ML20215K928

Forwards Revised Statement of Safety Concerns to Include 860814 Addl Comments Re Allegation RII-86-A-0218 on Employee Termination

ML20215K928
Person / Time
Site:	Harris
Issue date:	08/21/1986
From:	Uryc B NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To:	Mcweeney J AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED
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ML20215K926	List: IA-86-735, Forwards Revised Statement of Safety Concerns to Include 860814 Addl Comments Re Allegation RII-86-A-0218 on Employee Termination ML20215K923 ML20215K928
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FOIA-86-735 NUDOCS 8610280379
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AUG 2 I 1986 Mr. John J. McWeeney 402 Harlon Drive Apartment A-2 Cary, NC 27511

SUBJECT:

RII-86-A-0218 - TERMINATION FOR REPORTING SAFETY CONCE This refers to your letter dated August 14, 1986, which provided additional information relative to your concerns.

I have revised the Statement of Concerns to include those additional coments.

A copy of the revision is enclosed for your information, however, as before, if the enclosure does not accurately reflect your concerns, please contact me collect at (404) 331-4193.

Your cooperation and assistance in this matter is appreciated.

Sincerely, b -

Bruno Uryc Regional Allegation poordinator Enforcement and Investigation Coordination Staff

Enclosure:

Statement of Concerns (Revision 1)

Certified Mail No. P 142 897 489 DOHBIT A -

8610280379 861017 NE M

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Statement of Concerns (Revision 1) AUS I I ISOO RII-86-A-218 -

2860218001: Tennination of employment was due to raising concerns relative to engineering calculations performed on electrical cable tray supports.

2860218002: Some supports installed may not be adequate for their intended purpose.

, 2860218003: There is a generic problem with supports at the plant. Work Package EN 26627T-A4, support 627T, generic detail G on l drawing 2168-G-251 S01 is an example of the common problem.

2860218004:

There is a tension member below a platfonn beam and there is a requirement for a maximum clearance of i inch eccentricity.

In reality, the member is 71 inches off center. This can be located in Work Plan EN 2367-A-3, cable tray support no. 67 on elevation 236.

I 2860218005:

There is a brace on a cable tray support which has an angle

! changed with no original calculations and when this was questioned the reply was that the calculation would be redundant.

i This infonnation can be found in Work Plan EN 26242, support 242 on elevation 262.

i 2860218006: The Civil Engineering Section at the Harris Plant was encouraged and coerced to use simple statements such as

" acceptable by engineering judgement" or " considered adequate i by engineering judgement" to substantiate justification of inspection report deficiencies on numerous occasions. Some of the deficiencies were of such simple nature that minimal research justify and no additional calculations were necessary to approval. On the other hand, many of the deficien-cies were of a complexity requiring additional investigation and revised calculations to determine the approval or disapproval of the existing condition, and this required work was not performed due to coercive pressures by supervisors to approve by engineering judgement. The proper use of engineering judgement was actually rejected for a distorted version which produced deficiency approvals more abundantly.

The unreasonable compulsion of supervision to stoduce a high level of inspection deficiency approvals causec a lower level of plant safety.

2860218007:

On two occasions, by two separate supervisors, instructions were received to stop reading material on the " required i

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2 AUG 21 1986 reading list" in order to produce work said to be "more important." The required reading was never accomplished and on the last two days before termination of e.mployment.

(alleger) was harassed and cajoled to initial the list as having been read. A11eger was not allowed to finish the last day of employment and was escorted off the site by two j supervisors. '

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