ML19262A792
| ML19262A792 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 06/27/1979 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
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| ML19262A771 | List: |
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| REF-QA-99900521 NUDOCS 7912110046 | |
| Download: ML19262A792 (3) | |
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Bechtel Power Corporation Los Angeles Power Division Docket No. 49900521/79-02 NOTICE OF DEVIATION Based on the results of an NRC inspection conducted on June 4-7, 1979, it appeared that certain of your activities were not conducted in full compliance with NRC requirements as indicated below:
A.
10 CFR 50, Appendix E, Criterion V, states in part:
" Activities affecting quality shall be prescribed by documented instructions, procedures or drawings.
. and shall be accomplished in accordance with these instructions, procedures and drawings."
Also, the LA Power Division Quality Assurance Department Procedure (QADP) No. 5.3, Quality Assurance Management Audits, requira : (1) that audit schedules be developed for a two-year period (paragraph 6.2); (2) that yearly audits be performed of Centralized function QA staff and QC staff (paragraph 3.2); (3) that PQAE or QA managemen* staff verify implementation of corrective actions within 10 days or request an extension by memo (paragraph 10.1 and 10.2);
and QADP 8.1 (Auditor Training and Qualification) requires: (4) a record documenting satisfactory completion of an oral examination and qualification as a Bechtel auditor validated by the QA Audit Supervisor or a designee (paragraph 6.2); and (5) additional records for Audit Team Leader showing participation in two audits and approval by management based on demonstrated ability (paragraph 6.2).
Contrary to the above procedural requirements:
(1) The current Management Audit Schedule has been developed for one year only (1979);
(2) No audit is or has been performed yearly of Centralized function QA staff or QC staff; (3) Quality Assurance Finding (QAF) 15.022 (issued April 20, 1978), correct-ive action extension was given until September 23, 1978, but to date no verification has been performed and no memo issued to extend verification date; (4) Specified records of satisfactory completion of oral exam and qualifica-tion as Bechtel auditor are lacking for several management and project auditors.
(5) Specified record of approval by management and participation in two audits are lacking for one management and several Project Lead Auditors.
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2 B.
10 CFR 50, Appendix B, Criterion V, states in part:
" Activities affecting quality shall be prescribed by documented instructions, procedures or drawings... and shall be accomplished in accordance with these instructions, procedures and drawings."
Also, Project Reference Manual for Project 9510, Part C, Engineering, Section 9, Design Calculations, requires that:
(1) The Calculation Control Log shall control and show the status of calculations and their revisions (i.e. by required column entries including the initials of the responsible reviewer after that function is complete, and the changing of " Complete date" to show final signoff of the revision).
(2) Microfilming be performed of calculations and their revisions (revised pages) at the time of their completion.
Contrary to procedural requirements in (1) above, although Calculations Nos. X2CJ2.7.3, Revision 1 (Containment Penetrations), and X2CJ2.7.2, Revision 1 (Containment Building Steel Liner Plate Cylinder Wall), are shown on the Calculation Control Log as complete (i.e. the log shows date of completion and entry of init.ials of all required reviewers, indicating that their review has been completed), Calculation No. X2CJ2.7.2, Revision 1, has not been checked by a checker or reviewed by any of the required personnel, and Calculation No. X2CJ2.7.3, Revision I, has net been reviewed by the group supervisor as required and as indicated as hav.ag been done in the log.
Contrary to (2) above, Calculat ion No. X4BA.08.005 (Stress Calculation:. of Mechanical Penetration) has not been microfilmed for the original issue (Revision 0 dated November 16, 1977) or subsequent revisions (Revision 1 dated January 12, 1978, and Revision 2 dated January 31, 1978).
(This calctlation i: referenced for input to Calculation No. X2CJ2.7.3.)
C.
Bechtel Topical Report BQ-TOP-1, Revision 2A, Appendix A, commits to Regulatory Guide 1.88, Revision 2, which endorses ANSI N45.2.9, without taking any excenions concerning storage of non-permanent (temporary) QA records.
Contrary to the above, Bechtel Quality Assurance Standard (QAS) No. 7.3, Revision 1, for LA Power Division does not meet the above Topical commitment in that it states:
" Records listed in Appendix A (of QAS 7.3) are nonpermanent and are not required to be stored to either dual or single storage requirements outlined
3 in ANSI N45.2.9."
The list of nonpermanent records includes:
"Stop Work Notices, Corrective Action Requests, Project QA Audits, Management QA Audits, Auditor Qualification Records, Specification Reviews, Handling of Significant Reportable Deficiencies, Field Nonconformances, etc."
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