IR 05000458/1985059

Insp Rept 50-458/85-59 on 850819-23.Violation Noted: Improper Disposition of Nonconformance Repts Re Test Procedure Criteria

ML20138G359
Person / Time
Site:	River Bend
Issue date:	10/17/1985
From:	Bennett W, Jaudon J, Mcneill W NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
To:
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ML20138G325	List: IR 05000458/1985059 ML20138G322 ML20138G337
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50-458-85-59, NUDOCS 8510250462
Download: ML20138G359 (4)

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APPENDIX B U. S.' NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION IV

NRC Inspection Report: 50-458/85-59 Construction Permit: CPPR-145 e

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Docket: 50-458

Licensee: Gulf States Utilities P. O. Box 2951 Beaumont, TX 77704 Facility Name: River Bend Station Inspection At: River Bend Site, St. Francisville, Louisiana Inspection Conducted: August 19-23, 1985 Inspectors: d et/tC[ IO/lJ NS W. R. Bennett, Project Engineer, Project Date Section A, Reactor Projects Branch (pars. 1, 2, 3, 5)

m /f tiflf W. M. McNelli, Resc' tor Insli ector, Operations

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Date Section, Reactor Safety Branch (pars. 1, 4, 5

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. AW M /0!D [8 g J don,~ Chief,Vroject Section A Date

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3 y Inspection Conducted August 19-23, 1985 (Report 50-458/85-59)

Areas Inspected: Routine, unannounced inspection of preoperational test results evaluation, fitness for duty, and audits. The inspection involved 53 inspector-hours onsite by two NRC inspector ', Results: Within the three areas. inspected, one violation was.identifled (improper disposition of nonconformance reports, paragraph 2).

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-2-DETAILS Persons Contacted Gulf States Utilities

• E. M. Cargill, Radiation Protection Suoervisor

• T. L. Crouse, Manager - Quality Assurance (QA)

• J. C. Deddens, Vice President D. R. Derbonne, Preoperations Testing Supervisor

• L. A. England, Supervisor-Licensing D. R. Gipson, Assistant Plant Manager

• P. D. Graham, Assistant Plant Manager

• B. E. Hey, Engineer-Licensing W. H. Odell, Manager of Administration

• D. M. Reynerson, Director-Nuclear Plant Engineering (NUPE)

J. E. Spivey, QA Engineer

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• R. B. Stafford, Director, Quality Services s

• E. A. Thompson, Engineer-NUPE P. F. Tomlinson, Director, Operations QA W. White, Startup and Test Engineer The NRC inspectors also contacted other site personnel including administrative, cler'ical, operations, and testing personne ~

• Denotes those attending the exit interview conducted on August 23, 198 . Preoperational Test Results Evaluation The purpose of this portion of the inspection was to assure that the licensee is performing an adequate evaluation of test results and to ensure that all test data is either within established acceptance criteria

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or that deviations are properly dispositione The NRC inspector reviewed completed preoperational test procedures 1-PT-118, " Normal Service Water Preoperational Test," and 1-PT-256,

" Standby Service Water Preoperational. Test." The tests were properly completed and all outstanding test exceptions were documented on the '

master nunch lists. Test exceptions 24 and 26 of 1-PT-256 concerned out-of-tolerance horsepower reading deviation between measured and flow curve predicted. Test exception 20 of 1-PT-118, in part, concerned failure of service water pumps to meet design pump head requirements. All test exceptions were dispositioned to accept as is based on nonconformance reports which justified the out-of-specification readings as being due to instrument inaccuracie The dispositions were accepted by the Joint Test Group. This is an apparent violation (458/8559-01). , -

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The purpose of this portion of the inspection was to evaluate th licensee's fitness for duty progra .The licensee's program is based on the EEI quidelines and consists of the

'following elements: Employee Assistance - An employee assistance program is available to all GSU employee Information about the program is promulgated to l all employees in general employee training, by mailings to each employee, and by postings on bulletin board * Personnel Screening - All new. employees undergo a background investigatio sical which

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includes a urinalysis which is checked for drugs.All employees ~ undergo an undergone psychological screening-(MMPI or'CFI) and interviews with a psychologist when tests indicate a requiremen Minimum On-Duty Performance Requirements The licensee has published a clear written policy on drug and alcohol. abuse. The policy addresses minimum on-duty requirements and off-duty polic Prohibitions on illegal items on company property are published and

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posted throughout the site'. - Behavioral Observation - All supervisors, foremen and above, have

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completed 16 hours1.851852e-4 days <br />0.00444 hours <br />2.645503e-5 weeks <br />6.088e-6 months <br /> of training on how to observe their employees for indicators of impacted performance. This training was' conducted by the Nordal Clini *

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4 The Security Organization - The security department is an integral part of the fitness for duty program. Unannounced searches of 3 personnel, packages, and vehicles are routinely performed. The-licensee often uses sniffer dogs to check the site and work area The NRC inspector determined that GSU has implemented a fitness program that meets or elceeds the EEI guidelines. No violations or deviations were identified in this portion of the inspectio . Audits -

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- i Very recent, July through August, audits and surv- ;11ance activities of GSU's' Quality Systems, Quality Engineering, and Quality Operations groups j were reviewed. Six Quality Systems audits, 8 Quality Engineering and 15 i Quality Operations surveillance reports were sampled. The audits and

surveillance reports sampled were selected because problems had been identifie It was verified that findings were being documented and corrective action identifie The responsiveness and timeliness was found to be satisfactor Followup and close-out of problems identified was documente Procedures on auditing and surveillance appear to be complied with by the license No violations or deviations were identified in this portion of the inspectio . Exit Interview An exit interview was held on August 23, 1985, with the personnel denoted in paragraph 1 of this report. The NRC senior resident inspector also attended this meeting. At this meeting, the scope of the inspection and the findings were summarized.

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