ML20235J838
| ML20235J838 | |
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| Issue date: | 07/14/1987 |
| From: | Conway J, Stone J Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| REF-PT21-87, REF-QA-99901086 99901086-87-01, 99901086-87-1, NUDOCS 8707160020 | |
| Download: ML20235J838 (4) | |
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POWERPLANT SPECIALISTS,. INCORPORATED COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA REPORT INSPECTION INSPECTION N0.: 99901086/87-01 DATES: 5/19-20/P7 ON.RTTF MntfDR-A CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS:
Powerplant Specialists, Inc.
ATTN: Mr. Richard G. Engel President 666 W. Baker Street Suite 111 Costa Mesa, California 92626 ORGANIZATIONAL CONTACT: Richard G. Engel
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(714) E57-PfiM NUCLEAR INDUSTRY ACTIVITY: MSR internal modifications at North Anna, Surry, and Sequoyah in 1984.
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10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B and 10 CFR Part 21.
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SCOPE: The purpose of this inspection was to review the qualification of welders utilized in the modifications performed by Powerplant Specialists (PS) of MSR internals at Virginia Power Company's (VPC) North Anna and Surry nuclear facilities.
PLANT SITE APPLICABILITY: North-Anna 1 and 2 (50-338/339) and Surry I and 2 (50-280/201).
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VIOLATIONS:
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NONCONFORMANCES:
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UNRESOLVED ITEMS:
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STATUS OF PREVIOUS INSPECTION FINDINGS:
None. This was the first inspection at this facility.
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OTHER FINDINGS AND COMMENTS:
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Quality Control (QC) Manual Various sections of PS's QC Manual, Revision 2, dated August 6, 1986 were reviewed. The QC Manual contains a description of the QA program which is used for field assembly and field repair of power boilers and field fabrication and installation of power piping in accordance with Section I of the ASME Code and ANSI B31.1. The manual is also intended to meet the requirements of the National Board Inspection Code and the Jurisdictional Requirements for the repair of power boilers and piping and pressure vessels.
It was noted that welders are qualified to Section IX of the ASME Codes 2.
Moisture Separator Reheater (MSR) Modifications - VPC In discussions with the President of PS, it was learned that PS wasasilentpartnerwithSouthwesternEngineeringCompany(SEC) who manufactured and tested the MSRs at their Joplin, Missouri facility. The MSRs for the North Anna and Surry nuclear facilities were fabricated to the requirements of Section VIII of the ASME Code. During a review of records at SEC corporate offices in Los Angeles, California, it was noted on purchase order No. 56075 dated March 21, 1985 and No. 54929 dated May 1, 1984 that SEC requested PS to furnish all labor and equipment to install MSR internals at Surry and North Anna, respectively. All the welding
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SEC. PS was responsible for qualifying the welders to the require-ments of Section IX of the ASME Code.
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approximately 40 individuals who performed work at North Anna and/or Surry. The Welder Qualification Tests (WQT) indicated i
that the individuals were qualified to from one to four welding 1
procedure specifications (WPS). Three of the WPSs (1-1-SMA-G1, l
1-8-SMA-G1, and 8-8-SMA-G1) along with Procedure Qualification 1
-Records, which were all on SCE letterhead, were reviewed. PS I
could not furnish a copy of the fourth WPS, which was No. 1F01-G1.
All the WQTs were on SEC letterhead and signed by G. A. Johanson or.
G. E. Harmon, who were employees of PS. Approximately 15 of the WQTs did not contain an identification number, letter, or symbol as y
required by paragraph QW-301.3 of Section IX of the ASME Code.
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I PS utilized Triple-A Testing Laboratories (TTL) located in Paramount, California to qualify approximately 17 welders via the guided-bend tests, per paragraph QW-462.2 of Section IX of the ASME Code. A l
review of all WQTs (Form QW-484-from Section IX) at the TTL facility confirmed that the 17 welders were certified by TTL in May, July, August September, and October 1984. Documentation was not available at PS to indicate that PS had surveyed or audited TTL.to verify that the laboratory was qualified to test welders in accordance with Section IX of the ASME Code.
The inspector had earlier received a sample of welder qualifications for 12 individuals from VPC. Where copies of'two WQTs on SEC letterhead were reviewed at TTL, it was noted that PS did not have copies for five of the individuals (B. Cedarholm, H. Poe, R. Marshall Hall, B. Phillippe, and P. McGraw) nor for a G. Dorame.
On 21 WQTs the certification indicated that the welder had satis-factorily passed a guided-bend test (QW-462.2) conducted by SEC, but there was no laboratory test number on the WQT,'nor supporting documentation to verify that the testing had been performed. The affected welders included D. Ackley, C. Barrings, C. Beverly, D. Burt, D. Dooley, A. Engle, D. Gaudin, M. Gomez, C. Green, C. Hood, l
S. Iwanski, C. Logan, J. Lumbattis, J. McDaniel, J. McLacklin, l
E. McWhorter, R. Owens, R. Rice, T. Segundo, P. Toomes, and l
G. Washburn.
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par,F d nf f In addition,10 WQTs certified that the welder was qualified by the alternate method of radiographic testing (RT), in accordance with QW-304 and QW-305. However, PS did not have supporting documentation to verify that RT had been performed either on a test coupon or on an initial production weld. The affected welders in this case included E. Andrade, B. Gilbert, M. Gomez, j
D. Houston, K. Johansen, E. Jones, J. Lumbattis, K. Mason, R. Mundale, and G. Washburn.
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