ML20101U223

Confirms 850110 Telcon Re 841205 Request for Presentation of Plans for Assuring That Plant Designed Per FSAR Commitments. Audits & Design Verification Activities Listed.Details of Idvp Will Be Discussed During 850212 Meeting

ML20101U223
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Site:	Hope Creek
Issue date:	02/04/1985
From:	Mittl R Public Service Enterprise Group
To:	Thompson H Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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NUDOCS 8502070179
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Pubhc 0ervice Ekctnc and Gas Company 80 Park Plaza, Newark, NJ 07101/ 201430 8217 MAILING ADDRESS / P.O. Box 570, Newark, NJ 07101 Robert L. Mitti General Manager Nuclear Assurance and Regulation February 4, 1985 Director of Nuclear Reactor Regulation U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 7920 Norfolk Avenue Bethesda, Maryland 20814 Attention: Mr. Hugh L. Thompson, Jr., Director Division of Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Gentlemen:

DESIGN VERIFICATION ACTIVITIES HOPE CREEK GENERATING STATION DOCKET NO. 50-354 Your. letter of December 5, 1984, requested that we present any plans we have for assuring that Hope Creek has been designed in accordance with FSAR commitments. This is in response to that request and confirms our January 10, 1985, telephone conference with members of the NRC staff on this subject.

Throughout the design and construction of Hope Creek, Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) has been deeply involved in all phases of the project. Engineering, con-struction, and quality assurance personnel of the PSE&G Engineering and Construction Department have, throughout the course of.the project, injected their considerable experi-ence and expertise into performing extensive independent overviews of'those architect-engineer activities. In addi-tion, some of the audits and activities related to design verification activities are listed below:

o Hope Creek has a proven General Electric BWR 4/5 t NSSS system.

o Bechtel Power Corporation, the architect-engineer for Hope Creek, is the most experienced and suc-cessful A/E in the nuclear industry,'particularly

_)with BWR plants.

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io INPO conducted an audit of Hope Creek in July 1982, ,

.over;antwo week period. The audit took place in  !

- Bechtel offices in San Francisco, PSE&G offices in r I

' Newark, and at the Hope Creek jobsite. The audit team; reviewed design processes, calculations, design

-interfaces, and adherence to regulatory commitments.

4 There' were' no'significant findings as a result of

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o.~In October 1982, an INPO Self-Initiated Examination (SIE) of-Hope Creek was performed. This audit was <

condu'cted.by a team.of approximately 20 engineers

.~over altwo week period in San Francisco, Newark, and

.. Hope L Creek . This audit. reviewed design input docu--

ments, specifications and procedures, adherence to

.PSAR commitments, and design change control pro-grams.: .There were no significant findings as a

result.of:this audit.

To Region;4 of the NRC conducte'd an unannounced audit

-:in-Bechtelnengineering. offices in San Francisco in Marchil983. .This audit reviewed. design interfaces,

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sections of theRCode of. Federal Regulations. .There' were.no findings.regarding. Hope Creek.

z o' INPO' conducted an NTOL audit of Hope Creek in June

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L1984.F This audit; covered a threetweek period in San (Francisco and'HopeLCreek.-'INPO' audited' control'of thefdesign.p'rocess,' design interfaces, verification 1 processes,Hdesign (change processes, m and adherence 'to s

, . FSAR'and regulatory commitments. There._wereLno 1significant findings,-and'four good; practices.were:

identified.

of:In AugustL1984, NRC Region'4 conducted 'another audit. '

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,: ,3-Dir. of Nucl. Reac. Reg. 3 2/4/85 o PSE&G personnel participate in plant walkdowns to assure the plant is constructed in accordance with FSAR' commitments.

o. A Commitment Tracking System has been established to identify.all FSAR commitments to the proper PSE&G organization. This system is in place and is updated with each FSAR amendment.

o PSE&G engineering personnel are currently involved in a programmatic calculation review as part of the program to turn over calculations to PSE&G.

o NRC Region I has conducted, and will continue to conduct, inspections of Hope Creek to assure construction adheres to FSAR requirements.

PSE&G firmly believes that programs have been in place throughout the design and construction of Hope Creek to

-assure the plant is-designe'd and constructed in accordance with FSAR commitments. This conviction is supported by the several:NRC and INPO audits-of the design and construction

. process, all of.which resulted in no significant negative findings.

To further assure PSE&G. Management that Hope Creek is de-signed and constructed in accordance with FSAR commitments, PSE&G decided to have_an' Independent Design Verification

-performed by an outside contractor, even though it is not:

required by regulations. 'This decision was made in August

~1984. Subsequently, an'IDVP Work Scope Document was' pre-

. pared by an independent consultant and the contractfto

' perform the IDVP has been awarded to.Sargent and-Lundy.

Details of the Hope Creek IDVP will be discussed with your.

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stafffat our February 12, 1985, meeting. Should you have

.any_further questions, please contact us.

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