IR 05000528/1987044
| ML20195H460 | |
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| Site: | Palo Verde  |
| Issue date: | 12/30/1987 |
| From: | Richards S, Wagner W NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION V) |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML17303A736 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-528-87-44, 50-529-87-43, 50-530-87-46, NUDOCS 8801200117 | |
| Download: ML20195H460 (4) | |
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U.S. NUCLEAR REC'JLATORY C0!VIISS10N
REGION V
Report Nos.:
50-528/87-44, 50-529/87-43 and 50-530/87-46 00ctet Nos.:
50-528, 50-529 and 50-530 License Nos.:
NPF-41, NPF-51 and NPF-74 Licensee:
Arizona Public Service Company.
P. O. Box 21666 Phoenix, Arizona 85036
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Facility Name:
Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Units 1, 2 an'J 3 Inspection at:
Palo Verde Site,-Wintersburg, Arizona Inspection Conducted:
December 14-18, 1987 Inspector:
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S. Richards, Chief, Engineering Section Date Signed Summary:
Inspection on December 14-18, 1987 (Report Nos. 50-528/87-44, 50-529/87-43 l
and 50-530/87-46)
l Areas Inspected:
Routine, unannounced inspection by regional based inspector i
of activities arsociated with the licensee's QA program for startup testing
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and operations.
NRC Inspection Procedures 30703, 35501 and 35701 were covered during this inspection.
Results:
In the areas inspected, no violations of NRC requirements or deviations were identified.
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DETAILS i
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Persons Contacted
- L. G. Papworth, Director, Corporate Quality Assurance
- R. M. Butler, Director, Standards and Technical Support
- L. A. Souza, Manager, Quality Audits and Monitoring
"G.
W. Sowers, Manager, Evaluation Engireering
"S. Karimi, Senior Compliance Engineer
- R. J. Rouse, Commitment Lead Engineer W. E. Craig, Manager Quality Systems and Engineering O. Stover, Acting Compliance Manager N. Lossing, Quality Systems Supervisor E. Heckman, Quality Assurance Engineer D. Kanitz, Test Monitoring Supervisor Denotes those personnel in attendance at the exit meeting on December 17,
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Quality Assurance Program Changes Chapter 17.2 of the FSAR describes the licensee's QA program for the j
operations phase of Units 1, 2 and 3.
Significant changes to the QA
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l and replacement of the QA Director.
These organizational changes were l
submitted by the licensee to the NRC office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation l
(NRR) on August 10, 1987.
NRR issued an SER input, dated October 2, l
1987, concerning acceptance of these changes.
Justification for elimination of the Assistant QA Director position was acceptable.
NRR l
also approved the licensee's replacement for the position of QA Director with the stipulation that training would be provided to the new QA I
Director to compensate for the Director's lack of one year experience within the QA organization.
The inspector discussed these changes with the new QA Director who indicated that he has not received any QA training to date; however, training will be provided within the next few months.
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The inspector will review the training provided for the QA Director l
during a f uture inspection (f ollow up Item 87-44-01).
The following QA implementing nrocedures were reviewed by the inspector and found to be in conformance with the approved QA program described in fSAR Section 17.2:
QA Procedure Effective
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Number Title Revision Date j
l QA01.01 Training and Qualification
11/01/87 of QA Auditors / Monitors QA01.02 ANPP Approved vendors List
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QA01.03 Quality Monitoring Activities
11/01/87 QA01.04 Vendor Source Activity
11/01/87 Planning and Control QA01.05 Quality Auditing
11/01/87 QA03.01 Control of Nonconforming items
11/01/87 QA03.02 Corrective Action
11/01/87 The inspector also reviewed Nuclear Licer sing Department Instruction No.
l 51406.01.03, Revision 2 of July 22, 1987, cntitled "NRC Inspection and Enforcement Bulletin and Information Notice Program."
This instruction assures that responsible licensee personnel are informed of new and existing regulatory requirements, and that appropriate actions are assigned, tracked, and closed-out in response to NRC IE Bulletins and Information Notices, j
i The Technical Specifications have been updated to reflect the current i
offsite and onsite organization.
This change will also be shown in the j
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first updated FSAR due next year
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No violations or deviations were identified.
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Quality Assurance (QA) for the Startup Test Program - Unit 3 The requirement for monitoring (surveillance) of startup test activities were addressed in QA Procedure No. QA01.03 entitled "Quality Monitoring Activities." A monthly schedule is utilized to indicate the activity to be monii> red.
The program requires the use of checklist to monitor startup activities such as test control, control of measuring and test equipment, test documentation, and tracking of test deficiencies, inspector discussions with the Test Monitoring Group supervisor indicated that the groups' basic responsibilities as applied to the startup and power ascension test programs were well understood.
Of the nine people
in the Test Monitoring Group, three have obtained their experience from the Unit 1 startup activities in 1985.
The inspector reviewed the following monitoring reports to verify conformance with the QA program.
Monitoring Report No.
Startup Activity Monitored
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.. strument and Control Loop Functional Verification
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Subsy' tem Acceptance by Nuclear Operations ST 6 r~86 Solh Rad aste system Test ST-er F :s Startup lest Results Revie- (Pre-core Emergency and Auxiliary feedwater System)
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- ST-87-1177 Pressure Decay Method Mcunting frame Leak Test These monitoring activities reported were performed in accordance with the monitoring schedule, by qualified persons using approved checklists.
Although no deficiencies were identified in these reports, the inspector l
did review reports of monitoring activities in areas other than startup
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which did identify a deficiency.
This additional review revealed that i
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deficiencies were reviewed with respcnsible rianagen.ent with the resulting
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resolution being documented. Also, distribution of deficiencies were sent to the Director, Corporate Cuality Assurance and other responsible l
managers in accordance with the monitoring procedure.
Nc violations or deviations were identified.
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Exit Meeting The inspector net with licensee r.tanagement representatives denoted in paragraph 1 on December 17, 1987.
The scope of the inspectiun and the inspector's findings, as noted in this report, were discussed.
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