ENS Event | |
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12:00 Feb 17, 2015 | |
| Title | Quality Assurance Programmatic Issues |
| Event Description | 10 CFR 50.55(e) initial notification for a failure to comply with requirements of 10 CFR 50 Appendix B associated with AP1000 nuclear power plant construction by Chicago Bridge & Iron Company (CB&I) at the V.C. Summer Units 2 & 3 construction site.
This 50.55(e) initial notification addresses a failure to comply by CB&I, an agent of South Carolina Electric & Gas Company (SCE&G) for V.C. Summer Units 2 & 3, to meet the requirements of Appendix B, Criteria V and XV. It is concluded that Quality Assurance programmatic issues, as identified by CB&I Root Cause Analysis 2015-0539, could have produced a defect and this condition is reportable in accordance with 10 CFR 50.55(e)(3)(iii)(C). Root Cause Analysis 2015-0539 investigated the causes that lead to impingement of safety related reinforcing steel and the steel containment vessel during concrete core drilling operations within the Unit 2 containment structure. No defect has been identified. This condition is associated with NRC special inspection report number 05200027/2015-009. This notification closes the Interim Part 21 report submitted on April 16th, 2015, by CB&I. This 50.55(e) Initial Notification is being submitted pursuant to the requirements of 10 CFR 50.55(e)(3)(iii)(C). The licensee notified the NRC Resident Inspector. |
| Where | |
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Summer  South Carolina (NRC Region 2) | |
| Reporting | |
| 10 CFR 50.55(e) | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+2855.65 h118.985 days <br />16.998 weeks <br />3.912 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | James Salter 10:39 Jun 16, 2015 |
| NRC Officer: | Mark Abramovitz |
| Last Updated: | Jun 16, 2015 |
| 51158 - NRC Website
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Unit 2 | |
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| Reactor critical | Not Critical |
| Scram | No |
| Before | Under Construction (0 %) |
| After | Under Construction (0 %) |
Unit 3 | |
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| Reactor critical | Not Critical |
| Scram | No |
| Before | Under Construction (0 %) |
| After | Under Construction (0 %) |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 511582015-02-17T12:00:00017 February 2015 12:00:00
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