ML20076N112
| ML20076N112 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Vogtle  |
| Issue date: | 03/07/1991 |
| From: | Kitchens W GEORGIA POWER CO. |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML20076N108 | List: |
| References | |
| 90-617-03-OLA, 90-617-3-OLA, OLA, NUDOCS 9103280099 | |
| Download: ML20076N112 (5) | |
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.: o UNI 1.'ED ETATE8 OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COHJtISSIOli ATOMIC 8AFKTY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of 1
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(Vogtle Electric DOCKET NO. 50-424-OLA
. Generating Plant, 14 50-42.1-OLA Unite.1 and 2)
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ASLDP1)O. 90-617-03-OLA AFFIDAVIT OF WILLIAM F.
KITCHEWS IN SUPPORT OF APPLICANTfs 8 RE3P0 HSE TO
- THE TOARD' C MEMOPhNDUM htLQ_Q@ER L C5F JANUhRY 22. 1991 I, William F.
(" Skip") Kitcheno, having first been duly
. sworn, hereby depose and state as follows:
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-I_am. currently empicyod by the Getrgia Power Company as-the-Assistant General Manager - Plant Operations, at the
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Vogtle: Electric Generating Plant ("VEGP"), locatet near Augusta, Georgia.
In-my position, which'I have held since
. March,. 1989, I report directly to the' General Manager of the VEGP.; The Assistant General Manager - Plant Operations is
-responsible-for several Departments et the'Planti chemistry, Health' Physics, Outage and Planning, Maintenance, and 1
Operations.
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In 1974 I graduated from'the Georgia Institute of l
L Technology with~a Bachelor of Engineering Science degree.
In 1975 I-earned a Master of Engineering degree at the 9103280099 910320 PDR ADOCK 05000424 0
Unt<reroicy of Viri rinia, where I concoatrated in Nuclear Swg-Jn%3 ring.
While carning this advanced degree, I worked as an Assistant Engineer for the Virginia Electric Power company, where I was assigned to Licensing and Engineering Sections as part of the University's co-op student program.
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I have been employed for orer 15 years in the nuciaar industry.
My first permanent position was as a Field Engineer at Floridt.ower and Light's St. Lucie Plant, located in Ft. Pierce, Florida.
Durihg the period I held that position, fcon January, 1976 until aanuary, 1978, I plovidnd rAJineering support for the constructign, : : art T p 5
and initial operation of the two units.
I prepared safety evaluations of nosign Changes and dispositioned non-complianc~e and field reporte.
!<n early 1978, after Unit 1 of n
St. Lucie went into co:nmercial opax2 tion, I was promoted to Plant Engineer, providing technical support for the early operation of the unit.
In February, 1979, I assumed a Plant Engineer's position at Coorgia Power Company's Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant, located'nclar Baxley, Georgia.
At Plant Hatch I v.)n responsibl.o for the tr.chnical support of the liquid ard y
nolid radvaste systone.
7.n the S,nrmer of 1979 I transferred
. to Georgic Powers Vogtle Project where, as a Senior Plant Enginecr from July, 1979 until April, 1981, I performed design revievs of-syntams r.nd components, coordinated the 2
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Final Safety Analysis Report (PSAR) and Environmental R(port (ER) completion and reviews, developed plans for the In-service Inspection Program for the VEGP, and generallt' assisted upper managomont in thu planning for eventual VEGP operations, including personnel recruitment and training.
From April, 1981 until September, 1986 I held several successive positions at the VEGP, including Plant Engineering Supervisor, operations Superintendent and Manager of operations.
In this latter position, from September, 1986 through March, 1989, I had the day-to-day responsibility ict operations of both VEGP units (Unit 2 vas commencing licensed operation).
I was certified as an Senior Reactor operator (SRO) instructor in Aligust, 1983 and obtained my SRO license for Untit 1 in September, 1986.
As the operations Manager I was the senior member of the plant management requ' ired to maintain an active SRO license and was responsible for that Department's compliance with regulatory requirements, including Technical Specifications, and operations procedures.
As a result of my past and on-going experience at the VEGP, I am familiar with the procedures applied by th-operations Department and the manner in which procedures are viewed as a matter of management policy.
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This Licensing Board, in its January 22, 1991 Memorandum and Order, asked "(i)s the obligation to dispatch an operator to the diesel (generator) in the event of an automatic diosol start enndatory or permissive?"
The Board then referenced a Design Change Package (DCP) developed to support a change in trip logic of the diosol generators.
The answer to the Board's question is " mandatory."
The dispatch of operators to the diosol generators is a function of plant
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procedures, not controlled by design char *3 analysis.
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other words, day-to-day operations of the plant are controlled by plant proceduros, including procedures of the Operations Department, as complomonted by the training provided to plant employcos.
Training and management emphasize procedural <;ompliances procedures are to be used and followed.
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The specific answer, then, to the Licensing Board's question is found in VEGP Procedure No. 17035-1, last page, which mandaten dispatch of a qualified operator (e.g.,
licensed operator or qualified plant equipment operator) to verify the diosol generator is operating properly upon an Emergency Start of the diosol generator.
This dispatch is part of the trained responsa of all licenctd operators; dispatch of an operatt. to the diesel generator upon an omorgency start is an ingrained response.
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the plant procedure, coupled with the extensive training of licensed operators, provides high asserance that adequately trained operators will be dispatched upon emergency start of a diesel generator as part of a routine response to the emergency start condition.
The foregoing is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.
w h y. h William F. Kitchons Sworn-to and subscribed before me this eL85 day of 4114<c/-
1991.
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