TESTIMONY BEFORE SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT OF HOUSE INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS COMMITTEE BY JOHN G. HERBEIN VICE PRESIDENT-GENERATION METROPOLITAN EDISON COMPANY My name is John G. Herbein. I am Vice President-Generation for Metropolitan Edison Company. In my testimony I shall first describe the Generation Department of Met-Ed and the Three Mile Island organization as it existed at the time of the accident at TMI-2 on March 28, 1979. In the descriptions of these organizations I will point out various areas of responsibility. Additionally, I will describe in some detail cognizant committees that have been established to provide an independent assessment of safety related activities, as well as other aspects of TMI's organization required by NRC licensing. Finally, I will describe the training functions for licensed operators at Three Mile Island. METROPOLITAN EDISON COMPANY ORGANIZATION As Met-Ed Vice President-Generation, I am responsible for the operation, maintenance, administration, quality assurance, and related technical engineering support activities associated with the generating stations owned and operated by Met-Ed. The stations Met-Ed operates include one two-unit nuclear station, two multi-unit coal-fired stations, one hydro-electric station, and fourteen combustion turbines which have a total capacity of 2576 MW. In addition, Met-Ed is a partial owner of a coal-fired station operated by Penelec. Reporting to me as Vice President-Generation are six managers. Their areas of responsibility are Generation Operations, Generation Maintenance, Generation Quality Assurance, Generation Administration, Generation Engineering and Generating Station Nuclear. Specifically, their responsibilities are: Manager-Generation Operations The Manager-Generation Operations is responsible for the centralized control of fossil generating stations. In addition, he is also responsible for operation related nuclear and fossil fuel activities, plant computer functions, and overall station thermal performance. He carries out these responsibilities through personnel assigned to the stations and a corporate staff. Manager-Generation Maintenance The Manager-Generation Maintenance is responsible for scheduling and coordinating all major outages at Met-Ed's fossil and hydro generating stations, including the scheduling of boiler and turbine overhauls, and the accomplishment of preventive and corrective maintenance during overhauls. Additionally, he coordinates and schedules the turbine overhauls at the nuclear units. A turbine boiler specialist assigned to the Manager-Generation Maintenance is available for trouble-shooting boiler and turbine related maintenance problems. The Manager-Generation Maintenance is also responsible for implementing the welding program at the generating stations. Manager-Generation Quality Assurance The detailed development, direction, and overall coordination of the operational quality assurance plans for both nuclear and fossil stations are the responsibility of the Manager-Generation Quality Assurance. He has the authority and organizational freedom to identify quality problems and assure implementation of proper corrective actions. He carries out these responsibilities through his quality assurance and quality control staffs at the corporate offices and at the station sites. In addition, he is responsible for licensing and regulatory affairs, generation technical training, and the nuclear generating station security program. Manager-Generation Administration The Manager-Generation Administration is responsible for office administration, personnel, budgets and reports, and the development of the Met-Ed expenditure control system within the Generation Division. Included in these responsibilities is the maintenance of files and other documentation of station activities. Manager-Generation Engineering The detailed development, direction, and overall coordination of engineering activities for generating stations is the responsibility of the ManagerGeneration Engineering. His staff operates in four functional areas: major construction projects associated with existing generating stations, mechanical and systems engineering, electrical and control engineering, and radiation safety and environmental engineering. Specific responsibilities include the control of station modifications, procurement potentially affecting quality, control of the preparation of specifications and drawings for repairs and modifications, evaluations of contractor's and vendor's capability, and review of nuclear station activities required by the respective Unit ́s Technical Specifications. Manager-Generating Station Nuclear The operational control of Met-Ed's nuclear generating station is the responsibility of the Manager-Generating Station-Nuclear. He is responsible for assuring that the station is operated and maintained in accordance with the requirements of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission License and the TMI Operational Quality Assurance Plan. He sees that station administation, operation, testing, repair, maintenance, refueling, health physics, environmental, and emergency operations are carried out in accordance with written, |