ML20151U706

PNO-77-049:on 770330,allegation of Falsification of QC Records Occurred.Region III Personnel Have Appointment to Meet with Individual on 770407.Individual Unavailable Earlier,Due to Move of Residence

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

11. H. Whiteside, SCNR

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