ML20090K063
| ML20090K063 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Catawba  |
| Issue date: | 10/18/1983 |
| From: | Bradley W DUKE POWER CO. |
| To: | |
| References | |
| A-016, A-16, NUDOCS 8405230608 | |
| Download: ML20090K063 (5) | |
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Docket Nos.
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50-414 (Catawba Nuclear Station,
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Units 1 and 2)
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TESTIMONY OF WILLIAM H BRADLEY 1
Q.
STATE YOUR NAME AND BUSINESS ADDRESS.
2 A.
William H. Bradley, Catawba Nuclear Station, P.O. Box 223, Clover, 3
SC 29710 4
Q.
STATE YOUR PRESENT POSITION WITH DUKE POWER COMPANY.
5 A.
I am Quality Assurance Surveillance Supervisor at Catawba Nuclear 6
Station.
I have been in my present job for approximately one and 7
one-half months.
8 Q.
DESCRIBE YOUR PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND 9
QUALIFICATIONS, INCLUDING YOUR PRIOR POSITIONS WITH 1
'10 DUKE POWER COMPANY.
11 A.
I served in.the United States Navy for over twenty years prior to 12 joining Duke Power Company.
I entered the Navy Nuclear Power 13 Program in 1954, and was involved in that program until my 14 retirement in 1972.
15 I joined' Duke Power Company in late 1972 in the Construction 16.
Department.
I have served as Construction QA Manager; QA 17 Manager-Audits and Training; QA Manager-Engineering and 18
. Services; QA Manager-Administrative Services; and Staff Assistant
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1 Q.
WHEN : DID YOU FIRST BECOME AWARE OF THE QUALITY OR O
2 SAFETY CONCERNS EXPRESSED BY WELDING INSPECTORS AT i
3 CATAWBA?
4 A.
I first heard of these concerns in late 1981, as I recall.
5 Q.
WERE YOU INVOLVED IN THE MANAGEMENT DECISIONS TO 6
INITIATE THE VARIOUS TASK FORCE INVESTIGATIONS?
7 A.
No.
8 Q.
DESCRIBE YOUR INVOLVEMENT WITH THE INITIAL TASK FORCE 9
(TASK FORCE I).
10 A.
I was not involved at all with Task Force I.
11 Q.
DESCRIBE YOUR INVOLVEMENT WITH THE TECHNICAL TASK 12 FORCE.
13 A.
I was not involved with the Technical Task Force until they had 14 completed their assignment.
However, as stated below I did 15 coordinate implementation of the Task Force recommendation.
16 Q.
DESCRIBE YOUR INVOLVEMENT WITH LEWIS ZWISSLER OF 17 MANAGEMENT ANALYSIS COMPANY.
18 A.
After I was appointed Coordinator for the Implementation of the 19 Welding Technical Task Force Recommendations in March, 1982, I 20 talked to Mr. Zwissler a number of times about the recommendations i
21 in his report.
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22 Q.
DESCRIBE YOUR INVOLVEMENT WITH THE NONTECHNICAL _ TASK 23 FORCE.
24 A.
I was not involved at all with the Nontechnical Task. Force.
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25 Q.
WHAT WAS YOUR INVOLVEMENT IN STEP 1 OF THE WELDING 26 INSPECTOR WAGE RECOURSE PROCEDURE?
1 A.
I reviewed the written pay recourses received from the welding q
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inspectors with Mr. Wells and Mr. Davison, and based on discussion 3
with Mr. Wells, I drafted a response for Mr. Wells' signature.
4 Q.
WERE YOU INVOLVED IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF 5
RECOMMENDATIONS BY ANY OF THE TASK FORCES?
6 A.
Yes.
As indicated above, I served as Coordinator for implementing 7
the Technical Task -Force Recommendations after being appointed by t
8 Georga Grier.
9 Q.
DESCRIBE YOUR ROLE IL IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS 10 OF THE TECHNICAL T iSK FORCE, INCLUDING YOUR ROLE IN 11 THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MANAGEMENT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN 12 USED TO IMPLEMENT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE TECHNICAL i
13 TASK FORCE.
14 A.
I was not involved in the actual implementation of the 15 recommendations.
I coordinated the actions of others from a
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16 recordkeeping standpoint.
As Staff Assistant to the Corporate QA 17 Manager.(Mr. Grier), I attended at least one meeting which dealt 18 with the formulation of-the Management Implementation Plan and took 19 part in the discussions.
I did not have a substantial role in 20 developing the Management Implementation Plan.
21 Q.
DESCRIBE YOUR' DUTIES AS COORDINATOR FOR IMPLEMENTATION 22 OF THE TECHNICAL TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATIONS.
23 A.
As Coordinator, I
assured that appropriate individuals were 24 assigned to carry. out the' action required by the various 25 recommendations.
I developed a form.to document the action taken,
- 26 collected the documents attesting to the
- action, including
- O 27 appropriate signatures, and suhmitted the documentation to my 28 supervisor, Mr. Grier, for his review..
1 Q.
' DESCRIBE YOUR ROLE IN IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS
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2 OF THE NONTECHNICAL TASK FORCE.
3 A.
I was not involved at all.
4 Q.
ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE. NONCONFORMANCE EVALUATION 5
TEAM?
6 A.
Yes. I was Chairman of that Team.
7 Q.
PLEASE. DESCRIBE THE BACKGROUND AND FUNCTIONS OF THE i
8 NONCONFORMANCE EVALUATION TEAM.
9 A.
The Team was formed after the NRC issued a formal violation based 10 on the resolution of four NCI's, which in the opinion of the NRC, 11 had not been resolved in accordance with procedure. The NRC did 4
12 not question the resolution of the NCI's, but determined that the 4
13 documentation of the resolutions was inadequate.
The Team was 14 formed to assure that the resolutions of NCI's was accurately 15 reflected in the documentation In particular, we were to determine 16 whether the problem and its resolution had been adequately 17
. documented and whether all aspects. of the problem had been 18 considered and documented.
When the team considered the 19 documentation relating to an NCI insufficient, we so notified 20 supervision' and requested that the person who initially resolved the 21 NCI more thoroughly document his reasons for reaching that 22 conclusion.
At no time did we change or cause to be changed the 23 technical resolution of a non-conforming report.
24 The ' Team was composed of six individuals:
two from the i
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~ Quality Assurance Department, two-from the Engineering 26 Department, and -two from the Construction Department. ' All of the 27 individuals on the Team were experienced in their field and 28 represented a cross section of talent (i.e. quality assurance and
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I civil, mechanical and electrical engineering).
None of the Team. 2 members were assigned to Catawba or reported to anyone at 3 Catawba. 4 Q. PLEASE EXPLAIN YOUR ROLE IN THE NONCONFORMANCE 5 EVALUATION TEAM. 6 A. I was Chairman of the Team. I arranged and scheduled the 7 periodic meetings cf the Team, wrote the appropriate letters to 8 supervision and kept records of the Team's work. 9 10 11 12 I hereby certify that I have read and understand this document, and 13 believe it to be my true, accurate and complete testimony. 14 / / l-i <^ William H. Bradley [, 17 18 19 20 Sworn to and subscribed before me 21 this / 7 A day of October,1983. 22 25 Notary Pubhc / 26 27 Commission Expires /d,/977 O L1 3
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