IR 05000445/1973001

Regulatory Operations Insp Repts 50-445/73-01 & 50-446/73-01 on 730215.No Unresolved Items or Enforcement Actions Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Organizations,Reactor Operator Insp, Operator Responsibilities & inspector-licensee Relationship

ML20212N861
Person / Time
Site:	Comanche Peak
Issue date:	03/01/1973
From:	Flora J, Madsen G NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
To:
Shared Package
ML20212N850	List: IA-87-119, Final Response to FOIA Request for Facility Insp Repts. Forwards App a Documents.App B & a Documents Available in PDR IR 05000445/1973001 IR 05000445/1975002 IR 05000445/1978006 ML20212N847 ML20212N909
References
FOIA-87-119 50-445-73-01, 50-445-73-1, 50-446-73-01, 50-446-73-1, NUDOCS 8703130187
Download: ML20212N861 (6)

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n U. S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION i REGION IV DIRECTORATE OF REGULATORY OPERATIONS

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Comanche Peak Electric Stations Units 18e 2

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Category A-1 Type of Licensee: Westinghouse,1150 Mwe (PWR)

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Type of Inspection: Announced, Initial Corporate Management Meeting i Date of Inspection: February 15, 1973 Date of Previous Inspection: None t

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.Sa 47A.l.i l Regulatory Operations Representatives:

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,I 2 d 4L.L,a a,hs G. L. Madsen, Chief, Reactor Construction and Date Operations Branch, RO:IV

Reviewed by:  !* bD T J. \ . Flora, Director, RO:IV Date l

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The following corporate officers and technical staff personnel were

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? J. L. Forbis, Vice President Design & Construction R. W. Caudle, Project Manager-Nuclear Plants J H. C. Schmidt, Manager-Quality Assurance

C. W. Garrard, Manager-F6el D. N. Chapman, Project Engineer - Site B

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l !. The Regulatory and RO organizations, and the DL-RO

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.I- A typical RO inspection, frequency of inspections, the infor-

'i mation needs of the inspector and the necessity for pertinent records to be readily availabl The RO inspection' responsibilities and methods of communicating with the licensee, with particular emphasis on the management interview at the conclusion of each inspectio ;

i The inspector-licensee relationship and the requirements for

.[ clear channels of communication The qualification requirements for the RO inspectors and the inspector's code of ethic The enforcement procedures avaiIable to RO, including civil penaltie !

The RO inspection reporting system and the introduction of

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l' The conclusion which the regulatory staff must reach before an operating license can be issued and the role of RO in

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The security requirements for nuclear power plants and the general implications upon the design of the facilit The nonradiological environmental matters and the

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reporting requirement c- The need for correlating vendor procurement and site Y: construction to the Safety Analysis Report, and the

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advantages associated with maintaining the Safety Analysis

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. defined by Appendix B,10 CFR 50. The following were

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[, was acknowledge c The presentation of examples and RO experiences in the l 9 inspection of site construction and component fabrication.

l The emphasis regulatory places on QA/QC records for obtaining objective evidence relative to the quality of the plant. The

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