ML19347E489
| ML19347E489 | |
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| Site: | South Texas  |
| Issue date: | 04/23/1981 |
| From: | Allenspach F, Crocker L Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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V'ilTED STATES OF A ERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY C0'"11SS10N BEFORE THE ATOP C SAFETY A':D LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of
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HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER COMPANY,
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50-499 (South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2) )
NRC STAFF TESTIMONY OF LAWRENCE P. CROCKER AND FREDERICK R. ALLENSPACH RELATIVE TO THE PROPOSED MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION FOR THE OPERATIONS PHASE OF THE SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT Q.
Will the Panel members please state your full name, employer, job title, and specifically, your responsibilities relative to the South Texas Project.
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My name is Lawrence P. Crocker and I am a Senior Management Engineer in the Licensee Qualifications Branch, Division of Human Factors Safety, Office of Reactor Regulations, Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
In that capacity, I reviewed the proposed managerial organization of HL&P relative to its operation of the South Texas Project to determine the extent to which HL&P corporate management is and will be involved with, informed about, and dedicated to the safe operation of ;he plant.
My name is Federick R. Allenspach and I am a Management Engineer in the Licensee Qu tlifications Branch, Division of Human Factors Safety, Office of Reactor Regulations, Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
In that capacity, I reviewed the proposed managerial organization of HL&P relative to the South Texas Project to determine the extent to which HLEP corporate J
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Has'the panel prepared statements of educational and professional qualifications?
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Yes.
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Are the statements attached to this testimony?
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Yes.
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What is the purpose of the panel's testimony?
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The panel will offer testimony relative to the proposed management organization for the operation phase of the South Texas Project.
This panel will testify to the issue of managerial competence based upon the Applicant's current plans for its organization for operation. The Applicant's current plan for the transition from construction to start-up and operations will also be addressed.
In addition, manaaerial attitude, as evidenced by interviews with Applicant's management, will be covered by this panel. The panel's substantive testimony will be in the form of SER input; specifically, Chapt'er 13 of the Partial Safety Evaluation Report attached to this testimony.
further, the panel's testimony impacts to varying degrees on other issues currently before this Board.
Specifically, to the extent this testinony evidences a course of conduct by the Applicant from which corporate character and competence can be inferred, it will be relevant to those issues.
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How did the panel investigate the current organization and management of the Applicant relative to its activities at the STP?
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Members of this panel, and other members of the NRC Staff, visited the corporate offices of Houston Lighting & Power Company in
g liouston, Texas, and the STP site in Bay City, Texas, between February 17-19, 1981. The purpose of the visit was to review the proposed management organization for operation of STP from the level of the senior corporate officer who will be in overall charge of nuclear operations for the Applicant down to and including the proposed operating staff at the plant; to determine the extent to which HL&P corporate management is and will be involved with, informed about, and dedicated to the safe operation of the STP plant; to examine the qualifications of those senior management officials who have been identified as members of the operating organization; and to examine whether sufficient technical resources have been or will be provided to adequately support safe plant operation.
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panel reviewed and examined the relevant sections of the Applicant's FSAR.
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What were the results of this panel's investigation and examination?
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As a result of this panel's February inspection and examination of the relevant sections of the FSAR, input into Chapter 13 of the Partial Safety Evaluation Report was developed relative to corporate conduct of operations.
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Is that SER input attached to this testimony and made a part of this testimony?
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Yes.
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Did this panel specifically develop that SER input?
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Yes.
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Is the information set forth in Chapter 13 of that attachment true insofar as this panel has knowledge?
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Yes.
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t LAWRENCE P. CROCKER PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS I am a Senior Management Engineer in the Licensee Qualifications Branch of the Division of Human Factors Safety, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
I graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York in 1951 with a Bachelor of Science degree in military engineering.
I was com missioned a Second Lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers U.S. Amy.
I served on active duty in the Corps of Engineers from then through August of 1970, at which time I retired in the grade of Lieutenant Colonel. My military experience included assignments as platoon leader, company com-mander, and battalion commander of various engineer units; overseas duty in Korea, Japan, the Azores and Thailand; and service on the Army General Sta f f.
During my military service, I attended various Amy schools in-cluding the Army Command and General Staff College.
In 1955, I entered Iowa State College, from which I graduated in 1956 with a Master of Science degree in Nuclear Engineering. The fol. lowing year was spent attending the Oak Ridge School of Reactor Technology (ORSORT) at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).
Upon graduation from ORSORT, I re-mained at ORNL for an additional year as Technical Liaison.0fficer for the Army Nuclear Power Program with the responsibility of representing ths. Army's interests at ORNL. From 1958 to 1960 I was a Project Officer in the Army E
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Reactor Branch of the Atomic Energy Commission with responsibility for i
manacing, coordinating and technically. supervising contractor activity on a research and development project leading to design of a pressurized water
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nuclear power plant.
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After a 3-year break for an overseas tour and' attendance at an Arqy school, I was assigned in 1963 to the Office of the Inspector General, Department of the Army, where I was responsible for inspecting the operations anc safety of the Army's nuclear power plants and research reactor facilities.
Frem 1954 to 1967, I was a'ssigned to the Offie-of the Chief of Research and Development where I served as the point of contact within the Arry Ger.eral Staff on all matters pertaining to research and development on the Army's nuclear power plants and research reactor facilities.
From 1958 until retirement from the Army in 1970, I was the Deputy Director of the U.S. Army Engineer Reactors Group, with responsibilities including operator trhining, nuclear, power plant operation, engineering support to the operat-in; plants, and limited research and development activity.
Upon retiring from the Army, I accepted employment with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, (then the U.S. Atomic Energy Com=ission) as a Project Manager in what is now the Division of Licensing.
In this capacity I was responsible for the safety evaluation of the Kewaunee Nuclear Fower plant which was licensed for operation in December 1973 and for the Alvin W. Vogtle Nuclear Plant which was licensed for. construction in June of 1974 I had primary responsibility for the safety review of the Koshkonong Nuclear Plant.
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. s From August of 1976 until January of 1980, I was the Technical Assistant to the Director of Project Management.
In this position, I was responsible for preparation of periodic reports to the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards on the status of resolution of the ACRS generic items.
I served as the representative from the Division of Project Management on the Advisory Group to th.e Technical Activities Steering Committee from the time that group was formed in February of 1977, in which capacity I participated in the develop-ment of the NRR program to handle generic technical activities.
During the period from May of 1979 through December of 1979, I served as a member of i
the NRC Special Inquiry Group investigating the Three Mile. Island accident.
-l In January l'980, I was detaile'd to lead a small group working on development of criteria describing acceptable utility management structures and t:chnical resources necessary for safe nuclear power plant operation.
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- I this function was absorbed by the newly created Licensee Qualifications Branch of which I am now a member.
During the period January through July
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of 1980, I participated in management reviews of the corporate organizations l
and plant staffing for those utilities proposing to operate the Sequoyah, I
Salem, Diablo Canyon, and McGuire nuclear plants.
Similar reviews also were conducted for the Zion nuclear plant and for the Three Mile Island Unit 1
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I am a Registered Professional Engineer in the District of Columbia.
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e Frederick R. Allensoach Graduate - Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn June 1952 Degree in Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering July 1952 New York Naval Shipyard to August 1953 August 1954 Republic Aviation Corporation to August 1,956 August 1954 Military Service to August 1956 September 1956 Employed by the Brookhaven National Laboratory, to June 1968 Reactor Division. Approximately two years as operating shift supervisor in charge of an operating
' shift on the Brookhaven Graphite Research Reactor (BGRR).
Approximately three years as BGRR day shift supervisor responsible for various reactor support activities.
Approximately six years as BGRR Assistant Operations 2
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.
Included during this period at Brookhaven National Laboratory were several short tem supplemental assignments to Brookhaven National Laboratory review and audit committees assigned the responsibility-i to determine if other Brookhaven nuclear reactors l
were being operated in accordance with the applicable rules and regulations.
June 1968 I-to June 1974 Employed by the Atomic Energy Commission, Directorate of Licensing, Operational Safety Branch. My responsibilities include (as assigned); review and l
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 l
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present and proposed practices with respect to administrative procedures for the operation of
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licensed reactors; the review of operating reports from licensed reactors for safety related items; and the preparation of reports relative to operating experiences at licensed reactors.
June 1974 to May 1980 Employed by the AEC/NRC, Division of Project Management, Quality Assurance Branch. My responsibilities include review and evaluation of applicants organizational structure, technical 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 uniform acceptance criteria for subjects required to be addressed by license applicants relating to operational safety matters.
May 1980 to Present Bnployed by the NRC, Division of Human Factors Safety, Licensee Qualifications Branch. My responsibilities include establishing requirements and qualification standards for licensee management and plant personnel; review and evaluate the technical and managerial quali-fications of applicants and licensees; and the development and review of administrative controls for the operation of licensed reactors.
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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