ML20133C616
| ML20133C616 | |
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| Site: | Catawba, 05000000 |
| Issue date: | 09/20/1983 |
| From: | Standridge J DUKE POWER CO. |
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| FOIA-84-722 NUDOCS 8507200539 | |
| Download: ML20133C616 (7) | |
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t BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of
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DUKE POWER COMPANY, et al. )
Docket Nos.
50-413
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50-414 (Catawba Nuclear Station,
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Units 1 and 2)
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TESTIMONY OF JERRY STANDRIDGE 1
Q.
STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR WORK ADDRESS.
2 A.
Jerry Standridge, Catawba Nuclear Station, P.O. Box 223, Clover, 3
SC 29710.
4 Q.
WHAT IS YOUR PRESENT JOB WITH DUKE POWER COMPANY?
5 A.
Welding Inspector, NDE (MT & PT and Acid Etch), Auxiliary 6
Building.
7 Q.
SUMMARIZE YOUR EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS, INCLUDING 8
OTHER NON-DUKE JOBS, EDUCATION, CERTIFICATIONS, AND 9
COMPANY SPONSORED COURSES AND TRAINING.
10 A.
I worked at Cherokee Nuclear Station for one year as a Welding 11 Inspector, NDE Technician and radiographer's helper before being 12 laid off in 1980.
After this I worked for Soil and Material 13 Engineers in Greensboro, N.C. for 2 years where I was a welding 14 inspector and NDE Technician 2.
I was employed here at Catawba 15 in October, 1981 as a Welding Inspector.
I have had Welding 16 Inspection courses, MT and PT Level I and II training, a radiation 17 safety course, and ultrasonics Level I courses with Duke Power.
I 18 have also taken a Film Interpretation course given by Kodak in 19
- Atlanta, Ga.,
and an Ultrasonic Level I course given by Krout 20 Kramer in Charlotte, N.C.
I am a certified Welding Inspector s
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1 Q.
WERE YOUR CONCERNS WRITTEN?
2 A.
Yes.
3 Q.
DESCRIBE EACH DOCUMENT WHICH CONTAINS YOUR EXPRESSION 4
OF CONCERNS, AND INDICATE WHO IT WAS SUBMITTED TO.
5 A.
I wrote a letter to Bob Morgan about my pay scale and gave it to 6
Bob Morgan.
7 Q.
DID YOU FEEL FREE TO EXPRESS ALL OF YOUR CONCERNS?
8 A.
Yes.
9 Q.
DID YOU EXPRESS ALL OF YOUR CONCERNS?
10 A.
Yes.
11 Q.
HAVE YOU DISCUSSED YOUR CONCERNS WITH ANYONE ELSE?
12 A.
I discussed my concerns with fellow Welding Inspectors and my 13 supervisor.
14 Q.
HAS ANYONE ELSE CONTACTED YOU AND ASKED YOU TO 15 DISCUSS YOUR CONCERNS?
16 A.
No.
Only people from the Task Force contacted me.
17 Q.
DOES THE DOCUMENT ATTACHED TO YOUR TESTIMONY AS 18 ATTACHMENT A REFLECT YOUR WRITTEN CONCERNS?
l 19 A.
Yes.
l 20 Q.
ARE ALL OF YOUR CONCERNS INCLUDED IN THIS DOCUMENT?
21 A.
Yes.
l 22 Q.
PLEASE SUMMARIZE AND EXPLAIN WHAT YOU WERE TRYING TO 23 COMMUNICATE BY YOUR CONCERNS.
24 A.
I was trying to communicate that I was as qualified and trained as 25 anyone in the Welding Inspector program; yet, I was being paid as 26 someone just starting out.
My education was given no consideration l
l 27 as experience, while welding experience was.
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1 Q.
WAS YOUR CONCLRN INVESTIGATED BY THE TASK FORCES?
2 A.
Yes, it was.
3 Q.
DID YOU ATTEND ANY MEETINGS WITH TASK FORCE AND/OR QA 4
MANAGEMENT MEMBERS WHERE THE TASK FORCE FINDINGS, 5
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS WERE DISCUSSED?
6 A.
I met with Neal Alexander about my non-technical concern.
He told t
7 me that my pay scale would remain as it was because that was the 8
way Duke Power did this and that he would do some research into 9
education as experience and get back with me.
As far as I know, 10 no research has been done.
11 Q.
WERE THERE ANY CHANGES MADE IN THE QA PROGRAM AFTER 12 THE WELDING INSPECTOR CONCERNS AND THE TASK FORCE 13 INVESTIGATION OF THESE CONCERNS?
14 A.
Yes.
15 Q.
DESCRIBE THE CHANGES OF WHICH YOU ARE AWARE IN THE QA 16 PROGRAM.
17 A.
There is now a Recourse Procedure (Q-1, R-2) for a concern if 18 you're not satisfied with the answer about a problem.
19 Q.
TO WHAT EXTENT HAVE THESE CHANGES ADDRESSED ISSUES 20 RAISED BY THE WELDING INSPECTOR CONCERNS?
21 A.
I don't know since I do not know the specific concerns of the 22 Welding Inspectors.
2 23 Q.
DO YOU CURRENTLY HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT THE 24 FUNCTIONING OF THE QA PROGRAM THAT HAVE NOT BEEN 25 RESOLVED?
26 A.
No,
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Q.
WAS YOUR CONCERN INVESTIGATED BY THE TASK FORCES?
2 A.
Yes, it was.
7 3
Q.
DID YOU ATTEND ANY MEETINGS WITH TASK FORCE AND/OR QA MANA'EMENT MEMBERS WHERE THE TASK FORCE FINDINGS, G
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CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS WERE DISCUSSED?
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A.
I met with Neal Alexander about my non-technical concern.
He told 7
me that my pay scale would remain as. it was because that was the
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8 way Duke Power did this and that he would do some research into 9
education as experience and get back with me.
As far as I know, 10 no research has been done.
11 Q.
WERE THERE ANY CHANGES MADE IN THE QA PROGRAM AFTER 12 THE WELDING INSPECTOR CONCERNS AND THE TASK FORCE 13 INVESTIGATION OF THESE CONCERNS?
14 A.
Yes.
15 Q.
DESCRIBE THE CHANGES OF WHICH YOU ARE AWARE IN THE QA 16 PROGRAM.
17 A.
There is now a Recourse Procedure (Q-1, R-2) for a concern if 18 you're not satisfied with the answer about a problem.
19 Q.
TO WHAT EXTENT HAVE THESE CHANGES ADDRESSED ISSUES i
20 RAISED BY THE WELDING INSPECTOR CONCERNS?
21 A.
I don't know since I do not know the specific concerns of the i
l 22 Welding Inspectors.
23 Q.
DO YOU CURRENTLY HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT THE 1
J 24 FUNCTIONING OF THE QA PROGRAM THAT HAVE NOT BEEN 25 RESOLVED?
26 A.
No.
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1 SAFETY OF CONSTRUCTION AT CATAWBA.
DO YOU AGREE OR 2
DISAGREE WITH THAT CHARACTERIZATION?
3 A.
I disagree with this.
I feel the quality and safety of construction 4
at Catawba is excellent.
5 Q.
DID THE EXPRESSION OF YOUR CONCERNS INDICATE YOUR 6
BELIEF THAT THERE WAS A BREAKDOWN IN THE QA PROGRAM 7
OR INDICATE THAT THE QA PROGRAM WAS NO LONGER 8
WORKING?
9 A.
No.
Mine was a non-technical concern.
Since my employment here, 10 I feel the QA program works fine.
11 Q.
DID YOUR CONCERNS REFLECT A BELIEF ON YOUR PART THAT 12 THE CATAWBA PROJECT IS NOT BEING CONSTRUCTED SAFELY?
13 A.
No.
14 Q.
IN YOUR VIEW, HAS THE QA PROGRAM BEEN EFFECTIVE WHILE 15 YOU HAVE WORKED AS AN INSPECTOR AT CATAWBA?
16 A.
Yes.
17 Q.
ARE YOU AWARE OF ANY DEFICIENCIES IN CONSTRUCTION OR IN 18 THE QA PROGRAM WHICH WOULD CAUSE YOU TO QUESTION 19 WHETHER CATAWBA IS SAFELY BUILT?
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20 A.
No.
21 Q.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO YOUR i
22 TESTIMONY?
23 A.
No.
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1 I hereby certify that I have read and understand this document, and
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2 believe it to be my true, accurate and complete testimony.
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9 10 Sworn to and subscribed before me 11 this f og, day of September,1983.
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