ML20106C819

Prefiled Rebuttal Testimony of C Manning Re Review Process for Design Change Authorizations.Certificate of Svc Encl. Related Correspondence

ML20106C819
Person / Time
Site:	Comanche Peak
Issue date:	10/22/1984
From:	Manning C TEXAS UTILITIES ELECTRIC CO. (TU ELECTRIC)
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CON-#484-664 OL-2, NUDOCS 8410240335
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RELATED CORRESPONDF.NCK October 22, 1984 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY ~ COMMISSION DOCKETED USNRC BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD

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TEXAS UTILITIES ELECTRIC .) Dockets Nos.h50 44532fand COMPANY, et al.- ) 50-446 4

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(Comanche-Peak Steam Electric ) (Application for Station, Units 1 and 2) ) Operating Licenses)

< PREFILED REBUTTAL TESTIMONY 4 OF CECIL MANNING Ql. ~ Please state your full name for the record.

<- A1. Cecil. Manning ,

Q2. By whom and where are you employed?

A2. Texas Utilities, Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station.

Q3. Mr. Manning, have you testified before in this proceeding?

A3. Yes.

Q4. What is-your position at Comanche Peak?

'A4. . Training-Quality Engineer and Procurement Quality Engineer.

Q5. How long have you been employed in that capacity?

A5. I have been Training Quality Engineer since October 1982, and Procurement Quality Engineer _since May 1982.

Q6. In your capacity of Training Quality Engineer, did you become acquainted with Cory Allen?

A6. -Yes.

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Q7.- Please describe the circumstances under which you met Mr.

Allen.

A7. As Training Quality Engineer, I give the QA/QC orientation training to new hires in the QA/QC area. Mr. Allen attended one of these orientation sessions in early 1983. I met Mr.

Allen at that time.

08. After the training session, did you have any further contact with Mr. Allen?

A8. Yes.

Q9. What led to your next contact with Mr. Allen?

A9. As part of the orientation, I instruct the trainees that they should feel free to come to me with any questions that they have about the QC program. Shortly after the session that Mr. Allen attended, he came to me with a question concerning1the review process for Design ch'ange Authoriza-tions. He also asked me for a copy of Appendix B.

Q10. What did you say in response to Mr. Allen's inquiries?

A10. I'couldn't fully answer his question about the review process. In an ef fort to get a complete answer to his question, I took him to Mr. Tolson's office, but he was out.

I then took him to Mr. Brandt's office, but he was out also.

I then told Mr. Allen that I would get someone who could answer his question and get' back to him. I also made a copy of Appendix B and gave it to Mr. Allen.

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Q11. Did you take any further action in response to Mr. Allen's inquiries?

All. Yes.

Q12. What further action did you take?

A12. After lunch, I again went to Mr. Tolson's office. Mr.

Tolson had returned and I explained Mr. Allen's question to him. Mr. Tolson told me to call Mr. Allen and ask him to come to the office to discuss the matter. I then went back to my office, called Mr. Allen and gave him the message.

-Mr. Allen then came to my office and I took him to Mr.

Tolson's office, and introduced Mr. Allen to Mr. Tolson.

Q13. Did you remain in the office during the meeting? ,

A13. Yes.

Q14. What was the substance of the discussion after you introduced Mr. Allen to Mr. Tolson?

A14. Mr. Allen explained that he was concerned that site DCAs were not being reviewed properly. Mr. Tolson then explained the engineering review process for DCAs. As I recall, Mr. '

Tolson said that DCAs were initiated by the site engineering group for the discipline involved. Mr. Tolson said that, after DCAs are initiated, they were reviewed and approved by site engineering management, and, finally, that the DCAs were sent to Gibbs & Hill in New York for their review and approval. In short, Mr. Tolson tried to provide Mr. Allen with a full explanation of how DCAs were initiated and approved. Mr. Allen and Mr. Tolson then discussed the

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treview process by referring to a particular DCA, and the

' meeting ended. During the meeting, there was also some general discussion about the project, and that sort of thing.

- Q15. In his testimony, Mr. Allen stated, "He [Tolson] essentially wanted to know why I was asking the Brown & Root quality instructor questions about DCAs." Did Mr. Tolson ask Mr.

Allen this question?

A15. No.

Q16. . In his testimony, Mr. Allen stated that, during the meeting we have been discussing,-Mr. Tolson told him, "I [ Allen] was expected to be out in my work area and to remain out there

.until the day was more or less finished, and that I wasn't expected to be asking questions or out of my work area, and that I was not'to be involved in any engineering activities

[such] as asking these questions." Did.Mr. Tolson make this statement?

A16. No, he did not.

Q17. Did Mr. Tolson say anything about what he expected Mr. Allen to do?

A17. Yes. I believe there was a general discussion about the job site and I specifically remember Mr. Tolson saying that he

. wanted Mr. Allen to concentrate his efforts in the inspec-tion area.

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Q18. In his testimony, Mr. Allen stated that'"he [Tolson] asked me [ Allen] why I was trying to get a copy of Appendix B."

Did Mr. Tolson ask Mr. Allen this question?

A18. No, he did not. To the best of my knowledge, Mr. Tolson

-didn't even know that Mr. Allen had requested a copy of Appendix B.

Q19. Mr. Manning, what was the atmosphere of the meeting we have been discussing?'

'A19. It was friendly, but businesslike.

Q20. In his testimony, Mr. Allen stated that, during the meeting, He [Tolson] seemed to be very defensive

-- well, he seemed to be very irritated at the questions. He was very defensive about it.

My impression was'that he [Tolson) was trying to explain or indicate to me that I was in an area that was none of my business or concern and I should stay out of it and I should only do the work, inspection work that deals directly with coatings inspection.

Did Mr. Tolson seem to you to be defensive during the i

meeting?

A20. No. To the contrary, he 'sas . relaxed and very open with Mr. ;

Allen.

Q21. In your judgment, did Mr. Tolson intimate that the question Mr. Allen had raised was none of Mr. Allen's business?

A21. No, he did not.

A22. Mr. Manning, what reaction to the meeting did Mr. Allen have at the time?

A22. He seemed to be satisfied with the explanation Mr. Tolson provided him.

o Q23. Apart from the matters you have described, did Mr. Allen ever raise any other job-related questions with you while he was employed at Comanche Peak?

A23. No, sir, he did not.

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-(Comanche Peak Steam' Electric ) (Application for Station, Units 1 and 2) . ) Operating Licenses) ':

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I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing document in the above-captioned matter was sei ved upon the following persons by hand-delivery,* overnight delivery,** or by deposit ~in the United States mail, ***) first class, postage prepaid, this 22nd day.of October, 1984: j '

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-Licensing Board U. S. Nuclear Regulatory U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission >

Commission.

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