ML20100B694
| ML20100B694 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Vogtle  |
| Issue date: | 09/07/1995 |
| From: | GEORGIA POWER CO. |
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| References | |
| OLA-3-I-MOS-235, NUDOCS 9601190287 | |
| Download: ML20100B694 (4) | |
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DEPOSITION OF GEORGE BOCKHOLD, JR.,
TAKEN BY COUNSEL FOR THE COMPLAINANT, BEFORE JEAN W. CLEMENTS, CERTIFIED COURT REPORTER, AT PLANT VOGTLE, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, ON THURSDAY, THE 13TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1990, COMMENCING AT 9:30 A.M.
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL FOR THE COMPLAINANT:
FOR THE RESPONDENT:
MICHAEL D. KOHN JESSE P.
SCHAUDIES, JR.
KOHN, KOHN & CALATINTO TROUTMAN, SANDERS, LOCKERMAN & ASHMORE ATTORNEYS AT LAW 517 FLORIDA AVENUE, N.W.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW WASHINGTON, D.C.
20001 1400 CANDLER BUILDING 127 PEACHTREE ST.,
N.E.
ATLANTA, GA 30343 CULPEPPER REPORTING SERVICE, INC.
551 GREENE STREET, PATIO LEVEL 960!!90207 950907 AUGUSTA, GEORGIA 30901
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1 A.
I DON'T REMEMBER.
2 Q.
DID YOU ASK ANYONE ON SITE TO TRY -- LET ME 3
REPHRASE THAT.
DID YOU INTEND "'O TRY TO LOCATE THE SOURCE I
4 OF THE RUMOR THAT MR. SKIP KITCHENS HAD OPENED THE VALVE?
5 A.
NO, BECAUSE IT WAS TOTALLY RIDICULOUS THAT SKIP 6
KITCHENS WOULD OPEN THE VALVE.
7 Q.
WAS THERE A RUMOR ON SITE THAT SKIP KITCHENS HAD INTENTIONALLY ORDERED THAT THE VALVE BE OPENED IN VIOLATION 8
9 OF TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS?
10 A.
I HEARD THAT RUMOR, TOO, AND THAT'S TOTALLY 11 RIDICULOUS ALSO.
12 Q.
AND I NOTICE THAT SOME PEOPLE CHANGE IN DEMEANOR 13 WHEN THEY'RE ANSWERING THAT QUESTION.
BUT IS THAT A 14 PARTICULAR SORE SPOT WITH YOU?
15 A.
NO.
16 Q.
THAT ALLEGATION IS NOT A PARTICULAR SORE SPOT?
17 A.
IT'S TOTALLY RIDICULOUS, THAT'S ALL, YOU KNOW, 18 WHEN I SAY THE WORDS TOTALLY RIDICULOUS, MAYBE THAT'S JUST 19 THE WAY I REACTED.
20 Q.
AND SO A TOTALLY RIDICULOUS ALLEGATION WOULDN'T 21 GET YOU UPSET?
22 A.
NO.
23 Q.
EVEN IF IT'S MADE AGAINST ONE OF THE HIGHEST 24 RANKING MEMBERS OF MANAGEMENT ON SITE?
25 A.
NO, BECAUSE THE THING THAT JUST GIVES ME ANY CULPEPPER REPORTING SERVICE, INC.
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EMOTION AT ALL IS THAT THE N.R.C. WOULD CONTINUE TO PURSUE A 2
TOTALLY AND OBVIOUSLY TOTALLY RIDICULOUS ALLEGATION, THAT 3
THEY WOULD WASTE MAN-HOURS TO GO AHEAD AND PURSUE IT.
4 Q.
AND, HOW MANY 0.I.
INVEShIGATIONS HAVE THERE g
5 BEEN AT PLANT VOGTLE?
6 A.
TWO.
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7 Q.
CAN YOU TELL ME KHAT THE TWO WERE?
8 A.
ONE WAS ASSOCIATED WITH SECURITY AND ONE WAS 9
ASSOCIATED WITH THE MID-LOOP OPERATION.
10 Q.
AND, WAS THE SECURITY INVESTIGATION, WHAT WAS 11 THAT ABOUT?
12 A.
THE SECURITY INVESTIGAfION WAS ABOUT VARIOUS 13 ALLEGATIONS AND VARIOUS PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH SECURITY 14 AND WILLFUL WRONGDOING.
15 Q.
WHO MADE THOSE ALLEGATIONS?
16 A.
I DON'T,KNOW.
17 Q.
AND, WAS THERE A FINE ISSUED REGARDING THE FIRST 18 0.I.
INVESTIGATION?
19 A.
I BELIEVE THAT THE N.R.C.
RULES ARE SUCH THAT 20 FINES ARE NOT ISSUED ASSOCIATED WITH 0.I.
INVESTIGATIONS.
21 THE NORMAL INSPECTION PROCESS IS USED TO ISSUE FINES.
22 CRIMINAL PROSECUTION IS ASSOCIATED WITH O.I.
INVESTIGATIONS, 1
23 AND SO FINES AND O.I.
INVESTIGATIONS DO NOT RELATE.
i 24 Q.
AND, WAS THERE A CONCURRENT N.R.C.
INSPECTION 25 PROCES'S COVERING THE SAME AREAS AS THE O.I.
INVESTIGATIONS,
CULPEPPER REPORTING SERVICE, INC.
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THEY SHOWED UP.
2 Q.
THE INFORMATION -- WELL, LET ME REPHRASE THAT.
3 WHAT INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED TO UOU OR GEORGIA POWER 4
COMPANY PRIOR TO THE O.I. INVESTIGATION, WAS THERE A LIST OF 5
DOCUMENTS THEY WANTED TO REVIEW, WAS THERE A LIST OF PEOPLE 6
THEY WANTED TO INTERVIEW?
7 A.
I DON'T REMEMBER THE SPECIFICS ON IT.
8 Q.
WERE THERE WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE 9
N.R.C. BEFORE THE INVESTIGATION BEGUN?
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I DON'T KNOW YOUR QUESTION.
I MEAN, I BELIEVE i
11 JOHN AUFDENKAMPE MAY HAVE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH THE 12 RESIDENT, BUT THWr IS A VAGUE REMEMBRANCE, VERY VAGUE.
13 Q.
YOU SAID EARLIER YOU WERE TRYING TO MINI.IZE THE' M
14 AMOUNT OF TIME YOUR MANAGERS WOULD HAVE TO BE INVOLVED IN 15 THIS 0.I.
INVESTIGATION AND THAT YOU WERE TRYING TO LOCATE 16 THE DOCUMENTS AND WHATNOT TO SPEED UP THAT PROCESS, WHEN DID 17 YOU BEGIN THIS PROCESS?
18 A.
WHEN I KNEW A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE GOING TO BE 19 HERE.
PART OF MY NORMAL STAFF MEETINGS IS TO PUT OUT 20 INFORMATION ON WHAT'S GOING ON WITH N.R.C. ACTIVITIES.
WE 21 HAVE MY MANAGEMENT STAFF PUT OUT THAT ACTION.
PART OF MY 22 GENERAL MANAGEMENT STYLE IS TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE 23 ORGANIZED SUCH THAT FOR INSPECTION TEAMS WE RESPOND AS 24 QUICKLY AS WE CAN TO GET THEM THAT INFORMATION SO THEY CAN 25 DO THEIR JOB AND BASICALLY WE CAN THEN GO ON ABOUT OUR CULPEPPER REPORTING SERVICE, INC.
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