ML19260D276
| ML19260D276 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | North Anna  |
| Issue date: | 12/20/1979 |
| From: | Stallings C VIRGINIA POWER (VIRGINIA ELECTRIC & POWER CO.) |
| To: | James O'Reilly NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
| Shared Package | |
| ML19260D265 | List: |
| References | |
| 935A-110779, NUDOCS 8002080249 | |
| Download: ML19260D276 (2) | |
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Viltoi m A 1;r.i:c rine axi> Powi:it Co.g i u y Ricrr>ioun,vinuiu a enue :
December 20, 1979 s
Mr. Jarnes P. O'Re illy, Direc t or Serial No.
9 35A/110779 Of fice of Inspection and Enforcr nent P0/RMT:sej U.
S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Docket No:
50-338 Eagion 11 101 Marie t ta Street, Suite 3100 License No:
Dear Mr. O'Reilly:
Thits is in reference to your letters of hovember 7, 1979 and Decenber 7, 1979 and our let ter of November 29, 1979 concernin?, your notice of violation reported in IF Inspect ion report No. 50-338/79-40.
Attached are revisions to our original r e s pon se t, wh ich we re forwarded as an attachment to ou r le t te r o f Noventber 19, 19 79, t.e rial no. 935/110779.
Very tru! y ;ccurs,
C. M.
Stallings Vice President-Power Supply and Prochiction Opera tions At tachmnt ec:
Mr. Albert Schwence r
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Attachment (Revised)
RESPONSE TO NON-COMPLL\\NCE ITEF. REPORTED IN LE INSPECTION REPORT No. 50-333/79-40 A.
NRC Comment As required by Criterion V of Appendix B to 10 CFR 50 and as implemented by Section 5 of VEPCO Nuclear Power Station Quality Assurance R1nual, " Activities af fecting quality shall be prescribed by documented instructions, procedures and drawings.
. and shall be accomplished in accordance with these instruc-tions, procedures and drawings." Paragraph 3.3 of W-NSD Procedure ISI-11, the applicable procedure for liquid penetrant surface inspection during inservice inspection, requires removal of excess penetrant prior to development.
Contrary to the above, on October 11, 1979, for welds 5, 7, 8, 9 and 10 on ISO VRA-1-4109, excess penetrant was not adequately removed resulting in a surface too pink for proper evaluation.
The level II examiner accepted the test as a valid test.
This is an infraction.
Response
The above infraction is correct as stated.
Specifically, pursuant to Section
- 2. 201 of the tTRC's " Rules of Practice" Part 2, Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, the following information is submitted.
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Corrective steos taken and results achieved:
The welds in question were satisfactorily reeramined on October 12, 19 79.
Surveillance was conducted on several subsequent examinations and they were also perforced satisfactorily.
1.
Cor e:tive steps which will be taken 'o avoid further non-compliance:
The contractor involved was cautioned that the quality of liquid pene-tra.- te, ;ing must be improved and in the future, contractors vill have more _arveillance by Vepco NDT personnel during liquid penetrant testing.
This particular problem was discussed with the specific contractor empicyee.
Surveillance of his work indicated that the problem was corrected.
The individual involved performed a total of 39 examinations.
Eleven (11) of these examinations (which includes the five welds listed
- above) will be reexamined.
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Date when full compliance will be achieveo:
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Full compliance will be achieved on December 31, 19 79.