IR 05000344/1989001

Ack Receipt of Informing NRC of Steps Taken to Correct Violations Noted in Insp Rept 50-344/89-01

ML20246B378
Person / Time
Site:	Trojan File:Portland General Electric icon.png
Issue date:	06/28/1989
From:	Mendonca M NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION V)
To:	Cockfield D PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.
References
NUDOCS 8907070312
Preceding documents:	ML20247M957 (23 May 1989)
Download: ML20246B378 (1)

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JUN 2 81939 Docket No. 50-344 Portland General Electric Company 121 S. W. Salmon Street Portland, Oregon. 97204 Attention: Mr.: David W. Cockfield

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Thank you for your letter dated June 22, 1989, in response to our Notice of Violation and Inspection Report No. 50-344/89-01, dated May 15, 1989,

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informing us of the steps you have taken to correct the items which we brough to your attention. Your corrective actions will be verified during a future inspectio .

Your cooperation with us is appreciate . .

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Project Inspector J. Zollicoffer M. Smith REGION V m MMendonca RZimmerman 6/T4/89 6/ /89

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June 22, 1989 Trojan Nuclear Plant Docket 50-344 License EPF-1 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Coarnission ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington DC 20555

Dear Sir:

Amendment to Portland General Electric Company's

- ,,(PGE) Earlier Reply to a Notice of Vioistion A 7,etter dated May 23, 1989 front Mr. R. P. Zimerman of Region V requested PGE to amand its earlier response to a Notice of Violation associated with Nuclear Regulatory Comission Inspection Report 50-344/89-01. The amended response was required to address the supervisor / management contribution to violation B.2 in the Notice of Violation. Attached is our amended response to Violation One of the actions PGE has taken to improve the perfo:tance of quality control observations is the addition of a contract instrumentation and control (I & C) technician to the quality control staff. Changes from the earlier response are shown by a vertical line in the right margi Sincerel [

Attachment c: VNr. John B. Martin Mr. William T. Dixon Regional Administrator, Region Y State of Oregon U.S. Nuclear Regulatory comission Department of Energy Mr. R. P. Zimmerman, Acting Director Mr. R. C. Barr Division of Reactor Safety and NRC Resident Inspector Projects, Region V Trojan Nuclear Plant U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission 121 SW Salmon Sveet. Pomard. Oregon 97204 O O A M % sf , i n~

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Liconse NPF-1 Attachsent Par 1 t.: 2 AMENDED REPLY TO VIOLATION ..

Violation Licensee Quality Inspection Procedure QIP 15, "QI observations of IEC Ca31bration Activitics", Revision 0, approved January 4, 1989, specifies, ;

in part, that the quality control inspector shall note whether work was l performed in accordance with approved instructions, procedures, and/or technical manuals to assure that plant procedures, werk package instruc-tions, and installation standards are followe i Contrary to the above, on February 2, 1989, a quality control inspector failed to note and document failures to follow approved procedures during the perfomance of channel functional testing of steam generator water level instrumentation per licensee procedure PICT-5- This is a severity Level IV violation (supplement I).

Amended Roolv Og_f.loistion PGE acknowledges the violatio . Reason for the violation: The reason for'this violation is personnel error. The quality ,

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control inspector failed to recognize the procedural non-  !

compliance because he had not adequately reviewed the PICT-5-2 ;

procedure ahead of time and did not have a copy of the procedure with him while observing the channel functional testing. The inrpector was notified of his assignment to perform the observa-tion only a few minutes before the testing was to begi Although management expectations had been conveyed to the quality control inspector, the expectations were not adequately incorpo-rated in the scheduling of PICT observations. Quality contrel

, observations of PICTs were not assigned to inspcetors far enough in advance to allow them to adequately prepare for the inspec- >

tion. This practice was inconsistent with management's expecta-tions of attention to detail, procedural compliance and personal accountabilit . Corrective Steps Taken and Results Achieved: An Instrumentation and Control (IEC) technician has been contracted by the Nuclear Quality Assurance Department to supply added technical knowledge / skills to assist the quality control inspectors to verify compliance to technical elements of PICT procedures. The I&C technician has been assigned two specific tasks as follows:

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$ (1) provide technical support to quality control. inspectors While performing pICT observations to better enable the inspector to verify procedure complianc ,,

(2) provide technical training to quality control inspectors on Why pICTs are perfomed, how Wy are perfomed and the ,

function of the associated circuitry and devices, Scheduling of PICT observations has been improved. Inspectors are now assigned to specific pICT observations in advance to allow adequate. preparation tim To emphasise the need to ensure that the approved procedums are followed, management expectations of W role of quality. control inspections in verifying procedural compliance were discussed with all inspectors. It was emphasised that verification of j procedural compliance requires that the inspector be familiar 1 with the procedure and have a copy with him during the observa- I tion. Selected PICT observations performed by quality control inspectors have been observed by management to ensure N t

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observations were performed in compliance with precedures and their expectation . Corrective Steps That Will be Taken to Avoid purther Violations:

a. . Electrical quality control inspectors will participate in the classroom training sessions of the I&C technician quarterly training program to improve the inspectors' knowledge of I&C activities. participation in this training is scheduled to begin in September 198 All electrical quality control inspectors will attend femal observation training by August 1, 198 . Date When pull Compliance Will be Achieved:

pull compliance has been achieve pK/mjs 3211W.0689 l