IR 05000010/1974002
| ML19340A723 | |
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| Site: | Dresden, Zion  |
| Issue date: | 04/01/1974 |
| From: | Hayes D, Vandel T NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
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| 50-010-74-02, 50-10-74-2, 50-237-74-01, 50-237-74-1, 50-249-74-01, 50-295-74-03, 50-304-74-03, NUDOCS 8009030735 | |
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U. S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION DIRECTORATE OF REGULATORY OPERATIONS
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REGION III
Report of Special Inspection Followup R0 Inspection Report No. 050-010/74-02*
RO Inspection Report No. 050-237/74-0l**
RO Inspection Report No. 050-249/74-0l***
RO Inspection Report No. 050-295/74-03****
RO Inspection Report No. 050-304/74-03****w Licensee:
Co...monwealth Edison Company P. O. Box 767 Chicago, Illinois 60690 Dresden Station Unit 1 License No. DPR-2, Category C *
Dresden Station Unit 2 License No. DPR-19, Category C**
Dresden Station Unit 3 License No. DPR-25, Category C***
Zion Station Unit 1 License No. DPR-39, Category B****
Zion Sts n Unit 2 License No. DPR-48, Category B*****
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Type of Inspection:
Special, Announced Nuclear Puel Procurement Quality Assurance Program Followup Dates of Inspection:
March 5, 6 and 11, 1974 Dates of Previous Inspection:
September 2,5s27, 1,973
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Principal Inspector:
T. E. Vandel
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Accompanying Inspector:
None Other Accompanying Personnel:
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Hayes (March 11, 1974)
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Reviewed By:
D. W. Hayes, Senior Reactor Inspector
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SU>CIARY OF FINDINGS
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_ Enforcement Action
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Violations No violations were identified during this inspection.
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Safety Matters
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Licensee Action on Previously Identified Enforcement Matters
During an inspection condu ted on September 25-27, 1973, relative to
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i the licensee's nuclear fuel procurement quality assurance program, several violations of AEC requirements were identified (R0 Inspection
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Reports No. 050-010/73-04, No. 050-237/73-04, No. 050-249/73-05,-
No. 050-295/73-26, and No. 050-304/73-18).
During the current inspection, the adequacy of the licensee's cor-
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rective action in regard to these violations, as identified in his letter of December 10,.1973, was reviewed.
The licensee's letter of j
December 10, 1973, was in response to the RO:III notice of violation
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letter dated November 21, 1973. Also reviewed was the licensce's current position in regard to the applicability of requirements of
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j 10 CPR Part 50, Appendix B, to nuclear fuel procurement, as discussed in the RO:III letter of January 24, 1974.
l The licensee's response to both of these matters was considered to be j
adequate.
Corrective action, in regard to the violations, was as
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outlined in the Commonwealth Edison Company (CE) letter of December 10, l
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Design Changes Not applicable.
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Unusual Occurrences No unucual occurrences were identified.
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Other Significant Find ings A.
Current Findings Procedure No. QP 10-2 was replaced by a new procedure, No. QP 7-3,
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subsequent to the inspection of September 25-27, 1973. The
original issue of Procedure QP 7-3, dated December 1,.1973, was issued as a part of the corrective action proposed by CE in their
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' letter of December 10, 1973. Additional modifications were incor-
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porated in Revision 1 of the procedure recently completed and
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approved on the date of the management interview (March 11, 1974).
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Unresolved Matters No unresolved matters were iaentified during the. inspection.
C... Status of Previousiv Reported Unresolved Matters
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None.
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Manacement Intervieu'
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The following persons attended the managenent interview held on March 11, 1974.
Commonwealth Edison Company (CE)
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W. J. Shewski, Manager of Quality Assurance E. J. Hemzy, Quality Assurance Administrator (Engineering and
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Construction L. W. Duchek, Nuclear Fuel Inspector
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Matters discussed and comments, on the part of CE personnel, were
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The inspector requested information as to the status of Procedure No QP 7-3, Revision 1.
The licensee representative supplied
the. inspector with an advance copy of Revision 1-that was. dated
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March 8, 1974, duly signed and approved by the QA canager.
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In response to questioning, the licensee's representative stated
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that the Corporate Quality Assurance Manual applied to CE's nuclear' fuels procurement program, as.well as for all other QA
activities relating to CE nuclear generating stations.
In regard.to nuclear fuel procurement, the licensee added that it i
was, and remains, CE's intent to meet the requirements of 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B.
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The inspector stated.that the purpose of the inspection was to
review adequacy of the corrective action outlined in the CE letter of-December 10, 1973, and that, in regard to this matter, he had no further questions.
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The inspector stated that a followup inspection of the nucicar
fuels procurement QA program may be conducted in the near future.
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The QA manager responded that CE veicomes -the AEC audits, as.
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it affords an opportunity to reach a common understanding of the i
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REPORT DETAILS
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Persons Contacted
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i In addition to the persons listed in the Management Interview Section
of this report, -the following person was contacted during the inspection:
Commonwealth Edison Company (CE)
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R. A. Wlodek, Quality Assurance Staff Engineer
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Results of Inspection
The. inspection results are outlined in the same format as was used in the previous report for presenting the violations.
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Criterion V - Instructions, Procedures, and Drawings a.
Procedure Does Not Include Requirements To:
(1) Provide for the assignments of qualified inspectors
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The CE response indicated that the Nucicar Fuel Inspector j
(NFI) utilized by CE is a qualified person.
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reviewed included a qualifications folder from the Quality
Assurance Administrator's (QAA) file which established that the NFI's qualifications include:
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(a) A B.S. Metallurgical Engineering Degree, Nuclear Option, from the University of Missouri at Rolla in 1970.
(b) Experience in nondestructive testing (NDT), welding, and nuclear fuels inspection since November 20, 1970.
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.(c) Training activity including:
(1) The General Electric Company-(GE) Appollo Training Session covering audits; (2) Safeguard Training Program at Argonne (Fundamentals of Nuclear Materials Control); (3) United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) session on fuel, claddings,
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and pellets problems and examinations; and (4) witnessing of audits conducted by others relative to Zion nuclear station fuel.
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(2) Prepare Documented Results of the Inspections Revision 1 of Procedure QP 7-3 nakes provisions in Section
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4.8 for documenting the inspections and includes a Form QP 7-3.1 cover sheet to be attached to the report. A l
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Revision 1 of Procedure QP 7-3 now requires that all
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inspection reports must be addressed to the QAA and,-in
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addition, distribution of the reports to management personnel is required. The QAA review must be documented
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The NFI stated that, rather
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than send the report to the vendor involved, the information is provided to the vendor in letter form. An example of resolution of a reported problem with GE, by letter correspondence, was reviewed by the inspector and found
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acceptable.
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(4) Reinspect Deficient Areas Revision 1 of Procedure QP 7-3 now provides, in Section 4.b, for followup action. The QAA performs an evaluation and-disposition of all items requiring followup activity, with
the directed activity to be completed and documented by the
NFI.
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(5) Prepare Insocction Plans or Checklists for Each
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Inspection or Inspection Type l
Reference is made throughout Procedure QP 7-3 to other
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procedures included in the manual such as:
(a) QP 4-2, which includes a checklist for evaluation of a contractor's QA program that is required to be used.
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(b) QP 18-1 and QP 18-2, which require utilization of inspection checklists and agenda.
Examples, of recent audits covering evaluation of contractor's QA programs
performed by the NFI of the nuclear fuel contractor's, j
included the utilization of the checklist provided by
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QP 4-2.
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A Schedule of Audits of Fuel Contractors Has Not Been Prepared A " Nuclear Fuel QA Surveillance Schedule" prepared on February
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19, 1974, was reviewed by the RO inspector.
This was a composite schedule of all three fuel suppliers and is based on information supplied by the fuel vendors pertaining to their production scheduling. The schedule, covering the year of 1974, identifies the purpose of each of the inspections and is relatabic to the vendor-supplied scheduling information.
In addition, a reloading schedule for all nuclear plants for 1973 through 1977 was avail-able to the NFI to allou for timely advance inspection planning.
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l Revision 1 of Procedure QP 7-3 now provides for (in Section
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4.7):
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(1) The development of an inspection agenda which is to be reviewed and approved by the QAA.
(2) Performance of surveillance activities which include entrance and exit meetings to identify the deficiencies and followup items involved.
(3) Closing out of items verified as being completed.
Ad-ditionally, as stated previously, the QAA is required to review the resulting inspection report and signoff on the cover sheet as having completed his review.
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Criterion IV - Procurement Document Control and Criterion VII -
Control of Purchased Material, Eculpment, and Services Review was made of the documentation identified in the CE letter of response, and it was determined correct that the specific criteria requirements had been examined.
It is now established as a procedure requirement that the
" Evaluation of Contractor's Quality Assurance Program" check sheet 'in Procedure QP 4-2) will be used which does require
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evaluation of each or the Appendix B criteria requirements.
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Criterion XVI - Corrective Action As was stated in Paragraph 1.c, above, Revision 1 of Procedure QP 7-3 provides requirements for the identification in reports and the submission of reports to management, of conditions adverse to quality and their corrective action.
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Criterion XVIII - Audits
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Two internal audits have been conducted, one on December 26, 1973, and one on February 26-28, 1974, 'a verify compliance with and to determine the effectiveness ci the quality assurance program relating to nuclear fuel.
The two aumits were surveillance inspections assessing the adequacy of audits performance by the NFI, and the indicated results were that the agenda preparation, the evaluation of Appendix B criteria involvement, the performance of the audit, and the conclusions of the inspection were justified and deemed satis factory. The NFI indicated that additional audits of the effectiveness of the QA program will be performed in the future.
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UNITED STATES l
ATOMIC ENERGY COMI.11SSION
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799 ROOSEVELT ROAD
ynypgogg GLEN CLLYN, ILLINOIS 6o137 (212) 855-2660 RO Inspection Report No. 050-010/74-02, No. 050-237/74-01, A.
RO Inspection Report No. 050-249/74-01, No. 050-295/74-03 and No. 050-304/74-03 Transmittal Date
Aoril 2. 1974 Distribution:
Distribution:
R0 Chief, FS&EB RO Chief, FS&EB RO:HQ (5)
RO:HQ (4)
DR Central Files L:D/D for Fuels & Materials Regulatory Standards (3)
DR Central Files Licensing (13)
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R0 Inquiry Report No.
Transmittal Date
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Distribution:
Distribution:
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R0 Chief, FS&EB RO Chief, FS&EB RO:HQ (5)
RO:HQ DR Central Files DR Central Files
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Regulatory Standards (3)
RO Files Licensing (13)
RO Files C.
Incident Notification From:
(Licensee & Docke,t No. (or License No.)
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Transmittal Date
Distribution:
Distribution:
RO Chief, FS&EB RO Chief, FS&E3 RO:HQ (4)
RO:HQ (4)
Licensing.(4).
L:D/D for Fuels & Materials
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DR Central Files DR Central Files RO Files RO Files
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