ML20002C332

Advises of Review of Util 800728 Response to NRC 800430 Order to Show Cause & Responds to Util 801024 Corrective Actions Re safety-related Complex Concrete Const.Restart of Work Will Be Authorized by Immediate Action Ltr

ML20002C332
Person / Time
Site:	South Texas
Issue date:	11/21/1980
From:	Stello V NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE)
To:	Oprea G HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER CO.
References
NUDOCS 8101100072
Download: ML20002C332 (3)

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This refers to your response dated July 28, 1980, which was filed pursuant to Section V of the " Order to Show Cause" issued by the NRC on April 30, 1980.

Since your submittal, personnel from the Office of Inspection and Enforcement have been reviewing and evaluating the actions taken by Houston Lighting and Power Company in addressing the Order.

As a result of a defined plan for the resumption of the halted safety-related construction at the South Texas Project, which was presented to the Commission on September 18, 1980, I authorized limited work restart in certain selected areas. This restart work was authorized through the use of Immediate Action Letters issued by the Regional Director.

As you are aware, two Immediate Action Letters have been issued. The first, dated October 3,1980, addressed the limited restart of AUS structural steel welding in the form of reexamination and repair. This was to begin in Relay Room 202 of the Unit i Mechanical-Electrical Auxiliary Building. The second, dated October 22, 1980, addressed the restart of production AUS structural steel welding for the fourth quarter of 1980. This work is limited to structural steel embeds with members up to and including thicknesses of 1-1/2 inches for shop fabrication and up to and including thicknesses of 3/4 inch for other structural steel welding.

We are also reviewing and evaluating your corrective actions in the area of safety-related complex concrete construction. This is in response to Houston Lighting and Power Company's request of October 24, 1980. The restart of that work, once my staff has detennined the adequacy of the corrective action, will also be authorized by an Immediate Action Letter. Additional steps in the restart plan will be authorized in a similar manner.

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j G. W. Oprea, Jr. NOV 211980 Houston Lighting and Power Company The Honorable A. R. Schwartz ATTN: Mr. D. D. Jordan The Senate of the State of Texas President and Chief Executive Officer Austin, Texas 78701 Electric Tower P. O. Box 1700 Atomic Safety & Licensing Appeal Panel Houston, Texas 77001 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Jack R. Newman, Esq.

Lowenstein, Neman, Reis, Atomic Safety & Licensing Board Panel Axelrad and Toll U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 1025 Conn *cticut Avenue, N. W.

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20555 Washington, D. C. 20036 Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguarde Finis Cowan, Esq.

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