ML19322A769
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| Site: | Oconee  |
| Issue date: | 12/01/1966 |
| From: | DUKE POWER CO. |
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O'- EXHIBIT III TO APPLICATION OF DUKE POWER COMPANY APPENDIX 1A PRELIMINARY SAFETY ANALYSIS REPORT TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS 1 DUKE POWER COMPANY - TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS 1.1 GENERAL Duke Power Company has over 62 years experience in the design, construction and operation of electric generating plants. At present, Duke operates nine steam-electric generating plants containing a total of 36 units with a capac-ity of 4,041,010 kw, and 34 hydroelectric plants with a capacity of 793,400 kw.
Company personnel are now engaged in the design and construction of five gas turbine peaking units totaling 180,000 kw, one hydroelectric unit with a capacity of 93,000 kw, and two coal fired steam-electric units totaling 1,364,000 kw, all for service in the 1967-1970 period. In addition, design is underway on the Keowee and Jocassee hydroelectric developments representing 750,000 kw of peaking capacity for service in 1971 and beyond. Also under de-sign is the Oconee Nuclear Station covered by this application for service beginning in 1971.
Starting in the early 1950's, various Duke personnel received nuclear train-
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s_, ing, and selected personnel of the Company have been continuously involved with nuclear power since 1956. Nuclear training on a broad base began in 1955 with a special course, " Nuclear Engineering," which was organ. 3ed and taught by Dr. Harold Lewis of Duke University. Responsible personnel from all of the departments associated with the design, purchase, construction, operation and maintenance of power generating facilities were represented. Key personnel in these departments have continued to keep abreast of developments in the nuclear field through industrial contacts and the Duke Power Company " Nuclear Power Technical Committee." This committee has served to disseminate information relating to the developments in the design, construction and operation of nuclear power stations, including pertinent information resulting from the Parr Project (CVTR). Members of the General Office staff have also taken short courses, attended seminars, participated in industry connittees and made ;
visits to various nuclear power stations in the United States in order to increase their knowledge of the nuclear power field. l 1.2 PARTICIPATION IN CAROLINAS VIRGINIA NUCLEAR POWER ASSOCIATES, INC. ,
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Applicant is a 34 per cent partner with Carolina Power & Light Company, South Carolina Electric and Gas Company and Virginia Electric and Power Company in CVNPA. CVNPA, a non-profit corporation was formed approximately ten years ago to build and operate a 17,000 kwe nuclear steam generating plant at Parr, South Carolina, for research, operating and engineering experience. The plant was constructed and is operating under licenset granted by the Commis-sion. It has been producing electricity since 1963 as part of a five-year (s) v operating research program.
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1 Duke has actively participated in the Parr project in the planning, manage-O ment, training, research, technical and operational levels. Many Duke employees who will be involved in the design, construction, operation and maintenance of the Oconee Nuclear Station have received training and experi-ence at the Parr Plant.
1.3 NUCLEAR EXPERIENCE OF KEY OFFICERS Duke's President, Mr. W. B. McGuire, has served rariously as President, Vice President, and Member of the Board of Directors of CVNPA; served for four years as a member of the EEI's Atomic Power Committee; and participated in the formation and management of the Savannah River Nuclear Study Group.
As Executive Vice President, Power Operations, Mr. B. B. Parker has overall responsibility for planning, design, construction and operation of the Com-pany's generation and transmission. Mr. Parker was an active participant in the Savannah River Nuclear Study Group which examined the feasibility of developing power from a production reactor. . ,_
gym,, w . fs.pe rec J M rM Wl'"1 Mr. G. G. Mattison, Senior Vice President, Prx!ucti - nl Tr:-~21 :in - has been Duke's representative on the CVNEA Steering Committee continuously since 1963. The nuclear experience of other Company officers is outlined in the sections that follow.
1.4 TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS OF DUKE'S DESIGN ENGINEERING STAFF The Design Engineering Department consists of about 120 personnel, with about half being graduate engineers and the balance having technical or clerical specialties. Under the direction of Mr. W. S. Lee, Vice President, Engineer-ing, this department is primarily responsible for design of new electric generating facilities. Mr. Lee was graduated from Princeton University in 1951 with a ES in Engineering, and joined Duke's design staff in 1955. With design engineering experience at progressive levels of responsibility, he was appointed Vice President, Engineering in October 1965. In 1957, Mr. Lee was temporarily assigned to CVNPA to participate in selection of reactor type, site location, cost estimating, and conceptual design of the CVTR later built and operated by CVNPA. He par ticipated in Duke's course in nuclear engineering in 1955.
As Nuclear Engineer, Mr. E. C. Fiss is coordinating the nuclear and safety aspects of the design of the Oconee Nuclear Station. A 1936 graduate of the Missouri School of Mines, Mr. Fiss obtained his MS in Chemical Engineering from Georgia Tech in 1938. He joined Duke Power Company in 1939 and was Chief Chemical Engineer until 1956 when he was assigned full-time to nuclear power.
He spent most of the year 1954 with the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory as an industrial consultant. Mr. Fiss was appointed Engineering Director of CVNPA from its inception in 1957 through the design, construction and initial opera-tion of CVTR, and returned to Duke in 1963 to coordinate technical studies, economic analyses and conceptual de signs of nuclear power plants. Mr. Fiss serves on various nuclear committees of the AIF and EEI; acted as secretary and technical coordinaqor of the S:vannah River Nuclear Study Group; continues as a member of the Safety Committe of CVTR; and is on the board of consult-ants of HWOCR.
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Since obtaining his EE degree from Clemson University in 1926, Mr. Wray hac been engaged for 40 years in the engineering design of power plants and elec-tric utility systems, including experience with General Electric Company, Allied Engineers of Birmingham, Alabama (later Southern Services, Inc. ) , Penn-sylvania Water & Power Corp. , Pennsylvania Power & Light Company, and, since 1955, Coke Power Company. An electrical engineer of recognized eminence in the utility industry, Mr. Wray currently serves as chairman of the Edison Electric Institute's Electrical System & Equipment Committee. A 1943 ME graduate of Duke University, Mr. F. R. Jackson joined Duke in 1947 and, except for two years of Naval service, has been continuously engaged in power-plant design.
Mr. Jackson participated in Duke's 1955 course in nuclear engineering, and was in charge of the Mechanical Engineering Division until his appointment as Staff Mechanical Engineer in 1960.
Line responsibility for design of electric generating plants rests with the Principal Engineers who report to Mr. Lee and direct the three engineering divisions within Duke's Design Engineering Department.
Mr. L. C. Dail, Principal Civil Engineer, was graduated from North Carolina State University with a BCE in 1949. Following design experience with the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation and TVA, he joined Duke Power in 1953 and was appointed Principal Civil Engineer in 1959. Mr. Dail participated in Duke's course in nuclear engineering in 1955, participated in the Nuclear Power Re-actor Safety Program given at MIT in 1966, and is undergoing additional
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A 1947 graduate of Clemson UnLversity in Mechanical Engineering, Mr. W. H. Owen joined Duke Power in 1948 in the Steam Production Department and served in various engineering capacities in power plant operation until 1962 when he joined the Design Engineering Department. He was appointed Principal Mechani-cal Engineer in 1966. He participated in Duke's nuclear engineering course in 1955 and is currently engaged in additional nuclear training.
Mr. C. J. Wylie, Principal Electrical Engineer, was graduated from the Univer-sity of South Carolina with a BS in EE, and joined Duke's Design Engineering Department after graduation in 1950. He was appointed Principal Electrical Engineer in 1960. Mr. Wylie was temporarily assigned in 1957 to the conceptual phase of the CVTR; participated in Duke's course in nuclear engineering in 1955; and is cur: ently undergoing additional nuclear training.
Messrs. Lee, Fiss, Wray, Jackson, Dail, Owen and Wylie, as well as a number of other engineers in the department, are Licensed Professional Engineers. 1 In addition, the Design Engineering Department has two engineers with BS degrees in Nuclear Engineering, one engineer with a MS degree in Nuclear Engineering and one engineer with several years engineering experience as instrumentation engineer at CVTR. It is planned that other experienced nuclear engineers will be added to the design staff as needed.
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1.5 TECHNICAL QUALIFICATU JS OF DUKE'S CONSTRUCTION STAFF With a nucleus of over 300 well trained, experienced personnel, Duke's Con-struction Department increases to over 1000 employees on major power plant construction jobs. A large inventory of modern construction equipment is kept in constant use, and latest construction techniques are employed. The in-place valua of power plants being built by this department is currently at the rate of $40 million annually, and is scheduled to approach an annual budget of $100 million. Construction activity at these levels would rank this department among the 20 largest contractors in the nation. Each con-struction job includes a material testing laboratory and employs modern quality control techniques.
Se Construction Department is under the direction of Mr. C. E. Watkins, Assistant Vice President, Construction. Mr. Watkins is a CE graduate of the University of South Carolina and joined Duke Power in 1927. Directing field activities is Mr. R. L. Dick, Projects Engineer, wh,o was graduated from North Carolina State University in 1949 with a BCE. Electrical construction is directed by Mr. R. L. Henson, Manager, Electrical Maintenance and Construction, who is a 1937 EE graduate of the University of Nort'h Carolina.
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Operation of the Oconee Nuclear Station will be t res onsibilit of Duke's SteagProdgetion Department which is directed by nr. ^ g#' NN{'- huL -
Au Mbui, Steam Production. This department has approximately 870 em-playees with the various skills required for operation and maintenance of conventional steam-electric generating stations. Many of these personnel are well qualified to enter a training program to prepare them for nuclear power station operation. Nine employees of this department have had direct and personal experience in operation and/or maintenance of the CVIR Plant at Parr, South Carolina, with three of these having held or holding senior operator licenses. In additir,n, CVNPA has about 60 employees at Parr with 19 licensed operators plus others skilled in maintenance, health physics, and technical support. It is expecced that a number of these personnel will be joining Duke Power Company with the phase-out of CVTR. Details of a comprehensive l operator training program will be submitted when appropriate. I A 1943 ME graduate of Georgia Tech, Mr. A. C. Thies participated in the Company's 1955 course in nuclear engineering. He has served on the Technical Advisory Comittee of CVNPA from 1960 to present, having held the office as chairman of this comittee in 1962-63. This comittee represents the four own-ing companies in exercising direct supervision over operations of the CVTR.
Mr. Thies is a former member of the Atomic Power Subcomittee of EEI. ,
l The twelve engineers on the staff of the Steam Production Department in Duke's l General Office will give overall supervision to the operation of Oconee Nuclear l Station. As a member of this staff, Mr. P. H. Barton, Project Engineer, has I had extensive nuclear experience in addition to fif teen years of active experience in the design, preoperation check-out and operation of steam-elec-tric power stations. A 1948 ME graduate of Clemson University, Mr. Barton was Duke's representative on the CVNPA Technical Advisory,Comittee from March 1957 to August 1960 when he was transferred to CVdPA as Operations Supervisor.
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("~h l x_,/ of Reactor Technology in the class of 1960-61, and as a licensed senior opera-tor was intimately involved in the successful start-up and operation of the CVTR until his return to Duke in Aubest 1964. l A 1949 ME graduate of Duke University, Mr. S. E. Nabow, Production Assistant, is a member of the General Office staff of the Steam Production Department. ,
From 1949 until 1960, Mr. Nabow served in various functions on the operating '
staff of conventional steam-electric generating plants on the Duke system whereupon he was transferred to CVNPA as a staff supervisor. He completed the Reactor Operation Supervisory Program at the Oak Ridge School of Reactor Technology in the. class of 1960-61, and played a key ; ole in the start-up and operation of CVTR, holding a senior operator license. In 1965, he was ,
promoted to Operating Supervisor for the CVTR and returned to Duke as an l Operating Assistant in July 1966. )
Mr. F. H. Killian, Assistant System Maintenance Engineer, is also a member of the General Office staff, and has had extensive nuclear power plant mainte-nance experience in addition to many years of experience in maintaining fossil fuel stations. In addition to having served as Maintenance Supervisor of the CVTR for four years, he spent several months working with the maintenance crews of the MTR and ETR in Idaho and with the maintenance personnel of the Savannah River Plant Heavy Water Production Reactors.
As a member of the Steam Production Department, Mr. J. E. Smith, a 1949 ME graduate of North Carolina State University, has served as a Supervisor in
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the CVNPA operating organization since its beginning. Prior to joining CVNPA in 1960, he served f ar eleven years in various capacities on the operating l
staffs of Duke's steam-electric generating stations. He completed the Reactor Operation Supervisory Program at the Oak Ridge School of Reactor Technology in the class of 1960-61, and was quite active in planning for the check-out, 1 start-up, and initial operation of the CVTR. As Plant Supervisor and a j licensed senior operator, he is now supervising all CVTR operation and main- I tenance. He is enrolled in the Nuclear Engineering Graduate School at the l University of South Carolina and has completed approximately 90 per cent of '
the requirements for a Masters degree in this field.
The Oconee Station organization will consist of operating, maintenance and technical groups headed by a plant superintendent as yet undesignated. The plant will be staffed with experienced personnel in nuclear plant operation plus other thoroughly trained and appropriately licensed personnel.
Section 12 of the Preliminary Safety Analysis Report gives additional infor-mation on plant staff organization and qualifications of personnel in Duke's Steam Production Department. l 1
1.7 TRAINING Eighty key personnel in the departments responsible for design, construction, operation and maintenance of the Oconee Nuclear Station are now undergoing special training in nuclear power, with emphasis on design. This program scheduled for completion in December 1966, will include 83.5 hours5.787037e-5 days <br />0.00139 hours <br />8.267196e-6 weeks <br />1.9025e-6 months <br /> of class-room instruction plus extended group sessions for homework assignments. The instructors for this program are being furnished by Babcock & Wilcox and (v) 6 f
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Bechtel Corporation. These instructors are key design engineers contributing to various phases of this project. The course includes the basic theories relating to reactor physics, heat transfer and fluid flow; reactor instrumen-tation and controls; reactor safety; shielding design and health physics.
Also included is a technical description of the nuclear steam generating system as designed by Babcock & Wilcox including operating aspects, and a gen-eral presentation of nuclear power plant design considerations. This course is being taught two days every other week at Duke Power Company's Lake Hickory Training Center.
Extensive plans have been made for training the plant operating staff. Train-ing for operation and maintenance will continue at the CVNPA Parr Plant as long as this facility remains in operation. The formal training program _~or the Oconee Nuclear Station operating staff will not begin, however, until the latter part of 1968. This program is described in detail in 12.2 of the Preliminary Safety Analysis Report.
1.8 THE BABCOCK & WILCOX COMPANY The Babcock & Wilcox Company will design, furnish, and provide technical supervision of erection, testing, and start-up of the nuclear steam supply systems for Oconee i and 2. In addition, B & W will supply initial fuel. A summary of the experience and technical qualifications of B & W is given in Section 2 of this exhibit (appendix).
l.9 BECHTEL CORPORATION Bechtel Corporation has been retained as a general consultant to provide engineering assistance and advice to Duke Power during design and construction of the plant. In addition to this broad scope of giving overall consulting service to Duke's engineers, Bechtel has been given the specific assignment of layout and design of the Reactor Building subject to Duke's continuing re-view and approval. A summary of Bechtel's experience and technical qualifi-cations is given in Section 3 of this exhibit (appendix).
2 THE BABCOCK & WILCOX COMPANY - TECHNICAL OUALIFICATIONS 2.1 GENERAL The Babcock & Wilcox Company was founded as a partnership in 1867 and organ-ized as a corporation in 1881. B & W is a widely diversified company serving the electric utility, marine, petroleum, chemical, s teel and automotive industries as well as one of the world's leading supplie rs of specialty steels.
B & W is the major supplier o'f fuel and components for the nuclear Navy.
The Company ranks as one of the larger American industrial enterprises with corporate assets of over $240,000,000 at the end of 1965. Orders received in 1965 exceeded $650,000,000 and 1965 net earnings before taxes were over
$56,000,000. Current orders for nuclear components, systems and fuel exceed
$250,000,000.
B & W employs over 25,000 personnel in f acilities throughout the United States, Canada, Great Britain and Sweden. Of this total, over 600 are technical and scientific personnel working in the nuclear power accivities.
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2.2 DIVISIONS AND SUBSIDIARIES The major Divisions and Subsidiaries of the Company located in the United States, and their products, include:
(a) Boiler Division The Boiler Division designs, manufactures, constructs and services nuclear and conventional steam generating sys tems and equipment and heavy pressure vessel equipment for the utility, petrochemical and other industries. The Division designs and manufactures reactor vessels, steam generators and pressurizers for the nuclear Navy, for the USAEC, -
and for commercial nuclear power plants. The Division also manufactures-reactor cores for the U. S. nuclear Navy and commercial nuclear power plants.
(b) Tubular Products Division The Tubular Products Division is one of the world's leading suppliers of specialty steel tubing, extrusions and fittings.
(c) Refractories Division
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The Refractories Division mines raw material and manufactures a complete line of refractory materials and high temperature insulation for use in the utility, glassmaking, metals manufacturing and space industries.
(d) Automated Machine Division The Automated Machine Division furnishes the automotive and related industries with highly automated production machinery.
(e) Atomic Energy Division The Atomic Energy Division conducts development programs on advanced nuclear power plant concepts, systems designs and nuclear fuel manage-ment programs.
i (f) Research and Development Division j The Research and Development Division conducts research, development and testing programs for the other Divisions and Subsidiaries of the Company.
Development programs are also conducted under contract in the areas of heat transfer, metallurgy, nuclear fuels development, critical experi- I ments and radiochemistry programs. The Division's test reactor (BAWTR) l and hot cell facilities are utilized for irradiation testing, isotope production and irradiation encapsulation services.
i (g) Bailey Meter Ccmpany J Bailey Meter company designs and manufactures instruments, controls and computers for power generation, industrial processes and naval and merchant vessels. Bailey also produces a full line of nuclea'r instru-I\ mentation, in-core instrumentation, safety systems and process instru-
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(h) Diamond Power Specialty Company Diamond Power designs and manufactures boiler cleaning equipment, special gauges, industrial television systems, stud tensioners and reactor control rod drive mechanisms.
(1) A. M. Lockett & Company, Limited A. M. Lockett & Company manufactures packaged compressor and oil pumping and heating units and is engaged in construction work.
2.3 NUCLEAR EXPERIENCE B & W's participation in the development of nuclear power dates from the Manhattan project. B & W nuclear activities are broad and range from research to develop fundamental data, through design and manufacture of nuclear systems compo nen ts , to the design and manufacture of complete nuclear steam generating systems.
A summary of the major activities and accomplishments in the water-cooled and moderated reactor field is given below.
(a) Indian Point No. 1 In 1955, B & W contracted for the development, design and supply of the nuclear steam supply system, reactor core, and related control system for Consolidated Edison's lu u an Point No. 1 Unit. Indian Point No. 1 is a light water-cooled and w derated pressurized water reactor system rated at 585,000 thermal kilowatts. The unit includes a separately fired superheater which heats steam from the reactor system prior to introduction into a 275,000 kilowatt electric generator. Indian Point No. I went into commercial operation in January 1963.
(b) N. S. Savannah B & W was awarded a contract in 1957 to develop, design and supply the entire propulsion plant for the N. S. Savannah. B & W's initial contract scope included, in addition to the design anc 'rpply of equipment and reactor core, the responsibility for safety analysis work, supervision of propulsion plant equipment erection, crew training and advice in fuel loading, testing and operation. Through later ancillary contracts, B & W I personnel developed and directed the propu 1.sion testing, start-up, and initial operational programs.
B & W has continued to supply services in the areas of crew training, l upgrading, and operation. l The N. S. Savannah went into commercial operation in May of 1962 and has been *.n continuous service since with the exr.eption of a one-year enforced outage resulting from a labor dispute.
The Savannah nuclear steam supply system is a light water-cooled and moderated pressurized water plant rated at 80,000 thermal kilowatts.
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, (c) Advanced Test Reactor
- B & W was retained in 1960 as the nuclear subcentractor to Ebasco i Services, Inc. for the design of the Advanced Test Reactor. B & W's i final scope of work included the design of the nuclear portion of the
- reactor complex including the reactor core, critical experiments, control rod drives, reactor vessel internals, and fuel handling tools.
. In addition, B & W was respcnsible for supervising the research and
! development programs including corrosion testing, fuel assembly develop-ment and heat transfer testing and the supply of the reactor control red
, drive system, as well as the design of in-pile test loops. The Advanced Test Reactor is a light water-cooled and moderated high flux test re-i actor rated at 250,000 thermal kilowatts.
(d) Otto Hahn Power Plant l B & W received in 1960, through their German licensee, Deutsche Babcock
& Wilcox, a contract to provide technical and design consultation and assistance on the nuclear steam supply system and reactor core for the German Nuclear Ship, " Otto Hahn". The reac or is an advanced light water-cooled and moderated pressurized water reactor in whic.h the core, steam generator, primary pumps and piping are integrated into a single pressure vessel similar to the B & W Consolidated Nuclear Steam Generator (CNSG).
The reactor is rated at 38,000 thermal kilcwatts.
(e) Research Reactors
! B & W has designed and supplied seven research and test reactors ranging l in size from 1000 to 6000 thermal kilowatts.
} (f) Research and Development 1 B & W's research and development and study efforts are significant and l j range from development of basic physics and materials data through the !
j development of complete reactor systems including a substantial effort )
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! B & W's Boiler Division will execute the Duke Power Company contract with j active participation by the other Divisions and Subsidiaries.
I 3 BECHTEL CORPORATION - TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS 3.1 GENERAL f
i The Bechtel Corporati on, orginated by W. A. rechtel, has been continuously
{ engaged in construction or engineering activities since 1898. Bechtel first i served industry and government in railroad work; then in highway tunnels, bridges, dams and pipelines. For the last twenty years Bechtel has been
- active in the fields of petroleum; power generation and distribution; harbor j development; mining and metallurgy; and chemical and industrial processing.
i The Bechtel organization has grown progressively to be one of the world's
! p largest engineer-constructors for industrial facilities and for development ;
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offices are located in San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, Washington D. C.,
Toronto, Montreal, London, Melbourne and Paris.
Since the close of World War II, Bechtel has placalstrong emphasis on electric power generation projects. During this period, Bechtel has been made responsible for the design of over 165 thermal generating units, repre-senting nore than 30,000,000 kilowatts of new generating capacity. Of this number, more than 8,000,000 kilowatts is capacity generated by nuclear-fueled units. In addition, in the hydroelectric field, Bechtel has designed projects totaling over 4,200,000 kilowatts of capacity which have included dams of all types and sizes.
The ratings of thermal generating plants by Bechtel range up to almost 2,000,000 kw including most types of stations designs and arrangements, such as reheat and nonreheat, indoor and outdoor stations, single and multiple units, and covering a wide range of steam conditions up to 3500 psi, 1050/1000 F. Also, some of the larger units are fully automated and computer controlled.
Over the last five years the average amount of work completed per year by the Bechtel organization is in excess of $250,000,000; the current annual rate exceeds $500,000,000. The total cost of engineering and construction of the power plants is in excess of $1,000,000,000. The majority of these contracts include complete responsibility for both engineering and construction, al-though several are strictly engineering design assignments.
3.2 NUCLEAR EXPERIENCE For over 15 years Bechtel has been actively working on nuclear projects involving power plants, as well as such facilities as nuclear accelerators, research laboratories, hot cells, experimental reactors and nuclear fuel l processing plants. The responsibilities have covered design, construction, i site surveys, license applications, feasibility studies and equipment procure-ment. Bechtel has been awarded design and/or construction contracts covering 14 nuclear power plants.
The following is a chronological summary of some of the significant nuclear l projects undertaken by Bechtel: l l
1948 - Design of buildings for the Van de Graff acceleratar at Los Alamos, New Mexico, for the Atomic Energy Commission.
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'or the Atomic Energy Commission.
1950 - Engineering for the Mark I and Mark II Materials Testing Accelerator Project, Livermore, California, for the Atomic Energy Commission.
1950 - Construction of the $20,000,000 Atomic Energy Commission Chemical Fuel Processing Plant,' Arco, Idaho.
1951 - Investigation of technical and economic feasibility of nuclear power for Atomic Energy Commission in cooperation with Pacific Gas and Electric Company.
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V 1953 - Studies of reactor systems by members of Nuclear Power Group leading to selection of dual-cycle boiling water reactor for commercial application.
1955 - Engineer-Constructor for the 200 mw boiling water reactor Dresden Nuclear Power Station of Commonwealth Edison Company.
1956 - Engineer-Constructor for Vallecitos Atomic Laboratory of the General Electric Company.
1956 - Engineer-Constructor for the 5 mv Vallecitos Boiling Water Reactor power plant of the General Electric Company and Pacific Gas and Electric Company.
1 1956 - Engineer for Army Package Power neactor SM-1A, Fort Greely, Alaska.
1958 - Enginper-Constructor and prime contractor for the 68 mw boiling water reactor Emboldt Bay Power Plant Unit No. 3 for the Pacific Gas and Electric Company.
1958 - Architect-Engineer for the Atomic Energy Commission on the nuclear facility of the 75 mw sodium graphite reactor Hallam Nuclear Power Facility of Consumers Public Power District.
p 1958 - Engineer-Constructor for Hot Cell facilities of Atomic International Division of North American Aviation, Inc.
1958 - Engineer for the Hot Cell facilities of the General Atomic Division of General Dynamics Corporation.
1958 - Comparative design study and cost estimates for a 300 mw organic cooled reactor nuclear power plant for the Atomic Energy Commission.
1958 - Engineering of the Food Irradiation Center for the U. S. Army, Stockton, California, including the packing plant, offices, laboratory and linear accelerator facility.
1959 - Engineer-Constructor and prime contractor for the 40 mw high temperature ;
gas cooled reactor Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station of the Philadelphia Electric Company and High Temperature Reactor Development Associates, ;
Inc.
1959 - Engineer-Constructor and prime contractor for the 72 mw boiling water reactor Big Rock Point Nuclear Power Plant for Consumers Power Company of Jackson, Michigan.
1960 - Engineering and related services to the Junta de Energia Nuclear of Spain for the proposed DON project, a 30 mw heavy water moderated reactor power plant.
1961 - Study of 250 mw homogeneous pressurized heavy water reactor for p Rederiaktiebolaget Nordstjernan Atomic Power Group. (A. Johnson &
Company) Nynashamn, Sweden.
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1961 - Engineering fcr the General Electric Company's pulse reactar at their Vallecitos Atomic Laboratory located near Livermore, California.
1961 - Construction of the 12.5 mwt Vallecitos Experimental Superheat Reactor for General 21ectric Company at Vallecitos, California.
1961 - Engineering and management of construction services to the Atomic Energy Commission for the SNAP Test Facility at Santa Susana, Cali-fornia.
1962 - Conceptual studies for the National Aeronautics and Space Administra-tion for the Nuclear Flight Stage Test Facilities at Jackass Flats, Nevada.
1962 - Engineering consultation and related services for Union Electric Madrilena of Spain related to the 140 mw pressurized water reactor Zorita plant.
1962 - Engineer-Constructor for General Electric for the 380 mw two unit, boiling water reactor Taraper Atomic Power Station of the Government of India.
1962 - Assis tance to Union Carbide Nuclear Company, operators of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, in the preparation of a Reactor Containment Handbook.
1962 - Construction services for Canadian Getw al Electric for the 22,000 kw heavy water moderated reactor Chalk River plant of Atomic Energy of Canada, Ltd.
1962 - Engineering services to U. S. Navy for national Fallout Shelter Survey program.
1962 - Engineer-Constructor for Nuclear Fuel Service Corp. for the Spent Fuel Processing Plant constructed at Wes t Valley, New York.
1963 - Engineer-Constructor for the 450 mw pressurized water reactor San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station of the Southern California Edison Company and the San Diego Gas and Electric Company.
1963 - Study for the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission and the Office of Saline Water, in integrating combined water desalting and nuclear-electric power generating plants into existing power and water distribution systems.
1964 - Architect-Engineer for Fast Reactor Test Facility, for the Argonne National Laboratory and the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission.
! 1964 - Study for the Savannah River Nuclear Study Group of feasibility of converting large plutonium production reactor to electric power production.
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for the Texas A & M Variable Energy Cyclotron.
1965 - Engineer-Constructor for the two, 750 mw unit pressurized water reactor Turkey Point Plant of Florida Power and Light Company.
, 1965 - Constructor for the 450 mw pressurized water reactor, Robert Emmett Ginna Nuclear Power Stati'on of Rochester Gas and Electric Company.
1966 - Engineer-Constructor for the 770 mw pressurized water reactor Pahsades Nuclear Power Plant of Consumers Power Company.
1966 - Engineer-Constructor for the 525 mw boiling water reactor Monticello Nuclear Plant for Northern States Power Company.
1966 - Engineer-Constructor for the 500 mw pressurized water Point Beach Nuclear Plant for Wisconsin-Michigan Power Company.
1966 - Engineer-Constructor for the 1100 mw boiling water reactor Peach Bottom Unit No. 2 Philadelphia Electric Company.
3.3 ORGANIZATION The total staff of Bechtel Corporation, exclusive of manual wor.cers, is now in excess of 6,000 employees. This includes members of management, profession-al personnel, and individuals in other nonmanual functions.
Responsibility for design and construction of nuclear power plants is centered
- in the Power and Inaustrial Division. This now comprises approximately 2,000 engineers, draftsmen, specialists and key field men qualified in power plant work. The Power and Industrial Division receives additional necessary support ,
from other components in Bechtel; this includes technical, legal, estimating and !
employee relations assistance.
Of particular importance to nuclear projects is the function of the Scientific Development Department. Established in 1958, the Department comprises a selected staff of technical specialists whose functions include keeping abreast of the latest developments in reactor design and safety features.
The personnel are continuously available for assistance, and usually have an active part in major nuclear power projects.
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SUMMARY
In summary, and in view of the above, it is believed Bechtel is qualified and capable af discharging its responsibilities to the project for which this license application is made.
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