ML20133C468

Testimony of PD Wright Re Welding Inspector Concerns

ML20133C468
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Site:	Catawba, 05000000
Issue date:	09/22/1983
From:	Wright P DUKE POWER CO.
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i UNITED STATES OF AMERICA m NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION k- BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD i

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DUKE POWER COMPANY, et al. ) Docket Nos. 50-413

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TESTIMONY OF PAUL DENNIS WRIGHT

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l 1 Q. STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR WORK ADDRESS.

1 2 A. Paul Dennis Wright, QA Welding, Catawba Nuclear Project, P.O.

3 Box 223, Clover, SC 29710.

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

5 A. Welding Inspector, Visual, MT & PT, Level II 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 have had training in Radiation Safety; Radiography, Level I & II l

10 (Training, no certification); Magnaflux Testing, Level I & II; I 11 Penetration Testing, Level I & II; Ultrasound Testing, Level I (No i

12 certification); and Pipe welding I & II. I attended Cleveland 13 Technical College (No diploma). I have been with Duke Power for l 14 about 5 years in areas involved with welding.

15 Q. WHAT OTHER JOB POSITIONS HAVE YOU HELD WITH DUKE POWER 16 COMPANY?

17 A. Inspector Learner, Inspector B, Inspector A. I have been an 18 inspector for about 4 years.

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1. Q. ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH WHAT IS COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS k_ 2 THE WELDING INSPECTOR CONCERNS WHICH WERE EXPRESSED IN 3 LATE 1981/EARLY 1982?

se 1 4 A. Yes, but most of the concerns that are being referred to happened 5 before I was transferred from Cherokee to Catawba in about. March 6 1981.

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

9 A. While I am not sure, I think the concerns probably dealt with 10 communication between inspectors and our upper management and 11 also with construction crafts.

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

14 A. No; however, I did attend several meetings.

15 Q. DID YOU ATTEND ANY MEETINGS WITH TASK FORCE AND/OR QA 16 MANAGEMENT MEMBERS WHERE THE TASK FORCE FINDINGS, 17 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS WERE DISCUSSED?

18 A. I was called to meetings with Gail Addis and later with Lew 19 Zwissler.

20 Q. WERE THERE ANY CHANGES MADE IN THE QA PROGRAM AFTER 21 THE WELDING INSPECTOR CONCERNS AND THE TASK FORCE 22 INVESTIGATION OF THESE CONCERNS?

l 23 A. Yes, communication has improved considerably with our management 24 and craft. Also , there seems to be emphasis on each having a 25 better knowledge of Qa and Construction Procedures.

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1 Q. DO YOU CURRENTLY HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT THE 2 FUNCTIONING OF THE QA PROGRAM THAT HAVE NOT BEEN 3 RESOLVED?

4 A. No.

5 Q. THE WELDING INSPECTOht CONCERNS HAVE BEEN 6 CHARACTERIZED AS CONCERNS ABOUT THE QUALITY AND 7 SAFETY OF CONSTRUCTION AT CATAWBA. DO YOU AGREE OR 8 DISAGREE WITH THAT CHARACTERIZATION 7 9 A. I disagree. The area that I have worked in for the past two years l

10 has been limited to the Aurinary Building. In my opinion the l 11 workmanship there is very good.

12 Q. DO YOU BELIEVE THAT. THE CATAWBA PROJECT IS BEING

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14 A. Yes.

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15 Q. IN YOUR VIEW, HAS THE QA PROGRAM BEEN EFFECTIVE WHILE 16 YOU HAVE WORKED AS AN INSPECTOR AT CATAWBA?

17 A. Yes. However, it appears that some communication problems existed l 18 in the past, as I stated earlier.

19 Q. ARE YOU AWARE OF ANY DEFICIENCIES IN CONSTRUCTION OR IN 20 THE QA PROGRAM WHICH WOULD CAUSE YOU TO QUESTION 21 WHETHER CATAWBA IS SAFELY BUILT?

22 A. No.

23 Q. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO YOUR 24 TESTIMONY?

25 A. No.

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1 I hereby certify that I have read and understand this document, and 2 believe it to be my true, accurate and complete testimony.

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9 Sworn to apd subscribed before me 10 this.ffM4- day of September,1983.

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