ML19211A236
| ML19211A236 | |
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| Site: | Trojan File:Portland General Electric icon.png |
| Issue date: | 12/07/1979 |
| From: | Trammell C Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 7912170233 | |
| Download: ML19211A236 (4) | |
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC StFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of Docket No. 50-344 PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, (Control Building)
(Trojan Nuclear Plant)
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AFFIDAVIT OF CHARLES M. TRAMMELL, III STATE OF MARYLAND
)SS COUNTY OF MONTG0MERY
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I, Charles M. Trammell, III, being duly sworn, depose and state:
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I am a Senior Project Manager, Division of Operating Reactors, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555.
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I have prepared the statement of Professional Qualifications attached hereto, and, if called upon, would testify as set forth therein.
3.
I am the NRC Staff Project Manager for the Trojan Nuclear Plant and am responsible for the overall coordination of the Staff's review of the proposed modifications to the Trojan Control Building and the prepara-tion of the Staff's Safety Evaluation Report on those modifications.
As part of my duties, I have reviewed the proposed modifications to determine whether the modification work could result in the violation of Technical Specifications in the facility operating licanse.
In this vein, the matter described in Paragraph 4 below remains as an unresolved problem as of December 7,1979.
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Control Room Differential Pressure. Technical Specification 4.7.6.1 requires, among other things, that the ability of the control room ventilation system to maintain the control room at a positive pressure of 1/8 inch water column (W.C.) relative to the outside atmosphere be demonstrated at least once per 18 months. Technical Specification 4.0.3 states that perfomance of a _ surveillance requirement within the specified time interval shall const1tute compliance with operability requirements. The basis statement for this specification makes it clear, however, that equipment cannot be intentionally altered in such a way as to cause the failure of the surveillance test were it to be perfomed. The question as to whether the 1/8 W.C. requirement can be met with an open hole or holes in the control room wall (from drilling for installation of the plates on the west wall of the Control Building 1591 143 7912170 7_.3 3
_2-and for anchoring new walls to the Control Building) has not been responded to by the Licensee (NRC Question 3 of 9-28-79) and, accord-ingly, is unresolved at this time.
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Charles M. Trammell, III Subscribed and sworn to before me this 7th day of December,1979 d
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Notary Public My Commission expires:
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CHARLES M. TRAMMELL, III DIVISION OF OPERATING REACTORS U. S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS 1
I am a senior project manager in the Division of Operating Reactors, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. As such, I am responsible for managing and participating in the safety and environmental reviews associated with licensing actions regarding the design and operation of assigned operating power and research reactors.
This includes planning and coordinating the efforts of other Conmission personnel involved in the reviews.
s I have a Bachelor of Arts degree in mathematics from Brown University, I
and one year of graduate studies in mathematics at Rennselaer Polytechnic I
Institute where I worked as a graduate assistant.
From November 1962 until February 1964, I attended U. S. Naval Destroyer School at Newport, Rhode Island, and was subsequently assigned as Engineer Officer of USS Farragut (DLG-6), where I was responsible for all aspects of propulsion engineering and related auxiliary equipment.
My experience in the nuclear field began in 1964, when I entered the Navy Nuclear Power Program.
I attended a one-year course in naval nuclear power, and was subsequently selected for a staff position at the Navy's
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, prototype nuclear power plant (D1G) at West Milton, New York.
There I
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was in charge of a shift : crew which operated the plant for training and engineering testing.
I was responsible for the training and nuclear qualification of assigned officers and enlisted men.
From 1967 until 1974 I was employed by Public Service Electric and Gas Company where I was responsible initially for the Preliminary Safety Analysis Report for the Salem Nuclear Generating Station. Later, I attended the Westinghouse Reactor Operator Training Program (10 months) which led to certification of equivalency as Reactor Operator thereby establishing eligibility for a " cold" senior reactor operator license at Salem.
In 1969, I was promoted to Reactor Engineer at the Salem station I
where I was responsible for developing physics and core performance tests and fuel handling procedures while the plant was under construction.
Training at Westinghouse Nuclear Operations Division and startup testing experience at Indian Point, Ginna, H. B. Robinson and Surry stations led to qualification as nuclear engineer in accordance with ANSI Standard N18.1.
In September 1973, I was promoted to the position of Quality Assurance Engineer at the Salem site, where I was responsible for developing the quality assurance program for the operational phase of the Salem station.
l I have held my position with the Commission since September 1974.
I have 1
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participated in numerous safety and environmental reviews of all types I
of comercial nuclear power plants, including testifying as an expert i
witness in the Trojan Spent Fuel Pool Expansion Hearing.
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