ML19248C955
| ML19248C955 | |
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 05/18/1979 |
| From: | Herbein J METROPOLITAN EDISON CO. |
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SRCiARY OF TESTIMO:iY BEFORE THE PRESIDENT'S C05C4ISSION ON THE ACCIDENT AT THREE MILE ISLR D SY JOHN G. HEREEIN VICE PRESIDENT-GE..'"ATION METROPOLITX; EDISON COMPANY May 18, 1979 7,o
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My nace is John G. Herbein.
1 am Vice President-Generation for Metropolitan s
Edison Ccepany. My testimony describes the Generation Department of Met-Ed and the Three Mile Island organization as it existed at the time of the accident at
'011-2 on March 28, 1979.
As Met-Ed Vice President-Generation, I am responsible for the operation, maintcn-ance, ad=inistration, quality assurance, and relaten technical engineering support activities associated with the generating stations owned and operated by Met-Ed.
Reporting to te as Vice President-Generation are six =anagers.
Their areas of responsibility are Generation Operations, Generation Maintenanca, Generation Quality Assurance, Generat on Administration, Generation Engineering and Generating Station Nuclear Operations.
The Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station is tansged through an organ-1:ation headed by the Manager-Generating Station-Nuclear.
Reporting directly to the Manager-Generating Station-Nuclear are the Unit Superintendents-Nuclear for TMI Unit 1 and IMI Unit 2, the Superintendent-Main-tenance-Nuclear, and the Superintendent-Administration / Technical Support-Nuclear.
The Station Manager, along with the four Superintendents co= prime the senior nanage ent station staf f and are collectively responsible f or operation, surveillance, =aintenance, repair, refueling and admini err 7 tica, as well as the stall scale construction of new systecs, the modification of existing systems, and the radia: ion protection and chemistry of the Station.
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. The Unit Superintendent is responsible directly to the Manager-Generating Station-Nuclear for day to day unit operations and the required maintenance and on site Technical Support.
The Supervisor-Station Operations-Nuclear who reports to the Unit Superintendent directs the work activities of the Operations Department.
Operations Depart =ent e=ployees at TMI are assigned to a cix shift rotating schedule.
Each shift assigned o a single uait is typically cocposed of one (1) Shift Fore =an-Nuclear, three (2) Control Roo: Operators-Nuclear, and seven (7) Auxiliary Operators.
The Shift Forc=0.n-Nuclear, assigned to a specific unit, reports to the Shift Supervisor-Nuclear who is responsible on a shift basis for both units.
Each Shift Supervisor nas a Senior Reactor Operator's license on both units and each Shift Fore ;n has a Senior Reactor Operator's license on the Unit to which he is assigned. Control Roo: Operatora, after a 9 to 12 month training program, and extensive Company and NRC exams qualify for a Reactor Operator's license on the Unit to whica they are assigned.
The nutber of e=ployees with Senior Reactor Operator licenses on both units is 12.
The nutber of e=ployees with Se tior Reactor Operator Licenses on Unit 1 is 12, the number of e=ployees with Senior Reactor Ope.rator licenses on Unit 2 is 7, the nu=ber of e=ployees with Reactor Operator licenses on Unit 1 is 11, and the number of e=ployees with Reactor Operator licenses on Unit 2 is 12.
There are a total of 54 licenses held by TMI e=ployees.
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The TMI Unit 2,echnical Specifications delineate the administrative control and organizationa! require =ents of the Nuclear Regulatory Co221ssion operating license for TMI-2.
The on-site operating organization and the off-site technical support and nanage=ent staff are composed to comply with these controls and regulatic:s.
The NRC license also prescribes two independent cocaittees estab-lished to oversee plant operations and ensure cocpliance with safety requirements.
The first of these cccmittees, the Plant Operations Review Committee (? ORC), is required to advise the Unit Superintendent on all catters related to nuclear safety.
The PGRC is comprised of key individuals f rom the Unit operations, Maintenance, Health Physics, Chc=istry and Technical Support Groups.
".e PORC is responsible for initial review of all nuclear safety related procedures, security plan and energency plan and procedures, and procedure changes thereto.
The Cormittee is required to review all tests and experieents that affect nuclear safety. This review encocpassed all initial Start-Up cad test procedures and test results. The PORC is required to review all proposed changes of Technical Specifications. This Coccittee cust also review proposed changes or codifications to any Unit Systets or components which may effect nuclear safety.
PORC cust also investigate violations of Technical Specifications and advise the Unit Superintendent as to their cause and possible corrective action.
The seccad coc=ittee, the Generation Review Connittee, is organized to provide an independent review and audit of designated activities in the areas of nuclear unit operations, nuclear engineering, chemistry and radio chemistry, metallurgy, instrurent and control, radiological safety, techanical and electrical engineering and quality assurance practices. The Generation Review Cotmittee reviews safety
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evaluations for changes to procedures, equipment or syste=s ccepleted i:nder the provisions of 10 CFR 50.59 to verify that such actions do not constitute an unreviewed safety question. The Generation Review Cocaitte also reviews:
propcaed changes to the Technical Specifications; violations of codes, regulations, license requirements or internal procedures having nuclear saf ety significance; and minutes of the meetings held by Plant Operations Review Committee.
Audits of Unit activities are required to be perfor=ed under the cognirance of Generation Review Cot =ittee.
These audits cust encocpass conformance of the Unit's cpera-tions to provisions contained vithin the Technical Specifications, the training and qualifications of the Unit staff, the results of action tak n to correct deficiencies occurring in Unit equiptent where methods of operations are involved that could effect nuclear safety, the emergency plan, the security plan, and the fire protection plan. The Generation Review Group is required to report to and advise me as Vice President-Generation in all of these areas.
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