ML19290C193
| ML19290C193 | |
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 01/02/1980 |
| From: | Swartz L NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE LEGAL DIRECTOR (OELD) |
| To: | THREE MILE ISLAND ALERT |
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| NUDOCS 8001100306 | |
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6 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1/2/80 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of
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Docket No. 50-289 (Three Mile Island, Unit 1)
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NRC STAFF RESPONSES TO THREE MILE ISLAND ALERT'S INTERR0GATORIES TO THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In accordance with 10 C.F.R. 52.720 and 10 C.F.R. 62.744, the NRC Staff has responded to Three Mile Island Alert's (TMIA) Interrogatories to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission dated December 10, 1979.
Each Interrogatory is restated and a response provided.
Where appropriate, the NRC Staff has invoked that portion of the Commission's Order of August 9, 1979 (slip 02. at 11) which allows as an adequate response to a discovery request a statement that informa-tion is available in the Local Public Document Rooms and guidance as to where the information can be found. Although the NRC Staff has provided, as re-quested, names, addresses, and telephone numbers of individuals participating in certain studies and reviews, parties are reminded that any contact with these individuals must be through the counsel for the NRC Staff.
Following the responses to the Interrogatories are affidavits identifying the indivi-duals who prepared the responses and verifying them.
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Ouestion 1 Has the NRC evaluated the operating history of TMI-1 and looked for danger signals indicating possible generic safety problems?
Response
The NRC has not conducted a comprehensive evaluation of the operating history of TMI-1. The Staff has reviewed a study of TMI-1 transients similar to the Davis-Besse event which was done by the licensee.
The results of this review will be contained in the NRC Staff's " Evaluation of Licensee's Compliance with the NRC Order Dated August 9,1979" and Supplements.
The Staff has also examined feedwater transients at all Babcock & Wilcox-designed reactors, including TMI-1. The results of this review are contained in NUREG-0560, " Staff Report on the Generic Assessment of Feedwater Transients in Pressurized Water Reactors Designed by the Babcock and Wilcox Company."
A copy of this document is in the Harrisburg and York local Public Documents Rooms.
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Question 2 If so, state:
(a) What problems were found; (b) How are the problems to be dealt with; (c) Who discovered the problems; (d) Supply any reports issued as a result of the evaluation.
Response
(a) and (b):
The problems discovered in the review of transients at TMI and those discovered in the study of feedwater transients, as well as the methods for dealing with those problems can be found in the " Evaluation of Licensee's Compliance with the NRC Order Dated August 9,1979" which will be issued by the NRC Staff and NUREG-0560, respectively.
(c):
The Task Force which prepared NUREG-0550 consisted of:
Robert L. Tedesco Paul Check James Watt Stephen Hanuaer Rodney Satterfield Zolton Rosztoczy Richard Ireland Gus Lainas Paul Collins Newton Anderson The person who reviewed Metropolitan Edison's study of transients was Scott Newberry.
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The " Evaluation of Licensee's Compliance with the fiRC Order Dated August 9, 1979" has not yet been issued by the NRC Staff but will be sent to all intervenors in this proceeding when it becomes available.
fiUREG-0560 can be found in the TMI-1 Local Public Document Rooms in Harrisburg and York, Pennsylvania.
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Question 3 Has the NRC examined Licensee's operator training program for TM1-1?
Response
Yes. The NRC reviewed the TMI-1 operator training program during the Tf1I-1 Operating License review. The TMI-1 operator requalification program was also reviewed by the NRC.
In addition, the NRC has reviewed the Operator Acceler.ited Retraining Program (0 ARF) included as Section 6 of the licensee's restart submittal.
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1726 280 Question 4 Have improvements in the program been recor= ended by the NRC to the Li-censee?
Response
Yes, as noted below.
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question 5 If so, state:
(a) What type of improvements have been recommended; (b) Have these improvements been recommended to other utility training programs, and, if so, name the utilities; (c) Provide copies of all staff recornnendations made since
'the accident to improve operator training programs.
Response
(a):
The licensee was directed to augment the retraining of all Reactor Operators and Senior Reactor Operators in Order Item 1(e). Additional re-quirements were identified in parts 6 and 7 of Order Item 1(a).
Further-more, Items 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, and 10 of IE Bulletin 79-05A; Items 1, 2, and 4 of IE Bulletin 79-05B; and Items 1. 4. and 5 of IE Bulletin 79-05C address training of operators or require changes to procedures which would necessi-tate retraining of operators.
Finally, NUREG-0578 contains several sections (2.1.1, 2.1.3a and b, 2.1.5c, 2.1.7, 2.2.la, b, and c) that require facility design and/or procedure changes which dictate retraining of operating per-sonnel.
In general, these NRC requirements stress training in small break LOCA recog-nition and response, the TMI-2 accident and lessons learned, natural circu-lation, and prompt verification of proper emergency feedwater system operation.
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The NRC has issued similar requirements to all operating facilities!
Short-term recommendations contained in NUREG-0578 apply to all facilities.
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IE Bulletins were issued to all facilities according to the NSSS vendor; e.g., IE Bulletins79-05A, B, and C to Babcock & Wilcox designed facilities; IE Bulletins79-06A, B, and C to Westinghouse and Combustion Engineering designed facilities; and IE Bulletins79-08A, B, and C to General Electric designed facilities.
In addition, the NRC ordered all Babcock & Wilcox de-signed fa'cilities to provide licensed operating personnel with additional training on small break LOCA's and the TMI-2 accident.
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The NRC has conducted a review of the Operator Licensing Program.
Recommendations regarding improvements in this program were presented to the Commission in SECY-79-330E/330F.
A copy of this paper can be found in the TMI-1 Local Public Documents Rooms.
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. Question 6 Has the NRC performed any evaluations of the Licensee with respect to the operating performance of Licensee at TMI-1 for the twelve months prior to the accident?
Response
No.
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Guestion 7 If so:
(a) List the name, address and phone number of each person that was involved in any evaluation; (b) Provide copies of all draft and final reports, and in-ternal memoranda discussing the operating performance of Licensee.
Response
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Not applicable.
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Not applicable.
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Response
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Order of August 9,1979 directed that the licensee " demonstrate that decontamination and/or restoration operations at TMI-2 wil1 not affect safe operations at TMI-1." Slip, 02, at 6-7.
Pursuant to this directive, the NRC Staff will examine this issue in its
" Evaluation of Licensee's Compliance with the NRC Order Dated August 9, 1979" and supplements.
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Question 9 If so:
(a)
List the name, address and telephone number of each person who participated in the evaluation; (b) Supply copies of every memorandum, report or other correspondence bearing upon this evaluation.
Response
(a):
John T. Collins United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Washington, D. C.
20555 (301) 492-8361 Jay Y. Lee United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Washington, D. C.
20555 (301) 492-7637 (b):
The primary document used in the evaluation of problems associated with restarting TMI-1 while TMI-2 is being decontaminated is the licensee's restart report entitled " Report in Response to NRC Staff Recommended Require-ments for Restart of Three Mile Island Nuclear Station Unit 1" and all of the amendments to that report issued tc date.
A copy of the report and the amendments have been sent to all of the intervenors in this proceeding and are also available in the Harrisburg and York Local Public Documents Rooms.
Other documents which may have been used but are not yet available will be distributed when they do become available.
1726 287 Question 10 Has the NRC been asked to review the ability of Met Ed to operate TMI-1 in the wake of the March 28 accident?
Response
The NRC Staff objects to Interrogatory 10 as vague because it is unclear what is meant by " ability." Despite this objection, the Staff has answered the question in terms of the management and financial capability of the licensee.
.A The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Order of August 9,1979 directed that the licensee " demonstrate his managerial capability and resources to operate Unit 1 while maintaining Unit 2 in a safe configuration and carrying out planned decontamination and/or restoration activities." Slip. op_. at 7.
The Commission also ordered that the licensee " demonstrate his financial qualifications to the extent relevant to his ability ta operate TMI-1 safely."
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Pursuant to this Order, the NRC Staff has reviewed and is continuing to review the management capabi'ities and resources of the licensee to operate Unit 1 of the Three Mile Island Nuclear facility. The results of this review will be contained in the NRC' Staff's " Evaluation of Licensee's Compliance with the NRC Order dated August 9,1979" and supplements.
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Question 11 If so:
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List the name, address and telephone number of each person who participated in the review.
(b) Supply copies of any memoranda, reports or other related correspondence bearing upon this review.
Response
(a):
The rev:ew of the above-described subject is under way but has not been completed.
Additional persons not yet identified may be asked to parti-cipate before the review is completed.
Therefore, those listed below are those that have participated to date in the review identified in Interroga-tory 10 above.
We will identify at a later date any other persons who may subsequently participate in the review.
In addition, the NRC Staff in its review of management capability also considered operator training, quality assurance, health physics, and emergency planning.
Harley Silver (Project Manager, TMI-1 Restart)
Light Water Reactors Branch No. 4 United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D. C.
20555 (301) 492-8427 Frederick R. Allenspach (management capability)
Quality Assurance Branch United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D. C.
20555 (301) 492-7741 John N. Gilray (auality assurance)
Quality Assurance Branch United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D. C.
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Bruce A. Boger (operator training)
Operator Licensing Branch United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D. C.
20555 (301) 492-7476 Jack Nehemias (health physics)
Division of Site Safety and Environmental Analysis United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D. C.
20555 (301) 492-7574 Jack W. Roe (emergency planning)
Reactor Safeguards Licensing Branch United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D. C.
20555 (301) 492-8460 Jim C. Petersen (financial capability)
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D. C.
20555 (301) 492-7331 Louis Gittleman (financial capability)
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D. C.
20555 (301) 492-7331 Michael L. Karlowicz, Jr. (financial capability)
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D. C.
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(b):
The documents bearing upon the review of management capability are listed below. Those denoted by an asterisk are enclosed; the others can be found in the TMI-1 Local Public Documents Rooms.
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Letter dated June 29, 1979 from Harold R. Denton, Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation to All Power Reactor Licensees; 2.
Metropolitan Edison submittal of August 6, 1979 in response to Harold Denton letter of June 29, 1979 to All Power Reactors Licensees;
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Memorandum dated October 5,1979 from W. Haass to H. Silver - TMI-1 Review; 4.
Letter dated October 19, 1979 from R. Vollmer, Director TMI Support to R. C. Arnold, Senior Vice President, Met-Ed Co. ;
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Memorandum dated October 30, 1979 from W. Haass to H. Silver -
TMI-1 Review; 6.
Letter dated October 31, 1979 from R. Vollmer, Director TMI Support to R. C. Arnold, Senior Vice President, Met-Ed Co. ;
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Memorandum dated November 21, 1979 from W. Haass to H. Silver -
TMI-1 Review; 8.
Letter dated November 21, 1979 from R. Vollmer, Director TMI Support to R. C. Arnold, Senior Vice President, Met-Ed Co.;
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Memorandum dated December 7,1979 from D. J. Skovholt to H. Silver -
Organizational and Administrative Controls SER Input for TMI-1 Restart.
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- 10. Metropolitan Edison Restart and Amendments Thereto;
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Metropolitan Edison letter dated November 8,1979 from J. G. Herbein, Vice President-Nuclear Operations to R. Vollmer, Director TMI Sup-port in response to NRC letter of October 31.1979.
The documents bearing upon the review of Metropolitan Edison's financial resources are a series of correspondence between the licensee and the NRC Staff. The dates of this correspondence are:
Letters from NRC Staff posing questions to licensee:
September 21, 1979 December 6, 1979 Letters from licensee respondin9 to questions:
October 15, 1979 October 17, 1979 October 19, 1979 November 26, 1979 November 27, 1979 November 29, 1979 December 3, 1979 December 7,1979 Copies of the corresponderice can be found in the Local Public Documents Rooms located in Harrisburg and York, Pennsylvania.
Respectfully submitted, 6 661 92 D Lucinda Low Swartz Counsel for NRC Staff g y2 Dated at Bethesda, Maryland 3
this 2nd day of January, 1980.
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGllLATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of
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Docket No. 50-289
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(Three Mile Island, Unit 1)
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AFFIDAVIT I, Harley Silver, being duly sworn, do depose and state:
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I am a Senior Project Manager in the Division of Project Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
I am responsible for managing the safety review of assigned nuclear power plants, including Three Mile Island, Unit 1 Restart Program. My professional qualifications statement is attached.
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The answers to TMIA Interrogatories 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, and 9 were prepared by me.
I certify the answers given are true and accurate to the best of my knowledge.
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Docket No. 50-289 (Three Mile Island, Unit 1)
AFFIDAVIT OF BRUCE A. B0GER I, Bruce A. Boger, being duly sworn, do. depose and state:
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I am a Reactor Engineer in the Operating Licensing Branch of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
I am responsible for administering licensing examinations to nuclear power plant operators and research reactor personnel. My professional qualifications statement is attached.
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The answers to TMIA's Interrogatories 3, 4, and 5 were prepared by me.
I certify that the answers given are true and accurate to the best of my knowledge.
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Docket No. 50-289 (Three Mile Island, Unit 1)
AFFIDAVIT OF FREDRICK R. ALLENSPACH I, Fredrick R. Allenspach, being duly sworn, do depose and state:
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I am employed by the Quality Assurance Branch in the Division of Project Management of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation in_ the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
I am responsible for the review and evaluation of applicant's organizational structure and technical and administrative qualifications of the proposed reactor operating organization. My professional qualifications statement is attached.
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The answers to TMIA's Interrogatories 10 and 11 were partially prepared by me.
I certify that the answers given are true and accurate to the best of my knowledge.
$LAA 6'G a A Fredrick R. AllenspacK Subscribed and sworn to before me this 2nd day of January,1980.
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Docket No. 50-289
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AFFIDAVIT OF JIM C. PETERSEN I, Jim C. Petersen, being duly sworn, do depose and state:
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I am the Senior Financial Analyst in the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation in the Nuclear Regulatory Comission.
I am responsible for the review and evaluation of the financial qualifications of nuclear facility license applicants to pursue proposed activities under a license.
My professional qualifications statement is attached.
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The answers to TMIA's Interrogatories 10 and 11 were partially prepared by me.
I certify that the answers given are true and accurate to the best of my knowledge.
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Harley Silver Senior Project Manager Division of Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Nuclear Regulatory Commission Professional Qualifications I am o Senior Project Manager, responsible for managing the safety review for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission of assigned plants, including Three Mile Island Unit 2.
I have served in this capacity since October 1973, and had been assigned Three Mile Island Unit 2 from May 1975 until mid-1979.
Since the fall 'of 1979, I have been assigned as the Project Manager of the TMI-l Restart Program.
I received the degree of Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from New York University in 1949 and have subsequently taken graduate level courses in Engineering and Business Admir.istration.
Between 1950 and 1952, I served in the United States Air Force as a First Lieutenant.
From 1952 to 1955 I was employed as a Design Engineer by the M. W. Kellogg Company.
From 1955 through 1962, I was employed as a Project Engineer by architect-engineering firms, including Hydrocarbon Research, Inc. and Bechtel Associates.
Between 1963 and 1970, I was employed Dy the Westinghouse Electric Corp.
in both the Astronuclear Laboratory and Weapons Systems Department as, successively, Project Engineer, Supervisor of various design groups, and Manager of Systems Integration.
In 1971, I joined Offshore Power Systems as Manager of Component Engineering, in which capacity I remained until joining the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
I am a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of New York (CertificateNumber32892).
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PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS LIST
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BRUCE A. B0GER Education June 1971 Received BSNE - University of Virginia June 1972 Received MENE - University of Virginia Work Experience
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June 1972 to Virginia Electric and Power Company June 1977 Surry Nuclear Power Station Assistant Engineer - Performed startup testing on Unit No. 2.
Associate Engineer - Reviewed facility design modifications.
Engineer - Assisted the Supervisor-Engineering Services; trained for and received a Senior Reactor Operator License.
Supervisor - Engineering Services - Directed the activities of the onsite engineering staff.
June 1977 to Virginia Electric and Power Company September 1977 Richmond, Virginia Supervisor - Nuclear Engineering Services - Directed the actiYities of the offsite engineering staff in support of Surry Power Station.
A October 1977 to V. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Present Bethesda, Maryland Reactor Engineer in the Operator Licensing Branch - Administer licensing examinations to nuclear power plant and research reactor personnel.
Professional Affiliations Registered Professional Engineer - State of Virginia Member - American Nuclear Society 1726 6 o:
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Frederick R. A11enspach June 1952
- Graduate - Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn-
- Degree in Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering July 1952 to August 1953
- New York Naval Shipyard August 1953 to August 1954
- Republic Aviation Corporation August 1954 to August 1956
- Military Service September 1956 to-June 1968 Baployed by the Brookhaven National Laboratory, Reactor Division. Approximately two years as operating shift supervisor in charge of an operating shift on the Brookhaven Graphite Research Rea_ctor (BGRR).
Approximately three years as BGRR day shift sucervisor responsible for various reactor support activi' ties.
Approximately six years as BGRR Assistant Operations Group Leader primarily responsible for the temperature monitoring and reactor fuel management programs.
One year as BGRR Operations Group leader responsible for all operational aspects of the reactor.
Incitded during this period at Brookhaven National laboratory were several short tem supplemental assignments to Brookhaven National Iaboratory review and audit comittees assigned the responsibilig to detemine if other Brookhaven nuclear reactors wre being operated in accordance with the applicable rules and regulations.
June 1968 to June 1974 Employed by the Atomic Energy Comission, Directorate of Licensing, Operational Safety Branch.
fy responsibilities include (as assigned); re) view'and evaluation of applicants organizational structure, technical and administrative qualifications of applicants proposed reactor operating organization, including emergency plans and industrial security plans; development of guides and codification of
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frcra licensed reactors for safety related items; and the preparation of reports relative to operating experiences at licensed reactors.
June 1974 to present B:: ployed by the Atomic Energy Comission, Division of Project Management, Quality Assurance Branch.
My responsibiliites include review and evaluation of applicants organizational structure, tcchnical and administrative qualifications of applicants proposed reactor operating organization, development of standards, codes and guides with respect to administrative procedures for the operation of licensed reactors; and the development of unifom acceptance criteria for subjects required to be addressed by license applicants relating to operational safety matters.
I have attended the MIT course on Light Water Reactor Safety, attended the POPO course in Industrial Defense and Disaster Planning for Privately Operated. Facilities sponsored by the Dept. of Army at the Military Police School in Fort Gordon, Georgia, and a Babcock and Wilcox Simulator training course.
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JIM C. PETERSEN PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION I am the Senior Financial Analyst in the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
I am responsible for the review and evaluation of the financial qualifications of nuclear facility license app 1tcants to, pursue pro-Posed activities under a license, primarily the construction and operation of nuclear power plants.
In this regard, I have prepared financial qualifications analyses for inclusion in the Staff's safety Evaluations and for presentation as evidence on the record of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board's safety hearings.
I have served as a Staff witness before the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board in a number of pro-ceedings.
My work also involves keeping abreast of developments in the money and. -
capital markets and in the electric utility industry.
I reteived a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree (awarded cum laude) with a major in Accounting from the University--of Denver in 1968.
I-have ; con-tinued my formal education throulh college and university courses in finance, math, economics and computer science a1d through several intensive short courses.
I am a member of Beta Gamma Sigma, the national business administration honorary, and Beta Alpha Psi, the national accounting honorary.
The latter organization presented me with its award for outstanding service.
From 1968 through 1973, I was employed in a number of assignments on the staff of the Controller of the Atomic Energy Commission.
These assignments included reviewing, designing and implementing accounting systems and procedures for AEC offices and AEC contractors.
I also assisted in the financial review of nuclear facility license applicants during the period when that function was performed by independent staff members of the AEC Office of the Controller.
That function was subsequently transferred in its entirety to the NRC.
In January of 1974, I joined the regulatory staff and assumed responsibilities in the financial qualifications review of nuclear facility license applicants.
I have worked in NRC financial analysis since that time, except for a one-year assignment at the U. St Department of Energy where I worked on the financing of emerging energy technologies.
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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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METROPOLITAN EDISON COMPANY,
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of "NRC STAFF RESPONSES TO THREE MILE ISLAND ALERT'S INTERROGATORIES TO THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION" in the above -
captioned proceeding have been served on the following by deposit in the United States mail, first class or, as indicated by an asterisk, through deposit in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's internal mail system, this 2nd day of January,1979.
- Ivan W. Smith, Esq.
ElgnWeiss,Esq.
Atomic Safety & Licensing Board Panel
@25$5tre U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission N.
Suite 506 Washington, D. C.
20555 Washington, D.C.
20006 Dr. Walter H. Jordan Mr. Steven C. Sholly 881 W. Outer Drive 304 South Market Street Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830 Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 17055 Dr. Linda W. Little 5000 Hermitage Drive Mr. Thomas Gerusky Raleigh, North Carolina 27612 Bureau of Radiation Protection Department of Environmental Resources George F. Trowbridge, Esq.
P.O. Box 2063 Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120 1800 M Street, N.W.
Washington, D. C.
20006 Mr. Marvin I. Lewis 6504 Bradford Terrace Karin W. Carter, Esq.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19149 505 Executive House P. O. Box 2357 Metropolitan Edison Company Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120 Attn:
J. G. Herbein, Vice President P.O. Box 542 Reading, Pennsylvania 19603 Honorable Mark Cohen 512 E-3 Main Capital Building Ms. Jane Lee Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120 R.D. 3; Box 3521 Etters, Pennsylvania 17319 1726 3 02.
Walter W. Cohen, Consumer Advocate Holly S. Keck Department of Justice Anti-Nuclear Group Representing Strawberry Square,14th Floor York Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17127 245 W. Philadelphia Street York, Pennsylvania 17404 Robert L. Knupp, Esq.
Assistant Solicitor John Levin, Esq.
Knupp and Andrews Pennsylvania Public Utilities Comm.
P.O. Box P Box 3265 407 N. Front Street Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17108 Jordan D. Cunningham, Esq.
John E. Minnich, Chairman Fox, 'rdrr and Cunningham Dauphin Co. Board of Commissioners 2320 North 2nd Street Dauphin County Courthouse Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17110 Front and Market Sts.
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.17101 Theodore A. Adler, esq.
Widoff Reager Selkowitz & Adler
- Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Board Post Office Box 1547 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17105 Washington, D. C.
20555 s M jorie M. Aamodt Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Coatesville, Pennsylvania 19320 Washington, D. C.
20555 Docketing and Service Section U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Ms. Karen Sheldon Washington, D. C.
20555 Sheldon, Harmon, Roisman & Weiss 1725 I Street, N. W.
Suite 506 Robert Q. Pollard Chesapeak Energy Alliance Washington, D. C.
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'609 Montpelier Street Baltimore, Maryland 21218 Chauncey Kepford Judith H. Johnsrud Environmental Coalition on Nuclear Power 433 Orlando Avenue State College, Pennsylvania 16801 Ms. Frieda Berryhill, Chairman Coalition for Nuclear Power Plant Postponement 2610 Grendon Drive gjfjg Wilmington, Delaware 19808 N -Lucinda Low Swartz Counsel for NRC Staff 17f %
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ALL POWER REACTOR LICENSEES Gentlemen:
As one of the results of the recent Three Mile Island-2 accident, the NRC staff is conducting an overall review and evaluation of the management and technical resources available to utilities who own and operate nuclear power plants to handle unusual events of that type.
The infomation required to perfom this effort on your utility is identified in the enclosure.
You are requested to submit the infomation appropriate to your utility by July 30, 1979.
If you cannot meet this date, please advise us promptly.
Should you have any questions relative to this request, please contact Mr. Walter P. Haass, Chief, Quality Assurance Branch, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission at (301) 49l.-7741.
Sincerely, l ygs///
Harold R. Denton, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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Harley Silver, Project Manager, Light Water Beactors Branch No. 4 Division of Project Management FROM:
Walter P. Haass Chief, Quality Assurance Branch, Division of Project Management
SUBJECT:
TMI-l REVIEW Enclosed is the infomation we require in order to perfom our part of the Board Order item 6.
This should be transmitted to Metropolitan Edison so that they can begin to prepare any additional information, as necessary, without waiting for our review of their submittal.
Originalsigned by Walter P. Haass Walter P. Haass, Chief Quality Assurance Branct Division of Project Management
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Docket No. 50-289 MEMORANDUM FOR:
Harley Silver, Project Manager, Light Water Reactors Branch No. 4. Division of Project Management FROM:
Walter P. Haass, Chief, Quality Assurance Branch, Division of Project Management
SUBJECT:
TMI-1 REVIEW Enclosed is a supplemental request for infomation we require in order to perfom our part of the Board Order its 6.
This should be transmitted to Metropolitan Edison so that they can begin to prepare any additional infonnation, as necessary,
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l Walter P. Haass Chief Quality Assurance Branch i
Division of Project Management
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Information Required for the TMI-l Restart Review The staff review of your operational activities for the Three Mile Island Nuclear Station prior to and including the TMI-2 accident tndicates a significant number s:
of potential non-compliance items that place in question the adequacy of your management controls. These potential non-compliance items can be generally cate-gorized as failure to adhere to Technical Specification requirements, failure to meet certain NRC Regulations, and failure to follow established procedures.
Specific examples of such items are found in Appendices I-B and II-F of NUREG-0600.*
i In view of the above, describe the specific measures you have taken, or plan to take, to demonstrate that the Metropolitan Edison Company has established a clear commitment to operational safety through significant improvements in the management control of operational activities. Measures to be described should include, but not be limited to:
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Organizational changes to improve management controls.
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Upgrading of management and technical qualifications.
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Changes to review and approve provisions for plant and emergency procedures.
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Improvements in the review and audit programs for plant activities.
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Independent verificatiens of operational activities affecting safety.
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Establishment of and/or revisions to training programs for all levels of management and technical personnel involved with operation of the TMI NS.
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Greater involvement of corporate management and staff in operational activities.
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Upgrading of the operational quality assurance program.
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!!arley Silver, Project f*cnager, Light !!ater Reactors Cr= :h flo. 4, Division of Project !!anagtment 1.' alter P. liaass, Chief, Quality Assurance Branch, f.'.0:1:
Division of Project !!anagtment SU2]ECT:
T!!I-l REVIEW
- l2 :.:sve rcvic.:ed the inforcation the licensee has submitted in Sections Enclosed of the Three ;;ile Island Unit I restart rcport through I.mondment 5.
is cur iequ2st for additional infoi..;ation on the subject of c:naccmant and
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- ..sical rc:ources that 1:e ns.cd in order to continue our review.
Original siE.ned by Walter P. Haass
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- .rley Silver, Light L'ater Reactors Crcach ::o. 4, Division of prnject Ihnagcr.:nt Canald J. Skovholt, Assistant Director for %;ality FRO:1:
Assurance and Operations, Division of Projcct tbnager.cnt 5'JJECT:
ORGAilIZATIO::AL Ai!D AD:11llISTRATIVE C0:iTROLS SER II!PUT FOR i.il-I RESTART In it;16 of the Co:nission Order dated August 9,1979, the I:ctropclitan Edison Con,vny (itet-Ed) :ss asked to address inanagerial capabilities and resources to 1:e have evaluated the information relative operate Thrco llile Isir.nd Unit !!o. 1.
to these iteas described in Sections 4 and 5 of the tiet-Ed Restart Report and the lettee frca "at-Ed.'ated i over.ber 8,1979.
The enclosed SER input describes several espects of the lictnsce's organization and mancgerial controls. However, it d :s not provide any conclusion as to the acSeptability (or unacceptability) of these creas since the acceptance criteria in these areas are either being ravised or are undar developaant.
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- etropolitan. Edison Company (Met-Ed) has been and continues to be responsible for the cperation of both Three Mile Island 1 (TMI-1) and Three Mile Island 2 (TMI-2).
Part of this responsibility is to assure the adequacy of the plant staff and t:chnical support (usually offsite) for the plant staff. At the time of startup of TMI-2, support to the plant staff was provided by General Public Utilities (GPU) Service Corporation but was transferred to the Met-Ed Generation Division at the time of coramercial operation. This support by the Generation Division totalled about 18 engineers under the "anager, Generation Engineering, with other support provided in the areas of quality assurance and maintenance.
The Generation Division support described above also provided support for other Met-Ed fossil-fueled generating stations consisting of over six stations. Additional technical support was dispersed throughout several departments of GPU Service Corporation, who had actual technical responsibilities for the design and startup of TMI-2.
Met-Ed has made significant organizational changes since the TMI-2 accident to provide strengthened management and technical support for the Three Mile Island Station, including 1MI-1. One step has been to combine the technical and management rescurces of Met-Ed and GPU Service Corporation Cenerating Division into a single organizational entity identified as the TMI Generation Group.
This group is headed by R. C. Arnold, Senior Vice President of Met-Ed.
He also continues to serve as a Vice President of GPU Service Corporation.
In his new capacity as head of the TMI Generation Group, he is responsib1
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TMI Support Attn:
Richard Vollmer, Director U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission k'ashington, D. C.
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Dear Sir:
Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 1 (TMI-1)
License Nc. DPR-50 Docket No. 50-289 TMI Restart Questions Enclosed please find 10 copies of the response to your letter of October 31, 1979 concerning improvements in management control of operational activities.
The following information will be included in the next amendment to the "TMI-l Restart Report".
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