte use of
...e app,.,*snt . rt t,,. be aw.;e.sfile fo* the ap;rs P e st tab;e m.f .ateeg .c t;; g3=>g;.c t. gggg gg,e. r; ten.
Pe.a b kh =e s t and eTecu*1oc of the gutitte gar. asce gg n.r: M.e ap;L ea:t =.at dele. g., ; , ,y.3 g3 gg,;.;gw e gg. . eu u d u.
rs u la e tt. ers. ra at u co: tw tm erects ,.;rc[e t h at C prer*;utsr.as f:t the gitt:
or x me' ".asu the watt e* acAWM:t and ,et,7. t v have bea; sans$ec ne p t:,g t=
. 'u t t
es. vw me quamt m Ena r s s= or stC..o
.-- - t:te.x,,s accrustt,sthe m =.-te-d.f:rtuspac.al a ue ta:r*J rypset the. notect a u ttbut o*ItTs!C.:
a t t d uretain t.as of r= gecaa. "MT*C'.I?::;rMe? u.me ..
th a-efor .
gy g e r e -s e a; of quahy gy 1:gpee.
pe a.c ms a3d org s t.ra *'o as pe-fo- ;cg ac. y tir*Oen t!e-t: g the safe y -*'a'sd *uneNots M.7:u; testh7 7,y retyt7e T;; g of struerrer arttm aed epaserta sbtil .DMC aed : s ::g f pev :t; pet.
f ytt;;g act:rtt.es L*gt. g quC:7 *a; teces.
h be c:PA-'? estabiabad aed $Al*.eetad is c:t- . &A-v tc ust;*e th at rJJ ta t.e *r
- L g "'t =*e art
- rf t t es lodude teth the per-M f"T.;tg futrixns cf aM.airtag quau;7 ob.
f ad';evad ud -A t w .geY:.":.ener & is
)=="Jeh arn! the qus21!7 seura t-e fune%ma WPrWw 1::,e sta af st:f s.deqwacy of y"" Mee q' alltf seM*sste fut.r'n*2a ar* tt sse theofqut2*- wrt::e pres a . MA:Ap:nent c' et. er orgt:.rAU:54 pt .; . pat;:g 1 the g !a; tw.ra ng th a t at ar;? o;*Att q ua .;te q u c t! as.t ru ce p r og-s = stC rer;;at:T e s*n stte prog tzc is er'.a b'ist ad and rer.ew the c.atus art ade;uncy ef that pt-efe-tite;f ere uted and (b) serife ag s'a th cf the quau:; an.;rance prog-a:7 stact they as by ebeattag, audttng act tas; -tsca. att esecutang th at set; r* :., e4 af eattag the rArety.r.:steg .
f u m etions tart been c erect!! perfor=ec I M CN 00M*10k De peer *.s aS$ OrgC E' s thc.f perfytD. gf p g.. .w ing quCity us urs.nce fumatens sata, ab ajj be esta F;st ej tc usce
- ste si.S h e e t out. bort T and crgs t t:a. tha' ag. cat;e rerdatc,ry req n-ena ts ud tie:C !-ted yt to ide t ttff qu City prob- the das g: barts u def. cat to l 5* ; and as lems tc in ! M.a te , rewner.,*e4 of p*m6e spee'* ed tc ce U 'ety a;;;.eauet for ttone du a: mr a.n d to veetf 7 trn; ar.nta tot of gextu*es seswtts acd es=; :acu tc wt):3 tg .,3 g;p. da a;;tes are eg ,-; y trssp uf utions Suet ;emo ra and c gs .l*ations !sted t:tc spe. t'.eate ci
- 4. a s- gt ;roce.
dures att terrueti:23 "tes* =avurea st C tt:!ude pr ;rts 0 J te w re 13 0 a;;'.vate s 3r,tJ:e the tarte *a;piltsct* is used in 4 7 C*I 8* '3 8 * *4 a.*e a M ad a:d i:Q ded tttae r aa ".e- a. the rtquit ME,e t's are . In des:g: d nset t.* Led it s: e.et at :cs ca ecu-w ag pM:stle a**.e- rn: a per.aon f*02 N 2 C'L M '*' CeCi* h #*'
hu r=.reJ v ed a iLee S^e to co*.st. u n a4d 8 5 8 E CSC D' 1 "O I o;.r-s te a c u::*st ;< wet p act or a fae:
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rep xe.steg pNet n aw c*-te :a w1:t a l.no M eq :,:t td; o*s that be sm! f.s g-Dduu 1 ert';auct the ade- ' ' ' ne c'f ** ~sMres 6I LC, D 's #'U rW ~.f *I'
- U D **~ C 8 qwr V quautT ass.:tu:e pry t .s te use an d ec =Wtu by Pr.Ade-s es' x tstrwtbc per.TJts tod Up- M W . *4 st tU be eabMited for the e-s t<t g tt:stisea ide
- f.tatist and ece tto: ef das g": is te r e a
e ended 3a rR 18 301. f a:e* Lad fx ewdm aMet a:D: ( pa": : pat.
Apra 30.1975 50 24
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- PART 50 o LICENSING OF PRODUCTION AND UTlllZATION FACILITIES ing det.gn orgttirations These snessures 4t the con *redor or rutmetrhete cource, s Tr.e*nd . htW! outr.punents Test p., w a eaa"ineNde the estab:ahment of prxedure, and etacu'namon of p-oducta u;ct deuvery. she tocNde provisiona for masuring that au a=' r.g pt ceirating desig orguttauons for D*b:Lec tary e'15ence that ma te.a; med prerequis:Les fcar the 31sen ten be,, been eWpeaant confwtn to the procurement ew. Inst, that ad$equia test ins;mzo,3;ggiog gg the reetta, hpproval, n;esha, distributaon, gurementa #_C be &MC6Me at the nuclear s's".aMe and tened and that tbr test la par.
and refillon of dcchinenta (nyolftng daMgn m ed scatable etetten;n,gtg ,og, j
Lt.terf aces. powerplant or f uel reprocemng pisag e este dWons ,under prior te inftslhtson or us, .est resu"a sh&M be dc4 metted and '
"Itt des.gt contrei meuares shC provide Wustad M a6M thM teg* ,eg ;;;7,g gg gg l for verifying or cheatlag the nr.aquacy of - d 54A. Er.eM"tal and eq 4 cease TtJs garp, l h&M bee.c =a *2 =^=.4 dengn. suet n by the performance of desgn Enocka=7 ocida:ce sha;,; be retal -ed at tame rer.ew6 by the u.se of alternate or atmpttSed nuclear powerpient or f uel s oprocessang " * *. # "*8"8 '80 TWer csleu &tions; methoda. or by the perform. plant
- site and shall be suffi "W okent tc $da.e'8f y the rWine rtWN=ments.
anar of a su.' tat lt tatting prog-am The vertfy, FJch ta Dudes. Standela, of epeC!* ;ationa M eag g,-w tha; he eetabhabed to usure tag or etecking prucess eC be pe.-formed by that too gw gnstNmMu and oa indwiduals or groups ot.ber than thcae who snet by the pw: hued r:Atea.a and equip.
ment The ar e:t t e r.cas o' the ec,ntrol at e ,e ssurte,'sg and tas.ang d,, , . g g, y pe*fo-med the or g.na: desegT.. but who may be from the em:ne orget .auen u*.,ere a test query by mo% temis sad ratw tra.: tore u rtues 6:,eung q.ic:ty ar, p,y,.3 7 ,,,, ,
I prvac As uaed to eerify the adequacy of a sba; be a' a-d by ce spN:n.st or desgue treted cast sted. ane gy,,ee g: gpeegg,o '
61 m.e-vos cr'natstent wtit the tap =Ance. p tiotis to ma.ntait accurac} with'D necu.
specia: d%g. feature in beu of ot.ber sar:.f y. ury Liznits.
ing or cheeting pr==. It abs 3 incluae cm:piesity. and quanuty of the p*oduct or su: table quaut:.auoc tasung of a prototype servtces XlIL MANDLINC' STORAGE. AND SHIPPING un.it under th most adense des.gt conda vm c,twecn awn cos.- not or em tions Des;gt contm: meuurer abau be ap. % P'8 5 68 '*T8 Measures shat! be estabbshed to control the phed to sterc.s such as the f oUou".ng reactor Messures abC be artabhshed !ar the iden, ha ndbng. st orage. stu ppin6. che s run g. a nd ptynn:n. strest therstL byd.rsullt, and acci. PMac'*UCD Of EC&ke"!C &nd eqWDend in de:1 kn alyses , com;ntibuJty of caeenass, ti.*.:succ and mLtrol of ccMerf t.M. paru. *CCd MC4 'IU 'od &nd inJpecuen in.
MctasiblUly f or in.htmca LTJpectioL. t=ainte a.nd cuCpon en te includ ng ;m. tJL1 y f 6brH str"Jetlena to present dar.bg* o' detartors.
- st.ad sanch: es ?.ene seu rus stal; assur,
/ pearewedTQad ance cr:wna for Lcspecuona W :two.6.e(sccept and tast3* - tra: taecu".:st.an of the bc., is =ain ta.i.nad 00- h e n keseary f o" sm a ucu;ar prod.
ueta. spe:10 protectM en ttrot@ e n ta such Dessgn changes including Seld ebkages by best number part number teriC Lumtur,
[' stC be subject tc des.gn contro: menages or otaar spmp=tste Inetna. Cuer oc tae as in{. gss thpbeN spW i* mots
- ur e comte , levels tod tA%peasture levels. stau gt,ec; or oc, record.a tra.mMe tc the Itam. as evamensurate with it:me appbed to the req u. red th m.gbout fatn:suon. erecuos.. be spectied and proftded.
ong_:C des.g: 4.nd be approved by the or, "1.rf MPam. re. ". W mm mm gso: nation th61 perfor:ced the ortg 20 dea.gn LcstC6uos. and use of the Ites These iden*
uniest the apphetnt des.gtstas anotber r,. tl.".:stloc and cot 'Jo'. meta res stay be Waures dat be estabhabed to indhte.
spons:ble orgsn.ir.auon.
dea.4 Led to pre *ent the use of tacorrect or by the uae of ca.rt1*.gn butt me eta:::pe tags.
- 7. d.ef ect.se ::.sta" tat parta, sad wc;cnents }&beM, rout *ng :n Mia O'" NAa s;,'tah magns rf Ptocru is.1NT DUC7hLA.MT C03rTtot #,
- 8 W. af had % peCamed w tbsU be er*4P: abed tc tesure s M e hsVS AD EU be estabhd ed tc tasure W n IDdMddal Hema of the e uclest power.
21C *T requ.re:DeJta gg. p nl or fusi seprocessing piartt.' These rness-13 t' 6 ;'p - . . .
sigt ttaes Lad otbe: req . .
~
- ut go that spec 1C prmses. tnetud ng wesding, ures sh4U pronde for the ne m aary to easi re adequ ate quabij hsa- best tres t:r.g and nandestru uve tasung, Met *t.,. 3a *MD of 144 =# whjat have en.hafee.
r.lf tably included or referenced in the docu. [' ue contro0ed and accomphabed by quM). tonly pmed required .rtapee sets tog tats.
metta for proc are:nent of Ina'. enc. equip.1. Sed perw anel uaing qututed procedures $ when ne eswy tc precNoe m. age,nent by.
""'P E ment. and semees. wheiber purct maed by 3 to acc.Wance w".1 a;pbrstie codea. rtand. Mag M such bspeem and *.ests Mesa.
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- I the apph: Ant or by tu coctractcrs or sub. c uda,:Cs;ecti:stions, requ.rescenta cruerth, and ot.4arg.g W5 EDEU,,tlac M er*6F sbad fM Lot: stag
- coat-metors Te the e rtett nec maary, pro. I e CM g 8'.ahs of svuewat systems.
T e do: me:ts aba" require contrae. d g xxgy,:ygen u and cmponenu of ne nuclea*
" c res.ntruvantrwurs tc prottde a quality " e'n e lP dnt or feel reprocemns plant,pown.
@ mas urs o.arsace pr og-t m censistent with the & pri.csm for inapechon of scurtues ru.,., as by W.nt TC res tr.. s v.'.ches. 2 pe?t Lent prortanons of this append.11. Lieeung qusuty thC be ertaMiated and p* event t.tadter.e:s ope stion.
.- ese:uted by or for the cigs .:auo; pedorto, t r> stat enows. Pau ton.r.s. Ext pt.a w Joos ing the wunty to sertf y cc f ar:: ate.e with It M c Noc ma c e em em et the documented in.struet ota. prwedures, cc m.owurrs A tr!tica sCeettng quabty shat be pr,.
and 4.ts".c.g5 f or he:o=phat.:ng the scurity. h, Sha,*, h E4MM k cottd
%[
6#. bed by doc amettes Instr"JehoL4, proc,.
dures or drar1Lp. or 6 type appropn6te to Sact inspe:uot utU be pe6rmed by inc. maes@g.s w emym met e not edush othe* than those s he pmormed Ant the c.rmer*.anoes and sbs" be a.:eomphabed it accordknae with tttae " inst-uetions. pro. the actlnty Ming tr.spet'.9d W m m uona. %,W k N=f,f'8 M'8 WM*h- IL Mk '"C D88 ced ures, or drawings Ins'.ru:Mona proce.
d rea, of d..wiLp that incNde ap;r: pare rnm;.recneota. o tests of matenai w prod.
u:ts pm ed stan be pufomd for each NW8 h %,uH u wmm p%f [
D M90 t # "
qut:*"ause or qusMtative m.::e Lance cri. wOf1 Op* ** tl0E ' D*M L'"7 IO S'*
- CD DM'~ M d t 2' I quanty U toaWuon of processed matertai tent th deteurtn:r.g that n=pe at a.ctiv1 ties Late beer sat:.s! cLorty scuocr.pu6ned. or produeu is m.passib;e or is.adva:tageous. a
',f, C'f G60*bO re fuar ed E .
'n,);gonem,,%or acce p ted, roecte
.f.g ind.reet contro; by mor.:tortr.6 Pf X'55 mei3xta equ.;p:nent aad pe m:r nel atC'ng De iepared. or rewor6ed tri accordance wuh docu.
L ?! Doct w Wt cr m tok niented procedures.
pror.ded Bott,tna;ecuo; and proceu mona.
Mew res than be ar*.atMabed to control mng aba. pro u b n. md la m cotam m a m ,__,,,,
the tuusa:e of dccarnents suet as instrue. inade s .;ste without both, if candatory in. haams stat be estaEsted te aasm tha%' t tso t.A prowdres. and dra r'n gs includang ape ton bold pointa. whlch require irty contuoc.s adserse to que.h:7. su:t as f a.u.
,.y
- ""*lacha*(es theret.c which prescr:be 60 actirlues
'e:nng quthty '"' Lese toetsures att: Assure that documenta. LneNd;ng ettagen, a,re 79 ma g.
w mspec by tM app'etnt's ed rep ebentause and beyonc stuct
,,,y that; not prW w*.thout tM conseng was reaL*unebena def.nent;m. dertattnc.s.
def ecute t=stenC L.hd equ.;: ent. Acd 500 f'.esed fer 6depeer and m;protec for release coc.fc-m ar. car are prompt;; ide: tis ed and M of 1 designated repreae: tat.ve are required, corrected In the case of 6.gn'.*.:sst cono.
by authorized pe Soc.ne: and are dastributed the speek hoM poinu Lba;. M meted in
. tions 6dterse to qua.;ty, the mem.res aban '-
to and usad si the locattor where the pr,.
act: bed actinty la perfortmed Chatg'es to appropnate documenta, maswe that tM cat;,.se of the coniuon la dWJfne:u th&M be ref.ewed and s* proved ggg de".erzr.;ned and octre:Lf e ecMc talet to by the same cigac.1.:auons that perfortned precNde trpeuuos ?:,e Iden"f.-4 tion of the the ortg na; retirw and a; pro *C ut.;ess the A test pr%mr. s'tc be ee'.abusbed to a.gs;i a.at centue; adsesse to qusuty. the ep;L:e nt des.gna:.as another ree;e:.s:Me assure that C kst:.g wqu;ted to de.:non. : muse of the ocetuen. and the c trocute strate that struct6tes sTreu snd omtpo. neuen talet aba;; be Ocum*:ted and orguitatkan, m 16 - Ce 8 W.ed 2 spy.pnk'.e W.s of mtW*mst OL or m:x atzt ha 47utaL. met'un. D#. ,e4 and perfortr cd in sc.:c.].bn e with iden'#
3M SIW "S*N#3 "A N t.tsa, am saanema witttet ter, priadures wtJ b inwportte Me r rsu 6bc be ertabliated to 4.ss6ts the reqCe:Leca and m::eptance tuntu cen. sus lent twords nSt" be t:t.ata.ned to that p rd.ud t:taiena.L eqi.,.l; cent. nad tCLed 12 apphist'e casert de :necta The fw-f a evide nce of actar!*Jes a* ne t.nc acrdae. w heiber p .re t ar.ed d.i ec tly ,.w test pr.vam saan int:ude 6s swr: peste. qua; tty. ne records at.: in:Nde at least pm.f teus prior to artsit".ataoru ;weat. the f ou wicg 0; erat.ng log = n.cd the results thr':Ngt MLt tcwes and subcx.ctract rs.M.
to to the pNcurencet dxu=enta. Oese ik :A: tesa arad pr6be_C tw.s O.=Lg nu. or rer'ers tr.syecueta te.a suiu c:*J.
Mrtng of work perfemance. anc mr.e-Es tree 9e art.U incNda prorts oca. na a;;,ro. clea 7 ewe piant or fuel reprocessari8 s t a;rses The r ec or ds aba; aj ee tr.r N d e pr Ce. tw o.s.rce teaNauon and ae:ectaen, plant s perat so rt, of str uct ureh. che;7.re.a;ed data sue.h a.! quC'* .1 Mens of ot;ecute eredso-e of quthly fu tished Dy P# #te.s'. 'rec' **
- P'*#*" *b and
- t:.e actri.:wr or aubcoct.- actor snapeetum ,^""ded 36 FR IgMi' specuos o rer ths" ma'*a granJ.
M April 30,1975
, a. . . .
PART 50 o LICENSING OF PRODUCTION AND UTILIZATION FACILITIES e e
' mum toentify the inrpeetor oc data rworeer. m Tnnannasion. etstribuuon, and the trpa of otteevauoc the rasutu the ac. "' hp nw ,, g,,
c-4 ot-ros con rm P nu.cias sennaJ plant em ta . ~ . . ~ . . ~. e ___
i
, eer sbuJ t7 and the aettom taken 1.n con. ytr,,7o :ge ,, m e, ya g,e3,,
.g.o h a s a.su Pm a we'tu e m.m (c) Nuclear fuel Lctectory cast for L a" 13: with ac e deSuene:es e xx Ptecerits roa F '*m Co'e70m Pn e mare A#'t**"'***--'*****-'***-****8'"""'"'*
net be t$ste tL*able and re trie vable Con
- Cwm t irpuma T"t '** ****d '*'t*'******* 8 pS e st ette app't?aEt reWat.ey reqiatre* If the fuel u te be acquWd b? Nae ce otbe tn**u tae appVtst a b al' w'abha:. requlro. urvrt.u ume nunou In *'lu cotae%Ag recard re'st tion. rueb 6, rs..gemee t that p WAme 2e e ' e on u d u*a tio n, w e son. and e.aatgued .f'bu apyedts is it1, ended to apptae ap. should no state 'I'be items tc be f eduded tc pg y f y g ,.y., go p 3g,9eg 3g g;,,,, :s gr,.e abouj* be the s.a 'ne as those
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us ual;y crats:s*: In eurwet strum ar an. plus the s u m a '.ed crv td of ;er:r ar.ec tly e:C repe J IDe:u dMg rucar.:.ry data of prior abutt:ng d:w the factMiy and rea ttstng y*vt. w:S be s4* e.e nt for the Ce c's sanon s it te a ca.fe ecottlet Nr ;% yses of t.bs L emo s D e Coc". "*.M en re st re ee th e F* g h t. Istker req %r'T,ect !! w!U ordir. art:y be ruS.
t;,sev er, to reqwe add! saj arm ee:a to. c;ec t te aLc w at the tJr,e o* thog of the f:a r a uet at the const-J:t".cc pu:rJt etage, arrt:4 Doc erarabutty of wurm su.Setent a: tse cpe-sting Meer.se a: age amd dunst M cce s est: s tad o;>enti:: ov 'J for esca cpe*rd:e: of the f arfMty pa-ucu st:7 f t an.>es of the Erst 8 y*a.ra of e;e ste p!us the In ubet the prtpened pe s er ge n e rat:ng es ".rt a ted ens '.s of pe :: a c e n t s t u t.:. : rt an d f ae:Ut; win be c:.r .rner.Jy owwd by two or ::a.'r.tanance of the f ac!Dty 1: safe ce c cl.
more es.st::g compactes or tc sbsc: !!n n ee- uon It ts also erpe-ted that. It trost cases.
tng dgesto urce 1ccg.tertz a m g e co* s ts the app::-ant's accua' *:see:al rtate:nects for it.e a% ring of the ;cuer fittr the feel). cot ta; sed it s ta pub'tated accuC r eperts Lty by two or tnore e;ectnea; g*Le-s ting ett etable the Correts e: % era'uate the ec,e p an3es applicact's f!ste ra estab!uty to sat'.sfy tais A pp:,can ts, pe-mit bo:$e-s. and !:r*:.sms require coent.
are enencaged b: conset udtb the Cocrunte at:r. nat.h res;*ct te sty q estiens ther may n amr ans m s anz s W nam hate re:at'ng to the requ;reme:ta of the Nun, o.mo re:Wec's rWauens ce the inforr.auoc set A h forv. In th:4 n euendtL g, g,gm4 Art c1 g, fof Gms egg,,f fo' ,:entim.e*w
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ap;U stta abould submit e= % n a tes u ce.
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20 iruilla Florence, I;y 41C42 Ceteber S ,1973 United States Regulatory Censissien Region 111 799 Reesevelt Read Glen Illyn, Illineis 63137 Attention: Mr. James I. Tester DPLr Mr. [esttri At this stage of your Investigation I Le very serica61y concerned at a great many events and snatements which she. alaest cesplete and utter disregard fer the possible safety facters invelved in my original letter.
In respect te statesents,03&I and DFil officials state the;. have investigated and the charget have no basis. A Jan Strass21 a public affairs empicyee of year NR; cffice sayo Illineis Fever investigated and found nothing vreng. Then Striassa vent en te add tnat even if weak:.ess is present the safety cf the plant vould net ba threatened. These are strange stats;aents to be coming out while an Investigation supposeily in depth is underway!
La s t '.'e dne s dav (Oct. 4) You teld me by phone that seme ZL22er Welds v:re tested and found CE..Cn 4.dnesday (Sept. 27) when yeu and Tea and 69. desectt were at my h use you told as tne veld proble at Clinton was eerious. Mr. Wescott said he didn't see hev the R: sky Weldors could fail the tests se badly and then pass toen in such a short time. New you test a veld er velds and may they are CE!
This is not the question at all. Ihe questien is, that the specificatiens called N sut for a specific type of 7.tALITY veld te be used en the product. This is an Engineering :equirenent they desanded in the assezbly of the prejuet. In orier to insare this compliance the valders were to be certified thru a prescribed test to establish their cespetency.
Rasky e sipliance er non.-complie.ne: tc this requirement is what must be deter-tined. I have in great datail gone thru my pere & sal involvement in this testing and told you that it was a farce in every sense of the verd. I have aise tell ye Rasky '.' elders never valded differently en any product. Thus all velds en all products tre siiilar to the velds described in Mr. Spiernek's report. It certninly appears very clear cut te 2c all the way thru.
- 1. The Engineering Specification it clear and definite.
- 2. R sky non-conf arsance is clear and definite.
Why would yeu vaste time anf seney to test a veld or welds that vere clearly made in a non-ceipliance manner? Even a very bad veld vill ; ass sese degree of testing. I thought that the NRO vas te evaluate ce: plaints of non-esafer.iance and particularly where the effensa is deliberate and safety is involved. I never imagined the N?.0 eeuld sL1;1y ignore the deliberate ncn-conferarnee and in effect tes,t a veld-- welds and then say "the velds are CE.
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This is centra.ry to any QC prog-as whatsoeve and if felleved in any othe a.rea- l ee nations traeleAr safety is indeed im eritical lSaperdy. l l
This vill sever selve any problea. It eu only compennd it. In many inattness something is either right er vreng and there is as aiddle grousi et acceptability.
Nu: lee safety deiands no middle ground in my epision! The only seans to held
& sky trays together ce the velds. The veld process used by Asky produces a very minimus assunt of fusion. Vithout fusien yen have a bad veld. These are the facts en whish a detcaication rust be made. If ve are te have safety-really true safety in our nuclear plante va can never in any situation estenise basic facts a.nd situations. We net make all decisions as right er v ong, sever
' good enough" prticulely when safety beenes involved.
When a ye. sen needs surgery such as for a heart by-pass speation he does met consnit with e even estride a surgeon who reneres appendir er gall bladder and se forth. Why? Simply be:ause he vant9 a surgeon with training and erperiar.ee in hea.rt argery. Velders ce ne different. !en cannet get snething from him that he does not have. & sky velders lack training and expciesca necessa y to )
produes quality velds. I elaborated in see detail en this in my mene to you dated Septeaber 22, 1978. l Cterall, I think that the cet is in front of the tese. I think the basic quastion is tede:ersine Ce:.-forman:e er No:-een':runce with 100FR50 and then i" no:-c or."e san:e is established it must the: be determined if this vas intent-ions 1 and delibeate. This is the baric chege and the three instance:--welding for Ziamer--2ateial mixup--Clinton velding deviation are only illustrations of non-confo stsee. By ne uans are these the only violations! I shply tceught these vore the 3 that eeuld be most easily checked out. At this time I feel the veld situation can be elaarly and positively establisaed if the effort and skill necesse.ry te de se is properly exercised.
Suething peculiar has happened te the saterial seerds. These were in 3 categories.
- 1. hterial received-tested CE and accepted.
- 2. Faterial received-testad bad retened for repla:nent.
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- 3. Steial received--tasted bad accepted for limited use i_n fittings.
l It was eategory 3 vhere the material was cet kept seg agated that resulted in the anterial probles, hueser in year checkLug of t .e records you repet fir.di.ng ealy eatege y 1. I can undestand the disstya ance of category 3. '="nat convinces me beyerd any doubt that southing is vreng with the recede is the abscen:e of category 2 records. On the whole these would be "averable to Asky as they did 1005 vbat was proper ud correct. The only pessible eenclusion is that aneene decided you should only see re:ords of good satorial. This proves to to ths.t seiethir.g happened, siaply because it is tes aed. As these re:erds ves at 3 pla:es (tsky-Iest Lab-Steel supplier) I felt see they ve:14 not be fooled with.
Sev v ong ec. er,e be? There is one possibility to expleo. *he Asky estimater can take the Zi.ner bill of materi=.1 and tell you vithin a fev peu:vis the total
( voight requireunts for the job !*u can cespre this with the veight of.the good rec ords you have be e: shevn. I* this total is less tha: required sue material receds a a missing. If the weights check taen se2e psps.-sci hsd to be destroyed and replaced. I de not knew hev to check this out, but possibly thee is a vay.
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In regard to %dern Sheet &tal veldins Zimer material with uAcertified velders. Randy Pratt can find all the records of this fer you in less than 2 hers if you reauy wish to establish this eccarrence. These are the same parts he personally feHeved up en as these vare cut out in segwats at Cincinnati Ventilatir.g across the street. hve him mise pull the part p ints of the eespennents and the assembly prints. 6: the estponnent part prints the material to be used is called out. This was sheet aaterial and to my bevledge ne sheet satsrial was tested. This should have been dane. Wdere Sheet Ntal per*cred this vek in Neveaber e De:esher of 1975. Their veldes vere earti*ied later in 1976. F.andy can aise verify this fact because he assisted thea in their certification efforts.
I stated earlier that by ne means vere these the only violations. On your card it says " Investigation Specialist! . This should be a real challenge to you te dig and find etaers thn yer ev efforts particularly if se:eene tells you they ce thee if se:eene takes the time and effort to un:ever them.
On se:e others that I am knavledgeable of, I will only dS: lese under p escribed conditions that will assure :e no ace knky Panky eeents. If you reauy dig inte all that you :ev have and properly evaluate it you viH see that you have a streng solid pattern of non-confo.sance.
I: reged to geod and bad QO p opass I think that the oble:t e pu pose of the p erai is nest critical.
At Bendix the ohjective was to increase air safety thru a very high reliability o'~ product.
At A1 cica: Standard they vanted to maintain their reputetion for excellent predacts particulely with Architects, Engi:eers and Centra:ters.
At tsky the only eblsetive vas""vindev dressing" to satis *y the veieus Engineerbg O*1pnies. I krev this as a fa:t as I had the title e' QO mstager prie te C. D;ncan be:esing saie. I revised the ?-knual several ti:es i: different vays to cover a situation the Engissers vished speHed out. This was done en paper but nothing else changed. Nev, ir ee: paring the 3 different objsetives, is it any wonder that Bendi:: and herican Standard have good QO propass and tsky'S is seiething else?
1*te talking vith me and going th' a all I have vritten you should new begin to reaHse that after neely 5 years o' being pety te se:e extent of ee:pletely certe3pt;ble and dispace*ul actions a person stands until he can stand no ::ere. ;
The Clinton non-confeacce coupled with'my seeing the trays packed vith cables at Zinor ce the stravs that broke my b4ck. It is not only Zim:er and Clinte:
but all the other nuclee plants that 1 sky supplied caterial to that makes the proble: even psate. I feel like it is sitting on a time beib with somebody else setting the time. !eu must certainly realise by new that this is cet a esiplaint by a crackpet e disgructied employee as I cave read in the papers.
I honestly think that you have an enor2eus and responsible job to put all this together se that the full implications of a pessible disaster can be elserly seen. It is there--it is entirely up to you to put it together.
Tours truly, h&'fb 1 /[ f '
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2C Aquilla Flarence, Ky. 41C42 Deteber 19, 1973 United States Regulatery Cennissien Regien 111 799 Reesevelt Road Glen Illyn, I11Lneis 6C137 Atte ntion: Fr. James I. Fester
Dear Mr. Fester:
Cenfirsing ear phone conversatien, Mor, day Evening Ceteber 16, 1973.
Tea reperted en the status of your Clinten investigative activities. You said the velding of Fittings was in nen-ce:plian:e essentially as I reperted.
Teu aise reperted that as a cesult of this checking it was fe1rd taa: tne straights with Resistance velds were found to have serious problems. Tnis means te me that my involvenent in Clinten is at an end as it is now in tne hands of KRC in a manner I expected.
Yoa then discussed portions et my letter ef Octeber 9,1973 in a randen matrer fer seme leng;h ef time. Cn a few items ve agreed en, ve did se fer different reaser.s. This bothers me in that all my efforts to eltrify and simplify all of the various nen-complian:e actions relative to ZLaner in particular, are not understood as te taoir real significance.
It veuld seem te me that the NRC would be very much intereste; in her a ee:pany can have a ;C Fhnual and program essentially in ce:pliance with 10 CFR 50 yet which is prebebly only 4C to 6C % pat inte actual practice and thus is r-ally only paperverk. The NR shoald be eeneerned as te why the various audits of the dif.'erent Inginearing Ce,pinies failed to turn up this as a finding. This should clearly shev that audits tast sig acep-r, particularly in establishing that effective QC oentrol is an actaality and not just paperwerk. If R2 sky had an effective QC program these problets veuld never have ceae up.
Alsest every problem has a :ause. "e cannet eliticate er contrel the problea until we verk on the cause. This is the basie situation at Basky in relatien te Ci2 er and using this as a pattern it was fellowed en all sue:eeding Nuclear vork.
CAU33: '.'eak ineffective QC prograa with ne parpsse ether than te satisfy the Irgineering ecapanies with an acceptable QC program. Then to put inte practice ortly the pertions whion tre convenient and de mot cest anytaing. . .
EFFS ?: ?uality of 'a'elding, for extaple, at Haaky it is entirely in the hands of each velder. Noted; atte: pts to control it and even verse ne Inspe:ter has ever been trained te have the espability ef '
visuallj ehacking velds for obvieus visual defects ,
RE3JLTS: Sooner er later there vill be veld failures at the job site.
The laws of probability vill prevail ana this vill occur.
- c-.i 1978
Fags 2 I veste you in the letter dated Cetebe 9,1979 autlining the esas of Leky non-compliance with 10 C7F. 50. This is the ense ef the probleis, yet it seems as of new, it is ignered.
E en you oheck a veld er veld: and then say they ee all goed as a resu.lt of this eheck you ce A33CIFIE! WRON3 when you base this judgesent en a process that has no control other than the operater whose priceipe.1 concern is eening inoentive. 0*uple this with the fact his ability to produce a quality veld is aise unde serious questier. nakes any decisien that laans teved acceptan:e of the velds as very feelt.,ardy to say the least! You had better reresd th .
Spievack's report SLCk~u! and CA*I.TLLY. Peticularly where he pys "the valds are net it uctrally ser.d." 71suelly 80 to 93 ef the velds leek CI San leek g e K . 5c ssi e r it is t ae 10 to 23 that c e b e d in veying d e g e e s . T..e n are the specific e::es the Ir.s of prebability vill prevail en. You have a perfect illus-tretien of tnis soc tr ence en the Louisville "As & Iloctris trip repcrt. This feb was aiutinua, the preble1 en steel is identical, possibly net as frequent, but it definitely exists. bid seld failres ce a fairly frepent e::r:ence but they are called " shipping Dange" er " rough field handling. Srprisingly nest custears accept this explanation.
On the Weld Oertificatien. It was simil: to a ce11cgt athlete being given tne questio ts ar.d ansacrs and coa:hed en then. Then he taks: the erta again and again
, 'ing as o* ten as necessary until he ps ses. If tnis isn't a fece what noe
- t. eu give it 7 I knew this eecurred and I knew you have verified sena s.nd 76 an verify the renainde if yeu take the tilse. This is why I an, pcsitive t::at some given nabe of velde un bad. Eev can you establish any base te say Laa oppsite?
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bery 1 sky velier should pass 9 veld tests to be cetified in all the verk t ha t c e2e s te him f: n tim e t o tias . Tittings can and de require 9ri: ental and 7etical velds. By pasing either 7etical er 9.-izontal autenatic passing of Flat position occurs.
The veieus veld tests ce as fellows:
MD: Steel--Serizent:1 and 7etical Alu: inun~9rizontal and 7ertical TIG: Sts el-3eri: ental and Vetical Alviinun--sri: ental and Vertical ;
1 As of April of this year net one velior passad all the tests. Yet he velded on 10 C!?. 50 verk anyvsyl At the ti+t of Ciuer feb *tsky had 6 veliert vhe had p ssed 11. test: out of 43 necessey for full certificatien. The teste pscai were se divided thst e .e un eeuld cet es:plete an assembly repirin; 3ei: ental and Vetical velis. Yau can easily nke up a c.>et shewing v.:e vss l qualified in vhat position and steck it agsinst :the "L.ner orders nnd yn vill resdily see most of the fittings vers made by people whs could not pass the i requi ed tests. l l
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I called the people incenpetent in the original letter. You vould probably call thez unqualified. To me this is semantics, vnat is important is that it was v on- and everybody knew it was v ena.
There is a strong posibility that your findings en the Resisttnee *.elding at Clinten opens up a new can of verms at Zi.ner! This is based en a fact you are unaware er. ILaky has 2 kata=stie Resistance k'eldars. Zi.zaer was velded on the old unit. Clinten was velded on the new unit. Tne old unit lacked Ilectrical capeity to sake consistent goed velds en pre-gal mateial. The new unit hss adequate 1Coetrical capacity to make censistently good welds. In substsnee this seans the quality of the velds at Clinter. havs te be e; peri +r to those at Zi:ner.
Or conversely vhatever is bad at Clinton it vill be verse at Ziner. One other facter vould be involvsd. Tais caver: changing of tips. Hera again a di.rset U proble, is le*t enti ely up te the operater. A typical situation eeuld be--
Satedty verk at ti:ne and a half and Incentive at time and a atif--one her le^t en the day-ths tips sheald be changed--but this veul.i cost the op* rater and his crav incentive sa:nin;:-se they continue running--vf t,h the result being many bad velds.
! de Net enfey writing these lettere but vill cen,inue until you start ta see the light, hope.^ ally seen.
To re truly, NitOy fb d<$
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. 20 Aquilla 1 . Florence, Ky 41042 Cetober 20, 1978 ITaited Sta*as Regulatory haission Reglen 111 799 Reesevelt Read Glen nlyn, Illineis 60137 ,
Attention: Mr. James I. Tester Des.r Mr. Foster:
I miled your letter at the Post Offies and as it is asu to the 3+ as Cesnty -
Library I stepped in to see if they had the ASMK beek on velding ta order to revin S+etion 9. They only bad 2 beeks en veldig. One a lege beek titled'
' Welding" ud the seesad issued by Aree Velding Co. dealing eatinly with wid testing, writtom ud ph-sieel. The b+ek ' Welding" aise had a section dueted to tests. Beth refereued ASMS as A refemmee seuree.
Beth beeks von identical in listig safer requinwats. What is isp+rtut is that some of these spelfie nquinmats vkish I teld you by assory and you told me diffenst, I new find that I vu right a.ad you von vnag. I told you that the entire festing Presens ud the Pre 4uetion Preesss 317I to be identical and ressin identical. Tn told a there vu me npireunt for then to be the sa.w. Anether tim yn told as that as long as the widers pass the test that vu your only eeneera. Prem this pelat en you said it vu up to QC to sheek and sentrol the velds. When I told you QC did met ehoek the veld u they laek eapability te de se, 2*u have as yet ut replied. It is very simple to establish that the fort Process aM the Prodnetten Pneess are diffennt. Beth be+ks an very speeifts in stating that 'the pneess, settiags and techniques used in the test ud in pnduction est be identical." It says mething about any ereeptions. What baekn sosne do you have for yest differtag statenats?
In respot te length of eertiftsation both books eenear it is indefim.ite with 2 e xce ptions.
- 1. Tailste to use the Pneess for a period ezeeeding 90 days.
- 2. Wheasver the ability of a wider is oder queetion it is them necessey to retest ths velder to resolve the question. They both sever ntesttag iden*r l ieally in event of failun. A ntest eaz enly be made after the au nostres I ateessary ud acaded traising and praettee. I as su.re they de not was 5 I mintes lastruetien , 5 mintes praeties and them ntest and then speat I this preesss ever and ever aM enr ud ever npetting util be passes. I At this tim you had better SINLT neead my mene nlative te widfag dated Sept.
l 22, 1978. This une is like Ivory Soap whlek is 99 and 44/1CCT pun, the ea17 diffenue being I se right la plue of ' pure".
Therefore, based on above ese of the first things you should have done was te i rotest the velders. Iastead first you visually leek at the velds mad tell me i they look goed. Then you test a veld or velds ud then try to eearisse ne all <
the velds we go+4. .&d I been psitive of all this yesterday my letter venid have boem wash streger. Partieularly where I asked yvu to itasi_lar retesttag I the velders. Nw I kuv that you should have deae this as the first step as it is a repiremont necesaary t+ resolve a question raised. ,
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Page 2 I think I have the uurnr en the *dern Sheet %tal work you vere traekig deva.
Teu gsve me the missig link. This was the fset Esky had amether job gein thru at the stae tim repi. rig 3 piese seastruetien. I did not knew this, iraat I was seat te *dsra vu these parts, this was in errer. The intention was to send i the Zianer parts. This then renit+d in the parts being velded at isky aft 4r tien !
etrite by M. Itreek er J. Allen using ?ig when it should have been Mig as they were met eartified la Mig at this time. I vendered at the time hev ametber Zinner let felleved the other se elessly. New I see that it was met 2 Zimaer lets but 1 of Zimmer ind 1 for asether job. 'n's were only to sse Mig en the flazer job. Broek stad Allen ealy have Tig Equipeent is this verk sent+r. This is why you need a shsrt shevig vhe passed what en specifie da*as to eenpare with da'as they verked om different jobs and tsed their stamp improperly.
%dern Sheet *tal velders were eartified in 1971. Tres 1975 to 1977 prier te certificaties other muo16Ar verk requiring eertification was sent to MHern.
Eaeb time it vent out that I was aware of it I told kr. san that he had '.,etter verk vith %dera to get their velders eartified. Teu fetad this one se it means to se you eam fisd the others.
Tours truly.
/h!!A / 'hy WLa F. Mefst44ter l
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catewr J1,1978 United Ntes Regu3stery C+:saission ,
Regies El l 799 Reesevelt Raat Glen Illys, niinois 60137 Attention : Mt* . Ja.nes E. Tester Dear Mr. Fester Confirsig our phone eenversation of Oet4ter 29,1978.
Relative to J. Auen, E B +ck velding Zimmer 3 piece eenstruction fittings.
Each veld center at isky performs only one f w velding as fen evs:
I WC 2 - ?ig E 4-71g -This has ken eenstant 1973 thru July 1978 and even today We 35 - Mig to tse best of my kneeledge.
We 41-Wig J. AUen, & Brook and senetimes velders fres WO 4 and WO 35 verk in W6 41.
Eebody is assiged regularly te wrk in WC 41. J. AUen, KEreek norsal WC is WO 2. Ny sske all fittings only in WC 2. ht this se4ns is that they velded Zim:eer fit 1,1 cgs in W 2 using Tig vben they were certified for Mig. (Ny eeuJd not psss the tig test)
This ppWerk is at % sky as fenevs N m tings ara filed for euh part ud ase4sb17. N volder vhe velded the nasnbly staagd each reuting with his stamp. N I. E. group files the daily cosy 2t4r prformse ruent which is the basis fer oriculating the boentive earned. These have te shes the fittings velded in VO 2 by J. Anon, & Breck. Any nuelstr velding job can be abeeted in this mener.
Teu bare alrosJy feud that T. V1111 ass Mssad only ene Mig Test, yet be velded en fittings requiring Tertical ud Drisent.a1 velds a3d stupd the routings with his stamp. Cheelcing thru au the routings fer this veld stamp vin estsblish this as a oowen eocurrence with etbar velders en etter Jobs.
Kardy Fratt knevs au this eocurred as he autited the daily prfor>ance sheets l
' and be knew vhe vas ud vhe vu not galified te de the wrk pertermed. At least tvise a month he vould point out a vietation to me Of this type. He alee knavn hev to find su the prerverk te verify this. This is what I keep tening you vu one of the nes oe3pliances that beerne a ysttern.
I have payenerk (of viich you have a eeyy) frena Eandy similar t4 the Clinten job, whe.e Pandy tens the shey and Duncan tbase fittings must be Mig velded beesuso nobody is certified in fig. Yet, just liits et the Clinten feb, this was igserod and they were Tig Welded.
This letter win oevor bst this ites I would Itke for you te verify this, then ve can ge en to 9thers.
T6urs truly, NC"III J. ALLEN & EP.0CK ARs ?S .TASTEST
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((/hy.h FASYEST. TEE! VEJ TE VFLNRS ON TS
/ LOUISVILLE GAS & ELECTRIC JOB.
Thin P. Statad+.or Oy 3 1978
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