ML19343D469
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| Issue date: | 06/18/1980 |
| From: | Hallman D BABCOCK & WILCOX CO. |
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I BEFORE THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY' COMMISSION
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,y On behalf of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission GEORGE EDGAR, Esquire Morgan, Lewis & Bockius 1800 M Street-E Washington, D.C.
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PROCEEDINGS 2
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3 MR. BACI:
We are going to conduct this interview
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4 under oath so please stand and raise your hand.
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DONALD F.
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was called for examination and, having been duly sworn, was.
8 examined and testified as follows:
9 EXAMINATION 10 MR. HARPSTER:
Don, would you state your full name for the purposes of the record?
THE WITNESS:
Donald P.
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What was your job at B s W or your
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14 function at B & W on the day of the accident in 1979?
15 THE WITNESS:
The title is plant performance 16 services.
It is following operating plant performance and 17 also following test procram performance on new reactors.
18 MR. HARPdTER:
Don, for the record Pete Paci is an 19 investigator with the NRC and I an an engineer with the 20 Office of Inspection and Enforcement.
Ne are conducting an 21 investiaation into the flow of information durino the day of 22 the accident at Three Mile Island and specifically we are
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'J 23 attenptina to identify, locate any and all records that were 24 generated by B & W employees that date -4th reaard to any 25 conversations or other cormunications that were held with CPU, ALDERSON REPORTING COMPANY, I tJ C.
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Met Ed, Three Mile Island personnel or other B & W employees 2
in the vicinity of the site.
3 Do you understand the purpose as I-have explained it C) 4 to you?
5 THE WITNESS:
Yes.
6 MR. HARPSTER:
Don, has anyone either told you or 7
suggested to you that you should withhold any information 8
from us here today?
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No.
10 MR. HARPSTER:
Were you. resent at any time in the 11 so-called war room at B & W on 'da rch 28, 19797 12 THE WITNESS:
Yes.
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14 and what your function was to the best of your knowledoe?
15 THE WITNESS:
To the best of my recollection from 16 about 2:30 to approximately 8:00 that night I was in the war 17 roon.
We were trying to establish connunications with the 18 site in order to determine what was acina on and to pass 19 along sugaestions that we had generated on what to do.
I was 20 pa rt of a rather large group which was in there.
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During the period of time that you 22 were in the war roon did you rake any telephone calls to
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MR. HARPSTER:
Did you either tape record or take 2
notes on March 28 of any conversations that you had with 3
D &h personnel regarding the TMI accident?
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Yes, I took notes in my personal 5
logbook.
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Do we presently have copies of those 7
notes?
8 THE WITNESS:
Yes, they were given to you durina the 9
last visit.
10 MR. HARPSTER:
Did you subsequently record, dictate 11 or write down your recollections of the activities that took 12 place on March 28, 19797
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No.
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Do you know of anyone else who may 15 have done this?
16 Ti!E WITNESS:
I know of no one else who has done it.
17 MR. HARPSTER:
Don, we have attempted to compile a 18 list of all persons who made contact with Three Mile Island, 19 Met Ed, GPU or other B & W empl e. ye es in the vicinity of Three 20 Mile Island on the day of the accident.
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21 the list.
What we would like to ask you to do is tell us 22 whether that list is complete or if there is anyone else you l
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For the record this is the list that wa i
25 have also provided Mr. Schaedel, Mr. Pomack and Mr. Culbercon.
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THE WITNESS:
I ar not sure I understand the 2
question.
Would you ask it again?
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We have compiled that list with the
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last visit.
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investigation is reconstruct all of the information flow on 7
the day of the accident and to do that we are trying to 8
reconstruct a corplete list of the people in the war room who 9
were involved in conversations with the site that day.
That 10 list is our best attempt to date and we would like to you to 11 help us and tell us if we are rissing names who might be 12 pertinent to the investigation.
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v 14 THE WITNESS:
I don't recall anyone else being 15 involved in the phone conversations other than those names on 15 the list.
17 MR. HAR PSTEi< :
Don, do you recall any facsirile 18 transmissions with Three Mile Island on March 23?
19 THE WITNESS:
No, I do not.
20 MR. HARPSTEH:
We have explained the purpose of the 21 interview here today and you have indicated your 22 understanding of it.
Based on this understanding do you have I'T 23 any additional inforration that might be useful or pertinent 24 to our investigation?
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Do you recall who he talked to?
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No, not specifically.
The nurber he 10 dialed was the Unit I contrt: roon, I auess secret nu-ber.
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13 MR. !! ARPSTf R :
'le re there any notes made of those 14 conversations or recordings?
15 TliC WITNESS:
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Don, thank you.
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v NUCLEAR FIGULATORY CO.W4ISSION This is to certify that the attached proceedings before the
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Three Mile Island Information Task Force in the matter of:
Deposition of:
Donald F. IIallman Date of ?roceeding:
June 18, 1980 Docket llumber:
Place of ?receeding: Lynch)urg, Virginia.,.,
were held as herein appears, and that this is the original transcript Onerec: for the file of the Cccmiss:.ca.
Judith F.
Richard Official Reporter (Typed)
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