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Forwards Resident Safety Insp Rept 50-412/87-02 on 870117- 0228 & Notice of Violation.Requests That Apparent Weakness in QA Program That Produces Guidance Used for Accepting safety-related Components Be Addressed
ML20207S246
Person / Time
Site: Beaver Valley
Issue date: 03/12/1987
From: Wenzinger E
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To: Carey J
DUQUESNE LIGHT CO.
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Download: ML20207S246 (2)


See also: IR 05000412/1987002

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MAR 12 W

Docket: 50-412

Duquesne Light Company

ATTN: Mr. J. J. Carey,

Senior Vice President

Nuclear Group

Post Office Box 4

Shippingport, PA 15077

Gentlemen:

Subject: Inspection 50-412/87-02

This refers to the routine resident safety inspection by Messrs. J. Beall and

L. Prividy, and Ms. A. Asars on January 17 to February 28, 1987, at the Beaver

Valley Power Station, Unit 2, Shippingport, Pennsylvania. The inspection consisted

of document reviews, interviews and observation of construction and preoperational

test activities. The findings were discussed with Mr. R. Swiderski of your staff.

Areas examined during this inspection are described in the NRC Region I Inspection

Report which is enclosed with this letter. Within these areas, the inspectiCn con-

sisted of selective examinations of procedures and representative records, inter-

views with personnel, and observations by the inspectors.

Based on the restits of this inspection, it appears that certain of your activities

were not conducted in full compliance with NRC requirements, as set forth in the

Notice of Violation enclosed herewith as Appendix A. The violation has been cate-

gorized by severity level in accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and

Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," 10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C (1985). You are

. required to respond to the enclosed Notice, and in preparing your response, you

should follow the instructions specified therein.

In addition, as discussed in Detail 11 of the attached inspection report, an ap-

parent weakness in the Duquesne Light Company Quality Assurance Program was ob-

served. The enclosed Violation is the third recent example in which deficient

hardware was accepted due to inadequate guidance provided to Quality Control in-

spectors. We are concerned that the repetitive nature of these findings may be

indicative of a programmatic weakness in the process which produces the guidance

used for accepting safety related components. You are requested to address this

apparent weakness in your response to the enclosed Notice of Violation.

The responses directed by this letter and the accompanying Notice are not subject

to the clearance procedures of the Office of Management and Budget as required by

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, PL 96-511.

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Your cooperation is appreciated.

Sincerely,

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Edward C. Wenzinger, Chief

Projects Branch No. 3

Division of Reactor Programs

Enclosure:

1. Appendix A, Notice of Violation

2. NRC Region I Inspection Report 50-412/87-02

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J. D. Sieber, Vice President,' Nuclear

J. Crockett, Senior Manager, Nuclear Operations

E. Ewing, Quality Assurance Manager

R. J. Swiderski, Manager, Startup Group

J. P. Thomas, Manager, Engineering

R. ~ E. Martin, Manager, Regulatory Affairs

C. O. Richardson, Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation

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Local Public Document Room (LPDR)

Nuclear Safety Information Center (NSIC)

NRC Resident Inspector

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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