ML19326B686
| ML19326B686 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Arkansas Nuclear  |
| Issue date: | 04/25/1978 |
| From: | Randy Hall NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
| To: | Cavanaugh W ARKANSAS POWER & LIGHT CO. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML19326B679 | List: |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8004170526 | |
| Download: ML19326B686 (2) | |
See also: IR 05000313/1978003
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Docket No. 50-313
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Arkansas Power and Light Company
AlTN: Mr. William Cavanaugh III
Executive Director of Generation
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P. O. Box 551
Little Rock, Arkansas 72203
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Gentlemen:
We have received your reply dated March 20,1978,' in response.to our
Notice of Violation dated February 24, 1978.
We have also reviewed your
internal memorandum dated March 8,1978, and your company records relative
to the apparent item of noncompliance.
Based on our review, we have con-
cluded that your actions taken following reporting of internal pitting in
the decay heat removal and building spray systems, were equivalent to the
actions specified in your Quality Assurance Plan; however, these actions
were apparently not documented until after our citation.
In your reply you indicated that you do not consider the reported pitting
to be a deviation, deficiency, malfunction or other abnormal occurrence or
condition.
Our position is that detection of pitting type degradation of
stainless steel piping used in safety related systems would be a deficiency
or an abnormal condition.
L . r engineering review of February ll,1977, as
documented in your internal memorandum dated March 8,1978, which supported
the continued use of this pipe, appears 'to indicate that you likewise felt
' that the observed pitting was an area of concern. Accordingly, it is our
position that paragraph 16.2.1 of.your QA Manual was an appropriate basis
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for documentation and disposition of this observed condition.
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Since we continue to consider this item to be an infraction, please provide
the corrective steps which wi,11 be taken to avoid further noncompliance in
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R. E. Hall, Acting Chief,
Reactor Operations and
Nuclear Support Branch
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J. Anderson, Plant Superintendent
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Arkansas Nuclear One
P. O. Box 608
Russellville, Arkansas 73801
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