IR 05000482/1990026

Ack Receipt of Responding to NRC Requesting Addl Info Concerning 900731 Notice of Violation from Insp Rept 50-482/90-26

ML20216K035
Person / Time
Site:	Wolf Creek
Issue date:	11/14/1990
From:	Collins S NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
To:	Withers B WOLF CREEK NUCLEAR OPERATING CORP.
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NUDOCS 9011200018
Download: ML20216K035 (3)

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1. Thank you-for'your letter of October 25, 1990, in response to our letter F 4' dated September 28,1990,l requesting additional infonnation concerning our n ,

letter and Notice of Violation dated July 31, 1990. We have reviewed the ,.

additional'information~ provided for the corrective actions for 1

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Violation 482/9026-01 pertaining to the failure to'take adequate corrective E, .

actions to; correct) repeated problems with surveillance scheduling and'

m maintenance' troubleshooting' activities. We find your reply responsive to the

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raised in1 our Notice of Violation. We will review the implementation p!? w ,~~of your; corrective actions for-this violation, as well as additional actions 1

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References Letter dated-September 28, 1990 from S . :J. An11 N-NRC, to B. D. Withers, WCNOC -

. Subject Docket No.: 50-482: Response to Request for Additional Information Concerning Violation 482/9026-01

~ Gentlemen The' purpose of this: letter is to provide the additional information relativ to ; Corrective,. Action programs' requested in the Referenc The specific

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Eappropriateicorrective. actions have been taken, .a.id 2). description of th .!

objective ; reviews 'o proposed corrective actions not associated ,with vLicensee Event. Report _

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, 4 LWolf; Creek Nhclear=Opejating u poratio:I(WCNOC)fhas_-relied *on1a R .

icombinationLof: Quality: Assurance, audite and self . assessments by the ]i responsible organizations to assess,the' effectiveness of' corrective < 'q

actions!taken;in response to an identified problem. WCNOC utilizes alcompany' wide 1 procedure . KGP-1210, ' ' Programmatic: LDeficiency y LReporting', to provide:a. uniform approach to documenting,' analyzing  ?

m 'and responding:to'significant' conditions adverse to ' quality ofl a<

.prograinmatic:~or. implementation' nature.'.-This procedure'is.used to q m 'documentL self -identified problems- as well as~ problems identified: by

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@jg" offectivenes Therefor as stated in WCNOC's SALP meeting ,on

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0ctober 11', 1990, WCNOC .i adding a -formal step to KGP 1210; j

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i'<' .:'Progransnatic Deficiency Reporting",' that requires organizatione to -l p ', lestablishi'and track a follow-up date when appropriate to formally? l fi cc-

' review the effective:, ass :of corrective actions - t ak er. . = frocedure m

> 4 LKGP-1210, 1s1 4 also<. being revi.ned to require that it be used'by all-K _H Eorganizations for correctivecactions taken relative to .Li:ensee W

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Event > Repo. s .( LER's),. -l violations.- 'and. any 'significant j&N iconditico- adverse.to qualityNRC l ~

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'it;j , 2.- Description of objective reviews of' proposed corrective actions m- -not associated with LER' '

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have utilized it on'a case-by-case basi WCNOC recognizes the i need to utilize an objective review process for proposed corrective

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actions.for LER's', NRC violation 4 9PA cther significant conditions adverse to quality. The objective review will be accomplished by a

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Therefore the. procedure KGP-1210 is being revised to

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As stated, above,< WCHOC has a formal project procedure for controlling and J documenting the reso';. ion of significant conditions adverse to quality

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" requiring Ecorrective -actions.- WCNOC is enhancing this procedure to-Lrequire formal objective reviews of proposed corrective action and a review- , > i; 'ofsthe effectiveness of the-corrective actions-taken. .This includes LER's, LI l] :violat'ionLresponses,- and any-~significant condition adverse .to ' quality.

- e WCNOC intends to have~these revisions in place by November 30, 199 .

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Please: > contact me or .Mr. H. K. Chernoff of my. staff if you have an Lquestionsl relative to thi's. issue, a

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