ML022480369

Request for Approval of a Quality Assurance Program Change Related to the Frequency of Review by the Independent Review Team

ML022480369
Person / Time
Site:	Millstone
Issue date:	09/05/2002
From:	Nerses V NRC/NRR/DLPM/LPD1
To:	Price J Dominion Nuclear Connecticut
Nerses V, NRR/DLPM, 415-1484
References
TAC MB5526, TAC MB5527, TAC MB5528
Download: ML022480369 (6)

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September 5, 2002 Mr. J. A. Price Site Vice President - Millstone Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.

Mr. David A. Smith Rope Ferry Road Waterford, CT 06385

SUBJECT:

MILLSTONE POWER STATION, UNIT NOS. 1, 2, AND 3, RE: REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF A QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAM CHANGE RELATED TO THE FREQUENCY OF REVIEW BY THE INDEPENDENT REVIEW TEAM (TAC NOS. MB5526, MB5527 and MB5528)

Dear Mr. Price:

Your letter of July 1, 2002, as supplemented by letter dated July 31, 2002, submitted Revision 24 of Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.s (DNC) Quality Assurance Program (QAP) Topical Report for Millstone Power Station, Unit Nos. 1, 2, and 3 for approval. Revision 24 contains changes as a result of a revised organization (with titles of key management personnel associated with the revised organizational functions) and a change that reduces the frequency of review of the QAP by the DNC Independent Review Team from annual to biennial. The change involving the frequency of quality assurance review audits would be a reduction in commitment under the provisions of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR)

Section 50.54(a).

The enclosed Safety Evaluation documents our conclusion that the reduction in commitment identified by DNC in Revision 24 to the DNC QAP Topical Report continues to satisfy the requirements of Appendix B to 10 CFR Part 50 and, therefore, is acceptable.

If you have any questions, please contact me at (301) 415-1484.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Victor Nerses, Senior Project Manager, Section 2 Project Directorate I Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-245, 50-336, and 50-423

Enclosure:

Safety Evaluation cc w/encl: See next page

September 5, 2002 Mr. J. A. Price Site Vice President - Millstone Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.

Mr. David A. Smith Rope Ferry Road Waterford, CT 06385

SUBJECT:

MILLSTONE POWER STATION, UNIT NOS. 1, 2, AND 3, RE: REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF A QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAM CHANGE RELATED TO THE FREQUENCY OF REVIEW BY THE INDEPENDENT REVIEW TEAM (TAC NOS. MB5526, MB5527 and MB5528)

Dear Mr. Price:

Your letter of July 1, 2002, as supplemented by letter dated July 31, 2002, submitted Revision 24 of Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.s (DNC) Quality Assurance Program (QAP) Topical Report for Millstone Power Station, Unit Nos. 1, 2, and 3 for approval. Revision 24 contains changes as a result of a revised organization (with titles of key management personnel associated with the revised organizational functions) and a change that reduces the frequency of review of the QAP by the DNC Independent Review Team from annual to biennial. The change involving the frequency of quality assurance review audits would be a reduction in commitment under the provisions of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR)

Section 50.54(a).

The enclosed Safety Evaluation documents our conclusion that the reduction in commitment identified by DNC in Revision 24 to the DNC QAP Topical Report continues to satisfy the requirements of Appendix B to 10 CFR Part 50 and, therefore, is acceptable.

If you have any questions, please contact me at (301) 415-1484.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Victor Nerses, Senior Project Manager, Section 2 Project Directorate I Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-245, 50-336, and 50-423

Enclosure:

Safety Evaluation cc w/encl: See next page DISTRIBUTION:

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Millstone Power Station Units 1, 2, and 3 cc:

Ms. L. M. Cuoco Mr. P. J. Parulis Senior Nuclear Counsel Manager - Nuclear Oversight Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc. Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.

Rope Ferry Road Rope Ferry Road Waterford, CT 06385 Waterford, CT 06385 Edward L. Wilds, Jr., Ph.D. Ernest C. Hadley, Esq.

Director, Division of Radiation P. O. Box 1104 Department of Environmental West Falmouth, MA 02574-1104 Protection 79 Elm Street Mr. John Markowicz Hartford, CT 06106-5127 Co-Chair Nuclear Energy Advisory Council Regional Administrator, Region I 9 Susan Terrace U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Waterford, CT 06385 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Mr. D. A. Smith Manager -Licensing First Selectmen Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.

Town of Waterford Rope Ferry Road 15 Rope Ferry Road Waterford, CT 06385 Waterford, CT 06385 Ms. Nancy Burton Mr. W. R. Matthews 147 Cross Highway Vice President and Senior Redding Ridge, CT 00870 Nuclear Executive - Millstone Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc. Mr. D. J. Meekhoff Rope Ferry Road Unit 1 General Manager Waterford, CT 06385 Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.

Rope Ferry Road Mr. Charles Brinkman, Manager Waterford, CT 06385 Washington Nuclear Operations ABB Combustion Engineering 12300 Twinbrook Pkwy, Suite 330 Rockville, MD 20852 Senior Resident Inspector Millstone Nuclear Power Station c/o U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P. O. Box 513 Niantic, CT 06357

Millstone Power Station Units 1, 2, and 3 cc:

Mr. G. D. Hicks Director - Nuclear Station Safety and Licensing Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.

Rope Ferry Road Waterford, CT 06385 Mr. Evan W. Woollacott Co-Chair Nuclear Energy Advisory Council 128 Terrys Plain Road Simsbury, CT 06070 Mr. D. A. Christian Senior Vice President - Nuclear Operations and Chief Nuclear Officer Innsbrook Technical Center - 2SW 5000 Dominion Boulevard Glen Allen, VA 23060 Mr. William D. Meinert Nuclear Engineer Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company P.O. Box 426 Ludlow, MA 01056 Attorney Nicholas J. Scobbo, Jr.

Ferriter, Scobbo, Caruso, Rodophele, PC 75 State Street, 7th Floor Boston, MA 02108-1807 Mr. S. E. Scace Director - Nuclear Engineering Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.

Rope Ferry Road Waterford, CT 06385 Mr. M. J. Wilson Manager - Nuclear Training Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.

Rope Ferry Road Waterford, CT 06385

SAFETY EVALUATION BY THE OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION PROPOSED CHANGES TO QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAM DOMINION NUCLEAR CONNECTICUT, INC.

MILLSTONE POWER STATION, UNIT NOS. 1, 2, AND 3 DOCKET NOS. 50-245, 50-336, AND 50-423

1.0 INTRODUCTION

By letters dated July 1 and July 31, 2002, Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc. (DNC) submitted Revision 24 of the Quality Assurance Program (QAP) Topical Report and a request for approval to change the frequency of review of the Quality Assurance Program (QAP) by the Independent Review Team. After assuming ownership of Millstone Power Station, Unit Nos. 1, 2, and 3, DNC modified the QAP Topical Report incorporating the revised organization with the current titles of its key management personnel and their responsibilities to be consistent within the Dominion Nuclear Business Unit, and also proposed to reduce the commitments associated with the frequency at which the independent review team conducts Management Quality Assurance Review audits. DNC proposed to reduce the frequency of the quality assurance audit from annual to biennial in accordance with ANSI N18.7-1972, Administrative Controls and Quality Assurance for the Operational Phase of Nuclear Power Plants.

2.0 EVALUATION The current requirement in Section 2.1 of the QAP states Periodic program review of the status and adequacy of this QAP is accomplished by Nuclear Oversight audits, surveillances and inspections, by Nuclear Safety Assessment Board reviews and by the independent review team which performs the annual Management Quality Assurance Review. DNC requests the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to approve extending the frequency of audits from annual to biennial. Conduct of biennial audits meets the provisions of ANSI N18.7-1972 as endorsed by Regulatory Guide 1.33. The Senior Vice President (SVP) - Nuclear Operations and Chief Nuclear Officer - DNC, is responsible for the assessment of the scope, status, implementation, and effectiveness of the QAP. The review is a systematic evaluation, pre-planned toward the objective of determining the adequacy of the QAP and its compliance with Appendix B to 10 CFR Part 50 and other regulatory requirements, and is capable of identifying, communicating, and tracking any required corrective action. The SVP delegated the authority to the Manager - Nuclear Oversight to perform the biennial review.

Enclosure

3.0 CONCLUSION

The conduct of biennial Management Quality Assurance audits instead of annual audits satisfies the provisions of ANSI N18.7-1972 as endorsed by Regulatory Guide 1.33. Therefore, the staff finds the proposed revisions to the QAP Topical Report acceptable.

Principal Contributor: K. Naidu Date: September 5, 2002