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IE Insp Rept 50-484/79-01 on 790430-0501.No Noncompliance Noted.Major Areas Inspected:Qa Program Re Control of Design & Procurement & Overall Conduct of Audit Program & Document Control
ML19259C792
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Site: 05000484
Issue date: 06/21/1979
From: Hansen W, Knop R, Schweibinz E
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
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50-484-79-01, 50-484-79-1, NUDOCS 7908150176
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U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

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OFFICE.0F INSPECTION AND EhTORCEMENT

REGION III

Report No. 50-484/79-01 Docket No. 50-484 License No. CPPR-157 Licensee:

Northern States Power Company 100 North Barstow Street Eau Claire, WI 54701 Facility Name:

Tyrone Energy Park Inspection At:

SNUPPS, Home Office, Gaithersburg, Maryland Inspection Conducted: April 30-May 1, 1979

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R. C. Knop, Chief Projects Section Inspection Summarv Inspection on April 30-May 1, 1979 (Report No. 50-484/79-01)

Areas Inspected: The aspects of the quality assurance program relating to the control of design and procurement, overall conduct of the audit program and document control. The inspection involved a total of 56 inspector-hours in the SNUPPS Gaithersburg office by four h3C inspectors.

Results: No items of noncompliance or deviations were identified.

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DETAILS

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Individuals Contacted SNUPPS Organization

  • Mr. W. W. Baldwin, Administrative Manager
  • Mr. D. Barrett, Correspondence Control Manager
  • Mr. J. P. Burn, lead A/E Director
  • Mr. C. A. Hultman, Mechanical Manager
  • Mr. N. A. Petrick, Executive Director
  • Mr. F. Schwoefer, Technical Director
  • Mr. S. J. Seiken, Quality Assurance Manager
  • Mr. R. L. Slright, Licensing Manager
  • Denotes those present at the exit interview.

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Management Review The IE inspector determined through a review of documentation and through discussions with SNUPPS staff personnel that management reviews of the QA program have been conducted as required by SNUPPS Administrative Control Procedure (ACP) 2.5, " Management Reviews of the Quality Assurance Program,"

Revisica 2, October 20, 1975. All changes to ACPs are initialed by the Executive Director. Responses to outside audits by the QA Committee are signed by him. The appropriate records for QA program activities are maintained in controlled files.

No items of noncompliance or deviations were identified.

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Issuance and Control of QA Program Manuals The general area of QA program manual issuance and control was examined by The Manual Holder's Distr #bution List was observed to be the IE inspector.

correct and in accordance with ACP 2.6, " Issuance and Control of QA Program Manuals," Revision 2, April 1, 1978.

Records indicate that manual issuance,

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distribution, and follow up are also in accordance with ACF No items of noncompliance or deviations were identified.

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Stop Work The IE inspector reviewed ACP 2.4, "Stop Work," Revision 2, March 18, 1977.

No stop-work orders have been issued by the SKUPPS staff in the past two The ACP is in conformance with the requirements of 10 CFR 50, years.

Appendix B and ANSI N45.2.

No items of noncompliance or deviations were identified.

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Audit Program The IE inspector reviewed the SNUPPS staff audit activities to verify compliance with ACP 13.1, Revision 4, January 13, 1977, " Audit Program."

The ACP conforms to the requirements of ANSI N45.2.12 as related to staff audit functions.

The following documents were reviewed:

Audit Schedules dated April 18, 1979, September 25, 1978, and a.

February 15, 1977.

This included audit schedules for ACP coverage, lead AE (Bechtel) audits, and SNUPPS contractor audits.

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FNUPPS Internal Audit, Report SLS 79-35, File: 0491.8.1 (ACP 3.6, 3.7, and 9.1), and responses.

SNUPPS Audit and Bechtel and Procedure Control, dated February 15, c.

1979 (and response) SLBM 79-48, File: 0492.4.2.

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SNUPPS/QA Committee Audit of Bechtel, dated November 15, 1978, SLBM 78-410, File: 0492.13.3.

The following were verified to be complete and correct in the audit reports:

Description of scope of audit.

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Auditors identified.

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Organization and activities audited.

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Date(s) of audit.

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Summary of Audit findings.

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Current status of unresolved deficiencies.

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Conclusion of the auditor concerning the subject being audited.

The IE inspector observed that the timeliness of audit responses from Bechtel did not meet the ACP 13.1 requirements, i.e.,

responses vere in excess of 30 days. However, Bechtel has notified the SNUPPS staff that the reports would be late.

Af ter discussion with the SNUPPS QA Manager, the IE inspector stated that the question of timeliness of QA audit responses is considered unresolved.

The QA Manager states that this problem would be reviewed with the AE/Bechtel.

(484/79-01-01)

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Licensee Action on Previous Inspection Findings (Closed) Unresolved Item (50-484/78-02-01):

Corrective Action Reports.

The IE inspector determined, through review of SNUPPS QA Committee Meeting Minutes and discussion with SNUPPS staff QA Manager, that for the utilities-3-v e,-

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The bulk of the reports by the SNUPPS sites are site specific.

68 and 69.

Thus, only a limited number of reports are received by the SNUPPS staff, since their mission is directed toward specific technical and overall management system problems.

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This item is considered resolved.

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Process;ng of Field Changes The control of Field Changes in accordance with ACP 3.6, " Field Change Field Changes 2-0281-C, Control," Revision 0, April 5, 1976, wa.s reviewed.The review resulted in the 2-2076-C, 2-0275-C and 2-0273-C were selected.

the field changes were being controlled as required by determination that the Administrative Control Procedure.

No items of noncompliance or deviations were identified.

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Processing of Construction Variances The control and proce aing of construction variances in accordance with 1978, was reviewed.

ACP 3.7, " Construction Variance," Revision 2, April 1, Construction Variance Requests 2-0062-C, 2-0004-C, 2-0057-C, 2-0060-C, 2-0044-C, and 2-0059-C were reviewed.

The review and dispos 4. tion of these Variance Requests were performed as required by the Administrative Control Procedure.

No items of noncompliance or deviations were identified.

Follow Up on Previous Inspection Findings 9.

inspection at the Information and documentation provided during a recent Callaway site relative to an item of noncompliance (identified as item This item was in regard to the licensee's 50-483/79-02-02) were reviewed.

All of the failure to control nonconforming safety-related equipment.

documentation reviewed and information provided were in agreement with that provided at the site.

No items of noncompliance or deviations were identified.

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Review of Control of Design Documents The control of design documents was reviewed in accordance ACP 3.4." Control Review of audits of of Design Documents," Revision 3, March 30, 1979.

acceptable these activities indicated that some problems existed and that remedial action is being taken.

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frequency that the Administrative Manager is to audit the SNUPPS files (in

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the design documents on file agree with the release order to verify that logs) was reviewed.

This change was f rom a monthly to a quarterly frequency.

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The change was approved as Revision 3 to ACP 3.4.

No items of noncompliance or deviation were identified.

11, QA Program Review - Document and Procurement Control Procurement Control a.

The IE inspector reviewed various documents to verify compliance with of Services," Revision 3, the require =ents of ACP 4.1, " Procurement September 19, 1977.

The following procurement (services) contracts were reviewed:

Contract No. 750818 - Loose Parts Monitoring System

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Contract No. 780630 - Generic Component Test Program

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The IE inspector also verified that the required semi-ann"al listing of procurements was issued.

The current listing was issued on March 29, 1979.

No items of noncompliance or deviations were identified.

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Docu=ent Control The IE inspector reviewed various documents to verify compliance with ACP 5.1, " Correspondence and Committment Control," Revision 6, November 17, 1978.

The following documents were reviewed:

SNUPPS Iog for Outgoing Correspondence (1979)

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SNUPPS Log for Incoming Correspondence (1979)

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SNUPPS Log of Letters From Union Electric to SNUPPS Organization (1979)

list existed The IE inspector also verified that a personnel co=miteent The in accordance with the requirements of paragraph 6.7 of ACP 5.1.

listing was a computer printout and was dated April 27, 1979.

No items of noncompliance or deviations were identified.

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Indoctrination and Training The IE inspector reviewed the following to verify compliance with ACP 7.1,

" Indoctrination and Training," Revision 3, February 16, 1976:

SNUPPS Surveillance Report (dated April 20, 1979) of Indoctrination

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and Training SNUPPS QA Indoctrination and Training Log

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SNUPPS Indoctrination and Training Session (No. 27) Document

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No items of noncompliance or deviations were identified.

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Reporting of Significant Deficiencies The IE inspector reviewed the following documents to verify compliance with ACP 10.2, " Reporting of Significant Deficiencies," Revision 3,

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December 5, 1977.

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SNUPPS Log of Significant Deficiencies Significant Deficiency Reports 1 and 2.

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No items of noncompliance or deviations were identified.

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Unresolved Items Unresolved items are matters about which more information is required in order to ascertain whether they are acceptable items, items of noncompliance, One unresolved item disclosed during this inspection is dis-or deviations.

cussed in paragraph 5, Timeliness of QA Audit Repsonses.

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Exit Interview The IE inspectors met with the licensee representatives (denoted in paragraph 1) at the conclusion of the inspection on May 1, 1979. The IE inspector summarized the purpose and the scope of the inspection and the findings.

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