ML19308C464
| ML19308C464 | |
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 09/14/1979 |
| From: | Frampton G, Higgins J NRC - NRC THREE MILE ISLAND TASK FORCE, NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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IN THE MATTER OF:
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SPECIAL INQUIRY DEPOSITION
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DEPOSITION OF:
J/4ES HIGGINS (CCNTINUED)
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SEPTEMBER 14, 1979 Pegas 111 - 116 Telephone:
(202)347 3700 ACE - FEDERAL REPORTERS,INC.
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September 14, 1979 9
l Continued Deposition of JAMES HIGGINS, held in i
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2:00 p.m. on the above date before Michael H.
- Stephany, a Registered Professional Reporter of the Commonwealth j
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GEORGE T.
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MR. FRAMeTon:
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tinuation of the deposition that we began yester-3 day of Mr. James C.
Higgins by the U.S.
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Three Mile Island.
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present for this continuation of the t
7 deposition, in addition to the members of the l
3 Special Inquiry Group who were here yesterday is 9,
Mr. Robert Bernero.
10 Mr. Higgins, thank you for coming 11 back this afternoon.
I2 Also present today is Mr. Peter 13 Sicilia.
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(Exhibit 10 - Spiral notebook pages 15 were marked for Identification.)
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Mr. Higgins, I am going to show you what we have o
18 marked was Exhibit 10 with today's date on it, a photo-19 copy of spiral notebook pages that you presented me 20 with this morning and asked you if you can identify g
21 that for the record.
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Yes.
This is a copy of my notes that I took 23 Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, the first days of the 24 accident at Three Mile Island.
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I was marked for identif'ication as Exhibit No.ll.)
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I'd like to show you what we have marked as 4i Exhibit 11 containing today's date, which is a one page 5,
piece of paper marked Incident Message Form-C56, a 6l!
document we discussed yesterday.
i 7l Can you identify Exhibit 11?
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Yes.
This is the Incident Message Form which we 9l discussed yesterday which is a record of phone conver-10 sations held between the Control Room of Unit 2 at i
11l Three Mile Island and the Regional Incident Respond i
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Would the entries on this document, excluding 14 '
the penciled notations at the top and bottom have been i
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Yes.
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Now yesterday you read into the record and we 18 discussed an entry dated 0845.
That is 8:45 a.m.
that 19 indicates that information there was received from you.
20 Do you recall whether this entry
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actually reflects a telephone conversation you had with 21 22 somebody in Region I?
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This entry discusses the process of waste gas gsb 24 going from the reactor collant system to the make-up 25 tank and to the waste tanks.
I had several discussions l
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I in the morning on Friday about this whole process and i
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Now we asked you yesterday about the accuracy 5i of this entry and leaving that aside for a moment, I
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count of your conversation, what I want to :sk you is I
S do you recall in fact having a telephone conversation i
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9 on this point with Region I at about that time?
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I can't really tie it down to 8: 35, but, as I 11 i said, between 8:00 a. m.. and noon I had several conver-i
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Approximately this time, then?
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such conversation?
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Yes.
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Yes.
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You were giving information about this subject 19 to Region I?
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Yes.
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So it's possible that this entry reflects one
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That is possible?
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that refers to whether the waste gas decay tank was l
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you may have provided that information?
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Yes, it is.
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It is, but you are not certain about that?
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That's right, because, as I said yesterday, I i
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full, although they were approaching that state.
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I understand that as the morning went on you may 1
15l have learned additional amounts about how tnis vent-16 i ing --
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Right.
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Is that fair to say?
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Yes.
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It is possible that you may have related this (O
21 information at least say 8:30 or 8:45 and then later 22 clarified that information?
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That's possible, also, yes.
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Do you have a recollection as to that one way or 25 the other?
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