ML19347E493
| ML19347E493 | |
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| Site: | South Texas  |
| Issue date: | 04/23/1981 |
| From: | Spraul J Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION i
BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER COMPANY
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Docket Nos. 50-498
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50-499
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(South Texas Project, Units 1 & 2)
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NRC STAFF TESTIMONY OF JOHN G. SPRAUL RELATIVE TO WHETHER THE APPLICANT'S PROPOSED QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAM FOR OPERATION OF THE SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF 10 C.F.R. PART 50, APPENDIX B Q.
Will you please state your full name, employer, job title and specifically, your responsibilities relative to the South Texas Project.
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John G. Spraul; U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Division of Engineering, Quality Assurance Branch, Senior Quality Assurance Engineer.
Upon receipt of Houston Lighting & Power's FSAR for the South Texas Project, I reviewed, as part of my duties in the Quality Assurance Branch, Chapter 17 of this submittal to determine whether it complied with 10 C.F.R. Part 50, Appendix B.
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Have you prepared a statement of your educational and professional qualifications?
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Yes.
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Is this statement attached to this testimony?
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Yes.
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What is the purpose of your testimony?
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The purpose of my testimony is to address the question whether the Applicant's proposed quality assurance program for operation of the South Texas Project meets the requirements of 10 C.F.R. Part 50, Appendix 8.
The substantive part of my testimony is incorporated in Chapter 17 of the Staff's Partial Safety Evaluation Report.
Specifically, my testimony is in response to Board Issue F, which states:
Will HL&P's Quality Assurance Program for Operation of the STP meet the requirements of 10 C.F.R. Part 50, Appendix B?
In addition, to the extent this testimony 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 you evaluate the Applicant's proposed quality assurance program for operations at the South Texas Project?
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I reviewed HL&P's submitted program in its FSAR and compared it to 10 C.F.R. Part 50, Appendix 8.
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What was the result of your review and comparisons?
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The result of my examination is incorporated in Chapter 17 of the Staff's Partial Safety Evaluation Report (SER).
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Is this SER input attached to this testimony and made a part of this testimony?
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Yes.
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Did you specifically develop Chapter 17 of the SER?
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Yes.
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Is the information set forth in Chapter 17 of the SER true in as far as you have knowledge?
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Yes.
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J. G. Spraul PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS QUALITY ASSURANCE BRANCH OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION I am a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer (Nuclear), Quality 8.ssurance Branch.
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission.
In this position I am responsible for the review and evaluation of the appli-cant's description of quality assurance programs proposed for the design, construction, and operation of nuclear power plants.
I received a Bachelor Chemical Engineering degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1951.
In 1971 I completed the requirements for the Professional Designation in Quality Control from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Prior to joining the NRC, my nuclear experience included 2 years of engineering work in gaseous diffusion with the Goodyear Atomic Corporation and 12 years of nuclear fuel and nuclear power plant component design, manufacture, and test with the Atomics International Division of Rockwell International. With respect to quality assurance work prior to joining NRC, I spent 2 years as Chief Inspector and 4 years as Director of Quality Assurance at Atomics Inter-national responsible for managing the entire quality assurance program.
I joined the Quality Assurance Branch of the Commission in 1974. Since joining the NRC, I have reviewed the quality assurance pmgram descriptions for 26 nuclear power plants as well as 19 topical reports on quality assurance from utilities, architect-engineers, NSS suppliers, and constructors.
I am a member of the American Nuclear Society and a senior member of the American Society for Quality Control.
In 1972 I was certified as a Quality Engineer by the American Society for Quality Control. This certification was last renewed in 1980.
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l NUREG-0780 Partial Safety Evaluation Report related to the operation of South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2 Docket Nos. 50-498 and 50-499 j
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