ML20133C440

Testimony of Bw Deaton Re Welding Inspector Concerns

ML20133C440
Person / Time
Site:	Catawba, 05000000
Issue date:	09/20/1983
From:	Deaton B DUKE POWER CO.
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UNITED STATES UF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION m

BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of )

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TESTIMONY OF BILLY WAYNE DEATON 1 Q. STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR WORK ADDRESS.

2 A. Billy Wayne Deaton, Catawba Nuclear Project, P.O. Box 223, 3 Clover, SC 29710.

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

5 A. I am a Supervising Technician in Welding Inspection. I am the 6 supervisor of inspectors on elevations 522, 543, 560, and 577 of the 7 Auriliary Building.

8 Q. SUMMARIZE YOUR EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS, INCLUDING 9 OTHER NON-DUKE JOBS, EDUCATION, CERTIFICATIONS , AND 10 COMPANY SPONSORED COURSES AND TRAINING.

< 11 A. I have worked in welding, fitting, rigging, and maintenance for 12 several companies , including Industrial Textile Piping, McLeod 13 Trucking and Rigging and Florida Steel. While employed at Duke, I 14 have attended the Supervisor Development Program , the New 15 Foreman Training Program, Stress Management Training, and OSHA 16 Awareness Training. I have worked for Duke Power at Catawba for 17 about 7 years (6 as an inspector).

18 Q. WHAT OTHER JOB POSITIONS HAVE YOU HELD WITH DUKE POWER 19 COMPANY?

20 A. I was a welder before becoming an inspector.

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2 ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH WHAT IS C 3 THE WELDING INSPECTOR CONCERNS W 4

LATE 1981/EARLY 1982? HICH WERE EXPRESSED I A. Yes.

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UNDERSTANDING OF 7 A.

WHAT THESE CONCERNS I do not think that 8 I can answer that concerns question because these 9 Q. were individual concerns that different inspectors had.

10 DID YOU EXPRESS ANY CONCERNS 11 A. FORCES OR TO DUKEMENT? TO ANY OF POWER THE TASK MANAGE Yes.

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13 A. ITO do not WHOM DID YOU EXPRESS CERNS? YOUR CON remember, but 14 Force.

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I think it was the Non-Technical ask T 16 A. WERE YOUR CONCERNS WRITTEN?

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18 DESCRIBE OF CONCERNS, EACH DOCUMENT WHICH C 19 A.

AND INDICATE WHO ONTAINS YOUR EXPRESSION My concerns are 20 included in a IT WAS SUBMITTED TO.

handwritten 21 attached to my Testimony as statement which is E Attacilment A.

! 22 statement to the Task Force. I submitted this 3E Q. DID 23 A. Yes. YOU FEEL FREE TO EXPRESS ALL O 24 F YOUR CONCERNS? 2ns Q.

25 A. DID YOU EXPRESS ALL Yes. ERNS?OF YOUR CONC  ;

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

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3 A. I believe we now have better communication in the QA Department.

4 Q. THE WELDING INSPECTOR CONCERNS HAVE BEEN 5 CHARACTERIZED AS CONCERNS ,

ABOUT THE QUALITY AND 6 SAFETY OF CONSTRUCTION AT CATAWBA. DO YOU AGREE OR 7 DISAGREE WITH THAT CHARACTERIZATION?

8 A. I can only answer for my concerns. In my view the Catawba plant 9 is safe. I feel like we had a problem in communications among the

! 10 different groups in QA and Construction.

11 Q. DID THE EXPRESSION OF YOUR CONCERNS INDICATE YOUR 12 BELIEF THAT THERE. WAS A BREAKDOWN IN THE QA PROGRAM 13 OR INDICATE THAT THE QA PROGRAM WAS NO LONGER 14 WORKING?

15 A. I felt that there was a need for more and better communications. I 16 don't think there was ever a time when the QA Program was not 17 working. I expressed concerns to help make the program work 18 better.

19 Q. DID YOUR CONCERNS REFLECT A BELIEF ON YOUR PART THAT 20 THE CATAWBA PROJECT IS NOT BEING CONSTRUCTED SAFELY?

21 A. No.

22 Q. IN YOUR VIEW, HAS THE QA PROGRAM BEEN E'FFECTIVE WHILE 23 YOU HAVE WORKED AS AN INSPECTOR AT CATAWBA?

24 A. Yes.

25 Q. ARE YOU AWARE OF ANY DEFICIENCIES IN CONSTRUCTION OR IN 26 THE QA PROGRAM WHICH WOULD CAUSE YOU TO QUESTION 27 WHETHER CATAWBA IS SAFELY BUILT?

4 28 A. No.

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3 A. The Catawba Project is of sound construction and safely built.

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. l 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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14 15 Sworn to and subscribed before me 16 this J6 M day of September,1983.

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