ML19320D577
| ML19320D577 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Calvert Cliffs  |
| Issue date: | 06/10/1980 |
| From: | Grier B NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Lundvall A BALTIMORE GAS & ELECTRIC CO. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8007210554 | |
| Download: ML19320D577 (1) | |
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June 10, 1980 Docket.Nos. 50-317 50-318 Baltimore Gas and Electric Company ATTN:
Mr. A. E. Lundvall, Jr.
4 Vice President, Supply P. O. Box 1475 Baltimore, Maryland 21203 Gentlemen:
The enclosed IE Information Notice No. 80-26, " Evaluation of Contrac?or QA Programs", is forwarded to you for information.
No written response is required.
If you desire additional information regarding this matter, please contact this office.
Sincerely, Boyce H. Grier Director
Enclosures:
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IE Information Notice No. 80-26 2.=
List of Recently Issued IE Information Notices CONTACT:
S. D. Ebneter (215-337-5283) cc w/encls:
R. M. Douglass, Manager, Quality Assurance L. B. Russell, Chief Engineer T. Sydnor, General Supervisor, Operations QA R. C. L. Olson, Senior Engineer K. H. Sebra, Principal Engineer
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. j ENCLOSURE 1 UNITED STATES SSINS No.:
6835 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COPWISSION Accession No.:
OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT 8005050064 WASHINGTON, D.C.
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IE Information Notice No. 80-26 Date:
June 10, 1980 l
Page 1 of 1 EVALUATION OF CONTRACTOR QA PROGRAMS Description'of Circumstances:
Appendix B to 10 CFR 50 requires that each applicant and licensee establish and execute'a Quality Assurance Program, and that each licensee "shall require contractors or subcontractors.to provide a quality assurance program".
Further Appendix B. requires each applicant and licensee to regularly review the status and adequacy of subcontractor programs.
The NRC is becoming. increasingly concerned by continuing evidence that many
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holders of construction permits and operating licenses are not properly implementing these facets of their quality assurance programs.
Exam this' lack of effectiveness of contractor QA. program implementation, ples of and inadequacy of licensee overview of contractor QA program implementation are appearing in every facet of project activity.
Instances have been observed where architect-engin~eers have released documents for procurement'ith w
inappropriate material specifications.
Nuclear steam system suppliers have i
overloo(ed erroneous assumptions in analysis of instrument system response to design basi-transients.
Other cases have been observed where both AE's and NJSS have not followed through on commitments to review vendor detailed designs.
Vendors' quality assurance programs have been found to contain j,
errors of both omission and commission.
' A containment tendon' installai'i]n contract was awarded to a specialty contractor.
During a' licensee audit some three months after work started it appeared that a contractor inspector was falsifyirjg records by initialing inspection points not actually-observed. A subsequent investigation by the licensee revealed that the contractor had required that QC inspections ~ be performed only on a random. basis
- even though all? records had QC signatures.
The signatures could mean that the activity was inspected-or that record signoffs by others were reviewed; or that the data were recorded by the QC inspector.
It is apparent that the licensee had not appropriately reviewed the contractor's inspection program prior to the.
start of work.
Inanotherinstance,aftercompletionandacceptanceofamajorstructural s M 1 installation,.the licensee found that significant rework would be 4'
. ired to correct construction quality problems.
NRC inspection at the i
contractors fabrication facilityLdisclosed that in addition to work for that l
' licensee, the contractor had contracts for "high density" fuel storage racks from'several op'erating licensees.
None of the NRC licensees had inspected
.the contractor.s shop or examined his quality assurance programs.
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' Response lto Information Notice No. 80-26 is not required.
The NRC expects appropriate action from all licensees and organizations engaged in nuclear activities and actions will be examined in the' ongoing NRC inspection program.
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' IE Information Notice No. 80-26 June 10, 1980 RECENTLY ISSUED IE INFORMATION NOTICES
' Information.
Subject Date Issued To
- Notice No.
Issued 80-25~
Transportation of 5/30/80' Material Licensee Pyrophoric Uranium-in Priority / Categories II-A,' II-D, III-I and IV-DI; Agreement State Licensees in equivalent categories 80-24 Low Level Radioactive 5/30/80 All NRC and Agreement Waste Burial Criteria State Licensees 80-23 Loss of Suction to 5/29/80 All power reactor to Emergency Feedwater facilities with an Pumps OL or CP 80-22 Breakdown In Contamination 5/28/80 All power reactor Control Programs OLs and near term cps 80-21 Anchorage and Support of 5/16/80 All power reactor Safety-Related Electrical facilities with an Equipment OL or CF 80-20 Loss of Decay Heat Removal 5/8/80 All light water reactor Capability at Davis-Besse facilities holding Unit 1 While in a Refualing power reactor OLs or cps Mode 80-19 NIOSH Recall of Recircu-5/6/80 All holders of a power lating-Mode (Closed-Circuit) reactor OL, Research 4
Self-Contained Breathin Reactor License, Fuel Apparatus (Rebreathers)g Cycle Facility License i
and Priority I Material License 80-18 Possible Weapons Srauggling 5/5/80 All power reactor Pouch facilities with an OL, fuel fabrication and processing facilities and Materials Priority I l
licensees (processors and distrib' tors) u 80-17
. Potential Hazards Associated 5/5/80 All radiography With Interchangable Parts Licenses
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