ML19338F365
| ML19338F365 | |
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 10/14/1980 |
| From: | Rowsome F NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REGULATORY RESEARCH (RES) |
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| ISSUANCES-SP, NUDOCS 8010200216 | |
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE'THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of METROPOLITAN.EDIS0N COMPANY,
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Docket No. 50-289 et. al.
. (Three Mile Island Nuclear
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Station. Unit 1)
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NRC STAFF TESTIMONY OF FRANK H. R0WSOME RELATIVE TO THE INTERIM RELIABILITY EVALUATION PLAN (BOARD QUESTION #3)
Q.1 Please.' state.your.. name and your position with NRC.
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My.name is Frank H. Rowsome.
I am an employee ~of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission assigned to the Division of Systems and Reliability Research.
I have' been.a~ member of this Division or.its anticedent Probabilistic
- Analysis Staff since July 2, 1979.
Q.2.Have 'you prepared,a statement of professional qualifications?
A.
.Yes.
A copy;of this statement 1s attached to this testimony.
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-Q.3 - : Please ' state' the nature' of the responsibilities that you have had with respect to Three Mile ~ Island, Units 1 and 2.
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Q.4 What 'is 'the purpose of-your. testimony?
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The. purpose of my testimony.is to provide a response to additional _ Board Question #3 which states:
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-(Tr. 2392) The results of the Interim' Reliability Evaluation Plan (IREP), as applied to Crystal River Unit No. 3 (CR-3) was i
scheduled for completion 'in July 1980.
(The Board wants to receive a copy of this report.)l a.
When will the IREP be applied -to TMI-l?
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Does ~the IREP address the adequacy of the proposed actions for B&W plants?
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Response
A draft report on the IREP study of CR-3 was_
submitted to the Office of. Nuclear Regulatory Research (RES). in May 1980.
Three reviews were l
made of the draft: one by RES project management, one by a Research Review Group composed of '
. personnel from RES.- NRR, and consultants, and one by the licensee / owner, Florida Power Corporation.
These reviews identified a number of deficiencies
- in the draft report, some of which are significant.
' RES project management is currently negotiating with the contractors, Sandia and Science Applications, c
Inc., to define a workscope and schedule for.
the revision of the draft and its publication m
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as a NUREG-CR report. -The authors of the draft are currently assigned-to IREP studies of other plants. Completion is.not. expected until early
- calendar year 1981.
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- Question - 3.a':
"When w'ill IREP be applied to TMI-1?"
-Response:
The Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, which
'is conducting the current IREP studies, does not plan to~ include TMI-l in IREP. The' current IREP
-studies (the analysis of four other plants commenced ~
E September 15 1980) are intended to serve as a proving; ground for: procedural guidelines that j
'can be followed-by licensees. The procedural guidelines'should be ready for use by the end of calendar year 11981.
In accord with NUREG -
' 0660, it'is expected.ithat NRR will require such studies to be performed.by owners and' submitted
.to the hRC'for review.: We anticipate that.
. many,11f not-all, operating plants will.be e
. asked to submit-IREP-type studies. TMI-l'may be among these.
Question 3.b:
"Does IREP address the adequacy of the proposed l actions;for. Babcock and"Wilcox (B&W) plants?"
LResponse:
No.
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PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS Frank H. Rowsome 4
Position:
- Deputy. Director, Division of-Systems & Reliability Research, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research '
- Education:
' BA, Physics, Harvard College,1962
- Doctoral studies (no degree), theoretical physics,
. Cornell University.
Relevant Profes-
- sional Experience:
Nuclear engineering and system reliability engineering, Bechtel Power Corporation, 6 years
. Deputy Director, Division of Systems & Reliability Research and its anticedent organization, the Probabilistic Analysis Staff, July 2,1979 to present 4
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