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NUCLEAR' REGULATORY COMMISSION Ns- 7 .- 2 -:- 'DEFORE THE.ATOMICc SAFETY &. LICENSING BOARD | |||
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PREFILED TESTIMONY OF' ALAN DALE JUSTICE | |||
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14 -PREFILED TESTIMONY OF ALAN-DALE JUSTICE, taken' | |||
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, 18 Rose, County of Somervell and State of' Texas, before-s. | |||
; ;19 . Janet E. Schaffer, a-Certified Shorthand Reporter in | |||
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ALAN DALE' JUSTICE, | |||
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the' witness hereinbefore named, be i ng ' .fi r s t duly. | |||
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[ 4 truth and nothing but the truth, te'stified ~on his 5 . oath ~ascfollows: | |||
6' .MR. WATKINS: On,the record. This;is | |||
.7 the prepared direct testimony of Alan Justice. Mr. | |||
, 8 JusticeJis a. general, foreman for Brown &LRoot at | |||
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* Comanche Peak. lie is appearing here voluntarily-as 10 a witness; he is not-under subpoena by any party. | |||
7 11 My name is McNeill Watkins, counsel for 12 Applicants in'these license proceedings. - | |||
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13 EXAMINATION 14 DY MR. WATKINS: | |||
15 Q. Mr. Justice, would you state your full name, 16 please. | |||
17 A. 7.lan Dale Justice. | |||
18 Q. By whom are you employed, Mr. Justice? | |||
19 A. Brown & Root. | |||
20 Q. Where are you employed? | |||
21 A. Comanche Peak' Steam Electric Station. | |||
22 Q. What is your ~ badge number? | |||
23 A. My badge number is.2371. | |||
~s 24 Q. What is your job title? | |||
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25 A. Piping general foreman. | |||
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1 .Q . .How -long have you been a piping general r^% | |||
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2- foreman at Comanche Peak? | |||
:3 A. Approximately five' years. | |||
4 Q. How many persons do you supervise?- - | |||
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Q. Do.those; include foremen? | |||
7 A. Yes, sir. , | |||
.8 Q. 'How many-foremen do you supervise?- . | |||
,9 A. Three foremen. | |||
10 Q.. And what kind of craftsmen do you supervis'e? | |||
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11 A. I supervise pipefitters, welders and | |||
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-.v fNr '13 Q. Mr. Justice, wereLyou. responsible for 3 -14 completing the construction Work on a part ,of the 15- auxiliary feed system in January 19847 16 , A. Yes, sir, I was. | |||
17 Q. Can you. identify the part of the system for | |||
,18 which.you were responsible? | |||
'19 A. -Yes, sir. We were replacing a valve on the | |||
-20 AFel-SB-007 line. | |||
21 Q. Mr. Justice, I'show you a document that's | |||
-;2 2 been marked for identification as Exhibit 1 to "23 Richard.Simpson's deposition. Can you identify this | |||
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25 A. Yes, sir. This is a copy of the isometric A | |||
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, t-7 ' '3: c -0. Is that.a drawing with which your craftsmen 4 work in the field? , | |||
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* , S' ' -A. 1Yes', sir. | |||
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6 0.. -Can you identify on'that drawing"the valve 7 on which your. craftsmen' worked in January 1984? , | |||
8 EA . Yes, sir. It's 1-AF-067. | |||
9 Q. In connection with.that valve, what welding , | |||
l 10 .operat ions were people"under your supervision f 11 resphnsible for? | |||
12- A. They were responsible for--making. Welds'39C 1 1 ('T 13 and 40C directly on the: valve,.andcin addition' Weld | |||
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.15 ~Q. Wh'en-did this work ta'ke . pla ce ? | |||
16 A... This work took place between Januarysthe 17 ~ 13th and January the' 17th, 198'. | |||
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,20 A., My, instructions were to get this valve ' | |||
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replaced and the system on line as soon as possible. | |||
-22 O. Was there a reason for the necessity for | |||
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r.( , 24 A., 'Yes, sir. The Startup Test Engineers were 1 1 I ~25 [ planning some kind of test over in the containment T | |||
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3- -Q. By what'~date were you instructed that this j, | |||
4 va'Ive replacement had to be completed? . | |||
5 A. January the 14th. i 6 | |||
(Q . Do you recall what day.of the. week that was? | |||
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; 7 A. That was on a Saturday. | |||
-1 8 Q. When were you given these instructions? | |||
: 9. A. I was given these instructions January the 10 l'3th. | |||
: 11. Q. On Friday? , | |||
12 A. Yes, sir. | |||
J 'N 13" Q. Who gave you these instructions? | |||
y 14 A. Gene Everson, my piping superintendent. | |||
i 15 Q. To-whom did you assign the' responsibility 16 for performing ~this valve' replacement?. | |||
e 17; A. 'Isassigned it.to Hon McBee, oncLof my- | |||
. 18 piping ~ foremen. , | |||
- 19 Q. When did you assign-him this work? | |||
~2 0 A. ' January the 13th. | |||
21 Q.: RDo.you ~ recall'whether any work was done on 22 this-valve operation or on the associated weldspon 23 Friday, January the 13th?. | |||
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: 24. A. Saturday,. January the 14th I became, - - | |||
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7 and Ipipe fitters under your-supervision? , | |||
8 A. No, sir. | |||
-9 Q. Did you-instruct <Mr.-McBee to have a- , | |||
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12 Q. Was Saturday a normal workday for-QC | |||
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15 Q. Did you request _that a Oc inspector report 4 16 -for work on Saturday in connection with this welding i | |||
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h 18 A .- Yes, sir, I did. | |||
19 .Q.- Who did Mr..McBee have report for work on 20 'these welds on Saturday the 14th? | |||
;. 21 A. Ile had Richard Simpson as a fitter,c Jackie i | |||
22 Ables as a welder. ' | |||
23 Q. Did you report for work on Saturday the 24 14th? | |||
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8 1 0.- What time did you commence work? | |||
_ 2 A. 7 o' clock in the morning. | |||
3 Q. Do you recall the name of the QC inspector 4 who reported for work? | |||
l 5 A. Yes, sir. It was Jack Stanford. | |||
6' O. What' work did your crew . perform on Saturday 7 morning in connection with this valve replacement? | |||
8 A. Cleanliness and fit *up. | |||
9 Q. Do you know'when actual welding commenced 10 on Saturday? | |||
11 A. I believe it was mid-morning. | |||
- 12 Q. Mr. Justice, were you satisfied with the | |||
) 13 progress of your crew on this operation by noon on 14 Saturday? | |||
15 A. No, sir, I wasn't. | |||
16 Q. What was the nature of your concern? | |||
17 A. The n a t u r e ..o f my concern was it was 18 .becoming apparent that I would not be abic to-19 complete this work as planned. | |||
20 Q. Did it become apparent to you at-some point 21 Saturday that your crew would not finish this job on 22 Saturday, the'date by'which you have testified you 23 were assigned responsibility for completing it? | |||
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5 25 Q. And what time did that become apparent to 4 | |||
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'8 't h'a t time I decided I couldn't possibly make..it. So | |||
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.9 SI decided: to send Jack Stanford home'. | |||
. 2 10' Q Why did you do that? ,, | |||
# ' Ill A. The' reason-was'that IJwould not be able.to il2 complete both'.---all'the wolds, get them prepped and ' | |||
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; 14 ' realized"that my crew was not. going to be able to a _ | |||
: .15 finish.its work on.this job for many hours. We had 716; called,a QC inspector in.especially to provide QC ' | |||
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;18 stay, he would.-jUst 'b e sitting around oing nothing. I | |||
, - 19 didn't believe Brown'& Root should pay anyone to sit! , | |||
20 around,'so1 1,. told him he could go. | |||
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. .; 24 Q. Why was tit difficult? | |||
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.i i s' 6.. Did'you send (help to the crew at. some.. time Saturday? | |||
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13 Q r4 Justice, wh n did'your crew complete. | |||
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.. C'd' ' ..O. Wouldf -you de' scribe-the.. prep process? | |||
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Is prepping a weld a standard operation in | |||
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4 connection with Lwelding? | |||
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6 -Q.,..What is the~ purpose of this process? | |||
'7 A. 'The purpose is to prepare the weld'for NDE - | |||
8- inspections. The procedure is-to make the weld as. | |||
9 smooth as possible where, when they perform a PT, 10 , | |||
there is no possible indications on the: surface of 11 the weld that might give a. wrong indication. Or 12 'when the weld [is RT'd, that a surface indication , | |||
. 13 would not show up on the' film, give them a false a | |||
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"15' 'Q. What is a PT? | |||
16 A. Penetrant test. ' | |||
17 Q. What is.an RT? | |||
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19 Q. Did your crew complete its weld prep , | |||
20 process some time that night? | |||
21 A.. Yes, sir, we did. | |||
22 Q. At.what time did they complete it? | |||
23 A. Approximately 2:15. | |||
24 Q. Were all of the crew still there, utill at i- , | |||
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O - 3 A. I had sent Ron McBee, Richard simpson and 4 Danny Wright h'o m e around 1:30. | |||
4 5 .Q. So that l e f t - Jy'o u a n d Mr. Ables; is that | |||
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< 7 . A. Yes, sir. , | |||
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, 9 the weld prep process is to prepare the welds for QC (10 'nspection. | |||
i We rd' the re any-QC inspectors available 11 to peri'orm NDE examinations at 2:30 Sunday morning? | |||
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~12 A. Not to my know1' edge. | |||
.13 Why,then did you prepare the welds? | |||
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14 - A. Forl expediency sake. I. wanted these welds | |||
, 15_ ready for~ final visual hnd penetrant: inspections 16 first thing Monday morning. Also, I ' w a's going to 17- submit these. welds for'RT when I .as. w leaving. We 18 had RT inspectors working on Sunday nights'then. | |||
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-19' -they could get these welds shot, then I would.have 20 that much less work ~ to.do on Monday raorning when we-- | |||
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22- -0. Was it your intent that the -final VT o'r PT | |||
, 23 on' these.; welds.be performed at.any time Sunday? | |||
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'3- ', 'Q. I _s ' t h e r e a form.for such RT requests? | |||
m 4- A. Yes, sir,'there is. | |||
-Did.you prepare t h'e 'f o r m for'these welds? | |||
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6' A. No, sir,'Il:didn't. | |||
. ~~ 7 'Q. Who did prepare the requests? | |||
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*S 8:, 3 A. Ron McBee. | |||
- - (9 Q. Did'Mr.'McBee submit these forms to the | |||
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11 A. No, sir, he didn't. | |||
- 12' O. Who did? | |||
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14 :0 Mr. Justice, 1811 show you three exhibits 15 tha t "have; be'en (ma rk ed for'identificati~n o as McBee 16 Exhibits l',-2 and'3, a n d ' I ,' l l ask you to identify, | |||
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18 A. These'are the.[RT requests that were made uit lm. .19' by.Ron'McBee that-I submitted.to the RT trailer t'he L | |||
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21 G. Was anyone at the RT' trailer at that itime? | |||
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' 24 Q. ;Where is"the aT trailer? | |||
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'11 , A. We had two accepted RT's and one rejected 12; RT. | |||
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- /~i' (13 V Q. Was 'a~ form similar,to McBee Exhibit 3 | |||
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16 -Og DidJyou prepare it? . | |||
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: 17 A' . , No,-sir. _ _. | |||
1 18' 'O. Who.did:' prepare it? | |||
, 19: A .- Ron;McBee. | |||
: 20. =0 Who submitted that request to RT? | |||
' " , J21 .A. I did.t | |||
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22' O. . I'll show youfa document that's been 23 identified as McBee Exhibit I4'and ask you if you can 24 videntify that document. | |||
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, 2' O.- i W6uld you describe your submittal of"t'his | |||
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4 'A. 'Yes, sir. When we-finished this weld and 5 g t the prep completed, I was' walking out the door 6' ~'of the~ roomrand there'was two radiographers in the f7 . direct areas that we were at. At that time I did 8- not h a'v e ' t o take it up the, hill and present it 9 ' personally to the RT group. | |||
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; : 14 '- A.- It was an accepted RT. | |||
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, 15- 'Q. -Mr.. Justice,Eprior to the time that you | |||
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-5 certify'that''there came before ine on the 16th' day of s s 6- ' August,'A. 'D.,.1984, cat the-Glen Rose Motor Inn, 7 . Glen Rose,-Texas, t h e' following named person,-to-wit 8 Alan Dale Justice, who.'was by' me dulp' sworn:to E - ' | |||
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6' .MR. WATKINS: On,the record. This;is
.7 the prepared direct testimony of Alan Justice. Mr.
, 8 JusticeJis a. general, foreman for Brown &LRoot at
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7 11 My name is McNeill Watkins, counsel for 12 Applicants in'these license proceedings. -
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13 EXAMINATION 14 DY MR. WATKINS:
15 Q. Mr. Justice, would you state your full name, 16 please.
17 A. 7.lan Dale Justice.
18 Q. By whom are you employed, Mr. Justice?
19 A. Brown & Root.
20 Q. Where are you employed?
21 A. Comanche Peak' Steam Electric Station.
22 Q. What is your ~ badge number?
23 A. My badge number is.2371.
~s 24 Q. What is your job title?
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4 Q. How many persons do you supervise?- -
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7 A. Yes, sir. ,
.8 Q. 'How many-foremen do you supervise?- .
,9 A. Three foremen.
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-.v fNr '13 Q. Mr. Justice, wereLyou. responsible for 3 -14 completing the construction Work on a part ,of the 15- auxiliary feed system in January 19847 16 , A. Yes, sir, I was.
17 Q. Can you. identify the part of the system for
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'19 A. -Yes, sir. We were replacing a valve on the
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21 Q. Mr. Justice, I'show you a document that's
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6 0.. -Can you identify on'that drawing"the valve 7 on which your. craftsmen' worked in January 1984? ,
8 EA . Yes, sir. It's 1-AF-067.
9 Q. In connection with.that valve, what welding ,
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.15 ~Q. Wh'en-did this work ta'ke . pla ce ?
16 A... This work took place between Januarysthe 17 ~ 13th and January the' 17th, 198'.
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-1 8 Q. When were you given these instructions?
- 9. A. I was given these instructions January the 10 l'3th.
- 11. Q. On Friday? ,
12 A. Yes, sir.
J 'N 13" Q. Who gave you these instructions?
y 14 A. Gene Everson, my piping superintendent.
i 15 Q. To-whom did you assign the' responsibility 16 for performing ~this valve' replacement?.
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- 19 Q. When did you assign-him this work?
~2 0 A. ' January the 13th.
21 Q.: RDo.you ~ recall'whether any work was done on 22 this-valve operation or on the associated weldspon 23 Friday, January the 13th?.
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_ 2 A. 7 o' clock in the morning.
3 Q. Do you recall the name of the QC inspector 4 who reported for work?
l 5 A. Yes, sir. It was Jack Stanford.
6' O. What' work did your crew . perform on Saturday 7 morning in connection with this valve replacement?
8 A. Cleanliness and fit *up.
9 Q. Do you know'when actual welding commenced 10 on Saturday?
11 A. I believe it was mid-morning.
- 12 Q. Mr. Justice, were you satisfied with the
) 13 progress of your crew on this operation by noon on 14 Saturday?
15 A. No, sir, I wasn't.
16 Q. What was the nature of your concern?
17 A. The n a t u r e ..o f my concern was it was 18 .becoming apparent that I would not be abic to-19 complete this work as planned.
20 Q. Did it become apparent to you at-some point 21 Saturday that your crew would not finish this job on 22 Saturday, the'date by'which you have testified you 23 were assigned responsibility for completing it?
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6 -Q.,..What is the~ purpose of this process?
'7 A. 'The purpose is to prepare the weld'for NDE -
8- inspections. The procedure is-to make the weld as. 9 smooth as possible where, when they perform a PT, 10 , there is no possible indications on the: surface of 11 the weld that might give a. wrong indication. Or 12 'when the weld [is RT'd, that a surface indication ,
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"15' 'Q. What is a PT?
16 A. Penetrant test. ' 17 Q. What is.an RT? l Radiographic test. 18 A. 19 Q. Did your crew complete its weld prep , 20 process some time that night? 21 A.. Yes, sir, we did. 22 Q. At.what time did they complete it? 23 A. Approximately 2:15. 24 Q. Were all of the crew still there, utill at i- ,
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-6 correct? ' < 7 . A. Yes, sir. , .. i , 8_ -0 Now, you've testified that the purpose of
, 9 the weld prep process is to prepare the welds for QC (10 'nspection. i We rd' the re any-QC inspectors available 11 to peri'orm NDE examinations at 2:30 Sunday morning?
~ ~12 A. Not to my know1' edge. .13 Why,then did you prepare the welds?
y(3-0. 14 - A. Forl expediency sake. I. wanted these welds
, 15_ ready for~ final visual hnd penetrant: inspections 16 first thing Monday morning. Also, I ' w a's going to 17- submit these. welds for'RT when I .as. w leaving. We 18 had RT inspectors working on Sunday nights'then.
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-19' -they could get these welds shot, then I would.have 20 that much less work ~ to.do on Monday raorning when we-- ~ ~ '
21- came in. ' 22- -0. Was it your intent that the -final VT o'r PT
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24 , A. N o ', sir. . O - When did ,,ou request that RI be performed-
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'3- ', 'Q. I _s ' t h e r e a form.for such RT requests?
m 4- A. Yes, sir,'there is.
-Did.you prepare t h'e 'f o r m for'these welds?
5 Q. 6' A. No, sir,'Il:didn't.
. ~~ 7 'Q. Who did prepare the requests? ~ *S 8:, 3 A. Ron McBee. - - (9 Q. Did'Mr.'McBee submit these forms to the ~
10 'radiographers? , 11 A. No, sir, he didn't.
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14 :0 Mr. Justice, 1811 show you three exhibits 15 tha t "have; be'en (ma rk ed for'identificati~n o as McBee 16 Exhibits l',-2 and'3, a n d ' I ,' l l ask you to identify,
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18 A. These'are the.[RT requests that were made uit lm. .19' by.Ron'McBee that-I submitted.to the RT trailer t'he L L - 20 -night of-the'14th. F^ - 21 G. Was anyone at the RT' trailer at that itime? 2 2' 'A. No. I le f t' the forms where they would be-23 ~ sureLeo see them.
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'11 , A. We had two accepted RT's and one rejected 12; RT.
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, 19: A .- Ron;McBee.
- 20. =0 Who submitted that request to RT?
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11 second RTfon Field Weld-40C?,
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(~~'y . 13 ' O. 'And wha ts wa s .: tha t result? .
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.] ,, .,, 20 , -ALAN DALE JUSTICEE . 21 ' SUBSCRIBED'and sworn to'before.me this the --
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~ '4' Reporter iniand for the State.of Texas,Jde_hereby- ^ -5 certify'thatthere came before ine on the 16th' day of s s 6- ' August,'A. 'D.,.1984, cat the-Glen Rose Motor Inn, 7 . Glen Rose,-Texas, t h e' following named person,-to-wit 8 Alan Dale Justice, who.'was by' me dulp' sworn:to E - '
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