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Prefiled Testimony of Dr Wright on 840816 in Glen Rose,Tx. Pp 1-9
ML20095C120
Person / Time
Site: Comanche Peak  
Issue date: 08/16/1984
From: David Wright
BROWN & ROOT, INC. (SUBS. OF HALLIBURTON CO.), TEXAS UTILITIES ELECTRIC CO. (TU ELECTRIC)
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OL-2, NUDOCS 8408220385
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Mr. Wright, would you state.your full n a m e ','

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Danny Ray Wright.

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Wh'o'is-your employer? A.

Brown s Root.

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And where are you employed?

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dtiComanche Peak-Steam Electric Station.

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Walder.

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How.long-have you been a welder'at Comanche

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_Approximately 7 and-a-half years.-

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Yes, I do.

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=Who is Mr. Ables?

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He was a welder for Brown & R o o't.

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D'o you know when he left his employment at

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Approxicately;two months ago'.

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Do you know Richard Simpson?

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Yes, I do.

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He is~.a -pipe fitter for Brown & Root.

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Is he employed at Comanche' Peak at this 16 time?

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Yes,'he'is.

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Do you recall working o na welding job with 19' Jackie-Ables'and Richard'Simpson on a Saturday i n 20 January 19847

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Yes, I do.

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, What was the date?-

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January the 14th.

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I. assisted'Jackle Ables in welding out two

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,To.thie best of my memory, two.six-inch

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welds on either side of= a valve.

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- App rox ima'tely how far' apart were the welds?

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I would say two, feet.

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When did you complete your welding on,this 11-valve?

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What did you do?

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I assisted Jac'kie Ables in prepping two 18 welds ~.:

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these welds with Mr. Ables, Saturday night and early t

Sunday morning, were they presented for a final VT 6

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that night, did~you see'any~0C inspectors?

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No.

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Yes, it does..

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1, DANNY RAY WRIGHT, have.rcad the 18' foregoing deposition, and hereby affix my signature that.same is true and correct,-except as noted 19 herein.

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- GUBSCRIBED'and sworn-to:before me this the day of _

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-NOTARY PUBLIC for the State of Texas 24 My Commission Expires:

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certify'that there came before me on the 16th day of 6

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Glen Rose,. Texas, the following named person, to-wit:

8 Danny' Ray Wright, who was-by me duly sworn to 9

testify the truth and nothing but the truth of his 10 knowledge touching and 'concerning the matters in

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is taken,-and further that I'am n'ot ~a relative ~ or

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