ML20003H566
| ML20003H566 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Perry  |
| Issue date: | 05/01/1981 |
| From: | Davidson D CLEVELAND ELECTRIC ILLUMINATING CO. |
| To: | James Keppler NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
| References | |
| 10CFR-050.55E, 10CFR-50.55E, NUDOCS 8105060333 | |
| Download: ML20003H566 (3) | |
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P o Box 5000 e CLEVELANo. owto 44101 e TELEPMCNd (2166 622-9900 e ILLUM:NATING BLoG e $5 PUBLIC ScVARE Datwyn R. Davidson 10E PRES. CENT S*STEU ENGAEERiNG AND CCNSTRUCTION May 1,1981 Mr. James G. Keppler Director of Region III Office of Inspection and Enforcement U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 799 Roosevelt Road Glen Ellyn, Illinois 60137 RE:
Perry Nuclear Power Plant Docket Nos. 50-440; 50-441 Final Report on Breakdown in Quality Program of Protective Coatings Contractor (RDC-25 (81)]
Dear Mr. Keppler:
This letter constitutes the Final Report as required by.10CFR50.55(e) concerning the breakdown in the quality program of our nuclear protective coatings contractor, Metalveld, Inc.
This item was initially reported by Mr. W. J. Kacer of The Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company to Mr. R. C. Knop of your office on January 23, 1981, and an Interim Report was made to you by our letter of February 19, 1981.
Problem
Description:
As a result of the findings identified during an NRC inspection on January 21-23, 1981, the PNPP Project Organization (PO) issued Stop Work Notification (SVN) No.
81-01 to our nuclear protective coatings contractor, Metalveld, Inc., on January 23, 1981. Attached to the SWN was Corrective Action Request (CAR) No. 0534 which delineated the actions necessary to correct deficiencies in the Metalwud quality program and its implementation.
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Mr. Jam 2s C. Keppler May 1, 1981 A listing of actions planned or taken by Metalueld, Inc., and the PNPP Project o ganization to correct weaknesses in the Metalweld Quality Assurance Program r
and its implementation was attached to our Mr. M. R. Edelman's January 26, 1981, letter to your Mr. G. Fiore111. The four primary areas requiring corrective action were:
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Indoctrination and training of Metalveld site quality control personnel.
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Qualification and certification of all Metalweld cite quality control personnel in accordance with the requirements of ANSI N45.2.6.
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Measuring and Test Equipment (M&TE) sys tem utilized by Metalweld.
4 Procedures and checklists governing inspection of protective coating activities.
Analysis of Safety Implication Based upon field verification by the PNPP Project Organization's Construction Quality Section and the nature of the individual items in program requiring correction, the nuclear protective coatings applied by the contractor prior to issue of SWN 81-01 have been determined to be within specification require-ments. Thus, caatings applied to date could not adversely affect the safe r.y of plant operations. However, due to the number of findings related to indoc-trination and training of the contractor's quality control personnel, it is conceivable a deficiency could have developed in construction, which, were it to have remained uncorrected, could have adversely affected the safety of plant operations.
Corrective Action:
Intensive indectrination and training of Metalweld quality control personnel commenced on January 24, 1931, and was completed on April 1, 1981.
PO personnel have reviewed and concurred with the lesson plans for these training sessions; attended training sessions; and reviewed the results of written examinations administered-for each session. An on-going, comprehensive indoctrination and training program has been established to assure continual updating of the con-tractor's quality control personnel upon issuance of precedure revisions and new procedures.
New " cask specific" certif tenciana haee been issued for all Me:11 weld site quality control personnel. The PO has reviewed and accepted the new cerci-fications and qualifications.
The contractor has reviewed, completely evaluated, and revised the Measuring and Test Equipment (M&TE) system to bring it in accord with current specification and quality program requirecents. Revision of the M&TE system was completed on March 12,1981, and subsequently accepted by the P0.
- Mr. Jtess G. Kspplar May 1, 1981 Procedures and checklists have been revised to include and clarify all require-ments governing coating activities involved in the first scheduled partial Stop Work Release (SWR).
Revisions to che contraccor's program have been submitted to and accepted by the PO.
By our letter (M. R. Edelman, CEI, to G. Fiorelli, h1C Region III) of February 9,1981, we formally notified your of fice of the completion of correceive actions taken to resolve your Immediate Action Letter of January 28, 1931. As required by Icem No. 2 of your IAL, we requested NRC review and concurrence with our accions prior to issuance of a partial SWR.
Upon completion of the review by the PNPP-Residenc h7C Inspector and concurrence of Region III, we issued a partial SWR on February 12, 1981, covering coating activities in the Reactor Building #1 Dome. Additional partial SWR's were issued on February 16 and 23, 1981. Upon completion of all required indoctrinacion and training by the con-tractor and the eighteen criteria program audic by the PO, a full SWR was issued to the contractor on April 28, 1981.
The complete eighteen criteria program review audit was pertonu.J on the contraccor by the PO during the week of April 13, 1981. The auditors concluded that the centractor's quality progra is penerally being implemenced in a satisfactory manner. The majoricy of the audit findings concerned activities being performed to supplement, strengthen and improve the program, but not required by procedure.
Summary As a result of intensive indoctrination and training of the contractor's quality contro1' personnel, " task-specific" recertification of QC' personnel, clarification and improvement of the quality program by revision, and increased coverage of contractor's activities by P0 personnel, full compliance has been achieved. Con-trols and systems ieplemented by the contractor and increased attention from the P0 should prevent recurrence or assure early detection and correction.
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Mr. Jack Hughes, Resident Inspector U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Perry Nuclear Power Planc dr.VictorScello, Director Of#1ce of Inspeccion and Enforcement U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D. C.
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