ML19329E233
| ML19329E233 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Midland |
| Issue date: | 08/15/1978 |
| From: | Heishman R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
| To: | Howell S CONSUMERS ENERGY CO. (FORMERLY CONSUMERS POWER CO.) |
| Shared Package | |
| ML19329E234 | List: |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8006120529 | |
| Download: ML19329E233 (1) | |
See also: IR 05000329/1978005
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Vice President
1945 West Parnall Road
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Centlemen:
Thank you for your letter dated August 4,1978, informing as
of the staps you have taken to correct the noncompliance
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your corrective action during a future inspection.
Your cooperation with us is appreciated.
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Mr J G Keppler, Regional Director
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MIDLAND NUCLEAR PLANT - NRC ITDiS OF NONCOMPLIANCE
INSPECTION REPORT No 50-329/78-05ANDNO50-330/78-05
This letter, with its enclosure, is in response to your letter of July 7,
1978 vhich transmitted the results of your inspection of the Midland
construction site on May 17-19, 1978 and which requested our written
response to the items of noncompliance.
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Enclosure:
Consumers Power Company Response to the Items of
Noncompliance Described in NRC Inspection Report
No 50-329/78-05 and No 50-330/78-05
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CONSINERS PCMER COMPANY RESPONSE
TO THE ITH4S OF NONCOMPLIANCE
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lo 50-329/76-05 AnD No 50-330/76-05
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WELDER HOUSEKEEPING
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Descriptions of Noncompliance
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Item 1 of Appendix A, and item 5b of Section III, of Report
No 50-329/78-05 and No 50-330/78-o5 provide the following:
" Contrary to 10 CFR 50, Appendix B, Criterion V, and
the Bechtel velding standard WFMC-1 titled " Welding
Filler Material control Procedure Paragraph 6 9
which states that, ' Individual velders shall keep
their work areas clear of unauthorized or discarded
veld filler materials and electrode stubs and demaged
electrodes shall be placed in stub buckets,' six
damaged coated electrodes and one stainless bare
electrode were found at the 598 foot level in the
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Unit 2 Containment Building...."
"On May 18, 1978, while on a tour of the plant, the
inspector saw several partially burned veld rod stubs.
These were retrieved from the floor by a licensee
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representative and an infraction was given as outlined
in Appendix A."
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Corrective Action
Corrective action consisted of discarding the six damaged covered
electrodes and one bare veld rod that vere discovered at the 598
elevation in the Unit 2 Containment Building.
Corrective action to prevent recurrence consisted of the following:
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All superintendents, general foremen, and foremen vere notified
of the velding filler material control requirements on site,
including the requirement that damaged electrodes, stubs, and
bare wire are to be placed in the stub buckets issued for that
purpose, and are not to be dropped on the floor or the ground.
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Welding QC engineers and field velding engineers have been
instructed to check for electrode stubs and other velding filler
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material that has been discarded on the ground.
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Each velder was instructed that prior to leaving the Weld Test
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Shop electrode stubs, damaged electrodes, and bare wire are to
be placed in the stub buckets, and are not to be dropped on
the ground. Each velder was instructed to return the stub
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bucket with the electrode stubs, damaged electrodes, and bare
wire to the rod room at the end of the shift.
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Field welding engineers have reminded the velders to use the
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stub buckets, and not to drop electrode stubs and damaged
velding filler materials on the ground.
The corrective action cited above to prevent recurrence has taken
place, and will periodically take place, on a repetitive basis, until
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construction is complete.
Compliance with the velding filler material control requirements has
been achieved. Since there are at present over 200 velders velding
full time on two shifts and since 150 or more velders are. expected
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to be added, there may be some random instances where electrode
stubs and damaged velding filler material vill be dropped on the
ground by the velders, in violation of the velding filler material
control program. In our opinion, these occurrences will be minimal.
The stubs vill, however, be removed as they are discovered.
II. UNPRCffECTED SFOOL PIECES
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Descriptions of Noncompliance
Item 2 of Appendix A, and item 1 of Section IV of Report No 50-329/78-05
and50-330/78-05 provide the following:
" Contrary to 10 CFR 50, Appendix B, Criterion V, and the
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Bechtel technical specification for field fabrication of
piping, procedure No 7220-M-204(Q), two separate spool
pieces were identified that were not being protected in
the manner specified. This item of noncompliance requires
no response since corrective action was completed prior
to completion of the inspection. . . ."
" Prior t9 the inspection, the licensee had identified
similar discrepancies and documented these findings on
Nonconformance Report (NCR) No NCR-01-9-8-ohl, dated
May 9, 1978. This NCR requested Bechtel to make a
thorough inspection of the facility, correct and document
discrepancies noted, and to instruct craft personnel. A
response from Bechtel is expected by May 26, 1978.
Since the licensee corrected the discrepancies noted by
the inspector and has taken responsible management action
to correct similar discrepancies, no response to the
apparent item of noncompliance is required."
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Corrective Action
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As noted above, appropriate corrective action has already been taken
and documented, to the satisfaction of your inspector, so that "no
response to the apparent item of noncompliance is required."
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