ML20149N056

Affidavit of Wd Travers.* Responds to Interrogatories in First Set of Interrogatories of TMI Alert/Sva.Related Correspondence

ML20149N056
Person / Time
Site:	Three Mile Island
Issue date:	02/19/1988
From:	Travers W Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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ML20149N047	List: ML20149N046 ML20149N054 ML20149N056 ML20149N061
References
OLA, NUDOCS 8803010062
Download: ML20149N056 (2)

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NITED STATES OF AMERICA r.WLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of Docket No. 50-320-OLA I

. t GPU NUCLEAR CORPORATION (Disposal of Accident-Generated l (Three Nile Island Nuclear Station, Water) j Unit 2) l t

AFFIDAVIT OF WILLIAM D. TRAVERS

• I, William D. Travers being first duly sworn do depose and state:  ;

1. I, William D. Travers, am employed as the Director, THI-2 Cleanup

Project Directorate, Three Mile Island Site P. O. Box 311. Middletown, PA

17057, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulations, U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D. C.

2. I am duly authorized to respond to the interrogatories in the first set of interrogatories of TMIA/SVA,

3. I prepared answers to interrogatories number 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 15, -

16, 17, 18, 22, 31, 32, 34, 36, 38, 39, 41. .

. 4. I hereby certify that the statements and opinions given are true and I correct to the best of my personal knowledge and belief.

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William D. Travers  ;

STATEMENT OF PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS l NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION i Washington, D.C. j i

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Responsibilities 6 Agency lead for all aspects of NRC regulatory oversight of the Three Mile Island Unit 2 (TMI-2) cleanup. Directs a staf f of nuclear engineers and  :

i health physicists, located at the TMl site and NRC headquarters, who carry out both inspection and licensing activities. Responsible for close communication with state and federal agencies, and members of the public in the TMI-2 l

vicinity. This position has been held since October 1985.

Previous Experience ,

Between August 1984 and October 1985 served as Deputy Directer of the TMI Cleanup Project Directorate responsible for NRC onsite regulatory oversight of the cleanup. From 1982 to August 1984 served as technical assistant / nuclear  ;

engineer to NRC's Executive Director for Operations. In that capacity served l j

as the principal staff level contact for NRC coordination with the Institute  :

for Nuclear Power Operations (INPO). Also worked on special projects including, NRC initiatives following the Anticipated Transient Without Scam l Incident at the Salem plant, and development of an agency strategy for  !

upgrading NRC emergency communications capability. Served as a member of the l l

agency Human Frp ors Review Committee and as technical advisor to the NRC .

Senior Contract Review Board. I in 1980/1982 served as technical assistant / nuclear engineer to the Director of j the NRC's Three Mile Island Program Office. Acted as Comission appointed ,

I liaison to the TMI-2 Advisory Panel and participated in technical reviews of  :

major cleanup proposals. In 1979/1980 was a nuclear engineer in NRC's Office l of Policy Evaluation. Prepared studies of major technical and policy issues. j including nuclear plant safety and radiation protection. In 1979 served as a )

nuclear engineer in the NRC's post-accident staff located at the TMI-2 site.  :

Responsibilities included reviews of detailed procedures and development of 1 new technical specification requirements. In 1978/1979 was a nuclear engineer  :

in NRC's Effluent Treatment System Branch with responsibility for reviewing the technical adequacy of radwaste treatment systems. In 1977/1978 Revised was a l I

radiological physicist with NRC's Radiological Assessment Branch.  !

computer models for estimating gaseous releases from nuclear plant, participated in site visits and inspections at several nuclear plants. l 1

f Education l

B.S. (Science / Physics), Purdue University, 1972 l M.S. (Health Physics / Nuclear Engineering), Purdue University, 1974 l

Ph.D. (Health Physics / Nuclear Engineering), Purdue University,1976 An Atomic Energy Commission and David Ross Fellow Other

' Men.ber of the American Nuclear Society, the Health Physics Society and Sigma l Xi l l l

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