ML15238A062
| ML15238A062 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Oconee  |
| Issue date: | 03/30/1995 |
| From: | Gibson A NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
| To: | Hampton J DUKE POWER CO. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9504120051 | |
| Download: ML15238A062 (3) | |
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March 30, 1995 Duke Power Company ATTN:
Mr. J. W. Hampton Vice President Oconee Site P. 0. Box 1439 Seneca, SC 29679 Gentlemen:
SUBJECT:
PROPOSED CHANGES TO OCONEE QA PROGRAM During a management meeting in Atlanta on February 6, 1995, you proposed changes to the Oconee QA Program that would be based upon review and reclassification of structures, systems, and components. A summary of this meeting was documented in our letter to you dated February 23, 1995. During this meeting, we agreed to provide comments on. the concept and direction of your proposal.
The changes that you proposed would include application of the requirements of 10 CFR 50, Appendix B, to Oconee structures, systems, and components commensurate with their importance to safety. You would assign safety classifications based upon a review of the Oconee licensing basis, including postulated accidents, and based upon a review of the safety importance of these systems and components. You said that structures, systems, and components found to be important to safety, which had not been previously classified as safety related (i.e., Oconee QA-1), would be classified as QA-5.
These items would be tested and maintained to the same degree as QA-1 systems with the exception that "replacement parts would be procured as good or better than original based upon engineering judgement."
Implementation of this concept must assure that controls are applied to safety related activities to an extent consistent with their importance to safety.
For example, procurement of replacement parts to specifications which are as good as or better than original must be supported by an analysis that shows that the original specifications were consistent with importance to safety and by controls to assure that parts received meet these specifications.
The concept that you have proposed, if properly implemented, would meet the intent of 10 CFR 50, Appendix B. We support your continued development of this program and suggest that you submit the details to NRC pursuant to 10 CFR 50.54 for review as a change to the Oconee Quality Assurance Topical Report.
We understand that certain structures, systems, and components, including the High Pressure Service Water System and portions of the Condenser Circulating Water System, may not have been classified or maintained as safety related in accordance with your response to NRC Generic Letter 83-28. Your proposed change to the Oconee QA Topical Report should describe the extent to which future activities and system classifications will meet the commitments made in your response to Generic Letter 83-28.
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We look forward to meeting with you on May 1, 1995, in Atlanta to discuss this matter further.
Should you have any questions concerning this letter, please contact me at 404-331 5680.
Sincerely, (ORIGINAL SIGNED BY A. F. GIBSON)
Albert F. Gibson, Director Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos.
50-269, 50-270, 50-287 License Nos.
Mr. J. E. Burchfield Compliance Duke 'Power Company P. 0. Box 1439 Seneca, SC 29679 Mr. A. V. Carr, Esq.
Duke Power Company 422 South Church Street Charlotte, NC 28242-0001 Mr. Robert P. Gruber Executive Director Public Staff - NCUC P. 0. Box 29520 Raleigh, NC 27626-0520 Mr. Robert B. Borsum Babcock and Wilcox Company Nuclear Power Generation Division 1700 Rockville Pike, Suite 525 Rockville, MD 20852 Mr. J. Michael McGarry, III, Esq.
Winston and Strawn 1400 L Street, NW Washington, D. C. 20005 Office of Intergovernmental Relations 116 West Jones Street Raleigh, NC 27603
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