ML19241B212
| ML19241B212 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Wolf Creek  |
| Issue date: | 04/11/1979 |
| From: | Seyfrit K NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
| To: | Koester G KANSAS GAS & ELECTRIC CO. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML19241B213 | List: |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 7907130126 | |
| Download: ML19241B212 (3) | |
See also: IR 05000482/1979004
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Docket tio. STN 50-482/Rpt. 79-04
Kansas Gas and Electric Company
ATTN: Mr. G. L. Koester
Vice President-Operations
Post Office Box 208
Wichita, Kansas
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Gentlemen:
This refers to the inroection conducted by Mr. C. R. Oberg and other
members of our staff during the period March 5-8, 1979, of activities
authorized by NRC Construction Permit No. CPPR-147 for Wol f Creek,
Unit No.1, and to the discussion of our findings with you and other
members of your staff at the conclusion of the inspection. This also
refers to a series of visits made to the Portland Cement Associatic.n
(PCA) during the months of February and March 1979, and to our meeting
with you and members of your staff on March 15, 1979, in the Region IV
office.
Areas examined during the inspection and our findings are discussed
in '-he enclosed inspection report. Within these areas, the inspection
consisted of selective examination of procedures and representative
records, interviews with personnel, and observations by the inspectors.
We have also examined actions you have taken with regard to previously
identified inspection findings. The status of these items is identified
in paragraph 2 of the enclosed report.
During the inspection, it was found that certain activities under your
license appear to be in nonco.npliance with Appendix B to 10 CFR 50 of
the NRC Regulations, " Quality Assurance Criteria for Nuclear Power
Plants." The item of noncompliance and references to the pertinent
requirements are identified in the enclosed Notice of Violation.
This notice is sent to you pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.201
of the NRC'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
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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 achieved.
During this particular inspection, only one item of noncomplionce was
identified.
However, during the inspection our review of events leading
to your stop-work order relative to Class 1 concrete raised general concern
on our part in terms of your ce strol of the quality of construction.
Of
further concern, Region IV (wi 1 support from Regions I, II and III) has
conducted over thirty inspectitis of construction activities associated with
the Wolf Creek plant since issua.'ce of a Construction Permit in May 1977.
During this twenty-two month period, thirty-one items of noncompliance
have been detected, twenty-two of which involved Criterion V of Appendix
B to 10 CFR Part 50 for failure to follow or provide procedures on safety
related activities. On several occasions during the twenty-two month
period, the Region IV Project Inspector discussed QA staffing concerns
with you.
This matter is documented in IE Inspection Reports 77-05, 77-07, 77-09
and 78-08.
Moreover, similar concerns were expressed by the Reactor
Construction Branch Chief during meetings with you and your staff on
August 9, 1977, and December 5, 1978. This matter, along with the con-
cern over the numerous items of noncompliance involving Criterion V, was
also the subject of an enforcement meeting conducted by the Region IV
Construction Branch Chief in the corporate offices of KG&E on August 1,
1978, and is documented in IE Inspection Report No. 78-09.
During these
several maetings, commitments were made by KG&E site and corporate manage-
ment to intensify the on-site QA surveillance program.
It was not until
after the concreting problems were experienced in December 1978, which
led to an eighty-nine day hold on placement of safety related concrete
and the recent stop-work order of March 8, 1979, that additional QA people
were added to the site QA organization.
In view of the foregoing, and in the interest of clear understanding of
the courses of action available to the Commission if a continuing pattern
of noncompliance persists, upon receipt of this letter please contact me
to discuss arrangements for a meeting to be held in the Region IV office.
The general purpose of the meeting will be to discuss:
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The specific programmatic and personnel plans for prompt identifi-
cation, and correction of, the factors which have caused an apparent
degradation of management controls and which have resulted in personnel
errors leading to significant events and noncompliances.
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The schedule for corrective action.
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 the
enclosed inspection report will be placed in the NRC'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 date 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
information 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 Room.
If we do not hear from you in
this regard within the specified period, the report will be placed in
the Public Document Room.
Should you have any questions concerning this inspection, we will be
pleased to discuss them with you.
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Enclosures:
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Appendix A, Notice of Violation
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IE Inspection Report No. STN 50-482/79-04
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