IR 05000445/1979022
| ML20198H932 | |
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| Site: | Comanche Peak  |
| Issue date: | 11/26/1979 |
| From: | Crossman W, Gilbert L, Randy Hall, Stewart R, Tapin J, Renee Taylor NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
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| ML20198H622 | List: |
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| FOIA-85-59 50-445-79-22-01, 50-445-79-22-1, 50-446-79-21, NUDOCS 8605300601 | |
| Download: ML20198H932 (34) | |
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i U. S. NUC1. EAR REGULATORY COP. MISSION OTTICE OF INSPECTION Ah3 Eh* FORCE.ENT
REGION IV
i Report No. 50-445/79-22; 50-446/79-21 Category A2 I
Docket No. 50-445; 50-446 Licensee: Texas Utilities Generating Company 2001 Bryan Tower -
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Facility Name: Comanche Peak, Units 1 and 2 Investigation at: Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station, Glen Rose, Texas
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- Investigation Conducted: September 7 and 12; Octob r 11, 16, 18 and 20, 1979 Inspec. tors: . 2, o /' Daf4/79 te' !
R/ C. Stewart, Erzttor Inspector
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Investfeation Su=.arv:
Investication durinr the periods Sentember 7 and 12; October 11, 16, 18 and 20, 1979 (Report No. 50-445/79-22: 50-446/79-21)
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Areas Investicated: Special investigation of allegations concerning the quality of construction at the Comanche Peak facility, Units 1 and 2, by a
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former Quality Assurance inspector, whose comments are contained in the pr a
, University of Texas at Arlington " Shorthorn" newspaper, dated July 18,1979$] , /?
e investigation involved thirty-eight inspector-hours by four NRC inspec-tor Results: The allegations either have no merit, or could not be substantiate No items of nonco=pliance or deviations were identifie .
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IhTRODUCTION Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station (CPSES), Units 1 and 2, are under -
construction in Somervell County, Texas, near the town of Glen Rose, Texas. Texas Utilities Generating Company is the Construction Permit holder with Brown and Root, Inc. as the Constructor and Gibbs and Hill, In as the Architect / Enginee REASON FOR INVESTIGATION As a result of allegations in regard to the quality of construction at the CPSES facility by a former Quality Assurance inspector, whose connents are contained in thehniversity of Texas at Arlington (UTA) " Shorthorn" newspaper 6 7 dated July 18,1979) an investigation was initiated in order to assess their validity and impact on safety-related components and system ,
SUMMARY OF FACTS
~ Allegation N On b'ednesday, July 18, 1979, the UTA " Shorthorn" contained a front page article entitled, " Peak Construction called ' Sloppy,' Former Inspector Cites
- Defects.') The article, by Mike Hinshaw, a UTA staff writer, contained the results of an interview held by the writer with a former Brown and Root employee and currently a (student at UTA] In the article, the former Q
employee alluded to examples of the lack of job site coordiriation, shoddy I workmanship, poor supervision, and a vaste of construction material In addition,One] indicated that hundreds of defects have not been identified -
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Allegation No. 2:
During the course of an interview by the IE inspectors with the former employee,One'] alleged that[he]vas told by an individual (unidentified)
.,G that a radioactive material / source (nondescript) was dumped into the Comanche Peak cooling lak Allegation No. 3:
The alleger also stated that010 as told that improper welds were made on Primary Coolant System, Field Velds FW-19 and W-2 Allegation No. 4: -
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Inaddition,he]statedthat(he']wastoldthata6"checkvalveweld deficiency had been repaired without correct procedural instruction %
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1. Allegation No. 1: Matters Identified in Newspaper Article Although the alleger related to instances of what[pe] termed " shoddy" workmanship, poor supervision and poor job site coordination,(he]could not provide any additional information, beyond conjecture and hearsay, that would supportfbis] allegations of undetected defects in the con-struction activities at the Comanche Peak facilitie . Allegation No. 2: Allegation that Radioactive Material / Source was Dumped into the Comanche Peak Lake Although the alleger was requested to have his unidentified source contact the NRC Regional office, no such person has done so. Sources whose partial identity met the descriptions given by the alleger were interviewed. They had no knowledge of such an event, nor could they imagine such an event happening without their being aware of i _
This allegation appears to have no meri . Allegation No. 3: Alleged Improper Welds on Primary Coolant System
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The reference made to Field Velds FW-19 and 20 by the alleger regarding improper repair appears to be hearsay. The allegation has no merit in that witnesses and records of the repairs do not substantiate improper
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repai . Allegation No. 4: Four or Six Inch Check Valves - Disassembly Without Proper Procedure The witness identified by the alleger was interviewed. The witness stated that the valve in question was a 6" check valve and that pro-per repair and resolution of the initial discrepancy was complete and documented. Furthermore, there is no evidence that would suggest that the procedure discrepancy cited by the alleger would have a .
potential detrimental impact on the health and safety of the publi Since.the witness, who had first hand knowledge of the valve repair, refuted the allegation, the IE inspector concluded that the allegation could not be substantiate .
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DETAILS Persons Contacted .
Principal Licensee Employees R. G. Tolson, Site QA Supervisor J. V. Hawkins, Product Assurance QA Supervisor R. V. Fleck, Startup QA Supervisor Former Brown & Root /TUGC0 Employee The Alleger, Former Brown and Root (B&R)
Brown & Root Employees Individuals "A" through "C"
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Two members of Citizens for Fair Utility Rates Investigation :
-l Allegation No. 1: Matters Identified in Newspaper Article On September 7 1979, two IE inspectors met with the alleger at
[his] apartment /$n the campus at the University of Texas (UTA)[]
Arlington, Texas. The interview was prearranged through a tele-phone conversation with the alleger on September 5, 197 In attendance during the interview were guests of the alleger q[ . Jg, .
who were introduced as members of an organization known as Citizens _
for Fair Utility Rate The alleger and(his] guests requested that the interview be tape recorded, utilizing a cas'sette tape recorder and operated by the *
guest There were no objections to the request as presente The IE inspectors identified the{" Shorthorn) article as the specific area of concern to the IE RegionaT Staff. Particular reference was made to the last few paragraphs which state:
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" Asked if there's a possibility defects in Comanche Peak 1-construction have not been caught, the alleger said yes.
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How likely is that possibility?
"'How likely? It's a 100 per cent.'
" Asked if he knew for sure that there are defects that will go into the plant, he again said yes. The dialogue
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"Do you know how many such cases there are like that?
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"More than 107 .
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"Long pause. 'Possibly.'
"Would they be in critical areas'? Could it be in the cooling system?
"'It goes all the way acros.s the board,' he said', ' from piping
systems to electrical systems to electronic systems.'"
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Findings The IE inspectors asked the alleger if(he] cou'1d be more specific in identifying the defects [he]vas alluding to in the article. [He) responded with an affirmative statement and proceeded in relating, quite emphat-ically,numerousincidentsthatinvolved,in@irjopinion,workactivi- Subjects ties being done by unqualified and unconcerned workme alluded to by the alleger included ' rigging, protection of installed equipment, setting of diesel generator components, control room panel g\ y discrepancies, et However, aside from material wastes in each of
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the incidents related by the alleger [heJacknowledaed that, in every case involving safety-related components, corrective action and/or satisfaction and that what()c)may have measuresweretakento(his]dnotgouncorrected.(He]furtheracknow-considered as " defects" di
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ledged, that despiteQais] frustrations in accomplishing 61s] assign-ments,[he]vas functioning as the job description dictates as a Quality Assurance inspecto Allegation No. 2: Radioactive Material / Source was Dumped into the Comanche Peak Lake Reservoir O In addition to the matter identified in paragraph 3 above, the
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but refused to identify) told him that, sometime between the period September 1978 and November 1978, the dispatcher had received an urgent telephone call from the warehouse area, possibly Westinghouse, "to dispatch a truck and cherry picker ASAP."
The dispatcher responded accordingly. After some unspecified time lapse, the equipment operators returned and told the dispatcher that they had just dumped nondescript containers or objects marked ,
" Radioactive" into the lak Theallegercouldbenomoresp]ecificthanthatstatedabov insistedonnotidentifying[hissourceofinformation,but01c]
did agree to contacting the person and attempting to encourage the person to contact the NRC Regional offic .
Findings
,-) b (1) Interview with Individual "B" g Individual "B" was interviewed by telephone September IS, 197 Individual "B" acknowledged being one of the h MS M uring the period September 1978 through November 197 Individual "B" stated that the incident, related to by the
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alleger was unidentifiable to Individual "B", however, Indivi- -
s dual "C", also an Equipment Dispatcher during the same time t ,3 span, may have some knowledge concerning the alleged even L
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(2) Interview with Individual "C" - Equipment Dispatcher On September 20, 1979, through information provided by Individual "B", Individual "C" was interviewed telephonically.
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situation described,no other individuals would be dispatching the equipment involved other than individuals "B" and "C".
The allegation appears to have no meri Allegation No. 3: Improper Welding / Repair Process
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The alleger was asked by the IE inspectors if he had knowledge of any " defects" in other areas that he was aware of that went uncorrected. He stated that a welder (whom he would not identify)
told him that he, the welder, improperly repaired a Steam Genera-tor-to-Reactor Coolant Pump weld during a field weld repai The alleger stated that the field weld was either W-19 or FW-2 , ..
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Asked if he could be more specific concerning t!e defective repair, the alleger stated that he was not that familiar with the welding
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process, but that the matter involved grinding through the stain-less material into the carbon steel, thereby contaminating the
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stainless with carbon. The IE inspectors informed the alleger a that follow up would be performed in regard to the matte ,
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Interview with Individual'"A" d' During the interview with Individual "A" on September 12, 1979, he 4 stated that with reference to field welds W-19 and W-20, he had d
monitored the repair activities of the specific welds on a daily
basis. To his knowledge, there was no area of repairs that would j have penetrated into the carbon steel material. The work was j completely controlled by the on-site Westinghouse Representatives
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i developed by the Westinghouse, Pittsburgh office. All work was i done properly and all defects were properly removed and properly documented. Individual "A" stated that he could not agree with ;
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In addition, during a routine on-site inspection conducted October 11, 1979,1/ the IE Resident inspector reviewed the record documents and radiographs of the two field welds, W-19 and W-20 during his review of the piping installation .
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activities. There were no discrepancies observed.
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" Allegation No. 4: Disassembly of 4" (or 6) Check Valve Without
! a Procedure An additional matter, specifically identified by the alleger, .
involved a repair to a weld that required, as he stated, "The
valve body disassembly in order to accomplish the proper repair."
He related that a 4" or a 6" stainless steel check valve, located in the borated water system, in the area of the component cooling
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system, had a Nonconformance Report (NCR) written against the weld. The NCR indicated that the inside surface of the weld had not been properly purged during welding and there was evidence
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of oxide on the inside surface. The alleger further stated that, although the inside surface of the weld was correctly repaired
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with first hand knowledge of the specific uncorrected " defect."
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Findines Interview with Individual "A"
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On September 12, 1979, by a prior arrangement made by the IE Resident Reactor inspector, Individual "A" was interviewed at his home by two IE inspectors. Individual "A" acknowledged his inspection involvement during the repair of the 6" stainless steel check valve identified by the alleger. Individual "A" stated that, "although there was no evidence to assume that the valve was disassembled, the repair was correctly made and l I personally closed out the NCR, which received the proper engineering approval."
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COMANCHE PEAK ALLEGATION WORK PACKAGE ,
I MISCELLANEOUS Category 5 - Radioactive Material Release i
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.i j Statement of Allegation: Radioactive material disposed of in the lak l q
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Reference Documents:
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Source of Allegation: Individual - see enclosed allegation lis Date Received: 7/18/79 The above information prepared by D. M. Hunnicutt 6/5/84 Name Date n
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Task: Improper disposition of tritium in the lake (assume it is the CPSES cooling pond)
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Ref. No.: AM-5 Characterization: Initial disposition of this allegation IR 79-2 Initial Assessment of Siontficance: Licensee had no import / export licensee for radioactive material nor NRC materials licensee for tritium. Allegation somewhat specific. May warrant followu Source:
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Aporoach to Resolution:
I j Review IR 79-22 to determine if documentation adequately supports findings for AM-5; if not, take appropriate action to close allegation.
' Review procedures and materials licenses to verify if licensee possessed
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any radioactive materials or performed testing with radioactive gase . Review procedures, in question, for adequacy at time work was performed; were codes / standards, FSAR commitments met? Discuss adequacy of procedures with persunnel invol..& .rf th radioactive i materials. Examine materials licenses that are as. '>:ed with any
inadequate proceduras identified during interview . Review sample of materials licenses and related procedures for adequac . Refer any examples of wrongdoing or significant deficiencies to TRT manage . Evaluate allegations for generic / safety implication . Report on results of review / evaluation of allegation Related Open Issues .
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i Using system codes, pull open items, previous inspection findings, etc.,
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( Review activities necessary to close or partially close related items,
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inspection while the inspector is familiar with the area .
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MISCELLANEOUS ALLEGATION REVIEW CATEGORIES -
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Category Est. Mandays Allegation Package Assigned Schedule I; Subjec to Complete No Prepared to Open Close Remarks I Hearing - 19 issues AM-1 , Reactor fuel AM-2 ,
. Reactor pressure AM-3, AM-23 vessel e FSAR error AM-4 -
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, HP turbine AM-6 Pressurizer AM-7 Condenser AM-8, AM-9 AM-10 Reactor / fuel bld AM-ll liners 1 CCW system AM-12 1 Pumps - Hayward Tyler AM-13 1 Diesel generator .AM-14 1 Polar crane - AM-15 AH-16 5 shiming
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know how far you want to get into this, you know, as a f 3 fine lin Are you talking about extremely bad. Lixe the
condensers, for instance, we took air hammers and sledge
hammers and beat tubes. That is a no-no. Anybody would
know.that. You taxe a copper-nickle tube about as thick as
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ease them in witn our hand so they can expan ! II . MR. GRIFFIN: Was that particular instance in
your testimony or in your affidavit?
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{ 16 tuoes, belling.the tubes and flaring the We split tuce 1*
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sheet I reported a tube sneet split to Westinghous They said on, my God, you know, yeah, yeah, yeah, and all 19 tnis stuf The next day we had a meeting and we all went
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1 But anywsy, we hac a proble So we got tnere with hestningnease, and tney go snat is not a Kestinghouse 3 proolem, what proelem? See, the day before tney had a e
4 problem that a tune sheet was cracked. Then all at once 5 they can't nave no more problem because.they called their 6 home office and tney probably said you idiots, don't tell
$ 7 ene So they said the only problem we have is the tubes 8 are not rolled up tight enoug I sai6, we are cracking 9 tner tube sneers already and tney are rollec at a minimu=
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.and not a maximum. I said we would be in trouble if we had 11 to roll them to the max, or if we had to roll them over 12 tne max, superroll 1y tnem., p,
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23 tnousand is a perfect e-roll inside readin They allow us 22 to go to 071 tnousan We went up 90-some enousand I nad one hand come tell me and say my 24 expander run ou Manually ne rolled it so tight the 25 expander and motor jumped of They just pop them just TAYLOE ASSOCIATES
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should be twice as many support sheets in tnere and all 6 that stuf So they intergrooved the tube sheet and they I still have got leaks over there on this section here and 8 we are not supposed to have no leaks at al !
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@ and he cussed and 7 raised hell anl 6 he,said their ass is going out the gat s He says you can stand here and tell me a hundred reasons 9 way eney won't go, out he saic if them sons of bitenes 10 ain't in there and you don't put a thousand of tnem in
11 there tomorrow your goddamn ass is going out that gat ,
12 Tnat is wnat he told the So ne sledge hammers and he beat them and he 3 .%
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. 15 knows nothing about condensers. You don't do that stuf s MR. HERR: Who did he tell?
17 Joe Snookhouse and Johnnie 18 Kinha ,
19 MR. EERR: Anybody else?
20 Well, they was working a bunch 21 of laborer PJt . EERR: These two men that he told, did they 23 do wnat he said to do?
24 h Tney tried to. I was down 25 tnere witn them and we tried to push a thousand in or else
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all., That is the reason I wanted to bring it out and I t 7 would like to snow peopl They stuff here coulon't have
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in there. Kell, it is going to be a bigger job to cut ther e/ 19 loose to do i They haven't even mentioned that, see. I
think I mentioned that one in my affidavi Tnat goes in
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24 repairing it, we had several months before the fuel came 25 in, they went anesa and poxied it in and used it as is an.
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7 This is a real good exampl These tube a support sheets came i We laid them on top of each other 9 and we put dewel pins in the Scme of sne noles was 10 three-eigntns of an inch f fr6ai* the otners, you kno * 5o I called M' and I told him, I said we 12 are going to have a problem here. These holes are way of Well, he calls Westinghou and Westinchouse says ch,
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18 are off quite a ways when you get to tne other eno, you 19 know, tne three foo If you go tnree-eighths of an inch off, over 21 here you signe be an inco and a half off, and cy sne time 22 you turn it mack in then automatically you are going te 23 head the otner wa So you are binding every sheet. You
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