ML20237L405
| ML20237L405 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Vogtle  |
| Issue date: | 05/16/1983 |
| From: | Burch R NRC OFFICE OF INVESTIGATIONS (OI) |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML20237L100 | List: |
| References | |
| FOIA-86-42 Q2-83-026, Q2-83-26, NUDOCS 8709080391 | |
| Download: ML20237L405 (2) | |
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.50 S' COND ' I CO IDENUAL S0 5 REPORT OF INQUIRY OFFICE Or ORIGIN: 01:RII FILE NO. 02-83-026 OATE OF INQUIRY: 0 STATUS: PENDING PREPARED BY: Robert H. Burch DATE PREPARED: 05/16-17/83
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V0GTLE NUCLEAR PLANT: ALLEGED INTIMIDATION / HARASSMENT OF A QC INSPECTOR AND FALSIFICATION OF INSPECTION RECORDS AT PULLMAN POWER PIPING On May 16.1983
' Telephonically contactedp the Office of Public Affairs, NRC, Region II. Jall was tra.c.sferred to 01:RII where he relayed inform 6 tion set forth in this r_eport. stated he has been employed by Pullman Power Piping since 1979 and has pe'rtormeTOC Welding Inspections since September 1982. He stated he recently inquired about the posting of the NRC's telephone number at the Pullman Power Piping spaces on the Vogtle site and he was cautioned generally against any contacts with the NRC. He further stated that as a QC Inspect.or, he had recently cited Pullman Power Piping craf t for improper storage procedures observed during a " walk through" inspec-tion. He identified some of these deficiencies as: ,
(1) Co-mingling nuclear and non-nuclear piping and materials. (2) Storing carbon steel piping on top of stainless steel piping. (3) Allowing Seismic Class I Control valves to become contaminated with' rain water and loose concrete. (4) F_ ailing to place end caps on Seismic Class I piping, thus allowing foreign objects and contaminants to be placed in the piping. - Source stated he has written frequent deficiency reports regarding these matters and Pullman craf t personnel and supervisors have ignored these deficiency reports. He said Pullman has a 48 hour response time to correct these deficiencies and they have repeatedly refused or failed to do so. He said he was recently f [j i cautioned by a Craft Superintendent to "laygf" of writ 449 these deficiencies. Up V He said he is also aware that QC Supervisor _ g has signed off on some of these deficiencies as being corrected even though no corrective actions have been taken. He said he took the signed deficiency report and checked it against the original deficient condition and noted that no change had taken place. t,
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Source advised that Georgia Power Company's Quality control Dezartment is also having difficulty with Pullman in getting deficiencies d this nature corrected, He said all of the Pullman employees are afraid of . Project N{ i Superintendent, because he appears capable and determlTdd to'cismiss personnel gI who do not conform to his style and methods. He said f Pas threatened to "get your money" cn numerous occasions, whicbeeansJe*will (TIstiss the employee. He said QA/QC Supervisors are "in bed" with for fearaf loosing. their
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! jobs if they fail to please him. Source discribe mannerisms and i management style as both intimidating and dictatoria . He 'sTid Georgia Pogr Company does not appear to be aware of this attitude and philosophy by Pullman. (or Source advised that he could provide additional and amplifying information during a personal interview. He stated he desired that his identity as a source of information not be revealed to Pullman since he feared retaliation by the company. He said that has everybody," including craft and inspectors running scared since he appare~'ntly wields a great deal of power on the site. On May 16, 1983, William Ward, 01: HQ, was advised of the infors.ation set forth herein. On May 16, 1983, Virgil Brownlee, Section Chief, PRP, Region II was apprised of this information. On May 17, 1983, James P. O'Reilly, Regional Administrator, Region II was advised of the information contained herein. An appointment was made to personally interview the source away from ths Vogtle site on Thursday, May 19, 1983. -
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Law Offices of BRIAN SPEARS SUITE 220-GR ANT BLDG. ArToRNEY AT LAW 44 BROAD 5TREET, N.W. BRIAN SPEARS ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 LAURIE FOWLER (404 522 0694 January 15, 1986 Office of Freedom of FREEDOW OF INFORMATION Information Act Requests ACT REQUEST Nuclear Regulatory Commission 1717 H Street, N.W. hM g g Washington, D.C. 20555 h[g g Re: Freedom of Information Act Request NRC Investigation of Intimidation and Harrassment by Pullman Power Products, Inc.
Dear FOIA Officer:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA, 5 U.S.C. 552 as amended), the Georgia office of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) requests: copies of any and all NRC , records and information, including, but not limited to: notes, ! letters, memoranda, drafts, minutes, diaries, logs, calendars, i tapes, transcripts, summaries, interview reports, procedures, l instructions, engineering analyses, drawings, files, graphs, charts, maps, photographs, agreements, handwritten notes, studies, data sheets, notebooks, books, telephone messages, computations, interim and/or final reports, status reports, and any and all other records relevant to and/or generated in connection with the NRC's investigation (initiated on May 19, 1983) regarding allegations, findings and orders that Pullman Power Products employees intimidated and harrassed quality ! control inspectors at nuclear facilities. (See attached Atlanta Constitution article for reference.) This request includes, but is not limited to, investigations of int!midation and harrassment by Pullman employees at Plant Vogtle. This request also includes, but is not limited to, the NRC Conference of September ' 25, 1985, on the investigations. (See attached NRC memo for i reference.) l l Because the ACLU is a non-profit organization established to protect the civil liberties guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States, we believe it is appropriate for you to waive copying and search charges, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 522(a)(4)(a). ' In this case, " furnishing the information can be considered as primarily benefitting the general public." For any documents or portions that you deny due to a specific FOIA exemption, please provide an index itemizing and describing the documents or portions of documents withheld. The index should provide a detailed justification of your grounds for claiming each exemption, explaining why each exemption is 1
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l relevant to the document or portion of the document withheld, i This index is required under Vaughn v. Rosen (I), 484 F.2d 820 (D.C. Cir. 1973), cert. denied, 415 U.S. 977 (1974). I look forward to hearing from you within 10 days as the law l stipulates.
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Sincerely, ks~u. hb Laurie Fowler Cooperating Attorney, Georgia ACLU l LF:jy cc: NRC, Region II i 4 i a l ( l 1 i 2 i l l
Group sats%gtle ' inspectors harassed and intimidated Dgg that forward I have,"theb'd with it," added. better come Su// u.r e" Grace became regloaal adesi> . The head of the Nuclear Regu- istrator last spring, replacing , l latcry Comimasion's Atlanta office James P. O'Reilly, who )sised said Wednesday that be was em- Georgia Power as its senter tre t,arrassed at the length *of time it president in charge of onclear op-was taking his office to reach an erstions. enforcement decistos concerning Grace and members of his y the intimidation and barassment of staff m(t Wednesday with othetals ; c5 quality control inspectors at the from the Georgia Power Ca con- ) p* Vogtle nuclear power plant. corning an NRC investigation into i
.3 Nelson Grace, administrator of allegations that constructies so-t: $ the Atlanta Regional Office of the pervisors harassed and intinadated H i2 NRC, said that the problems at plity control lespectors at Vog-M - Vogtle had been corrected, howev- De, in an attempt to mangulate h l) el er, and vehernendy denied charles them.
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fice to lovest! gate 611egat that Pullman transferred its project subeentractors are punishlag work- manager to a new assignent, and ! ers who repert construcGes or it ' the NRC investigattoo ledicated spection practices that could be that the actice was sufficient to compresnising Vogde's safety. eorrect the , Grace said. The nuclear plast is being Bat the has yet to dee&de I.allt scar Augusta. It's entreet whether to take enforessant ac-projected (set is 8g.4 billion. tion against Georgia Power as a S6 ace last Novesnber, the Gov- result of the sitention. ernment Accountability Project "The problem's been fired," h6s interviewed more than 80 Grace sali
- Tor some reason, en-workers at Plant Vogtle who have forcement actlan was delayed un-charged that r,cality control ta- til this spring. We could have fol-spectors who ci'.e safety concerm lowed up sooner," he said. "The at the plant often end ap being timeliness of our enforcennt ae-fired, demoted or transfened, ac- tion is embarrassing."
cording to Btilie Garde, citizen's Georgia Power offielah have clinic director for the Project. denled that harassment ever took lastead of responding to the place at V tie, a contention com-complaints, the NRC has 4'iored many of repeated Waa== day them, abe sali Ma. Garde caarged before the NRC. that the NRC's Atlanta office ks his, Garde said the Govern-respcodrd to worker complaints ment Accountability Project, about nuclear power plant con- which is le years old, has re-struction practices t,y contactieg viewed the way la which each of the ut!!!tles budding the plants, in- the NRC's five refional offices re-stead of lattistlag NRC lovestiga- f sponds to workers coneers about tions that might result is itive suelear power plant construcuom. measa se being taken the The response from Regios IPs of-utilitleL ' flee, the Atlanta office that adels.
"We' do not sell ihe utility," inters NRC fumettons la the South-said Graes, "! have sever does east, has been "alsolutely that, and if they can fled e,$dence terrible," she raid.
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