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Forwards IE Insp Rept 50-334/80-05 on 800205-08 & 12-13 & Notice of Violation
ML19332A026
Person / Time
Site: Beaver Valley
Issue date: 03/25/1980
From: Brunner E
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To: Dunn C
DUQUESNE LIGHT CO.
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See also: IR 05000334/1980005

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MAR 2 5 1980

Docket No. 50-334

Duquesne Light Company

ATTN: Mr. C. N. Dunn

Vice President

Operations Division

435 Sixth Avenue

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219

Gentlemen:

Subject:

Inspection 80-05

This refers to the inspection conducted by Mr. N. Blumberg of this office

on February 5-8 and 12-13, 1980 at Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit 1,

Shippingport, Pennsylvania of activities authorized by NRC License No. DPR-

56 and to the discussions of our findings held by Mr. Blumberg with Mr. J.

Werling and other members of your staff at the conclusion of the inspection,

and to a subsequent telephone discussion between Mr. Blumberg and Mr.

Werling on February 29, 1980.

Areas examined during this inspection are desgribed in the Office of Inspection

and Enforcement Ins

Within these areas,pection Report which is enclosed with this letter.

the inspection consisted of selective examinations of

procedures and representative records, interviews with personnel, and

observations by the inspector.

Our inspector also verified the steps you have taken to correct the items

of noncompliance brought to your attention in letters dated August 24, 1979

and December 21, 1979.

We have no further questions regarding your action

at this time.

Based on the results of this inspection, it appears that certain of your

s ctivities were nd. conducted in full compliance with NRC requirements as

set forth in the Notice of Violation, enclosed herewith as Appendix A.

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The.se items of noncompliance have been categorized into the levels as

dest.ribed in our correspondence to you dated December 31, 1974.

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notice is sent to you pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.201 of the

NRC's " Rules of Practice," Part 2, Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations.

Section 2.201 requires you to submit to this office, within twenty (20)

days of your receipt of this notice, .a written statement or explanation in

reply including:

(1) corrective steps which have been taken by you and the

results achieved; (?) corrective steps which will be taken to avoid further

items of noncompliance; and (3) the date when full compliance will be

achieved.

In addition to the need for corrective action regarding these

specific items of noncompliance, we are concerned about the implementation

of your management control systems that permitted them to occur.

Consequently,

.in your reply, you should describe'in particular, those actions taken or

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planned to improve the effectiveness of your management control systems.

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- Items nbmber B and D shown in the Notice of' Violation enclosed with this letter,

are recurrent.

In your resporse to this 19tter please give these matters your

particular attention.

In accordance with Section.2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," Part 2, Title

10, code of Federal Regulations, a copy of this letter and the enclosures will

be placed in the NRC's Public Document Room.

If this report contains any information

that you (or your contractor) believe to be proprietary, it is necessary that

you make a written application within 20 days to this office to withhold such

information from public disclosure. Any such application must be accompanied by

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an affidavit executed by the owner of the information, which identifies the

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document or part sought to be withheld, and which contains a statement of reasor.s

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which addresses with specificity the items which will be considered by the

Commission as listed in' subparagraph (b) (4) of Section'2.790.

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sought to be withheld shall be incorporated as far as possible into a separate

part of the affidavit.

If we do not hear from you in this regard within the

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specified period, the report wi11 be placed in the Public Document Room.

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Should you have any questions concerning this inspection, we will be pleased to

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Enclosures:

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Appendix A,. Notice of Violation

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Office of Inspection and Enforcement Inspection

Report Number 50-334/80-05

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F. Bissert, Technical Assistant Nuclear

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R. Washabaugh, QA Manager

J. Werling, Station Superintendent

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G. Moore, General Superintendent, Power Stations Department

J. J. Carey, Director of Nuclear Operations

R. Martin, Nuclear Engineer

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J. Sieber, Superintendent of Licensing and Compliance, BVPS

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