ML20195D756
| ML20195D756 | |
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| Site: | 07200022 |
| Issue date: | 06/07/1999 |
| From: | Jacobs W AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED, STONE & WEBSTER, INC. |
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| ISFSI, NUDOCS 9906100040 | |
| Download: ML20195D756 (8) | |
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 1
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Docket No. 72-22
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(Private Fuel Storage Facility)
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AFFIDAVIT OF WESLEY JACOBS CITY OF ENGLEWOOD
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STATE OF COLORADO
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I, Wesley J. Jacobs, being duly sworn, states as follows:
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I am a Lead Electrical Engineer for Stone & Webster Eng'meedng Corp. I am providing this affidavit in support of a motion for partial summary disposition of Utah K in the above captioned proceeding to show that smoke from a fue or explosion, in-cluding smoke from the Tekoi Rocket Engine Test Facility or a wildfire adjacent to the i
Private Fuel Storage Facility (PFSF), would pose no credible hazard to the facility and that potential electrical interference with respect to overhead aircraR would pose no credible hazard to the facility.
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My professional and educational experience is summarized in the cur-riculum vitae attached as Exhibit I to this affidavit. I have worked as an electrical engi-neer in the power industry for 17 years and I have specific experience in the licensing of away from-reactor spent fuel storage facilities and their electrical and controls design. I
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I am knowledgeable of the design and operation of the PFSF and the' spent fuel casks that will be used there._ I am specifically knowledgea)le of the electrical and security systems at the PFSF, their importance to' safety, and the effect of their potential failure on operations atthe PFSF.'
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. In its resmnse to PFS's first discovery request, the State of Utah alleged that the function of the electrical systems at the PFSF could be impaired by a smoke plume potentially created by a fire or explosion at the Tekoi Rocket Engine Test Facility or by a wildfire adjacent to the PFSF. The State in Utah K (and Confederated Tribes in a contention combined with Utah K) had alleged that PFS had inadequately considered the impact on the PFSF of credible accidents, including potential rocket motor explosions at '
Tekoi and wildfires.
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Smoke simply would not pose a significant hazard to the PFSF. Even if one assumed that smoke could interfers with electrical systems at the PFSF (an assump-tion PFS believes to be wrong), PFSF SAR Section 8.1.1.3 states: "PFSF spent fuel stor-age nuclear safety functions do not rely on electrical power for their accomplishment."
The electrical systems at the PFSF are not classified as important-to-safety and their postulated malfunction would not have safety or radiological consequences - such mal-
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function would cause no release ofradioactive material to the envimament. If the spent fuel storage cask temperature monitoring systems were to fail, the cask air inlet and outlet ducts would be inspected visually until the temperature monitoring systems were re-stored, to ensure that the inlet and outlet ducts were not blocked. Therefore, smoke would pose no significant hazani to the PFSF.
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In addition, smoke would not cause a breakdown in security at the PFSF.
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i plementation of compensatory measures. These measures may involve increcsed security patrols until the component failure is rectified. Furthermore, if the electrical system at i
the PFSF were to fail, the emergency diesel generator would start and supply the neces-sary power for the security loads.
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In its second set of discovery requests, the State implied that electrical in-terference from aircraft could cause the electrical or security systems at the PFSF to fail and that electrical interference from the PFSF could cause an overflying aircraft to crash at the PFSF. The State had alleged in Utah K that PFS had inadequately considered the potential impact on the PFSF of aircraft overflying this area.
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Electrical interference from aircraft will not cause the PFSF electrical or security systems to fail. While PFS has not yet selected specific equipment or equipment suppliers, radio systems at the PFSF will have dedicated FCC-licensed frequencies for each system that will be different from any frequency utilized by military or other air-
' craft. Therefore, the frequencies used by military or other aircraft will not affect PFSF
_ equipment. Further, PFS will use commercially available security, electrical, alarm and computer systems at the PFSF that have been used and found acceptable at other facili-ties. These systems will be shielded to prevent radio interference per the vendor recom-mendations utilizing standard practices.
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Electrical interference from PFSF equipment also will not cause aircraft to crash into the PFSF. Because PFSF equipment will operate on frequencies different from those used by aircraft, radio frequencies used at the PFSF would not affect the aircraft.
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WESLEY J. JACOBS Project Engineer Lead Electrical Engineer EXPERIENCE
SUMMARY
Mr. Jacobs has 16 years of experience in the power industry. Currently, he is assigned as the Project Engineer and Lead Electrical and Controls Engineer for the modification work at the Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant Project for Northem States Power Company (NSP). His duties include direction of engineering and design activities, project estimating, equipment specification, and client and vendor interface.
In addition, he is assigned as the Lead Electrical and Controls Engineer for the Private Fuel Storage Facility Project. His duties include engineering and design activities to support the site i
selection, engineering / design, and licensing activities.
He has participated in the licensing effort for the first offsite "away-from-reactor" spent fuel storage i
facility for NSP.
He was responsible for the electrical and controls design for the onsite Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI) at Prairie Island. He was responsible for the electrical and control modifications to the auxiliary building crane trolley for single-failure-proof operation to support spent fuel storage cask movemeat inside the plant.
In addition to these modifications, he is Lead Engineer for other projects which include main control board modifications for human factors concems, a river water temperature monitoring project, various security system modifications, a cathodic protection system upgrade, a software-based annunciator modification, plant design basis documentation (DBD) reconstruction, and numerous other modifications.
RELEVANTPROJECTEXPERIENCE Mr. Jacobs is responsible for the day-to-day engineering of all Stone & Webster modification projects at Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant and for interfacing with the utility project engineering team conceming these projects. Duties include scope definition, engineering and design of modifications, equipment specification and selection, and construction support.
He is responsible for the engineering and design activities to support the conceptual design and licensing for the Private Fuel Storage Facility which includes:
. Generation of Design Criteria documents Preliminary load and lighting calculations e
Preliminary voltage drop and cable size calculations e
Site layout drawings e
Security systems design e
Support for security training, qualifications, and contingency plans He participated in the site characterization study and licensing effort for the NSP Goodhue County ISFSI which included:
. Development of conceptual design for the offsite spent fuel storage facility Support of the site characterization study for site selection e
Support of the State Application for Site Certificate
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- Support of the Safety Analysis documents
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e Development of lighting, security, duct banks, one-line and grounding plans and calculations e
I He was responsible for the electrical and controls engineering / design for the NSP Prairie Island lSFSI which included-1 Storage cask instrumentation and monitoring system e-Security camera and intrusion detection systems with interface to the existing plant
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security system Electrical and controls section of the procurement specification for the cask transporter e
used to move the 125-ton casks from the plant to the storage facility Electrical power distribution
~ Outside lighting system to meet security camera design requirements e
Building electrical distribution and lighting e
UPS for the security system e
Active radiation monitoring system using telephone lines for data transmission from the storage facility '
i Equipment and installation specification preparation e
Construction specification preparation e
Construction support e
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He was also responsible for the electrical and controls engineering / design to upgrade the auxiliary building crane trolley to single-failure-proof to be used for cask movement.within the plant.
Engineering and design activities included:
Electrical and controls review for the new trolley e
Installation drawings development which interfaced between the existing crane equipment e
and the new trolley electrical and controls equipment i
Client and vendorinterface e
Construction support e
i EDUCATION B.S., Electrical Engineering - University of Colorado LICENSES AND REGISTRATIONS Professional Engineer - Colorado, Minnesota PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers - Member instrument Socety of America - Member l
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