ML20236L700

Partially Withheld Comments Re Bostrom-Bergen Allegations Made in to JB Martin of NRC.Marked-up Partially Withheld 831213 Sworn Statement by Gw Dossey & Partially Withheld 831227 Interview of K Mcmahon Also Encl

ML20236L700
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Site:	Diablo Canyon, South Texas, 05000000
Issue date:	01/28/1984
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5-83-o24 FROM:

OWEN C. SHACKLETON JR., Director, OIFO RV J

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January 28, 1984

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SUBJECT:

BOSTROM-BERGENs-Allegations l

REFERENCE:

Letter of to NRC, Walnut Creek, l

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t out behw islthe ' writer'afinterprstation 'of concer.ns expressed in the' referenced etters x

n (1 ). The-Nelders. adhi Bostrom-Bergen plant, Oakland,

l mightinotjhave'jteptLthe; current ~for their weld-i inginachin'ssiin proper current. levels.

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TrecordsYahould}kc$$e; tone criticized for his be reviewed.Y 96 ebb (2).

n' erest'fahdfinvolyment in the Bostrom-Bergen j

l ailllin gst ion's /iiindtiroblems.

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$ Nut the NRC's ' investigative process \\isleitherJthorough -complete, or that it l

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The Federal! Government's inter-agency notification system 'is obibdsl~y; faulty.

NASA did not (sic) l notify the:NRC:;that.;they had proflems with Bostrom-

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.Bergen.

(5)' NRC-had the information that Bostrom-Bergen did the Ames wind tunnelafor 4 to 6 and did nothing

.with it.

A phoneicall from to RV was then (sic) required tlo elicit' a response.

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(2)'>Concerning the possible~ improper 2use of amperage oni 1

$.m3 the ? welding machines at Bostrom-Bergen, Oakland, gZ H

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i might be wrong about it being

'that was

' c ecking..the. readings of the curran ing used ~ on 3]$gp / - e s.

~ 5JT the welding machines.

It' t have been an I

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coloration.

etc.

But he 2 eves l,(.f[Mhwas

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, "Thsy ha'djpoor wel' ding;'michines at' Bostrom-Bergen. '

old welder named who was about who' poured the rods to the machines r-

.. up.two.' n.achine s. in one year.

,urne ik one of the who could tell much of (3))

t, e. p o d r,. w o' ractices t went on at Bostrom-l Bergen,libut s' scared to.come. forward and.say

.anything.f j steelworking. industry in the Bay

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islafraid of getting blackballediin' the.

bricating-~in-R d.

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ThereLis lots.of fear even by former employeesto talk'to the?NRC.about what went'on at'Bostrom-

Bergen.

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The NRC inspectors.that came to Bostrom-Bergen' appeared:to be blindito clues thatJshouldThaveUtold, m that. things.were"not right--at Bostrom-Bergen.7

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explainedJthis' remark by stating the plant ked'adequa

.washrooins, locker. room space, eating area's, etc.

'said. this should have~been 'a clue to the inspect that m' company that' does'not care 'about its employees will have the same' attitude ~ about productions nd'the quality of their products.

said when g. points this type of sh comings o. _

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government people they always give' some kind of wer like that doksn't come unde jurisdiction.

stated if c'omebet$y doesntt say something 'about ese conditions how will anything be changed and

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!, _Goorge Willis Doanov hereby make the following volu5tary[

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y statement to Philip V. Joukoff and Eugene >T.

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.who bes/have identified bds**M/themselves as an Investigator (s),with the US Nuclear Regulatory Ccmission.

I make this statecent freely with'no threats or promises of reward having been made t' me. Mr. Joukoff o

ha,s typed this statement with py permiksion.

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' George Willis 1)ossk,Could you plen g tat -

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Are you a former employee'of Bostrum-Bergen MetalProducts

-of Oskland, California?

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Yes.

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During what period of time did you ' work for Bostrum-Bergen 4

I Metal Products?

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January 1981 - January 1983 I

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What was the name and title of your immediate supervisor?

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What was your ob title?

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Quality Centrol Inspector..

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Why did.'you terminate your employment with Bostrum-Bergen l

Metal Products?

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The company transferred me to their Free.:no, Californim

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location and had me working the night shift like the area and decided to return to the

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where I do like the area.

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During your employment 'at Beatrum-Bergen Metal Products,

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what shift did you work?

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Almost exclusively dayshift.

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Project, 'how many truck loads !were involved?.

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Five truck loads.:

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What: type of materials or ;mrts were in these '" truck loads?"

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The materials involved had been lying out in the yard for approximately 2 - 3 years.

They were all' finished: products, i

handrails beams, I-beams consisting of 'many different si' es.

s I do not recall specifically what.com nants they were.

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NNYg remember one handrail was broken.

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Approximately how many pieces of hardware were involve [?' '

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Approximately 800 pieces of hardware.

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i n m; a., y he South Texas Project. 3 -====h - 0 ; L ;:t t iJer':

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Why is it-that the matorials had been stored in the yay $.

'two to three years?

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Originally, before I went to' work for Bostrum-Bergen, the components were produced for Brown and Root for.3the, South %..

Texas Project.

A'tthattime,approximately'2to' 3 years ago, l

a Brown' and Rcot QC-Inspector named inspected the '

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3 materials and rejected them., When I was involved with the j

materials, During 1982, was working his last day as a i

= Brown and Root inspector. as he was going to work for Bechtel.

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For whatevar reason, on the day in question approved and i

Isigned off on these matorials although 2 - 3 years before he rejected them.

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What'. directions and by whom were you given regarding these

five. loads?

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old me to go out to the yard and to identify the "piec

~ki or heat numbers on the components. I was given s

accomplish this task.

I took 6 ro&ls of.bl~

DN;d and started working on the materials.

I measdrh.s. [h$rdware and compared 'it with the ' blueprint.

Once I k..N,nkfNd ~a particular component, I would mark it with a " piece number." 'At the time I did this, the materials were 1

lying in the yard had not been loaded y trucks yet.

j Some of 11 ion reports with whic working had

[chp itters names and rol numbers.

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$kNr relates to the type. of siteil and its heat n

hts, I filled in tib'4dk.the veM... an lanks.

I would-a welding feroman l

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I knew whkt some;"g604" ' control numbers were so I filled them in I did this of my oun. volition, or' intimidated me into l

queither nor anyone else told, ordered,ing something to ths 7

Mioiny,id. However, had a habit of say offect'that was waiting for his money and if the

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,didn't go.out, the company would not be paid.

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to the South Texas Project'/

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I signed off on some of tho' reports without doing the inspections.

Since the materials / components were lying in the yard, I couldn't see both sides of the many yelds.

Some of the inspection. reports I

I signed off immediately and on others I waited until one week l

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4 3 nents' that were sont to that site.

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i idpdumentation pack-ages to6ethar; what the control nunhE was and ht, would

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my answer and record this

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correct in-s.n. t formation enpLn, spe.ction' reports, ili

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nor anyone else ordered me, directed, or Nt

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Did any of these ' inspectors ever tell you of any record j

' falsifications or other wrongdoings?

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As I said above', I know-filled out inspection

reportsiwithout doing the: inspections.

The first day I:

3,7 worked at Bostrum-Bergen. I worked with and l

he did not know how to read' blueprints..I asked him.how 3

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'he; know if a weld was "allright" and ed 9-l Q.

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'did he'also. work at Bostrum-Bergen, and, if so in.what position?

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Yes.

He worked' with me as a QC inspector' and still _ works there really did not know what,

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-teaching h'im.

He did very little nue.,.:

ctions.

To the best of my knowledge, the contr ote-down on inspection reports were correctias.

ther-inforantion.

I didn't do-it correctlytas,.

to I

get out et doing my-job.

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use n'flashl3ght when he was inspecting. welds.

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Ijust'toldeveryonethatIcould' seethe l weld [j:usEfineevenif m

~,9 I couldn't.

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What type of QC certifications do you hold 'and in what type of I

-inspection activity?

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I holdja Level II ultrasonic testing (UT) certification from l

l Contra Costa College.

.I also hold a Level II visual testing (VT) certification fece the American Welding Society}'(AWS).' j 4 1

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I ly recor Q. ; Did you or anyor.3 else ever falsify, the welder's name' or y":, ' 4 y fitter's name on any records?

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I used the name of

, a' good welder,

. waa n a lot on inspection reportisi that. had no'.irelders names.

I am not aware of any,other inspectors that falsified records NeitNMf 3 nor anyone'else directed, in this inanner.

orderedorintimidatIdme#htousingaspecificcontrol 1

number, or a welders / fitters identification on any records.

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In reference to what did he instruct you to do?

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He never instructed me to,' falsify records.

Some areas, such as mill certifications, I. helped the company stay out of j

trouble by helping the tests pass on my own.

In the case of mill certifications, I kept some sample pieces of steel that c

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from a piece. of what I knew was '" good" American sad l

steele Whenever would come to me and t

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~ sample'to be ser.t?to a testing-laboratory for er

?ications l

Iiwould giv.e him one of the." good" samples.

I recall dping this for approximately;2 or-3 tests.

.I also recall.that for the South Texas Project I was asked to provide a laboratory-sample but in this c.ase I want"out iU the yard and found

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a' piece'of hardware.from which I cut'a ssaple.

This sample was cut from trie corrset steel.

I; know buys steel from all over tho'world, South Africa Britain,.-Japan

.j and tho' United States.

All of the steels came'in with' mill

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certifications but 'to the best-of my knowAedge','only-

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American steel can be used on nuclear construction work.

i pftime-in'Japanbuyingsteelatapprox-a' imately pound rather than' buying US wteel which -

g cost 40# # pound.. When's

' shipments arrived at Bostrum-

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Bergen.jitwagalways that inventoried and labeled i

the stdel.

Bostrum-Berge'n used mostly A-36 steel and occas-sionally used A-440.'

Was'gsware of any record falsifications?-.

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y n. p do is 'qu;estion'me about a particular record and I would change,

it to make him happy.

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Approximatelyhow many* inspections did you eonduct while employed at Bostrum-Bergen?

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Approximately 2000.

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Of these inspections, how many did you falsify?

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Almost all of them that I signed conte.ined some type of b

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In reference to the' South Texas Project, did Bostrum-Bergen have a contract with Brown A Root Y oupply materials /-

I components to thi3 _si,te?

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Yes, als [maybM th'

.eTtehen they.took over the project..

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Th9 weld than'fullweldsjdomehadt" overlap."

The defi/ciencies 4'~.1 wore visIds11y.$ Nious.even'after painting and galvanizing.

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When I was;1ogking at the hardware for:.ahipment, some of, ME d: S

.s it hadbleeone rustsd.

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recall-hieflast.name, and I re-painted some of the hardware and sMhjonsgalvanising using spray cans. c4Hek:; ":. -

rthint% ' A1M Paisific Galvanizing', which is owned

, h, ty W-Bergen, re-galvanized some of the components.

I When gcan.e to BostnneyBergen, he always came with d

another inspector, but I can not recall their names.

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What type / kind of hardware was rejected ori6inally by A.

Beams, I-besas, handrails.

I recall one beam had a broken i

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They weren't l

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reports. g3sked me to go out and resolve the comments of or others,-so I did.

I couldn't find a. lot!of n-the_ steel.;so I;just signed it off and dated it with what-

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. I used a spray can on the. hardware I

as the-ware wasn't going to be used anyway.

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D$buld be no payment to Bostrusi'-Bergen?

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al'so.said that'if doesn' t make money. we ' won' t.

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inally happened to the terial that J

wassenttoSouthTezks?

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One of the truck drive're who delivered the shipment told me that his truck load was unloaded in the yard and just left there.

This same driver told as that someone at the South Texsis ' site haid to d him, the materials were not going to be used.

I can't @nl' t'his truck drivers name.

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During what time frame ~ did this shipment go out to South Texas?

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During.the 1982 World fleries.

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Who else can provide testim arding this shipment?

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In regard to job at Bostrum-Bergen?

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did the.pape,rwork';in the, pp),

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certifications on tackers, fitterg ; h...,t>e ?,-fj$,f.h

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.m for not being certified..'I',

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jtthen', passed away'and showed scoe goodi passed two the S anyway, he was a nich,

other guys who really failed that were friendF of mine.

I would kefer. not to,pontion.their.[ names.

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Why would have youteign.cff inep;otion reports?

pid K or any' else force'or. intimioate you into

' signing t,h'e documents $brouglit to you?

A. % thought'IJwas smart so ould bring me problems that Qhad.' $ was.just rying to get % job due.

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Yes, I did 'it.

No on'e told me to do it.

I just did it El I

'to-got the job done.

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When and on-what hardware did you do this?

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I.only did it once or twice, once on a 12" x 26" I-beam.

l 0-I don't remember where this I-beam was shipped.

In this one case, I removed the Japanese plate markings and threw them aways I than put'on'an American steel heat'. number.

I don't recall any American heat numbess.

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Why did you switch, eat numbers?

At whose'~ direction?-

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inspect any hardware for this job?

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I don't remember if I did any inspections 1

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What knowledge does e about what has been I

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Do you think will' takk to NRC.',inveisti'gators "

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I ' on' t think so. -He irouldn't talk with' d

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said he' didn't want tcI!get involvhd.'

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To the best of your knowledge, was signingoff.-h on inspection reports that.h'e did not'incpect?

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Q.. Does know 'of other people that' forged documents at ' Bostrian-Bergen?

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. who they are.

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Did you~ ever forge another individuals name on an inspection report while you worked at Bostrum-Bergen?

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No,';.I always u# sed my own name*

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Are you aware of any materials that Bostrum-Bergen sent.

to the WPPSS projects?

If so, what projects?

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Materials were sent.to.all 5 units.

I inspected a few

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Did Bostrum-Be'rgen ever pay him cash or some other reward 1

to sign off inspections f or do anything else he should not u ~

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Not that I kn6w of.

He never left the office but filled j

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Q.

'In reference to a " triple. beast" 'that was sold to WPPSS.

R what project did it(go;po?

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Ithinkitwas. shipped [$oWPPSUnit2.

The beam consiste.d'

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g' *ht O f-a s that were 3$ W x 150 beams that were welded together.

One of the 3 beams had a weld in the middle that-was rejected at one time.

The entire assembly sat in the

.l yard for approximately.1 year.

I think that' originally the beam failed visual, weld inspection but that was before my time at Bostrum-Bergen.

As I recall the beam was shipped in latog 1981.

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Who radiographer the beam?

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I don' t know.

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What did the' radiograph show?

I don't know. g and'Mlooked at it.

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did a lot-of UT work at Bostrum-Bergen on contract.

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What was done with' the ~ cra, ck?.

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I don't recall it.the beam was rowelded.

I know it was

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Was the beasa an import or domestic?

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I don't know.

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Who painted over*

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Who do you think yt egessure on s

Th' 'only one I_ know 'of s;

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Did i

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What processes did you use to apkove weldisft "

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AIM 5ifvisual testing _ (VT).

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What re, ject rate did you,experie'nos: cai Me that you did inspect?

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by Bostrum-Bergen?

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Mostly paperwork problems and no inspections on'some hardware.

Generally, though, the overall shop quality at Bostrum-Bergen k ood.

I'm not questioning the work, just the paperwork.

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eprocuctin personnel were willfully ws

,et and intentionally undermining the QA/QC program of B&B.

Lihht;%. MC MAHON signed the form.

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was' considerably less than others. He took.his bonus to and told him to give it to a needy organization.

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, p%orif-B&B job order 2444. 'the NCR was issued in ejther',0ctoberfor.

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' -The' material had been on hold on a truck Jbrought into the plant at nigh

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'r MC MAHON informed ever Te did nothing about it. 'No discipl{ancry

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HON believed that everything told by should be correct i

I According to MC MAHON there never went out of the shop without an inspection L

and if they did, MC MAHm would telephone the site to whom it was going

'T and advise the appropriate QA/QC individual of a shipment witout Q

clearance. Th t shipments came back for the proper documentation.

3 There were no' bad welds in any B&B material. All good.

T He believed that there may have been a problem with the rod mat erial, since l

L that could not alwasy be checked.

C He believed that there may have been a problem with the quality of steel Q

again it was something they'could not always check or control

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4 considered management to be Asst Supt.and above

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fhmiliar, but did not always have the' time to check further.

- It ailght hr.ve been that there was too mJch steel of. a certa'in nubtner shipped from B&Bn ould know.:

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' For convenie'nce,-QA simply started.with.001 and numbered the sheet or pieces of steel received. This number was,placed (or should have been)

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1 But MC MAHON 'was not doing any LP tests for anything going to Diablo.

MC MAHON did not really believe the material in question related to DIablo i

.He thought that PG&E was doing a* good job. He abad worked at Diablo I

.i He a ekred at WNP 1/4 and 2.

Was a OA re for B&B and a't the same

-time he project engineer to M t later became j

the for B&B and then the

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While working on the Almarez project, ftC MAHON inspected the, for bars so that prbduction could continues. He used red (blankj rejected material-put date and. initials on one side and initzale the word Reject on the other side.

He used b1:.9 white for acceptance.

He blieved

" s could be switched.

, Sometimes, for example indicated that there were more tags than en parts with that number.

r e.g.10 each Mr. bars of which 3 were rejcected.(Number 1 bars)

Later, production was using Nr 13 bars which just happened to be the same size of the-Number 1 bars.

It seemed therefore 1the tag was removed from 'some of the 13 bars so that productin could 1have the desired numbers of acceptable bars to work on.

as a documentation clerk with B&B. He discovered the use of

' switching tags for bars.

It was done on the foreign plant material l

or girl friend.

in Sacramento. area.

h?Sourcebelievedwhat was saying.

was known as a

' drunken bum.'was orig na ired to inspec c rcial material and

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was was an inspector.

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h In some situations, steel wat used which had the mill M rkings changed.

in one case, Source checked the side of steel and accord'ing to ASTM there should have been a certain marking, however, there a the marking of another US mfg. Me did not know it was en honest error'which did happen' The markings were to be every 10 feet of scmething.The steel had an APerican Control Number on it.

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• ipped to Brown & Poot for Texas project.

j There were 20 to 30 pieces of steeel prob 9y would use 1/3 of a truck for shipment.. Was identified, tagged as rejeci.1 and later put in the shop yard disposition was unknown.

l B&R inspector on site was M who did s v t$e of audit of shipments l

Believe to have signed all shipments for tran, vrting to the site, j

was involved with documents. Did'not expected to be involved found a material test report (duplicate) when there should have been I

j an original. Questionable.i Ca uer, the heat numbers were wrong.

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