Power Plant Management

Thomas A. Marlow

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Professional Experience

Director Safety and Licensing, TVA Browns Ferry Nuclear, Nov. 2010- April 2012

Directing overall daily line activities and longer term initiatives of the Performance Improvement section including Corrective Action Program, Self Assessment, Benchmarking, and Human Performance departments, Licensing, Emergency Preparedness, and Business Planning. Position has dotted line responsibility to Security Force, IT, and QA functions.

• Senior Executive Leader for interfacing with external organizations including the NRC residents and NRC inspections, INPO including assist visits, evaluations including Policy 14.

• Senior Executive Leader for producing industry responses INPO and NRC Fukushima Event

• Core member NRC 95003 Column IV Recovery Project including identifying findings, issues, problem development statements, fundamental problems. Analysis phase included root cause analysis, interim actions, and creating actions to prevent recurrence.

Entergy Director, Enexus Site Rep Indian Point Energy Center, Nov. 2008- Nov 2010

• Proposed Director and legal VP during start-up phase as new Owner’s Representative responsible for maintaining independent oversight of Indian Point Energy Center IPEC anticipated to be owned by Enexus and operated by Entergy Nuclear.

• Start-up duties included assembling operating agreements and procedures, business metrics and compensation, asset risk management, 5 year O&M and 15 year Capital budgets.

• Analyzed effectiveness and efficiency of IPEC in addressing asset issues performed in the pursuit of nuclear excellence while achieving maximum generation at the lowest reasonable cost.

• IPEC Lead for responding to NRC, FERC, and NY State PSC requests for information

• Analyzed IPEC systems and components, Engineering, Ageing management and License Renewal Programs, Maintenance, and Problem Identification and Resolution effectiveness

• Analyzed strategic asset and risk management elements including station reliability and vulnerability reviews critical spare parts, spent fuel pool capacity and fuel storage, plant up rate(s)

Entergy Leader, Site Transition Arkansas Nuclear One Plant March 2007 – Nov. 2008

Selected by the President Planning, Development and Oversight to direct all change management activities at ANO necessary to transform the site into the Entergy’s Fleet Alignment model.

• Executed the Nuclear Alignment Change Management Plan CMP which implemented and staffed the new Alignment organizational structure including training and communications.

• Oversee site Departmental and Individual CMP gap identification and actions to close gaps required by the Entergy Nuclear Operating System which defines the common policies, processes and procedures the Entergy fleet will follow to do business in support of its vision and strategy.

• Monitored and reported to executive management progress of site CMP via key metrics including leading indicators of declining plant performances and extensive self assessments.

• Supervised Resource Team employees and administered their deployment to key fleet projects, temporary assignments, and permanent positions.

Cont. Professional Experience Thomas Marlow

Nuclear Safety Assurance Director, Entergy Arkansas Nuclear One Plant, 2005- April 2007

Direct overall priorities and long-term initiatives of Site Emergency Preparedness, Licensing and Corrective Action and Assessment Functions.

• Results achieved include reduced age CRs, improved root causes and operability determinations, improved trending, improved EP organization, especially response to security threats, and improved NRC Regulatory performance.

• Championed reduction in the number of Substantially degraded items

• Senior Site Management Sponsor for CAP, effective Assessment, Safety Culture, EP

• Senior interface point with NRC at site, region, and headquarters, INPO, local and state officials

• Chairman Operations Safety Review Committee, Alternate Chairman Corrective Action Review

• Member PWR SRC, member PWR SRC Operations Subcommittee, LAR Subcommittee

• Perform responsibilities as Duty Plant Manager and EOF Director per roster

• As a member Site Lead Team contribute to daily station performance via POD, Daily Alignment Meeting, CRG, Operating Plan

• Perform special assignments request by VP/Plant General Manager including Major Projects and Refueling 2R18,W3 outage 2R13, Forced outages.

Plant General Manager, R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant, Ontario NY, 2004- Aug. 2005

Maintain oversight of Operations, Maintenance, Radiation Protection, Chemistry, Industrial Safety and Human Performance. As the first Plant Manager to assume responsibilities since the plant purchase by Constellation Energy, I sponsored several change management initiatives, including Human Performance Industrial Safety, and Organization Restructuring, Successes included a Ginna record outage of just over 21 days, at 30% reduction in outage duration, incremental cost less than 15 M. 1 OSHA.

Director, Nuclear Engineering Services, R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant (NES) 1995-2004

Directly responsible for all activities relating to design, system, program, component and procurement engineering, as well as site configuration support, computer systems, and nuclear safety and licensing provided leadership and oversight for a large number of projects, including the following.

• Reduction in workforce from 140 to 83 with a resulting labor savings of $40M over first 5 years

• Engineering Workforce Management System to reduce backlog from 3000 projects to under 500

• Reactor Vessel Baffle Bolt Replacement

• Steam Generator Replacement

• Life Cycle Management

• License Renewal

• Reactor Vessel Head Replacement

• 17% Power Uprate

During this time, I participated in several activities associated with the deregulations of the industry. Principal assignments included Ginna’s representative on the Northeast Energy Alliance (1995) and as the New York Nuclear Operating Company (NYNOC) Working Group Member (1996-1998). I performed as the Corporate Technical Lead, completing due diligence and evaluating our option to acquire Nine Mile 1 and 2. I participated as a lead bid evaluation team member on the sale RG & E’s 14% ownership share of Nine Mile 2 to Constellation Energy, and the 2004 sale of R.E. Ginna.

Cont. Professional Experience Thomas Marlow

Manager, Quality Performance R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant, June 93 – June 94

As Department Manager-Quality Performance I reported to Chief Nuclear Officer and SVP. During this developmental assignment I had responsibility for Quality Assurance, Quality Control, and NDE Materials Engineering.

• Revised Ginna Station’s Quality Assurance Program Submittal for Operations to Standard Review plan 17.3 format, allowing cultural change towards self-assessment.

• Directed efforts to replace QA Manual with Nuclear Directives.

• Directed development of Performance Based Audit Criteria and database to trend functional area results.

• Developed and implemented Quality Initiatives Program focused on elimination or transfer of traditional quality related activities to the line organization.

Superintendent, Production, R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant 6/94 – 6/95 & 6/91-6/93

I directed all activities relating to Plant Operations, Technical Engineering, Health Physics and Chemistry, Operational Assessment, and Plant Computer Systems.

• Budget responsibility of $ 13,500.000 per year

• Designed and developed organizational change that created System Engineering, and On-Site Design Engineering.

• Created and staffed Predictive Maintenance Group established to execute vibration, oil analysis, thermography, and motor programs.

• Complete analyses resulting in conversion to 18 month fuel cycle and replacement of S/G

• Supervised staff of 150 full-time personnel (400 personnel during outages)

• Project Manager for INPO Accreditation Renewal effort, which resulted from Ginna’s Maintenance, Chemistry and Health Physics Program, placed on probation (1992).

• Established operations Work Control Center.

• Directed development of Shift Supervisor Training Program.

Superintendent, Support Services, R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant Nov 88– June 91

As Superintendent-Support Services directed all activities relating to plant maintenance, steam generator reliability, modification, and fire protection programs.

• Budget responsibility of $ 18,0000.000 per year

• Supervised staff of 200 full time personnel (500 personnel during outages)

• Developed and successfully implemented a five year strategic plan for maintenance and modification engineering. Improved INPO and NRC ratings for performance as direct result.

• Designed and implemented life-cycle management and system engineer concepts into Reliability Centered Maintenance RCM program, into 3000 maintenance procedure upgrade project and into plant modification programs.

• Upgraded the work control system to accommodate configuration management, post maintenance testing, performance indicators, and productivity management requirements in addition to routine work control functions.

• Applied an operating infrastructure concept as an organization diagnostic. Restructured organization and devised a conduct of maintenance implementation plans based on results. NRC gave highest possible marks to accomplishments.

Cont. Professional Experience Thomas Marlow

Manager, Nuclear Maintenance, R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant Oct 85– Nov 88

As Manager –Nuclear Maintenance, directed all activities of mechanical, electrical, and I & C field personnel; maintenance planners and engineers and steam generator special project personnel.

• Budget responsibility of $ 10,000,000 per year

• Supervised staff of 100 full-time personnel plus 25 contractors (500 personnel during outages)

• Directed the design and implementation of the Maintenance Improvement Program

• Implemented centralized planning and technical support capability

• Developed 20 new staff positions, directed staffing efforts to reorganize, retrain, and augment existing staff for efficient transition to new planning and reliability structure and processes.

• Prepared, submitted, and presented the RG & E proposal selected by EPRI as one of two host utilities for a large scale Reliability Centered Maintenance Project

• Directed first of a kind Steam Generator Activities, including use of welded sleeves, removable rolled up plugs, and repair of explosive plugs, all utilizing remote manipulators.

• Efforts during this period contribute directly to three year average plant availability of 88%, plant forced outage rate less than 2%, a 330 day continuous operating record run, and improved NRC SALP ratings.

Plant Engineering and Outage Management, R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant Jun 74– Oct 85

As Plant Engineer, I provided technical direction for a variety of projects such as the steam generator reliability project, and upgraded maintenance and outage planning and schedule projects.

• Directed steam generator tube rupture recovery and reliability improvement programs 1982 -1985

• Developed and integrated Westinghouse Owners Group emergency operating guidelines into the Ginna Station site specific emergency operation procedures set.

• Provided operational and technical input for execution of plant activities in operations, maintenance, and engineering including TMI NUREG 0737 required modifications.

• Supervised unit outage planning and scheduling group as an Assistant Outage Manager (1978-1982). Management responsibilities included scheduling, planning milestones, defining objectives, assembling critical paths for refueling and maintenance outage, and controlling outage schedules.

Education

M.B.A Management, Rochester Institute of Technology, 1982, with high honors

B.S, Electrical Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology, 1977 with honors

A.A.S, Applied science, Rochester Institute of Technology, 1974

Licenses/Course/Programs

Senior Reactor Operator License Number 3371, R.E. Ginna NPP, Docket No, 50-244, 1978

INPO Senior Nuclear Plant Management Course, 1992

University of Michigan Public Utility Executive Program, 1994

Professional Engineer, NY License No. 079976, 2002

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