ML20003H389
| ML20003H389 | |
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| Site: | Vallecitos File:GEH Hitachi icon.png |
| Issue date: | 05/01/1981 |
| From: | Nelson C Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| ISSUANCES-SC, NUDOCS 8105050710 | |
| Download: ML20003H389 (3) | |
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p UtilTED STATES OF AltERICA flVCLEAR REGULATORY C0!t11SS10:1 BEFORE THE AT0!!IC SAFETY Arid LICEfiSIl1G BOARD In the lidtter of
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GEllERAL ELECTRIC CO.
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Docket tio. 50-70 (Vallecitos 14uclear Center -
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(Show Cause)
General Electric Test Reactor,
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TESTIl1014Y OF CHRISTIA1 C. TiELS0il i
Q.1.
Please state your name and present position with the f4RC.
A.1.
fly naue is Christian C. Nelson.
I an a Project 14anager in Operating Reactors Branch rio. 3, Division of Licensing, U.S. fluclear Regulatory Coamission, llashington, DC 20555.
I an responsible for coordinating and participating in the review and evaluation of safety and environnental considerations associated with the design and operation of l
power, test and research reactors licensed for operation.
I have been coployed as a Project lianager since August 1975.
Q.2.
Please describe your educational background and previous positions held.
A.2.
From January 1972 to Itay 1975 I was an officer in the U.S. flavy assigned to the nuclear subaarine USS Bancroft SSBli 643.
I participated in four deterrent partrols, associated upkeeps and shipyard overhaul.
I served as liain Propulsion Assistant, Radiological Controls Officer and Reactor Controls Officer and was qualified Engineering Officer of the Watch, Officer of the Deck and in Subaarines. fly responsibilities included 8195050710
safe operation of the nuclear propulsion plant, coordinating upkeep of reactor systems and equipment, and control of ship's radioactive material From October 1971 to January 1972 I attended the U.S. Navy nuclear power training progran including Nuclear Power School at Bainbridge, flaryland and the Nuclear Propulsion Training Unit at Windsor Locks, Connecticut.
I have a B.S. degree in Naval Engineering from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, flaryland.
Q.3.
Please describe your participation in the NRC Staff review of the General Electric Test Reactor for this proceeding.
A.3.
As Project Manager, I was responsible for supervising and coordinating the work of the f1RC reviewers who contributed to the Staff's SER (composed of the Staff's September 27, 1979 document modified to delete its conclusions; the Staff's fiay 23, 1980 document; the Staff's October 27, 1980 document as modified by the Staff's January 15, 1981 document).
I also participated in the review contained in Section A of the portion of the Staff's SER dated October 27, 1980 entitled "GETR Structures, Systems and Components Important to Safety".
Q.4.
Please describe the review perfonned by the Staff which is the subject of Section A of the portion of the Staff's SER dated October 27, 1980.
A.4.
The Staff has reviewed the licensee's identification of safety re-lated structures, systems and components as well as the proposed modifications
to assure itself that the licensee has identified all the safety related structures, systems and components necessary to shut down the facility and maintain the reactor in a safe shutdown condition during and following the design basis seismic event.
The Staff's analysis of the GETR as modified indicates that the principal safety related structures, systems and com-ponents are those identified in Section A.
0.5.
Please summarize the results of your review in Section A of the portion of the Staff's SER dated October 27, 1980.
A.S.
If the equipment identified in Section A satisfies the seismic design criteria for the GETR site and remains operable to the extent described in Section A, the reactor core and irradiated material in the storage canal will remain submerged in coolant and adequately cooled during and following the design bases seismic events.