ML20127K840
| ML20127K840 | |
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| Site: | Palo Verde  |
| Issue date: | 06/11/1985 |
| From: | Miller L NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION V) |
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| ML20127K837 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-530-85-09, 50-530-85-9, NUDOCS 8506270612 | |
| Download: ML20127K840 (1) | |
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APPENDIX A NOTICE OF VIOLATION
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Arizona Nuhlear Power Project Docket No. 50-530 Post Office Box 52034 Construction Permit No. 143
- Phoenix, Arizona,~- 85072-2034 As a result of the inspection conducted on March 25-29, 1985, and in accor-dance with NRC Enforcement Policy, 10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C, the following violation was identified:
10 CFR 50, Appendix B, Criterion V, as implemented by Section 17 of the FSAR states in part that " Activities affecting quality shall be pre-scribed by documented instructions, procedures, or drawings.... and shall be accomplished in accordance with instructions procedures or drawings."
Joseph Oat Corporation drawing No. 6676 " Typical Module-New Fuel Racks" states.in the general inspection notes that all welds shall be visually examined per Quality Control Procedure No. QC-8012-60, " Visual Examina-tion of Welds." Quality Control Procedure No. QC-8012-60 states in Section 5.0, " Acceptance Standards" that "The weld surface and adjacent base material shall be essentially free of weld splatter and slag and shall be free of arc strikes," and that "The minimum size of fillet welds shall be as indicated on the shop drawings."
Contrary to the above, new fuel rack modules, IA3, IB1, 1B2, IB3, IEl, and IE2, intended for installation in Unit 3 were found to have vendor welds exhibiting areas of incomplete fusion, slag, unconsumed filler matecial, undercut, spatter, lack of penetration, etc.
All welding identified above was inspected and accepted by Quality Control inspectors of the Joseph Oat Corporation for module IA3 on July 21, 1980, for modules IB1, IB2, and IB3 on August 6, 1980, and for modules 1El, and 1E2 on December 4, 1980.
This is a Severity Level IV Violation (Supplement II).
Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Arizona Public Service Company, is hereby required to submit to this office within thirty days of the date of this Notice, a written statement of explanation in reply, including: (1) the corrective steps which have been taken and the results achieved: (2) correc-tive steps'which will be.taken to avoid further items of noncompliance; and (3) the date when full compliance will be achieved.
Consideration may be given to extending your response time for good cause shown.
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Dated L. W. Miller, Jf./ Chief Reactor Project rSection No. 2 8506270612 850611 PDR ADOCK 05000529 PM G