ML20059K751

Ack Receipt of Transmitting Proposed Changes to Plants QA Program Descriptions.Review of Changes Will Require More than 60 Days to Complete

ML20059K751
Person / Time
Site:	Peach Bottom, Limerick
Issue date:	11/05/1993
From:	Durr J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:	Danni Smith PECO ENERGY CO., (FORMERLY PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC
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NUDOCS 9311160174
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NOV 5 1993 Docket Nos. 50-277 50-278 50-352 50-353 l

Mr. D. M. Smith Senior Vice President-Nuclear Philadelphia Electric Company i

Nuclear Group Headquarters Correspondence Control Desk P. O. Box 195

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SUBJECT:

10 CFR 50.54 QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRA.M REVIEW I

References:

Letter, dated October 4,1993, from Mr. George A. Hunger to U.S Nuclear Regulatory Commission Transmitting a Proposed Change to the Limerick and 1

Peach Bottom Stations Quality Assurance Program Descriptions, Which

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Transfer the In-line Reviews of Administrative Procedures We received the referenced letter transmitting proposed changes to the Limerick and Peach Bottom Quality Assurance Program descriptions. This change removes the Quality Assurance organization from the responsibility for reviewing all administrative' procedures and reassigns this responsibility to the line organization implementing the procedure. We note that this change is associated with your ongoing Nuclear Effectiveness and Efficiency Study (NEEDS).

An initial review of this report has begun; however, based on our current review schedule, we anticipate that this process will require more than 60 days to complete. Upon completion, you will be notified of the results.

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If you have any questions concerning the above, please contact Mr. M. Modes at 215-337-5198 or Mr. S. Chaudhary at 215-337-5335.

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J. Doering, Chairman, Nuclear Review Board D. B. Miller, Vice President, Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station D. R. Helwig, Vice President - Limerick Generating Station G. Rainey, Vice President, Nuclear Services Etpartment G. Cranston, General Manager, Nuclear Engineering Division C. Schaefer, External Operations - Nuclear, Delmarva Power & Light Co.

G. Edwards, Plant Manager, Peach Bottom Atornic Power Station A. J. Wasong, Manager, Expetience Assessment G. A. Hunger, Jr., Manager, Licensing Section J. W. Durham, Sr., Senior Vice President and General Counsel J. A. Isabella, Director, Generation Projects Department, Atlantic Electric B. W. Gorman, Manager, External Affairs R. McLean, Power Plant Siting, Nuclear Evaluations D. Poulsen, Secretary of Harford County Council R. Ochs, Maryland Safe Energy Coalition J. H. Walter, Chief Engineer, Public Service Commission of Maryland J. L. Kantner, Regulatory Engineer - Limerick Generating Station Secretary, Nuclear Committee of the Board Public Document Room (PDR)

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SUBJECT:

10 CFR 50.54 QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAM REVIEW'

References:

Letter dated August 4,1993, from Mr. George A. Hunger to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Transmitting a Proposed Change to the Limerick and Peach Bottom Stations Quality Assurance Program Descriptions, Which

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We received the referenced letter transmitting proposed changes to the Limerick and Peach' j

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reassigns this responsibility to the line organization'doing the procurement. We note that this j

change is associated with your ongoing Nuclear Effectiveness and Efficiency Study (NEEDS) j program. After an initial review of this change request, Mr. John Caruso of our staff telephoned Mr George Siefert of your licensing staff on August 12, 1993, with certain comments and questions.

As part of our continuing commitment _ to perform inspections to assess potential safety -

implications of the implementation of your NEEDS program, members of our staff met with members of your licensing and quality assurance staffs at your Chesterbrook offices on.

September 8,1993. At this meeting your staff presented reasons for the above change. The results of this meeting are documented in Combined Inspection Reports 50-352/353-22.

Your staffs' presentations, which address our concerns,' have been attached to that inspection report. Based on our discussions on September 8, we have no further. questions at this time.

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OCT 41993 Based on our review of your submittal and your presentation to us, we have determined that the changes to your Quality assurance Program description are acceptable in that the Quality Assurance Program continues to satisfy the criteria of Appendix B of 10 CFR Part 50. The effectiveness of your Quality Assurance Program and procedure implementation will continue to be the subject of routine regional inspections.

If you have any questions concerning the above, please contact Mike Modes at 215-337-5198.

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J. Doering, Chairman, Nuclear Review Board D. R. Helwig, Vice President - Limerick Generating Station G. A. Hunger, Jr., Manager - Licensing Section J. L. Kantner, Regulatory Engineer - Limerick Generating Station D. B. Miller, Vice President, Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station G. Rainey, Vice President, Nuclear Services Department G. Cranston, General Manager, Nuclear Engineering Division C. Schaefer, External Operations - Nuclear, Delmarva Power & Light Co.

G. Edwards, Plant Manager, Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station A. J. Wasong, Manager, Experience Assessment J. W. Durham, Sr., Senior Vice President and General Counsel J. A. Isabella, Director, Generation Projects Department, Atlantic Electric B. W. Gorman, Manager, External Affairs R. McLean, Power Plant Siting, Nuclear Evaluations D. Poulsen, Secretary of Harford County Council R. Ochs, Maryland Safe Energy Coalition J. H. Walter, Chief Engineer, Public Service Commission of Maryland Secretary, Nuclear Committee of the Board Public Document Room (PDR)

Local Public Document Room (LPDR)

Nuclear Safety Information Center (NSIC)

NRC Resident Inspector, Limerick NRC Resident Inspector, Peach Bottom Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (2)

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Region I Docket Room (with concurrences)

M. Modes, DRS DRS Files (4) bec w/ encl: (Via E-Mail)

V. McCree, OEDO F. Rinaldi, NRR Joseph Shea, NRR M. Boyle, Acting PDI-2, NRR l

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