ML16341C953

From kanterella
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Forwards IE Insp Repts 50-275/79-12 & 50-323/79-07 on 790430-0503 & Notice of Violation
ML16341C953
Person / Time
Site: Diablo Canyon  Pacific Gas & Electric icon.png
Issue date: 06/01/1979
From: Spencer G
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION V)
To: Crane P
PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC CO.
Shared Package
ML16341C954 List:
References
NUDOCS 7908150222
Download: ML16341C953 (4)


See also: IR 05000275/1979012

Text

qp,8 BEGS

P0

/7

UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION V

1990 N. CALIFORNIABOULEVARD

SUITE 202, WALNUTCREEK PLAZA

WALNUTCREEK, CALIFORNIA94596

June

1,

1979

Docket Nos.

50-275

.IZ,

50-323

Pacific Gas

and Electric Company

77 Beale Street

San Francisco,

California

94106.

Attention:

Mr. Philip A. Crane, Jr.

Assistant

General

Counsel

Gentlemen:

Subject:

NRC Inspection at Diablo Canyon Units

1 and

2

This refers to the inspection

conducted

by Messrs.

D. F. Kirsch and

T.

W. Hutson of this office on April 30 - May 3,

1979 of activities

authorized

by

NRC Construction Permit Nos.

CPPR-39

and

CPPR-69,

and to

the discussion of our findings held by Mr. Kirsch with members of your

staff at the conclusion of the inspection.

Areas

examined

during this inspection

are described

in the enclosed

inspection report.

Within these

areas,

the inspection consisted of

selective

examinations of procedures

and representative

records, in-

terviews with personnel,

and observations

by the inspectors.

Based

on the results of this inspection, it appears

that certain of your

activities were not conducted

in full compliance with NRC requirements,

as set forth in the Notice of Yiolation, enclosed

herewith as Appendix A.

These

items of noncompliance

have

been categorized

into a level

as de-

scribed in our- correspondence

to all

NRC licensees

dated

December

31,

1974.

This notice is sent to you pursuant to the<provisions of Section 2.201,

of the NRC's "Rules of Practice,"

Part 2, Title 10,

Code of Federal

Regulations.

Section

2.201 requires

you to submit to this office,

within thirty (30) days of your receipt of this notice,

a

written'tatement

or explanation in reply including (1) corrective steps

which

have

been

taken

by you and the results

achieved;

(2) corrective steps

which will be taken to avoid further violations; and (3) the date

when

full compliance will be achieved.

In your reply to this letter,. and in addition to your'response

to the

specific items of noncompliance,

please

include

a discussion of what

actions you have or plan to take to separate

and/or

preclude the association

W908l50 +~!~

(P

e

1

II

lif

Pacific Gas

and Electric Company

-2-

June

1,

1979

of non-safety related

cables with redundant safety-related

cables in

order that "no single failure results

in loss of the protection function,"

in accordance

with 10 CFR 50, Appendix A, Criterion 21.

In accordance

with Section

2.790 of the HRC's "Rules of Practice,"

Part 2, Title 10,

Code of Federal

Regulations,

a copy of this letter

and

the enclosed

inspection report will be placed, in the NRC's Public

Document

Room.

If this report contains

any information that you believe

to be proprietary, it is necessary

that you submit a written application

to this office, within 30 days of the date of this letter, requesting

that such information be withheld from public disclosure.

The application

must include

a full statement of the reasons

why it is claimed that the

information is proprietary.

The application should

be prepared

so that

any proprietary information identified is contained in an enclosure

to

the application,

since the application without the enclosure will also

be placed in the Public Document

Room. If we do not hear from you in

this regard within the specified period, the report will be placed in

the Public Document

Room.

Should you have any questions

concerning this inspection,

we will be

glad to discuss

them with you.

Sincerely,

Enclosures:

A.

Notice of Violation

B.

IE Inspection

Report

Nos.

50-275/79-12

50-323/79-07

G. S.

Sp neer,

Chief

Reactor Construction

and

Engineering Support Branch

cc w/o enclosure

B:

W. A. Raymond,

PGSE

J.

D. Worthington,

PGSE

R.

D. Ramsay,

PG8E (Avila Beach)

cc w/enclosures

R.

D. Etzler,

PG&E (Avila Beach)

J.

B. Hoch,

PGSE

,0