ML19262C134
| ML19262C134 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | North Anna  |
| Issue date: | 01/29/1980 |
| From: | Bryant J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
| To: | Proffitt W VIRGINIA POWER (VIRGINIA ELECTRIC & POWER CO.) |
| Shared Package | |
| ML19262C135 | List: |
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| NUDOCS 8002070005 | |
| Download: ML19262C134 (1) | |
See also: IR 05000338/1979047
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In Reply Refer To:
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50-338/79-47
Virginia Electric and Power Company
Attn:
W. L. Proffitt
Senior Vice President, Power
Post Office Box 26666
Richmond, Virginia
23261
Gentlemen:
Thank you for your letter of January 15, 1980, informing us of steps you
have taken to correct the items of noncompliance concerning activities
under NRC Operating License No. NPF-4 brought to your attention in our
letter of December 19, 1979. We will examine your corrective actions and
plans during subsequent inspections.
We appreciate your cooperation with us.
Sincerely,
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Support Branch
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W. R. Cartwright
Station Manager
Box 402
Mineral, Virginia
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P. G. Perry
Senior Resident Engineer
Post Office Box 38
Mineral, Virginia
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Mr. Jrrnes P. O'Reilly, Director
Serial No. 1171/121979
Office of Inspection and Enforcanent
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U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Onmission
Ibcket No. 50-338
Region II
101 Marietta Street, Suite 3100
License No. hTF-4
Atlanta, Georgia
30303
Dear Mr. O'Reilly:
We have reviewed your letter of Decmber 19, 1979 in reference to the
inspection conducted at North Anna Power Station Unit Fo.1 on
Novmber 13-16, 1979 and reported in IE Inspection Repcrt No. 50-308/79-47.
Our responses to the specific infractions are attached.
We have determined that no proprietary infonnation is 1ontained in the
report. Accordingly, the Virginia Electric and Power dnpany has no
objection to this inspection report being nude a nntter of public
disclosure.
Very truly yours,
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C. M. Stallings
Vice President-Power Su ply
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At tachmnt
cc: Mr. Albert Schwencer
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Response to Notice of Violation
Itens Reported in C Inspection Peport 50-338/79-47
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MIC Ornent
As required by Criterion V of Appendix B to 10 CITI 50 and inpl(mented
by VEPG) Topical Report VFJ-1-A Section 17, paragraph 17.2.5 specifies
in part, that activitles affeeting quality are accmplished in accordance
with instructions, procedures, and drawings. General Welding Procedure
W-1.0 Rev.1 invokes Af?E Section IX (74.W76) which under paragraph
QV-2013, requires that each welding process or procedure be qualified
either separately or in cmbination with other processes or procedures
... for the deposited weld rmtal thickness range for each of the processes
or procedures... paragraph QV-351 of the same code requires that the limit
of thickness for which a welder is qualified is dependent upon the
thickness of the weld he deposits with each welding process.
Gntrary to the above, on Novmber 16, 1979, procedure qualification
records of weld process specifications and welder perfonnance qualifi-
cations involving coThination processes did not indicate the weld metal
thickness deposited with each welding process.
This is an infraction.
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Response
Qualification records of welders and weld procedures involving a cmbi-
nation of weld processes did not indicate the weld metal thickness
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deposited by each process, as required by ASNE Section XI GV-201.3 and
QV-351, because the recuironent was interpreted incorrectly and un-
intentionally overlocked when the procedures were originally written.
Pursuant to Section 2.201 of the NIC's " Rules of Practice" Part 2,
Title 10, Gde of Federal Regulations, the following infonnation is
sulnit ted:
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G rrective steos taken and results achieved:
Welding procedires involving carbination processes are presently
in the process of being updated to include the weld metal thickness
deposited by each welding process. Vhen this is accarplished, full
ccrnliance with the ASNE codes will have been achieved.
2.
Q-rective stens which will be taken to avoid further non-empliance:
%e believe that no further corrective action is required.
3.
Date when full empliance will be achieved:
All necessary updating of welding procedures will be empleted and
full empliance will have been achieved by March 15, 1980.
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NC Canmnt
As required by Criterion XVII of Appendix H to 10 ClTl 50, and inplemn-
tal by VEPW Topical Iteport VEP-1-A, Section 17 paragraph 17.2.17
specifies in part that qunlity assurance reconis relating to activities
affecting quality shall be rmintainel as doctamntury evidence of work
per fonmnce.
Paragraph (s) I-2-2120, I-2-2130, of AhTE Section XI
(74.S75) requires that u'.trasonic equipmnt be standardi:'ed for screen
height and mpiitude control 1incarity.
Cbntrary to the above, on Noverber 16, 1979, there v;as no documentary
evidence to verify that code required standanlizations were being
perfomvxl on licensee owned ultrasonic instrismnts used for voltzmtric
examinations.
This is a deficiency.
Response
In the past, Ur instrumnts have been periodically calibrated to
rmnufacturer specifications.
During this calibration, standardization
of screen height r.nd mplitude control linearity was perfonned but
not doctzmnted.
Pursuant to Section 2.201 of the N?C's " Rules of Practice", Part 2
Title 10, Code of Federal llegulations, the foilowing infonmtion is
sutmltted:
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Cbrrective steps taken and results achieved
' Calibration of ui:rasonic equipmnt for sert.a height and mplitude
control lineerity has been incorporated in a aew Ur procedure and
will be doctrmnted on a separate fonn. The ca?ibration/standardi-
zation will be parformcd by the equi ment operate et least once
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every 3 cunths as required by the ASME codes.
2.
Corrective steos which will be taken to avoid further non-empliance:
N3 believe that no further corrective action is required.
3.
Date een full cmnliance will be achieved:
hil emuliance will be achieved by February 15, 1980.
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