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Testimony of LS Jackson Re Welding Inspector Concerns
ML20133C449
Person / Time
Site: Catawba, 05000000
Issue date: 09/20/1983
From: Jackson L
DUKE POWER CO.
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FOIA-84-722 NUDOCS 8507200498
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BEFORE.THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of )

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DUKE POWER COMPANY, et al. ) Docket Nos. 50-413 (Catawba Nuclear Station,

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TESTIMONY OF LARRY SALONE JACKSON 1 Q. STATE .YOUR NAME AND YOUR WORK ADDRESS.

2 A. Larry Salone Jackson, Catawba Nuclear Station, P.O. Box 223, 3 Clover, SC 29710.

4 Q. WHAT IS YOUR PRESENT JOB WITH DUKE POWER COMPANY?

5 A. - QA Welding Inspector, visual and NDE in all areas of the plant.

6 Q. SUMMARIZE YOUR EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS, INCLUDING 7 OTHER NON-DUKE JOBS, EDUCATION, CERTIFICATIONS, AND 8 COMPANY SPONSORED COURSES AND TRAINING.

9 A. I graduated from Kings Mountain High and spent 4 years at 10 Cleveland Technical School where I graduated in 1973 with an AA 11 Degree in Industrial Management and an AA in Business 12 Administration . I have worked as a welder for the Lithium 13 Corporation (1969-1972), a welder for B&D Welding (1973-1974), a 14 welder for Johnson's Welding (1969-1972), and a welder for Warner 15 Swassey Corporation (1976-1977). In 1977 I went to the Duke 16 Power Welding Program. I am certified in all aspects of welding. I 17 welded for Duke Power in 1978 and then transferred to the QA 18 Department. I am certified as a Visual Inspector, Cross Certified 19 to NDE Inspection, and am also certified in the Acid Etching phase 20 of inspection. I have been an inspector for Duke Power stationed i

'21 at Catawba for about 6 years.

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m 1 Q. WHAT OTHER JOB POSITIONS HAVE YOU HELD WITH DUKE POWER 2 COMPANY?

3 A. Welder helper and welder.

4 Q. ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH WHAT IS COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS 5 THE WELDING INSPECTOR CONCERNS WHICH WERE EXPRESSED IN 6 LATE 1981/EARLY 1982?

7 A. Yes.

8 Q. WHAT IS YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THESE CONCERNS 9 WERE?

10 A. (1) Money 11 (2) Other concerns expressed by other inspectors.

12 (3) Poor backing by QA supervision.

13 Q. DID YOU EXPRESS ANY CONCERNS AS A WELDING INSPECTOR TO 14 ANY OF THE TASK FORCES OR TO DUKE POWER MANAGEMENT?

15 A. Yes .

16 .Q. TO WHOM DID YOU EXPRESS YOUR CONCERNS?

17 A. I expressed concerns to Gail Addis, Lew Zwissler, and another 18 person from the Charlotte office. I can't remember the name.

19 Q. %TRE YOUR CONCERNS WRITTEN?

20 A. Yes.

21 Q. WHAT WERE THE CONCERNS YOU EXPRESSED?

22 A. My concerns are specifically discussed in Attachment A. They 23 concern the question of why craft seemed to have so much pull over 24 the QA Department. The reason I say this is because in the past 25 it seemed as though most of the time QA supervisors and managers 26_ swayed toward craft in resolving NCIs and other problems.

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  • 1 Q. DID . YOU FEEL FREE -TO EXPRESS ALL OF YOUR CONCERNS?

2 A. Yes.

3 -Q. DID YOU EXPRESS ALL OF YOUR CONCERNS?

4 A. Yes.

~5 Q. HAVE YOU DISCUSSED YOUR CONCERNS WITH ANYONE ELSE?

6 A. No, just the task force and upper management.

7 Q. _DOES THE DOCUMENT ATTACHED TO YOUR TESTIMONY AS 8- ATTACHMENT A REFLECT YOUR WRITTEN CONCERNS?

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9 A. Yes.

- 10 Q. ARE ALL OF YOUR CONCERNS INCLUDED IN THIS DOCUMENT?

11: A. Yes.

12 .Q. PLEASE SUMMARIZE AND EXPLAIN WHAT YOU WERE TRYING TO 13 COMMUNICATE BY YOUR CONCERNS.

14 A. I wanted some backing by all upper management when we had 15 problems . If we've got backing by our supervision, it would make 16 .our job more efficient.

17 Q. WERE.YOUR CONCERNS INVESTIGATED BY THE TASK FORCES?

18 A. Yes.

19 Q. DID YOU ATTEND ANY MEETINGS WITH TASK FORCE AND/OR QA 20 MANAGEMENT MEMBERS WHERE THE TASK FORCE FINDINGS ,

21 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS WERE DISCUSSED?

22 A. We met with the task force. We were told that all our concerns 23 were taken care of and were handled to the best of their ability.

24 .Q. WERE THERE ANY CHANGES MADE IN THE QA PROGRAM AFTER  !

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, 1 A. Yes.

2 Q. DESCRIBE THE CHANGES OF .WHICH YOU ARE AWARE IN THE QA 3 PROGRAM.

4 A. Several changes have occurred including the fact that we now have 5 an employee relations group. ,

6 Q. DO YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS RELATING TO THE FUNCTIONING 7 OF THE QA PROGRAM AFFECTING SAFETY THAT WERE NOT 8 RESOLVED?

9 A. No.

10 Q. THE WELDING INSPECTOR CONCERNS HAVE BEEN 11 CHARACTERIZED AS CONCERNS AFFECTING THE QUALITY AND 12 SAFETY OF CONSTRUCTION AT CATAWBA. DO YOU AGREE OR 13 DISAGREE WITH THAT CHARACTERIZATION?

14 A. I disagree. I feel like this plant could not be built any safer. I 15 think Duke Power goes far past its means to be safe. They take 16 no short cuts. They want things to be done right. It's our job to 17 make sure that these things are done according to Duke .- Power's 18 Procedures, ASME Codes and others. I think Duke Power Company 19 has high quality personnel and this company goes to upper means 20 to make sure that work done on this job is done within the 21 guidelines of all the safety codes.

22 Q. DID THE EXPRESSION OF YOUR CONCERNS INDICATE YOUR

23. BELIEF THAT THERE WAS A BREAKDOWN IN THE QA PROGRAM 24 .OR INDICATE THAT THE QA PROGRAM WAS NO LONGER' 25 WORKING? s ,

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t i , 1 A. I feel like the QA Department at Catawba has always worked. I

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2 never broke down in any way as a department. We as inspectors 3 have had problems with upper management. The main objective to y 4 this statement is backing by our higher ups when we needed it, t' 5 This department can't run by itself; we needed everyone working t.

, 6- together to make it sufficient. We need to stand with each other 7c when the road gets rough after a person. is left in the cold, you

, ,S lose trust in ,them (department).

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, My concerns were about supervision (upper management). We 10j were told by upper management that it was proven that they could r

11 hire anyone off the street to run our job. I take my job seriously,

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~13 situations when help is needed and don't leave us hanging on a 14 g limb. We must have backing by our upper management to make our t-

"_ '15 job run more smoothly. We must have confidence in each other as a 16 - department.

17- Q. DID YOUR CONCERNS REFLECT A BELIEF ON YOUR PART THAT s ' 18,d - THE CATAWBA . PROJECT IS NOT BEING CONSTRUCTED SAFELY?

19 A. No.

20 Q. IN YOUR VIEW, HAS THE QA PROGRAM BEEN EFFECTIVE WHILE 21 -

YOU HAVE WORKED AS AN INSPECTOR AT CATAWB A?

7 22 A. Yes.

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23 Q. ARE YOU AWARE OF ANY DEFICIENCIES IN CONSTRUCTION OR IN N

24 ' THE_QA PROGRAM WHICH WOULD CAUSE YOU TO QUESTION s s 25 WHETHER CATAWB A IS SAFELY BUILT?

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s 1 Q. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO YOUR 2 ~ TESTIMONY?

3 A. Yes. As far as the welding on this project, Duke uses higher 4 standards than generally accepted. I know this project is being 5 built far past the NRC and ASME Codes. Duke Power puts quality 6 first, and the job itself reflects this.

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9 10 I hereby certify that I have read and understand this document, and i

11 believe it to be my true, accurate and complete testimony.

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-17 Sworn to and subscribed before me 18 'this .7o g, day of September,1983.

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