ML20090K263

Applicant Exhibit A-67,consisting of Testimony of Lh Harris Re Welding Inspector Concerns

ML20090K263
Person / Time
Site:	Catawba
Issue date:	12/01/1983
From:	Harris L DUKE POWER CO.
To:
References
A-067, A-67, NUDOCS 8405240115
Download: ML20090K263 (8)

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50-414 (Catawba Nuclear Station,

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TESTIMONY OF LINDSAY H. HARRIS, JR.

1 Q.

STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR WORK ADDRESS.

2 A.

Lindsay Harvey Harris, Jr.,

Catawba Nuclear Station, P.O. Box 3

223, Clover, SC, 29710.

4 Q.

WHAT IS YOUR PRESENT JOB WITH DUKE POWER COMPANY?

5 A.

I am a QA Welding Inspector in the Unit 1 Reactor Building.

6 Q.

SUMMARIZE YOUR EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS, INCLUDING 7

OTHER NON-DUEE JOBS, EDUCATION, CERTIFICATIONS, AND 8

COMPANY SPONSORED COURSES AND TRAINING.

9 A.

I worked for Daniels Construction as a Boilermaker.

I was a 10 Certified Tub Welder and Heavy Wall Hot Welder.

11 I have attended Heliarc Welding School, Welding Inspection School, 12 NDE School, and a Health Physics Training Program while employed 13 by Duke.

I graduated from Rock Hill High School and attended 14 Gaston College and Spartanburg Jr. College.

15 Q.

WHAT OTHER JOB POSITIONS HAVE YOU HELD WITH DUKE POWER IS COMPANY?

17 A.

I was a welder before becoming an inspector.

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1 Q.

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.

My understanding is that many inspectors were dissatisfied with the 8

answers they n eceived to questions they asked about NCI's.

9 Q.

DID YOU EXPRESS ANY CONCERNS AS A WELDING INSPECTOR TO 10 ANY OF THE TASK FORCES OR TO DUKE POWER MANAGEMENT?

11 A.

Yes.

12 Q.

TO WHOM DID YOU EXPRESS YOUR~ CONCERNS?

13 A.

I remember talking to Larry Coggins and Gail Addis.

I do not 14 remember who else I talked to.

15 Q.

WERE YOUR CONCERNS WRITTEN?

16 A.

Yes.

17 Q.

DESCRIBE EACH DOCUMENT WHICH CONTAINS YOUR EXPRESSION 18 OF CONCERNS, AND INDICATE WHO IT WAS SUBMITTED TO.

19 A.

A written statement of my concerns was turned in to my supervisor 20 and then given to the Task Force.

I have attached a copy of this 21 statement to my testimony as Attachment A.

22 Q.

DID YOU FEEL FREE TO EXPRESS ALL OF YOUR CONCERNS?

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Yes.

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DID YOU EXPRESS ALL OF YOUR CONCERNS?

25 A.

Yes.

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DOES THE DOCUMENT ATTACHED TO YOUR TESTIMONY AS

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2-ATTACHMENT A REFLECT ALL OF YOUR WRITTEN CONCERNS?

3 A.

Yes.

4 Q.

ARE ALL Ot IOUR CONCERNS INCLUDED IN THIS DOCUMENT?

5 A.

Yes.

6 Q.

PLEASE SUMMARIZE AND EXPLAIN WHAT YOU WERE TRYING TO 7

COMMUNICATE BY YOUR CONCERNS.

8 A.

My concerns were brought to the attention of Duke supervision to 9

try to get more support in making our jobs as Welding Inspectors 10 more efficient, precise, and thorough.

11 Q.

WERE YOUR CONCERNS INVESTIGATED BY THE TASK FORCES?

12 A.

Yes.

13 Q.

DID YOU ATTEND ANY MEETINGS WITH TASK FORCE AND/OR QA 14 MANAGEMENT MEMBERS WHERE THE TASK FORCE FINDINGS, 15 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS WERE DISCUSSED?

16 A.

Yes, I think that the concerns were thoroughly investigated and 17 were properly handled and taken care' of.

18 Q.

WERE THERE ANY CHANGES MADE IN THE QA PROGRAM AFTER 19 THE WELDING INSPECTOR CONCERNS AND THE TASK FORCE 20 INVESTIGATION OF THESE CONCERNS?

21 A.

Yes.

22 Q.

DESCRIBE THE CHANGES OF WHICH YOU ARE AWARE IN THE QA

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24 A.

The trajor change I am aware of is the Employee Recourse Program.

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THE WELDING INSPECTOR CONCERNS HAVE BEEN r] -

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CHARACTERIZED AS CONCERNS ABOUT THE QUALITY AND 3

SAFETY OF CONSTRUCTION AT CATAWBA.

DO YOU AGREE OR 4

DISAGREE WITH THAT CHARACTERIZATION?

5 A.

I disagree.

I.think the quality and safety of the plant at Catawba 6

'is sound.

7 Q.

DID THE EXPRESSION OF YOUR CONCERNS INDICATE YOUR 8

BELIEF THAT THERE WAS A BREAKDOWN IN THE QA PROGRAM 9

OR INDICATE THAT THE QA PROGRAM WAS NO LONGER 10 WORKING?

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No.

A breakdown in the QA Program never existed at Catawba.

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12 My concerns were brought to the company's attention to help the 13 QA Program be more efficient and thorough.

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DID YOUR CONCERNS REFLECT A BELIEF ON YOUR PART THAT 15 THE CATAWBA PROJECT IS NOT BEING CONSTRUCTED SAFELY?

16 A.

No.

17 Q.

IN YOUR VIEW, HAS THE QA PROGRAM BEEN EFFECTIVE WHILE j

18 YOU HAVE WORKED AS AN INSPECTOR AT CATAWBA?

19 A.

Yes.

I 20 Q.

ARE YOU AWARE OF ANY DEFICIENCIES IN' CONSTRUCTION OR IN 21 THE QA PROGRAM WHICH WOULD CAUSE YOU TO QUESTION 22~

WHETHER CATAWBA IS SAFELY BUILT?

23 A.

No.

24 Q.

IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO YOUR 25 TESTIMONY?

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I would like to say that the QA program has always been

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2 effective at Catawba Nuclear and this plant is one of the safest 3

being built by Duke Power Company.

4 Duke Power Company has some of the best craftsmen I have 5

ever worked with.

I have been working construction since 1971 6

and have worked around a lot of professional craftsmen in all fields 7

and crafts.

To the best of my knowledge, the plant at Catawba 8

has been built by the guidelines required by the Ditke Power QA 9

department and quality has been in every job completed.

10 11 12 13 I hereby certify that I have read and understand this document, and O

believe it to be my true, accurate and complete testimony.

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19 20 21 Sworn to and subscribed before me 22 this A 9 4 day of September,1983.

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