ML20215E916
| ML20215E916 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Comanche Peak  |
| Issue date: | 06/19/1985 |
| From: | Dircks W NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
| To: | Hayes B NRC OFFICE OF INVESTIGATIONS (OI) |
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| Download: ML20215E916 (3) | |
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v Docket Nos.: 50-445/446 MEMORANDlM FOR: Sen B. Hayes, Director Office of Investigations q
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William J. Dircks Executive Director for Operations
SUBJECT:
RE0UEST FOR INVESTIGATION OF TEXAS UTILITIES ON COMANCHE PEAK On Wednesday, May 29, 1985, Mr. W. G. Counsil (Texas Utilities) informed Mr. H. R. Denton and Mr. V. S. Noonan (NRC), by telephone, that Texas Utilities had ' identified a document that was within the scope of an Inter-venor request in 1980, through the ASLB hearings, which they failed to produce in their response.
by Management Analysis CompanyThe document is a report prepared in May of 1978 l
' audit of the quality assurance p(MAC) following a management review and rogram of the Comanche Peak Project.
GC0 management is evaluating the failure to produce this document at an s
arlier time and will advise the Board and parties of the results of this avaluation.
TUGC0 is expected to complete their evaluatipn by mid-June.
The MAC report and a memorandum which details TUGC0 resolutions to the find-l ings and recommendations made by MAC, was served to the Board and parties by lotter dated May 29, 1985, which is' enclosed.
Th2 staff also sought reports of management reviews of the QA program as a part of its recent inspection activitin.
In inspection report 50-445/84-32, 50-446/84-11 dated February 15, 1984, Region IV issued a Notice of' Violation for failure to regularly review the status and adequacy of the OA program.
(See item I of Notice of Viclation of the enclosed inspection report and paragraph 2c on page 4 of the report details).
The staff gave TUGC0 the option of responding to items in the Notice of Violation as part of their Comanche Peak Response Team Action Plan.
As can be seen from the enclosed copy of TUGCO's March 11, 1985, response to the inspection report, TUGC0 chose that option.
it.er in the Notice of Violation.As a result, the staff has not yet received a response to this f',',,
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2 Since certain senior management of TUGCD signed a response to the MAC report, it appears that.the enclosed report may have been intentionally withheld.
I request that your office investigate this matter.
I have instructed Mr. Vincent 5. Moonan, Director, Comanche Peak Project, to keep you informed of any additional information he receives regarding this matter.
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Williarr D. Dircks Executive Director for Operations
Enclosure:
As stated cc:
D. Eisenhut NRR R. Martin, Region IV J. Taylor, IE G. Cunningham, ELD
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JOHN JACKSON, VICE CHAIRMAN AND JACK NORRIS, VICE PRESIDENT OF 4
j MANAGEMENT ANALYSIS COMPANY (MAC) 0F LA JOLLA, CALIFORNIA 1
On July 19,1985, John JACKSON and Jack NORRIS were interviewed by NRC Investigators Don D. Driskill and H. Brooks Griffin in La Jolla, California.
JACKSON and NORRIS were questioned about their 1978 audit of the Texas Utilities Electric Company (TUGCO) QA program.for Comanche Peak.
NORRIS stated that the contract with Texas Utilities involved an evaluation of the total QA program, both site and corporate. NORRIS said the audit contract with TUGC0 was negotiated-by Perry -BRITTAN, the TUGC0 President-NORRIS said that numerous TUGC0 employees were interviewed during the audit, but he said David CHAPMAN, the QA manager, and Ron TOLSON, the site QC Supervisor, were the primary interviewees. NORRIS said interviews with the utility employees were primarily-aimed at detemining management's awareness of the QA program.
NORRIS said he
-was the primary author for the written report submitted to the utility as a result of their review.
JACKSON said the MAC audit was perfomed between May 1 and May 12,1978, by J. A. HENDRON, Jack NORRIS, and himself. JACKSON said that during the exit meeting at the conclusion of their audit, the utility representatives raised no objections or verbalized any disagreements with MAC's findirgs. JACKSON said it was unusual for clients not to discuss adverse findings with the auditors.
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JACkSONstatedthatonMay 18. 1978, NORRIS and he presented their written
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v report to utility representatives, Robert GARY, TUGC0 Executive Vice President, BRITTAN, and CHAPMAN during a meeting in Dallas. JACKSON said there were no objections or refutations of the findings by BRITTAN or CHAPMAN related to deficiencies in the QA program. JACKSON stated that some of the primary criticisms that MAC had of the QA program involved design verification, the use of design changes in lieu of non-conformances, and document retrieval.
NORRIS stated that during subsequent visits with CHAPMAN and Ron TOLSON, he fomed the impression from their conversations that the utility representatives had not agreed with MAC's audit findings. NORRIS indicated that MAC had not been asked to participate in any subsequent QA reviews. NORRIS said it had not been part of their original contract with TUGC0 that they participate in corrective action. NORRIS said he had subsequent contacts with CHAPMAN over the years soliciting contracts with the TUGC0 for QA audits.
NORRIS stated that his last visit with utility representatives was in 1983.,
JACKSON stated that MAC had also perfomed audits to assist Brown & Root (B&R) in adherence their QA program.
JACKSON said he knew CHAPMAN had been in#ormed that MAC had perfomed audits of the B&R QA program, 6ut said he did not believe Texas Utilities had been told of the results of the MAC audits.
JACKSON said he believed B&R considered the MAC reviews of their QA program as proprietary. JACKSON said that MAC directed audits of the B&R QA program in i
1977. JACKSON said that MAC also participated in but did not direct audits
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performed on the B&R QA p gram in 1978 and 1979. JACKSON described the results j;f,:
of these audits as genera y favorable.
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