ML20215J006

Discusses Insp Rept 50-412/86-29 on 860929-1003 & Forwards Notice of Violation.Civil Penalty Will Not Be Proposed as Written Repts Made to Nrc.Concerns Expressed That S&W Did Not Perform Adequate Review in Response to Info Notice

ML20215J006
Person / Time
Site:	Beaver Valley
Issue date:	04/28/1987
From:	Russell W NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:	Carey J DUQUESNE LIGHT CO.
Shared Package
ML20215J008	List: ML20215J006 ML20215J018
References
IEIN-83-38, NUDOCS 8705070184
Download: ML20215J006 (3)

See also: IR 05000412/1986029

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April 28,1987

Docket No. 50-412

License No. CPPR-105

EA 86-190

Duquesne Light Company

ATTN: Mr. J. J. Carey

Vice President

Nuclear Group

Post Office Box 4

Shippingport, Pennsylvania 15077

Gentleman:

Subject: NOTICE OF VIOLATION (INSPECTION REPORT N0. 50-412/86-29)

This refers to the routine NRC inspection conducted between September 29 and

October 3, 1986 at the Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station, Unit 2,

Shippingport, Pennsylvania of activities authorized by NRC Construction Permit

CPPR-105. During the inspection, a violation of NRC reporting requirements was

identified. The details were provided in the inspection report sent to you by

letter dated December 30, 1986. Specifically, in response to NRC Information

Notice 83-38 which described potential deficiencies with printed circuit cards

in the Westinghouse 7300 Process Protection System, (1) Stone and Webster

Engineering Corporation (SWEC), your principal contractor, conducted a review

in 1983 and identified deficiencies with certain Temperature Channel Test (NTC)

cards, but the final Construction Deficiency Report (CDR) submitted to the NRC

in accordance with 10 CFR 50.55(e) did not adequately describe, as required,

the actions taken to correct the deficient NTC cards; and (2) after your

Quality Control Department subsequently identified the existence of Loop Power

Supply (NLP) cards at Beaver Valley 2, contrary to statements in your interim

and final CDRs, a supplemental CDR was not sent to the NRC until approximately

20 months later.

Although actions were promptly taken to correct both the NTC and NLP circuit

card deficiencies once they were identified, thereby minimizing any potential

safety issue, the NRC is concerned that SWEC did not perform an adequate review

in response to the NRC Information Notice, resulting in failure to detect

promptly the problem with the NLP cards, and the transmittal of inaccurate

information to the NRC. This lack of early resolution of potential safety

issues demonstrates the importance of adequate management control of activities

performed by your contractors. Therefore, you should assure, during present

and future work performed by contractors at your facility, that their activi-

ties are given adequate management oversight and control. Further, you should

ensure that identified problems are not only promptly corrected, but are

promptly and completely reported to the NRC when required.

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l. The violation of 10 CFR 50.55(e) is described in the enclosed Notice of

Violation. In accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedure

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for NRC Enforcement Actions," 10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C (1987), this violation

is classified as a Severity Level III violation. A civil peanity is considered

l for a Severity Level III violation. However, after consultation with the

Commission, I have decided that a civil penalty will not be proposed in this

case because (1) written reports were made to the NRC, although the supplemen-

t tal report was untimely, (2) although the description of the corrective actions

! in the final report was inadequate, the specific p.roblems, when identified,

were promptly corrected, and (3) based on your history of reporting, this

appears to be an isolated occurrence. Nonetheless, we emphasize that any

similar problems in the future may result in additional enforcement action.

The NRC is also concerned that your interim and final CDRs submitted on July 19

and August 26, 1983, contained inaccurate information in that they stated that

no NLP cards existed at Beaver Valley 2, when in fact, the subsequent review in

1984 by your QC Department concluded otherwise. Since the transmittal of the

inaccurate information was apparently caused by an inadequate review and site

inspection by SWEC, and there was no apparent attempt to deceive the NRC, no

enforcement action is being taken in this instance. Nonetheless, the NRC

emphasizes that the transmittal of inaccurate information will not be tolerated.

You should take those actions necessary to assure that all communications with

the NRC are complete and accurate, and all reviews upon which the communications

are based have been thoroughly performed.

You are required to respond to this letter and the enclosed Notice, and in  !

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preparing your response, you should follow the instrcctions set forth in the

Notice. In your response, you should document the specific actions taken and

any additional actions you plan to prevent recurrence. After reviewing your '

response to the Notice, including your proposed corrective actions and the '

results of future inspections, the NRC will determine whether further NRC

enforcement action is necessary to ensure compliance with NRC regulatory ]

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requirements.

In accordance with Section 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," Part 2, - '

Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, a copy of this letter and its enclosure

will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room. ,

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

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

by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, Pub. L. No.96-511

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