ML20024G710

Responds to NRC 740516 Ltr Re Violations Noted in Insp of License DPR-22 on 740326-29

ML20024G710
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Site:	Monticello
Issue date:	06/03/1974
From:	Wachter L NORTHERN STATES POWER CO.
To:	James Keppler NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
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NORTHERN STATES POWER COMPANY  :

M I N N E A t-O L I S . M I N N E S CT A 55409 June 3, 1974

9. James G. Keppler, Et f.onal Director United States Atumle Energy Commission Directorate of Regulatory Operations, Region III 799 Roorevelt Road Glea Ellyn, Illinoic 60137

Dear Mr. Keppler:

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Docket Ho. 50-263 Site Incpection of March 26, 1974 Thic is in reply to your letter received on May 16, 1974, that transmitted Report No. 50-263/74-03 of the cite inspection conducted on March 26-29, 1974, by Mescrc. P. Johnson, L. Hueter, and J. Sutton of your office.

Your letter identified three areas, for which a written recponse wac requested.

Item A 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, Criterion V, states, in part, that: " Activities affecting quality chall be prescribed by documented inctructions, pro-cedures, or drawings ... and choll be accomplished in accordance with these instruc tionc . . .". The cpecial General Electric Company Installation and Service Engineering Quality Accurance Manual for the Monticello Safety /

Relief Valve Addition deceribes the procedures to be followed during the course of the addition work. Sectienu 9 0 and 17.0 of this manual es-tablish requirementa for procurement activities and the handling of non-conforming material, respectively.

Contrary to these requirements, site quality control personnel failed to implement the quality nssurance procedures as follows:

1. Nonconforming weld rod was being stored in a holding oven with conforming veld material.

2. Nonconforcance reports had not been prepared, in three instances, for nonconforming veld material.

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• 3 tbterial purchace ordern were being procenced without first beinC approved by the General Electric Company Quality Ansurance Specialist or Quality Accurance Encinotr.

4. Material was received onsito, inspected and opproved for use by site quality control personnel without the required quality accurance documente being available.

NSP RESPONSE 1.0 , Corrective steps taken were these:

1.1 The nonconforming weld material was removed from the oven.

1.2 Te prevent recarronce, the contractor reviewed the program 8 requirements with his responsible perconnel and inctructed the Q.C. incpcetor to perform more frequent surveillance of the weld rod stora6e ovens.

13 Full compliance was achieved on March-29,1974.

2.d Corrective steps taken were these:

2.1 The contractor issued Honconformance Reports Nwribers 11 and 12 to cover all nonconforming weld material.

2.2 To prevent recurrence, the contractore responsible personnel have been reinstructed in the Quality program requirements for the control of nonconforming material.

23 Full compliance was achieved on March 29, 1974.

30 Corrective steps taken were these:

31 The contractor has approved all purchant orders in accordance with the QA Program.

32 No actions are required to prevent recurrence because all purchase orders for this project have been procesced.

3.3 Full compliance was achieved on April 6,1974.

s 4.0 Corrective steps taken were thece:

4.1 The Quality Assurance records were located on site

' shortly after the conclusion of the audit. The records had been misfiled.

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3 4.2 To prevent ro.urrence, the contractor hac prepared and '

iccued a written procedure for the filing and retrievai of docitmentation. A quality Control Incpector was assigned the full time responsibil3 ty of keeping the files orCanized to accure record retrieval.

4.3 Full compliance wac rNiized on April 11, 1974.

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' Item B 10 CFR Part 50, Appe.idix B, Criterion XVIII, staten, in part, that:

"A comprehennive cycten of planned and periodic auditc' chall be carried '

out to verify compliance with all aspects of the Quality Accurance Program and to determine the effectiveness of the program." In addition, the Northern Staten Power Company Quality Ascurance Program Summary for the Monticello Saftty/ Relief Valve Addition, Sections 0.1,0.2.2(4),

and 0.2.3(18) requirca auditing of the implementation of the Quality Accurance Program. Contrary to the above, planned audits had not been conducted by Northern Staten Power Company or Bechtel Corporation to determine the effectiveness of' their portionc of the Quality Assurance Program.-

USp-RESPOFSE 1.0 Corrective stepe taken were these:

1.1 USP performed an audit of the Ecchtel Quality Acnurance Pro 6 ram April,8 and 9,1974; all open items have been resolved.

1.2 No corrective actionc to prevent recurrence are required due to the chort duration of the project and no more audits

- are deemed nececcary.

-1.3 Full compliance ic anticipated on June 25, 1974.

Item C 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, Criterion XVIII, statec, in part, that:

" Audits chall be performed in accordance with written procedures or checklictc ...." In addition, the cpec$.al Ceneral Electric Company In-Ltallation and Service Engineering Quality Accurt.nce Manual, Section 18.0, states that cite n'idits will be performed ucing checklictc, and the re-

• sults of the audit will be distributed to decignated personnel.

Contrary to thece requiremente, site audits were performed without the use of audit checklistc. In addition, the recults of the audits were not distributed accordinC to the procedure requirements.

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flS P RP.~,10ZE 1.0 Corrective steps taken were these:

1.1 The Contractor han prepared and used written checkliata for audits performed. A copy of all nudit checklist are on cite.

Distribution of audit results has been in accordance with the program requirements.

1.2 To prevent recurrence, all auditors have been inntructed to use checklists when performing audito, and distribute reports in accordance with the progran.

13 Full compliance was achieved by April 6,1974.

Documentation of the actions described in this co: nunication is on file at cito for review by your inspectors.

M Very truly youra, f$ &WhJ L.J. Wachter LW/,jrm ec: G. Charnoff A.R. Renquist E. Pryzina l

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