LD-88-021, Forwards Response to NRC 871208 Request for Addl Info Re Reg Guides That Appear in CESSAR-DC,QA.Suggest That Meeting W/Nrc Staff Be Scheduled to Allow Overview Program Changes

Forwards Response to NRC 871208 Request for Addl Info Re Reg Guides That Appear in CESSAR-DC,QA.Suggest That Meeting W/Nrc Staff Be Scheduled to Allow Overview Program Changes

ML20148F589
Person / Time
Site:	05000470
Issue date:	03/22/1988
From:	Scherer A ABB COMBUSTION ENGINEERING NUCLEAR FUEL (FORMERLY
To:	Vissing G Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
LD-88-021, LD-88-21, NUDOCS 8803280228
Download: ML20148F589 (3)

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s COMBUSTION ENGINEERING March 22,1988 LD-88-021 Docket No. STN 50-470F Mr. Guy Vissing, Project Manager Standardization and Non-Power Reactor Project Directorate Office of Nuclear Regulation Attn: Document Control Desk U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington D. C. 20555

Subject:

Response to NRC Request for Additional Information on CESSAR-DC, Quality Assurance

References:

(A) Letter, G. S. Vissing (NRC) to A. E. Scherer (C-E),

dated December 8,1987 (B) Letter, LD-87-070, A. E. Scherer (C-E) to J. W. Roe (NRC), dated December 15, 1987 (C) Letter, LD-88-066. A. E. Scherer (C-E) to J. W. Roe (NRC), dated November 24, 1987

Dear Mr. Vissing:

Reference (A) requested that Combustion Engineering update the list of Regulatory Guides which appears in CESSAR-DC to be in accordance with Section 17.1 (Quality Assurance) of the Standard Review Plan. The enclosure to this letter provides our response.

Reference (B) identified an organizational consolidation of quality assurance functions within the Nuclear Power Systems Division of Combustion Engineering. We are now in the process of reviewing our Quality Assurance Program against the guidance of NQA-1. This review is expected to result in a revision to our Quality Assurance Program. These changes will not diminish our commitment to quality, but rather will reflect the consolidation of Quality Assurance Standards. As agreed upon in Reference (C), this revision will be submitted in accordance with 10 CFR 50.55(f)(3).

In order to discuss the philosophy behind our Quality Assurance Program revisions and any further questions you may have regarding the enclosure Power Systems 1000 Prospect Hill Road (203) 688 1911 Combustion Engineering, Inc. Post Of6ce Box 500 Telex. 99297 Windsor, Connecticut 06095-0500 /

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Mr. Guy Vissing LD-88-021 March 22,1988 Page 2 to this letter, we suggest that a meeting with NRC staff members be scheduled. This meeting would allow us to overview our program changes and afford NRC staff the opportunity to provide feedback before the next revision to our Quality Assurance Program document is issued.

Should you have any queations regarding this transmittal, please call me or M. D. Green of mij staff at (203) 285-5204.

Very truly yours, COMBUSTION ENGINEERING, INC.

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A. E. Scherer Director Nuclear Licensing AES:ss

Enclosure:

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Enclosure to LD-88-021 Page 1 of 1 Response to a NRC Request for Additional Information Concerning the Quality Assurance Branch Review of CESSAR-DC Submittal of Chapter 1 Question Section 1.8 in Amendment 12 to CESSAR addresses C-E's commitment to Regulatory Guides. In the area of Quality Assurance (QA), Table 1.8-1 should be updated to include the following Regulatory Guides in accordance with Section 17.1 of the Standard Review Plan (NUREG-0800) and EPRI's "ALWR Utility Requirements Document," June 1986.

Regulatory Guide Issue date Comment 1.26 2/76 1.28 8/85 (NQA-1 in view of N45.2) 1.30 8/72 1.37 3/73 1.38 5/77 1.39 9/77 1.94 4/76 1.116 6/76 Note that commitment to Regulatory Guides 1.58, 1.64, 1.74, 1.88, 1.123, 1.144, and 1.146 is not required based on the commitment to the 8/85 revision of Regulatory Guide 1.28 and NQA-1.

Response

As changes ere made to the System 80 design g as the expanded scope features are added resulting in the System 80+ Standardized Design, all current applicable Regulatory Guides will be utilized. The list of Regulatory Guides which appears in Chapter 1 will be updated accordingly during the CESSAR-DC submittal process.

Each of the Regulatory Guides which were identified above will be addretsed as the corresponding CESSAR-DC chapter is developed. It is expected that most of these Regulatory Guides will be included in Table 1.3-1 as a result of a revision to either Chapter 17 or to C-E's Quality Assurance Program Description which is referenced in Chapter 17.

Combustion Engineering's Quality Assurance Program is described in CENPD-210A. We are currently in the process of reviewing this program against all applicable guidance and requireraents of NQA-1. Combustion Engineering's next program revision is expected to acknowledge NQA-1 as the basis fer our quality assurance program. Our reasons are: 1) NQA-1 has been endorsed by both NRC and ASME, 2) NQA-1 represents a ,

consolidation of numerous standards and, thus, has reduced the redundancy of requirements without changing the intent of previous standards. and 3) Combustion Engineering already uses NQA-1 as the basis for several quality assurance programs that have been approved by ASME.

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