ML20087N599

Testimony of Dl Freeze Concerning Langley Allegation Re Prior Notification of NRC Insp

ML20087N599
Person / Time
Site:	Catawba
Issue date:	02/22/1984
From:	Freeze D DUKE POWER CO.
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD l In the Matter of )

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DUKE POWER COMPANY, et al. ) Docket Nos. 50-413

) 50-414 (Catawba Nuclear Station, )

Units 1 and 2) )

TESTIMONY OF D. L. FREEZE CONCERNING MR. LANGLEY'S ALLEGATION OF PRIOR NOTIFICATION OF NRC INSPECTIONS 1 Q. STATE YOUR NAME AND BUSINESS ADDRESS.

2 A. My name is Dwight Lane Freeze and my business address is Duke 3 Power Company, Station Support Division South, Post Office Box ,

4 219, Seneca, South Carolina 29678.

5 6 Q. STATE YOUR PRESENT JOB POSITION WITH DUKE POWER 7 COMPANY AND DESCRIBE THE NATURE OF YOUR JOB.

8 A. I am the Station Support Division Manager, responsible for 9 construction of modifications and major capital additions to Oconee l 10 Nuclear Station, Lee Steam Station and ~ six hydroelectric stations.

l 11 My responsibilities also include providing maintenance support to 12 these same operating stations.

I 13 l DESCRIBE l 14 Q. YOUR PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND .l 15 QUALIFICATIONS, INCLUDING YOUR PRIOR POSITIONS WITH.

16 DUKE POWER.

17 A. I am a registered Professional Engineer in both North Carolina and -

18 South Carolina. I received ' a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil

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1 Engineering, from North Carolina State University in 1967. I i

2 started working for Duke Power Company in 1967 as an Assistant 3 Field Engineer at the Oconee Nuclear Station. I was responsible for 4 assisting in preparation of schedules, providing technical assistance 5 to the craft organization and various office engineering functions.

6 7 In 1968, I was promoted to Field Engineer -

Office, with 8 respcusibility for office functions, scheduling, status information 9 and material delivery schedules at Oconee. In 1971, I was promoted

10 ta Field Engineer - Civil, with responsibility for technical support 11 for all structural concrete and structural steel work at Oconee. In j 12 addition, quality control inspection of structural work was part of 13 my responsibility. Later in 1971, I was promoted to Principal Field 14 Engineer with responsibility for technical support, scheduling, 15 budgeting and inspection of all civil, mechanical and electrical 16 installations for the construction of Oconee. With the completion of 17 Oconee, I was transferred to the Catawba Nuclear Station in 1974.

18 I was assigned as Project Engineer with responsibility for technical l

19 support, scheduling, budgeting and inspection of all civil, 20 mechanical and electrical installations at Catawba. I remained in 21 that position until February, 1981, when I was assigned as 22 Manager, Construction Services of the Construction ' Department.

23 With this assignment, I ~ was transferred from the Catawba- site to 24 the Charlotte office. I held that position until February, 1982, 25 when I was transferred to the Oconee Station Support Division, 26 later renamed Station Support Division South.

1 I have attended schools involving welding and welding inspection, 2 including a' one week course at the University of Tennessee dealing with the technical aspects of welding and a one week course at Ohio 3

4 State University dealing with Quality Assurance requirements. I 5  !

6 Q. ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH MR. LANGLEY'S ALLEGATION THAT THE l 1

7 COMPANY WAS AWARE OF WHEN THE NRC WAS COMING FOR SITE 8 INSPECTIONS?

9 A. I have read the portions of Mr. Langley's testimony dea 1ing with his 10 allegation that the company knew in advance that the NRC was 11 coming for inspections.

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, 13 Q. TO THE BEST OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE, IS THERE ANY BASIS FOR

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14 THIS ALLEGATION?

15 A. I know of no basis for Mr. Langley's allegation that advance notice 16 was received for routine NRC inspections. The NRC inspectors 17 operated under a program of routine , unannounced inspections 18 except 'for special inspections. For special inspections, we actually 19 notified the NRC of approximate dates for special events, such as 20 particular concrete placements, major equipment handling (reactor, 21 steam generators, etc.). The NRC then may or may not have come i

22 to inspect the particular activities. At no time did I ever receive 23 advance notification of a routine inspection. As Project Engineer 24 reporting directly. to the Project Manager, if such advance 25 notifications had been given, I would have been in a position to 26 know about . them. The - primary contact with. the NRC was the 27 Project Manager. However, as Project Engineer working directly.

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I 1 for the Project Manager, I would assist the NRC inspectors by ,

2 gftting the infor1 nation they needed during their inspections. I was 3 available to answer questions, direct them to the proper persons for 4 inforination and accompany them to look at areas of construction.

5 6 Q. DID NRC EVER SPECIFY WHAT THEY WANTED TO INSPECT?

7 A. When the NRC came to Catawba for inspections, our practice was to 8 meet with them upon their arrival in the Project Manager's office.

9 Those present usually included the Project Manager, Project 10 Engineer, General Superintendent of Crafts, Senior Quality Control 11 Engineer, Senior Construction Engineer and Senior Quality 12 Assurance Engineer. At this time, the NRC would advise us which 13 areas of construction they wanted to inspect during their visit. We 14 would advise them of the status of construction, current work in 15 progress and which individuals were available and knowledgeable in 16 the areas they intended to inspect. The individuals who were 17 knowledgeable in the areas to be inspected were then notified to be i

18. available as needed by the NRC in order to enable the NRC to 19 complete their inspections.

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