ML20211P347

Submits Description of Actions Taken Re ASLB 840622 Partial Initial Decision Concerning Procedures for Control of Welding Filler Metal,Welding Concerns D-18 & E-2 & Procedures for Walkdown Insp

ML20211P347
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Site:	Catawba
Issue date:	11/27/1984
From:	Van Doorn P NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To:	Bradley Jones NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
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FOIA-85-584, FOIA-86-A-67 NUDOCS 8607230117
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

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l HEMORANDUM FOR: Brad W. Jones, RII Counsel f

FROM: Peter K. Van Doorn, SRI Catewba 1

THRU: Hugh C. Dance, Section Chief Division of Reactor Projects

SUBJECT:

DESCRIPTION OF ACTIONS TAKEN RELATIVE TO ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD PARTIAL INITIAL DECISION REQUIREMENTS FOR CATAWBA NUCLEAR STATION Per your request I am providing information regarding actions taken j by Duise Power Company (DPC) and/or staff relative to the subject require-l ments. ,

The Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB), in a Partial Initial l

Decision (PID) issued on June 22, 1984 required actions to be performed by Duke Power Company and/or staff concerning several areas at Catawba.

These requirement!s and the actions taken are as follows:

a. Upgrade procedures for control of welding filler metal .

(PID pg. 87): DPC revised QA Procedure H-3, Identification and Control of Welding Material to require each filler metal.

l type to be kept in separate pouches and never mixed. I have l verified imple:nentation of this procedure via review of the r QA manual and observations during field inspections.(I

! consider the DPC actions to be satisfactory to address the ASLBconcern.]

b. Fc11ovup racc=mendations concerning Welding Concern No.

D-18 regarding socket weld sizes (PID pg. 106-107): I have

, verified that DPC followed up on the recomendations of their l Technical Task Force that affected welds be investigated to l assure their size was proper. This included technical evaluation and reinspection. (I consider the DPC actions to beacceptable.]

c. Follovup recomendations concerning Welding Concern No. E-2 regarding socket weld gaps (PID pg.121): I have verified that DPC followed up on their Technical Task Force recommendation to investigate socket weld gaps at Catawba. This investigation showedthattherewasnotasocketgapproblematCatawba.[I N consider the DPC actions acceptable.]

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d. Modify procedure for walk-down inspections to remove limitations (PID pg. 172-173): DPC' revised QA Procedure M4, Visual ,

Inspection and NDE of Welds to clarify that surface inspections are not limited to construction damage. The procedure now requires any damage or unacceptable conditions observed to be documented. I have verified that this revision has been completed and forwarded to appropriate personnel. fI consider the DPC actions to be satisfactory to address the %SLB concern.))

e. Verify remaining concrete honeycombing of significance is adequately repaired (PID pg. 242): Staff (Harris) has verified that significant honeycomb in Unit I has been repaired. ,

This was accomplished via followup of an Unresolved Item documented in RII Report No. 50-413/86-49 and 50 414/84-23.

j Followup of Unit 2 repairs will be conducted via followup of the violation described in the same report. [,The DPC tctions plannet; or taken relative to honeycombing are considered satisfactory.))

f. Revise harassment policy (PID pg.181): DPC is in the process of revising hknagement Procedure No., 8901-0019 to satisfy this ~

requirement. A draft of this new procedure which I reviewed appears satisfactory to address the ASLB directive. However, .

l full implementation is not scheduled until December 22, 1984 and so this issue remains open until full haplementation is accomplished and verified. (This issue is presently listed as a proposed license condition.')  ;

Sincerely,

- e 7w eter K. Van Doorn SRI, Catawba PKVD:jp i

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