ML20214P003
| ML20214P003 | |
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| Site: | Braidwood  |
| Issue date: | 09/16/1986 |
| From: | Treece B COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO., SARGENT & LUNDY, INC. |
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| ML20214N985 | List: |
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| OL, NUDOCS 8609170217 | |
| Download: ML20214P003 (11) | |
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARE EP 16 All :48 In the Matter of:
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DIRECT TESTIMG.1Y OF BOBBY G.
TREECE
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Please state your name and place of employment.
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My name is Bobby G.
Treece. I am employed by Sargent
& Lundy, 55 East Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois.
My position is Associate and Senior Electrical Project Engineer.for Byron and Braidwood Stations.
Q2.
Please describe your educational background.
A2.
I received a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Arkansas in 1948.
I am licensed as a professional engineer in the states of Arkansas, Florida and Illinois.
Q3.
Please describe your employment experience.
A3.
I went to work for Ebasco Services in 1948 as a Cadet Engineer.
In 1951, I joined Sargent & Lundy as an Electrical Engineer.
In 1963, I became an 8609170217 860916 PDR ADOCK 05000 6
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Electrical Project Engineer and was promoted to 4
Senior Electrical Project Engineer in'1968, the position which I hold today.
During this period, I have been responsible for the engineering and design of the electrical aspects of numerous power plants, both fossil and nuclear.
In par-ticular, I have supervisory responsibility for the electrical engineering and design of Braidwood Station.
Q4.
Please describe your duties as Senior Electrical Project Engineer for Braidwood.
A4.
My duties include.the division of work among Sargent and Lundy's Electrical Project Engineers I
and Electrical Engineers assigned to the Braidwood l
project team.
I supervise and review the work per-formed by these engineers and provide the interface between the Electrical Department of S'rgent & Lundy a
and personnel at Commonwealth Edison with respect to.
Braidwood Station.
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What is the purpose of your testimony?
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The purpose of my testimony is to identify the relevant purchase orders and specifications that bear on the question of which welding codes applied under the contracts between Commonwealth Edison and E.
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f Ernst and between Edison and L.K. Comstock..
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Did you have any involvement in the activities that led to the formation of a contract for the performance of the electrical installation work at Braidwood Station?
A6.
Yes, I was responsible for the compilation and approval of the electrical installation specifica-tion that was incorporated into Commonwealth Edison's request for bids for the electrical in.
stallation work at Braidwood.
This specification served as a basis for the preparation of bids.
07.
Why did Sargent & Lundy prapare this installation specification?
A7.
As the Architect-Engineer-for the design of Common-wealth Edison Company's nuclear plants, Sargent'&
Lundy prepares for Ldison the. specifications for nearly all of the equipment and installation work for these plants.
In this instance, I supervised the preparation of a single electrical installation specification that was applicable to both Byron and Braidwood.
This specification, which was dated July 7, 1975 and issued for bidding purposes, was given the dual designation F-2790 for Byron l
and L-2790 for Braidwood.
Thus in the case of Braidwood, the document is referred to as L-2790.
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Was the July 7, 1975 version of L-2790 included in l
the original contract for the electrical work at l
Braidwood?
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Ye's, Commonwealth Edison issued Purchase Order No. 197132, dated May 3, 1976, to E.C.
- Ernst, Inc. for the performance of the electrical installation work at Braidwood.
L-2790, dated July 7, 1975, was included as a part of that order.
I understand that pertinent excerpts of the Purchase Order and Specification, which I verified as accurate and complete, have been provided to the Board and the parties.
09.
Was the July 7, 1975 version of L-2790 subsequently revised?
A9.
Yes, a revised version of L-2790 was prepared under my supervision.
This revision incorporated the provisions of the bid specification, dated July 7, 1975, and the Ernst proposal which was' included as a part of the Purchase Order at the time of its issuance, May 3, 1976.
This " conformed" specification, dated November 12, 1976, was added by Change Order to the Purchase Order on December 27, 1976.
Q10.
How does Specification L-2790 govern the electrical contractor's installation work?
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The specification describes the scope of the electrical contractor's work and prescribes technical requirements for the performance of this work.
The technical requirements that are unique to the project are included in the body of the specification.
Technical requirements that are more general in nature are covered in Sargent & Lundy and Commonwealth Edison Standards included as supplements to the specification.
Some of th'ese technical requirements specify compliance with industry codes or standards.
The technical requirements for welding-in the Sargent & Lundy standards included in Specification L-2790 were defined and furnished by the Sargent &
Lundy Structural Department.
In addition, the Specification L-2790 was issued for comments to the. structural project engineer, K.T. Kostal, for his review to assure that all technical provisions associated with welding were correctly incorporated into the Specification.
Qll.
Did Sargent & Lundy modify the welding requirements imposed on Ernst from time to time?
1 All.
Yes.
Engineering Ch3nge Notices (ECNs) were issued to Ernst to modify the welding requirements of the " conformed" Specification L-2790 dated November 12, 1976.
ECN-473 (1/19/78) revised STD-EB-702.
ECN-540 (3/13/78) added~ paragraph 401.18.
Both of these changes modified welding requirements.
ECN-473 (1/19/78) also deleted. Standard Form 1701 (Rev E).
Revision G of this Standard Form was later reintroduced in'L-2790 by ECN 858, dated October 11, 1978.
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Was Specification L-2790 amended to reflect these modifications to technical requirements?
A12.
Yes.
Amendments 1 and 2 to the Specification incorporated these changes.
Q13.
How long did'Ernst perform work under Purchase Order
- 197132?
A13.
Ernst worked under this purchase order for almost three years and was then replaced by L. K. Comstock and Company on February 5, 1979 under Commonwealth Edison Purchase Order #231360.
I understand that pertinent excerpts, which I verified as accurate
and complete, have been provided to the Board and the Parties.
Q14.
What version of Specification L-2790 was included in the contract documents between Commonwealth Edison and Comstock?
A14.
The " conformed" version of Specification L-2790 and the " comment" issue of Amendment 1 to the specifica-tion were incorporated as a part of Purchase Order No.
231360.
The " comment" issue of Amendment 1 was a preliminary version issued to Commonwealth Edison for comment.
Amendment 1 was finalized and issued-to Comstock by Sargent & Lundy on-April 2, 1979.
Standard Form 1701 (Rev G) was added to Comstock's L-2790 specification by Amendment 2 on July 16, 1979.
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Did'the welding requirements' imposed on Comstock differ from those imposed on Ernst?
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No.
Comstock simply adopted the welding require-ments, including the use of D.l.1-75, that were previously imposed on Ernst.
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Why was Form 1701 (Rev E) deleted from the specification?
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A16.
This was done-at the direction of Mr. J.
T.
Westermeier of Commonwealth Edison's engineering department by letter of May 13, 1977, a copy of which is attached.
Because the scope of Ernst's work was later expanded to include welding on structural steel members, Standard Form 1701 (Rev G) was added to L-2790.
Q17.
Is Form ~1701-Rev. G still included in-Specification L-2790 today?
A17.
Yes.
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V/s have reviewed your lotter dated W y 2, 1977 regarding the subject audit.
"'ho IGC Inspector cited Fem 1701: of the Elootrical Installation Specifiestion F/L-2790 as the governin.? docunent for developine the contractora
'velding inspostion procciure. Fo = 1721; io not to to used for thic purtese.
In the preparation of Specification F/L-2990, For= 17012 was included for future reference. To dato, we find no reference being =ade in Specification F/L-2790 to Form 170l*'.
Thorefore we will renove Forn IS0lE f:ro:n Specification F/L-2790.
V/olding and Welding inspection of work perforz:wd under Specifiestion F/L-2793 in to be in accordanen with KdS-Dl.1-1975 revision.
Dy coyt of this letter we are instructing Carcent and Lundy to inform all holdera of Specifiestion F/I.-279': to remove Form 1701E froc2 their copy of the epociffe.ation. Also a Contract Change Authori::ation (CCA) shpuld be issued by Ste. tion Ccnstnetion renoeinc orm 17ClL.
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Docket Nos. 50-456
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50-457 (Braidwood Station,
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Units 1 and 2)
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I,
Peter Thornton, one of the attorneys for Commonwealth Edison Company, certify that copies of the testimony of Messrs.
Treece, Kostal and Kurtz have been served in the above-captioned matter on all persons listed on the attached Service List by United States mail, postage prepaid, this 12th day of September, 1986.
Peter Thornton Isham, Lincoln & Beale Three First National Plaza Chicago, Illinois 60602 (312) 558-7500 Dated:
September 12, 1986
SERVICE LIST Herbert Grossman, Esq Mr. William.L. Clements Chairman.
Chief, Docketing and Services Administrative Law Judge United States Nuclear Regulatory Atomic Safety and Licensing Commission Board Office of the Secretary United States Nuclear Regulatory Washington, DC 20555 Commission Washington, DC 20555 Ms. Bridget Little Rorem 117 North Linden Street Dr. Richard F.
Cole P.O. Box 208 Administrative Law Judge Essex, IL 60935 Atomic Safety and Licensing Board United States Nuclear Regulatory Robert Guild Commission Douglass W.
Cassel, Jr.
Washington, DC 20555 Timothy W. Wright, III BPI Dr. A. Dixon Callihan 109 North Dearborn Street Administrative Law Judge Suite 1300 102 Oak Lane Chicago, IL 60602 Oak Ridge, TN 37830 Charles Jones, Director Stuart Treby, Esq.
Illinois Emergency Services Elaine I.
Chan, Esq.
and Disaster Agency Office of the Executive Legal 110 East Adams Director Springfield, IL 62705 United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission William Little, Director Washington,.DC 20555 Braidwood Project Region III Atomic Safety and Licensing United States Nuclear Regulatory Board Panel Commission United States Nuclear Regulatory 799 Roosevelt Road Commission Glen Ellyn, IL 60137 Washington, DC 20555 Ms. Janice A.
Stevens-Atomic Safety and Licensing United States Nuclear Regulatory Appeal Board Panel Commission United States Nuclear Regulatory 7920 Norfolk Avenue Commission Phillips Building Washington, DC 20555 Bethesda, MD 20014 (For ADDRESSEE ONLY)
George L. Edgar, Esq.
Thomas A.
Schmutz, Esq.
Newman & Holtzinger, P.C.,
1615 "L"
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Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20036