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Testimony of RW Irby Re Welding Inspector Concerns
ML20133C638
Person / Time
Site: Catawba, 05000000
Issue date: 09/22/1983
From: Irby R
DUKE POWER CO.
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  % ' /d NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

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BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD _

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

) 50-414 (Catawba Nuclear Station, )'

Units 1 and 2) )

TESTIMONY OF RICHARD W. IRBY 1 Q. STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR WORK ADDRESS.

2 A. Richard W. Irby, Catawba Nuclear Project, P.O. Box 223, Clover, 3 SC 29710.

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

5 A. I am a welding inspector - visual, MT, PT for Unit 1.

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

9 A. U. S. Navy retired after 20 years of service primarily in the area 10 of welding related activities. I have been working for Duke since 11 May 1977. I have been a welding inspector at Catawba since May 12 1978. I have a high school diploma, and an Associate Degree in 13 Industrist Management from York Tech in Rock Hill, South Carolina.

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

16 A. Welder.

17 Q. ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH WHAT IS COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS

18 THE WELDING INSPECTOR CONCERNS WHICH WERE EXPRESSED IN 19 LATE 1981/EARLY 19827 20 A. Yes, g 72 g 3 850D24

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1 Q. WHAT IS YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THESE CONCERNS

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Written concerns by welding inspectors of technical and 4 administrative short comings in the QA Program (Catawba Project).

5 Q. DID YOU EXPRESS ANY CONCERNS AS A WELDING INSPECTOR TO 6 ANY OF THE TASK FORCES OR TO DUKE POWER MANAGEMENT?

7 A. Yes.

8 Q. TO WHOM DID YOU EXPRESS YOUR CONCERNS?

9 A. Task Force I, Technical Task Force, and Gail Addis.

10 Q. WERE YOUR CONCERNS WRITTEN?

11 A. Yes.

12 Q. DESCRIBE EACH DOCUMENT WHICH CONTAINS YOUR EXPRESSION 13 OF CONCERNS, AND INDICATE WHO IT WAS SUBMITTED TO.

14 A. My concerns were set forth in three document packages which I. 15 contained questions and concerns related to resolution of the 16 following three NCIs:

17 (1) Technical concern on resolution to NCI 13165 submitted 18 through QA Technical Recourse.

! 19 (2) NCI 9092 (defects of Unit 2 dome plate) submitted through Bob l

! 20 Morgan and presented to the Task Force.

21 (3) NCI 12549 (defect in piping, Unit 1) submitted through Bob 22 Morgan and presented to Task Force.

23 Q. DID YOU FEEL FREE TO EXPRESS ALL OF YOUR CONCERNS?

24 A. Yes.

25 Q. DID YOU EXPRESS ALL OF YOUR CONCERNS?

26 A. Yes.

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1 Q. HAVE YOU DISCUSSED YOUR CONCERNS WITH ANYONE ELSE?

2 A. Yes, with my supervisor, Beau Ross. My concerns were turned in 3 through the chain of command in the department.

4 Q. HAS ANYONE ELSE CONTACTED YOU AND ASKED YOU TO 5 DISCUSS YOUR CONCERNS?

6 A. Jan Liegnette, "60 Min." sta'ff at home, by phone early July,1983.

7 Q. DOES THE DOCUMENTS ATTACHED TO YOUR TESTIMONY AS 8 ATTACHMENT A, B AND C REFLECT ALL OF YOUR CONCERNS?

9 A. Yes.

10 Q. ARE ALL OF YOUR CONCERNS INCLUDED IN THESE DOCUMENTS?

11 A. Yes.

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

14 A. I was trying to get specific items corrected that in my judgment 15 was wrong by procedure or by technical nature. Important to me 16 was the inefficient processing of nonconforming items relating to 17 lack of support in the program. Decisions made were some time not 18 conducive to the program and yielded to the needs of an 19 overpowering construction element.

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

21 A. Yes.

22 Q. DID YOU ATTEND ANY MEETINGS WITH TASK FORCE AND/OR QA 23 MANAGEMENT MEMBERS WHERE THE TASK FORCE FINDINGS, 24 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS WERE DISCUSSED?

25 A. Yes. One such meeting was a final meeting with Larry Coggins, 26 David Whitaker over technical concern (resolution) of NCI 13165. I

27. have attended other meetings but don't remember the details.

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1 Q. WERE THERE ANY CHANGES MADE IN THE QA PROGRAM AFTER f 2 THE WELDING INSPECTOR CONCERNS AND THE TASK FORCE 3 INVESTIGATION OF THESE CONCERNS?

4 A. Yes.

5 Q. DESCRIBE THE CHANGES OF WHICH YOU ARE AWARE IN THE QA

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6 PROGRAM.

7 A. There were some changes in procedures and activities which 8 resulted in some improvements in the QA program.

9 Q. TO WHAT EXTENT HAVE THESE CHANGES ADDRESSED ISSUES 10 RAISED BY THE WELDING INSPECTOR CONCERNS? TO WHAT 11 EXTENT HAVE THESE CHANGES ADDRESSED YOUR PARTICULAR 12 CONCERNS?

13 A. In that I am unaware of all the concerns expressed by other 14 inspectors , I do not know how these changes affected their 15 concerns. With respect ,to my concerns, the task force addressed 16 and resolved each concern.

WELDING INSPECTOR CONCERNS HAVE BEEN 17 Q. THE 18 CHARACTERIZED AS CONCERNS ABOUT THE QUALITY AND 19 SAFETY OF CONSTRUCTION AT CATAWBA. DO YOU AGREE OR 20 DISAGREE WITH THAT CHARACTERIZATION?

21 A. Disagree, I think the topic of concerns has been strongly or over 22 characterized. Generally speaking, over a period of time quality 23 has been sacrificed to some degree but not to the point of 24 quality / safety dangers.

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1 Q. DID THE EXPRESSION OF YOUR CONCERNS INDICATE YOUR

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BELIEF THAT THERE WAS A BREAKDOWN IN THE QA PROGRAM CR INDICATE THAT THE QA PROGRAM WAS NO LONGER 4 WORKING?

5 A. There was no breakdown in the QA program so as to affect safety.

6 However, there was a breakdown as it affected the manner in which 7 technical matters and NCI resolutions were handled.

8 Q. DID YOUR CONCERNS REFLECT A BELIEF ON YOUR PART THAT 9 THE CATAWBA PROJECT IS NOT BEING CONSTRUCTED SAFELY?

10 A. No.

11 Q. 'IN YOUR VIEW, HAS THE QA PROGRAM BEEN EFFECTIVE WHILE 12 YOU HAVE WORKED AS AN INSPECTOR AT CATAWBA?

13 A. Effective, with exceptions which have been listed through diffe~ rent 14 individuals.

ARE YOU AWARE OF ANY DEFICIENCIES IN CONSTRUCTION IN

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16 THE QA PROGRAM WHICH WOULD CAUSE YOU TO QUESTION 17 WHETHER CATAWBA IS SAFELY BUILT?

18 A. No.

19 Q. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO YOUR 20 TESTIMONY?

21 A. Yes. I feel that my concerns, each in a unique way, touch a broad 22 level of expertise and management (ranging from Catawba through 23 the Charlotte office). The handling and solutions to my concerns l

1 (prior to the task force review) clearly characterize (not a 2 breakdown) but a lack of concern for practical, efficient working 3 solutions.

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6 7 I hereby certify that I have read and understand this document, and 8 believe it to be my true, accurate and complete testimony.

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