IR 05000255/1981011
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| Site: | Palisades  |
| Issue date: | 07/07/1981 |
| From: | Baker K, Schulz R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
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| 50-255-81-11, NUDOCS 8107210265 | |
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U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT
REGION III
Report No. 50-255/81-11 Docket No. 50-255 Licensee:
Consumers Power Company 212 West Michigan Avenue Jackson, MI 49201 Facility Name:
Palisades Nuclear Generating Plant Inspe~tion At:
Covert, MI Inspection Conducted:
June 10-11, 1981 Inspector:
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R. D. Sch-dlz Approved By: ~ief Management Program Section Inspection Summary:
License No. DPR-20 Inspection on June 10-11, 1981 (Report No. 50-255/81-11)
Areas Inspected:
Announced followup inspection of the licensee's Quality Assurance Program in the areas of corrective action taken and the results achieved, corrective action taken to avoid further noncompliance, and the date when full compliance will be achieved concerning items of noncompliance identified in Report No. 50-255/80-1 The inspection involved a total of 13 inspector-hours onsite by one NRC inspecto Results:
No items of noncompliance with NRC requirements were identified during the course of this inspection.
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DETAILS Persons Contacted
- R. W. Montross, Plant General Manager
- R. E. McCaleb, Quality Assurance Supervisor
- J. J. Fremeau, General QA-NO
- J. Corley, General Supervisor, QA-Operations
- G. C. Cheeseman, Quality Control Superviso ;';J. S. Rang, Operations/Maintenance Superintendent
- G. Petitjean, Technical Engineer
- ';J. McVay, Administrative Supervisor
The inspector also interviewed other licensee employees including engineering and* administrative personne *Denotes those present during the exit intervie.
Licensee Action on Previous Inspection Findings (Report No. 50-265/80-20) (Closed) Noncompliance Item 1, Procurement:
All existing 1069 Authorization for Addition/Deletion of Redescription of Stock Items forms for Q - listed components have been reviewed to ensure the inclusion of the appropriate procurement statement The administrative supervisor has standardized the procurement documents concerning regulatory requirements and quality assurance program requirement Procurement document 'cont.rol measures appear to be adequat The requisition engineer has been re-instructed and is aware of the applicable requirements for the assurance of qualit Numerous recent purchase orders were reviewe These procurement documents referenced the appropriate QA and regulatory requirement (Open) Noncompliance Item 2, Receipt, Storage and Handling:
Formal training in procedure QCP-P-05 will be provided by November 1, 1981, as originally committed by the license The conditional release tag has been ~hanged and addresses the need to issue an NMR, QC personnel are now aware of the NMR requirement, and no cases could be found wherein material is in a conditional release status without an NMR having been generate This item can be' closed when the formal training in procedure QCP-P-05 is complete (Open) Noncompliance Item 3a, Records:
Completed active files have been submitted to the Document Control Center for processin The Document Control Center has been relocated and the microfilming process is underway, but attention to this area is needed to meet the licen~ee's commitment date of December 15, 1981 for the dupli-cation or microfilming of all 1979-1980 record Chapter 11 of the Administrative Procedures has not yet been revised to provide better guidance for record control and should include a time period
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for duplication or microfilming of completed record (Closed) Noncompliance Item 3b, Records:
A review of certifications Level I and Level II QC inspectors has been completed and the certi-fication of the Technical Superintendent has been revoke Procedure, QCP-P-08, Revision 1, has been written and was issued on April 6, 198 The procedure implements the requirements of ANSI N45.2.6 and contains statements concerning certification, duration o.f certifica-tion, evaluation of performance, physical requirements, and training requirements for specific job function (Closed) Noncompliance Item 4, Document Control:
Procedure EM-11-01, Revision 10, dated May 8, 1981, paragraph 5.3.5 specifies the PRC Secretary's responsibilities for collection of temporary changes and for bringing them to the meetin The PRC Secretary is performing this function and the control process appears to be adequat (Open) Noncompliance Item S, Document Control:
The controlled drawings which are not current with respect to red line changes now have a note referencing the drawings, to be used in the control room by the operato These referenced full size prints are up-to-date for red line change This temporary mechanism facilitates control until up-to-date half-size prints are provided in the control room on August 1, 198 (Open) Noncompliance Item 6a, Procurement:
Certification has been received and accepted on the sleeve shaft, P.O. 85378-Q, to 316 stainless stee A technical evaluation, by a Senior Engineer, has been completed concerning the "NUPRO" valves on P.O. 19144-It was determined that the 316 L-Low Carbon was acceptabl A techni-cal evaluation is in progress for plug valves, P.O. 42604-Q, to determine material acceptabilit This technical evaluation and the formal training of QC Department personnel need to be completed to close Item 6 (Open) Noncompliance Item 6b, Procurement:
All material received by Midco Pipe and Tube has been reviewed and accepted based on receipt inspection reports and original material certifications from the manufacture No material was received from I.T.T. Harpe Open purchase orders to Midco Pipe and Tube" have been cancelle Midco Pipe and Tube and I.T.T. Harper for specific products were not taken off the approved bidder's list until the week of June 8, 198 Due to distribution delays of the approved bidder's list additional measures are being instituted to preclude purchasing from Midco and only approved products from I.T.T. Harpe The effectiveness of these measures will be inspected in the near futur In order to close Item 6b, the QA Department Procedures need to be revised to provide adequate controls for the evaluation of suppliers and revision of the Approved Suppliers Lis \\J__
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(Open) Noncompliance Item 6c, Procurement:
The QA Department Pro-cedures, as stated in Item 6b, need to be revised to provide adequate controls for the evaluation of supplier The use of purchasing and nonconformance information, as well as agency approved bidder's lists and vendor surveillance inspections will be reviewed, as these criteria have not yet been analyzed for supplier contro The licensee has recommitted to issuing the procedures and implementing the evaluation of suppliers by September 1, 198 (Open) Noncompliance Item 7, Audits:
The audit program for 1981-1982 has been established and as of June 10, 1981, audits performed were on schedul This area will be inspected in the future for schedule compliance, qualification of auditors, and management involvemen This item will remain open until the 1981 audit schedule is complete (Closed) Noncompliance Item 9, Surveillance Testing and Calibration Control Program:
Procedure ME-12 has been revised for the specified accurac Tests for February, March, and April 1981 were reviewed and measurements were taken to the specified accuracy of 0.01 volts, utilizing appropriate measuring instrument (Open) Noncompliance Item 9, Test and Experiments Program:
Special Test Procedure, EM-14, dated February 4, 1981 has been issue Responsibilities are assigned for review of completed special test Results from a January 1981 audit of special test procedures are being utilized to resolve discrepancie However, surveillance tests and testing activities documentation packages are not being reviewed in sufficient depth to ensure recording and verification of test criteria, such as calibrated test gauge numbers, return of valves to their locked position, review signatures, and attached data sheet Technical Superintendent signatures were missing on several completed test documentation package This was discussed with the Plant Manager who stated that attentiveness to the details of the tests is required and will be emphasize Examples of omissions and errors were also identified by the resident inspectors in IE Inspection Report No. 50-255/81-0 The review mechanism will be closely observed by the resident inspectors and Item 9 will be closed by them when the licensee corrects the proble (Open) Noncompliance Item lOa, Corrective Action:
The criteria of when to write a deviation report is to be completed by August 1, 198 (Open) Noncompliance Item 100, Corrective Actions:
The criteria of when to write a deviation report is to be completed by August 1, 198 (Closed) Noncompliance Item lOc, Corrective Action:
An evaluator was assigned to D-QP-80-21 on November 26, 1980 and all five deviation reports have been reviewed and are complet Procedures are in existence for controlling deviation report,
- Exit Interview The inspector met with the licensee representatives (denoted in Paragraph 1) on June 11, 1981 and summarized the scope and findings of the inspection.
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