ML20151U706
| ML20151U706 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Cook  |
| Issue date: | 03/31/1977 |
| From: | Roy G, Thompson D, Warnick R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE) |
| To: | |
| References | |
| PNO-77-049, PNO-77-49, NUDOCS 9809110128 | |
| Download: ML20151U706 (1) | |
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PRELIMINARY NOTTFTCATTAM i
March 31, 1977 PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR UNUSUAL' OCCURRENCE--PNO-77-49 l
This preliminary notification constitutes EARLY notice of an event of i
POSSIBLE safety or public interest significance.- The'information
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presented is as initialls :eceived without verification or evaluation j
and is basically all that is known by IE staff on_this dat_e.
Facility: American Electric Power Company, D. C. Cook, Unit No. 2 (DN 50-316) Bridgman, Michigan
Subject:
ALLEGATION OF FALSIFICATION OF QC RECORDS l
i A former welding inspector at the D. C. Cook 2 facility (currently
--under construction-) has alleged that certain' nondestructive examination
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- records, radiography, and magnetic particle testing have been falsified l
and that QC inspectors had been told to sign off on inspections that i
they knew to be improper. The individual stated that, during his one i
year employment, he had worked on systems in the auxiliary building and j
in containment and can name systems and, in some cases, specific welds i
that he alleges are improper.
i y-The individual hasTalso' contacted the Berrien County, Michigan, Prosecu-t tor's Office because he-felt the death of two workers,--due to argon gas asphyxiation on September 17, 1976, (see PNO-76-158), was partially F
due to an improper quality control inspection.
RIII personnel have made an appointment to neet with the individual on April 7, 1977. The individual is unavailable earlier, due to a move of his residence.
No press release has been made. Nomediainquiryktave'beenreceived.
. Region III was notified at 3:30 p.m. on March 30, 1977, by the Berrien County Prosecuto of the alleger's concerns. The RIII investigator subsequently contacted the alleger by telephone.
Contact:
RFWarnick, IE x27261 GWRoy, IE x27261 DThompson, IE x27541 Distribution: Transmitted H StJ,'.35p Chairman Rowden C. C. Kammerer, CA G. F. Murphy, JCAE i
Commissioner Gilinsky S. J. Chilk, SECY
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