ML20090K236

Applicant Exhibit A-61,consisting of Testimony of LS Jackson Re Welding Inspector Concerns

ML20090K236
Person / Time
Site:	Catawba
Issue date:	11/29/1983
From:	Jackson L DUKE POWER CO.
To:
References
A-061, A-61, NUDOCS 8405240102
Download: ML20090K236 (8)

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Units I and 2) ) l TESTIMONY OF LARRY SALONE JACKSON 1 Q. STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR WORK ADDRESS.

2 A. Larry Salone Jackson, Catawba Nuclear Station, P.O. Box 223, 3 Clover, SC 29710. >

4 Q. WHAT IS YOUR PRESENT JOB WITH DUKE POWER COMPANY?

5 A. QA Welding Inspector, visual and NDE in all areas the plant.

6 Q. SUMMARIZE YOUR EXPERIENCE AND' QUALIFICATIONS, INCLUDING 7 OTHER NON-DUKE JOBS, EDUCATION, CERTIFICATIONS, AND

' 8 COMPANY SPONSORED COURSES AND TRAINING.

s 9 A. I graduated from Kings Mountain High and spent 4 years at 10 Cleveland Technical SEhool where I graduated in 1973 with an AA

'11 Degree in Industrial Management and an AA in Business

12 Administration. I have worked as a welder for the Lithium 13 Corporation (1969-1972), a welder for B&D Welding (1973-1974), a 14 welder for Johnson's Welding (1969-1972), and a welder for Warner 15 Swassey Corporation (1976-1977). In 1977 I went to the Duke 16 Power Welding Program. I am certified in all aspects of welding. I 17 welded for Duke Power in 1978 and then transferred to the QA 18 Department. I am certified as a Visual Inspector, Cross Certified 19 to NDE Inspection, and am also certified in the ' Acid Etching phase  !

.20 of inspection. I have been an inspector for Duke Power stationed l 21 at Catawba for about 6' years.

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1 -Q. WHAT OTHER JOB POSITIONS HAVE YOU HELD WITH DUKE POWER 2 COMPANY?

3 A. Welder helper and welder.

4 Q. ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH WHAT IS COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS 5 THE WELDING INSPECTOR CONCERNS WHICH WERE EXPRESSED IN 6 LATE 1981/EARLY 1982?

7 A. Yes.

8 Q. WHAT IS YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THESE CONCERNS 9 WERE?

10 A. (1) Money 11 '(2) Other concerns expressed by other inspectors.

12 (3) Poor backing by QA supervision.

13 Q. DID YOU EXPRESS ANY CONCERNS AS A WELDING INSPECTOR TO 14 ANY OF THE TASK FORCES OR TO DUKE POWER MANAGEMENT?

15 A. Yes.

1 16 Q. TO WHOM DID YOU EXPRESS YOUR CONCERNS?

I 17 A. I expressed concerns to Gail Addis, Lew Zwissler, and another .

2 18 person from the Charlotte office. I can't remember the name.

19 Q. WERE YOUR CONCERNS WRITTEN?

20 A. Yes.

21 Q. WHAT WERE THE CONCERNS YOU EXPRESSED?

-22 A. My concerns are specifically discussed in Attachment ' A. They i 23 concern the question of why. craft seemed to have so much pull over 24 the QA Department. The reason I say this is because in the past 25 it seemed as though most of the time QA supervisors and managers 26 swayed toward craft in resolving NCIs and other problems.

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1 Q. DID YOU FEEL FREE TO EXPRESS.ALL OF YOUR CONCERNS?

2 'A. Yes.

3 Q. DID YOU EXPRESS ALL OF YOUR CONCERNS?

4 A. Yes.

5 Q. HAVE YOU DISCUSSED YOUR CONCERNS WITH ANYONE ELSE?

6 A. No, just the task force and upper management.

7 Q. DOES THE DOCUMENT ATTACHED TO YOUR TESTIMONY AS 8 ATTACHMENT A . REFLECT YOUR WRITTEN CONCERNS?

9 A. Yes.

10 Q. ARE ALL OF YOUR CONCERNS INCLUDED IN THIS DOCUMENT?

11 A. Yes.

12 Q. PLEASE SUMMARIZE AND EXPLAIN WHAT YOU WERE TRYING TO 13 COMMUNICATE BY YOUR CONCERNS.

14 A. I wanted some backing by all upper management when we had 15 problems. If we've got backing by our supervision, it would make 16 our job more efficient.

17 Q. WERE YOUR CONCERNS INVESTIGATED BY THE TASK FORCES?'

18 A. Yes.

a Q. DID YOU ATTEND ANY MEETINGS WITH TASK FORCE AND/OR QA -

l 20' MANAGEMENT MEMBERS WHERE THE TASK FORCE FINDINGS, 21 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS WERE-DISCUSSED?

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'22 A. We met with - the ' task force. We were told that - all our concerns 23 were' taken' care of and were handled to the best of their ability.

l 24 Q. WERE THERE ANY. CHANGES MADE IN THE QA PROGRAM AFTER 25 THE WELDING INSPECTOR CONCERNS - AND -THE TASK FORCE 26 INVESTIGATION.OF THESE CONCERNS?

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t 2 Q. DESCRIBE THE CHANGES OF WHICH YOU ARE AWARE IN THE QA 3 PROGRAM.

4 A. Several changes have occurred including the fact that we now have 5 an employee relations group.

6 Q. DO YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS RELATING TO THE FUNCTIONING 7 OF THE QA PROGRAM AFFECTING SAFETY THAT WERE NOT 8 RESOLVED?

9 A. No.

10 Q. THE WELDING INSPECTOR CONCERNS HAVE BEEN 11 CHARACTERIZED AS CONCERNS AFFECTING THE QUALITY AND 12 SAFETY OF CONSTRUCTION AT CATAWBA. DO YOU AGREE OR 13 DISAGREE WITH THAT CHARACTERIZATION?

14 A. I disagree. I feel like this plant could not be built any safer. I O 15 think Duke Power goes far past its means to be safe. They take 16 no short cuts. They want things to be done right. It's our job to 17 make sure that these things are done according to Duke Power's 18 Procedures, ASME Codes and others. I think Duke Power Company 19 has high quality personnel and this company goes to upper means 20 to make sure that work done on this job is done within the 21 guidelines of all the safety codes.

22 Q. DID THE EXPRESSION OF YOUR CONCERNS INDICATE YOUR L BELIEF THAT THERE WAS A BREAKDOWN IN THE QA PROGRAM l 1

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1 A. I feel like the QA Department at Catawba has always worked. It

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Q 2 never broke down in any way as a department. We as inspectors 3 have had problems with upper management. The main objective to 4 this statement is backing by our higher ups when we needed it.

5 This department can't run by itself; we needed everyone working 6 together to make it sufficient. We need to stand with each other 7 when the road gets rough after a person is left in the cold, you 8 lose trust in them (department).

9 My concerns were about supervision (upper management). We 10 were told by upper management that it was proven that they could 11 hire anyone off the street to run our job. I take my job seriously, 12 and I want them to take me seriously. By this I mean help me in 13 situations when help is needed and don't leave us hanging on a 14 limb. We must have backing by our upper management to make our b

\ 15 job run more smoothly. We must have confidence in each other as a 16 department.

17 Q. DID YOUR CONCERNS REFLECT A BELIEF ON YOUR PART THAT 18 THE CATAWBA PROJECT IS NOT BEING CONSTRUCTED SAFELY?

19 A. No.

20 Q. IN YOUR VIEW, HAS THE QA PROGRAM BEEN EFFECTIVE WHILE 21 YOU HAVE WORKED AS AN INSPECTOR AT CATAWBA?

22 A. Yes.

23 Q. ARE YOU AWARE OF ANY DEFICIENCIES IN CONSTRUCTION OR IN 24 THE QA PROGRAM WHICH WOULD CAUSE YOU TO QUESTION 25 WHETHER CATAWBA IS SAFELY BUILT?

26 A. No.

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1 Q. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO YOUR 2 TESTIMONY?

3 A. Yes. As far as the welding on this project, Duke uses higher 4 standards than generally accepted. I know this project is being 5 built far past the NRC and ASME Codes. Duke Power puts quality 6 first, and the job itself reflects this.

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9 10 I hereby certify that I have read and understand this document, and 11 believe it to be my true, accurate and complete testimony p 12 0 f l

15 Larry Salone Jackson 16 17 Sworn to and subscribed before me 18 this So g, day of September,1983.

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