ML19343D476
| ML19343D476 | |
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 06/18/1980 |
| From: | Clough P BABCOCK & WILCOX CO. |
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| Download: ML19343D476 (6) | |
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BEFORE THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 2
THREE MILE ISLAND INFORMATION TASK FORCE 3
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4 Docket No. 50-320 e
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6 Power'Genieration Group g
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Deposition of PATRICIA WRIGHT CLOUGH g
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APPEARANCES:
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TERRY L. HARPSTER, Reactor Engineer 4
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Office of Inspection and Enforcement 2
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A 17 GEORGE EDGAR, Esquire 5
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3 MR. BACI:
The interview is noina to be conducted
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you would please stand and raise your hand.
G hhereupon, 7
PATRICIA NRIGHT CLOUGH 8
was called for exanination and, having been duly sworn, was 9
examined and testified as follows:
10 EXAMIN;, TION 11 MR. HARPSTEil:
Pat, would you state your full name 12 for tna purpose of the record?
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Patricia '/right Clough.
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During the day of the accident on 15 March 28, 1979 what was your function here at B & W7 IG THE WITNESS:
I was secretary to J.
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is manager of the project -anacement department.
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Where is your location in proxinity 19 to the war room?
20 THE WITNESS:
It is right beside it.
21 MR. HARPSTER:
Were you aware on March 28, 1979 of 22 any tape recordings being rade concerning the Three Mile
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24 TdE WITNESS:
I don't remenber of any tapes on the 25 first day.
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MR. HARPSTER:
Did you at any time on the first day 2
transcribe any notes, tape recordings or other documentation 3
concerning the Three Mile Island accident?
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4 THE WITNESG:
The first day of the accident all I 5
did was concerning what was going on at Three Mile Island but G
I know I didn't type any tapes.
I may have typed notes or 7
Ictters or things that Mr. Deddens gave ne or any of the 8
people that were working in the control center brought their 9
things to ne to be xeroxed or whatever.
10 MR. HARPSTER:
Is there any record of what you typed 11 concerning the accident on that day?
12 THE WITNESS:
I don't believe so.
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If they were just notes that people had
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Mostly I answered IG the telephone.
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Do you think you may have typed some 18 personal notes on that day though?
19 Tile WITNESS:
It is possible for Mr. Deddens.
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Who would have received these notes 21 or other naterial that you typed to the best of your l
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I don't recall typino anything that 24 was sent out.
I don't know that I did.
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3/29 or later transcribe any notes, tape recordinas or other 2
documentation concerning the events of March 28 on Three Mile 3
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4 THE WITNESS:
The things that I typed from tapes 5
which I did type on the 29th were telephone conversations 6
between NRC and licensina.
They were I say the 29th but it 7
was 12:30 so it was really the 30th I guess.
I worked 8
craveyard.
9 VR. HARPSTER:
Pat, the purpose of our interview is 10 to try and establish the flow of information between B & W 11 enploy2es and anyone at Three Mile Island or feet Ed or CPU or 12 other B EW enployees in that vicinity on the day of the
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De yc u understand the purpose of what we are doing?
14 THE WITNESS:
Yes.
15 MR. HAMPSTER:
Do you have any inforration, 16 additional fr. formation other than what we have asked you in 17 tnis interview that nicht be useful or pertinent to us in our 18 investigation?
19 THE VITNESS:
I am not sure I know what you are 20 asking for.
I know that there were phone conversations 21 constantly all day.
We had a phone line.
When they noved to 22 the control center the phone was left open all day lona and (3
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24 MR. HARPSTER:
Are you aware were there phone 25 conversations outside?
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Are there any records of those phone i
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But there were no notes or f o r real log 11 of the telephone calls?
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14 MR. liARPSTER:
Th a n k you.
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION This is te certify : hat the attached proceedings 'cefore the l'(
Three Mile Island Information Task Force in the matter of:
Deposition of: Patricia Wright Clough Date of Proceeding:
June 18, 1980 Dncket llumber:
? lace of ?receeding: Lynchpurg, Virginia,,. _
were held as herein appenes, and that this is the Original transcript therecf for the file of the Cccmission.
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