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Central File QAB Projects QAB Chron. File FEB 2 61980 NRR Reading File JGilray, QAB WHaass,QAB MEMORANDUM FOR:
Donald J. Skovholt, Assistant Director for Quality Assurance & Operations, Division of Project Management FROM:
Walter P. Haass, Chief, Quality Assurance Branch, Division of Project Managen:ent
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QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAMS FOR OPERATING REACTORS AND NTOLS The QAB has recently completed the initial review of the revised Quality Assurance Program proposed by Met Ed/GPU for implementation at TMI, Unit 1 in support of their request for authorization to restart. The bases for a detennination of acceptability of the revised QAP are new QA requirements established by the QAB in the aftermath of the THI-2 accident as identified in the TMI Action Plan (Task I.F. Quality Assurance) for implementation on all plants. At this stage of our review, we can conclude that the licensee is generally confonning to these new requirements.
The principal new requirements are as follows:
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Expansion of the Q-list (list of structures, systems, and components to which the QAP applies) to include items important to safety as well as safety-related items (i.e., all items derived from 10 CFR 50 Appendix A as well as items under 10 CFR 50 Appendix B).
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Improved organizational independence of the QA personnel performing the inspection and verification activities from the personnel performing tasks.
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Involvement of QA personnel in the review and approval of operational, maintenance and surveillance procedures, and quality-related procedures associated with the modifications presently undenvay at TMI-1.
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Involvenent of QA personnel in all activities including testing, operation, maintenance, surveillance and modifications on a day-to-day basis (including participation in daily plant staff meetings).
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Increase the size of the QA staff to assure proper QAP implementation.
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Improve the reporting level of the QA organization to assure proper manage-ment attention (including the reporting of the onsite QA staff to offsite QA management).
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Improved timeliness of preparation and maintenance of "as built" documentation.
In our view, an upgraded QAP that includes the above requirements provides a sig-nificant increase in the strength of the QA function and therefore provides better OFFICE h.
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Donald J. Skovbolt FEB C 61980 control over the performance of operational activities affecting safety. Further-more, the new requirements respond in large measure to the recomendations and findings presented in the reports of the President's Comission.
This memorandum is written to highlight what appears to be an inconsistency in application of these new QA requirements to TMI-l (Restart), operating plants, and near tenn OLs. For plants in the latter two categories. the TMI Action Plan (Draft 2). alls for implementation of the new requirements by December 1982, while, as stated above. the new requirements are in effect for TMI-l now. The QAB believes that this disparity in QAP requirements should be corrected so that all operational plants, both old and newly licensed, should be upgraded to the new QA requirements as soon as possible. The original draft of the TMI Action Plan (through Draft I) called for icplementation of the new requirements on a much more timely basis. Draft 2 (January 23. 1980) lowered the priority for this activity as indicated above. QAB believes this change in priority should be reassessed.
Onginal signed by Walter P. Haass Walter P. Haass, Chief Quality Assurance Branch i
Division of Project Management cc:
D. Ross D. Eisenhut S. Bryan R. Vol.1mer N. Moseley H. Thornburg l
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