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Forwards Safety Insp Rept 50-244/86-02 on 860127-31 & Notice of Violation.Setps Taken to Improve Effectiveness of QA & QC Activities Have Not Reached Working Level at Site.Task Force Recommendations Will Not Be Implemented
ML17251A601
Person / Time
Site: Ginna Constellation icon.png
Issue date: 03/11/1986
From: Ebneter S
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To: Kober R
ROCHESTER GAS & ELECTRIC CORP.
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Download: ML17251A601 (3)


See also: IR 05000244/1986002

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MAR 11

1986

Docket No. 50-244

Rochester

Gas

and Electric Corporation

ATTN:

Mr. Roger

M. Kober

Vice President

Electric and Steam Production

49 East Avenue

Rochester,

New York

14649

Gentlemen:

Subject:

Inspection

Report

No. 50-244 86-02

This refers to the special

safety inspection

conducted

by Dry

P.

K. Eapen of

this office on January

27

31,

1986, at

R.

E. Ginna Station, Ontario,

New York

and at your corporate offices in Rochester,

New York, of activities authorized

by

NRC License

No.

DPR-18 and to the discussions

of our findings .held by

Dr.

Eapen with yourself and other Rochester

Gas

and Electric personnel

at the

conclusion of the inspection.

Areas

examined during this inspection

are described

in the

NRC Region I Inspec-

tion Report which is enclosed

w'ith this letter.

Within these

areas,

the inspec-

tion consisted of selective

examinations

of procedures

and representative

re-

cords,

interviews with personnel,

and observations

by the inspector.

Based

on the results of this inspection, it appears

that certain of your

acti-'ities

were not conducted

in full compliance with NRC requirements,

as set

forth in the Notice of Violation, enclosed

herewith

as Appendix A.

These vio-

lations

have

been categorized

by severity level in accordance

with the

NRC En-

'orcement

Policy published in 10 CFR 2, Appendix C.

You are required to respond

to this letter and in preparing your response,

you should follow the instruc-

tions in Appendix A.

This inspection

focused

on the effectiveness

of your guality Assurance

and

/vali,ty Control Activities.

Our inspectors

noted that the steps

you have taken

to improve the effectiveness

of guality Assurance and'uality Control activ-

ities have not reached

the working level at the site.

As

a result, quality

assurance

and control concerns

continue to exist at the site

as indicated in

'aragraphs

3, 4,

5 and

6 of the enclosed

report

and the accompanying

Notice of

Violation.

Further,

we understand

that your internal task. force recommendations

for improving quality assurance

and quality control activities will not be fully

implemented for several

years.

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Therefore,

you are requested

to respond to the specific violations in an en-

forcement conference

scheduled

to be held on or about March 27,

1986.

At this

enforcement

conference

we expect you to present your action plan along with

implementation milestones

and

show

how it will improve your

quality assurance

and quality control effectiveness

in light of these

and other recent violations.

The responses

directed

by this letter and the accompanying

Notice are not sub-

ject to the clearance

procedures

of the Office of Management

and Budget as re-

quired by the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1980,

PL 96-511.

Your cooperation with us in this matter is appreciated.

Sincerely,

prigina1 Signed Bg:

Stewart

D. Ebneter,

Director

Division of Reactor Safety

Enclosures:

1.

Appendix A, Notice of Violation

2.

NRC Region I Inspection

Report

Number 50-244/86-02

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Harry H. Voigt, Esquire

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State of New York

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