ML20024C502
| ML20024C502 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Crane, Brunswick  |
| Issue date: | 08/06/1979 |
| From: | Logan J METROPOLITAN EDISON CO. |
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| References | |
| TASK-03, TASK-06, TASK-3, TASK-6, TASK-GB B&W-4042, NUDOCS 8307120711 | |
| Download: ML20024C502 (3) | |
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....-..............x PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION ON THE ACCIDENT AT THREE MILE ISLAND x
DEPOSITION of METROPOLITAN EDISON COM2 ANT by JOSEPK B.
LOGAN, held at Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on the 6th da*/ of August, 1979, commencing at 10:00 a.m.,
before Stanley Rudbarg, certified Shorthand Reporter and Notary Public of the State of New York.
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A Between 5:45 and 5:00.
3 Q
Iow long does it take you to get from your 4
home?
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Approximately an hour.
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so you did not leave your home immediately g
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.upon receiving the phone call?
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Yes, I did leave my home immediately.
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10 call about 4:30 in the morning?
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It was before 5, I normally leave the house around 12 5.
All I am saying is between 4 and 5.
I had not left 13 the house at the time.
But I could surmise it was 14 around a quarter to five when I received it.
15 Q
and you called Mr. wilkerson back?
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Yes.
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And requested him to contact Mr. Eunder?
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Tes.
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Mr. Eunder would not normally be contacted, 20 or would he7 t
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Re is not required to be called.
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5 to ensure that he was called.
23 Q
And why did you want him to be sure he was 24 contacted?
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There were several'phings that we were planning to
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do if we shut down, and one was to verify by entry 3
into the containment, whichoftherekiefvalveswas 4.
in f act leaking.
There was also a desire on our part 5
ts conduct a flow verification to help assess the 6
Gentil 11 flow problem that we were experiencing, which 7
required secur'ing all four pumps.
8 The procedure for that required preparation.
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And you had discussed that you wanted to 10 check out these two factors if you would shut down?
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Yes.
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so that this was discussed prior to the 28th?
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And could you explain what problem you had 15 that you wanted to check out the flow verification?
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The gentilie on one of the loops was not reading 17 what'we felt it should be rea, ding.
It was indicating a E
lower primary flow than we felt existed.
19 In addition, it precluded us from obtaining 100 20 percent power.
If we could verify that the flow..in 21 fact, that the Gentilliin fact was fouling, that the
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