ML20084J442
| ML20084J442 | |
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| Site: | Shoreham File:Long Island Lighting Company icon.png |
| Issue date: | 04/16/1984 |
| From: | Dye J LONG ISLAND LIGHTING CO. |
| To: | Dircks W NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
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| NUDOCS 8405090113 | |
| Download: ML20084J442 (4) | |
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April 16, 1984 Mr. William J.
Dircks Executive Director for Operations U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C.
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Dear Mr. Dircks:
This letter is to confirm our discussions of last Thursday afternoon when I called you to announce the naming of the new Vice President of Nuclear at Long Island Lighting Company, Fc. Jchn D.
Leonard, Jr.
Mr. Leonard will join Long Island Lighting Company on May 15, 1984.
A resume of his work in the Nuclear industry is attached.
As we discussed, I will call your office to make an appoint-ment for Mr. Leonard and myself to review our Nuclear organization and its acceptability to the NRC as we approach the final stages in our application for a low power license.
I anticipate that our visit will occur sometime during the early part of May, and that it is our intention to also visit the offices of the NRR in Bethesda, and the Region 1 I&E offices in King of Prussia during the same period.
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' ' PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND 1976 - Present Power Authority of the State of.New York March 1980 - Present Position:,
Vice President and Assistant Chief Engineer for Design and Analysis New York, New York Reporting to the Company's Executive Vice President and Chief Engineer, lu. Leonard is charged with the responsibility of creating and organizing a new department.
Numerous professional positions are currently autho'rized.
Beginning with'a nucleus of 17 engineers, Mr. Leonard currently has 126 pro-
.fessionals in place.
By the end of the year, he anticipates that he will have authorization to build his staff to an overall size of 128 individuals.
This is supplemented by 70 contract engineers and designers.
The purpose of the Design and Analysis organization is three-fold.
The first objective is to provide professional backup to line operating departments.
- Secondly, the group is charged with responsibility of monitoring the technical viability of proposals submitted to the Power Authority by outside contractors.
Finally, the department has established an Internal Design Group for the purpose of handling many modifications previous-ly performed by outside AE firms.
On one shielding project alone, Mr. Leonard cites a savings of over one million dollars as.a result of the efforts of the Internal Design Group.
The shielding project was accomplished at a cost of $500,000 by the internal staff as opposed to the lowest outside bid of $1,500,000.
Additionally, Mr. Leonard points out that the Internal Design Group was able to devote more attention to detail than is typical of AE firms.
January 1976 - April 1980 Position:
August 1981 - January 1982*
Resident Manager, James A.
FitzPatrici: Nuclear Plant Scriba, New York As Chief Executive and Administrative Officer of this 821 megawatt BWR plant, Mr. Leonard reported directly to the company's Executive Director.
During this period, the plant had a budget of over $30 million and a staff of 230 individuals.
- Asked to return to plant to solve a serious management problem.
m PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND (continued)
In addition to being re-sponsible for the safe operation of the nuclear plant, Mr. Leonard served as the plant's Emergency Plan Director and represented the Authority directly with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission In-spection and Enforcement Branch.
Somewhat of an anomaly, he also acted as spokesman for the Authority in local public relations with the media, and he served as a member of the Authority's labor contract negotiating team.
Prior to 1976, the Fitzpatrick Plant was under the operational control of Niaga_ Mohawk'.
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of financial limitations, Niagara was forced to turn over' ope' ration of the plant to the Power Authority of the State of New York.
Mr.
Leonard reports that within one year and four months he had com-pletely restaffed the plant with licensed operators, technicians and mechanics.
The operating license was then transferred to tne Power Authority.
According to Mr. Leonard, this was the first time this had ever been accomplished within the incustry.
Within two years, Mr. Leonard relates that the plant had been completely re-staffed and that availability had been increased from its 1976 level of 40% to an availability of 811 in 1978.
Mr. Leonard relates that this availability was sustained until 1979 when the NRC required the plant to shut down as a result of pipe stress problems.
Even during this time when expenditures of $13 million over budget were required for modifications, the overall nuclear plant budget did not exceed S45 million.
Mr. Leonard contrasts this to the oil cost alone of S150 million for one of their 850 megawatt fossil plants.
September 1974 - January 1976 Vircinia Electric and Power Company Richmond, Virginia Position:
Corporate Supervisor-Operational Quality Assurance Mr. Leonard spent this one and a half year period organizing the operntional quality assurance -
function for VEPCO at both the corporate and plant levels.
Activity included on-site surveillance, procedural enforcement and audits of all plant activities.
This group of 21 individuals consisted of experienced nuclear operating personnel with expertise in various fields such as mechanical maintenance, electronics, operations, etc.
Throughout this time, Mr.
Leonard served as an alternate member on the System Nuclear Safety and Operating Committee for the Manager of Licensing and Quality Assurance.
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PERSONAL DATA Residence Address:
38 Maple Moor Lane Peekskill, New York 10566 Residence Telephone:
(914) 737-0204 Age:
51 years Height and Weight:
5'10"; 212 lbs.
Marital Status:
Married, 4 grown children EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
, United States Naval Postgraduate school, Monterey, California M.A.
Physics / Nuclear Engineering with Minor in Radiation Biology, 1962 Duke University, Durham, North Carolina B.S. Physics, 1953 After finishing his undergraduate work, Mr. Leonard completed one year of graduate studies at Duke As a result of his research in both plasma physics and advanced weapons systems, Mr. Leonard was elected to membership in Sigma Xi Honarary Research Society.
MILITARY BACKGROUND 1954 - 1974 United States Navy Final rank - Commander From 1969 until 1974, Mr. Leonard served as Commander of two nuclear ballistic missile submarines, the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln and the U.S.S.
Benjamin Franklin.
His overall experience in nuclear power while in the Navy spanned a twelve year period.
'The balance of his naval experience was spent in other high technology areas.
In 1964 Mr. Leonard was called in from the fleet to serve as Manager of a Secretary of the Navy study group.
This study group was concerned with analyzing a prospective advanced fleet ballistic missile design.
Other naval responsibilities included the preparation and preliminary examination of Chief Engineers for certification by Vice Admiral Rickover.
Mr. Leonard was Qualified Engineering Watch Officer 5-1-C reactor.
Decorations, medals and commendations received by Mr. Leonard include the National Defense Service Medal with one Bronze Star, the Navy Commendation Medal and the Polaris Patrol Pin with two Silver Stars.
After twenty years of service, seventeen of which were at sea,
@Ra_&aanmRA retired from _the Navy with an Honorable Discharge.