ML20099H790

Applicant Exhibit A-130,consisting of Forwarding Attachment I to Response to App a of Insp Repts 50-352/81-06 & 50-353/81-05 & Notice of Violation

ML20099H790
Person / Time
Site:	Limerick
Issue date:	05/07/1984
From:	Kemper J PECO ENERGY CO., (FORMERLY PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC
To:	Grier B NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
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OL-A-130, NUDOCS 8411280310
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_ JUN 2 61981 Mr. Boyce Grier, Director ,

United States Nuclear Regulatory Cosmission office cf Inspectio= and I: force ===:, Region I 631 Part~ Avenue

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SUBJECT:

USNRC II Regios Letter dated Ju=e 1, 19S1

. KE: Site Inspec: ion of April 1-30, 1981 Inspec:ios P.epc : ::o . 50-352/S1-06 & 50-353/31-05 Limerick Cenerating. Station - Units 1 and.:

N FII.E : ct AL I-2-2 (352/21-06 & 353/S1-05)

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, durin; the subject inspectics of construction cetivi:ics - authori=cd

( by UKC Liccus e !.cs . CP.'t-106 and . -107, vc tr:: sci: he.evi:t the

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A::scheec: I - T.cspo sc c Ap pess'ix A 1.is o enclosed as required by_ the Notice of. Viols:icn, is an.

affidavi: rels:1:3_-to the respo:se.

fhould you hcve a 7 cues:Lo:s.ccacersi= these itens, we vould hq he pleased to. discuss :he= wi:h you.

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J. P. Durr, US:iKC Residen: Inspector b e:: ' T. . E. Elias, Bech:e1 F. R. Valters/ Local File L .

. E. E. F.lossin, 3echtel J. J. Clarey I E.J. 3:adley K. A. Mulford (2)

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.the holder of Cons::uccion Per:i:s C??R-106-and

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..Co=pany C??R-107 for Li=arick' Genera:ing S:a: ion Uni:s 1 and 2; tha:

he has read the--foregoing Respense to Inspection Repor:-

No. 50-352/S1-06 and 50-353/81-05 and knows the con =ents thereof; and.ths: the s:a:e=en:s and =at:ers se: forth :he:ein are ::ue

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violation -'A 10 ECTR 50, Appendix 3,.Cricazion XVI, sea:es, in part,-tha:: " Measure's; shall be es:ablished'to assure : hat condi: ions adverse to quality .... '

are~ pro =p:1y identified and cc :ac:ed."'

The Limerick'?SAR,- paragraph D.4.12,1 states, in part: ~"The progra: shall.

provide input for the ini:iation of corrective actica and follevup as appropria:e."

The Limerick Quality Assurance Plan, Voluse 1,-Appendix S. " Procedure for P : cessing-Tield Initiated Finding Reports", paragraph S-5.1.7, sea:es:

"The Responsible Organication shall take or have corrective action

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Con::ary to the above, velding inadequacies were no: properly corrected;.

in tha: Tield Finding Repor: N-173, issued on Nove=ber 1, 1979 for.corree-tive action on an NRC finding which resul:ed in the' January 11, 1930 forwarding of a citation for nonco=pliance with fire damper velding require =ents, was i=preperly closed out lar the architec:-engineer and chac closure was av.cepted by the licensee on February 6, 1930. Closure was based on. con:: actor rework of fire damper ins:allations-to assure c'ospliance with the approved Field Change Reques: TCR-C6351 require =ent.

for al:ernate. interi= velding of fire da=per exterior velds which do.co:

(,_ meet accessibili y require =en:s and upcn future fire da=per installa: ion in accordsnee with FCRC6331 c -an al:ernate acceptable' =ethod. NRC

., inspec: ion in April 1931 disclosed that fire protection da=pers ??D-202-3; 7?D-201-31,.and ??D-202-4' had ex:erior velds without s uf f icier.: access -

.for inspec: ion.

'This is a Severi:y Level IV Violation (Supplemen: II.D.1) applicable :o

'I CPPR-105.

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• Resoonse to Violation ,

l Correc:ive actices taken by the Licensee to ensure tha: iden:ified Ice =s of Nonco=pliance vill be co=pletely corrected'and will not recur were:

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1. A caviev was performed on the Licensee responses since 1979 toENRC I

l7 I:e=s of Nonco=pliance. Any response which co==it:ed to fu:urg

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actions was followed up to ensure tha: the accions vare sa:isfac:ori l: accomplished. .

i i" 2. Philadelphia Elec: ic Company Tinding Repore N-173 was ini: ally closed .ou; based on a co==ir=ent by the EVAC Subcon::ac:o :o i

perfor= a reinspec:1on of all previously installed fire da pers.

In the fu:ure, all finding reports generated as a resul: of NRC

' I:e=s of Nonco=pliance vi:h acceptable resolutions v.'11 not be

f. closed ou until the correc:1ve ac: ions have been sa:is!s::orily

( a:complished and verified.

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._,s In addi: ion :o :he above ac:Lons, the EVAC Subcon::ac:o has inspe::ed

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- y,) i all'145 installed'::ap-door fire da=pers :o de:er=ine if the velds vare a c c e s s ib le for inspec: ion. Any velds found to be ina: essible. f e

' inspee:icn were fixed-in 2:cordance uf:h :heLop:1on allowed by Drawing C-615. Ileven (11) of the ineceassible velds were de:er=ined, due to size li=ita:1ons and existing interference proble=s, to be net:her accessible for inspec: ion nor fixable per :he allowed option of D cving C-616. These eleven were evalua:ed and disposi:ioned'as acceptable "use-as-is" by 3echtel ? ofec: Ingineering' since hey will

=ee: .: he ac:ual design require =ents.

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The cc ective at:fons taken by the EVAC Subcon::ac:or to prevent recurrence were: 1) Quality Con:rol Inspec: ors have had ::aining courses in the require =en:s of-AWS D1.1 and Specifica: ion G-20, 2) A special 4

aininf session vas held for.the Quality Control Inspectors regarding the ac: ions :o be aken when, and if, velds or-o:her a:::ibutes canno:

be adequa:ely inspec:ed because of accessibility, and 3) :he Site Inspec: ion Procedure, ??M-5.3 was revised to include-a require =en: in the in-process inspection plan for checking velds for accessibility -

for inspection.

The above actions':aken by_ the F.VAC Subcontracco were ce=pleted by June 24, 1981.

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( , kh' 10 C?R 50, Appendix 3, criterion V, requires in ps : that: " Activities af f ec:ing quality shall be . . . acco=plished in accordance vi h these ins::::: ions, procedures, or drawings."

The Li=erick ?SAR, Appendix D, paragraph 6.4, states in part: "3ech:e1 Construe: ion Depar: en: .... is responsible for cons::u::1on of the plan: :o app cved engineering specifica:Lons ....".

Bach:e1 specification-8031-C-41A. parag,raph 4.4, s: aces in' par:: "All velding shall be in accordance vi:h thp "S::ue: ural Welding Code," AWS D1.1 ....".

The "S: uctural Welding Code", AUS D1'.1, requires in paragraph 3.6.4: *

"?or buildings.... undercut shall not be core :han 0.01 inches deep when its di:ection is ::ansverse to primary tensile s: ess in the part

. _ : hat is undercu:, nor = ore,:han 1/32 inches for all other si:uations. .

Con::ary to the above, on April 22, 1981, velding undercu in excess of 1/32 inches was observed on :he North Reacco: Building Exhaus: S:ack in velds on bea: =e=bers 2232 and 24D4R.

This is a severity Level V Violation (Sup;1enen: II), applicable :o C??R-106 and C??R-107. . .

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(- he velding deficiencias on shop velds'in ~

' Exhaus: S:ack, iden:ified by,the NIO !nspe::er, were repor:ed on a Nonconf::=sace Reper: and evaluc:ed by 3ech:el ? ofec: Ingineeri.;

o-be. acceptable to"us e- a s-is'* co ns ide ring :he actual design-requirenen:s.

'Since final delivery.on the s uctural steel was made,approxt=ately_:vo-years ago, co;;ec:ive ac:1on to p r eve:r: recurrence with Anerican 3:1dge is no longer f easible .- F.o v e v e r , :o assure that no existing condi:1ons remain which would affect plan: safety, 100 inspec:1on on all shop -

valded connections vas perfor=ed-on one of'the four Reactor Building exhaus:-seacks. Minor'velding discrepancies vere iden:ified si=ilar-

o : hose iden:1fied by the NEC Inspec:or. These have-been evalua:ed

~by Project Engineering and were deter =ined to be acceptable "use-as-is"-

based on-the actual design requirenen:s.

As a result of the 100 -inspection on one of the stacks, the structural s: eel in~:he a:her s:acks was given a 50 inspec: ion on. shop velds.

Minor' veld deficiencies were also identified in these stacks and were disposi:1oned si=ilarly.

'In: addition, the 3echtel Quality Con:;o1 Receip: Inspec: ors have been ins::ue:ed to increase their inspec: ion of any fu:ure s::uctural steel which we nay receive f:o= a:her vendors.

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