ML19347F698
| ML19347F698 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Byron  |
| Issue date: | 04/17/1981 |
| From: | James Keppler NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
| To: | Reed C COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML19347F699 | List: |
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| NUDOCS 8105260068 | |
| Download: ML19347F698 (2) | |
See also: IR 05000454/1980025
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Gentlemen:
This refers to the inspection conducted by Messrs. K. R. Naidu, R. N. Gardner,
R. L. Lee, C. Braund, and J. Boone of this office on December 15-19 and 22-23,
1980, of activities at Byron Nuclear Power Station Units 1 and 2 authorized
by NRC Construction Permits No. CPPR-130 and No. CPPR-131 and to the discus-
sion of our findings with Messrs. C. Reed, J. Maley and others of your staff
during management meetings at the Region III office on December 31, 1980,
and January 9, 1981. This acknowledges the meeting with Messrs. J. Maley,
V. Schlosser and J. Abel of your staff on January 12, 1981, at our office
during which the content of an Immediate Action Letter dated January 13, 1981,
was discussed. This also refers to the enforcement conference between us and
members of our staffs on March 27, 1981, at our office.
The enclosed copy of-our inspection report identifies areas examined during
the inspection. Within these areas, the inspection consisted of a selective
examination of procedures and representative records, observations, and
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interviews with personnel.
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During the inspection, we found several deficiencies in Commonwealth
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Edison Company's quality assurance program as related to the electrical
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installation contractor's activities. The inspection disclosed apparent
ncacompliance with seven different criteria for a quality assurance program
as set forth in 10 CFR 50 Appendix B including such significant deficiencies
as (1) failure to apply QA program requirements to the design, construction,
purchase, and installation-of a safety-related component, (2) failure to
adequately translate design documents into drawings, instructions and proce-
dures, (3) failure to identify and correct deviations and nonconformances,
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(4) failure to establish procedures, and (5) failure to follow procedures.
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As described in the enclosed Appendix A, a written response is required for
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these apparent noncompliances. We are very concerned about Item 1 and ask
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that you give special attention to your response to this matter to ensure
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that causal factors are clearly identified and that positive corrective
actions are taken to avoid repetition of this significant matter.
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We wish to call your attention to the fact that we strongly considered
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classifying the deficient implementation of your quality assurance program
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in the electrical and instrumentation installation area as Severity Level III.
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Only after a great deal of evaluation effort did we conclude that the defi-
cient implementation was not indicative of a breakdown of the program in that
urea and, accordingly, that Severity Level IV rather than III characterizes
the most significa1t violations. Your reply to this letter and ,the rcsults
of future inspections in this area will' be considered in determining whether
escalated enforcement action may be appropriate.
In accordance-with Sect'an 2.790 of the'NRC's " Rules of Practice," Part 2,
Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, a copy of this letter, the enclosures ~,
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and your response to this letter will be placed-in the NRC's Public Document
Room, except as follows.
If the enclosures-contain information that you or
-your contractors believe to be proprietary, you must apply in writing to
this office, within twenty-five days of the-date of this letter, to withhold
such information from public disclosure. The application must include a. full
statement of the reasons for which the information is considered proprietary,
and should be prepared so that proprietary information identified in zhe
application is contained in an enclosure to the application.
We will gladly discuss any questions you have concerning this inspection.
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Director
Enclosures:
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Appendix A, Notice
of Violation
2.
IE Inspection Reports
No. 50-454/80-25 and
No. 50-455/80-23
cc w/encls:
J. S. Abel, Dir. of Nuc. Lic.
Gunner Sorensen, Site Proj. Supt.
V. I. Schlosser, Proj . Mgr.
R. E. Querio, Sta. Supt.
Central Files
Reproduction Unit NTC 20b
Local PDR
Mary Jo Murray, Office of
' Assistant Attorney General
Myron M. Cherry
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