LONGENECKER & ASSOCIATES

EXPERIENCE SUMMARIES FOR KEY PERSONNEL

 

Stephen V. Fischetti

EXPERIENCE HIGHLIGHTS
Hanford Tank Farms, provided independent support to management assessment of the Tank Farms Unresolved Safety Question process. Support included developing the assessment plan and lines of inquiry/CRADs, performance of the assessment, and drafting the assessment report
Department of Energy, Office of River Protection (ORP), Nuclear Safety, Senior Consultant. Performed nuclear safety analyses, reviewed and evaluated technical specifications, design bases, and addressed USQ related issues. Prepared the DSA review plan, authored the PDSA and DSA DOE review and administration procedures. Responsibilities included technical and equipment evaluations, safety evaluation reports, procedures, interpretative evaluations, inspections, and evaluation of the new DSA. Evaluations included isokinetic sampling designs, two valve protection schemes, abandoned and sealed waste containing structure, flammable gas, tank bump, SDDs, and hydrogen controls. Served as contributing author for the Technical Evaluation Report Documenting the review of the Documented Safety Analysis (DSA).
Lead Consultant for the Safety Analysis Report Validation and establishment of a Safety Analysis Report Change Process at DC Cook Nuclear Plant
Responsible for system design and licensing design basis document preparation at San Onofre Generation Station Units 1, 2, and 3 for five years.
Cognizant Engineer for the Balance of Plant Systems at Rancho Seco Nuclear Plant.
More than 35 years of mechanical engineering experience in fossil and nuclear, industrial and utility power plant engineering and design.
More than 20 years of experience as a project manager and manager of mechanical engineering and design, product development and proposal organizations.
Extensive involvement in international industrial and utility projects.
Extensive field experience at nuclear and fossil plants as well as industrial facilities.
Independent Review Team Senior Technical Consultant for Tank Farm Contactor Authorization Basis.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Present     Longenecker & Associates, Inc

Providing technical consulting services to support the Hanford Tank Farms, and the Office of the Assistant Manager for Environment, Safety, Health and Quality, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of River Protection. Support involves review of documentation submitted by the Tank Farm Contractor, preparation of Safety Evaluation Reports, providing comments and inputs to assigned DOE personnel for potential action or resolution. Member of core Independent Review Team for the review of Tank Farm Contractor Documented Safety Analysis (DSA) and Technical Specification Requirements (TSR).

2001 - 2003     Independent Consultant

Provided consulting services to the Spent Nuclear Fuel Project involving Commercial Grade Item (CGI) Dedication of components and spares, preparation of Facility Modification Packages as well as preparation of USQ’s and other consulting services as requested by the client.

1999 – 2001     Owner Operator “That’s New Orleans, LLC” (Cajun Deli)

Mr. Fischetti purchased the Cajun Deli in Stevensville, Michigan in the fall of 1999 and continues in an ownership position. His partner now operates the deli in his absence. As an Owner-Operator Mr. Fischetti handled all the finances as well as sharing the cooking and counter duties. The Cajun Deli is a unigue take out establishment that also provides Catering for Business and Private Lunches, Dinners and Parties.

1995 - 1999     Independent Consultant

Mr Fischetti has provided his services to American Electric Power at the D.C. Cook Nuclear Power Plant through an EPRI sponsored Safety Analysis Report Revalidation Project. In this position he was assisting the client in defining the scope and processes for the project and validating both the Safety Analysis and Design basis of the assigned systems (Emergency Core Cooling, Residual Heat Removal, Compressed Air, etc.). He was also the lead Consultant for the Safety Analysis Report Change Request Process. Mr. Fischetti also provided his services in Non-Conformance Report Resolution and Root Cause Analysis groups.

He previously performed services for Northeast Utilities at the Millstone site in the 50.54(f) Recovery Oversight Group. In this position he assessed the various 50.54(f) efforts to insure that the procedures, process, and programs provided a product that would permit restart of the units.

Prior to Millstone he prepared various sections of a Fire Protection Design Basis Document for New York Power Authority’s Indian Point 3. He also performed fire protection surveillance reduction projects that identified extensive savings for Entergy’s, Davis Besse and South Carolina Electric and Gas, V. C Summer Nuclear Power Plants.

1994 - 1995    IBEX Engineering Services

Mr. Fischetti worked at New York Power Authority (NYPA) on Indian Point 3 (IP3) and James A. Fitzpatrick (JAF) Nuclear Power Plants dispositioning, resolving, and closing open items that resulted from preparation of the plants Fire Protection Design Basis Documents (DBD). He also prepared an assessment of the plant specific risk associated with NRC Generic Letter 93-06 "Research Results on Generic Safety Issue 106, 'Piping and the Use of Highly Combustible Gases in Vital Areas'" for IP3 and JAF Nuclear Power Plants. He also was involved in the preparation of over thirty hydraulic calculations for the fire protection system.

1990 - 1994     QES Inc. (Quadrex Energy Services)

For five years Mr. Fischetti was a Design Basis Documentation (DBD) Engineer at Southern California Edison, San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS). This project required establishing the present Licensing and Design Basis for various Safety Systems and ensuring that the Safety Analysis for each unit accurately reflected the Licensing and design basis.
During this time he prepared the engineering response to GL 89-13 for Units 1, 2, and 3, the DBD for Component Cooling Water System for Unit 1 and Unit 2/3, the DBD for Emergency Chilled Water System, Shutdown Cooling Water System, Containment Spray System, and Safety Injection System for Unit 2/3. In addition, he prepared the In Service Testing Topical report DBD for both the initial ten year period and the second ten year test period for Unit 2/3. In conjunction with the Inservice Testing he prepared a database containing over 3000 components which included the Functional Evaluation, Design Bases/Safety Analysis, Maximum Limiting Stroke Time (Valves), and Non-Quarterly Justification. This database was incorporated into SONGS Nuclear Consolidated Database.

1988 - 1990     QES, Inc. (Quadrex Energy Services)

Previously performed an assessment of the Engineering Assurance group at Davis-Besse. This assessment involved all activities of the group, including requisitions, procurement, spare parts, commercial grade dedications, procedures and modification packages. Managed and participated in an evaluation of all plant systems/procedures and documentation at Rancho Seco to provide input for the potential purchase of the plant. Special attention was given to the condition of all major systems and lay up plans to avoid deterioration if restart was accomplished. Mr. Fischetti was also the balance of plant (turbine island) cognizant engineer and Quadrex site manager at Rancho Seco Nuclear Power Plant. His responsibilities included preparation of design change packages and engineering studies for his assigned systems, disposition of Potential Deviations from Quality, responses to Engineering Action Requests, preparation of Design Basis Documents and maintenance and upgrade of configuration of assigned systems. He was also responsible for review and approval of substitute equipment and parts as well as maintenance of the MEL/Q-List for the assigned systems. He also provided support to operations and coordination with other disciplines and departments to improve reliability and operation of assigned systems. The assigned systems included main feedwater and condensate, main turbine and feed pump turbines, and various other systems.

1986 - 1988

Mr. Fischetti was the resident manager of the El Monte office, which provided extensive engineering services to Southern California Edison. As such, he acted as project manager and was responsible for technical work quality of various projects involving preparation of Design Change Packages including Bills of Material, evaluation and selection of qualified vendors, and quality classification of new components. As Manager of Western Operations, Mr. Fischetti was responsible for engineering work at the Campbell and El Monte offices.

1982 - 1986

For two years Mr. Fischetti was the Project Manager responsible for extensive engineering and quality assurance consulting at the Sunan and Daya Bay nuclear power plant projects. Mr. Fischetti arranged and performed the evaluation of the nuclear power plant engineering, design, equipment supply and construction bids. He participated in consulting and lead role in negotiations with the selected bidders and provided the early QA consulting to the Daya Bay project. The early QA consulting project involved assisting the client to establish a QA department, preparation of the QA program and procedures, indoctrination and training of personnel and initial implementation of quality assurance practices for the project in Europe, client headquarters, and at the site.

Prior to this work, Mr. Fischetti was manager of the Design Engineering Department, where his duties included project management of key projects and product development. During this period he was responsible for a variety of projects involving electrical, instrumentation and control, mechanical and structural projects.

1979 - 1982     General Electric Company, San Jose, CA

As manager of this start-up office, he established and implemented the quality assurance program, engineering and design procedures, document control, and hiring of personnel. This office provided nuclear engineering and design services, especially instrumentation and control projects, as well as industrial process, fossil power plant and cogeneration plant engineering services throughout the western United States.

1964 - 1979     General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY

Mr. Fischetti's initial position as a turbine application engineer involved the engineering interface and integration of the company's utility and industrial product departments, the client and architect engineer constructors. He then became a turbine project manager responsible for both fossil and nuclear units. During this period he was extensively involved in the introduction and integration of electro-hydraulic control systems, large fossil and nuclear units and the interface with NSSS vendors.

Mr. Fischetti's next assignments at the company involved a project manager duties and manager of various units of the project engineering operation. This operation provided architect engineering services for a wide variety of utility and industrial power plants and facilities. During this period Mr. Fischetti established the operations quality assurance program and implemented nuclear engineering and design services for various clients.

1963 - 1964     American Export Isbrandtsen Lines, New York, NY

Mr. Fischetti was an engineering watch officer responsible for the ship's power plant and engineering personnel on several large steam vessels.

EDUCATION

M.S., Industrial Engineering, Union University, Schenectady, New York

B.M.E. (Bachelor of Marine Engineering), State University of New York, Fort Schuyler, New York, New York

Third Assistant Engineers' License, Steam and Motor Vessels Oceans and Horsepower, Unlimited

 

 
   

 

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