ML20090K283

Applicant Exhibit A-72,consisting of Testimony of RB Childers Re Changes in QA Program Resulting from Welding Inspector Concerns

ML20090K283
Person / Time
Site:	Catawba
Issue date:	12/01/1983
From:	Childers R DUKE POWER CO.
To:
References
A-072, A-72, NUDOCS 8405240127
Download: ML20090K283 (3)

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BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSIN OARP i n'ak20 84&

Docm In the Matter of ) mg:Tittp it DUKE POWER COMPANY, et al. ) Docket Nos. 5 ' f' (Catawba Nuclear Station,

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TESTIMONY OF RICHARD B. CHILDERS i 1 Q. STATE YOUR NAME 'AND YOUR WORK ADDRESS.

2 A. Richard B. Childers, Catawba Nuclear Project, P.O. Box 223, 3 Clover, SC 29710.

4 Q. WHAT IS YOUR F i.3ENT JOB WITH DUKE POWER COMPANY?

j 5 A. I am a Senior Welding Inspector, Visual, MT, and PT Inspection in

6 the Turbine and Auxiliary Building's.

! 7 Q. SUMMARIZE YOUR EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS, INCLUDING l

O 8 OTHER DUKE AND NON-DUKE JOBS, EDUCATION, 9 CERTIFICATIONS, AND COMPANY SPONSORED COURSES AND 10 TRAINING.

11 A. I attended Rock Hill High School, and York Technical College, with 1

12 1 year of welding. I worked at the Westinghouse Turbine Plant for

! 13 9 months welding; Mac-Fab., Inc. for 2 years as welding l

14 supervisor; Daniel Construction for 6 years welding; and Duke i 15 Power for about 7 years (since 1981 as a senior welding inspecto"r).

16 Currently I am a Level II MT and Level II PT 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.

S Q. WHAT IS YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THESE CONCERNS 6 WERE?

7 A. My understanding of these concerns is that they were focus on a 8 belief that our higher supervision was not supporting the Welding 9 Inspectors.

10 Q. DID YOU EXPRESS ANY CONCERNS AS A WELDING INSPECTOR TO 11 ANY OF THE TASK FORCES OR TO DUKE POWER MANAGEMENT?

12 A. No.

13 Q. WERE THERE ANY CHANGES MADE IN THE QA PROGRAM AFTER 14 THE WELDING INSPECTOR CONCERNS AND THE TASK FORCE O ,

V 15 INVESTIGATION OF THESE CONCERNS?

16 A. Yes.

17 Q. DESCRIBE THE CHANGES OF WHICH YOU ARE AWARE IN THE QA 18 PROGRAM.

19 A. While there were several changes made, one that comes to mind was 20 that Art Allum was put in Charles Baldwin's position.

21 Q. THE WELDING INSPECTOR CONCERNS HAVE BEEN 22 CHARACTERIZED. AS CONCERNS ABOUT THE QUALITY AND 23 SAFETY OF CONSTRUCTION AT CATAWBA. DO YOU AGREE OR 24 DISAGREE WITH THAT CHARACTERIZATION?

25 A. I disagree with the characterization. I believe that the plant is f 26 built with great quality and safety.

27 Q. DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THE CATAWBA PROJECT IS BEING

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1 A. I believe that Catawba is being built safely. l U 2 Q. IN YOUR VIEW, HAS THE QA PROGRAM BEEN EFFECTIVE WHILE 3 YOU HAVE WORKED AS AN INSPECTOR AT CATAWBA?

4 A. Yes.

5 Q. ARE YOU AWARE OF ANY DEFICIENCIES IN CONSTRUCTION OR IN 6 THE QA PROGRAM WHICH WOULD CAUSE YOU TO QUESTION -

7 WHETHER CATAWBA IS SAFELY BUILT?

, 8 A. No.

t 9 Q. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO YOUR 10 TESTIMONY?

! 11 A. No.

12 Q. DO YOU CURRENTLY HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT THE 13 FUNCTIONING OF THE QA PROGRAM?

! 14 A. NO.

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18 I hereby certify that I have read and understand this document, and 19 believe it to be my true, accurate and complete testimony.

20 i 21 22 Ige / _/ g M2m 23 Richard B. ChtTders i

24 25 Sworn to and subscribed before me 26 this B a day of September,1983.

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