ML20215H780

Testimony of Jm Dominique Re Custody of Weld Test Coupons Used for Puckett 840822 Mock Weld Practical Test.Related Correspondence

ML20215H780
Person / Time
Site:	Braidwood
Issue date:	10/23/1986
From:	Dominque J COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO.
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ML20215H743	List: ML20215H739 ML20215H780 ML20215H828 ML20215H850
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DOCKETED NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION USNRC BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BCEDUCT 23 P12:14 CFFl2 ^~ CL C0Csi!- < .

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COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY ) Docket Nos. 50-456 '

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TESTIMONY OF JEFFREY MICHAEL DOMINIQUE 0.1. Please state your name, your employer, your position and your business address.

A.l. My name is Jeffrey Michael Dominique. I am employed by MCIS as a Level II QC Inspector. My business address is Braidwood Station, Braceville, Illinois.

Q.2. What is the purpose of your testimony?

A.2. The purpose of my testimony is to describe how I came into custody of the weld test coupons used for Mr. Puckett's August 22, 1984 mock weld practical test. I will also tell how these coupons were used while in my custody and to whom I gave them.

O.3. Please describe your initial work experience at Braidwood?

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A.3. I first reported to work at Braidwood on July 16, 1984 as the Training Coordinator for L.K. Comstock.

I worked as the Training coordinator until about April 1985 when I requested a transfer into inspect-ions. Comstock approved my transfer but asked that I stay to train my successor as Training Coordinator, Mr. Dave Cordy. From April 1985 to around mid-July 1985, Mr. Cordy and I worked together as Training Coordinator.

Q.4. I show you four steel configurations which have been marked as Applicant's Exhibits. Can you tell me what they are?

A.4. Yes, I call them coupons. They consist of steel plates to which pieces of plate and tube steel have been welded. These coupons are 3 of the 4 coupons that were used to test weld inspectors during my tenure as Training Coordinator. The weld inspectors were required to evaluate the quality of the welds against the requirement of the weld procedures for a test called a " mock practical welding examination."

Q.5. Please explain your reference to "3 of the 4 coupons."

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A.S. We.used four coupons for testing weld inspectors.

You only have shown three of them. These are:

1. The coupon with weld samples marked 1-5;-

2. The coupon with weld samples marked 8-12; and

3. The coupon with weld samples marked 13-14.

The fourth coupon with weld samples marked 6-7 is not among the coupons you have shown me. I should also point out that at the time these coupons were used for test purposes, weld sample 12 was not cut in two as its present condition indicates. Weld sample 12 was cut in two after the coupons were no longer used by Comstock to test weld inspectors.

0 6. Were the coupons I have shown you in your custody during your tenure as Training Coordinator?

A.6. Yes, within the first week of my arrival on site in mid-July, 1984, Mr. Irving DeWald, the QC Manager for Comstock, gave me these coupons, as well as the coupon with weld samples marked as 6-

7. He told me that these four coupons were to be used for conducting mock practical welding examinations.

Q.7. How many weld inspectors took a mock practical test using the weld coupons given to you by Mr.

DeWald during your tenure as Training Coordinator?

t A.7. I would estimate the number to be betwe'en 15 and 20 inspectors.

Q.8. Were these coupons used for Mr. Puckett's mock practical exam?

A.8. Yes. I was_ in the room during Mr. Puckett's exam and observed that he was being tested with the four coupons given to me by Mr. DeWald.

Q.9. You stated earlier that Mr. DeWald gave you the coupons when you first arrived on site. What did-you do with them at that time?

A.9. I stored the coupons in a locked two door gray cabinet in the QC Training Room. I kept the key to the cabinet locked in my desk.

Q.10. Did you ever surrender custody of the coupons?

A.10. Yes, while I was Training Coordinator, Mr. DeWald came and told me to turn the weld coupons over to Sargent & Lundy ("S&L"). Later that day, two gentlemen came to me and said that they were from.

S&L and were there to pick up the weld coupons.

One of the gentlemen was Mr. Kosieniak who I knew because he had previously been loaned to Comstock by S&L. I do not remember who the other gentlemen from S&L was.

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t 0 11. Did you give them these coupons?

A.ll. Yes, I gave them the coupons, including both pieces of weld sample 12.

Q.12. When did S&L pick up the coupons?

A.12. I cannot remember exactly. It would have to have been between November 4, 1984 and April 1985.

Q.13. How do you know it was in that timeframe? i A.13. It had to be after November 4, 1984 because Mr.

Vogt and Mr. Simile used the coupons that day for demonstration in a class for inspectors. It could not be af ter April 1985 when I lef t my position as Training Coordinator.

Q.14. Looking at the coupons today, can you see any alterations to the coupons from the time they left your custody?

A.14. The only alteration I see is that the weld defects have been identified on the coupon. These markings were not there during my custody.

Q.15. I show you what has been marked as Applicant's Exhibit 5, do you recognize this?

A.15. Yes. It is a copy of Mr. Puckett's practical test which he took using the coupons. I recognize Mr.

Puckett's printing; however, the notations in

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red ink were written by Mr. DeWald. These notations were not on the test when I saw it last.

Q.16. Prior to preparing this testimony, when did you see the test?

A.16. I saw it on the day Mr. Puckett took his exam. My assistant gave Mr. Puckett's exam to me and I took it up to Mr. DeWald's office so that Mr. DeWald could score it. This was the procedure followed for all the welding examinations. I would take them up and lay them on a certain part of Mr.

DeWald's desk. When he had scored the tests, he 4

would return them to me.

Q.17. Did he ever return Mr. Puckett's examination to you?

4 A.17. No. The last time I saw Mr. Puckett's exam was 4

when I took it to Mr. DeWald's office.

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