ML20128N131
| ML20128N131 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Palo Verde  |
| Issue date: | 06/17/1982 |
| From: | Moody S BECHTEL GROUP, INC. |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML20079P594 | List:
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| References | |
| FOIA-83-161, FOIA-83-A-9 NUDOCS 8506030181 | |
| Download: ML20128N131 (15) | |
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v' 337 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the matter of:
Interview of Steven J. Moody Docket No.
1 - 15 Location:
Pages:
Date: June 17, 1982 8506030181 831110 PDR FOIA BERNABE83-A-9 PDR TAYLOE ASSOCIATES Court Reporters 1625 I Street. N.W. Suite 1004 Washington, D.C. 20006 (202)293 3950
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 3
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 2
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7 Interview of Steven J.
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13 Investigators:
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2 INVESTIGATOR:
This is an interview of Mr. Steven 3
J. Moody, Electrician for Bechtel Power Corporation, presently working ~at Palo Verde Nuclear Generation Station, on Unit No.
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Steve, do we have your permission to record your 7
interview?
8 MR. MOODY:
Yes.
9 INVESTIGATOR:
Okay, Steve, are you working in 10 terminations?
11 MR. MOODY:
Yes.
12 INVESTIGATOR: What's your assignment?
13 MR. MOODY:
Well, I've only been on this high 14 voltage crew about three months.
And I've helped with this maybe (inaudible) high voltage terminations and mainly I've 15 16 been working on low voltage.
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10 11 INVESTIGATOR:
The next issue relates to the circus 12 stance where you' re.aaking a connection to a motor and the 13 motor may.have, the pecker-head only has a one-bolt lug.
And 14 the steel cable has a two-bolt lug.
Have you had any circum-15 stances like that?
16 MR. MOODY:
Yes.
17 INVESTIGATOR:
How would you handle it', Steve?
l 18 MR. MOODY:
Well, we have filled in the field 19 cable so thist it isn't, so that there isn't a void in there.
20 INVESTIGATOR:
How do you fill it in; what do you 21 do?
22 MR. MOODY:
With tape.
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INVESTIGATOR:
With tape?
21 MR. MCODY:
Yes.
25 INVESTIGATOR:
Did you ever use a bolt to fill that
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'a bolt. -iCorrection on that, they did use a-bolt.
s4-INVESTIGATOR:
When you say "they" you haven't
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had many, then', I-take.it?:
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MR. MOODY:
Wel'l', see, I'm rather new on it, so --
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-INVESTIGATOR:
Okay. Was there any discussion made ll -
when'they.used the' bolt, or was it just a matter of fact
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MR. MOODY:
A matter of fact.
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-INVESTIGATOR:
And how would you. personally justify 112 that; that type of operation?
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MR. MOODY:
What --
14 INVESTIGATOR:
Using a bolt. What would be the-15 -
advantage to it?
16 MR. MOODY:
You'certainly wouldn't'want to cut the
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'of the lug.
So rather than risking a void 'or risking a soft
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be'lt,' you -know, to use two bolts.
21 INVESTIGATOR:
No ultsrior motive?
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-22 MR. MOODY:
No ulterior motive.
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. 23 INVESTIGATOR:
Okay.
The next issue, Steve, 24
- relates to QC ' inspectors and your opinion of the QC personnel
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- who are inspecting work being done by you and your fellow
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craftsmen.
Do you feel that they are doing an adequate job; 2
that they appear to be adequately trained?
3 MR. MOODY:
Yes, I believe they are.
You know, 4
everybody can't be trained for everything, but they are 5
certainly have - 'I don't know~ exactly how to explain it, but 6
they are not -- 'they don' t go to the -- when things are 7
explained, if they don't understand exactly, they buy the 8
engineers or --
9 INVESTIGATOR:
Well, what you're saying is they 10 will question some things --
11 MR. MOODY:
Yes, they will question.
12 (Simultaneous discus sion. )
13 INVESTIGATOR:
-- they might think is safety relate d.
14 MR. MOODY:
~-- but if they don't understand it, 15 they will.
16 INVESTIGATOR:
Yes.
And if they do, and get an 17 adequate from an engineering staff, then they accept that?
18 MR. MOODY:
Yes.
19 INVESTIGATOR:
So they (inaudible) between both of 20 you, then --
21 MR. MCODY:
Yes.
22 INVESTIGATOR:
23 MR. MOODY:
Yes.
I mean, they will go for an 24 explanation.
They won't, you know -- they're looking for a 25 good *3ob; they're not looking, you know, to hide anything fron
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Have you had --'the same line of ky; 3
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directly,. and -I don ' t mean just a problem, but observations 5 -
or even' heard by hearsay.where QC inspectors have been over-6 ridden by construction foremen?
Been intimidated is what 7
I'm talking about.
8 MR. MOODY:
No, no.
'8-INVESTIGATOR:
You-feel that these people, QC peopl e Y
10 in here are able to do their job freely without interference?
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MR. MOODY:
This.is true.
12 INVESTIGATOR:
Okay.
Have you had anything to dc 13
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with high pot testing.since you've been here?
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On two occasions, but I didn't -- I 15 run the machine (inaudible).
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'16 INVESTIGATOR:
Have you seen or heard of excessive 17 high potting?
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No.
I9 INVESTIGATOR:
Where lines have been high potted 20 more than one time?
21 MR.-MOODY:
No.
22 INVESTIGATOR: 'And you had made a determination,
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contrc1 panel and you use O rings for integrity around where 25 it goes'through the cabinct?
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2' MR.-MOODY:
O rings?
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4 INVESTIGATOR:
Well, I'm not -- bear with me.
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_Again,-what I'm told is, I'm sure it.has to do with conduit, 61 ithat they have a kind.of a: slip' fitting, and it's threaded, --
7 MR. MOODY: Uh-huh.
8 INVESTIGATOR:
And it's on the conduit and where 8
it'comes.down, fits to the top of the cabinet,
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MR.. MOODY:
Oh,.I see.
11 INVESTIGATOR:
-- this has a screw-down, and.it 12
- compresses the O ring for watertight integrity.
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13 had any connections with terminations?
14 MR. MOODY:
No, I haven't.
15 INVESTIGATOR:
Okay. 'Have you observed or heard 16 of any drilling where'they're taking a core drilling through 17 the wall to run a new cable through it and have accidentally C
- 18 drilled into conduit?
19 MR.-MOODY:
No, I haven't.
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INVESTIGATOR:
Do they X-ray the terminations that 3
. 21 you_ fellows work on?'
22 MR. MOODY:
No.
U INVESTIGATOR:
Okay.- The last question, Steve, 24 relates to the use of controlled drugs on the site.
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you've been in the craft for a long period of time,
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1-undoubtedly worked'on some other big jobs, whether they are 2
nuclear or not, and we know we've'got drugs on site but we-3 want:to Lknow' what your opinion is of how bad the ~ prc blem is.
4 MR. MOODY:' '(Inaudible).
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-INVESTIGATOR:
Have you observed people smok'ing pot 6.
'cr snorting coke, or --
7 tiR. MOODY:
No.
8 INVESTIGATOR: Or heard discussions about it?
9 MR. MOODY:
No.
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' INVESTIGATOR:
Trafficking of it in.the parking lot
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11 MR. MOODY: - No.
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' INVESTIGATOR:
The fellows you work with are not 13l using it on site?
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.R.~ MOODY:
No.
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' 15 INVESTIGATOR:. Gene, do you have any --
16 INVESTIGATOR:
No, I just want to_go over who 17 constitutes the crew that we'.ve got here.
We've got Solomon.
18 MR. MOODY:
Yes.
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INVESTIGATOR:
We've got Seger?'
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.MR. MOODY:
Well, Seger isn't on now --
21 INVESTIGATOR:
Excuse me.
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Lefebre?
23 MR.l MOODY:
Lefebre.
24 INVESTIGATOR:
(Inaudible).
You previously had a.
25 Gunderson -- who haven't I mentioned that's currently on site?
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Danny Mast.
2 INVESTIGATOR:
M-a-s-t?.
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M-a-s-t, yes.
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. INVESTIGATOR:
Who~else?
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'4R. MOODY :- Johnny Schuh, but he's here.
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INVESTIGATOR:
Yes, right; he'll be-back.
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.Is that it, then?
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- s' Steve, is there any; subject that, in-your work line
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' INVESTIGATOR:
Are you comfortable withthe work 15' that's'being performed?
16 MR..MOdDY:
Let's see, I'd have to think a minute.
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.Well, I think that would be best answered by going 18
-to,_QC.
Because I have such a small part that it's very hard
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20 INVESTIGATOR:
But the work you have been involved 21 in;-are you satisfied?
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MR. MOODY:
Yes.
- 23 INVESTIGATOR:
Do you have any apprehensions as
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far as (inaudible)?
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2 INVESTIGATOR:
The normal concerns, I realize'that.
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'MR. MOODY:
Yes.
No.
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5 INVESTIGATOR:
Yes.
Oh, no, we're al'1 the same
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We expect that.
But in reference to your specific:
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_ discipline, ia all of what-you are seeing as far-as electrical 8
goes, it is going to operate to the best of its ability ---
9 they've installed correctly -- you have no reason to --
'10 MR. MOODY:
Yes.
11 INVESTIGATOR:
-- jump up and down a' year.from now 12 and say Oh, no, (inaudible) all screwed up as far.as electrica L 13 goes (inaudible).
14 MR. MOODY:
You have four backup systems.
15 INVESTIGATOR:
Okay, Steve. We appreciate very 16 much your time and your frankness with us.
.And we'll terminate 17 ~
'this interview at this time.
The time is now about 11:38 a.m.
18 Correction, 11:28 a.m.
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