ML19351F493
| ML19351F493 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Summer  |
| Issue date: | 01/31/1981 |
| From: | SOUTH CAROLINA ELECTRIC & GAS CO. |
| To: | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML19351F492 | List: |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8101130296 | |
| Download: ML19351F493 (49) | |
Text
P l
("')
\\J COMPARISON OF MANAGEMENT /TECilNICAL RESOURCES TO REGULATORY GUIDANCE c
SOUTH CAROLINA ELECTRIC AND GAS COMPANY
_ ~ -
l l
l January, 1981 l
l i
l 1810113 03 %
=
TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 SCOPE OF EVALUATION 2.0 NRC GUIDANCE AND INDUSTRY STANDARDS 3.0 EVALUATION OF MANAGEMENT AND TECIINICAL RESOURCES 3.1 Discussion of Conformance to Guidelines 3.2 Evaluation of Specific Positions / Personnel (Station) 3.2.1 Plant Manager 3.2.2 Assistant Plant Manager 3.2.3 Operations Supervisor 3.2.4 Maintenance Supervisor 3.2.5 Technical Support Supervisor 3.2.6 Training Manager 3.9.7 Station Reactor Engineer 3.2.8 Radiation Protection 3.2.9 Instrumentation and Control 3.2.10 Chemistry and Radiochemistry 3.3 Augmentation of Station Staff
,3.3.1 Assistant Operations Supervisor 3.3.2 General Manager, Nuclear Operations 3.3.3 Manager N'uclear Engineering 3.3.4 Senior Mechanical Engineer 3.3.5 Group Manager, Engineering and Licensing 3.3.6 Mechanical Engineer 3.3.7 Group Manager, Nuclear Services 3.3.8 Manager, Nuclear Fuel Management 3.3.9 Electrical Engineer 3.3.10 Assistant to Plant Manager 3.3.11 Emergency Coordinator p
n r---
,e w
i TABLE OF CONTENTS - page two 3.3.12 blana ge r, Quality Assurance 3.3.13 Senior Licensing Engineer 3.3.14
'blanager, Ilealth Physics and c
Environmental Alonitoring 3.3.15 Engineer, Nuclear Fuel bianagement 3.3.16 Senior Engineer, Operations 4.0 OVERALL ASSESSh!ENT O
e S
1.0 SCOPE OF TIIE EVALUATION The requirements imposed upon an applicant for an operating license for a nuclear power plant are stated in 10CFR Part 50.
Among those requirements is submittal of information to support the NRC staff's finding of the applicant's technical and financial qualifications to engage in the operation of a nuclear power facility (See 10CFR Part 50.57(a)(4)).
To provide back-ground information for such a finding by the Commission, 10CFR Part 50.34 (b)(7) requires that a statement of technical quali-fications of the applicant be included in the Final Safety'Ana-lysis Report (FSAR).
The FSAR for the Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station includes the required statements of qualification speci -
fied by the regulations for the key positions within South Caro-lina Electric and Gas Company's organization.
The post-Three Mile Island accident era has resulted in a much higher level of interest on the part of the Nuc1' ear Regulatory Commission staff in the significance of the finding of techni-cal qualification on the part of applicants.
This heightened interest has lead to the development of a set of revised guide-lines considered by the NRC staff to be a means to demonstrate technical qualifications.
The nuclear industry has also responded to TMI via a reassessment of what constitut,es " qualified" per-sonnel and is revising ANSI /ANS 3.1.
In the face of changing guidance as to what constitutes quali-fication, South Carolina Electric and Gas Company is in the pro-cess of acquiring an Operating License for the Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station.
SCEGG is a company with an established over-all organizational structure and a relatively recently-formed nuclear operations staff comprised of long-term SCE4G cmployees augmented by a pool of recently-hired professionals, some of.
whom have had significant experience at other facilities.
e
The purpose of this document is to present an evaluation of the qualifications of senior technical and management per-sonnel within South Carolina Electric and Gas Company's Nuclear Operations Organization.
This evaluation is based upon a composite of the following:
1 The industry standards and regulatory guidance e
contained in Regulatory Guide 1.8, " Personnel Qualifications and Training" (Proposed Revision 2 - September, 1980), ANSI /ANS 3.1-1978, "Ameri-1 can Power Plant Personnel," Draft Revision dated December 12, 1979 and NUREG 0731, " Guidelines for Utility Management Structure and Technical Resources" issued in October, 1980, were employed as guidance used to evaluate-individuals.
e A review of resumes of individuals in supervisory or staff positions was conducted.
o In'terviews with 42 members of the onsite and off-site organizations.
The purpose of the interviews was to assure appropriate position-by-position corre-lation to the guidance.
In addition, personal interviews provided an opportunity to more accurately assess the completeness of each resume and provide a common scale for assessment of technical strengths within the SCESG organization.
This evaluation specifically excludes several areas discussed in NUREG 0731.
First, the qualifications of shift supervisors and licensed operators are not addressed.
In order to obtain and maintain an operator's or senior operator's license for a nuclear facility an individual's qualifications must be evaluat-ed by the NRC for compliance with the provisions of 10CFR Part m
-oor de
."W
55.
Second, NUREG 0731 reiterates in Sectio'n II.A.2.C the i
requirements for shift technical advisors.
The case of the shift technical advisor position is analagous to that for licensed personnel.
SCEGG's candidate's for these positions were not evaluated because the candidates would be qualified by specific training programs.
Third, NUREG 0731 briefly addresses the onsite and offsite training programs (II.A.3 4
and II.B.2.d); these programs were not evaluated because they are primarily aimed at preparing license candidates and I
shift technical advisor candidates, providing general employee training in health physics and plant procedures, or providing training to specific categories of unlicensed personnel.
These training programs are directed at enhancing the general technical awareness of the entire staff, rather than developing'of specific expertise,in any group or individual.
The remaining sections of this report describe the steps in the evaluation of the SCE6G organization and technical resources:
e Section 2.0 - NRC Guidance and Industry Standards e
Section 3.0 - Evaluation of Management and Technical Resources (Comparison of the organization and func-i tional positions to the criteria in terms of direct fit (one-to-one correlation), equivalency or area requiring augmentation).
e Section 4.0 - Overall Assessment (Identification of conclusions and recommendations).
.,7-.
,--,7,w,.
,-w, w
e a f
.e g,
~r wmw eo.w e-
->p--
n-ew w
or
+-
]
i 1
- 2. 0 NRC GUIDANCE AND INDUSTRY STANDARDS In 1971 the Reactor Operations Subcommittee ANS-3 of the American Nuclear Society Standards Committee developed a standard specifying i
criteria for qualifications and training of nuclear power plant
~
I personnel, ANSI N18.1-1971.
The Standards Subcommittee was com-prised of personnel who were experienced in the activities for which the standard was developed, namely, nuclear power plant l
operations.
The At.omic Energy Commission Staff endorsed the guidance of ANSI N18.1-1971 by issuance of Regulatory Guide 1.8
" Personnel Selection and Training".
Following a number of years of use, the standard was revised to include greater clarification of desired qualifications of key nuclear power plant staff members.
This revised standard was j
issued by ANSI in 1978 as ANSI /ANS 3.1-1978 " Selection and Training of Nuclear Power Plant Personnel."
In February, 1979 the NRC staff issued a draft revision to Regulatory Guide 1.8 (Draft Revision 2).
That draft revision was issued for public
^
comment; it continued to endorse ANSI /ANS 3.1, but the 1978 revision was referenced.
The accident at Three Mile Island caused the Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff to reassess its position in regard to personnel j
qualifications.
Following the accident, the nuclear power industry also reassessed its collective view of which factors actually constituted personnel qualifications.
The industry has presented its current views in draft revisions to ANSI /ANS 3.1.
A number of drafts have been processed but approval has i
not been obtained from the required number of industry repre-sentatives.
The NRC staff has issued a revision of Regulatory Guide 1.8 for comment (second proposed Revision 2, dated September 1980).
+
i 1
In addition, the NRC staff has developed NUREG 0731 " Guidelines for Utility Management Structure and Technical Resources,"
October,1980, which provides the most recent view of the agency in regard to qualifications of individuals.
The guidance of NUREG 0731 reinforces the positions of the previously-approved standard and Regulatory' Guide and amplifies NRC's view of what constitutes appropriate shift staffing at an operating nuclear power plant.
The specific guidelines for personnel qualification have not changed significantly since issuance of the original version of ANSI /ANS 3.1 in 1971, although clarification has been provided for specific positions.
O e
0
..g
i 3.0 EVALUATION OF SCEGG MANAGEMENT AND TECIINICAL RESOURCES This section contains the results of th,e evaluation of SCEGG's conformance to the NRC and nuclear industry objectives that are described in Section 2.0.
It includes evaluations of both onsite and offsite organizations ' management and techni-cal resources.
For evaluation of onsite and offsite resources, the criteria are classified into experience and certification criteria.
Within each of these two classifications, the extent of SCEGG compliance is discussed.
Three categories of compli-ance are identified:
(1) direct compliance with the criteria; (2) compliance by a showing of equivalence with the criteria; and (3) augmentation or change'is necessary to demonstrate either compliance or equivalence with the criteria.
3.1 Discussions of Conformance to Guidelines l
The guidelines have developed over the years to provide a less ambiguous identification of intent upon the part of each organi-zation issuing the guidance (either industry or AEC/NRC).
During this process of revision and update, certain clarifications have been deleted in regard to specific considerations without sub-stitution of revised guidance.
In general the level of detail of guidance as to what constitutes qualifications has increased and, when coupled with the post-TMI accident guidance from the NRC staff, it is possible to directly relate the qualifications of members of the South Carolina Electric and Gas Company's staff to the composite industry /NRC guidance.
Each guidance document indicates that demonstrated performance is fundamentally important in each consideration associated with a judgment of personnel qualifications.
This demonstration of t
6
. - +,..
4-r..r.
per formance is presented by:
Actual performance on a specific job directly related e
to the position under consideration.
e Certification of ability to perform, i.e.,
- academic training and degree
- professional certification (PE)
- NRC Operator's or Senior Operator's License The most recent NRC guidance on qualifications as presente,d in NUREG 0731 endorses the previous NRC staff guidance as included in Regulatory Guide 1.8, Draft Revision 2, dated June 19, 1980.
The guidance recommends that a B.S. Degree in Engineering or scientific field associated with power plants be held by in-dividuals occupying many specific staff positions.
The most recent industry position on technical training in regard to a degree is presented in the proposed revision to. ANSI /ANS 3.1.
The proposed revision to ANSI /ANS 3.1, while reinforcing the above noted key issues, provides guidance as to what parameters should be weighted in lieu ~of academic certification.
Factors to be considered include:
e Actual academic education level e
Technical training classes at college level e
NRC Senior Operator's License o
Experience in the area of activity e
Supervisory or. management experience o
Communication skills e
Professional Licensing (PE) or Certification of Training (EIT)
The guidance when distilled requires that each senior position associated with operation of a nuclear power plant be staffed with an individual who has demonstrated performance by adequate experience and certification that the individual is technically abic to accomplish the task assigned.
For members of the South Carolina Electric and Gas Company's Nucicar Operations Organization, these two key elements were reviewed and compared to the standards and guidance.
I O
9 e
4
3.2.1 Plant Manager Gpidance Positions:
Six years of power plant experience, total e
e Three years of nuclear plant experience including:
- two months of power operation
- a refueling outage
- startup testing for either initial startup or refueling Four years of management experience e
Hold an NRC Senior Operator's License or have been e
certified at a plant or simulator as qualified to apply for a license Onsite presence through the preoperational testing e
program Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or related science o
Comparison Mr. 0.S. Bradham is designated the Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station Manager.
Mr. Bradham was previously employed as the Superintendent of Maintenance at the Oconee Nuclear Station for four years, following a progression through staff positions at the Oconee Station.
Prior to association with the Oconee i
Project, Mr. Bradham was employed at the Carolinas Virginia Tube Reactor at Parr South Carolina and Savannah River.
Mr. Bradhan has twenty-seven years of association with nuclear reactors.
Included are numerous refueling outages, participation in the startup of three large commercial power reactors and responsi-j_
bility for directing the st,artup of one of these reactors.
Mr.
i Bradham has been associated with the Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station since 1978 and has been responsibic for the preoperational test program.
Mr. Bradham unquestionably satisfies the guidance positions re-lative to technical management experience within the industry, having been responsible for management of all maintenance activ-
,,,y
,e-.
y,
,ve,-
.gy--
n--
-m~,
n
-.+
ities at a three unit nuc1 car station for four years.
Mr.
Bradham has obviously demonstrated performance in a position comparabic to his current assignment.
Relative to certification, Mr. Bradham has successfully partici-pated in numerous technical training courses plus management training throughout his professional career.
Mr. Bradham has successfully completed U.S. Army Officer Candidate School.
/
O a
3.2.2 Assistant Plant Manager Guidance Positions:
Six years total power plant experience o
Three years nuclear power plant experience, including:
e
- management activities during two months power operation
- management activities during a routine refueling outage of 1-2 months duration
- management activities during acceptance or post-refueling startup testing Four years of supervisory / management experience e
e Hold an SRO for the Virgil C.
Summer Station,'or have held an SRO at a similar PWR facility or have been certified at a simulator as qualified to apply for an SRO.
Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or related science e
Six months experience onsite prior to the start of e
I the preoperational testing program Comparison Mr. J. Connelly is Assistant Plant Manager at the Virgil C.
Summer Nuclear Station.
Mr. Connelly has a total of fourteen years of power generation experience, of which seven are direct-ly associated with commercial nuclear power plant operations or testing.
Mr. Connelly has held an SRO on the H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant and has served in management capacity, as Shift Supervisor, at H.B.
Robinson during initial facility power ascension.
Mr. Connelly has more than four years of management experience, at both the H.B. Robinson facility and at the Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station.
He has been Assist-ant Plant Manager at the Summer Station since 1979.
Mr. Connelly has a Bachelor's degree in Nuclear Engineering and was assigned
to the Summer Station prior to six months before the start of the hot functional test program.
Mr. Conne11y's experience and education directly comply with requirements specified in the guidance.
9
3.2.3 Operations Supervisor Guidance Positions:
e Four years of power plant experience e
Three years of nuclear power plant experience including:
- two months of power operation
- a refueling outage
- startup testing for either initial startup or refueling e
Participation in operational activities during nuclear power experience e
Hold an NRC Senior Operator's License e
Onsite presence during preoperational testing e
B.S. Degree in Engineering or related science or equivalent i
Comparison l
Mr.
L.F. Storz is the Operations Supervisor for the Virgil C.
Summer Nuclear Station.
Mr. Storz was previously employed by Wisconsin Electric Power Company where he progressed through operations staff positions to the position of Operations Super-intendent for the Point Beach Nuclear Power Plant.
Mr. Storz has participated in operational activities of 12 refueling outages.
Mr. Storz has 19 years of applicabic experience in nuclear power including his navy experience, education and em-ployment in the commercial nuclear power industry.
Mr. Storz has been involved with testing of systems backfitted into the Point Beach Nuclear Power Plant and has been onsite at Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station since prior to hot functional pre-operational testing.
He has-held an NRC Senior Operator's License on the two units at Point Beach which, like Virgil C.
e g-
.r e-p, -,,
y m
---o
+m g
~
Summer Nuclear Station, are Westinghouse PWR's, and he is in the process of cold licensing for an SRO for the Virgil C.
Summer facility.
At the time of fuel 1oading Mr. Storz will have more than eight months of experience at the Virgil C.
Summer station.
Mr. Storz's experience exceeds the positions stated in the guidance.
Mr. Storz holds a B.S. Degree in Mechanical Engineering and has held an SRO License on two large power reactors.
Mr. Storz conforms to the certification objectives of the guidance.
l e
[
i
3.2.4 Maintenance Supervisor
_G_uidance Positions:
Four years of power plant experience e
Two years of nuclear power plant experience including:
e
- one month of power operation
- one re fueling outage Onsite presence during preoperational testing e
B.S. Degree in Engineering or related science or e
equivalent Familiarity with non-destructive testing, craft e
knowledge, and an understanding of codes and standards i
for vessels, piping and electrical equipment should be maintained Comparison Mr. S.J. Smith, Maintenance Supervisor for SCEGG, has approxi-mately thirteen years of power plant experience, all of which I
is nuclear.
He has nuclear Navy experience in power operation j
and both Navy and commercial nucicar power experience during routine refueling outages.
He has been assigned to the Virgil 4
C. Summer Station since 1978.
Mr. Smith's experience in nuclear power is predominantly a result of his service in the Navy nuclear power program.
His responsi-bilitics included operation and maintenance of mechanical systems on submarines.
In addition, he is experienced in health physics and chemistry control' of' shipboard reactor and steam plant sys-During a three year period Mr. Smith was assigned to a tems.
submarine tender where he wa, responsible for planning and super-vision of Navy personnel in maintenance of ten submarines.
During an additional three year period Mr. Smith served as the Engineer-
.,.. a
ing Watch Supervisor and was thereby responsible to ship manage-ment for direct supervision of the machinery division of a nuclear submarine.
Mc. Smith was certified to stand Engineering Officer of the Watch.
Following his Navy experience, Mr. Smith was employed by n nuclear steam supply system vendor as an Associate Engineer, lie assisted at five different nuclear power stations during refueling periods and major planned shutdowns in the area of coordination and supervision of major maintenance activities on mechanical, elec-trical and instrumentation systems.
Mr. smith has a total of thirteen years of applicable nuclear power experience which is directly related to his current assign-ment.
Throughout this period he has been directly, involved in craft work, code requirements and acceptance testing in both Navy and commercial power plants.
In regard to certification, Mr. Smith has completed the Navy nuclear power training program, 14 specific correspondence courses and was certified to stand Engineering Officer of the Watch stations.
This experience is the direct equivalent of the commercial nuclear plant's Senior Operator's License.
As such, Mr. Smith has been certified by a responsible organization to be qualified to make technical decisions as to the safe operation of a nuclear power reactor.
Based upon his extensive experience combined with his technical training plus certification during his Navy career, Mr. Smith exceeds the guidance objectives.
3.2.5 Technical Support Supervisor Guidance Positions:
Four years of power plant experience e
Three years of nuclear power plant experience including:
e
- one month of power operation
- one refueling outage of 1-2 months duration
- participation in startup testing (either acceptance testing or startup following refueling)
Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or related science e
e Hold an SR0 or have held an SRO on a similar pWR facility, or hold certification at the facility or appropriate simulator Assignment to the facility six months prior to the o
start of preoperational testing Comparison i
Mr. B.G. Croley, Technical Support Supervisor, has a total of thirteen years of nuclear industry experience.
Mr. Croley has 1
both Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in Nuclear Engineering.
i Mr. Croley has been assigned to the Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station since 1979, more than six months prior to the start of the hot functional testing program.
Mr. Croley has obtained 21 months of nuclear power plant experi-ence at the Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station.
He has taught at Westinghouse Electric Corporation's simulator facility in Zion, Illinois.
The balance of Mr. Croley's technical experi-ence consists of design evaluation, licensing, contractual /
financial and general proje'ct management responsibilities related to commercial nuclear plant construction and operation.
t w---
e
Mr. Croley was involved in the Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station Project from 1972-1977 as a Project Engineer for Westinghouse Electric Corporation.
The combination of Mr. Croley's experience in performance of design calculations, instructor at the Westinghouse Electric Corporation's Training Center for nuc.luar power plant operators and his experience as a member of the Virgil C. Sumner Nuclear Station staff exceed.s the required three years of power plant experience specified in the guidance.
The objectives of the guidance for Supervisor of the Technical Support staff will be satisfied with the acquisition of Senior Operator's License by Mr. Croley for which he is presently training.
Mr, Croley received his SRO Cold License Certification at the Westinghouse Nuclear Training Facility in June, 1980.
3.2.6 Training Manager Guidance Position:
Four years of professional experience e
Two years of nuclear power plant experience including:
o
- requalification testing of operators
- one month of power operation Hold an SRO License or have an SRO on staff respon-e sibic for license training e
Educational technique training B.S. Degree in educational or technical subjects e
Comparison The training department for the Virgil C. Summer Nuc1 car Station is managed by Mr. B.T. Estes, Jr. who is assisted by Mr. A. Sanders.
Mr. Estes has nine years of power plant-related experience which includes both fossil and nuclear plants.
Mr. Estes has been associated with the Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station for six years.
During that period he was designated as the Nuclear Operations Engineer and, most recently, as Nuclear Training Coordinator responsible for all operator training activities and general employee training.
Mr. Estes has participated in the cold license training activities in addition to managing training efforts.
He attended the Zion training course offered by Westinghouse Electric Corporation, which is NRC accredited.
He has been certified by the Westing-house Training Center as successfully completing their SRO training program and holds a Senior Reactor Operators Certificate from Zion.
Mr. Estes has been assisted in the specific training i
i t
efforts to preparc SCEGG personnel for ~the NRC licensing examinations by contracted personnel who have specific exper-tise in specialized areas relat'ed to nuclear power plant opera-tion and design.
The preparation of a staff for both cold and hot licensing of a new plant is a more significant effort than requalification of a licensed staff.
Mr. Estes has managed this more diffi-cult task for nearly three years while personally participating in the program to acquire a license himscif.
Mr. Estes has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and is a Registered T
Professional Engineer in the state of South Carolina.
Mr. Sanders reports-to Mr. Estes and is responsibic for operator training.
Mr. ' Sanders has in excess of four years of experience as an educator in both high school and college systems.
Mr.
Sanders has participated in the operator training program and like Mr. Estes has been certified at the Westinghouse Electric Corporation's Nuclear Training Center with a Senior Reactor Operator's Certificate.
Mr. Sanders has been associated with the Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station for six years.
Mr. Sanders augments Mr. Estes' professional background as an engineer with significant experience as an educator.
The combination of Mr. Estes and Mr. Sanders significantly exceeds the guidance and provides depth to the SCEGG Nuclear Training area.
.__- __=. _.
i 3.2.7 Station Reactor Engineer t
Guidance Positions:
i Four years of professional experience w
Two years of nuclear power plant experience including:
e
- significant experience in reactor physics, physics testing, and heat transfer 1
- participation in a routine refueling outage 1
participation in a post-refueling startup test I
program (including power ascension from 10-100%)
- onsite presence for two weeks at;t20% power Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or related science e
Six months experience onsite at a commercial nuclear o
power plant i
Comparison Mr. S. Fipps has six years of professional technical experience.
He has a Bachelor's degree in Nuclear Engineering, has received Westinghouse SRO certification, and holds professional engineering registration.
Mr. Fipps has four years experience at the Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station.
Mr. Fipps is training for a cold SRO license on the Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station.
i Mr. Fipps' nuclear power plant experience includes three months participation in post-refueling power ascension testing at a
f commercial PWR facility similar to the Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station.
f Mr. Fipps' qualifications and experience are compatible with requirements specified by the guidance.
4 i
4 w
i 4
w--
,m.w--
,r,_
...co m.
-m.--
y,,-,
w,nw5 g*
.e---
-a--
f-=**ee++
=
w'*-4e-t
-, e
---t 9-=r t
- = ' '
y
3.2.8 Radiation Protection Guidance Positions:
Four years of experience in applied radiation e
protection Three years of radiation protection experience at a nucicar power plant or similar facility including:
- a routine refueling outage
- two months of power operation e
Six months of onsito presence B.S. Degree in Science or Engineering (including e
radiation protection)
Supervisory experience.in health physics practices e
Comparison Mr. L.A. Blue is designated as the Health Physics Supervisor at the Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station.
Mr. Blue has four years of professional experience in health physics acquired as a member of the technical health physics staff of the Oconee Nuclear Station owned by Duke Power Company.
Mr. Blue pro-gressed through the organizational structure of the Oconce Station from the position of Junior Health Physicist to Health Physics Supervisor.
During this progression, he held super-visory positions for more than three years and participated in several rcfuelings at the Oconee Station.
Mr. Blue will have approximately eight months of experience at the Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station at the time of issuance of an Operating License.
Mr. Blue has a B.S. Degree in Radiation and Nuclear Engineering Technology', based on a curriculum which is oriented toward radiation health physics.
Mr.. Blue exceeds the requirements dctailed in the various guidance documents for his assigned position.
I f
i r
3.2.9 Instrumentation and Control I
Guidance positions:
e Two years power plant instrumentation and control experience One year-of nuclear power plant instrumentation
)
e and control experience including:
- surveillance testing and instrument calibration during a routine refueling outage
- startup testing following a refueling outage
- one month of operation at2:20% power Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related science i
e Six months experience onsite at a commercial nuclear j
e power facil,ity Comparison At the Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station the ISC function is located within the Maintenance group.
Mr. R. Hinson is the IGC. Maintenance Supervisor.
1 Mr. Hinson has over eleven years of power plant instrumentation and control experience, three of which have been onsite at the Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station.
Mr. Hinson has been respon-I sibic for surveillance testing, calibration and repair of instru-l mentation at an operating commercial power plant.
He has pre-pared maintenance and testing procedures to support preoperational l
and startup testing programs at the Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Mr. Hinson has. completed Westinghouse Electric Corpora-Station.
tion's training program in nuclear instrumentation and nuclear l
radiation monitoring.
i 4
,[.
J
,.v,
-n w-
-~..e.
,,--,-,p
.,-,,,m.
,.-.,,.,4..w,.
g n.
b 1
j In addition, Mr. Ilinson has successfully co,pleted a wide variety of technical training cour'ses in instrumentation and control and electrical systems design and maintenance, including several U.S.
l Air Force courses.
Although Mr. Hinson has not participated in a refueling outage, his technical responsibilitics relative to outage support and subsequent startup will not dif fer significantly from his previous IEC surveillance, maintenance, and calibration activities at a i
non-nuclear facility, except for NI calibration, for which he has
)
received specific training.
In addition, Mr. Hinson has been re-l sponsibic for preparation of surveillance testing and calibration procedures to support preoperational and startup testing; thesc
' direct responsibilities are at Icast equivalent to, if not more difficult than similar responsibilitics performed in support of a routine refueling outage and normal plant operation.
4
)
Consequently, Mr. Hinson's commercial power plant IGC experience, tenure at the Summer Station and extensive technical training in-t areas related to his principal responsibilitics at the Summer l
Station meet the intent of the guidance relative to qualifications
]
for the IEC group leader, t
1 l
e i
l T
. _ _ _.. ~. _.. _ _
I 3.2.10 Chemistry and Radiochemistry l
Guidance Positions:
Two years experience in chemistry e
e One year of experience in nuclear power plant radiochemistry including:
- three months experience in the chemistry section at an operating nuclear power plant, two months of which the plant is at2-20%
power e
Six months experience onsite at a nuclear power facility Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related a
science Comparison Mr. F. Leach is Chemistry Supervisor at the Virgil C. Summer Nuc1 car Station.
Mr. Leach has nine years of nuclear power plant operations experience.
Mr. Leach has completed nuclear power school and qualified as Engineering Officer of the Watch in the U.S. Navy's nuclear power program, and has served as E0W, Reactor Controls Officer and Main Propulsion Assistant..
aboard nuclear submarines.
Mr. Leach has served as Chemistry 1
Supervisor at the Summer Station for four years.
While involved in the Navy nuclear program, Mr. Leach partici-pated in the overhaul / refueling, precritical and startup testing 7
j of two nucicar submarines.
Mr. Leach has a Bachelor's degree i
and additional training at the Navy's Nuclear Pcwcr Schools at Mare Island, Idaho Falls, Groton and Norfolk.
In addition, Mr.
Leach has successfully completed Westinghouse Electric Corpora-tion's PWR water chemistry course.
l 1
I
To date, Mr. I.cach has been responsibic for the preparation of chemistry / radiochemistry, preoperational and startup test pro-cedures and for monitoring of water systems during testing.
Mr. Leach's extensive nuclear Navy operating and refueling experi-ence, coupled with his four years at the Summer Station, satisfy the intent of the criteria.
IIe has prepared chemistry / radio-chemistry, preoperational and startup test procedures; these are equivalent to post-refueling procedures.
Therefore, Mr. Leach has experience at least equivalent to that stated in the guid-ance for his position.
O e
e
_,m
3.3 Augmentation of Station Staff The standards provide guidance relative to qualifications for particular positions within a typical organizational structure; however, few if any operating companies are structured as typi-fied in the standards or contain only those positions discussed in the standards within their organization.
Although only general guidance exists, within the SCEGG organization signifi-cant additional resources are availabic beyond those discussed herein.
Below are discussed some of the individuals who provide such augmentation.
Qualifications of individuals who supplement SCEGG's Nuclear Operations staff by adding specific technical strength in select-ed disciplinary areas are compared to the following general qualifications:
Five years of professional experience in the o
individual's field of specialty Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related e
science w
3.3.1 Assistant Operations Supervisor Guidance Positions:
As stated in Section 3.3.
Camparison Mr. K.W. Woodward is designated as the Assistant Operations l
Supervisor, lie has twelve years of nuclear experience which l
is predominantly comprised of military experience on U.S. Army PWR plants.
Mr. Woodward progressed within the Army nuclear program from the position of an operator / instrument technician to Plant Supervisor of a Mil-1A power plant.
Ilis duties included operations training, maintenance and health physics.
Although military reactors with which Mr. Woodward has experience are much smaller than a commercial plant such as the Virgil C.
Summer Nuclear Station, similar problems are encountered on such facilities and experience so gained is directly applicatie to commercial plants.
Mr. Woodward has been associated with the Virgil C. Summer Nuc1 car Station for mor; than three years and directly augments the Operations group by supporting Mr. Stor:.
lie is cold license certified and is presently participating in the SRO training program.
1
3.3.2 General blanager, Nuclear Operations Guidance Fositions As stated in Section 3.3.
Comparison blr.'W.A. Williams is General h!anager, Nuc1 car Operations.
h!r. Williams has thirty years of professional experience of which approximately twenty-four years constitute nuclear-related experience, b!r. Williams has served as a Technical hfanager with the U.S. Atomic Energy Com$ission, and, before j oining SCE6G, Vice President of the South Carolina Public Service Authority, where his responsibilities have included administra-tion and technic'al direction of the Authority's nuclear activities.
hlr. Williams has been associated with the Virgil C. Summer Station through his position with the Authority, a partner in the project since 1973.
hfr. Williams has also been an officer in the U.S. Air Force.
h!r. Williams has a B.S. from the U.S. Naval Academy and B.S. and bl.S. degrees in Nuclear Engineering.
blr. Williams' many years of technical and managerial experience, the major portion of which is nuclear related, exceeds the intent of the guidance relative to a Senior Technical blanager's position and adds significant depth to SCE6G's Nuclear Operations Group.
0
3.3.3 Manager, Nucicar Engineering Guidance Positions:
As stated in Section 3.3.
Comparison Mr. C.
Price is Manager, Nuclear Engineering.
Mr. Price has twenty-six years of professional experience subsequent to serving four years in the U.S. Air Force.
The last eighteen of these years have been in areas related to nuclear power generation.
Mr. Price has served as SCEGG's Manager, Nuclear Engineering for the past two years; for the precceding two years he was a senior engineer primarily responsibic for electrical, instrumentation and control systems design.
His responsibilities have included technical supervision of electrical, IEC, mechanical and struc-tural engineers and overview of architect-engineer design activi-ties.
Mr. Price is a registered professional engineer in the state of South Carolina.
Mr. Price has served on the IEEE's Joint Committee on Nuclear Power Plant Standards.
Mr. Price attended Clemson University and has taken several additional technical courses related to his area of expertise.
He has additional nuclear plant design experience,at Duke Power Company, where he was responsibic for seven years for design of electrical, instrumentation and control systems.for the Oconce, McGuire and Catawba facilitics.
Mr. Price's extensive nuclear-related experience, coupled with his professional engineering registration and profe'ssional recog-nition exceeds qualifications / objectives delineated in the guid-ance.
His many years of specific experience in electrical, instru-mentation and control systems design provides significant depth in this technical area and substantially augments overall SCEGG competence in this discipline.
e 4
- 3. 3.4 Senior Mechanical Engineer Guidance Positions:
As stated in Section 3.3.
Comparison Mr. A.G. Alvarez is. the senior mechanical engineer in the Nuc1 car Engineering group of South Carolina Electric and Gas Company.
He has twenty years of professional experience, the majority of which has been in the area of power plant engineering support.
Mr. Alvarez has held positions of re. cults engineer, assistant superintendent of a coal fired power plant and numerous staff engineer positions in the corporate office.
Included in his experience have been seven years of association with the Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station during which he was responsible for design review of the mechanical systems and equipment specifica-tions.
Mr. Alvarez has been responsibic for all mechanical support systems, balance of plant mechanical systems and environ-mental treatment systems.
Mr. Alvarez has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and is a regis-tered professional engineer.
His education and experience directly satisfy the guidance position relative to staff specialist in mechanical engineering.
8 9
3.3.5 Group Manager, Nuclear Engineering and Licensing Guidance Positions:
As stated in Section 3.3.
Comparison Mr. M.B. Whitaker, Jr., Group Manager, Nuclear Engineering and Licensing, has eighteen years of professional experience.
Sub-sequent to receipt of his Bachelor's degree in electrical enginecr-ing, Mr. Whitaker served for two years with the U.S. Army as an electronics engineer.
Mr. Whitaker has nuclear-related experience dating from 1971 when he served as Executive Assistant to the Senior Vice President, Operations, and he was assigned as the Manager, Nuclear Licensing, in 1976.
Mr. Whitaker has additional academic experience and degrecs, specifically, an M.B.A. and J.D.
awarded by the University of South Carolina, and is a member of the South Carolina Bar.
While at SCEGG, Mr. Whitaker has either worked with or managed electrical distribution, operations, budgets and accounting, Icgal, production operations, electric sales, customer service activitics, and nuclear licensing.
He has the requisite Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering.
and, as noted above, has significant managerial experience in many diverse areas within an operating utility.
Mr. Whitaker's diverse experience and tenure with SCEQG provides him with unique ability to act as senior manager responsibic for a team of technical specialists.
p
3.3.6 Mechanical Engineer Guidance Positions:
As stated in Section 4.3.
Comparison Mr. M.D. Quinton is a Mechanical Engineer whose background includes seven years of nuc1 car-related professional experience after receipt of his Bachelor's degree in Mcchanical Engineering, and five years of U.S. Navy nuclear experience aboard the USS Enter-prise, where he served as a regctor operator.
Mr. Quinton has worked as a design and test engineer at Newport News Shipbuild-ing, and has participated in the overhaul and startup testing of nuclear submari.ncs.' For the past 1.5 years he has worked for SCE4G, reviewing the design of NSSS and balance-of-plant sys-tems for the Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station.
Mr. Qu,inton has passed the EIT exam in the state of South Carolina.
Mr. Quinton's education and experience exceeds the general re-quirements for staff specialist delineated-in the guidance.
l l
s 1
}
l l
1
[
t
?
l
~r
,-r.,
--, + - - - -,., --.,..,-,,
--w,.-,-
,...,-,w, n w-
-,~.,,n.
-,,.~. -
3.3.7 Group Manager, Nuc1 car Services Guidance Positions:
As stated in Section 3.3.
Comparison Mr. D.A. Nauman is Group Manager, Nuclear Services.
Mr. Nauman has thirteen years of nucicar-related experience following milita ry steam, diesel and gas turbine propulsion plant experience.
Mr. Nauman has nine years of quality assurance program develop-ment and implementation experience; his additional nuclear-related experience is in refueling systems design for U.S. Navy nuclear power plants.
Mr. Nauman's inspection experience includes inspection and certification activities related to commercial marine vessel design, construction and testing.
For the past eight years, Mr. Nauman has managed quality assur-ance programs associated with the Virgil C.
Summer Nuclear Station, first for the architect-engineer, then for SCE6G.
Mr. Nauman has a Bachelor's degree in Naval Engineering and is a registered professional engineer in the state of California.
Mr. Nauman's education and experience satisfy the requirements stated in the guidance for staff specialist in his area of Quality Assurance responsibility.
e
3.3.8 Manager, Nucicar FucI Management Guidance Positions:
As stated in Section 3.3.
Comparison Mr. D.C. Warner is Manager, Nuclear Fuel Management.
lic has four years of professional technical experience relevant to his area of specialty.
Mr. Warner has one additional year of experience as a graduate assistant in nuclear engineering at the University of Tennessee, from which he holds both Bachelors and Masters degrees in Nuclear Engineering.
Mr. Warner has passed the EIT examination in the state of South Carolina.
Mr. Warner has worked as Nuclear Engineer in the Production Engineering Department and as Administrative Assistant in Nuclear Operations and System Planning Departments, llis re-sponsibilities have included preliminary fuel management studies, review of NSSS and balance-of-plant systems designs, accident analysis review and licensing assistance.
Mr. Warner's technical responsibilitics and interests have been concentrated in the area of fuel management; currently, he is the senior SCEGG technical specialist in the fuel / physics Prior to facility commercial operation, Mr. Warner will area.
have achieved the five. year minimum and have qualified, under the guidance, as SCEGG's staff specialist in the area of nucicar fuels / physics.
Mr. Warner's advanced degree in nuclear engineer-ing exceeds the educational requirements stated in the guidance for his specialist position.
s e
3.3.9 Electrical Engineer Guidance Positions:
As stated in Section 3.3.
Comparison Ms. N.L. Demian is an Electrical Engineer with fifteen years of professional experience.
She has worked for SCESG since 1969, and has spent the past eight years in the Production and Nuclear Engineering Departments associated with the Summer project.
ller technical assignments have included review of the design of electrical systems, preparation / review of specifications, and review of qualification of class IE electrical equipment for the Summer Station.
Ms. Demian is a registered professional engineer in the state of South Carolina.
Ms. Demian holds both a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Electrical Engineering.
Ms. Demian's education and experience'more than satisfy the positions stated in the guid.'nce for senior staff specialist in electrical engineering.
3.3.10 Assistant to the Plant Manager Guidance Positions:
As stated in Section 3.3.
Comparison Mr. A.B. Ilarrison is assigned as Assistant to the plant Manager, Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station.
Mr. Harrison has twenty, years of nuclear experience of which fourteen years were in the Navy nuclear power program.
IIis experience was mainly with aircraft
.arrier prototypes on which he was qualified to stand watch as Engineer Officer of the Watch.
Mr. Harrison has been associated with the Virgil C. Summer Station for six years during which time he has been involved in Operator training programs, development of operating procedures, and re-view of support program documents such as the emergency plan and health physics program.
He was previously assigned as the Opera-tions Supervisor.
Mr. Harrison's experience in the Navy program, which includes certification as Engineering Officer of the Watch, when combined with his commercial plant training at the Westinghouse Electric Corporation's training facility at Zion, where he was certified by attainment of a Senior Reactor Operator's Certificate, pro-vides assurance of capability to advise other members of the SCEGG organization.
This background of significant practical experience, coupled with training by means of recognized certifi-cation programs, conforms to the objectives of the guidance for management personnel.
)
3.3.11 Emergency Coo rdinator fiuidance Positions:
As stated in Section 3.3.
Comparison Mr. K.E. Beale, Emergency Coordinator, has sixteen years of professional experience in health physics.
Mr. Beale has worked as radiation protection engineer at +he Saxton Experi-mental Reactor for six years and has an additional ti.ree years of operating nuclear plant experience at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, where he was IIcalth Physics Supervisor.
Mr. '
Beale participated in startup testing at Three Mile Island, Unit 1.
Mr. Beale has been with SCEGG at the Summer Station for the past four years, lie was the Summer. Station licalth Physics Supervisor for four years, during which time he was responsibic for development of the health physics program, including training and implementation.
In 1980, he was re-assigned to his current position of Emergency Coordinator.
Mr. Beale has an Associates Degree in Nuclear Electronics Engineering, and has completed a number of additional courses in radiation protection.
Mr. Beale's extensive operating plant health physics experience (nine years total), coupled with additional prior work experience in health physics, and responsibilities at the Summer Station, which have included development of the entire health physics program, fully satisfy the intent of the guidance for the posi-tion of senior staff specialist in health physics.
Mr. Beale's education and experience augment SCEGG's overall health physics capabilities, by providing depth and experience in his area of specialty.
Mr. Beale brings to SCEGG operating nuclear plant e
experience, including facility startup-experience, necessary to provide technical support, guidance and perspective to members of Summer Station health physics staff.
e Gw 8
e 4
O 3.3.12 Manager, Quality Assurance
_uG idance Positions:
As stated in Section 3.3.
Comparison Mr.
D.R. Moore is Manager, Quality Assurance.
Mr. Moore has fifteen years of experience in quality control and quality a.ssurance, including ten years of nucicar-related quality assurance experience.
Mr. Moore has been associated with the Summer Station since 1975, while working at Gilbert Associates, and was Gilbert's QA Program Manager for the Summer Station and the Eric Nuclear Plant Project.
He has been with SCEGG since 1978, when he took over the responsi-bility for surveillance programs, and in 1980 was made Manager, Quality Assurance.
Mr. Moore has a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, and is a registered professional engineer in the states of South Carolina, California and Pennsylvania.
Mr. Moore's experience in management of nuclear quality assurance programs, surveillance of manufacturing and con-struction operations, and inspection techniques, coupled with his formal education and professional registrstion, more than l
satisfy the requirements stated in the guidance relative to I
senior staff specialist in quality assurance.
l l
________m o...
3.3.13 Senior Licensing Engineer Guidance Positions:
.i As stated in Section 3.3.
I j
Comparison Mr. R.B. Clary is designated as the Senior Licensing Engineer.
Mr. Clary is a trained Mechanical Engineer with both B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of South Carolina.
He is a 4
registered professional engineer in the state of South Carolina.
{
Mr. Clary has four years of Navy nuclear power program experi-ence during which time he qualified to serve as Engineering Officer of the Watch.
Mr. Clary has been involved with the Virgil,C.
Summer Nuclear
+
1 Station for eight years.
His responsibilities have included i
coordination of Safety Analysis Reports for filing with the i
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, development of administrative procedures for the corporate office, and assorted administra-tive duties associated with organization of the project staff.
Presently he is responsibic for resolving all issues which are_
j outstanding in regard to issuance of an Operating License for the facility.
He is responsibic for coordination of SCE6G's technical, vendor, and consultant support to close all unresolved matters.
This level of activity includes i
coordination of SCEGG responses to NRC questions to operating I
licensees as well as near-term licensees.
This activity is-more demanding than duties which will exist following commence-ment of fac'ility operation.
Mr. Clary's present activities directly relate to his future duties.
8*
4 g,
p.
1 e
7 n
,,n-
.-~c-,,
, - -, ~ - -
e,,,
a,.
y n-4-w - - -
.,w..--m-
,-e
,,v,4+
grym.,-
-,w v, - -. ~
r.w.
4,~
3.3.14 Manager, Ilealth Physics and Environmental Monitorinn Guidance Positions:
As stated in Section 3.3.
Comparison M r. h'. R. Bacht is designated the Manager, IIcalth Physics and Environmental Monitoring.
Mr. Becht has nine years of exper-ience in environmental monitoring, and has been responsibic for development of the environmental monitoring program for the Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Sfation since 1973.
lie has a M.S. degree in Nuclear Engineering, Radiological Science Option.
Mr. Bachr's educational background combined with his experience in the area of environnental monitoring programs conforms to the guidance for technical support staff specialist.
a
.le 3.3.15 Engineer, Nuclea r Fuel Manar.enent Guidance Positions As stated in Section 3.3.
Comparison Mr. J.W. Haltiwangor is an Engineer working in the Nuc1 car Fuel Management area.
Mr. Haltiwanger has a total of nine years of nuclear industry experience, all of it with SCEGG and directly associated with the Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station.
Mr. Haltiwanger has worked in his specialty area dealing with all aspects of nuc1 car fuel supply for the Summer Station for approximately five of his nine years with SCEGG.
His other technical efforts have involved licensing assistance and construction support activities.
Mr. Haltiv! anger has a B.S. in Nuclear Engineering and is a registered professional engineer in the state of South Carolina.
Mr. Haltiwanger's technical experience and educational back-ground directly qualify him, in accordance with the guidance, for his position as staff specialist in nuclear fuels.
I i
l l
l l
.m.
3.3.16 Senior Ennineer, Operations Guidance Positiens As stated in Section 3.3.
Comparison Mr.
1,.D. Shealy is a Senior Engineer, Operations with SCEfG.
i Ilis backg ound includes seventeen years of power plant exper-ience of which approximately half are nuclear-related.
Mr.
Shealy's technical activities have included plant performance evaluation, system design and specification review, and engineering and construction project management.
Mr. Shealy has had technical support responsibilities at CVTP, completed special Westinghouse SRO training and received Westinghouse SRO certification, and served as the first I?lant Manager, Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station.
Mr. Shealy currently serves as Assistant to the General Manager, Nuclear Operations.
Mr.
Shealy holds both B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering, and has completed a number of additional technical courses related to nuclear power plant technology.
Mr. Shealy's onsite power plant experience, coupled with his educational background, exceed the guidance positions relative to qualifications of a senior staf f engineer.
w
e..,
4.0 OVERAI,1, ASSESSMENT The technical staf f of the Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station conforms to the guidance of ANSI /ANS 3.1-1978, as modified by draft revisions not yet approved by ANS-3, and Regulatory Guide 1.8, Second proposed Revision 2, which has been issued for comment.
For each area of responsibility within SCEGG's plant operating staff and key technical support personnel located offsite the two fundamental requirements of appli-cabic experience and certification of qualification are satisfied.
It should be noted that signif'icant additional resources are available within the South Carolina Electric and Gas Company's Operations Group beyond the specific individuals discussed herein.
The shift supervisors who will be individually examined by Nuclear Regulatory Commission personnel during the operator licensing process have not been evaluated but do provide the first level of supervision of safety-related activities at the facility.
SCEGG has committed to the NRC to provide Shift Technical Advisors and Onsite Independent Safety Engineering Group; SCESG has further committed, for these positions, to con-form to qualification and training guidelines detailed by the NRC staff in NUREG 0731.
Since a specific commitment was made in regard to the STA's and the Onsite Independent Safety Engineering staff, individual qualifications were not specifi-cally reviewed.
Members of these groups have B.S. degrees in Engineering or related science and at least two years of appli-cable experience.
Additional support personnel are availabic both onsite and in the corporate office to assist' specific engineers and managers.
Those individuals'are, in most cases, qualified to the icvels specified in the guidance for engineering support personnel.
\\
s,,...
For example, the Technical Support Supervisor onsite has a staf f of eight eng.ineers who have not been addressed within the evaluation,yet who are degreed engineers availabic to support the operational needs of the plant.
The Maintenance his Supervisor has a staff of two degreed engineers to support area of responsibility; these individuals were not addressed in this evaluation of conformance to the guidelines.
Offsite, similar depth of support exists.
The offsite engineer-ing staf f numbers more than ten professionals, each of whom were not specifically addressed within this document.
These in-dividuals augment the resources evaluated in the classical engineering disciplines of structural, mechanical, electrical, and nuclear engineering.
The average experience of the engineering pool of the Nuclear Operations Group exceeds the guidance of ANSI /ANS 3.1, Draft Revision 2 that technical support personnel have a B.S. degree and five years of experience.
Overall, the technicat resources availabic to upper management of SCEGG exceed the objectives of the guidance documents and provide a sufficient technical base to permit an effective system of technical review of each area of operation associated with licensed activity of an operating nuclear power station.
e