ML20236D354
| ML20236D354 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | South Texas  |
| Issue date: | 03/09/1989 |
| From: | Callan L NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
| To: | Goldberg J HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER CO. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8903230064 | |
| Download: ML20236D354 (3) | |
See also: IR 05000498/1988070
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{{#Wiki_filter:- _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - _- ____ -. a 1 8 1 .. . . . Maa g g i ' ' 'In Reply Refer To: Dockets: 50-498/88-70 50-499/88-70 Houston Lighting &LPower Company -ATTN: J. H. Goldberg, Group Vice. President Nuclear i P.O.. Box 1700 Houston, Texas 77001 Gentlemen: Thank you for your letter of. February 3,1989, in response to our letter 'and Notice of Violation dated January 5,1989. We have reviewed your reply and find it responsive to the concerns raised in our Notice of Violation.. We will review the implementation of your corrective acticus during a future inspection to determine that full compliance has been achieved and will be maintained._ Sincerely, ' Onginal Signed Bj: A.B. BEACH L. J. Callan, Director ! Division of Reactor Projects - cc: Houston Lighting & Power Company ATTN: M. A. McBurnett, Manager Operations Support Licensing i P.O. Box 289 ' Wadsworth, Texas 77483 Houston Lighting & Power Company ATTN: Gerald E. Vaughn, Vice President Nuclear Operations P.O. Box 289 Wadsworth Texas 77483 RIV:DRP/D43 DRS - C:DRP/ DMHunnicutt;df' TOMcK rnon EJHoller . n l l 3/1/89 3/9 /89 3/4/89 3/j/89 I/ \\ 8903230064 890309 PDR ADOCK 05000498 G PNV .
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File No.: G2.4 j {{ 10CFR2.201 \\ FEB 13 l989 p _b _id ' U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attention: Document Control D3sk - - - ~ Vashington, DC 20555 South Texas Project Electric Generating Station Unit 1 j Docket No. STN 50-498 i ' Response to Notice of Violation 8870-03 Houston Lighting and Power Company has reviewed Notice of Violation 8870-03 dated January 5, 1989, and submits the attached response pursuant to 10CFR2.201. j If you should have any questions on this matter, please contact l ' Mr. S. M. Head at (512) 972-8392. l bdYqh ' G. E. Vaughn b$ Vice President Nuclear Operations .
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- Houston Lighting & Power Company ,. , , ST-HL-AE-2980 , File No.: G2.4 t' Page 2 JF- CCI ook i , Regional Administrator, Region IV Rufus S. Scott Nuclear Regulatory Commission Associate General Counsel ! 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 1000 Houston Lighting.& Power Company ' I Arlington, TX 76011 P. O. Box 1700 , Houston, TX 77001 George Dick, Project Manager U. S. Nuclear-Regulatory Commission INPO Washington, DC 20555 Records Center 1100 circle.75 Parkway Jack E. Bess Atlanta, Ga. 30339-3064* Senior Resident Inspector-Unit I c/o U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Dr.- Joseph M. Hendrie P. O. Box 910 50 Be11 port Lane Bay City, TX 77414 Be11 port, NY 11713 . J. I. Tapia
Senior Resident Inspector-Unit 2 c/o U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P. O. Box 910 Bay City, TX 77414 J. R. Newman, Esquire Newman & Holtzinger, P.C. 1615 L Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20036 R. L. Range /R. P. Verret Central Power & Light Company " P. O. Box 2121 Corpus Christi, TX 78403 ! R. John Miner (2 copies) Chief Operating Officer City of Austin Electric Utility 721 Barton Springs Road Austin, TX 78704 R. J. Costello/M. T. Hardt City Public Service Board . P. O.' Box 1771 San Antonio, TX 78296 s , i i i i Revised 12/21/88 - NL.DIST - . . - .__.., _ , _ __ . . , _ . . . _ , , . , _ _ _ . . . . . . . _ _ - __.__._m____-
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Attachment 1 ST-HL-AE-2980 , , Page 1 of 3 ! 4-~ . . . ..n . South Texas ' Project Electric Generating Station Unit 1 . ' . Docket No. STN 5-498 Response to Notice of. Violation 8870-03 I. Statement of Violation Criterion V of Appendix B, Title 10 CFR Part .0 and Technical 5 q Specification 6.8.1 require. .in part, that activities affecting quality i shall be prescribed by and. accomplished in accordance with procedures appropriate'to the circumstances. The licenses has-implemented these requirements, in part, in the- ASME Section XI Repair and Replacement program delinected in General Plant Procedure OPGP03-AE-0025 and "ASME Section XI Repair and Repa1 cement [ sic]' Program," Revision 1, April 27,.1987
Contrary to the above, on March 4, 1988, the licensee failed to adequately record material identification markings in that the heat numbers for the studs on Repair and Replacement Traveller No. 1-88-019, Valve IRH065C, dated March 3, 1988, were not recorded, as required. II. Houston Lighting & Power Position HL&P does not contest the violation since the material mark number was recorded in place of the heat number. However, it should be.noted that although the heat numbers were not_ recorded properly, the overall consequences of this action did not have any affect on quality or the .] validity of the associated work document. .The following explanation is ' provided. The ASME Section XI Repair and Replacement (R&R) Traveller is not a stand alone document, but is an integral part of a Maintenance Work Request (HWR). The MWR, in conjunction with the R&R Traveller, provides the information that allows material.to be traced to certification records which assure compliance with original construction requirements. MWR No. RH57765 provides this traceability in'two_different. ways. First, on page 2, it is required that the HL&P Part Number and Inventory Sequence Number be recorded for all material used. Second, on page-3, the QC inspector annotated Step 1.02 to require the verification of both the heat and mark numbers of each stud and. indicated what the numbers should be (although the numbers were reversed, quality was not compromised because verification of both numbers was required.) NL.89.026.05 . . _ . . .. ._ . . _ _ , . . .
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4- , .. . HL&P also has comments on the following portions of paragraph 6 on page 26 of Inspection Report 88-70.as they pertain to this violation. ~ '"...Further'more, the appropriateness of instruction Steps (IB) and (1D) is.cuspect, in that ASME Section XI' requirements for' recording:. material identification markings is not explicitly stated by the- instructions..~The instruction steps require recording the heat numbers of the studs and nuts. The intent the instructions should- require theimechanic to record the material markings-in their- entirety.- By doing so, the R&R' traveller provides; direct objective evidence as to the parts' compliance with the original' construction requirements and. assures usage of the correct material;and: traceability to the. certification records". i
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' As previously stated, the information contained within the HWR, not just the R&R' traveller, provides the required traceability to .the ' certification records. While we agree that the proposed method would provide a " cleaner path", there-is no requirement to perform the activity in this manner. , " l ...An additional example-of apparent failure to follow procedures. related to the same Maintenance Work Request.(HWR) package ' (RH-57765) concerns the instructions for QC verification. The instructions provided in the HWR prerequisite section, Step 1.02, in part, followed by the annotation " Studs --Heat #550B [ sic), Mark ZB2, 16 pieces total; Nuts Mark-#V6B, F54. Step 3.03 stated " perform work in accordance with Section XI Repair and Replacement ' Traveler R&R No. 1-88-019." General Plant Procedure- OPGP03-ZE-0025, Addendum 1, "ASME Section XI Repair and. Replacement Program," Revision 1, dated April 27, 1987, provided instructions for the proper annotation of the R&R traveler on'an item-by-item basis. The instruction for Item No. 41, " Operations QA " stated- l 3 , ' " Check appropriate inspection / hold point boxes, and initial and
date when performed." The material identification markings and ! associated QC verification as formatted;and annotated'on Page 11 of the R&R' traveler (R&R No. . 1-88-019) implies that QC only verified material markings'on installed studs and nuts (1-5) and not on all studs and nuts (1-16) as required by the_HWR' package". . l l l- NL.89.026.05 , .x,- ,_._ _ - - _ _ - -, . -- - - - - - - - -- - %
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, , ' , . Houston Lighting & Power Company / - , , Attachment 1 ST-HL-AE-2980 , Page 3 of 3 4- g= The R&R Traveller uses a standard, formatted form for convenience
and consistency. The segmenting of the form is not intended to indicate that a single. activity step had to be confined within the borders of a ningle segment. It was not intended that.when a single activity exceeded one segment'that verification initials be required to be entered in more than'one segment. The activity of verifying the heat numbers went beyond the boundaries of one segment. The action, however, was one of a single activity and therefore was only required to be initialed once. l Please note that in the above excerpt that Heat #550B should be Heat #660B. III. Reason for Violation ! Mechanical Maintenance personnel were not completely familiar with
ASME material marking conventions. IV. Corrective Action Taken and Results Achieved ! t Training relating to this event was provided to Maintenance Shop Craft personnel which emphasized the proper identification and l distinguishing of heat numbers and material markings. l q V. Actions to Prevent Recurrence Additional training relating to ASME Section XI requirements and l material identification is being developed for Mechanical Maintenance l personnel. This additional training will be provided by March 31, 1989. VI. Full Compliance The South Texas Project is in full compliance at this time. . 1 NL.89.026.05 , _ . . _ N }}