ML20204A475
| ML20204A475 | |
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| Site: | River Bend  |
| Issue date: | 05/01/1986 |
| From: | Jaudon J, Skow M NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
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| ML20204A469 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-458-86-16, NUDOCS 8605120255 | |
| Download: ML20204A475 (5) | |
See also: IR 05000458/1986016
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APPENDIX B
U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION IV
NRC Inspection Report:
50-458/86-16
License:
Docket: 50-458
Licensee: Gulf States Utilities Company (GSU)
P. O. Box 2951
Beaumont, Texas 77704
Facility Name:
RiverBendStation(RBS)
Inspection At:
River Bend Station, St. Francisville, Louisiana
Inspection Conducted: March 31 through April 4, 1986
Inspector:
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Inspection Summary
Inspection Conducted March 31 through April 4,1986 (Report 50-458/86-16)
Areas Inspected:
Routine, unannounced inspection of Maintenance and Test
Equipment and Document Control.
Results: Within the areas inspected, three violations were identified
(paragraphs 2 and 3).
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DETAILS
1.
Persons Contacted
Principal Licensee Employees
- W. J. Cahill, Senior Vice President
- P. F.' Tomlinson, Director, Quality Services
- H. R. Roark, Electrical Maintenance Supervisor
- A. F. Harvey, Coordinator, Nuclear Document Control
- D. B. Reynolds, Supervisor, Administrative Support
- R. J. King, Licensing Engineer
- R. R. Smith, Licensing Engineer
- D. R. Gipson, Assistant Plant Manager for Operations
- K. E. Ormstedt, Quality Assurance Engineer, Systems
- J. G. Cadwallader, Supervisor, Emergency Planning
- R. G. West, Instrument and Controls Supervisor
- P. F. Gillespie, Senior Compliance Analyst
- *J. E. Evans , Stenographer
R. B. Stafford, Director, Operations Quality Assurance
M. E. Crowell, First Class Instrument and Controls Technician
L. L. Rachel, Materials Foreman
L. R. Cummings, Mechanical Maintenance Foreman
Stone and Webster Employees
D. L. Goodman, Document Coordinator
- M. R. Gandette, Assistant to Project Engineer
- Denotes those attending the exit interview.
The NRC inspector also interviewed other licensee personnel.
2.
Maintenance and Test Equipment
The purpose of this inspection was to ascertain that the licensee has
developed and implemented an Quality Assurance Program relating to the
control of measuring and test equipment (li&TE) that was in conformance
with regulatory requirements, commitments, and industry standards.
In this regard, the NRC inspector reviewed the following procedures and
changes thereto:
Title
Revision
Date
ADM-0029
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January 21, 1986
TCH 86-0486
flarch 17, 1986
-TCN 86-0601
March 31, 1986
QAD-12
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May 25, 1985
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These procedures appeared to conform to regulatory requirements and while
the licensee was not comitted to the provisions of IEEE-498-1980, the
procedures appeared to conform with this standard.
The NRC inspector selected 25 pieces of M&TE from the licensee's M&TE
Master List for further inspection. The inspection included record
review, visual observation of M&TE, review of calibration procedures, lost
or retired M&TE record review, review of maintenance documents, and record
review for calibration standards. M&TE items and documentation appeared
to meet procedural requirements. Personnel interviewed during the course
of the inspection appeared to understand and to follow the M&TE controis of
ADM-0029.
During the review of maintenance records, the NRC inspector noted that
M&TE item DMM 031A had been listed as used during the performance of
tests STP 305-1100 and STP 251-3100 on March 10, 1986. M&TE records
showed that DMM 031A had been retired as beyond economical repair and was
- reported out of service by log number 85-IC-799 on August 1,1985.
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licensee subsequently performed a review of the tracking cards for similar
M&TE. Tracking cards provide a means to determine what a piece of M&TE
was used for in the event that it's calibration status becomes suspect.
The licensee showed that STP 305-1100 and STP 251-3100 were listed on the
tracking card for DMM 081A for March 10, 1986.
In addition, the DMM 081A
use card showed that the same maintenance person who signed the STPs had
checked out the DMM 081A on March 10, 1986. Since M&TE records appeared
to be otherwise correct, the NRC inspector considered this an isolated
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case of inadvertent error.
During the inspection, the NRC inspector noted that torque wrenches
appeared to be controlled by a memo issued March.25, 1986,- rather than by
an approved procedure. The March 25 memo removed torque wrenches from
ADM 0029 controls. Some controls from ADM 0029 appeared to have been
retained by the memo, such as the use of tracking cards. Torque wrenches,
under the memo, were to have a calibration check performed by the
maintenance personnel before and after use on plant equipment. The
calibration check device remained under ADM 0029 as M&TE. However, the
calibration check device was discovered by the licensee to be out of
calibration on March 27, 1986, and removed from service. Some torque
wrenches were then returned to M&TE status and control by ADM 0029. The
calibration checking device was found to have had a 1.4 percent error
above 225 ft-lbs.
In response to the NRC inspector's questions concerning
the reliability of the torque wrenches during the 3 days the new system
was'in use, the licensee stated that none of the torque wrenches were used
in the range above where the calibration checking device was in error.
Also in response to NRC inspector concerns, the licensee returned all
torque wrenches to ADM 0029 control in a memo dated April 2,1986.
Technical Specification 6.8.1 requires written procedures including those
of Appendix A of Regulatory Guide 1.33, Revision 2, February 1978.
Appendix A of Regulatory Guide 1.33 specifies procedures for control of
Measuring and Test Equipment. These procedures are required to be a type
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appropriate to ensure that tools and other measuring and testing devices
are properly controlled, calibrated, and adjusted at specified periods to
maintain accuracy. ADM 0029 implements this requirement.
The removal of
torque wrenches by the licensee from ADM 0029 controls without
implementing alternative written procedures is an apparent violation
(50-458/8616-01).
3.
Document Control
The purpose of this inspection was to ascertain whether the licensee had
included in the QA program, document controls that are in conformance with
Technical Specifications and Regulatory requirements.
In this regard, the NRC inspector reviewed procedures ADM-0005,
Revision 4, dated February 17, 1986, Station Document Control, and
SSP-1-004, dated February 18, 1986, Station Document Control System.
This review included verification of the methods that provide for the
issuance and distribution of documents and their revisions. To verify
implemen*ation of the document control system, the NRC inspector selected
34 doct 'nts from the licensee's indices. These documents included
drawings, procedures, and temporary change notices (TCNs).
Controlled
distribution points for those documents included the Control Room,
Technical Support Center (TSC), Emergency Operations Facility (EOF),
Electrical Maintenance, Nuclear Plant Engineering (NUPE), the NRC resident
inspector's office, and the Central Information Resource Center (CIRC).
Of the documents and locations selected, five items were found that did
not match the master indices.
TCN 86-0451 was superseded by TCN 86-0472.
The master index showed
TCN-0451 to still be in effect and the TCN was still filed with it's
active document in NUPE. TCN 86-0451 had not remained filed at the
other locations.
STP-511-4503, Revision 1, was found in TSC vice Revision 2.
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document transmittal had been signed and returned indicating that the
document update had been performed. The index and other locations
were correct.
EIP-2-006, Revision 4, was found in NUPE vice Revision 5.
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document transmittal had been signed and returned indicating that the
document update had been perfonned. The index and other locations
were correct.
FSK 25-01F, Revision 11, was found in the EOF vice Revision 12. The
document transmittal was not available for verification. The index
and other locations were correct.
The four items above were immediately corrected by the licensee. Of
the approximately 22 documents selected for verifications at each of
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the locations, the four items above were considered isolated cases
and were not considered a violation.
BZ-072DN, Revision 1, was listed in the index, the IS-217 Report,
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supplied by Stone and Webster. Revision IA was found in the NUPE.
The licensee stated that BZ drawings can be revised by a Pipe Support
RevisionNotice(PRSN). The licensee explained that PRSNs did not
fit the computer index fields and that a modified IS-217 report was
provided for the BZ drawings. The NRC inspector found that the
modified IS-217 reports were not recognized in approved licensee
procedures, nor was the existence of the modified IS-217 report
recognized by all of the document control personnel. This is an
apparentviolation(50-458/8616-02).
During the portion of the inspection at the E0F, the inspector found
several procedural revisions that had not been incorr -ated in procedures
manuals. Attachment 2 of procedure ADM-0005 requires that stations
located offsite, such as the E0F, must update the appropriate manuals,
sign and return the transmittal within 10 working days. Among those
updates awaiting incorporation, the NRC inspector found 17 transmittals
that were older than 10 working days from that inspection date. The dates
of those transmittals ran ed from March 10-19, 1986. This is an apparent
violation (50-458/8616-03 .
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The outstanding transmittals were subsequently incorporated into their
appropriate manuals by the licensee the same day the condition was found
by the NRC inspector.
4.
Exit Interview
An exit interview was held on April 4,1986, with those personnel denoted
in paragraph 1 of this report. The senior resident inspector and resident
inspector also attended this meeting.
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