ML20215F667
| ML20215F667 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Seabrook  |
| Issue date: | 09/25/1986 |
| From: | Tracy S EMPLOYEE'S LEGAL PROJECT |
| To: | Kane W NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8610160313 | |
| Download: ML20215F667 (2) | |
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EmpI:yee's Legal Project P.O. Box 633 Amesbury, MA 01913 (617) 388-9620
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September 25, 1986 William Kane, Director Division of Reactor Projects Nuclear Regulatory Commission Park Avenue King of Prussia, PA
Dear tir. Kane,
I received your letter which listed information given to the Employee's Legal Project by workers at the Seabrook nuclear facility. The list is generally accurate.except for one item which I believe must have been a typographical errors.it said people worked 13 to 20 hour2.314815e-4 days <br />0.00556 hours <br />3.306878e-5 weeks <br />7.61e-6 months <br /> shifts whereas it should have been 18 to 20 hour2.314815e-4 days <br />0.00556 hours <br />3.306878e-5 weeks <br />7.61e-6 months <br /> shifts.
Enclosed please find a list of additional problems which have been related to the Employee's Legal Project in the past several weeks. As we agreed, I will call you to also relay this information over the telephone and to alert you to the fact that this letter.
is in the mail to you.
I have asked the ' people who gave the Employee's Legal Project information if they would meet with a representative of the NRC as I said I would. Thus far, all have refused, so if you have additional questions for them, the Employee's Legal Project will attempt to get answers for you.
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September 25, 1986 Problemc in the Seabrook nuclear facility construction, additional to those listed by William Kane, NRC Director, Division of
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Reactor Projects, from information provided him by the Employee's Legal Project.
- 1. Quality assurance and quality control slipped the last few years; there was no QA or QC on third shift, and none for cement on second shift.
2.There was cheating on literacy tests others took tests for people who were illiterate. Literacy tests were given toward the end of construction as an excuse to lay people off.
- 3. Paint thinner was accidently spilled on electiical cables.
- 4. Electrical cables alone the outer walls of the containment gave off sparks starting littfe fires. An electrician said this was because the cables had been there too long with people walking on them, wearing them down.
5.One of the main pipes from the reactor to the turbine building did not fit so workers had to use a comealong to make the connection.
- 6. Security was poor. Unauthorized people regularly had access to restricted areas.
7 3000 pound cement was used at Seabrook whereas at other nuclear plants 5000 pound cement was used because 3000 pound was not thought to be strong enough.
8.The reactor itself was filthy compared to other nuclear plants under-construction where a dust-free environment was maintained.
At Seabrook there were v:ooden ladders and debris in the reactor.
Compared to other nuclear. plants, general practices at Seabrook were slovenly, shoddy.
- 9. Improper welds were performed by untrained welders. Wraparound welds were used when return welds were called for return welds prevent the " keyhole" from breaking under stress.
- 10. Bottles of argon used for welding were contaminated with moisture but used anyway.
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