ML17272B000
| ML17272B000 | |
| 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 8006240086 | |
| Download: ML17272B000 (4) | |
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gag i j 1980 Docket No. 50-397 EA-80-20 Washington Public Power Supply System ATTN:
Mr.
N. 0. Strand Managing Director P.
0.
Box 968
- Richland, Washington 99352 Gentlemen:
The apparent items of noncompliance listed in Appendix A to this letter were identified during our investigation of construction activities at the Washington Nuclear Project No.
2 and at your contractor's shops in Seattle, Washington.
This investigation was conducted between November 27, l979 and February 28, 1980.
Several items of noncompliance described in Appendix A 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 your contractor's Seattle shop 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 sacrificial 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 is incapable of withstanding the shear forces postulated during accident conditions.
The failure to detect such deficiencies until this late date represents failures of not only the contractor's quality program but also those of the Architect Engineer/Construction Manager 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.
As of October 1979, these had not been adequately investigated nor an effective corrective action program developed.
Moreover, in the Management Meetings of May 18, 1978 and June 6,
- 1978, we expres-sed our concern with the effectiveness of your quality assurance program to con-trol contractor activities for areas other than those contained in Appendix A.
These same concerns were reiterated during a meeting with you on April 24, 1979:
The enclosed items of noncompliance raise a question concerning the adequacy of your control of the quality assurance program in accordance with criteria I, II, XVII, and XVIII of Appendix B, 10 CFR 50, and paragraphs D. 1, D.2.5, and D.2.7 of your quality assurance program described in the PSAR.
Consequently, in addition to the civil penalties described below I have issued the accompanying 50.54(f) letter to seek additional information about the.quality of the work at your facility before making a determination whether or not to take further action.
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Mashington Public Power Supply System JUN yP >980 As you are aware from the "Criteria for Determining Enforcement Action," which was provided to you by letter dated December 31, 1974, the enforcement actions available to the Commission in the exercise of its regulatory responsibilities include administrative actions in the form of written nctices of violation, civil monetary penalties and orders pertaining to the modification, suspension or revocation of a license.
After careful evaluation of the items of noncompliance identified in Appendix A and other results of our investigation conducted between November 27, 1979 and February 28, 1980, this office proposes to impose civil penalties, pursuant to Section 234 of the Atomic Energy Act of
- 1954, as
- amended, (42 USC 2282) and 10 CFR 2.205, in the cumulative amount of
$61,000's set forth in the "Notice of Proposed Imposition of Civil Penal-ties," enclosed herewith as Appendix B.
This letter also reaffirms our Immediate Action Letter of November 21,
- 1979, which specifies that no repairs or attachments shall be made to the sacrificial shield wall until the correc-tive action plan has been reviewed by the NRC staff.
You are required to respond to this letter within twenty-five days, and in preparing your response you should follow the instructions contained in Appendices A and B.
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 its enclosures
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will be placed in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Public Document Room.
Sincerely, Victor Stello, Jr.
Director Office of Inspection and Enforcement
Enclosures:
l.
Appendix A, Notice of Violation 2.
Appendix B, Notice of Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalties cc w/
Enclosures:
H.
E. Mitherspoon, Division Manager equality Assurance, WPPSS M.
C. Bibb, Manager, MNP2 Project, MPPSS Glenn C. Walkley President, Board of Directors Route 5, Box 5010
- Pasco, Mashington 993001
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Mashington Public Power Supply System or revocation of a license.
After careful evaluation of the items of noncompliance identified in Appendix A and other results of our investigation conducted between November 27, 1979 and February 28, 1980, this office proposes to impose civil penalties, pursuant to Section 234 of the Atomic Energy Act of
- 1954, as
- amended, (42 USC 2282) and 10 CFR 2. 205, in the cumulative amount of
$49,000.00 as set forth in the "Notice of Proposed Imposition of Civil Penal-ties," enclosed herewith as Appendix B.
This letter also reaffirms our Immediate Action Letter of November 21, 1979, which specifies that no repairs or attachments shall be made to the sacrificial shield wall until the correc-tive action plan has been reviewed by the NRC staff.
You are required to respond to this letter within twenty-five days, and in preparing your response you should follow the instructions contained in Appendices A and B.
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 its enclosures
'ill be placed in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Public Document Room.
Sincerely, Victor Stello, Jr.
Director Office of Inspection and Enforcement
Enclosures:
l.
Appendix A, Notice of Violation 2.
Appendix B, Notice of Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalties cc w/
Enclosures:
H.
E. 'Witherspoon, Division Manager equality Assurance, MPPSS M.
C. Bibb, Manager, MNP2 Project, MPPSS Glenn C. Malkley President, Board of Directors Route 5, Box 5010
- Pasco, Washington 993001 I
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