ML19269D359

Responds to NRC 790413 Ltr Re Violations Noted in IE Insp Rept 50-553/79-03 & 50-554/79-03.Corrective Actions:Site Procurement Files Have Been Reviewed & Site QA Unit Review Verified.Documentation Review Ongoing

ML19269D359
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Site:	Phipps Bend
Issue date:	05/08/1979
From:	Gilleland J TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
To:	James O'Reilly NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
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. In Mr. James P. O'Reilly, Director 3 -C' Office of Inspection and Enforcement f U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region II - Suite 3100 $

101 Marietta Street Atlanta, Georgia 30303

Dear Mr. O'Reilly:

Enclosed is our response to C. E. Murphy's April 13, 1979, letter , RII:RW 50-553/79-03 and 50-554/79-03, regarding activities at our Phipps Bend Nuclear Plant which appeared to have been in violation of NRC regulations.

The enclosure provides a response for infraction items 553-79-03-01, 554-79-03-01, 553-79-03-03, and 554-79-03-03. As stated in your letter, no response is required for the deficiency item 553-79-03-04.

We have reviewed the subject inspection report and find no proprietary information within it. If you have any questions regarding this matter, please get in touch with Tish Jenkins at FTS 854-2014.

Very truly yours,

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,J. E. Gillelan Assistant Manager of Power Enclosure 2265 275 7006020135

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w FINAL RESPONSE TO NRC-0IE LETIER FROM CHARLES E. HURPHY TO H. G. PARRIS _

DATED APRIL 13, 1979 (REFERENCE RII: RWW 50-553/79-03, 50-554/79-03)

This report responds to the following Notice of Violation described in Appendix A of IE Inspection Report RII; RWW 50-553/79-3 and 50-554/79-3.

This is the final report on these infractions.

Noncompliance Item - Infraction - 553-79-03-01 and 554-79-03-01.

A. As required by Criterion V of Appendix B to 10CFR50 as implemented by the PSAR Section 17.lA.5, " Activities affecting quality shall be prescribed by documented instruction, procedures, or drawings and shall be accomplished in accordance with these instructions, procedures, or drawings." Procedure CEP 4.01 requires site initiated contractor ser-vices purchase requisitions to be forwarded to the site QA Unit for verification that quality assurance and 10CFR21 requirements are included. .

Contrary to the above, purchase requisitions 566870, 567469, 567532 for site initiated service contracts were executed without obtaining the site QA Units verification that quality assurance and 10CFR21 require-ments were included.

This is an infraction.

Response

1. Corrective Steps Taken and Results Achieved All site procurement files have been reviewed and site QA Unit review has been verified as made on all requisitions and requests for delivery including the cited three requisitions for service contracts 566870, 567469, and 567532.

2. Corrective Steps Taken to Avoid Further Noncompliance Corrective steps have been taken to assure that all future purchase requisitions for site initiated service contracts receive site QA Unit verification that quality assurance and 2265 276

9 10CFR21 requirements are included. On March 30, 1979, site procurement procedures were established to require that all site originated purchase requisitions, requests for delivery, and bid packages related to QA and non-QA equipment, material and/or services be submitted by the Materials Expediting Unit to the site QA Unit for its approval.

3. Date When Full Compliance Was Achieved Full compliance was achieved on March 30, 1979.

Noncompliance Item - Infraction - 553-79-03-03 and 554-79-03-03 B. As required by Criterion V of Appendix B to 10CFR50, and implemented by the PSAR Section 17.lA.5, " Activities affecting quality shall be prescribed by documented instructions, procedures, or drawings...and shall be accomplished in accordance with these instructions, procedures, or drawings." Receiving Inspection, Storage, and Preventive Maintenance (RIS&PM) procedures specify requirements for periodic preventive main-tenance for safety-related items in storage. RIS&PM procedures E-100, M-756, and M-535 required monthly preventive maintenance on residual heat removal pump motors, residual heat removal heat exchangers, and diesel generators, respectively.

Contrary to the above, preventive maintenance was not performed at monthly intervals specified in applicable RIS&PM procedures for five residual heat removal pump motors, three residual heat removal heat exchangers and a safety-related diesel generator in storage on site.

This is an infraction.

Response

1. Corrective Steps Taken and Results Achieved A detailed review of all preventive maintenance documentation has been performed. All equipment which has not had required pre-ventive maintenance performed has been placed in a nonconforming status and the appropriate steps will be taken to ensure that the equipment will perform its intended safety function. Required maintenance items have been identified, preventive maintenance cards prepared and maintenance operations are being performed.

A close craft coordination has been established to execute the required maintenance functions. Additional manpower has been placed in the preventive maintenance unit. Detailed responsibili-ties have been outlined for inspectors and additional training and certifications are underway. These corrective actions have resulted in (a) a more timely preparation and handling of preventive mainte-nance documentation including computer program input, output and data cards (b) an orderly and methodical approach to identifying preventive maintenance which had fallen in arrears (c) more timely maintenance execution by inspection and craft personnel.

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2. Corrective Steps Taken to Avoid Further Noncompliance In order to prevent further noncompliances in.this area, the preventive maintenance activities have been placed under closer engineering supervision. In addition, a craft coordinator has been established to ensure craf t personnel understand the importance of preventive maintenance and perform preventive maintenance functions within the required time period. Also, problems in the utilization of the PREVENT computer program have been resolved enabling us to obtain accurate and timely information. All personnel in the Materials Services Unit will be trained and certified in preventive maintenance. This organi-zational flexibility will enable us to more adequately accommodate time periods of high preventive maintenance activity.

3. Date When Full Compliance Will be Achieved Full compliance will be achieved by September 1,1979.

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