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Testimony of Ds Hood Re ASLB Question on Continued Const.Nrc Does Not Object to Proceeding W/Surcharging Valve Pits Adjacent to Borated Water Tanks If Acceptable Program Worked Out.Prof Qualifications & Certificate of Svc Encl
ML20126L885
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Site: Midland
Issue date: 06/08/1981
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter.of )

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CONSUMERS POWR COMPANY ) Docket Nos. 50-329 OM & OL

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(MidlandPlant, Units 1and2)

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TESTIMONY OF DARL S. HOOD WITH RESPECT TO A LICENSING BOARD QUESTION CONCERNING CONTINUED CONSTRUCTION -

Q. 1.- Please state your name and position with the NRC.

A. My name is Darl S. Hood. I am a Senior Project Manager  !

in the Division of Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S.

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Q. 2. Have you prepared a statement of professional qualifications?

A. Yes. - A copy of this statement is attached.

Q. 3. Please state the duration and nature of your responsibilities with respect to the Midlant Plant, Units 1 and 2.

A. I am the Project Manager for the Midland Plant application for. operating licenses. I have served in that. position from August 29, 1977, when the application for operating licenses was tendered to the NRC for acceptance review, up to the present time. My responsibilities include management of the Staff's environmental and radiological safety reviews.

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~ y. 4. Please state the purpose of this testimony.

A. During the Prehearing Conference on January 28-29, 1981 and:in its Prehearing Conference Memorandum of February 27, 1981, the I Licensing Board that if on-going or near-term construction activities could.have an adverse impact on proposed remedies, the Staff should present evidence to that effect so that the Board could consider whether any halt in. planned or on-going construction activities would be appropriate pending resolution of the soils settlement questions'. This testimony is in response

't'o the Board's statement.

l Q. 5. What is the NRC Staff's position regarding the Board's statement?

1 A. The Staff has been advised by Consumers that there are two near-term construction activities important to their scheduling needs that they wish to begin at this time. These activities include: l l

1. Proceeding with the installation of 20 permanent back-up interceptor wells in the area near the Service Water Structure i and the Circulating Water Intake Structure. This work is in preparation for dewatering and installing the remedial supporting wall beneath the overhang portion of the Service Water Structure.
2. Surcharging the two valve pits which are adjacent to each of the Borated Water Storage Tanks.

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Over the last several months the Staff and Consumers have been i

resolving their differences on proceeding with the installation of the l

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3- t 20 back-up wells. A revised specification and Q/A program for' installing the wells which incorporates the recommendations of the NRC Staff and the Corps of Engineers is to be provided by Consumers the week of June 8,1981.

Upon receipt and favorable review by.the Staff of the revised specification and Q/A program, the NRC will.be in a position.to concur with Consumer's decision to proceed with the well installations.

The Staff indicated at meetings held with Consumers in Bethesda on May 5-7, 1981 that there was no objection with proceeding with surcharging of the valve pits adjacent to the borated water tanks provided agreement with the Staff could be reached on an acceptable program for monitoring ofl settlement and potential structural distress during surcharging and I on the need for' disconnecting piping leading to the vavle pits. These concerns of the Staff are not yet resolved.

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4 DARL S. HOOD OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS I an a Senior Project Manager in the Division of Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. I am responsible for nanaging licensing (

activities by the Commission with respect to Midland Plant, Units 1 and 2.

I have served in the position of Project Manager with the Comission since August 1976. This position provides for the nanaging of  ;

radiological safety reviews of applications for licenses and authorization to construct or operate light water nuclear power plants.

As of April 1980, the position also provides for the nanaging of the environmental reviews of such applications. I assuned responsibility for fiidland Plant, Units 1 and 2, when the application for operating licenses was tendered in August 1977. Other nuclear plants for which I have previously served in this capacity are the standardization design of Westinghouse which is designated RESAR-414 (Docket STN50-572), Catawaba f Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2 (Dockets 50-413 and 50-414}, and River -

\ Bend Station, Units 1 and 2 (Dockets 50-458 and 50-459).

Between June 1969 and August 1976 I held two sequential positions within the Nuclear Power Systems Division of Combustion Engineering, Inc.

(C-E) at Windsor, Connecticut. After flarch, 1973, I was Assistant Project lianager for the Duke Power Project. This position provided assistance in directing all efforts by C-E to design, f abricate, purchase and license the nuclear steam supply systens, reactor core, and associated auxiliary systems for Cherokee Units 1, 2 & 3 and Thomas L.

Perkins Units 1, 2 & 3. The position assured that all aspects of the l contracts were met and that safe and reliable systens were provided to  !

the required schedule and at a reasonable profit to C-E. I assisted Duke '

Power in preparing the Preliminary Safety Analysis Report (PSAR) and provided for all C-E licensing support for these units. I also provided coordination of all other nuclear plants referencing the C-E Standard Safety Analysis Report to assure compatibility with C-E standard reference design. Until flarch,1973, I was a Project Engineer in C-E's Safety and Licensing Departnent and was responsible for licensing of nuclear power plants. I coordinated the preparation of the liillstone Unit 2 PSAR and FSAR and the Calvert Cliffs Units 1 & 2 FSAR and interfaced with NRC, the utility, architect engineer and all C-E functional departments on licensing support matters. I ensured that NRC criteria, standards, and guides were incorporated into the nuclear steam supply system design.

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Between, August 1966 and June 1969, I was a Nuclear Safety and Radiation Analysis Engineer in the' Nuclear Safety Unit, Nuclear Division of the tiartin Marietta Corporation at Baltimore, Maryland. The purpose of this position was' to perfom hazard evaluations for nuclear power sources applied in space missions. My primary duty was to detemine public exposure to radiation for malfunctions occurring during the intended mission. I also detemined means by which the hazard potential for nuclear space systems could be mitigated to the extent that nuclear safety criteria were met. I conducted research with regards to the development of suitable criteria for permissable exposure levels and their. probabilities, taking into account the dependence of acceptable risk on-the benefit to be derived, fiy primar SNAP 29 (Systems for Nuclear Auxiliary Power)y assignment project. was withofthe My evaluations this nuclear power source included the fomulation and application of computerized models for the transport of fuel released at high altitudes, in deep ocean and in shallow waters.- I' derived models for these release areas to incorporate the activity into human food chains and determined the expected ingestion dose, the number of people involved and the exposure probabilities. Inhaletion dose was determined for radioactive fallout from the high-altitude release.

Detween February 1965 and August 1966 I was a Nuclear Quality Control  ;

Engineer within the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics at Groton, Connecticut. The purpose of this position was to provide control of-

..( quality for naval reactor systems, components, and shielding during the construction or overhaul of submarines by this shipyard. - My primary area of responsibility was shielding. Duties included establishing procedures for the inspection of fabrication and installation of lead and polyethylene shielding, and resolving problems in complying with these or other shielding procedures.- The position required a knowledge of nuclear theory, SSW systems design, Bureau of Ships contract and design requirements, non-destructive testing techniques, and quality control requirements.

Between November 1963 and February 1965, I was an Aeronautical Engineer for Nuclear Propulsion and Power at the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration in Huntsville, y Alabama. I perfomed investigations of the nature and nagnitude of the nuclear radiation environment, shielding systems and safety systens associated with proposed nuclear space vehicles for candidate space missions.

Between November 1963 and college graduation in 1962, I held various positions including chief of a missile electronics training unit at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama; student at the U.S. ' Amy Signal Officer's Orientation Course at Fort Gordon, Georgia; and fiarine Engineer for ordinance and special weapons within the Design Division of the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia.

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$. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD <

In the Matter of C0f:SUl1ERS POWER COMPANY Docket Nos. 50-329-0M & OL 50-330-0M & OL (Midland Plant, Units 1 and 2) )

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE, I hereby certify that copies of the following NRC Staff testimony - (1) NRC STAFF TESTIMONY OF EUGENE J. GALLA3HER WITH RESPECT TO QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAM: IMPLEMENTATION PRIOR TO DECEMBER 6, 1979; (2) NRC STAFF TESTIMONY OF JAMES G. KEPPLER WITH RESPECT TO THE QUALITY ASSURANCE IMPLEMENTATION PRIOR T0. DECEMBER 6,1979;.(3) NRC STAFF TESTIMONY WITH RESPECT TO QUALITY ASSURANCE; (4) TESTIMONY 0F JOSEPH D.-KANE WITH RESPECT TO THE QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION PRIOR TO DECEMBER 6, 1979; (5) TESTIMONY OF DARL S. HOOD WITH RESPECT TO THE-QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION PRIOR TO DECEMBER 6, 1979; (6) NRC STAFF TESTIMONY WITH RESPECT T0. IMPLEMENTATION OF QUALITY ASSUR-

' ANCE FOR S0ILS WORK AND REMEDIAL MEASURES ArTER DECEMBER 6, 1979; (7) NRC STAFF TESTIMONY OF DARL S. HOOD, JEFFREY K. KIMBALL AND EUGENE GALLAGHER'ON STAMIRIS CONTENTION,1; (8) NRC STAFF TESTIMONY OF DARL HOOD, JOSEPH KANE, FRANK RINALDI ,

AND EUGENE GALLAGHER ON STAMIRIS CONTENTION 2; and (9) NRC STAFF TESTIMONY WITH RESPECT TO INTERVEN0R.STAMIRIS CONTENTION NUMBER 3 in the above-captioned pro-ceeding have.been served on the following by deposit in the United States mail, first class,'or as indicated by one asterisk, through deposit in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's internal mail system, or as indicated by two asterisks, by hand delivery, this 8th day of June, 1981.

l l ** Charles Bechhoefer, Esq. Ms. Mary Sinclair

! Atomic Safety.and Licensing Board 5711 Summerset Street '

U. S. Nuclear. Regulatory Commission Midland, Michigan 48640 Washington, D.C. 20555-P

  • Administrative Judge Ralph S. Decker i hael I. er,Esk.

t Route *4, Box 190D Ronald G. Zamarin, Esq.

Cambridge, MD 21613 Alan S. Farnell, Esq.

Isham, Lincoln & Beale One First National Plaza Dr. Frederick P. Cowan 42nd Floor 6152 N. Verde. Trail Chicago, Illinois 60603 Apt. B-125 Boca Raton, Florida 33433

  • Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission Wishington, D.C. 20555 l . . . _ . . . - ._ ~ _ _ _ _. - . . _ . _ _ _ . _ _

, g. t Jaines E. Brunner, Esq. Jeann Linsley Consumers Power Company Bay City Times 212 West Michigan Avenue 311 Fifth Street Jackson, Michigan 49201 Bay City, Michigan 48706 Ms. Barbara Stamiris Paul C. Rau 5795 N. River Midland Daily Tkus Freeland, Michigan 48623 124 Mcdonald Street Midland, Michigan 48640 Mr. Steve Gadler Pau li ne a 55108 *At c a t a d L censing Wendell H. Marshall, Vice President U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Cctr.uission Midwest Environmental Protection Washington, D.C. 20555 A S RF

  • D cketing and Service Section Midlar d, Michigan 48640 Office of the Secretary ,

U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission James 3. Kates Washington, D.C. 20555 203 5. Washington Avenue Saginaw, Michigan 48605 Frank J. Kelley Attorney General of the State of Michigan Steward H. Freeman Assistant Attorney General Gregory T. Taylor Assistant Attorney General Environmental Protection Division i

720 Law Building Lansing, Michigan 48913 Myron M. Cherry, Esq.

1 IBM Plaza Chicago, Illinois 60611 1

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William D. Paton Counsel for NRC Staff

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