ML20116B050

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Proposed Changes to QAP Re Operations QA Manual (Oqam)
ML20116B050
Person / Time
Site: River Bend Entergy icon.png
Issue date: 10/26/1992
From:
GULF STATES UTILITIES CO.
To:
Shared Package
ML20116B043 List:
References
NUDOCS 9211020031
Download: ML20116B050 (6)


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ATTACIIMENT 2 PROPOSED CIIANGE TO RBS OPERATIONS QUALITY ASSURANCE MANUAL FOR

. REMOVAL OF COMMITMENT FOR BIENNIAL REVIEW PER ANSI N18,7

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9211020031 921026 PDR ADOCK 05000459 p PDR

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Title Quality Assurance Directive QAD 6

- DOCUMENT CONTROL ' Revision: 9

_ Page 4 of 8 4.6 Approval of documents and subsequent revisions shall be-documented to provide evidence of compliance with this directive.

4.7 Controlled document status lists (e.g., indexes) or equivaler.t shall be established, maintained and controlled to identify the current revision of documents. These lists shall be available to responsible personnel to preclude the us, of obsolete documents.

4.6 Documents re';uired to perform activities affecting safety related structures, systems and components shall be available at the controlling station or work location prior to beginning the activity.

4.9 4 Changes to documents shall be reviewed and approved as described in administrative procedures. Revision to documents shall be identified. Temporary changes to procedures shall be controlled ir, accordance with applicable station procedures and the -

Technical Specifications.

4.10 edures shall be reviewed and approved prior to inicia The ncy of subsequent reviews shall be speci vary depen . . d may n the type and complexity of activity d

I; involved. All pr res shall be rev .by an individual

! pf/l know19dgeable in the ar fee least every two yects to determine if changes are

{hIUb- 6d\ I procedure may cons e a periodic or desirable. A revision of a J ow. Procedure reviews shall be doc ed and conducted in acco dL4[ a with applicable l

f admin ive procedures and Reference 2.4 (Tec al fications, Section 6).

4.11 Applicable procedures shall be reviewed following reportable incidents including but not limited to accidents, unexpected transients, significant operator errors or equipment-i malfunctinns. Such reviews shall be documented.

4.12 Prior to returning to service systems that have been modified, 4

applicable procedures shall be reviewed and revised as necessary.

4 This review shall be documented.

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5.1 Attachment 1 (Quality-Related Document Control Responsibility)

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4.10 Procedures shall be reviewed and approved prior to initial use. Safety-related procedures will be reviewed / revised as required by the programmatic control stimuil such as
licensee commitments, industry events, vendor technical input, corrective action programs, user feedback, plant modification program, plant trending program, station events or training experiences, and 3 Quality Assurance /ISEG input. The reviews of frequently used procedures are accomplished durir., the r ision/ update process as a result of the atorementioned stimuli. During routine audits, tim QA organization will verify the revision / update mechanisms to prove the continuing function, infrequently used procedures are to be reviewed prior to use to determine their adequacy. (Infrequently is defined as a procedure of a routine nature that has not been used in the previous two year period). Iliennially, the QA organization shall review a representative sample of routine plant procedures. The QA review will verify that the procedure review d

program is being implemented effectively. A sampling plan which provides a 95% confidence factor with no more than 5 % nonconformance in the popola' ion shall be used. The sampling plan will be based upon the AQL.

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ATTACl#ENT 3 Page 1 of 2 RBS USAR TABLE 1.8-1 (Cont).

Retulatory Guide 1.33, Rev. 2 { February 1978)

Quality Assurance Program Requirements (Operation)

Project Position - Comply through the implementation of t,he folicwing clarifications to the regula tory guide and alternates to ANSI N18.7 - 1976, which is referenced by the regulatory guide.

1. Paragraph C.S.e - The requirements are implemented subject to the same clarif1:ations made for ANSI N45.2.2 in USAR Section 1.9, Regulatory Guide 1.38.
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Those personnel who perform inrpections, examinations, or testing activities at the River Bend Station who are not qualified to ANS 3.1 are qualified in accordance the requirements of ANSI N45.2.6. w4th

3. Section 5.2.7 -

Since some emergency situations could arise which might preclude preplanning of all activities, CSU will comply with an alternate to the first sentence in the second paragraph which reads:

"Except in emergency or abnormal operating conditions where immediate actions are required to protect the health and safety of the public, to protect equipment or personnel, or to prevent the deterioration of plant conditions to a possibly unsafe or unstable leval, maintenance or modification of equipment shall be preplanned and performed in accordance with written procedures. Where written procedures would be required and are not used, the activities that were accomplished are documented after-the-fact and receive the same degree of' review as if they had been preplanned."

4. Section 5.3.9 - A format for emergency procedures is followed which is symptom based as opposed to

_ event based as stipulated in Section 5.3.9.1.

USAR Sections - 13.4.1, 13.4.3, 13.5.1, 17.2.18 42 of 238 August 1987 Sfetion 5.2.15 - Frequency of safety related procedure reviews will be performed in accordance with the Operations Quality Assurance Manual rather than ever" two years as specified in N38.7-1976.

ATTACHMENT 3 (cont.) pAGE 2 of 2 RBS USAR 41 and subsequent issues. Final approval of Station Support Manual 1+*

procedures will be as specified in USAR Table 17.2-2.

42 Procedures for the Station Support Manual are prepared under the direction of applicable department heads by the depart-ment responsible for the activities described. Review coordination, obtaining approvals, distribution, and control of procedures is the responsibility of the Administrative Support Section (see Section 13.1.1.2.8.2). Administrative and technical aspects are defined in the procedures.

Procedures are classified as safety-related, nonsafety-related or QA Program Applicable and are' reviewed by qualified individuals in the departments requiring input the procedures. to 2+'

. **1 Station Support Manual procedures arc originated, revised, reviewed, approved, and controlled in accordance with procedures contained in the manual.

previously approved procedures will be Reviews of revisions to performed by those individuals or departments performing the initial review, where possible. In all cases, reviews after first revisions will be performed by personnel with similar qualifications to those performing the initial reviews, 1

Procedures in the station support manual periodically will be reviewed as follows to ensure their ongoing accuracy:

1. Emergency Implementing Procedures (EIPs) - Once per 12 calendar months at a minimum.
2. Plant Security Procedures
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Once per 12 1

calendar months at a minimum.

k 3. All other Station Support Manual procadares - once

) per 24 calendar montna at a minimum.

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>A revision to a procedure constitutes a review for the pur-4 pose of meeting the periodic review requirement.

13.5.2.2 Procedures Procedures pertaining to responsibilities performed by the following groups are included in the Station-Support Manual:

All other Station Support idanual procedures will be revised as-needed based on use and experience in accordance with the Operations QA Manual.

Revision 2 13.5-17 August 1989

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i GSU -

GULF STATES UTILITIES COMPANY OQAM - OPERATIONS QUALITY ASSURANCE MANUAL ANSI - AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDS INSTITUTE ANS -

AMERICAN NUCLEAR SOCIETY

, USAR - UPDATED SAFETY ANALYSIS REPORT NRC - U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION RBS -

RIVER BEND STATION TS -

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS CR -

CONDITION REPORT - PRIMARY IMPLEMENTING DOCUMENT PROVIDING FOR IDENTIFICATION / CORRECTIVE

, ACTION FOR DEFICIENCIES & NON-CONFORMANCES OE -

OPERATING EXPERIENCE INPO - INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR POWER OPERATIONS SOER- SIGNIFICANT OPERATING EXPERIENCE REPORT

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SIGMIFICANT EVENT REPORT SIL -

SERVICE INFORMATION LETTER TIL -

TECHNICAL INFORMATION LETTER

, TRAC - COMPUTER DATABASE USED TO HOUSE IDENTIFICATION / HISTORY OF GSU's INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL COMMITMENTS LER -

LICENSEE EVENT REPORTS EPA -

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ISEG - RIVER BEND's INDEPENDENT SAFETY EVALUATION GROUP.

QA -

QUALITY ASSURANCE AQL - ACCEPT ABLE QUALITY LEVEL RDNP - RIVER BEND NUCLEAR PROCEDURE (UPPER TIER PROCEDURE) 10CFR- TITLE 10 OF THE U.S. NRC CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS EIPs -

EMERGENCY IMPLEMENTING PROCEDURES EPPs - EMERGENCY PLANNING PROCEDURES EOPs - EMERGENCY OPERATING PROCEDURES AOPs - ABNORMAL OPERATING PROCEDURES QAD -

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