IA-85-595, Partial Response to FOIA Request for Documents Re Kansas Gas & Electric Corrective Action Rept 7.Documents Listed on App a Available in Pdr.Search for & Review of Documents Subj to Request Continuing

Partial Response to FOIA Request for Documents Re Kansas Gas & Electric Corrective Action Rept 7.Documents Listed on App a Available in Pdr.Search for & Review of Documents Subj to Request Continuing

ML20141N288
Person / Time
Site:	Wolf Creek
Issue date:	01/10/1986
From:	Grimsley D NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION (ADM)
To:	Stephens S NUCLEAR AWARENESS NETWORK
References
FOIA-85-595 NUDOCS 8603060048
Download: ML20141N288 (2)

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Ms. Stevi Stephens Nuclear Awareness Network 1347} Massachusetts IN RESPONSE REFER Lawrence, KS 66044 TO F01A-85-595

Dear Ms. Stephens:

This is in partial response to your letter dated August 20, 1985, in which you requested, pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), documents relating to Kansas Gas and Electric's Corrective Action Report #7.

The two documents identified on enclosed Appendix A are subject to your I i request and are already available in the NRC Public Document Room located at 1717 H Street, NW, Washington, DC 20555. We have indicated the file location beside each document description. l

) The search for and review of documents that are subject to your request are continuing. We will notify you upon completion of the search and review.

) Sincerely, Am& M9 -

Donnie H. Grimsley, Director Division of Rules and Records Office of Administration

Enclosure:

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.e APPENDIX A FOIA 85-595 Documents in PDR Accession No.

1. 11/25/80 Ltr Koester to Seidic, subject: " Work IIold 8105280038 Agreement No. 13" (4pgs)

2. 12/16/80 Ltr. Kocater to Seidic, subject: " Work lloid 8103200640 Agreement No. 13" (6pgs) e

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Docket: STN 50-482/85-10 g

Kansas Gas and Electric Company ATTN: Glenn L. Koester JkN[

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P. O. Box 208 Wii.hita, Kansas 67201 Gentlemen:

This refers to the inspection conducted by R. G. Taylor and other personnel of this of fice during the period Jaruary 15-25, 1985, of activities authorized by NRC Construction Permit CPPR-147 for the Wolf Creek Generating Station, and to the discussion of our findings with Mr. R. M. Grant, and other members of your staff at the conclusion of the inspection.

Areas examined during the inspection included followup on previous inspection findings, IE Bulletins, construction deficiency reports, and selected concerns reported by your construction self assessment team. Within these areas, the l

inspection consisted of selective examination of procedures and representative l

records, interviews with personnel, and observations by the inspectors. These findings are documented in the enclosed inspection report.

Within the scope of the inspection, no violations or deviations were identified.

Should you have any questions concerning this inspection, we will be pleased to discuss them with you.

Sincerely.

Original Signed By:

Richard P. Denise R. P. Denise, Director Wolf Creek Task Force o

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p 1 i- CSA concerns examined and constitutes approximately 50 percent of the total number of concerns.

Concern No. Concern No. Concern No. Concern No.

2 29 76 122 3 30 77 127 4 31 78 129 5 32 79 130 6 35 81 131 7 36 84 132 8 37 .

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22 51 103 146 23 52 104 147 24 59 107 148 25 60 108 149 26 67 111 153 27 68 112 154

< 28 69 113 155 Each of the examined concerns were found to have been closed to the satisfaction of the CSA team and that closures were comensurate with the original concern.

No violations or deviations were identified in this area of the inspection.

6. Pipe System Cleanliness (Internal) ,

Ouring a review of KG&E's NCRs and CARS, the NRC inspectors noted apparent  :

recurrences of deficient conditions with respect to pipe cleanliness requirements. It was determined that these deficient conditions had been identified in numerous surveillance reports, NCRs, and CARS since as early i

as 1979, and on two occasions (June and November 1980), stop work orders l

were issued due to the apparent ineffectiveness of various corrective actions. '

CAR No. 7 was initiated on November 20, 1980, because " specification requirements for piping cleanliness are not being met. Corrective Action Report No. 6 did not result in actions which maintained the required l

levels of piping cleanliness." The biggest concerns related to foreign

! object contamination; i.e. , nuts, bolts, Q-tips, chips, etc. , and the use of Dissolvo welding tape, a high halogen content tape used for holding in place welding purge dams on austenitic stainless steel piping. The i foreign object contamination could be removed during the normal pipe

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system flushes; however, it was determined Prior that the 1, to July tape or its 1980, residue Dissolvo could not be removed in this fashion.

tape was used to form purge dams in stainless steel piping without documentation verifying its removal. Between July 1, 1980, and March 18, 1981, (when a SNUPPS directive was issued to cease the use of Dissolvo welding tape), the use of the tape and its removal was documented.

A program was initiated to identify all In addition stainless tosteel piping reviewing systems in documentation which the tape may have been used.

' showing where Dissolvo tape had been used, a visual inspection was undertaken for all other stainless steel piping in which the tape may have been used. KG&E, in correspondence to DIC dated April 30 and July 13, 1982, directed that where the presence of tape is identified, special cleaning The correspondence including hydrolase cleaning would be performed.

further directed that a minimum hydrolase pressure of 5000 psi be used and that a pipe cleanliness monitor and Level II QC inspector coordinate, witness, and document the inspection and cleaning.

This inspection and cleaning activity, in conjunction with generic flushes (removal of construction contamination from the systems by velocity' flushing) and proof flushes (verification of both chemical and particulate 27, 1984.

cleanliness) became the basis for closing CAR No. 7 on November In order to assess the validity of the basis for closing out CAR No. 7, the NRC inspectors reviewed water quality data sheets showing The data results sheets of the chemical analyses performed during proof flushes.

from 81 sections of 8 piping systems showed that the halide content (chlorides and fluorides) was much less than the maximum permissible Therefore, the amount and the overall water chemistry is acceptable.

basis for closing CAR No. 7 appears to be proper.

7. Exit Interview An exit interview was held on January 25, 1985, with personnel noted in paragraph 1 to discuss the scope of the inspection and the findings therefrom.

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