ML17354A547
| ML17354A547 | |
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| Site: | Saint Lucie, Turkey Point  |
| Issue date: | 09/18/1996 |
| From: | FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT CO. |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML17354A533 | List: |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9706250306 | |
| Download: ML17354A547 (8) | |
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FPL TOPICAL QUALITYASSURANCE REPORT CORRECTIVE ACTION'R918 TQR 16.0 Rev.
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16.1 GENERAL RE UIREMENTS Documented measures. shall be used to assure that conditions adverse to quality such as failures, malfunctions, deficiencies, deviations, defective material and equipment, and nonconformances, are promptly identified and'corrected as soon as practicable.
In the case of significant conditions adverse to quality, the cause of the condition shall be determined and action taken to preclude repetition. The identification. of significant conditions adverse to quality, the cause of the condition, and the corrective action taken shall be documented and reported to appropriate levels of management.
16.2 IMPLEMENTATION 16.2.1 Corrective Action and Follow-Up Quality Instructions shall define responsibilities and methods for identifying and correcting conditions adverse to,quality.
When an adverse condition is detected, a determination shall be made by plant supervision or Nuclear Assurance personnel as to whether immediate or routine corrective action is required.
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"Immediate Corrective Action" applies to conditions which pose a threat to plant safety or to the health and safety of the public, which could result in major equipment and material'amage, or could; if not corrected, produce defects of significantly greater consequences than those immediately resulting from the condition.
"Immediate Corrective Action" is accomplished through stopwork requests/orders to appropriate levels of management, requiring that work be stopped, the plant be shut down or other appropriate actions be taken.
Specific personnel having stop work authority include the Plant General Manager, Site Quality Manager and Plant Vice President.
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"Routine Corrective Action" applies to conditions which.do not require immediate corrective action.
Routine corrective action is assured through the distribution and disposition associated with inspection
- reports, surveillance reports, nonconformance reports, and,audit reports; and the investigation analysis and action associated with reportable events.
Interdepartmental corrective action shall be requested by use of written correspondence.
Audit reports, nonconformance reports, interoffice letters, and other documents may be used for this purpose.
Follow-up to verify implementation ofcorrective action and close-out ofcorrective action documentation is accomplished by the organization responsible forverifying the corrective action.
The Nuclear Assurance Department shall. track, follow-up, and closeout open items'dentified by Nuclear Assurance Department.
The respective department or plant shall track those items charged to its operating license by the NRC.
Each department shall be responsible for follow-up and close-out of corrective action resulting from their departmental inspections, tests, or operations.
Ifcorrective action is inadequate or not timely, the follow-up organization shall request corrective action, from management, as delineated, in procedures.
The President Nuclear Division is the final authority in the event that agreement is not reached at lower levels regarding stop work requests or other corrective action.
Where corrective action is required of contractor personnel, FPL shall define in procedures and contracts the corrective action interface between FPL and'he contractor.
FPL shall require the A/E, NSSS vendor, constructor and other suppliers of safety related materials and services to have a documented corrective action system.
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16.2.2 Recurrence Control Itis the responsibility ofthe organization which identifies the significant condition adverse to quality to verify that corrective action description not only corrects the immediate condition, but also precludes the condition from recurring..
The organization(s) that provide(s) the corrective action disposition and implementation is responsible to assure that the corrective action taken not only corrects the immediate condition, but also precludes recurrence.
16.2.3 Incidents and Reportable Events Reporting Operating reportable events and reports of incidents shall be investigated, documented as to cause and corrective action, and reported to the NRC in accordance with the applicable plant Technical Specifications and Federal Regulations.
Reportable events and reports of incidents that are safety related. or that result in damage shall be forwarded to the Company Nuclear Review Board (CNRB) for review. Conditions adverse to quality are reported to operating plant management through:
distribution of QA audit reports, QC inspection reports, corrective action requests, and the investigation and reporting of reportable events in accordance with plant Technical Specifications.
16.3 RESPONSIBILITIES 16.3.1 The President Nuclear Division is the 'final authority in the event agreement relating to stop work requests or other proposed corrective action is not reached at lower management levels.
16.3.2 Direct reports of the President Nuclear Division and Department Heads of organizations supporting the Nuclear Division are responsible for:
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Assuring that timely corrective action within their respective organization;
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Follow-up and assuring completion ofcorrective action resulting from their respective department's
- audits, inspections, surveillances,
- tests, or operations; Reviewing and investigating audit findings to determine and schedule appropriate corrective action and responding as requested in the audit report.
16.3.3 The Director Nuclear Assurance has the responsibility and authority to recommend that work be stopped or appropriate corrective action taken as a result of QA findings during department audits and reviews or QC activities.
16.3.4 All.personnel detecting conditions adverse to quality or significant conditions adverse to quality are responsible for reporting such conditions to the appropriate authority.
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