ML17272A998
| ML17272A998 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Columbia  |
| Issue date: | 06/17/1980 |
| From: | Stello V NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE) |
| To: | Strand N WASHINGTON PUBLIC POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM |
| Shared Package | |
| ML17272A999 | List: |
| References | |
| REF-SSINS-6020 EA-80-020, EA-80-20, NUDOCS 8006240083 | |
| Download: ML17272A998 (5) | |
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JUN 1 7 1980 Docket No. 50-397 EA-80-20 Mashington Public Power Supply System ATTN:
Hr.
N. 0. Strand Hanaging Director P.
0.
Box 968
- Richland, Washington 99352 Gentlemen:
Subject:
10 CFR 50.54(f) Request Regarding equality Assurance As discussed with members of WPPSS management during a meeting at your head-quarters office on Hay 30,
- 1980, and as detailed in the Notice of Violation which accompanies this letter, the NRC staff is concerned about the quality of construction at your Washington Nuclear Project No.
2 (WNP-2) site.
Specifi-cally, the IE staff does not at this time have sufficient information to conclude that WNP-2 has been constructed in substantial conformance with the construction permit.
Several items of noncompliance described in the Notice of Violation concern the sacrificial shield wall and pipe whip restraints and clearly show that significant problems existed in your quality program during the fabrication of these structures at the Seattle shop of your contractor, Leckenby Corp.,
during the period 1976-1978.
Furthermore, recent reinspections of these structures revealed defects which require major repairs and analyses before the structures can be declared acceptable for service.
Notably, the sacrifi-cial shield wall was constructed and certified correct by your contractor although the upper and lower sections of this structure were not properly welded together.
Consequently the structure as built may be incapable of withstanding the shear forces postulated during accident conditions.
The fai lure to detect such deficiencies until this late date represents failures of not only the contractor's'uality program but also those of the Architect Engineer/Construction
- Manager, Burns and
- Roe, and the Washington Public Power Supply System.
Compounding these conditions is that significant deficiencies in the shield wall were identified to you in November 1978, and as of October 1979 these had not been adequately investigated nor an effective corrective action program developed.
Horeover, in the Hanagement Heetings of Hay 18, and June 6, 1978, Region V representatives expressed their concern with the effective-ness of your quality assurance program to control activities of your contractors or subcontractors, of whom there are approximately thirty at the MNP-2 facility.
These concerns were reiterated during a meeting with you on April 24, 1979.
By the end of 1978, in excess of twenty specific items of noncompliance had been identified at WNP-2 by the NRC.
During 1979 sixteen items were cited in addition to those covered in the accompanying Notice of Violation.'urther
Washington Public Power Supply System JUN 1~ 1-80 review and analysis of these numerous items of noncompliance and related inspection findings indicate a
common problem: ineffective control by WPPSS and Burns and Roe of the activities of contractors without NRC reviewed quality assurance programs.
In addition to Leckenby Corp., the contractors or subcon-tractors demonstrating ineffective control include: (1) Wright, Schuchart,
- Harbor, Boecon, GERI; (2) Maldinger; (3) Seattle Industrial; (4) Industrial Heating and Plumbing; (5) Johnson Controls; and (6) Fischbach-Lord.
The pattern and seriousness of noncompliances at WNP-2 are cause for our concern whether work in portions of the facility in addition to that worked by Leckenby Corporation has been properly accomplished and whether current and future work is being adequately controlled.
Therefore, unde~ the authority of Section 182 of the Atomic Energy Act of
- 1954, as
- amended, and Section 50.54 (f) of 10 CFR Part 50, information is requested on the steps which will be taken to provide reasonable assurance that your approved quality assurance program has been implemented such that structures, components, and systems, constructed by contractors not having an NRC reviewed quality assur ance program are in accordance with conditions of your construction permit and those steps which will be taken to strengthen
,management control of the project.
Accordingly, submit within thirty days a plan and schedule for completion of review of completed safety-related work accomplished by those contractors not having an NRC reviewed quality assurance program to determine whether the quality assurance program was adequate to assure such work was properly performed.
The depth of review should be commensurate with the safety function of the structures,
- systems, or components and should include, but not necessarily be limited to, the following considerations:
a.
Mere there cases where the required quality procedures and specifications were not applied to the work?
b.
Mere there instances in which improperly qualified personnel'erformed and inspected the work?
I c.
Were receipt inspection requirements followed for contractor pr oduced items and why weren' deficienci es detected during receipt inspection?
d.
Mere correct dispositions made for nonconformance
- reports, design
- changes, field change
- requests, and information requests?
e.
On the basis of review of existing records and a sampling of pre-viously inspected work, are quality and test records associated with the work complete and accurate?
The plan should include:
(1) the rationale for selection of contractor item(s) for review, (2) provision for reporting results of the review to the NRC, (3) provision for reporting to the NRC repairs or further action to be taken for
Washington Public Power Supply System those structures,
- systems, or components which are found to be deficient or questionable as a result of the review, and (4) provisions for evaluating the'uality assurance programs at each of the MPPSS facilities based on lessons learned from the review.
You are required to respond to this letter under oath or affirmation.
In those cases in which a complete response must await the results of future activities, an interim reply shall be given within thirty days as well as the associated schedules for completion of the response.
Me are continuing our investigations into quality assurance matters at your facility.
Your reply to this letter and implementation of corrective actions, as well as the results of our most recent investigations, will be considered in determining whether any further enforcement action is required (such as suspension, modification or revocation of your license).
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 will be placed in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Public Document Room.
Sincerely, Victor Stello, Jr.
Director Office of Inspection and Enforcement
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