ML20217C250

Requests Info to Provide NRC W/Adequate Assurance That Ynps Operated IAW Provisions of Yaec QAP Description Following Sale of Yankee Nuclear Svcs Div to Duke Engineering & Svcs

ML20217C250
Person / Time
Site:	Yankee Rowe
Issue date:	03/18/1998
From:	Fairtile M NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
To:	Williams F YANKEE ATOMIC ELECTRIC CO.
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NUDOCS 9803260399
Download: ML20217C250 (5)

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% March 18, 1998 SW Mr. Frederick N. Williams Plant Superintendent Yankee Atomic Electric Company 49 Yankee Road Rowe, Massachusetts 01367

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REQUEST FOR INFORMATION REGARDING THE QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAM AT THE YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER STATION

Dear Mr. Williams:

The purpose of this request for information is to provide the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) with adequate assurance that the Yankee Nuclear Power Station (YNPS) is operated in accordance with the provisions of the Yankee Atomic Electric Company (YAEC) quality assurance program description following the sale of the Yankee Nuclear Services Division (YNSD) to Duke Engineering and Services (DE&S)

The staff has previously reviewed your Operationa' Quality Assurance Program, YOOAP-l A, Revision 27, and concluded that it is acceptable and properly describes how the requirements of Appendix B to 10 CFR Part 50 will be satisfied.

10 CFR 50.34(b) " Final safety analysis report," requires that each application for a license to operate a facility shall include a final safety analysis report, and requires that this report include information that describes the f acility, presents the design basis and the limits on its operation, and presents a safety analysis of the structures, systems, and components and of the facility as a whole and shallinclude certain information, analysis, and descriptions among which is the following information concerning facility operation:

10 CFR 50.34(b)(6)(ii) Managerial and administrative controls to be used to assure safe operation. Appendix B, " Quality Assurance Criteria for Nuclear Power Plants and Fuel Reprocessing Plants," sets forth the requirements for such controls for nuclear power plants and fuel reprocessing plants. The {[

information on the controls to be used for a nuclear power plant or fuel reprocessing plant shallinclude a discussion on how the requirements of

$3l Appendix B will be satisfied.

Appendix B to 10 CFR Part 50 (Appendix B) establishes quality assurance requirements, for the design, construction, and operation of a nuclear power plant's safety-related systems, structures, and components, included in Criterion I, " Organization," of Appendix B is a requirement for the establishment and execution of the quality assurance program which includes establishing and delineating in writing the authority and duties of persons and organizations performing activities affecting the safety-related functions of structures, 9803260399 980318 DR ADOCK 0500 9 h1" ,, h 3

Mr. Frederick Williams systems, and components. These activities include both the performing functions of obtaining quality and the quality assurance functions. The quality assurance functions are those of (a) assuring that an appropriate quality assurance program is established and effectively executed and, (b) verifying, such as by checking, auditing, and inspection, that activities affecting safety-related functions have been correctly performed.

The provisions contained in the YNPS Final Safety Analysis Report are part of the facility licensing basis and need to be complied with. By letter dated December 5,1997, the NRC was informed of the purchase of YNSD by DE&S. As a consequence of this action, the staff requires additionalinformation on how the regulatory requirements and commitments in your YOOAP-l-A Quality Assurance Program description document are being fulfilled  !

under the new organizational structure created by this purchase.  !

I The NRC requires the information, requesta>d below, in order to: (1) verify compliance with  !

the terms and conditions of your license and NRC regulations, and (2) to confirm that the plant GA Program description properly describes how the requirements of Appendix B to 10 CFR Part 50 w;11 be satisfied.

i (a) Describe how the present quality assurance organizational structure and functions delineated in YOOAP-t-A, Revision 27, are being implemented with respect to the activities performed by DE&S and applicable inter-relationships between YAEC and DE&S.

(b) Discuss how the DE&S purchase of YSND was evaluated with respect to the provisions of 50.54(a) regarding OA program commitment change control.

(c) Describe how the requirements of Criterion IV, " Procurement Document Control," and Criterion Vil, " Control of Purchased Material, Equipment, and Services," of Appendix B to 10 CFR Part 50 and the provisions of YOOAP-l-A are being met for services such as engineering and quality assurance that are performed by DE&S.

(d) Provide the rationale for concluding that the OA program functions previously performed by YNSD, now performed by DE&S, continue to satisfy the provisions of YOOAP-l-A, Revision 27.

(e) Identify any deviations from the provisions of YOOAP-l-A, Revision 27, for the current implementation of the quality assurance functions and a description of any corrective action for any deviation (s) from the provisions of YOOAP-l-A, Revision 27, that l resulted from the purchase of YNSD by DE&S.

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O Mr. Frederick Williams Please respond within 30 days of receipt of this letter so that we may continue our review; contact me at (301) 415-1442 with any questions you may have about this request. The reporting requirements contained in this letter affect only the YAEC; therefore, OMB clearance is not required in accordance with P. L.96-511.

Sincerely, ORIGINAL SIGNED BY:

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Mr. Frederick N. Williams Yankee Rowe Docket No.50-029 l

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Mr. Don K. Davis, Acting President Mr. David Rodham, Director and Chief Executive Officer ATTN: Mr. James B. Muckerheide I Yankee Atomic Electric Company Massachusetts Civil Defense Agency l 580 Main Street 400 Worcester Road Bolton, Massachusetts 01740-1398 P. O. Box 1496 Framingham, Massachusetts 01701-03173 Thomas Dignan, Esq.

Ropes and Gray Chairman, Franklin County One international Place Commission Boston, Massachusetts 02110-2624 425 Main Street Greenfield, Massachusetts 03101 Mr. Kenneth Heider Site Manager and Manager of Operations Diane Screnci, Region I Yankee Atomic Electric Company U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 580 Main Street 475 Allendale Road Bolton, Massachusetts 01740-1398 King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406 Regional Administrator, Region 1 Ms. Leslie Greer U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Assistant Attorney General 475 Allendale Road Commonwealth of Massachusetts King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406 200 Portland Street Boston, Massachusetts 02114 Robert M. Hallisey, Director Radiation Control Program Mr. James A. Kay Massachusetts Department of Public Principal Licensing Engineer Health Duke Engineering and Services, Inc.

305 South Street 580 Main Street l Boston, Massachusetts 02130 Bolton, Massachusetts 01740-1398 '

Commissioner Richard P. Sedano Vermont Department of Public Service 120 State Street,3rd Floor Montpelier, Vermont 05602 Ms. Jane M. Grant Decommissioning Manager Yankee Atomic Electric Company 580 Main Street Bolton, Massachusetts 01740-1398