ML16340B201

Forwards Request for Addl Info Re Util 800903 Application for Amend 85 to Licensing Application,Which Includes Extensive Revisions to Chapter 17 of Fsar.Outstanding Items Include Composition & Function of Onsite Review Group

ML16340B201
Person / Time
Site:	Diablo Canyon
Issue date:	10/07/1980
From:	Tedesco R Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Furbush M PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC CO.
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,VNoore WKreger INFORt1ATION - DIABLO CANYON, QM'O'F 1880 Docket Nos.:

50-275/323

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL t'Ir. Malcolm H. Furbush Yice President - General Couhsel Pacific Gas and Electric Company 77 Beale Street San Francisco, California 94106 NErnst IE (3) bcc:

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AND 2 Amendment 85 to the licensing application for Diablo Canyon, dated September 3,

198Q, includes extensive revisions to Chapter 17, "Quality Assurance", of the FSAR.

We have completed our review of the revised QA program for operations described in Section 17.2 of Amendment 85, and find that additional information, delineated in the enclosure, is required in order to continue our evalUation of your full power application.

Sincerely,

Enclosure:

As stated original siI,'IIed by cohort L. Tedeseo Robert,L.

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California Pub'lic Utilities Commission 350 McAllister Street San Francisco, California 94102 Mr. Frederick Eissler, President

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4623 More Mesa Drive Santa Barbara, California 93105 Ms. Elizabeth Apfelberg c/o Nancy Culver 192 Luneta San Luis Obispo, California 93401 Ms. Sandra A. Silver 1760 Alisal Street San Luis Obispo, California 93401 Mr. Gordon A. Silver 1760 Alisal Street San Luis Obispo, California 93401 Yale I. Jones, Esq.

100 Van Ness Avenue - 19th Floor San Francisco, California 94102 Mr. Richard Hubbard MHB Technical Associates Suite K

1723 Hamilton Avenue San'Jose, California 95125 Mr. John Marrs, Managing Editor San Luis Obispo County Telegram-Tribune 1321 Johnson Avenue P. 0. Box 112 San Luis Obispo, California 93406

f';r. !'alcolm H. Furhush cc:

Resident Inspector/Di abl o Canyon NPS c/o U. S. HucIear Regulat.ory Commission P. 0.

Box 396 Arroyo Grande, Califo~ nia 93420 Elizabeth S.

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Chairman Atomic Safety K l.icensing Board U. S. !iucIear Regulatory Commission li'ashington, D.

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Center, for Law in t,he Public Int:crest 10203 Santa

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Bruce Norton, Esq.

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W. C. Gangloff Westinghouse Electric Cot poration P. 0.

Box 355 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15230 Hichael R-Klein, Esq.

Wilmer, Cutler 5 Pickering 1666 K Street, N.

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Washington, D. C.

20006 David F. Fleischaker, Esq.

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20006 Dr. William E. I',artin Senior Ecologist Battelle f'memorial Institute

Columbus, Chio 43201 W. Andre>> Baldwin, Esq.

124 Spear Street San Francisco, California 94105

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260-1 260.0 QUALITY ASSURANCE BRANCH 260.1 The first paragraph of Section 17.2.2 indicates that PGSE will modify its QA program to be responsive to new guidelines published by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and new industrial standards if and when they are accepted by the Commission.

In accordance with this commitment, delete reference to the "WASH" documents on page 17.2-1 and provide PGKE's position on meeting the following NRC guidelines which have been published since the WASH documents:

a.

Regulatory Guide 1.8, February

1979, "Personnel Selection and Training" (endorses ANSI/ANS 3.1).

b.

Regulatory Guide 1.26, February 1976, "Quality Group Classifications and Standards for Water,

Steam, and Radioactive Waste Containing Compo-nents of Nuclear Power Plants."

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d.

Regulatory Guide 1.29, September

1978, "Seismic Design Classification."

Regulatory Guide 1.30, August 1972, "Quality Assurance Requirements for the Installation, Inspection and Testing of Instrumentation and Electric Equipment" (endorses N45.2.4).

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Regulatory Guide 1.33, February 1978, "Quality Assurance Program Require-ments (Operation)"

(endorses ANSI N18.7-1976/ANS 3.2).

f.

Regulatory Guide 1.37, March 1973, "Quality Assurance Requirements for Cleaning of Fluid Systems and Associated Components of Waker-Cooled Nuclear Power Plants" (endorses N45.2.1).

g.

Regulatory Guide 1.38, May 1977, "Quality Assurance Requirements for Packaging, Shipping, Receiving,

Storage, and Handling of Items for Water-Cooled Nuclear Power Plants" (endorses N45.2.2).

h.

Regulatory Guide 1.39, September

1977, "Housekeeping Requirements for Water-Cooled Nuclear Power Plants" (endorses N45.2.3).

Regulatory Guide 1.58, August 1973, "Qualification of Nuclear Power Plant Inspection, Examination, and Testing Personnel" (endorses N45.2.6).

Regulatory Guide 1.64, June 1976, "Quality Assurance Requirements for the Design of Nuclear Power Plants" (endorses N45.2;11).

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Regulatory Guide 1.74, February 1974, "Quality Assurance Terms and Defi-nitions" (endorses N45.2.10).

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Regulatory Guide 1.88, October 1976, "Collection, Storage, and Maintenance of Nuclear Power Plant Quality Assurance Records" (endorses N45.2.9),

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Regulatory Guide 1.94, April 1976, "guality Assurance Requirements for Installation, Inspection, and Testing of Structural Concrete and Struc-tural Steel During the Construction Phase of Nuclear Power Plants" (endorses N45.2.5).

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Regulatory Guide 1.116, May 1977, "guality Assurance Requirements for Installation, Inspection, and Testing of Mechanical Equipment and Systems" (endorses N45.2.8).

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Regulatory Guide 1.123, July 1977, "guality Assurance Requirements for Control of Procurement of Items and Services for Nuclear Power Plants" (endorses N45.2.13).

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Regulatory Guide 1.144, January

1979, "Auditing of guality Assurance Pro-grams for Nuclear Power Plants,"

(endorses N45.2.12).

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Regulatory Guide 1'.146, August 1980, "gualification of guality Assurance Program Audit Personnel for Nuclear Power Plants" (endorses N45.2.23).

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Branch Technical Position (BTP) ASB 9.5-1 (attached to SRP-Section 9.5.1).

260.2 Provide the composition of the Onsite Safety Review Group and discuss its functioning.

For example, does it review procedures before or after issuance7 Does each group member have

,"veto power" over procedures or does the majority rule. If majority rules, how are dissenting opinions handled?

Discuss why this group is shown on Figure 17.2-1 as being at the general office and not at the plant site.

260.3 Clarify the last sentence of the full paragraph on page 17.2-8 which states:

If a stop work recommendation by a quality assurance engineer does not come under the provisions of the authority of the Manager, guality Assurance, or -'-

in the absence of the Manager, guality Assurance, the Vice President-Nuclear Power Generation will make the decision as to the action to be taken.

260.4 Figure 17.2-1 indicates that the responsibility for quality control is not assigned to the Manager of guality Assurance.

Describe the responsibilities of the following organizations as they impact on the gA program for Diablo Canyon during the operations phase.

Also indicate the number of. supervisory and technical personnel in each.

a.

guality Control under the Manager of Materials.

Chief Engineering guality Control under the Engineering Vice President.

c.

Inspectors under the Resident Engineers.

d.

Lead guality Control Engineer (and staff) under the Senior Site Represen-tati ve.

e.

guality Control under the Chief, Engineering Research.

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guality Control under the Manager, Nuclear Plant Operations.

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guality Control Supervisor (and staff) uhder the Plant Manager.

h.

guality Control under the Manager, Nuclear Projects.

260.5 Page 17.2-7 lists some responsibilities of the Plant Manager.

Indicate which of these responsibilities are delegated to the guality Control Supervisor, which are. delegated elsewhere, and which are not delegated.

260. 6 260.7 260. 8 260. 9 Discuss the "optionality" of the guality Control Engineer and guality Assurance Engineers as shown on Figure 17.2-1.

Figure 17.2-1 shows the guality Assurance Supervisor Engineer located at the plant site, while Figure 17.2-2 shows the guality Assurance Supervisor or Engineer located at the general office.

Clarify.

The first sentence on page 17.2-19 states that spare parts, items, or services will "normally" be procured as described.

Describe controls over any purchases which are not procured "normally" or delete "normally" from the sentence.

Amendment 85 does not include two full paragraphs concerning supplier evalua-tion which began at the top of page 17.2-16 of Amendment 65.

Justify this

deletion, replace the paragraphs, or provide an alternative for our assessment.

Similarly treat the second paragraph on page 17.2-17 of Amendment 65 concerning off-the-shelf items.

260.10 Section 17.2.9, "Control of Special Processes,"

includes several new paragraphs concerning welders and welding.

Describe the quality controls over the per-formance qualification tests conducted on-site.

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