IR 05000354/1981003
| ML19350C121 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Quad Cities, Hope Creek  |
| Issue date: | 02/25/1981 |
| From: | Bateman W, Reynolds S, Lester Tripp NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML19350C120 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-354-81-03, 50-354-81-3, 50-355-81-03, 50-355-81-3, NUDOCS 8103300528 | |
| Download: ML19350C121 (3) | |
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O U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
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OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT Region I
50-354/81-03 Report No. 50-355/81-03 50-354 Docket No. 50-355 CPPR-120 License No. CPPR-121 Priority Category A
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Licensee:
Public Service Electric and Gas Comoany 80 Park Plaza - 17C Newark. New Jersev 07101 Facility Name: Hope Creek Units 1 and 2 Meeting at: USNRC Region I Office, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania Meeting conducted:
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W. H. Bateman, Senior Resident Inspector
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%c/e-S. D. Reynolds, Jr., Reactor Inspector date signed date signed Approved by:
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L. E. Tripp, Chief, Engineering Support date signeo Section No. 1, RC&ES Branch Meetin_g Summary:
Meeting on February 5, 1981 (Report Nos. 50-354/81-03_and 50-355/81-031 Ar_eas Covered: This was an enforcement meeting to discuss the perfomance of a piping subcontractor and recent licensee responses to items of noncompliance.
Additional areas discussed in general terms included Systematic Assessment of Licensee Performance (SALP), team inspections, and regional reorganization.
Results:
The licensee had taken and was planning to take additional corrective action to improve the performance of the subcontractor. Additionally, the li-censee committed to be more comprehensive in their responses to items of non-compliance.
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DETAILS
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Personnel Atterding PflicServiceElectricana_ Gas _ Company (PSEAG)
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J. T. Boettger, General Manager, Quality Assurance A. E. Giardino, Project QA Engineer A. Nassman, Panager, QA Engineering and Construction A. C. Smith, Assistant Project Manager Bechtel Power Corporauon (Bechtel)
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D. M. Stover, Project Superintendent - Con'~
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G. Moulton, Project QA Engineer U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commi_ssion - Region i W. Bateman, Senior Resident Inspector, Hope Creek R. T. Carlson, Chief, Reactor Construction and Engineering Support Branch S. D. Reynolds, Jr., Reactor Inspector L. E. Tripp, Chief, Engineering Support Section No.1, RC&ES Branch 2.
Areas Discussed
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NRC reviewed the enforcement history pertaining to Schneider, Inc. (SI) and then expressed their concern regarding the past year's ineffective corrective action taken by the licensee to improve SI's performance.
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The licensee then reviewed the enforcement history and stated that the following actions have taken or will take place:
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Pittsburgh DesMoines Steel Corporation (prime contractor for
SI) has assigned a full time surveillance inspector to monitor SI's activitics; (2)
Pittsburgh DesMoines Steel Corporation (PDM) now has a piping specialist onsite to follow SI's activities;
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PDM has replaced the project manager.
The new project manager will monitor SI's performance; (4) SI has replaced the site QA manager; (5)
Bechtel QA has increased surveillance inspection of SI; (6)
Bechtel will start a QC surveillance inspection group to specifically monitor contractor and subcontractor performance
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(7) Bechtel will revise its QC manual to reflect the above changes; (8)
PDM,' based on an audit of SI, stopped SI work pending resolution of significant documentation problems discovered during the audit.
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NRC discussed enforcement options available to them should the licensee's corrective actions, as stated above, be ineffective.
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Licensee responses to items of noncompliance were discussed and the NRC explained that the licensee must make their responses more comprehensive, i.e., their responses should address the NRC concern on a project wide basis.
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The NRC briefly described recent activities in the areas of SALP, team inspections at construction sites, and regional reorganization.
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