IR 05000592/1978002
| ML19276E416 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Palo Verde  |
| Issue date: | 01/30/1979 |
| From: | Haynes R, Hutson T, Vorderbrueggen NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION V) |
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| ML19276E417 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-592-78-02, 50-592-78-2, 50-593-78-02, 50-593-78-2, NUDOCS 7903120571 | |
| Download: ML19276E416 (7) | |
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U. S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF IllSPECTION AllD ENFORCEMEt!T 50-592/78-02 Report ilo. 50-593/78-02 50-592 Docket No. 50-593 License No.
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Safeguards Group
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Licensee:
Arizona Public Service Company P. O. Box 21666 Phoenix, Arizona 85036 Palo Verde Units 4 & 5 Facility Name:
Inspection at: Corporate Office, Phoenix, Arizona November 6-8, 1978 Inspection Conducted:
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//.Es /7_f (, E. Vorderbrueggen,Wactor Inspector
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_NJ l % Yi T. W. Hutson, Reactor Inspector Date Signed Approved By:
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[t-R. C. HaMnes, Chief, Projects Section, Reactor Date Signed Construction and Engineering Support Branch Summary:
~ Inspection on November 6-8,1978 (Report Nos. 50-592/78-02_and 50-593/78-02)
Areas Inspected: Routine, announced inspection by regionally based inspector s of implementation of the Quality Assurance program with respect to design and procurement activities, audits and site investigation. The inspection involved 29 inspector-hours at the Corporate Office by two NRC inspectors.
Results:
No deviations were identified.
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DETAILS 1.
Persons Contacted Arizona Public Service Company (APS)
- E. E. Van Brunt, Jr., Vice President, Construction Projects and AtlPP Director
- R. L. Robb, Manager, Nuclear Services
- J. A. Rodel, Quality Assurance Manager
- B. S. Kaplan, Quality Systems Supervisor
- A. C. Rogers, fluclear Engineering Supervisor
- J. M. Allen, fluclear Engineering Supervisor
- W. E. Ide, Quality Systems Engineer
- J. E. Cook, Quality Systems Engineer W. L. Hurst, Senior Civil Engineer J. J. Barrow, Jr. Senior Electrical Engineer B. S. Eklund, Mechanical Engineer
- Denotes those attending the exit interview.
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Project Status The application for a corn,ruction permit for Palo Verde Units No. 4 and flo. 5 was submitted under the replication provisien for duplicate plants and was docketed on March 31, 1978. Combustion Engineering is under contract for the fluclear Steam Supply System and Bechtel is the contractor for engineering procurement ser-vices and licensing support.
The original contracts with fiUS and Fugro have been extended for work required on Units 4 and 5 in the Sreas of environmental and geotechnical support,and these efforts are currently ongoing. flo equipment procurement activities have yet been initiated; on major equipment items, the applicant anticipates that current contracts will be renegotiated with the suppliers.
Makeup coolant supply is to be provided by an addi-tional underground aqueduct from the City of Phoenix Hacienpa sewage effluent pumping station, work on which has not begun.
Design engineering for Units 4 and 5 is essentially complete since they are replicates of Units 1, 2 and 3, which have been under construction since 1976. The quality assurance program and re-lated documents being iFplemented for Units 4 and 5 are the same as for Units 1, 2 and 3.
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Applicant Action on Previous QA Program Change Commitments During the pre-docketing QA program assessment inspection (00-662/73-01) of March 14-16, 1978, the applicant agreed to upgrade the QA manual as follows:
a.
Define the term " periodically" as it refers to personnel training in Quality Assurance Directive (QAD) 2.2, Paragraphs 4.14 and 4.15.
b.
Provide greater detail in regard to the training and certification of auditors in QAD 2.2, Paragraph 4.1.6.
c.
Provide additional definition of QA personnel actions pertaining to the review of records in QAD 7, Paragraph 5.1.
Items a and b were accomplished by Revision 2 of QAD 2.2, dated August 1,1978, and Item c by Revision 3 of QAD 7, also dated August 1,1978.
This matter is considered closed.
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0A Program Implementation a.
Management Review QAD 2.0, Ouality Assurance Program, specifies that the APS Construction Project Vice President is to review the status and adequacy of the QA Program on an annual basis.
The Quality Assurance Manager develops quarterly reports and an annual report for the Vice President to satisfy this com-mitment; the inspector observed documented evidence that meetings v:ere conducted to review and discuss those reports.
The inspector also nated that GA review meetings were held with the APS Executive Vice President of Operations on July 27, 1977, and May 5,1978.
Selected for examination by the inspector were the OA annual repart for 1977 (dated 2/15/78) and the 2nd quarter report for 1978 (dated 7/31/78). The included topics appeared to be relevant and the reports were comprehensive.
The 1977 annual report contained a nine page summary of accomplishments for the year and commitments for the future.
The inspector concluded that APS management is actively involved in reviewing the QA program to assess its imple-mentation and effsctivet.eas.
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Personnel Training This subject is addressed in QAD 2.2, Personnel Indoctrination, Training and Qualification Requiremer.ts.
The applicant docu-ments indoctrination of their personnel on Form F-AP-7, Indoctrination Check List. The inspector verified that QA and fluc1 ear Services personnel were shown to have received the required indoctrination.
The QA Manager is required to hold training meetings for 0A and fluclear Services personnel on a minimum frequency of every six months. The QA Department maintains a naster attendance matrix to track this training. This matrix includes all APS personnel performing quality related activities, includ-ing the Construction Projects Vice President. The inspector observed that the QA Manager had conducted training sessions on February 22 and 23,1978, and on August 18, 1978. The records showed that attendance had been documented, and that a fomal agenda of relevant topics had been used.
Training meeting for fluclear Services personnel is the responsibility of the Assistant Project Director and must be held at least every six months.
The two groups in this department fulfill this requirement through their routine staff r:eetings.
Although the minutes of these staff meet-ings demonstrated that many topics discussed would certainly qualify for training coverage, it could not be verified that all the topics specified to be covered in Paragraph 4.1.4 of QAD 2.2 were indeed being included. This discrepancy was pointed out to the applicant during the exit interview.
With regard to auditor training and qualification, the applicant maintains a file for each auditor which includes Form F-QAD 2.2-1, Record of Auditor Qualification.
This is a comprehensive compilation of pertinent information, such as education, experience, professional registration, audit training courses, audit participation, examination record and annual evaluation record. Of the 15 qualified auditors at the time of the inspection, five of the files were ran-domly selected for examination by the inspector.
Each was found to conform to the qualification and documentation requirements of Paragraph 4.1.6 of OAD 2.2.
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Corrective Action QAD 16.0 provides the measures for identifying and correcting conditions found to be adverse to quality.
Such conditions are intended to be documented on a Deficiency Report, Form F-QAD 16.0-1, and tracked by means of the Deficiency Report Log, Form F-QAD 16.0-2.
In order to evaluate the implementa-tion of this procedure, the inspector examined the deficiency reporting experience for the ongoing Units 1, 2 and 3.
Two deficiency reports were issued M Unit 1:
the first, dated August 3,1976, and closed out on August 20, 1976; and the second was issued on January 6, 1977, and closed out on January 26, 1977.
The first pertained to weld rod control and the second related to back-fill compaction. The handling of these deficiency reports appeared to conform to QAD 16.0 requirements and appropriate corrective action resulted.
QAD 16.0 also makes provision for identifying and reporting 10 CFR Part 50.55(e) items to the t'RC.
The inspector re-viewed two Bechtel deficiency evaluation reports for Units 1, 2 and 3 related to potential 50.55(e) items, one of which did result in a report to the Commission (r.onconforming stainicss steel pipe spools).
The inspector concluded that the provisions of QAD 16.0 were being satisfactorily impl emented.
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Audits The applicant's audit schedule for 1978 was examined by the inspector.
It appeared to be in an up-to-date status and covered appropriate elements of the QA Program.
It included the activities of Bechtel (the A/E-Conrtructor), Combustion Engineering (the NSSS contractor), and the APS activities, both in the home office and at the constretion site. Through October 1978, APS Site QA auditors have performed 22 audits of Bechtel activities at the Units 1, 2 and 3 site, and the Project QA Group (home office) auditors have performed ten audits spanning all organizations actively engaged in the program. The Project QA Group also participated on eight occasions as observers during Bechtel audits of their ewn activities and those of their equipment suppliers.
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-5-The inspector reviewed tne reports of three of the ten audits performed by the Proiect GA Group.
Each report was comprehensively written and demonstrated that the audits were performed as scheduled, using preplanned checklists.
The findings and corrective actions were documented on the prescribed forms.
Tne inspector concluded that the audit program was being implemented in accordance with the provisions of QAD 18.0, Audits, of the applicant's QA Manual.
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Design Document Review s_nd_ Control The APS program for technical document review and control was examined.
This included a review of procedures, document control records, design criteria manual and the following specifications:
13-CM-158, Furnish and Install Containment Building Post Tension System 13-CM-101, Furnishing and Delivering Concrete 13-fGt-018, Diesel Generator and Auxiliaries 13-MM-095, Vertical Centrifugal Pumps (ASME Section III)
The independent technical review of design documents is performed by Bachtel. APS Procedure NS-3, Revision 5, Technical Document Control, provides the measures for APS review of design documents for verifying the incorporation of appropriate codes and stan-dards and other applicable requirements.
Each design document is assigned to one or mora engineers for review. Any comments developed during the review must be coordinated and resolved internally or by transmitting the comments to Bechtel for reso-lution.
The implementation of Procedure NS-3 was verified by reviewing the document control forms (FAP-1 and 2) and all applicable correspondence between Bechtel and APS concerning resolution of transmitted comments.
The inspector verified that all comments had been resolved and incorporated in the bid-issue revision of the specifications.
The APS Quality Assurance Group also had reviewed and approved the above specifications as required by Procedure NS-3.
The incorporation of PSAR design criteria into the Design Criteria Manual and the specifications was verified by
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selecting several codes and standords from the PSAR and check-ina for inclusion in the Desian Criteria Manual and the appli-caSic s; ccificatius.
No deviations were identified by the inspecto,
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