ML20126L843

Testimony of Ds Hood That If NRC Had Known How Util Was to Implement QA Program,Nrc Would Have Been Warranted in Not Issuing CPs for Original Application

ML20126L843
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Site:	Midland
Issue date:	06/08/1981
From:	Hood D Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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o UNITED STATES OF Af1 ERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY C0 tttISS10tl BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the flatter of CONSUttERS POWER C0f1PANY ) Docket Nos. 50-329 Ott & OL 50-330 Ott & OL (Itidiand Plant, Units 1 and 2 TESTIMONY OF DARL S. HOOD WITH RESPECT TO THE

QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION PRIOR TO DECEM8ER 6, 1979 Q. 1. Please state your name and position with the NRC.

A. fly name .is Darl S. Hood. I an a Senior Project Manager in the Division of Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

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

A. Yes. A copy of this statenent is attached.

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

A. I an the Project Manager for the flidland Plant application

.for operating licenses. I have served in that position from August 29,

~ 1977, when the application for operating licenses was tendered to tne flRC for acceptance review, up to the present time.

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. .s l m fiy responsibilities include management of the Staff's environmental and l radiological safety reviews.

Q. 4. Please state the purpose of this testimony.

A. The purpose of this testimony is to dononstrate that if the Commission had known of the manner in which Consumers Power Company (hereafter CPC) was to implement its quality assurance program, it would have been warranted in not issuing the construction permits for the original application. See 10 CFR' 950.100.

t Q. 5. Please explain the relevance, if any, of 10 CFR 950.100 to the

/O t soil conditions 'at the liidland Plant?

% )4 A. The testJmon'y_ of Eugene J. Gallagher together with the testimony of Joseph D. Kane, John William Gilray and James G. Keppler demonstrate that the activities related to and associated with the placement, compaction and control of backfill at the itidland site prior I

to December 6,1979 were not implemented in accordance with either 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B (Quality Assurance Criteria for fluclear Power Plants and Fuel Reprocessing Plants) or CPC's own quality assurance progran.

Had the Commission known at the time the original construction permits CPPR-81 and CPPR-82 for the Midland Plant were issued that these activities for areas supporting Category I structures and components would not be implemented in accordance with either 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B or CPC's own quality assurance progran, that knowledge would

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. a O - have warranted the Commission to refuse to grant the original construc-tion ~ permits. In this connection, Appendix B requires applicants and licensees to establish.'and properly execute a quality assurance program.

Proper execution or implenentation of quality assurance is a cornerstone of any finding' by the Commission of reasonable assurance that a proposed -

facility can be constructed and operated without undue risk to the health

-and safety of the public.

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Q O DARL S. HOOD

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I am a Senior Project Manager in the Division'of Licensing, Office of

.. Nuclear Reactor Regulation. I am responsible for managing licensing activities by LtheLCommission with respect to Midland Plant, Units 1 and 2.

l'h' ave served in th'e position' of Project Manager with the .Cocnission since August.1976. This position provides for the managing of o radiological safety reviews 'of applications-for licenses and i authorization to construct or operate light water nuclear power plants. l

.As of' April 1980, the position also provides for the nanaging of the environnental, 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'5TN50-572), Catawaba

./ Nuclear Station, Units.1 and 2 (Dockets 50-413 and 50-414), and River - -

-t . 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 fluclear Power. Systems Division of Combustion Engineering, Inc.

(C-E) at Windsor, Connecticut. After liarch, 1973, I was Assistant Project fianager;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 systems, reactor core, and L 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 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

i. Safety Analysis Report 'to assure compatibility with C-E standard f reference design. Until fiarch, 1973, I was a Project Engineer in C-E's  ;

Safety and Licensing Departnent and was responsible for licensing of l

. nuclear power plants. I coordinated the preparation of the flillstone {

. Unit 2 PSAR and FSAR and the Calvert Cliffs Units 1 & 2 FSAR and- 1 L interfaced with.NRC, the utility, architect engineer and all C-E i- 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 2

Analysis Engineer in the Nuclear Safety Unit, Nuclear Division of the 11artin Marietta Corporation at Baltimore, Maryland. The purpose of this

. position wasuto 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,'tak.ing into account the dependence of' acceptable risk on the benefit.to be derived. f1y primar SNAP 29 (SystemsTfor Nuclear . Auxiliary Power)y assignment project. was with

-. My evaluations of:the 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. Inhalation dose was determined for radioactive t fallout from. the high-altitude release. 3 Detween February 1965'and August 1966 I was a Nuclear Quality Control Engineer within the. Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics.at Groton, Connecticut, sThe purpose of this position was to provide control of.

I quality, for naval reactor systems, components, and. shielding during the '

, construction or overhaul of submarines by this shipyard. My primary area ,

o -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, S5W 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, Alabama. I perfomed investigations of the nature and magnitude of the

,, nuclear radiation environment, shielding systems and' safety systems associated with proposed nuclear space vehicles for candidate space L missions.

Between November 1963 and college graduation in 1962, I held various l

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 l ordinance and special weapons within the Design Division of the Norfolk l Javal Shipyard,- Portsmouth, Virginia. l

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Carolina State University in 1962. I am a member of the Health Physics Society. -

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