ML18089A448
| ML18089A448 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Salem  |
| Issue date: | 11/15/1983 |
| From: | Martin T NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Uderitz R Public Service Enterprise Group |
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| NUDOCS 8311280391 | |
| Download: ML18089A448 (2) | |
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Docket No.{56".:272:)
50-311 NOV 15 1983 Public Service Electric & Gas Company ATTN:
Mr. Richard A. Uderitz Vice President - Nuclear P. 0. Box 236 Hancock 1s Bridge, New Jersey 08038 Gentlemen:
Subject:
10 CFR 5d.54(a) Quality Assurance Program Description Review, Salem Generating Station, Units No. 1 and 2 In accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR 50.54(a), your letter of August 17, 1983, received on August 26, 1983, forwarded to us Chapter 17, Quality Assurance (OA), Revision 1, of the updated Final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR).
We have reviewed the OA program description and have concluded that the QA program description does not meet your commitments. as follows:
- 1.
The absence of a commitment to Regulatory Guide 1.144 and the endorsed ANSI N45.2.12 for auditing program requirements.
A commitment to ANSI N45.2.12 had been specified in Section D.5.18 of the FSAR, as submitted on March 6, 1979 as part of Salem 2 licensing and approved by the NRC.
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Section 17.2.18 and the exception to Regulatory Guide 1.146.
Both these parts of the QA program description state that audits conducted by a single individual 11are conducted by or under the guidance of a certified lead auditor.
11 Allowing an audit to be conducted with only the 11 guidance 11 of a certified lead auditor represents a decrease in the quality of an audit and is in direct conflict with ANSI N45.2.12.
You should clarify the exception to show under which specific instances this is permissible and justi.fy these instances.
The following areas require clarification to better specify the intended OA program approach:
- a.
Minimum period for OA program review by independent auditors,
- b.
Qualifications of QA personnel,
- c.
Managers responsible for operator and technical training, for test control, and for handling, storage and shipping and,
- d.
Design verification.
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The above failures to meet commitments and areas requ1r1ng clarification appear to reduce your commitments previously made to the NRC and therefore require approval by the NRC in accordance with the provision of 10 CFR 50.54(a).
During a telephone conversation on October 21, 1983, with Mr. Glenn Meyer of my staff, your Mr. William Schultz stated that the above concerns would be resolved in the next revision of the OA program description.
We request that the revised OA program description, resolving the above concerns, be submitted to Region I for approval prior to December 16, 1983.
If you have any questions concerning the above, please contact Glenn Meyer of our staff at (215) 337-5328.
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Sincerely, Or!.i1n;.1 -~ii*;-"' l>Y
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~Thomas T. Martin, Director Division of Engineering and Technical Programs R. L. Mittl, General Manager - Nuclear Assurance and Regulation J. M. Zupko, Jr., General Manager - Salem Operations E. A. Liden, Manager - Nuclear Licensing and Regulation C. P. Johnson, Assistant to Vice President - Nuclear Armand Nassman, Manager, Quality Assurance - Nuclear Operations R. Fryling, Jr., Esquire Public Document Room (PDR)
Local Public Document Room (LPDR)
Nuclear Safety Information Center (NSIC)
NRC Resident Inspector State of New Jersey
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