IR 05000298/1979007
| ML19261E154 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Cooper  |
| Issue date: | 05/03/1979 |
| From: | Constable G, Gilbert L, Tomlinson D NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
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| ML19261E151 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-298-79-07, 50-298-79-7, NUDOCS 7907050195 | |
| Download: ML19261E154 (4) | |
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U. S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF IllSPECTIO!i AtlD ENFORCEMENT
REGION IV
Report No. 50-298/79-07 Docket No. 50-296 License No. DPR-46 Licensee:
Nebraska Public Power District P. O. Box 499 Columbus, Nebraska 68601 Facility Name: Cooper Nuclear Station Inspection At: Cooper Nuclear Station, Nemaha County, Nebraska Inspection Conducted: April 16-19,1979
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Inspectors:
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<.ngineering Support Inspection Reviewed By:
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_ I/3/79 G. L. Constable, Principal Reactor Inspector Date Reactor Operations & Nuclear Support Branch Approved By:
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Inspection Sumary Inspection on April 16-19,1979 (Report No. 50-298/79-07)
Areas Inspected _: Routine, unannounced inspection of inservice inspection activities.
The inspection involved forty (40) inspector-hours on-site by two (2) NRC inspectors.
Results:
In the area inspected, no items of noncompliance or deviations were noted.
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-2-DETAILS Persons Contacted Nebraska Public Power District
- L. C. Lessor, Station Superintendent P. V. Thomason, Assistant to the Station Superintendent P. J. Borer, Technical Assistant to the Station Superintendent P. F. Doan, Mechanical Engineer R. W. Seier, QA Supervisor General Electric Company R. C. Hooper, Field Engineer
- Present at the exit interview.
In addition to the above, the inspector interviewed other licensee and contractor personnel during the course of the inspection.
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Plant Status During the course cf this inspection, the plant was shutdown for refueling for cycle 4 operations.
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Inservice Inspection A.
Program Feview The IE i spectors reviewed the NPPD Inservice Inspection (ISI) Program i
for compliance with Technical Specification 4.6 and ASME B&PV Code Section XI,1974 Edition through Sunmer 1975 Addenda.
The following documents were included in the review:
(1) Quality Assurance Program for Operation Policy Documents, Rev. A (2) Quality Assurance Plan, Inservice Inspection, QAP-1500, Rev. 3 (3) Special Procedure 76-11, Rev. O, Inservice Inspection (4) Special Procedure 79-3, Rev. 0, Inservice Inspection (5) NPPD-CNS Inservice Inspection Ten Year Program, Final Draft, Rev. 1
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-3-The inspector noted that in Section 19 of the Ten Year ISI Program that a clarification was required for category B-J examinations.
T.',e schedule of welds to be insyeded for periods 2 and 3 did not designate which Augmented Inservice Inspection (AISI) examinations would be credited to the ISI program.
A change was issued to the Ten Year ISI Program for clarification which satisfies the require-ments of Section XI of the ASME B&PV Code.
The Inservice Inspection Special Procedure SP 76-11 and require-ments for document control for the ISI Ten Year Program were updated and i: sued as a new ISI Special Procedure 79-3.
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Review of Procedures The IL inspectors reviewed a sample of five tide procedures for approval and compliance with RG 1.58, AtlSI 45.2.6 and StiT-TC-l A.
The selection only included procedures for ultrasonic, liquid penetratant and visual examination es these were the inspection methods utilized during this outage.
Procedures reviewed were:
MIUP-S752, Rev. 1; MIUL-5752, Rev. 0; MIUD-S752, Rev. 0; IV4-S752, Rev. 0; and IP-5752, Rev. O.
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0_bservation of Work Activities Personnel qualifications and current vision examination records were reviewed for all on-site ISI inspectors along with the certification records for all ultrasonic equipment and liquid penetrant materials.
These certifications were checked against equipment and materials in use.
All on-site ISI personnel were qualified to a Level I or II in accordance with StiT-TC-1 A and a Level III was availablo by telephone if needed.
Calibration and inspecta o data sheets for the current outage were reviewed for both ultrasonic and liquid penetrant methods to assure compliance with ASME Code Section XI and the ISI Program as eccepted by the t1RC.
Calibration Data Sheets (CDS) #1001, #1008, and #2009 were checked against requirements and Evaluation Data Sheets (EDS)
- 1002, #1009, and #2010.
The IE inspectors witnessed the calibration and volumetric ultrasonic examination of pipe joints #PSA-CF-12 and aPSA-CF-3.
Inspection 0 and 450 as required anc post-examination was performed at 0 calibration checks were found to be within acceptable limits.
Indications noted during these examinations were explored, plotted and recorded.
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-4-The IE inspectors also witnessed the surface liquid penetrant examination of pipe joint #RSA-CF-3. Materials used were of the proper group and batch numbers as nated on the certificaticn sheets and inspection personnel performing the examination were qualified to the levels specified in SNT-TC-1 A.
No items of noncompliance or deviations were noted.
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Exit Interview The inspectors met with the Station Superintendent on April 19, 1979, and summarized the scope and findings of the inspection.
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