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Summary of 880908 Meeting W/Util in Rockville,Md Re Changes to Conditions Adverse to Quality Program.List of Attendees Encl
ML20154H434
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Site: Sequoyah  Tennessee Valley Authority icon.png
Issue date: 09/16/1988
From: Donohew J
NRC OFFICE OF SPECIAL PROJECTS
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NRC OFFICE OF SPECIAL PROJECTS
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NUDOCS 8809220005
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NUCLEAR RECULATCRY COMMISSION I f ro o. a e i k **"* September 16, 1988 , ,

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LICENSEE: Tennessee Valley Authority l FACILITIES: Sequoyah Nuclear Plants. Unit 1 and 2  ;

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$UBJECT: 1988 MEETING WITH THE MINUTES TENNESSEE VALLEY OF THE $FPTEMBER 8,(TVA) ON CHANGES TO THE AUTHORITY t J

TVA CONDITIONS ADVER$E TO QUALITY PROGRAM AT SEQUOYAH [

i l On Thursday, September 8,1988, a meeting was held at the Office of Special i Projects (0$P), NRC, headquarters in Rockville Maryland with tl'e Tennessee f

Valley Authority (TVA). The meetin Conditions Adverse to Quality (CAQ)g Program for was held to discuss Sequoyah. changth Enclosure 1 i's the to TVA's ,

list of individuals attendig the meeting. The following is a nunmary of the l significant items discussed and the actions, if any, taken or proposed.  ;

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> This meeting was requested by the staff to understand the changes to the CAD l program at Sequoyah and the impact of these changes on the staff's Order  !

EA-85-49. This order was considered satisfied for Sequoyah for the restart of l l

Sequoyah Unit 2 in the staff's Safety Evaluation dated March 31, 1988. The c j order concerned the effectiveness of the CAQ program at Sequoyah. i t

TVA began its presentation with the handouts in Enclosures 2 and 3. Enclosure [

2 is the outline of TVA's presentation. Enclosure 3 provides the details, i

! The agenda for the meeting is the seennd page of Enclosure 2.

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! TVA stated in the meeting that the changes desaibed in Enclosures 2 i:id 3 do  ;

not affect Order EA 85-49. TVA explaired that Enclosures 2 and ? describe  :

! Revision 4 of the CAQ program. Revisien 4 is not a fundamental change but an evolutionary one which comes from TVA's experience with the program for over a  ;

vear and from staff inspections and Institute of Nuclear Power Operations j l!NP0) audits, j After the presentation by TVA, the staff held a closed meeting to discuss the changes to the CAQ program. [

'he staff concluded that it was in agreement with TVA that the changes to tLe i

CAQ program were evolutionary and did not affect the conclusions of the staff  ;

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2 in its Safety Evaluation on Order EA 85-49. Implementation of the CAQ program at Sequoyah will be monitored by the staff throught its normal inspection i activities.

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Office of Special Projects Enclosares: *

1. At.tendee List
2. forrective Action Meeting, September 8.1988 1
3. Corrective Action Program Enhancements ,

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l Seauoyah Nucler.r Plant Mr. S. A. White cc: Regional Administrator, Region 11 General Counsel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Ct.w' uion Tennessee Valiay Authority 101 Marietta Street, N.W.

400 West Summit Hill Drive Atlanta, Georgia 30323 .

E11 833 Xnoxville, Tennessee 37902 '

Resident Inspector /Sequoyah NP Mr. R. L. Gridley c/o U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Conr an Tennessee Valley Authority 2600 Igou Ferry Read SN 157B Lookout Place Soddy Daisy, Tennessee 37379 Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402-2801 John T. LaPoint Mr. Michael H. Mobley, Director P

L issee Valley Authority Division of Radiolohical Health

'ew oyan Nuclear Plant T.E.R.R.A. Building, 6th Floor

. 0. Box 2000 ISO 9th Avenue North Soddy Daisy. Tennessee 37379 Nashville, Tennessee 37219-5404 P.r. M. Ray Dr. Henry Myers, Science Nvisor Tennessee Valley Authority Conuittee on Interior Sequoyah Nuclear Plant and Insular Affairs U.S. House of Representatives P.O. Box 2000 Soddy Daisy, Tannessee 37379 Washington, D.C. 20515 Mr. D. L. Williams Tennessee Valley Authority Tennessee Valley Authority Rockville Office 400 West Summit Hill Drive 11921 Rockville Pike W10 885 Suite 402 Xnoxville, Tennessee 37902 Rockville, Maryland 20852 County Judge Mr. S. A. White Hamilton County Courthouse Senior Vice President, Nuclear Power Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402 6N 38A Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402-2801 e

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LIST OF ATTENDEES .

FOR SEPTEMBER 8, 1988 MEETING ON CHANGES TO TVA'S CAQ PROGRAM Name Affiliation

  • J. Donohew NRC/OSP .

R. Pierson NRC/OSP D. Moran NRC/OSP K. Jenison NRC/OSP G. Hubbard NRC/OSP M. J. Ray TVA TVA N. C. Kazanas TVA L. Martin

~VA F. Roemer

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CORRECTIVE ACTION VEETING l wr H N9C SEPTEVBER 8, ~ 988 I

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CORFIEC- IVE AC- ON 390GRA\4 E\ HANCE \4EN-- -

  • !mproved Control / Effectiveness
  • Important issues Emphasized
  • Improved Accountability i

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  • Conclusions I

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1 IVPROVED 004- 10_/E ::ECT VENESS

  • Correc:ive Ac: ion 3rogram Bounded
  • nterim Correc:ive Ac: ion
  • Correc:ive Action 3lans
  • Generic Reviews
  • Documen:ation o" Verifica: ion
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  • Cause of Deficiencies
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l e Site Quality Determinations e Invalidating CAQR's e Timeliness

  • Managemerit Responsibilities Defined
  • Management Awareness e

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BALANCE OF PLANT .

  1. 3roblem Reoor:ing Documen:
  1. QA 3rogram Scoce l

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  • Committments to EA-85 49 Satis"lec
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CORRECTIVE ACTION PROGRAM ENHANCEMENTS I. IMPROVED CONTROL / EFFECTIVENESS A. CORRECTIVE ACTION PROGRAM BOUNDARY (SITE PROCEDURE AI-12)

  • DEFINED WHICH ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROL PROGRAMS COULD BE UTILIZED TO CORRECT CAQs
  • LIMITED NUMBER OF PROGRAMS

- COTS SURVEILLANCE, QC INSPECTION, AUDIT PRDS .

- WRs TEST DEFICIENCIES POTENTIAL REPORTABLE OCCURRENCES DRAWING DISCREPANCIES

- RADIOLOGICAL INCIDENT REPORTS HOUSEKEEPING DEFICIENCIES B. INTERIM CORRECTIVE ACTION (NOAM)

  • REQUIRED WHEN REPETITION OF EVENT MAY OCCUR WHILE C/A IS BEING DEVELOPED AND APPROVED

- ADDRESSES

- IMMEDIATE IMPACT ON HARDWARE BREAKDOWN IN THE QA PROGRAM ,

C. CORRECTIVE ACTION PLANS (NOAM) ,

  • ONSITE RESPONSIBLE ORGANIZATIONS DEVELOP AND OBTAIN APPROVAL OF C/A IN 30 DAYS IMMEDIATE ESCALATION IF LATE
  • C/A REQUIRES COORDINATION WITH OFFSITE ORGANIZATIONS DEVELOP AND OBTAIN APPROVALS OF C/A IN 60 DAYS IMMEDIATE ESCALATION IF LATE
  • CURRENT PROGRAM (REV. 3) 30 DAYS TO DEVELOP 30 DAYS TO APPROVE l

ESCALATE 30 DAYS AFTER IT WAS LATE l

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3. GENERIC REVIEWS (NOAM)
  • REQUIRES ESCALATION DUE TO LACK 0F PROGRESS .

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. (SITE AI-12) REQUIRES ESCALATION AFTER CA0R ONSITE FOR GENERIC REVIEW 40 DAYS E. DOCUMENTATION OF VERIFICATION (NOAM)

. SPECIFIES REVIEW PERFORMED TO VERIFY C/A AS COMPLETE SHALL BE DOCUMENTED .

QA - INITIATED SIGN FICANT HARDWARE R0 - ALL F. FORM IMPROVEMENT (NOAM)

. TIGHTER CONTROL 0F CAQR FORMS (TVA FORM NUMBERS)

  • STREAMLINES PROCESSING

. ALLOWS USE OF CA0R FORM AS A DESIGN OUTPUT DOCUMENT FOR ACCEPT-AS-IS AND REPAIR DISPOSITIONS G. TERM DEFINITIONS (NOAM)

. ADDED CLARITY AND PROVIDED DEFINITIONS ,

- SIGNIFICANCE, ACCEPT-AS-IS, ADVERSE TRENDS, GENERIC SCRAP, ETC.

(SITE AI-12) CLOSURE CRITERIA II. IMPORTANT ISSUES EMPHASIZED A. EFFICIENT RESOURCE ALLOCATION-(NOAM)

. IMPROVED CRITERIA FOR CAOR DETERMINATIONS

. EFFECTIVE UTILIZATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE PROGRAMS WHICH HAVE ABILITY TO EFFECTIVELY CORRECT CAQs FOR LOWER THRESHOLD ITEMS

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B. CAUSE OF DEFICIENCIES ~(NQAM)

+ ALL CAQRS RECEIVE AN APPARENT CAUSE DETERMINATION .

  • SIGNIFICANT CAQRS CONTINUE TO RECEIVE ROOT CAUSE DETERMINATION

+ ROOT CAUSE DETERMINATION REQUIRED FOR CAQRS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY GENERIC OR AFFECT OPERABILITY C. REPORTABILITY (NQAM)

  • RESPONSIBLE 0RGANIZATIONS DETERMINE POTENTIAL REPORTABILITY
  • GUIDANCE FOR DETERMINATION GIVEN AND DOCUMENTED D. ABNORMAL EVENTS (NQAM)
  • LIST OF ABNORMAL EVENTS PROVIDED

+ DIRECTS IMMEDIATE MANAGEMENT INVOLVEMENT E. OPERABILITY (SITE PROCEDURE)

  • SITE PROCEDURE STRESSES SHIFT OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR MAKES FINAL DETERMINATION EMPHASIZES TIMELINESS OF INITIAL POTENTIAL OPERABILITY CALL III. IMPROVED ACCOUNTABILITY A. SITE QUALITY DETERMINATIONS (NOAM)

+ HARDWARE CA0Rs REVIEWED FOR NONCONFORMING MATERIAL TAG REQUIREMENTS

  • ALL CA0RS REVIEWED FOR QA PROGRAM DEFICIENCY

+ ALL CA0RS REVIEWED FOR STOP WORK ORDER REQUIREMENTS l

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B. INVALIDATING CA0RS (NOAM)

. INVALID DETERMINATION BY MANAGEMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE .

COGRDINATED WITH INITIATOR IN BOTH REV. 3 AND REV. 4 ESCALATION OPTION STILL AVAILABLE IN BOTH REV. 3 AND REV. 4 '

DOCUMENT TRANSMITTED TO RIMS (NEW)

. INVALID DETERMINATION BY RESPONSIBLE ORGANIZATION COORDINATES AND APPROVED BY MRC AND INITIATOR ESCALATION TO SITE DIRECTOR (FINAL DETERMINATION)

DOCUMENT TRANSMITTED TO RIMS C. TIMELINESS (NOAM)

  • ESCALATION CRITERIA STRENGTHENED ESCALATE WHEN LATE (NOT 30 DAYS LATER) EXCEPT C/A IMPLEMENTATION

. STRESS IMMEDIATELY THE IMPORTANT DECISIONS (SITE) (I.E..

OPERABILITY, REPORTABILITY, ABNORMAL EVENTS)

D. MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITY DEFINED (AI-12)

  • MANAGEMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE DEFINED RESPONSIBLE FOR DETERMINING IF CA0R OR PRD P0TENTIAL OPERABILITY '

RESPONSIBLE ORGANIZATION HARDWARE / SOFTWARE INITIAL SCREENING FOR POTENTIAL REPORTABILITY REVIEW FOR ABNORMAL EVENTS APPROVING CORRECTIVE ACTION (UNLESS PORC APPROVAL IS REQUIRED)

ASSIGNING GENERIC REVIEWS (RESPONDING ORGANIZATION)

E. MANAGEMENT AWARENESS "10AM)

  • CA0RS SENT T0:

NSRB EMPLOYEE CONCERNS NUCLEAR EXPERIENCE REVIEW

- SECURITY IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIED OF CA0R AFFECTING SAFEGUARDS

  • IMMEDIATE NOTIFICATION OF UPPER LEVEL MANAGEMENT OF ABNORMAL EVENTS 0180M-4 -

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~IV. ' BALANCE OF PLANT (NQAM) l A.

PROBLEM REPORTING DOCUMENT (NOAM)

+ USE FOR NON-QA SYSTEMS  !

  • TRACKING SYSTEM UTILIZED .
  • ALLOWS ABILITY TO TREND

+ ALLOWS MANAGEMENT TO CONTROL C/A PROGRAM B. QA PROGRAM SCOPE (NOAM)

  • DEFINES TOTAL C/A PROGRAM AS RELATED TO APPENDIX B ACTIVITIES

+ ALLOWS USE OF PRD FOR ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE SCOPE OF QA PROGRAM V. CONCLUSIONS

  • COMMITMENTS TO EA 85-49 PREVIOUS REVISION NOAM WAS APPROVED BY NRC AS ACCEPTABLE FOR RESTART

+ REVISED PROGRAM MORE MANAGEMENT. INVOLVEMENT GENERIC REVIEWS MORE TIMELY STRESSES IMPORTANCE AND TIMELINESS OF OPERABILITY AND ABNORMAL EVENT REVIEWS

  • TRAINING TRAINING WAS CONDUCTED ON THE C/A PROCESS AS REQUIRED BY ORDER

- PROGRAM CHANGES DID NOT AFFECT BASIS OF PREVIOUS TRAINING TRAINING WAS CONDUCTED ON NEW PROCEDURE TO MANAGEMENT AND WORKERS

- INFORMATION WAS DISCIMINATED TO PROVIDE SOURCE OF ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS REGARDING NEW PROCEDURE

  • SON DISPATCH

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Jack N. Donohew, Jr., Project Manager i TVA Projects Division Office of Special Projects

Enclosures:

1. Attendee List
2. Corrective Action Meeting, September 8, 1988
3. Corrective Action Program Enhancements cc w/enclcstires:

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DISTRIBUTION FOR MEETING

SUMMARY

DATED: September 15, 1988 .

Facility: Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2*

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w aDocket= File NRC PDR l.ocal PDR Projects Reading OSP Reading J. Partlow S. Richardson l

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J. Donohew K. Jenison G. Hubbard M. Sims F. McCoy J. Rutberg ACRS (10)

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