ML20090K196
| ML20090K196 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Catawba  |
| Issue date: | 11/03/1983 |
| From: | Deaton B DUKE POWER CO. |
| To: | |
| References | |
| A-028, A-28, NUDOCS 8405240087 | |
| Download: ML20090K196 (6) | |
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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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TESTIMON1( OF BILLY WAYNE DEATON 1
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STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR WORK ADDRESS.
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Billy Wayne Deaton, Catawba Nuclear Project, P.O.
Box 223, 3
Clover, SC 29710.
4 Q.
WHAT IS YOUR PRESENT JOB WITH DUKE POWER COMPANY?
5 A.
I am a Supervising Technician in Welding Inspection.
I am the 6
supervisor of inspectors on elevations 522, 543, 560, and 577 of the 7
Auxiliary Building.
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Q.
SUMMARIZE YOUR EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS, INCLUDING 9
OTHER NON-DUKE JOBS, EDUCATION, CERTIFICATIONS, AND 10 COMPANY SPONSORED COURSES AND TRAINING.
11 A.
I have worked in welding, fitting, rigging, and maintenance for 12 several companies, including Industrial Textile Piping, McLeod 13 Trucking and Rigging and Florida Steel. While employed at Duke, I 14 have attended the Supervisor De7elopment Program, the New 15 Foreman Training Program, Stress Management Training, and OSHA 16 Awareness Training.
I have worked for Duke Power at Catawba for 17 about 7 years (6 as an inspector).
18 Q.
WHAT OTHER JOB POSITIONS HAVE YOU HELD WITH DUKE POWER 19 COMPANY?
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I was a welder before becoming an inspector.
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ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH WHAT IS COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS 2
THE WELDING INSPECTOR CONCERNS WHICH WERE EXPRESSED IN 3
LATE 1981/EARLY 1982?
4 A.
Yes.
5 Q.
WHAT IS YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THESE CONCERNS 6
WERE?
7 A.
I do not think that I can answer that question because these 8
concerns were individual concerns that different inspectors had.
9 Q.
DID YOU EXPRESS ANY CONCERNS TO ANY OF THE TASK 10 FORCES OR TO DUKE POWER MANAGEMENT?
11 A.
Yes.
12 Q.
TO WHOM DID YOU EXPRESS 'i OUR CONCERNS?
13 A.
I do not remember, but I think it was the Non-Technical Task 14 Force.
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WERE YOUR CONCERNS WRITTEN?
16 A.
Yes.
17 Q.
DESCRIBE EACH DOCUMENT WHICH CONTAINS YOUR EXPRESSION
- s 18 OF CONCERNS,- AND INDICATE WHO IT WAS SUBMITTED TO.
19 A.
My concerns are included in a handwritten statement which is 20 attached to my Testimony as Attachment A.
I submitted this 21 statement t$ the Task Force.
22 Q.
DID. YOU FEEL FREE TO EXPRESS ALL OF YOUR CONCERNS?
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Yes.
24 Q.
DID YOU EXPRESS ALL OF YOUR CONCERNS?
25 A.
Yes.
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DOES THE DOCUMENTS ATTACHED TO YOUR TESTIMONY AS g
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ATTACHMENT A REFLECT YOUR WRITTEN CONCERNS?
3 A.
Yes, the attached document which was submitted to the Task Force 4
reflects my concerns.
5 Q.
ARE ALL OF YOUR CONCERNS INCLUDED IN THIS DOCUMENT?
6 A.
Yes.
7 Q.
PLEASE SUMMARIZE AND EXPLAIN WHAT YOU WERE TRYING TO 8
COMMUNICATE BY YOUR CONCERNS.
9 A.
That the resolution of problems raised on NCIs were not 10 completely communicated to inspectors.
In other words, while 11 resolution addressed the safety concerns, there was a failure to 12 communicate completely how our concerns regarding NCIs were 13 handled. They needed to establish better communications among the 14 different groups in QA.
15 Q.
WERE YOUR CONCERNS INVESTIGATED BY THE TASK FORCES?
16 A.
Yes.
17 Q.
DID YOU ATTEND ANY MEETINGS WITH TASK FORCE AND/OR QA 18 MANAGEMENT MEMBERS WHERE THE TASK FORCE FINDINGS, 19 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS WERE DISCUSSED?
20 A.
I don't remember.
21 Q.
WERE THERE ANY CHANGES MADE IN THE QA PROGRAM AFTER 22 THE WELDING INSPECTOR CONCERNS AND THE TASK FORCE' 23 INVESTIGATION OF THESE CONCERNS?
24 A.
Yes, my concerns have been resolved by improved communications 25 within QA.
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1 Q.
DESCRIBE THE CHANGES OF WHICH YOU ARE AWARE IN THE QA 2
PROGRAM.
3 A.
I believe we now have better communication in the QA Department.
4 Q.
THE WELDING INSPECTOR CONCERNS HAVE BEEN j
5 CHARACTERIZED AS CONCERNS ABOUT THE QUALITY AND 6
SAFETY OF CONSTRUCTION AT CATAWBA.
DO YOU AGREE OR 7
DISAGREE WITH THAT CHARACTERIZATION?
8 A.
I can only answer for my concerns.
In my view the Catawba plant 9
is safe.
I feel like we had a problem in communications among the 10 different groups in QA and Construction.
11 Q.
DID THE EXPRESSION OF YOUR CONCERNS INDICATE YOUR 12 BELIEF THAT THERE WAS A' BREAKDOWN IN THE QA PROGRAM 13 OR INDICATE THAT THE QA PROGRAM WAS NO LONGER 14 WORKING?
15 A.
I felt that there was a need for more and better communications.
I 16 don't think there was ever a time when the QA Program was not 17 working.
I expressed concerns to help make the program work 18 better.
19 Q.
DID YOUR CONCERNS REFLECT A BELIEF ON YOUR PART THAT 20 THE CATAWBA PROJECT IS NOT BEING CONSTRUCTED SAFELY?
21 A.
No.
22 Q.
IN YOUR VIEW, HAS THE QA PROGRAM BEEN EFFECTIVE WHILE 23 YOU HAVE WORKED AS AN INSPECTOR AT CATAWBA?
24 A.
Yes.
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ARE YOU AWARE OF ANY DEFICIENCIES IN CONSTRUCTION OR IN 26
.THE QA PROGRAM WHICH ~ WOULD CAUSE YOU TO QUESTION 27 WHETHER CATAWBA IS SAFELY BUILT?.
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1 Q.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO YOUR O
2 TESTIMONY?
3 A.
The Catawba Project is of sound construction and safely built.
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7 I hereby certify that I have read and understand this document, and 8
believe it to be my true, accurate and complete testimony.
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l 14 15 Sworn to and subscribed before me 16 this E ff day of September,1983.
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