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Ack Receipt of 10CFR50.54(a) Submittal Re QA Program Changes.Approval of QA Program Changes Cannot Be Issued Unless TS Amend Approved First
ML18102A217
Person / Time
Site: Salem, Hope Creek  PSEG icon.png
Issue date: 06/24/1996
From: Ruland W
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To: Eliason L
Public Service Enterprise Group
References
NUDOCS 9607010123
Download: ML18102A217 (3)


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i June 24, 1996 Mr. Leon R. Eliason Chief Nuclear Officer and President Nuclear Business Unit Public Service Electric and Gas Company P. 0. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, New Jersey 08038

SUBJECT:

10 CFR 50.54 QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAM CHANGES

References:

(1)

(2)

Dear Mr. Eliason:

Letter dated January 11, 1996, from Mr. Louis F. Storz to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission transmitting Request for License Amendment Letter dated May 22, 1996, from Mr. J. A. Benjamin to U.S.

Nuclear.Regulatory Commission transmitting Request for Approval of Changes to the Quality Assurance Program 1n reference (1), the Public Service Electric & Gas (PSE&G) Company submitted a request for changes to Salem, Unit Nos. 1 and 2, and the Hope Creek Technical Specifications.

In reference (2), PSE&G submitted the associated changes to the facility quality assurance programs per 10 CFR 50.54(a).

The submittal consisted of the following changes:

{l) incorporation of the Independent Safety Engineering Group functions into the QA Department, and (2) replacement of the Offsite Safety Review organization with a standing committee to fulfill the offsite independent review requirements. This request involves a reduction in commitment; Specifically, the commitments were made to NUREG 0737, Clarification of TMI Action Plan Requirements. and ANSI Nl8.7-1976, Administrative Controls and Quality Assurance of the Operational Phase of Nuclear Power Plants.

This letter is an acknowledgement of our receipt of the 10 CFR 50.54(a) submittal. Although you requested our review to be completed by June 30, 1996, any approval of Quality Assurance Program changes cannot be issued unless the Technical Specification Amendment is approved first.

You will receive the results of our review of your Quality Assurance changes after the Technical Specification Amendment review is completed.

Since the changes involve a Technical Specification Amendment, the review may take greater than -

60 days to comp 1 ete.

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Mr. Leon If you have any questions concerning the above, please contact me at (610) 337-5376.

Docket Nos. 50-272 50-311 50-354 cc:

Sincerely, Willi am H. Ruland, Chief Electrical Engineering Branch Division of Reactor Safety L. Storz, Senior Vice President - Nuclear Operations E. Simpson, Senior Vice President - Nuclear Engineering E. Salowitz, Director - Nuclear Business Support C. Schaefer, External Operations - Nuclear, Delmarva Power & Light Co.

M. Bezilla, General Manager - Hope Creek Operations D. Garchow, General Manager - Salem Operations J. Benjamin, Director - Quality Assurance & Nuclear Safety Review D. Powell, Manager, Licensing and Regulation R. Kankus, Joint Owner Affairs A. Tapert, Program Administrator R. Fryling, Jr., Esquire M. Wetterhahn, Esquire P. MacFarland Goelz, Manager, Joint Generation Atlantic Electric Consumer Advocate, Office of Consumer Advocate William Conklin, Public Safety Consultant, Lower Alloways Creek Township

. Public Service Commission of Maryland State of New Jersey State of Delaware

Mr. Leon Distribution:

Region I Docket Room (with concurrences)

Kay Gallagher, DRP Nuclear Safety Information Center (NSIC)

L. Nicholson, DRP S. Barber, DRP G. Kelly, DRS N. Della Greca, DRS D. Screnci, PAO J. Shannon, DRS V. Curley, DRS NRC Resident Inspector PUBLIC L. Olshan, NRR W. Dean, OEDO J. Stolz, PDI-2, NRR D. Jaffe, Project Manager, NRR J. Zimmerman, NRR M. Ca 11 ahan, OCA Inspection Program Branch, NRR (IPAS)

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