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Testimony of R Jones Re Welding Inspector Concerns
ML20133C432
Person / Time
Site: Catawba, 05000000
Issue date: 09/13/1983
From: Rosalyn Jones
DUKE POWER CO.
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ML20132B649 List:
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FOIA-84-722 NUDOCS 8507200494
Download: ML20133C432 (7)
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of )

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DUKE POWER COMPANY, et al. ) Docket Nos. 50-413 (Catawba Nuclear Station,

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

2 A. Richard Jones, Catawba Nuclear Station, P.O. Box 223, Clover, SC 3 29710.

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

5 A. I am a Welding Inspector A in the Reactor Building Unit 2.

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

9 A. I have 7 years welding experience in Tig, Fluxcore, Shielded, Mig 10 welding. I have 4 years Welding Inspector experience at Level II, 11 and 6 months Level II PT inspection and Level I MT inspection.

12 Presently I have 81 credit hours toward an Associates Degree in 13 Business Administration.

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

16 A. I started working for Duke Power Company in 1972 in the utility 17 area. I transferred to the welding department six months later and 18 worked there until June 1974. I left Duke Power in 1974 and 19 returned in 1978 and worked as a welder from 1978-1979.

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F 1 Q. ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH WHAT IS COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS 2 THE WELDING INSPECTOR CONCERNS WHICH WERE EXPRESSED IN 3 LATE 1981/EARLY 1982?

4' A. Yes.

5 Q. WHAT IS YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THESE CONCERNS 6 WERE?

7 A. Technical aspects of the job relating to lack of support from upper 8 management.

9 Q. DID YOU EXPRESS ANY CONCERNS AS A WELDING INSPECTOR TO 10 ANY OF THE TASK FORCES OR TO DUKE POWER MANAGEMENT?

11 A. Yes.

12 Q. TO WHOM DID YOU EXPRESS YOUR CONCERNS?

13 A. As I recall, I talked with the Task Force I, the Technical Task 14 Force, and Gail Addis.

15 Q. WERE YOUR CONCERNS WRITTEN?

16 A. Yes.

17 Q. DESCRIBE EACH DOCUMENT WHICH CONTAINS YOUR EXPRESSION 18 OF CONCERNS, AND INDICATE WHO IT WAS SUBMITTED TO.

19 A. I gave a document to Beau Ross which dealt with a craft violation 20 of process specifications that called for 4 inch cleanliness zone.

21 This was not detrimental to the safe operation of the plant but it 22 was a procedural violation.

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

24 A. Yes. As a matter of fact, Duke greatly emphasized the fact that all 25 concerns should be brought to their attention.

26 Q. DID YOU EXPRESS ALL OF YOUR CONCERNS?

27 A. Yes.

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t 1 Q. DO THE DOCUMENTS ATTACHED TO YOUR TESTIMONY AS 2 ATTACHMENT A REFLECT YOUR WRITTEN CONCERNS?

3 A. Yes.

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

5 A. Yes.

6 Q. PLEASE SUMMARIZE AND EXPLAIN WHAT YOU WERE TRYING TO i

7 COMMUNICATE BY YOUR CONCERNS.

t 8 A. The need for better relationships with upper management in 9 determining whether or not e. violation had been committed. Also, 10 the need for tighter adherence to the procedures.

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

4 12 A. Yes. . -

I 13 Q. DID YOU ATTEND ANY MEETINGS WITH TASK FORCE AND/OR QA 14 MANAGEMENT MEMBERS WHERE. THE TASK FORCE FINDINGS ,

15 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS WERE DISCUSSED?

16 A. Yes, but I can't remember details. Numerous meetings were held 17 by the Task Forces and QA Management to find out exactly what i 18 the concerns were. Later meetings were held for recommendations, i

i 19 and finally conclusions were submitted.

i 20 Q. WERE THERE ANY CHANGES MADE IN THE QA PROGRAM AFTER 21 THE WELDING INSPECTOR CONCERNS AND THE TASK FORCE 22 INVESTIGATION OF THESE CONCERNS?

23 A. Yes.

24 Q. DESCRIBE THE CHANGES OF WHICH YOU ARE AWARE IN THE QA 25 PROGRAM.

26 A. Better working relations with upper management have resulted.

27 Support has really been strengthened, and there has been a tighter 28 adherence to the procedures.

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1 Q. TO WHAT EXTENT HAVE THESE CHANGES ADDRESSED ISSUES g

2 RAISED BY THE WELDING INSPECTOR CONCERNS AND TO WHAT 3 EXTENT HAVE THESE CHANGES ADDRESSED YOUR PARTICULAR 4 CONCERNS?

5 A. The changes made have resolved the concern that I had.

6 Management is working to improve the relationship with QA.

7 Q. THE WELDING INSPECTOR CONCERNS HAVE BEEN 8 CHARACTERIZED AS CONCERNS ABOUT THE QUALITY AND 9 SAFETY OF CONSTRUCTION AT CA.TAWBA. DO YOU AGREE OR 10 DISAGREE WITH THAT CHARACTERIZATION?

11 A. I disagree because this department has been very strict on the 12 quality of this job . As for myself, I have a great deal of 13 confidence and professionalism about my work. I'm not going to 14 subject my name to criticism.

15 Q. DID THE EXPRESSION OF YOUR CONCERNS INDICATE YOUR 16 BELIEF THAT THERE WAS A BREAKDOWN IN THE QA PROGRAM 17 OR INDICATE THAT THE QA PROGRAM WAS NQ LONGER 18 WORKING? EXPLAIN.

19 A. There has never been a breakdown in the QA Program nor has the 20 Program stopped functioning. Just like any other program, we 21 needed more support from upper management.

22 Q. DID YOUR ' CONCERNS REFLECT A BELIEF ON YOUR PART THAT 23 THE CATAWBA PROJECT IS NOT BEING CONSTRUCTED SAFELY?

i l 24 A. Definitely not.

25 Q. IN YOUR VIEW, HAS THE QA PROGRAM BEEN EFFECTIVE WHILE 1

26 YOU HAVE WORKED AS AN INSPECTOR AT CATAWBA 7 l l

27 A. Yes, sometimes even over-effective, particular where Duke l I

28 procedures require more than is required by ASME codes.

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~1 Q. ARE YOU AWARE OF ANY DEFICIEN' CIES IN CONSTRUCTION OR IN 2 THE QA PROGRAM WHICH WOULD CAUSE YOU TO QUESTION 3 WHETHER CATAWBA IS SAFELY BUILT?

4 A. No, I live close to Catawba and if anyone would mention a 5 deficiency it would be me.

6 Q. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO YOUR 7 TESTIMONY?

8 A. I have worked for Duke's QA program approximately four years and

'9 have witnessed a large portion of the construction and the quality 10 involved. Therefore, in my own opinion Catawba QA is among the 11 best and their shouldn't be any question about the safe operation of 12 the plant. I base this statement on lay personal inspections and 13 the efficiency of other inspectors. .

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( 15 16 I hereby certify that I have read and understand this document, and 17 18 believe it to be my true, accurate and com lete tes ' ony.

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24 i 25 Sworn to and subscribed before me 26 this /M day of September,1983.

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