IR 05000344/1986027

Enforcement Conference Rept 50-344/86-27 on 860709.Major Areas Discussed:Apparent Violation Noted During Special Insp of QC Activities (Insp Rept 50-344/86-24)

ML20203H420
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Site:	Trojan File:Portland General Electric icon.png
Issue date:	07/14/1986
From:	Andrea Johnson, Kellund G, Kirsch D NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION V)
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ML20203H410	List: IR 05000344/1986027 ML20203H408
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50-344-86-27-EC, NUDOCS 8608040404
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U. S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION V

Report No. 50-344/86-27 Docket.No. 50-344 License No. NPF-1 Licensee: Portland General Electric Company 121 S. W. Salmon Street Portland, Oregon 97204 Facility Name: Trojan Inspection at: Rainier, Oregon Inspection conducted: July 9, 1986 Inspectors: *% % M t w /1 7 I!SU A. D. Johnson, Enforcement Officer V Date Signed

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Division of Reactor Safety and Projects Summary:

An enforcementi conference was held on July 9, l'986 concerning an apparent violation identified during a special~ inspection of quality control activities (Inspection Report 50-344/86-24). '

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DETAILS Enforcement Conference Participants NRC Participants J. B. Martin, Regional Administrator D. F. Kirsch, Director, Division of Reactor Safety and Projects J. L. Crews, Senior Reactor Engineer A. D. Johnson, Enforcement Officer G. C. Kellund, Resident Inspector

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PGE Participants

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W. J. Lindblad, President B. D. Withers, Vice President Nuclear C. A. Olmstead, Manager, Nuclear Quality Assurance W. S. Orser, Plant General Manager C. P. Yundt, General Manager, Technical Functions R. L. Steele, Manager, Nuclear Plant Engineering

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D. R. Keuter, Manager, Technical Services

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T. D. Walt, Manager, Radiological Safety Branch, NSRD Oregon Department of Energy Participant _

M. W. Alsworth, Manager, Reactor Safety Enforcement Conference On July 9,1986, an enforcement conference was held at the PGE corporate office in Portland, Oregon, with the individuals listed in paragraph 1 above. The conference was in regard to a special inspection of quality control activities conducted on May 13 - June 12, 1986. The inspection is described in inspection report 50-344/86-24. A copy of the inspection report was sent to the licensee on July 1, 198 l Mr. Kirsch informed the licensee that the purpose of the conference was to discuss the apparent violation of rebulatory requirements identified during the recent inspection of quality control inspection activities and its underlying causes. Mr. Kellund discussed the details of the inspection findings as described in the" inspection repor Mr. Olmstead acknowledged the facts and. circumstances that allegedly constituted the violation of the regulatory requirements and described completed and proposed corrective actions to ensure compliance with the regulatory requirements. He stated that, in the future, the quality assurance organization would perform early surveillances of contract

• quality control inspectors for outages to assure they have a satisfactory level of knowledge and an understanding of licensee expectations of the Additionally, he stated that the licensee quality control organization *

will periodically thereafter monitor the conduct of inspections performed by contract quality control inspectors to ensure compliance. He further

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stated that this particular incident will be discussed during 'training of 4 all quality control inspectors coming onsite. ' Finally, Mr. Olmstead

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e ' indicated that temporary contract QC inspectors will continue to be accompanied by permanent inspectors during the first'few inspections as

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part of training.-

.Mr.-Kirsch 1 stated that the maintenance personnel involved in the activity bear some responsibility for the occurrence.- He noted~that the-maintenance workers should not have worked past quality control-

' inspection points without ensuring that a quality control inspection was performed. Mr. Orser agreed with Mr. Kirsch and stated that maintenance personnel have been counseled regarding this issu Mr. Martin said that PGE management needs to ensure that contract

. personnel brought _onsite fully understand their duties and-responsibilities, and that management needs to effectively, communicate its expectations to them if this is to occu >

Mr. Withers agreed with Mr. Martin that. the contract quality control inspectors brought onsite for the' refueling outage;had not'been adequately indoctrinated. He stated that during outages it has been difficult to get these individuals onsite'and properly indoctrinated due to time constraints. He indicated that._for future outages, PGE plans to

' bring a contractor representative onsite a number of weeks before the outage to allow him to become familiar with the plant and with the licensee organization, and to allow PGE to become familiar with him and

his organizatio s-Mr. Johnson informed the licensee that the apparent violation associated

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with' quality control inspection ac:ivities will be evaluated and that PGE will be informed of the NRC's conclusion .

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