ML20155J133
| ML20155J133 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | North Anna  |
| Issue date: | 11/03/1998 |
| From: | Ohanlon J VIRGINIA POWER (VIRGINIA ELECTRIC & POWER CO.) |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM) |
| References | |
| 50-338-84-30, 50-339-84-30, 98-639, NUDOCS 9811120039 | |
| Download: ML20155J133 (3) | |
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November 3, 1998 United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Serial No.98-639 Attention: Document Control Desk NAPS /JHL R1 Washington, D. C. 20555 Docket Nos.
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NPF-4 NPF-7 Gentlemen:
VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY NORTH ANNA POWER STATION UNITS 1 AND 2 CLARIFICATION OF RESPONSE TO NOTICE OF VIOLATION DOCUMENTED IN NRC INSPECTION REPORT NOS. 50-338/84-30 AND 50-339/84-30 NRC Inspection Report Nos. 50-338/84-30 and 50-339/84-30, dated October 9,1984, included a violation for authorizing and subsequently performing an unanalyzed t
modification that involved painting approximately 8000 square feet of containment ring ventilation duct per unit with non-DBA qualified coating. Virginia Electric and Power l
Company (Virginia Power) responded to the Notice of Violation by letter dated November 8,1984 (Serial No. 609). One of the corrective actions in the response stated "An evaluation of the QC Inspector training program for coatings has been i
completed. It has been decided that the National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE) inspectors certification program will be the basic element in the QC inspector training program for coatings.
Four experienced coating inspectors have been enrolled in the NACE certification program to be completed in January 1985. The NACE recertification program will also be used to maintain the proficiency of coating inspectors." The purpose of this letter is to clarify our previous violation response.
Specifically, the statements in the violation response requiring clarification are:
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- 2) Four coating inspectors have been enrolled in the NACE certification program in January 1985, and
- 3) The use of the NACE re-certification program being used to maintain the
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proficiency of coating inspectors.
First, Virginia Power QC inspector training program for coatings includes selected basic elements of the NACE certification program.
Segments of the NACE certification that ere not included are not relevant to Virginia Power's nuclear safety-related coatings program. The basic elements of the Virginia Power QC inspector certification training program for coatings include:
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,,1) Storage of Coating Materials
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- 3) EnvironmentalConditions
- 4) Mixing of Materials
- 5) Application Processes
- 6) Coatings Thickness Measurements
- 7) Coating and Blasting Qualification and Coatings Documentation These basic elements provide the inspector with the specific coating knowledge that ensures in containment coatings are properly stored, applied, and documented.
Second, four coating inspectors successfully completed the NACE certification program in 1985. These individuals played a vital role in developing our present coatings inspection program. However, it was not intended to maintain four NACE certified inspectors indefinitely. Currently, there is one NACE certified inspector at North Anna.
Other coatings inspectors have successfully completed the Virginia Power OC inspector training program, which presently serves as the continuing basis for inspector qualification.
Finally, the Virginia Power OC inspectors training program currently applies the requirements of American National Standards Institute (ANSI) N-45.2.6, Qualifications of Inspection, Examination, and Testing Personnel for Nuclear Power Plants to re-certify coatings inspectors. ANSI N-45.2.6 requires job performance be re-evaluated at periodic intervals not to exceed three years. Re-evaluation is by continued satisfactory performance.
The clarification to this violation response does not decrease commitments made in the response to the Notice of Violation or decrease the effectiveness of the Virginia Power OC inspectors training program for coatings.
If you have any questions, please contact us.
Very truly yours, James P. O'Hanlon Senior Vice President - Nuclear Commitments made by this letter: None
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Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Mr. M.J. Morgan NRC Senior Resident Inspector North Anna Power Station l
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