ML20134B336
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| Issue date: | 10/13/1982 |
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g the we,. St e.ld 99 0r eianu utt) have to be replated, in many parts of the Country.
a[RARCS SY Coal and nuclear =111 De the Chief vtable optiens. Whethe.
hun!!C J. PALLADINO. CNAIRMAN er net the nUCleer estion retelves f avorable Contiderat199 wtl1 depene en:
U.S. RUCttAt REEULATORT Com4l5510m AT IN(
Am(t!CAN $0Cl[TT FOR QUALITY CONfp0L a) the public's Confidente in netlear povert RINTN AntWAL b)
NATIONAL IN(R$Y 0]Vlll0N C0ertatnCE the uttltty's Confteente in the stability of the ORLau00. ft0tICA regulatory pretesss QCTOBER 13. 1982 C) the uttltty's Confidente in predittlag ConstruCtten Costsi Good Morning, everyone. I se very pleased to tate part in d) y'ar Conf erente en evality assurance, to my stade there sur shared Conf teente in the satisf attery retslutten ar3 few subjects more important in industry today..beth of techalCal probleell and, above all.
f ree a fegulater's point of view and f ree the pelat of view
$f an industry esecutive.
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Centtaved operetten of eatsting and new plantt without major accidents.
Th) jet Of a keynote spettar. I understand. 15 to try to get everyone en the same Bey.
Ihts il very tapertant in needed en Beeting eaCh one of these Centinued werk 15 estiC in order to achieve herseny and aveld disterd.
Condittent.
Maybe it stil work here at we11. The best key for me, pretus.
ably, is C.5 harp; I Clearly de set want a s. Flat. Teve A number of you with whos I spoke at the receptten last C% ferenCe these ' Quality. An Cance of preventten.' ts eventag were seeking words.of encouragement free se about C$rtainly appropriate for avClear projects.
Ihts sernteg, the future of the nuclear industry. vf Course ey Crystal I 1xtend te high)tght and emphasise the entent to whtCh ball il no )els Cloudy than yours. But I believe that if C!ality assurante sult be the Central fetul for the nuclear we persevere in lettsfytag the five Condittent I jult tidIttry. Qualit Allurante, er CA. 13 tadtspensable to mentioned, utilities will give feverable ConStderation to (btain a well bui{lt and safely operated facility.
the nuC)est Further.
eptthe when they plan new Constructlen. hew with the billteng of de))ars it new takes to build a new erder$ for nuclear power plant 5 will inen develop.
astleer power plant, deittatten to tne princtDie of Ovality alsxrante is neCelsery to the very surstval of the We in the mat are trying to de est part and I know that SpT4 sering utt11ty itself. Also when ene Centiders the ladustry is worttag to de its part in this endesver.
test of work Stoppages and Corretttee a ttent. the 1sattention to CA that inevitably leads'to dettgn Our stos are the same: safe, reliable and, for the atfittenties er snesdy vertaanship Can only be Called ratepayers, affordable nuclear power.
biztliering.
It it in fulfilleent of'these cias that we feCul en up:n betontag Chatrean of the nuclear Regulatory Cosettsten resolving the problems betag faced. For nuclear plents 1 gas struck by the dispartty in egality assurante under Comstruttler, effective QA plays a Central rela. QA breattowns must be avetied if our Stel efftCliveneSt among the utt19ttel Constructing nuclear are to be met. This brings se bath to the sala thrust of my talk.
power plants. Some were detag a good job. Otners were not g315g tee weII.
I believe that QA breakdowns have occurred, and are melt 11 help to Continue to eCCur, entre there il AS RSC Cheleman I beCame ateustated. first hand, with e Conspitueus the St%21*g f ast that=*st least aeong some utilittel absente of sortees interest in QA at the top managertel GCC1 tar power plantl**0galtty Assurante progress werebuilding level, where dayate day operettens are geared to easisus asterded a low priority, and at 119e3 Quelity A$surante prodvCttvity with statmus evality Confersatten, and where personnel were ignored, sese even abused.
the letter of pretedurel and reestrements may be ebleh ed but the intent behind thee is rare)y if ever Stressed.
I was 4tStrelled by the eBaSplel of the I4Ct of Quality RSSYrance=CentCteuseelt that Came te ey attention, and I It is a Ceteitsent en the Daf t of Banagement**e viltble, sete as much to industry leaders. State then at a few unmistakakle. Sertoul Cemettaent..that matel QA verk, litel. Strong Correttive Beaturel have been takes, but at telt week. in Atlants. I had the opportunity to addrell sese other 8ttel serieel probleBS still estSt.
Chief esecutive of ficert of uttitties having nuclear plantl. and 1 spete of evality aggurance as the field of I kJoe that in fsCuling en our QA problees. I de net SCtten that Can restore and give substante to publit tilhat you inte beltevlag that nothing is right with the Conftdente.
I stated that QA should be the teatral f0Cus Cttirar industry. Despite its many setbatts the nuclear new througneut the induttry. I hept inst proves to be the tidustry is still alive and is effectively helping this
- Case, Catt a meet its energy needs.
let se tell you some of the things we have done and New in additten to the ya nuclear plants Ittented to eserste plan to de at the nuclear Regulatory teemission to cid 3 others Ittensed for 10s.pewer testing. this natten strengthen sur everlight of the nucleae induttry's QA Still hel Stee 64 nutleel8 power plants under CenStruction attivttles and te desenstrate sur deterstaatten that GA aid g plants under Cas$truCtten*per8tt review.
shall be given the attentten it deservel.
Th} plants already licensed te operate have been generating I hope that after you will have ne doubts (bout our tertemlnell.I have gene ever the Ste an SYerage of roughly 250 biliten kilowatt hours of elettf1 City per year eve' the last several years, This il s:t as instgnificant Centributten to seeting our energy As an intitel Step, we rettewed some of the disturbing QA GZ d s.
probless'that hat Come to our ettention.
Our review ladlC4ted that these problast Cn struttien will not be toepleted. but I believe that we generally repretented three f u re is, of Course. Concern that lose of the plants under sust still keep our attention en thele that will be built.
First, there is tne failure of management te matatain eusttty. leading to an initial deficiency. Second..and tes, the nuclear industry f ates problems, some of thee this 18 a Crucist legte..ts the fatture of mana ement's QA 11C%A1 Cal and many of thee non*teChattal.
Teu anew many program te detect and Corrett tne defttiency.
of thes as well as 1 de.
but people in the industry mult f ailure..nRC's f ailure*.te bring tne def tstenCy te light hird il our tot let tne problems dishearten thes and becloud the er. having done to. to recognise the nature and estent of syCtelses achieved to date er their ability to Selve the the probles.
EOs $3tvel facing thee.
The first two fattures are Clearly attributable te a lack TL3.sajor nen*teChattel problem. I believe. 18 that artling bas 1C of fre tse fact that the r Comattaent to evality en the part of management. This fatilng 15 Compounded. How eizCiriCity has dropped. ate of growth in the demand for sigaittCently during the init Standing of sne reie of eventy.ever, Dy a leth of under*
<f ilurante en the part of
.31:r81 yea rs.
As a reivit. Starting new etant the project manage.ent tea. and by e isti ef uneerstandtag C:2sterttien new to herd, if not impeistele to justify.
the part of periennei at ait itveil of the pre 3ett as to en what cA reestres of them.
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'e r.n t Cgoottseat to all einer involvet earttet.
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,$pect#1Calty. the project Kategestat teta Conegattates ang We have even 90Ke furtR$r to urge er reettre 30se utiltttet to Ce%41Ct sa tAtt 3rdent destgn review of a telected sptatns through C0Atrattual and precetural arrangements with toe designers, faertC4 tert, Ent COnStruttern 4 level staple tattle the 4deguaCy of *the QA j,regram.
Ih18 Splien systes er lyttees in suff t Cient Getth-te assess, en a of egality'Ceseensurate with the owner's Cemetteent, will De kept open 4t letti until intustry progrees ene The Ceretteent te test ant scnedule sult 90 properly the lese other hpC prograel 341aeCed with quality through tasse Centrattual and er Detter reinfertteent ofCan te permanently adepted with COnfidente in Queltty.
protetural arrangements.
Another new RfC 493 reach for plants in early staget of for esemple, if a CentrsCt eschattget primarily tDe Construttlen 15 eur CAT taneettten. That is a COnstructten ltheavle for physttal tagtgtletten, the mess 8ge free Assessment feen Of taggettert une move ente a Construct 10n project sanagement 19 f**4eCtten.
On the Other hand, if lite GRd Cever 4 treed eersy of activities there..eueltty the CentrtCt else ee8#
4slurance. design Centrell, 45tret owner-attested. adeesttely, project eenegement, ConstrWCa eeCumentet installetten, the message 13 eustity as well as tien Centrell, er0Curteent Centrols, and 50 f0rth. The a
produCtten.
The 14ttee Case prov10es the preser intentive less will be C0eeriset of stest eignt talpecters, half Of
'Or getting were aCCeseltshee right snee are htC staff and half are unser Centrect to the haC.
the first ttee.
This is tnen reflected in the solicy tne vartens organtaatten tut.tter$.sne pr0Cedural direttien te tach tese =t11 devote Stout two one one.nalf eOnths to 4 Site inteettien. Counting pretaretten
'f Quality alterance sust be aA stee an6 integral part of all ef the peltainspectten reporting. Tetal tospectient already 370 ject pleantag and etnageernt 4Cttutties free the perfereed indtCate that thtl 499 Fetch may De more ef fettive Deginnlege and til inspeCtten preCedures.in identifying sanagement Centrol prepless t role Butt te C0eevntCated and fully I
Ungersteed by all parttC13 ants in tne design and Conttr ttien pr0Cels== free lenter senagesent 40 u
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Craftsman, each Yet an0ther tenevatten with $1tatfitant potential for QA payoff ts the jetnt isonsorthty by anC ane ladustry of If Quality assurance is planned tas Cen6utted at seetners savel, tag senter etnagement of the avClear integral strt of industry.
an We are leottag,te use this blad Of event te says1 Cal installetten activities, then early eeteCtten and C8erettien of inaceetattes will result the value Of QA.leeress upon too eneCutives one managers the meant in enhanting evality ent teorestag Centrol er Cest3 and instill QA=Conttitutnellend to enl1$t them in the drtye to SCnedulet. All gartttilants must De seeeuately treined 10 at all levels.
un48Pltant and attata these tenefits.
flanagers f ree utilitiet ehtCh have esperiented Berteus
! Citat a third Centributary failure behind QA geftClencies pr0blems with quality ellurente will De asked te in nuclear power plant CenStruttien.
participate. 41 well at these ytth eartedly SUCCeS5ful It 18 f ailure**eur f at ture**te detect initial management Centrolthe regulater's progrees.
As we envisten thee, the gestaars will te 140ses and t#' detect lutteogent ineffectiveness of the COneucted with a$tistanCe free tedependent prefelltenal 6
Banagement's QA prograe.
utility and Centratter representatives having sp4Clal QA Interests and espertist.
I espett a numeer of you present he have identifiet tes underlying restent for our failure.
in thil P90s will beC08e involved in these undertakings. !
firSt. Our pregrass have net addrelles dettga eutlity el h0pe the prospett will entita your interelt and enthestate 59etif1Cally eng eatensively as teet Al utility with a facittty unter Censtruttlen te spenseran ou licenstag one Construttten other avest. SeCeng, our htstertCally given sufficient ettentien to projeCttaggettien progrees have nottralatag sesstent CenStruction. emphasiting the Centributten of etChfor perte management Centrel at tenstruttien sites. These aspects of the Censtr ttien precall pave Congeeuently teCome the individual toward ensurtag guttity. This 13 no einer u
$Uejett of new and SpeCial attentlen.
- Batter, thousands of people vert 199 en n clear p0wer planthe a COnstruCttOn.
u A neater of intttativet put forward by the NAC Staff have been adopted in an effect to reite our level of fanfitente htth a fuller in the eueltty of design and CenStruCtten and in the.
pggg ggg file, and understandtag of 0A respon6ibility in the management Coetrel of that gualit*
the C0settaent I have speten of St.the latenged te SupeIant the DeltC Mewever. thete are net management level, ! 48 hopeful thet we will tejin te See and operaterl af nuclear f4C11%ttelM6eenstDility Of the owners QA*CenSCieutnell werting al an integf4I port of nuCIt4f une al alwayl retain project planetag and esecution.
Let se mentlen Seetthe ultteate respenstbility fer tuality ane safety.
of the teaturel that have been I have only highlighted seee ateetts of 48C'S retent Q4.
uncertaken.
Of sarticular tapertante is a series of imprevement initiatives, teg evaluattant for Centtruttige projett$ nearing Completten*
near more agout thee in ether selliantstil have the Oppertunity to your setting.
during the C0eree of The first 18 a self evaluation by the prelpettf re appltCast f0r an aperettag ItCente. It entaill a Ceeprenensive perness you have acted that, throughest my retartS allelleent of ene Constructien. Cevering SuCBthe evality alturante progras for Deth de$tta far. ! have been inveting the vital role of QA in dellga thut iteel se the level of Ianagement levelvesent, the asetts and rettees teplement d effeClive eteretten of nuclear fetilities il and ConstroCtten aClivttlel.
heaever. the Iaft 8n4 durtag the project. an4 the problest e
taken.
surfaced plus the all these efforts. Thus, the appl 1Catten of QA to that the purpose ef Corrective attien$
ianguage at an eeriy sta,e of Cenitrutstenself.evaluattens sneule tattade strutiny of Centract' elle D fing), Centinutng phase must met be negletted.
.I te Cenfire For esseele. there it vengers' QA progrees.
C388ttegats and the efficacy of their QA Centrei rees di.Cipun.the need to maintain a high level of at a n f4Cinties.
in professtenettse in the ner'.e Center of nuclear powerAny deficiency teCause its Chief (seCutive Off1Cee ts new1 elf.evaluatten is espeCially tesertant to the uttltty generetten cannet be tolerstet.
Servestre attentten to this type of esality assurance is reestred throughout the life. Cycle of a fact 11ty, Certify that the faC111ty has been dellgned. Constructed reestred to 824 testet te aCCerdante wits tat jeopardtres the whole of'it.to neglect any aspect of 11 asport and etaer titense comettaents.Finst $4fety analylit 1 as gratiftee ta knew The Casesign te presagate the QA state.ef.etne to all
,e,ter, of industry ane au passes of easign.
stestantial intttattve for plants under ConstruCtten.that insultry is else undertattne a ConstroCtten and operetten needs the guidante of espects such as you te d), eloped progrees and Cettoria for evaluattag evalityInstitute for Butlear powgr Operations..t really take nold. The ttee for it in Certainly ripe.
fhe tretadeons at nuclear Construttien attes have Created QA alturante Sf delige and CgnttroCtten aCttuttiel urgent needs for terteus and ensuring refere of QA SIwer plants. Icet at nuclear cttitudes.
This teCiety and this Canference. Can have a guidance te CondvCt self.evaluatient.uttlttiel are Currently using thil great deal te de with meetthg thalt needs.
t$ ele evaluattent, samed on results of my best etshel for SUCCESS to th%S emetaver. I estead te you IE00 ledependent auditt of tesign and Constructionin6ultry say Cersteer develepeent of at operattng plants. analogous to the audit pregram pretently Conducted ey Imp 0 The nest Step. ef ter Self*evaluetten by evaluetten of eaCh Candidate f attlity forthe utility. is E Ittense.
en Operettag CSKStruction Sites. as well as any past greeless withwe tengtder signtf1 Cant problems noted at etner Ittenlee er Centratters on the project.
the de alle rettes the project'5 h1Stery.
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