ML16341C968
| ML16341C968 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Diablo Canyon  |
| Issue date: | 05/01/1979 |
| From: | Engelken R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION V) |
| To: | Crane P PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC CO. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML16341C969 | List: |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 7909120130 | |
| Download: ML16341C968 (6) | |
See also: IR 05000275/1979006
Text
UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION V
SUITE 202, WALNUTCREEK PLAZA
1990 N. CALIFORNIA BOULEVARD
WALNUT CREEK, CALIFORNIA 94596
Docket Nos. 50+75
%f-323
Pacific Gas
8 Electric Company
77 Beal e Street
San Franci sco,
Cal ifornia
941 06
Attention:
Mr. Philip A. Crane, Jr.
Assistant
General
Counsel
Gentlemen:
Subject:
NRC Investigation at Diablo Canyon Units
1
and
2
This letter refers to our investigation
conducted
by Messrs.
0.
C. Shackleton,
D.
F. Kirsch, T.
Young and
R.
C.
Haynes of this office between
March
6 and
April 5, 1979, of construction activities authorized
by NRC Construction
Permit Nos.
CPPR-39
and
CPPR-69.
Our investigation
iIas of allegations
made
by four individuals regarding the quality controls
implemented during certain
installation
and inspection activities associated
with electrical
and instru-
mentation
systems
at the Diablo Canyon Units
1 and
2 facilities.
Our inves-
tigation was conducted at the Diablo Canyon construction s'ite
and at your
San Francisco
design engineering office.
This letter addresses
the results of our investigation which,consisted of
selective examination of procedures,
and representative
records,
interviews
with personnel
and observations
by the
inspectors.'ased
on the results of our investigation, it appears
that one of your
activities was not conducted in full compliance with NRC requirements,
as set forth in the Notice of Violation, enclosed
herewith
as Appendix A.
This item of apparent
noncompliance
has
been categorized into a level
as
described
in our correspondence
to all
NRC licensees
dated
December
31,
1974.
H
Pacific Gas
& Electric Company
MP",
'79'his
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
Regula-
tions.
Section
2.201 requires
you to submit to this office, within thirty
(30) days of your receipt of this notice,
a written statement or explana-
tion in reply including:
(1) corrective steps
which have
been taken
by you
hand the results
achieved;
(2) corrective steps
which will be taken .to avoid
further violations;
and
(3) the date
when full compliance will be achieved.
'This item of. apparent
noncompliance
appears
to be
a repetition of the
failure to fully comply with design control requirements
during electrical
design activities
as identified in our Inspection
Report
Nos. 50-275/78-12
and 50-323/78-12.
In both instances,
the failure resulted in equipment
deficiencies
repot table under
In your reply to this letter,
and in addition to your response
to the
specific item of noncompliance,
please
include
a discussion of those actions
taken or planned
which assure full compliance of electrical
design activities
with design control requirements of your quality assurance
program; in partic-
ular, that the design
bases,
as defined in 10 CFR 50.2 and
as specified in
the
FSAR, were correctly translated
into specifications,
drawings,
procedures
and instructions.
In accordance
with Section 2.790 of the NRC'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 applica'tion 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 enclo-
.sure 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.
Si cerely,
. Engelk
irector
I
I
Pacific Gas
& Electric Company
Enclosures:
l.
Appendix A - Notice of Violation
2.
IE Inspection
Report
Nos. 50-275/79-06
50-323/79-04
cc w/o enclosure
2:
l<. A. Raymond,
J.
D. lrlorthington,
R.
D.
Ramsay,
PG&E (Avila Beach)
cc w/enclosures
1
8 2:
R.
D. Etzler,
PG&E (Diablo Canyon)
.J.
B. Hoch, Project Engineer,