IR 05000313/1989016
| ML20245C793 | |
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| Site: | Arkansas Nuclear  |
| Issue date: | 04/17/1989 |
| From: | Barnes I, Mcneill W NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
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| ML20245C781 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-313-89-16, 50-368-89-16, NUDOCS 8904270389 | |
| Download: ML20245C793 (7) | |
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APPENDIX B
.U.S. NUCLEAt REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION IV
NRC Inspection Report:
50-313/8!l-16 Operating Licenses:
DPR-51 50-368/81-16 NPF-6 Dockets: 50-313 50-368 Licensee: Arkansas Power & Light Company (AP&L)
P.O. Box 551 Little Rock, Arkansas 72203 Facility Name: Arkansas Nuclei.r One (ANO), Units 1 and 2 Inspection At: ANO,.Russellville, Arkansas Inspection Conducted: March 27-31, 1989 fN )l
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i W. M. McNeill, Reactor Inspector, Materials Date
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r I. Barnes, Otief, Materials and Quality Date Programs Sf:ction, Division of Reactor Safety Inspection Summary Inspection Conducted March 27-31, 1989 (Report 50-313/89-16; 50-368/89-16)
Areas Inspected: Routine, unannounced inspection involving action on previously identified insp1ction findings and licensee's self-assessment capabilities.
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-2-Results: The operations assessment group (OAG) reviews of external operating experiences were found to be effective and well documented with only a few minor exceptions.
During review of the actions taken on NRC Information Notice 88-81, one ' apparent violation was noted (paragraph 3) in regard to the practices used.for procurement of Okonite. tape.
In later procurement, the purchase orders did not impose 10 CFR Part 21 despite including requirements that would classify the item as a basic component.
In earlier procurement, the tape was procured as a commercial grade item without imposition of any requirements that would provide traceability to batches that had been subjected to environmental qualification type testing. An unresolved item was also identified (paragraph 3) in regard to justification' of acceptability of installations utilizing this tape.
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DETAILS 1..
-Persons' Contacted AP&L'
- C, G. Anderson,"In-house Events Analysis Supervisor M. M..Azami, Lead Engineer T. J. Bartholomew, Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer W. M. Butzlaff, QA Engineering Supervisor
- R. L. Bata, QA Engineer
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- R. D. Beckham, QA Engineer
- W. E. Converse, Operations Assessment Superintendent C. Daniel,-Storekeeper
- E. C. Ewing, General Manager, Plant Support
- R. J.. Fletcher, Plant Engineering Technician
- D. A. ' Graham.. Quality Engineering Supervisor
- H. T. Green, QA Superintendent.
- J. S. Grisham, Plant Administration Manager
- R. A. Jensen,' Operations Assessment Engineer
- R.. D. Lane, ANO Engineering Manager
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- D. B. Lomax, Plant Licensing Supervisor
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- P. L. Michalk, Plant Licensing Engineer
- C..N. Shively,' Plant' Engineering Superintendent S. Strasner, QA Engineer.
'*B. E. Williams, Plant Engineering Supervisor NRC Personne1' Contacted W. D. Johnso'n, Senior Resident Inspector
~*R. C. Haag, Resident Inspector
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- Denotes those persons that attended the exit meeting on March 31, 1989.
In addition, the NRC inspector contacted other members of the licensee's staff..
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Followup of Previous Inspection Findings (92702)
(Closed) Violation 313/8826-03; 368/8826-03:
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procedure for performing QA receiving inspection functions.
A procedure for receiving inspection has been issued. The violation occurred because of inadvertent deletion of an existing procedure during realignment of QA and QC functions by AP&L. A review was performed to verify that no other QA/QC procedures were omitted at the time of the~ realignment. The NRC inspector verified the above actions..This item is closed.
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(Closed)' Violation 313/8826-04; 368/8826-04: The failure to maintain records of an auditor's qualification.
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The NRC inspector reviewed the 1988 and 1989 audit files and verified that qualification records were on file or maintained by Middle South Utilities System for all auditors. A file memorandum documented the Middle South Utilities System, System Services, Inc. (SSI) records for those audits where SSI personnel were used. This item is closed.
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Licensee Self-Assessment Capabilities (40500)
The objective of this inspection v.as to complete a review of licensee self-assessment programs that was initiated in NRC Inspection Report 50-313/88-37; 50-368/88-37.
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During this inspection, an assessment was performed of the effectiveness of the OAG in their review of external operating experience reports with respect to identification of concerns and followup to resolution.
The NRC inspector reviewed the implementing Procedure No. 1000.29 and found that 0AG was to review such external operating event reports as:
Institute of Nuclear Power (INPO) reports such as:
Significant Event Reports (SERs)
Significant Operating Experience Reports (50ERs)
Significant By Others Notifications (S0s)
Operations and Maintenance Reminders (0&MRs)
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Significant Event Notifications NRC Information Notices
Nuclear Steam Supplier and Vendor Reports Reviews were documented on a Plant Impact Evaluation (PIE) form by a staff of six shift technical advisors for each unit. The OAG activities had been reviewed by INP0 in November 1988, by an in-depth review of the PIE associated with SOER 88-02. Two technical recommendations were made by INP0 in regard to that review, The NRC inspector reviewed a sample of PIES associated with seven INP0 SERs, five NRC Information Notices, and two other reports.
The NRC inspector found the reviews to be well documented, technically sound, and followup satisfactory with the exceptions noted below. The timeliness of reviews appeared to be satisfactory.
i Observations by the NRC inspector were as follows:
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-5-PIES 88-93, -104, and -161 did not exhibit the thoroughness,
format or detail of others.
PIE 88-93 on emergency diesel generators (EDGs) recommended that the lube oil system for Unit 1 EDGs be upgraded in accordance with recommendations. The recommendation was answered by plant engineering with the note that the lube oil system was already upgraded. PIE 88 104 on ground faults did not follow the point-by-point discussion format of the other PIES. PIE 88-161 on General Electric Magna Blast circuit breakers failed to include the number of the Condition Report (CR) which documented the problem in questien.
Recommended actions in regard to training associated with
PIES88-104 Ond -120 were not logged in the " Corrective Action Tracking Log."
Two recommended actions associated with PIE 88-85 on control rod
worth were as much as 3 months overdue.
There appeared to be some tracking errors in regard to followup.
- The files were missing the Training Evaluation-Action Request (TEAR) in regard to maintenance personnel training associated with PIE 88-82. The files were missing the TEAR, in regard to Unit 1 operator training, associated with PIE 88-92.
A note on the transmittal of PIE 88-93 identified that the recommendations on Unit 2 EDGs were not going to be tracked and followed. The above NRC inspector observations were discussed with licensee personnel.
In review of the actions taken, in regard to NRC Notice 88-81,
the NRC inspector noted that the licensee used Okonite tape.
Additional review was performed by the NRC inspector of AP&L's procurement practices for Okonite tape. The NRC inspector found that AP&L had placed seven purchase orders (P0s) with Okonite.
The most recent P0s(i.e., 171006, 180606, and 1897102) identified that "10 CFR Part 21 did not apply" and also included, in the technical requirements of the P0s, design and specification requirements that were unique to nuclear facilities. The technical requirements stated that the tape was to "be equivalent to the item tested per Okonite Report No. NQRN-3, Revisio 3,
which qualifies the item for nuclear service both inside and outside containment per IEEE 383-1974 and IEEE 323-1974."
Inclusion of these requirements makes this item a basic component, as defined by 10 CFR Part 21, and for which the provisions of 10 CFR Part 21 are required to be specified as being applicable in the P0. This was identified as one example of an apparent violation (313/8916-01; 368/8916-01).
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The earlier P0s for Okonite tape (i.e., 22223, 19083, and 05792)
identified that the tape was to be commercial grade, with no tech-nical requirements, and that there were "no documentation require-ments." The NRC inspector found that materials from PO 22223, dated November 1984, were used from November 1984 to April 1985 in the following examples of equipment qualification (EQ) applications:
Job Order Part Number 76283J P36C 76282 P36A
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76284 P35A 84211 2UVCIC 521498 2VSF-031B The NRC inspector found that materials from P0 29083 dated March 1985, were used from April 1985 to March 1986 in the following examples of EQ applications:
Job Order Part Number 84284 2VSFM31B 710286 VUC-7C The NRC inspector found that materials from P0 05792, dated November 1986, were used from December 1986 to September 1987 in the following examples of EQ applications:
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Job Order Part Number 719661 2VUC-1E 527709 CV1414 716670 CV1272 739562 P36C AP&L personnel informed the NRC inspector that the material, in both early and later procurement, was commercial grade and dedicated by AP&L. Dedication was detailed to be: verification of the part number, no shipping damage, shelf life not expired, and the receipt of a certification (in later procurement only).
Paragraph 5.2.2 of the " Guidelines for Evaluating Environmental Qualification of Class IE Electrical Equipment in Operating Reactors," November 1979 (00R Guidelines) requires that materials used be traceable to the type tested. Procurement of commercial grade tape, without imposition of appropriate technical requirements to assure material characteristics were the same as batches subjected to EQ type testing, does not provide a basis for establishing such traceability.
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April 14,:1989,1with-J. Callan, Director of Division of Reactor-Projects was-requested to review the above P0s-to justify accepta-
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.bility.of installations utilizing this tape. This subject.is an
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unresolved item pending completion of licensee review'and NRC.
followup (313/8916-02;.368/8916-02).
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'During this. inspection the NRC. inspector.also had the opportunity to observe the QA subcommittee'of the SafetyLReview Comittee (SRC).
The NRC inspector. found a well~ organized meeting.
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third party assessment by Middle South' Utilities and overdue punch list. items,;i.e., audit findings's responses, were of particular
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Exit' Meeting An exit meeting was-held on March 31,'1989, with.those individuals denoted
.'in~Section-1 of.this report. At this' meeting, the scope of the' inspection-U and the finding ~s were: summarized. The NRC resident inspectors also attended. The licensee did not identify as' proprietary any of the information provided to, or reviewed by the NRC inspector.
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