ML19241B051
| ML19241B051 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | South Texas  |
| Issue date: | 04/30/1979 |
| From: | Seidle W NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
| To: | Eric Turner HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER CO. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML19241B052 | List: |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 7907110603 | |
| Download: ML19241B051 (2) | |
See also: IR 05000498/1979005
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April 30,1979
In Reply Refer To:
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Docket flo. 50-498/Rpt. 79-05
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Heuston Lighting and Power Company
AT.'f t : Mr. E. A. Turner, Vice President
Power Plant Construction and
Technical Services
Post Office Box 17D
Houston, Texas
77001
Geni.'.emen :
This refers to the inspection conducted by Mr. W. G. Hubacek and other
members of our staff during the period April 2-6, 1979, of activities
authcrized by flRC Constrl;ction Permit flos. CPPR-128 and 129 for
South Texas Project, Units flo.1 and 2, and to the discussion of our
findings with Mr. L. D. Wilson and other members of your staff at the
conclusion of the inspection.
Areas eramined during the inspection and our findings are discussed in
the enclosed inspection report. Within these areas, the inspection con-
sisted of selective examination of procedures and representative records,
interviews with personnel, and observations by the inspectors.
During the inspection, it was found that certain activities under your
license appear to be in noncompliance with Appendix B to 10 CFR 50 of
the flRC Regulations, " Quality Assurance Criteria for fluclear Power
Plants." The items of noncompliance and references to the pertinent
requirements are identified in the enclosed flotice of Violation.
We have also examined actions you have taken with regard to previously
identified inspection findings.
The status of these items is identi-
fied in paragraph 2 of the enclosed report.
This notice is sent to you pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.201
of the flRC's " Rules of Practice," Part 2, Title 10, Code of Federal
Regulations. Section 2.201 requires you to submit to this office, within
30 days of your receipt of this notice, a written statement or explanation
in reply including: (1) corrective steps which have been taken by you, and
the results achieved; (2) corrective steps which will be taken to avoid
further noncompliance; and (3) the date when full compliance will be
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During this inspection, our inspector also observed that rebar was still
being stored on the ground even though this same unacceptable practice
was observed during our site inspection in February 1979, and was the
subject of a citation (Inspection Report !!o. 79-03). Although our April
inspection was cunducted a few days before your response to the rebar
storage citation was due, we feel that you had ample time to correct
this problem.
Our concern that this problem still existed at the time
of our April inspection was discussed with your fir. R. A. Frazar, by
telephone, on April 25 and 27,1979.
During these discussions, we were informed that rebar was no longer being
stored on the ground and that actions had been taken by HL&p and Brown &
Root to correct this continuing problem.
These several actions were
identified in our Inmediate Action Letter which was dispatched to you on
April 30,1979.
Our inspector will give particular attention to rebar
storage practices during subsequent inspections.
In accordance with Section 2.790 of the flRC's " Rules of Practice," Part
2, Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, a copy of this letter and the
enclosed inspection report will be placed in the flRC's Public Document
Room.
If the report contains any information that you believe to be
proprietary, it is necessary that you submit a written application to
this office, within 20 days of the . ate of this letter, requesting that
such information be withheld from public disclosure.
The application
must include a full statement of the reasons why it is claimed that the
informasion is proprietary. The application should be prepared so that
any proprietary information identified is contained in an enclosure to
the application, since the application without the enclosure will also
be placed in the Public Document Roon.
If we do not hear from you in
this regard within the specified per;od, the report will be placed in
the Public Document Room.
Should you have any questions concerning this inspection, we will
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Enclosures:
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Appendix A, flotice of Violation
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IE Inspection Report flo. 50-498/79-05
50-499/79-05
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