ML19350E399
| ML19350E399 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Satsop |
| Issue date: | 01/02/1981 |
| From: | Spencer G NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION V) |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML19350E394 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-508-80-15, 50-509-80-15, NUDOCS 8106220513 | |
| Download: ML19350E399 (3) | |
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Washington Public Pcwer Supply System P. O. Box 968 Richland, Washington 99352 Docket Nos. 50-508, 50-509 Construction Permit Nos. CPPR-154, 155 APPEMDIX A NOTICE OF VIOLATION As a result of the inscection conducted on November 18-21, 1980, and in accordance with the Interim Enforcement Policy, 45 FR 66754 (October 7,1980), the following violations were identified:
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10 CFR 50. Aopendix B, Criterion V, as implemented by Section 17.4.5 of the Quality Assurance Program documented in the approved PSAR deviation 18-WP, states, in part, that " Activities affecting quality...shall be acccmplisneo in accorcance with... instructions, procedures or drawings.d Specification No. 3240-4, titled " Piping and Piping Supports - WPPSS Quality Class I, II and G," in Division 2, Section 2A, paragraph 6.01a states that "All fabrication covered by this specification snal' be in accoroance with ASME Section III" and further states in paragraph 6.01d-iii that "The ends of the pipe-to-pipe, pipe-to-fittina, and pipe-to-valve joints shall be aligned as accurately as practical within the existing coamercial ccdes and standards tolerance of pipe diameters, pipe wail thickness, and out-of-roundness." The ASME B&PV Code, 1974 Edition, Summer 1976 Adcenda, Subsection NC, Table NC-4232(a)-1 specifies a naximum allowable offset in final welded circumferential joints of 1/4 t where t is the nominal thickness of the thinner section at the joint and is less than or equal to 1/2 inch.
Contrary to the above, on November 19, 1980 at the Saginaw storage area, circuaferential shop weld "A" on piping subassembly No. 3-2CH-20-150-2 had a five (5) inch long area of internal offset measuring 3/16 inch.
This offset is twice the aforementioned code allowable maximum offset of 3/32 for this thickness pipa (.375 inch). This piping had been accepted by the site receiving inspection organization.
This is a Severity Level V violation (Supplement II) and is applicable to Docket No. 50-508.
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10 CFR 50 Appendix B, Criterion V, as implemented by section 17.4.5 of the Quality Assurance Program documented in the approved PSAR deviation 18-WP, states, in part, that " Activities affecting quality shall be prest *ibed by documented instructions, procedures, or drawings, of a type appr6priate to the circumstances and shall be accomplished in accordance with these instructions, procedures, or drawings."
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"1 Contract sp cification No. 3240-265,~" Reactor Building Concrete Construction".
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- ithe governing specification for the contractor's (J. A.~ Jones Construction -
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- 14.6.4 that-for nonconformance reports :" Contractor shall submit the-..
original completed nonconformance report with; applicable supporting engineering iand inspection documentation to Engineer's Quality-Assurance Site Supervisor."'
Paragraph 14.6.6 states that, "For NRB reviewed nonconformances, Engineer
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sign 'off-the nonconformance report after prior contractor inspection and approval."-
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c Contrary to the above:
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- The,following Mocumented procedures, impleiranting contract' specification-
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no. 3240-265,-. did not include appropriate: requirements of the specification -
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LJE A.~ Jones procedure no.~POPyN-703, titled Nonconformance Reporting,
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does not include the' requirement of the contract specificatien -
that, for contractor dispositioned nonconfomance reports, the contractor
- shall submit the original completed nonconformance. report with applicable supporting ' engineering and-inspection documentation to the Engineer's1 Quality Assurance Site Supervisor.c Monconformance repor_t nos. 2907 and 2910,. dated May.5 and 9,'1980, Were dispositioned by J. A. Jones but the supporting concrete: inspection-reports and final' placement records were not submitted to the' Engineer's
. Quality Assuranca site Supervisor.
- 2.1 J. A. Jones procedure no'. P0P-N-703 and WPPSS/Ebasco Administrativa U
Site Procedure No. ASP-QA-7-3, prescribing the controls for owner /.
enginee. evaluation and disposition of nonconformance reports, do not include the requirement that the Engineer shall-witness and-
- determine the acceptability of the reinspection and sign off the -
'nonconformance report for nonconformances reviewed by the Nonconformance Review Board-(NRB).
J. A. Jcnes nonconfomance reports nos. 2910 and '2930, dated May 9
.and. September 16 1980, were reviewed by the NRB but these reports
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were not signed off by the Engineer attesting the witnessing and acceptability of the' reinspection.
This is.a Severity Level-V violation (Supplement II) and is applicable
--to Docket Nos. 50-508 and 50-509.
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O' Appendix A Pursuant to the provisiens of 10 CFR 2.201, Washington Public Power Supply System is hereby required to submit to this office within twenty-five days of the date of this flotice, a written statenant or explanation in reply, including: (1) the corrective steps which have been taken and the results achieved; (2) corrective steos which will be taken to avoid further items of noncompliance; and (3) the date when full compliance will be achieved.
Under the authority of Section 182 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, this response shall be submitted under oath or affirmation.
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