IR 05000010/1974014
| ML19340A685 | |
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| Site: | Dresden  |
| Issue date: | 11/22/1974 |
| From: | Hayes D, Vandel T NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
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| ML19340A683 | List: |
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| 50-010-74-14, 50-10-74-14, NUDOCS 8009020615 | |
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Report of Construction Inspection
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RO Inspection Report No.
050-010/74-14 Licensee:
Commonwealth Edison Company Post Office Box 767 Chicago, Illinois 60690
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Dresden Unit 1 License-No. DPR-2 Morris, Illinois Category:
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Type of Licensee:
BWR (GE) - 200 Mwe Type of Inspection:
Special Nuclear Fuel Quality
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Assurance Program Followup
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Date of Inspection:
November 5, 1974 Date of Previous Inspection:
October 3, 1974
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Principal Inspector:
T. E. Vandel
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SUMMARY OF FINDINGS
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Enforcement Action
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Violations No violations of requirements were identified during the inspection.
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Safety Matters: No safety matters were identified.
Licensee Action on Previously Identified Enforcement Matters Not applicable.
Design Changes: Not applicable.
Unusual Occurrences: No unusual occurrences were identified.
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Other Significant Findings A.
Current Findings The inspector was informed that an employee has been added to the QA Division staff who will be assigned duties relative to nuclear
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fuel inspection activities. He presently is attending training schooling for nondestructive examination, and it is planned that he will attend QA program training sessions also.
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Unresolved Matters
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No new unresolved matters were identified as a result of this inspection.
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Status of Previously Reported Unresolved Matters
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Design Control Audits (R0 Inspection Report No. 050-010/74-07)
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The previous report established a lack of Commonwealth Edison Company (CE) audits of their fuel fabrication vendor's design control activities for both the General Electri'c Company (GE)
and the Westinghouse Electric Corporation (W). Audit reports were reviewed by the inspector which established that CE had audited the two vendors and had determined satisfactory perfor-
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mance by both.
(Report Details, Paragraph 1)
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Resolution of QA Problems (R0 Inspection Report No.
050-010/74-071 Previously reported difficultv in obtaining satisfactory resolution of pr'oblems, identified in surveillance trips, i
appears to be greatly improved.
(Report Details, Paragraph 2)
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Fuel Fabricator's QA Program Review (RO Inspection Report
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No. 050-010/74-07)
The CE reevaluation of t.ie fuel fabricator's current QA programs
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is now complete. The programs were determined to be acceptable.
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(Report Details, Paragraph 3)
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Procedures for F:.el Documentation and Control'(R0 Inspection No. 050-010/74-07)
Procedures covering review, approval, document handling, and procurement activities relative to nuclear fuel, both. initial core and reloads, had been developed and were in the comment stage. The procedures appear to be adequate.
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Management Interview
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The following persons attended the management interview held at the conclusion of the inspection.
Commonwealth Edison Company (CE)
W. J. Shewski, Manager of Quality Assurance C. Reed, Section Engineer, Station Nuclear Engineering Department J. C. Bukovski, Fuel Engineer
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L. W. Duchek, Nuclear Fuel Inspector J. J. Mcdonald, Quality Assurance Coordinator, Station Nuclear Engineering Department B. E. Hare, Quality Assurance Engineer B.
The unresolved items were discussed as follows:
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The inspector commented that LE has completed the design control audits of GE and }[ and that CE has determined that GE and }[ are responsive to Criterion III of Appendix B,10 CFR Part 50.
A licensee representative indicated that the GE audit is complete and acceptable and that only one item requires
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a response from }[ to complete their audit. This response is
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expected to be completed by November 20, 1974.
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The licensee indicated that resolution 9f previously identified problem areas with GE has been completed and that the slow GE problem resolution no longer is considered to be a problem area.
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The inspector stated that the reevalunt, ion of the }[ and GE QA program has been completed and appears to be satisfactory.
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The inspector stated that rough draft procedures, prepared by the Engineering Department and the Purchasing Department, were reviewed and that these procedures appear to be adequate. A
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licensee representative indicated that the procedures would be
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cosaments generated, as was discussed.
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REPORT DETAILS
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Persons Contacted
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The following individual, in addition to individuals listed under the Management Interview Section of this report, was contacted during this inspection.
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Commonwealth Edison Company (CE)
R. J. Martin, Manager - Fuels Department
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Results of Inspection 1.
Design Control Audits
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Audit reports were provided to the inspector that reported the results of the GE design control audit, conducted on August 26 and
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27, 1974, and the }[ design control audit, conducted on September 16-18, 1974. Both audits utilized the prescribed program checklist and, in addition a specially prepared checklist developed as a
result of the review of the respective QA program manuals.
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reports of inspection were preparcd in accordance with the CE QA manual procedure No. QA 7-3 and had been reviewed and approved, by the Quality Assurance Administrator as required.
In addition, copies of the report had been distributed both internally and to
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the company audited. Only one item remains to be resolved by }[ to
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complete the results of the audits.
No problem areas were identified by the inspector, and this matter is considered resolved.
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Resolution of QA Problems
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As a result of discussions with the CE representativ. and review of correspondence documents, the inspector was able to determine that
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GE has become more responsive to the CE identified concerns.
.has provided the necessary documentation, in a letter dated August 1, 1974, to establish the qualifications of the welder identified in
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the cited example in the previous report (R0 Inspection Report No.
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050-010/74-07).
The CE representative stated that they are satisfied with the improved responsiveness of GE in carrying out resolution
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of identified problem areas.
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This matter is considered to be resolved.
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Fuel Fabricator's QA Program Review
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CE has completed their review of the quality assurance program manual as provided by GE and }[.
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The GE manual review, completed on August 20, 1974, identified
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four separate concerns which GE agreed to correct and for which response of correction was provided by GE in writing on
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August 31, 1974. The GE program provisions were reviewed
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during a facility surveillance, reported on October 11, 1974, and were considered to be acceptable.
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The }[ manual (WCAP-7800, Revision 3) review has been completed, with one outstanding concern being identified in a letter to }[
on August 16, 1974. The facility. surveillance is scheduled to be performed in February 1975, prior to commencement of fuel fabrication activities.
This matter is considered to be resolved.
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Procedures for Fuel Documentation and Control
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A rough draft copy of Enginaering Procedure No. 4, cad a rough draft of a purchasing procedure, were reviewed.
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prescribe the requirements fort (1) handling the initial core and reload fuel procurement activit'.es, (2) the engineering and QA
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review and comments, and (3) the controls relative to contract awards.
The CE representatives attated that the final procedures would be written in the standard procedure format and that the procedures would include a provision for a follow-up control of
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comments provided as discussed during the inspection.
This matter is considered to be resolved.
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B0 Inspection Report No.
050-010/7414 Transmittal Date
November 27, 1974 Distribution:
Distribution:
RD Chief, FS&E3 RO Chief, FS&EB RO:HQ (5)
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