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Forwards Response to Discussion Items Re QA During Design & Const,Per 910412 Conference Call W/Nrc.Response Will Be Incorporated Into Future Amend
ML20077B578
Person / Time
Site: 05000605
Issue date: 05/10/1991
From: Marriott P
GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.
To: Chris Miller
NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM), Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
EEN-9138, NUDOCS 9105150015
Download: ML20077B578 (2)


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I GE Nuclear Energy

k May 10,1991 MFN No. 049 91 Docket No. STN 50-605 FEN-9138 Document Control Desk U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Coinmission Washington, D.C. 20555 Attention:

Charles L. Miller, Director Standardization and Non-Power Reacter Project Directorate

Subject:

GE Response to GE/NRC Performance & Quality Control Branch Conference Call of April 12,1991 Enclosed are thirty-four (34) copies of the GE response to the discussion item of the subject call.

It is intended that GE will incorporate this response in a future amendment.

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P. W. Marriott, Manager Regulatory and Analysis Services M/C 3S2, (408) 925-6948 cc: F. A. Ross (DOE)

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ABWR mmw Standard Plaat wva 17.1 QIJALIN ASSURANCE DURING requirements of the GE quality program. These DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION reviews found the QA programs of the technical associates to rueet GE reggirements,n d he opphe &

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Agreements between GE and its associates re-See Section 1 of Reference 1.

quire an annual review to assure that the quali-ty systems are being implemented. All associ-This section complies with Basic Requirement 1 ates are committed to correct discrepancies and Supplement IS-1 of ANSI /ASME NOA-11933.

noted during these reviews.

The following additional information describes The identification of safety related struc-the relationship between GE and its technical tures, systems, and components (O list) to be associates.

controlled by the quality assurance program is shown on Table 3.21. Additional items will be GE, with the support of major technical added to Table 3.21, as necessary.

associates, is designing the ABWR. This is a common engineering effort to design and specify 17.1.3 Design Control systems and equipment from the standard plant through major purchasing specifications. The See Section 3 of Reference 1.

designs, cpecifications, and drawings are based upon various joint development and engineering This section complies with Bas c Requirement studies performed by GE and its associates.

3 and Supplement 3S-1 of ANSI /ASME NOA-1 1983 as rnodified by the NRC accepted alternate posi.

The lead responsibility to produce each speci-tion identified in Table 21 of Reference 1 re-fication and drawing is formally assigned to one lating to NRC Regulatory Guide 1.64, Revision 2.

design organization. However, the content of each document is reviewed and approved by GE.

The following additional information descri-While all common engineering documents reflect bes the relationship between GE and its tech-the formal consensus of all parties, GE is nical associates, responsible for the design and the supporting csIculations and records for the ABWR project.

GE and its associates control the review and approval of ABWR design documents with a proce-17.1.2 Quality Assurance Prograin dure using the Engineering Review Memorandum (ERM). The lead design organization prepares See Section 2 of Reference l.

the document and circulates it internally for engineering review, approval, and design verifi-This section complies with Basic Requirement 2 cation. Evidence of verification is entered in-and Supplements 2S 1,2S-2, and 2S-3 0f ANSI /ASME to design records of the responsible design or-NOA 1-1983 and NOA-la 1983 as modified by the ganization. Each document is distributed by ERM NRC-accepted alternate positions identified in to the design organizations of the other parties Table 21 of Reference 1 relating to NRC Regu-for their review and approval of technical con-latory Guides: 1.28, Revision 0; 1.58, Revision tent and design interfaces. All comments re.

1; and 1.146, Revision 0.

sulting from this process are resolved to the satisfaction of all parties. After resolution The following additional information describes of all the comments, the design verification is the relationship between GE and its technical reviewed and, when necessary, updated to assure associates, that changes did not invalidate the original verification. After final agreement is reaebed, GE and each of its associates have their own the document is finalized by the lead design quality assurance program based on Reference 2.

organization, circulated to the other parties GE has performed a review of the OA programs of for their approval signaturn, and then issued.

each of the associate., to assure that the engineering designs and documentation produced by Changes to ABWR documents are also approved i

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