ML20078F804
| ML20078F804 | |
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| Site: | Vogtle  |
| Issue date: | 01/06/1995 |
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| OLA-3-A-017, OLA-3-A-17, NUDOCS 9502020264 | |
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SONOPCO project employees whose work supports Among the many people worldng to support Ty I, the testing of motor-operated valves at Southem valve-testing effons at Southern electric system je}'? d,electdc,syptept huclear power plants believe that they plants are Dave Midlik. senior engineer I nuclear q'
lnow haye a better awareness of potential problems maintenance support. Hatch Project: Gene Talton.
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project engineer. nuclear maintenance support, lldotQr-ppdra :ed valves, which regulate the flow of Vogtle Project: arid Mike Eidson, senior nuclear jq
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Ed Addison announced on Feb. 24 J g chief executive ofilcer of Alabama two major appointments in the Power. Hards also was elected to execuuve management group of the Alabama Power board of the Southern electric system.
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Joe Farley--who has served as
'Ihe appointments of Farley and president of Alabama Power since Hards were effecuve March 1.
1969 and chief execuuve officer
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Addison said. Our system has l
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generate energy through nuclear committed $5.6 billion--or nearly l
Southern Company. In this-30 percent of our total assets-to ger. sty, he.will hawassaltv i
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power. And in the nuclear power management and technical-business, nothing less than l
services for the nuclear power excellence is adequate. Joe Farley plants in the Southern electdc has demonstrated that he has the system: Alabama Power's Plant professional expertise and Farley and Georgia Power's Plant management skills to ensure that Hatch and Plant Vogtle.
the most exacting standards are When necessary ' regulatory
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approval is obtained for the "Dudng his almost 20 years as l
creation of a nuclear operating Joe Farley president of Alabama Power, the company as a separate company faced a series of difBcult corporation within the Southern issues, brought on by the Arab oil electdc system. Farley will be Elmer Harris, currently senior embargo and its upward impact on l
A named president and chief executive vice president of Georgia energy pdces. Double-digit l
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Power. has been chosen to (Continued on page 2' Insidc Synopsis Plant briefs..
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N h) age 2 Plant news in brief a
Fuel loading completed
" Reactor assembly is in progress." said Lewis Ward,
[ manager of maintenance and support for at Vogtle Unit 2 the Vogtle Project. "and the plant is making Preparations to complete filling and venting Georgia Power has completed loading fuel at Unit 2 the reactor coolant system. and to begin of the Vogtle Nuclear Plant and will soon begin P ant heat-up (the final stage before low l
low-power tesung. On Feb. 9. the Nuclear Regulatory Power tesung beginsh Commission (NRC) granted the company a license to After several weeb oflow power load fuel and begin low-power testing of Unit 2.
tesung. the NRC is expected to issue a full-power The task ofloading the 193 fuel assemblies into hee rea r was completed two days ahead of t 2 is expected to begin commercial operation by June 15.
Farley to lead nuclear company (continuedfrompag.n inflation during the 1970s while increasing electric demands of a operating and safety records for the company pursued a major growing number of customers with nuclear-powered facilities in the generaung plant construction first-class service. And, the country. In addition. Joe Farley program and a series of rate company's retum on investment has been widely recognized for his increase filings resulting from rebounded from 4.5 percent in work as president of the Institute these and other economic forces 1978 to 14 percent in 1988 "
of Nuclear Power Operations--an were especially challenging.
Addison said.
industry organization that Despite these conditions. Alabama "Under his direction. Plant evaluates the safety and Power continued to meet the Farley has achieved one of the best performance of American nuclear power plants."
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Valve testing (continued from page i)
The testing programs tesung programs, selecting to finish testing safety-related The valve-testing programs equipment and documenting test valves by 1992.
began in most cases in response to efTorts. 'Ihey've also attended a a Nuclear Regulatory Commission training program at Limitorque MOV users group (NRC) bulletin indicaung that some Corp. In Lynchburg. Va.
Eidson is chairman of a Thrust valves at other plants failed to
" Plant Vogtle's experience in Calculation and MOV (motor-operate correctly because of valve testing was helpful to us in operated valve) Switch Setting improper switch settings.
developing our program at Farley." Committee with the recently The bulletin requested that said Eidson. "In March 1987. we formed MOV Users Group. 'This certain safety-related valves at all went to Plant Vogtle to find out committee is trying to collect all U.S. nuclear power plants be what they were domg.
the valve-testing data that is tested. Safety related valves are a Representatives from Plant Hatch available within the industry."
part of the engineered safety also attended this briefing.
Eidson said. "A large data base of features of the plant, or those Midlik says. Testing standardized information will allow whose failure could prevent a safe motor-operated valves is different us to detennine what factors cause shutdown or the protection of the at Plant Hatch. Because we have poor motor-operated valve public or environment in an boiling-water reactors, we have to performance--design, installation emergency situation.
test more steam-turbine driven or maintenance."
According to Talton. Plant systems."
The valve-testing activities at Vogtle already was testing new Plant Hatch is assessing the Southern electric system nuclear k
motor-operated valves when the requirements of an expanded power plants will result in bulletin was released.
program. Plant Vogtle has a increased reliability. In addition. It Talton, Midlik and Eidson have program in place to test valves as is anticipated that the planned been involved in developing the needed. And Plant Farley is programs and testing will meet expanding its program and plans future NRC requirements.
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