ML20003G662
| ML20003G662 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Seabrook  |
| Issue date: | 04/02/1981 |
| From: | Brunner E, Cerne A NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML20003G661 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-443-81-04, 50-443-81-4, 50-444-81-04, 50-444-81-4, NUDOCS 8104300455 | |
| Download: ML20003G662 (7) | |
See also: IR 05000443/1981004
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u.S. nuctEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT
Region I
50-443/81-04
Report No.
50-444/81-04
50-443
Docket No.
50-444
CPPR-135
License No.
CPPR-136
Priority
Category
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Licensee:
Public Service Company of New Hampshire
1000 Elm Street
Manchester, New Hampshire 03105
Facility Name: Seabrook Station, units 1 and 2
Meeting at:
Seabrook, New Hampshire
Meeting conducted:
March 12,1981
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Inspectors:
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A.C. Cerne, Sr. Resident Inspector
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E.J/ Brunner, Chief, Projects Branch
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Meeting Summary:
Meeting on March 12,1981 (Combined Report Nos. 50-443/81-04 and 50-444/81-04)
Scope:
Special, announced management meeting to discuss the results of the NRC
board convened to evaluate the Licensee's Performance from January 1 to December 31,1980
as part of the NRC's Systematic Assessment of Licensee Performance (SALP) Program.
Areas addressed included:
Quality Assurance; Substructure and Foundations; Concrete;
Liners; Safety-Related Structures; Piping and Hangers; Safety-Related Components;
Electrical Equipment; Electrical; Instrumentation; Fire Protection; Preservice
Inspection; Reporting; Environmental; Training; and Management.
Results: A summary of the licensee performance evaluation was presented. Areas
of concern were discussed with corporate and site management.
No new enforcement
actions were identified. A number of areas where improvements were initiated by
licensee actions, were identified.
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Region I Form 12
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DETAILS
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Licensee Attendees
D. N. Merrill, Executive Vice President (PSNH)
W. P. Johnson, Vice President (YAEC)
8. B. Beckley, Manager of Nuclear Projects (PSNH)
W. J. Miller, Quality Assurance Manager (YAEC)
R. P. Pizzuti, Construction Manager (YAEC)
J. DeVincer. tis, Seabrook Project Manager (YAEC)
J. H. Herrin, Site Manager (PSNH)
G. F. Mcdonald, Jr., Quality Assurance Engineer (YAEC)
J. W. Singleton, Field Quality Assurance Manager (YAEC)
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NRC Attendees
B. H. Grier, Director, USNRC, Region I
E. J. Brunner, Chief, Projects Branch No.1, DRPI, Region I
R. M. Gallo, Chief, Reactor Projects Section No. lA, DRPI, Region I
A. C. Cerne, Senior Resident Inspector, Seabrook
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Discussion
A brief summary of the Systematic Assessment of Licensee Performance (SALP)
Program was presented to explain the basis and purpose of the evaluation.
The NRC Region I evaluation board meeting was discussed, including the
assessment period, performance data and the results of the board's evaluation.
The licensee's overall performance was considered acceptable. The prescribed
regional inspection frequency will be decreased in one functional area,
due to the performance and quality record in that area. Three areas will
receive increased inspection effort by Region I to confirm that corrective
actions already initiated are effective. These three areas of concern were
identified to corporate and site management.
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SYSTEMATIC ASSESSMENT OF LICENSEE PERFORMANCE
SEABROOK STATION
REGION I EVALUATION BOARD MEETING
Facility:
Seabrook Station, Units 1 and 2
Licensee:
Public Service Ccmpany of New Hampshire
Unit Identification:
Docket No.
License No./Date of Issue
Unit No.
50-443
CPPR-135
July 7,1976
Unit 1
50-444
CPPR-136
July 7,1976
Unit 2
Reactor Information:
Unit 1
Unit 2
Westinghouse
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MWT
3425
3425
Assessment Period:
January 1 - December 31,1980
Evaluation Board Meeting Date:
February 13,1981
Evaluation Board Members:
J. M. Allan, Deputy Director, Region I
E. J. Brunner, Chief, RO&NS Branch, Region I
J. W. Devlin, Acting Chief, Safeguards Branch, Region I
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G. H. Smith, Chief, FF&MS Branch, Region I
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A. W. Drcmerick, Licensing Project Manager, NRR
L. E. Tripp, Acting Chief, RC&ES Branch, Region I
Other NRC Attendees:
A. C. Cerne, Senior Resident Inspector, Region I
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BASIC PERFORMANCE DATA
SEABROOK STATION
JANUARY 1 - DECEMBER 31,1980
A.
Number and Nature of Noncompliance Items
1.
Noncompliance category:
Unit 1
Unit 2
Violations
0
0
Infractions
9+(2)
0+(2)
Deficiences
0+(3)
0+(3)
Severity V
1
0
2.
Areas of Noncompliance:
VIO/INF/DEF/SEV V
VIC/INF/DEF/SEV V
Quality Assurance
0 (1) 0
0
0 (1)
0
0
Concrete
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
Liners
0
0
(1)
0
0
0 (1)
0
Safety Related Structures 0
2
0
0
0
0
0
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Piping and Hangers
0
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
Environmental
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0
0
(1)(2)
0
B.
Number and Nature of Construction Deficiency Recorts
1.
Type of Events:
Unit 1
Unit 2
A. Personnel Error
0+(1)
0+(1)
B. Design / Fabrication Error
3
0
C. External Cause
0
0
D. Defective Procedures
0+(1)
0+(1)
E. Component Failure
0+(2)
0+(2)
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X. Other
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Total
3+(4)
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2.
Of the seven Construction Deficiency Reports submitted during the assessment
period, five were reported as potentially reportable.
Of these five, four
were evaluated by the licensee to be not reportable under 10CFR50.55(e),
while the other remains under evaluation.
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C.
Escalated Enforcement Actions
Civil Penalties
None
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Orders
None
Immediate Action Letters
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IAL No. 80-55(12/22/80)-Recurrent items of noncompliance in the area of weld
repairs performed by the piping subcontractor (Pullman-Higgins).
Stoo work order
on weld repairs issued by licensee.
D.
Manacement Conferences Held During Past Twelve Months
No enforcement related meetings with licensee management were conducted during
the assessment period; however, the following management conferences were held:
February 6,1980 - a meeting was held at the Seabrook site at NRC request to
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discuss details related to the establishment of the Resident Inspector
office and program.
Jaly 3,1980 - a routine meeting held with licensee management at the Seabrook
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site at NRC request to discuss construction status, Construction Deficiency
Reporting, the NRC enforcement policy, resident insoection~and independent
measurement programs, SALP, and the licensee implementation of the Seabrook
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QA program.
Recent insoection findings at Seabrook were discussed during the July meeting
and two specific areas were mentioned as sources of NRC concern--the civil /
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structural subcontractor (Perini) implementation of the QA program and the
adequacy of licensee corrective actions in response to previous NRC findings.
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E.
Licensee Activities
Activity on both units varied extensively durino the assessment period. On
March 20,1980 PSNH decided to substantially reduce the level of expenditures for
construction of Seabrook Station. This resulted in a reduction in total site
work force from approximately 5000 personnel to 2500 personnel within one
month. A June 9,1980 order by the New Hampshire PUC called for PSNH to delay
for three years the planned completion of Seabrook Unit 2.
While the licensee
has appealed this action, the level of work on Unit 2 had already been
confined to containment liner erection because of PSNH cash flow problems.
A two month ironworker strike during July ;o September,1980 further reduced
the total on-site work force to approximately 2000 personnel.
Since September,
1980, the total work force has gradually grown to approximately 3500 perscnnel
at the end of the assessment period.
Throughout these changes in personnel levels and work activities, the licensee
has maintained that the Unit 1 Fuel Load Date remains 1/1/83.
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January, 1981 letter to the NRC indicates that this date may slip).
PSNH
had already indicated in August,1980 that the Unit 2 Fuel Load Date of
11/1/84 was unrealistic, but that a new schedule could not be established
until the final approval of the changes in joint ownership percentages, which
would improve PSNH cash flow.
Major construction activities for Unit 1 during the assessment period include
commencement of containment concrete wall placement, commencement of safety-
related HVAC erection, continuation of ASME Class 2 and 3 piping installation,
commencement of containment interior coating work, continuation of safety-
related structure erection, and the continuation of electrical cable tray and
conduit installation. Since the March,1980 slowdown, construction emphasis
has been directed to the completion of activities on the Primary Critical
Path.
During 1980 the percentage complete for Unit 1 and Common Areas in-
creased from 31% to 44%.
The only construction activities for Unit 2 during the assessment period
consisted of placement of the containment concrete base mat, continuation of
containment liner erection, and activities in areas common to both Units 1
and 2.
During 1980 the percentage complete for Unit 2 increased from 6%
to 8%.
F.
Inspection Activities
Eleven onsite combined inspections for both units were conducted during the
assessment period--six of these were resident inspector originated and five
were conducted by regionally based inspectors, one of whom was an environmental
specialist. A total of 595 inspector-hours were expended during 1980 in the
inspection of Unit 1 activities and 177 inspector-hours on Unit 2.
Three Region
IV Vendor Inspection Branch inspections were also conducted at the UE&C
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corporate office in Philadelphia with a portion of those inspections directed
toward A/E activities relative to Seabrook Station. The construction resident
inspection program was implemented on May 18,1980.
Construction inspection activities have been concentrated in the areas of
civil / structural and containment liner erection, and piping and component
control and installation. Although only one inspection was directed toward the
Quality Assurance program, every construction inspection has indirectly touched
upon QA activities.
To a lesser degree, electrical activities and the licensee
reporting program have received inspection. A more detailed Summary of
Inspection Activity is enclosed as supplemental information in Attachment II.
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SEAER00K STATION
INSPECTION PROGRAM CHANGES
INSPECTION TIME AND/02 SCOPE
CHANGE FROM PRESCRIBED INSPECTION PROGRAl
FUNCTIONAL AREA
INCREASE
NO CHANGE
DECREASE
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Quality Assurance
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Substructure and Foundations
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Concrete
X
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Liners (Containment and othersi
X
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Safety-Related Structures
X
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Pipina and Hangers
X
(Reactor Coolant and others)
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Safety-Related Components
X
(Vessel, Internals and HVAJ)
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Electrical Equipment
X
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Electrical (Tray and Wire)
X
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Instrumentation
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Fire Protection
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Preservice Inspection
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Reporting
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Environmental
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Training
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Management
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