ML20236M513
| ML20236M513 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Pilgrim |
| Issue date: | 07/03/1998 |
| From: | Desmond N BOSTON EDISON CO. |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM) |
| References | |
| LTR.2.98.088, NUDOCS 9807140114 | |
| Download: ML20236M513 (5) | |
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Boeton W Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station Rocky H.Il Road Plymouth, Massachusetts 02360-5599 10CFR50.54(a)(3) l Nancy L Desmond Regulatory Relations Group Manager July 3, 1998 BECo Ltr. 2.98.088 U.S. Nuclear Regulator Lonession j
ATTN: Document C',ntrol Desk.
Washington, D.C 20555-0C01 Docket No. 50-293 License No. DPR-35
Subject:
Report of Changes to the Boston Edison Quality Assurance Program Description in accordance with 10CFR50.54(a)(3), this letter submits a summary report of changes made to the Boston Edison Quality Assurance Program Description as described in the i
Boston Edison Quality Assurance Manual (BEOAM), Volume ll. This repcrt covers the period from July 1997 through June 1998.
Enclosure (A) summarizes the changes made to the BEOAM. None of these changes reduces the commitments in the OA program description previously accepted by the NRC.
i The revised program continues to satisfy the criteria of 10CFR50, Appendix B.
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Enclosure:
(A) Summary of the Boston Edison Company OA Program Description Changes for Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station I
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Mr. Alan B. Wang, Project Manager U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Project Directorate I-3 Region I Office Of Nuclear Reactor Regulation 475 Allendale Road Mail Stop: OWFN 14B2 King of Prussia, PA 19406 1 White Flint North 11555 Rockville Pike Senior Resident inspector Rockville, MD 20852 Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station 1
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ENCLOSURE A
SUMMARY
OF THE BOSTON EDISON COMPANY QA PROGRAM DESCRIPTION CHANGES FOR PILGRIM NUCLEAR POWER STATION
[ July 1,1997 through June 30,1998)
QA PROGRAM CHANGE #11-309 Section 16, " Corrective Action" Revision 28,9/30/97 This change modifies Section 16 of BEQAM 11 as follows:
The entire section was reorganized and rewritten in order to eliminate redundancy and confusion.
The Problem Report (PR) process was incorporated into this section as the primary corrective action document to be used at PNPS by all employees in the documentation and resolution of identified concerns or problems, The Deficiency Report (DR) process, which has been used exclusively by the Quality Assurance Group (OAG) as the method to document corrective actions resulting from audits, was combined with the PR process.
As part of combining the DR and PR processes, the DR related requirements were included as a specific subset of the PR process to be followed in OAG's documentation of conditions adverse to quality resulting from OAG oversight activities as specified by Section 18. The requirements for tracking, resolving, and closing corrective actions were also incorporated into the PR process. The responsibility for the administration of the PR process, as well as the trending j
and analysis of the prs, was assigned to the Plant Group. The responsibility for the evaluation and follow-up activities for those prs written by QAG as a part of Section 18 activities remains with OAG.
The terms for identifying and evaluating significant conditions adverse to quality were clarified and consolidated with the scope of actions to be taken for situations involving failure to comply with PNPS License, Technical Specifications, FSAR, or applicable NRC Regulations. A requirement was added to further refine the identification of these conditions in implementing procedures.
Additional requirements were provided for the evaluation of potentially reportable conditions under 10CFR21, 10CFR50.72, and l
l The revised program incorporating this change continues to satisfy the criteria of 10CFR50 l
Appendix B and the quality assurance program description commitments previously accepted by the NRC.
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e QA PROGRAM CHANGE #11-301 Section 1, " Organization" l
Revision 31,10/22/97 This change modifies Section 1 of BEOAM 11 as follows:
The responsibility for the administration and control of the Problem Report process was reorganized as a separate Corrective Action and Analysis Team under the cognizance of the Quality Assurance Group Manager (OAGM). A statement of the general functions of the Team was added to the OAGM's responsibilities.
Several organizational title changes were made throughout this section, l
including changing the Quality Assurance Department to the Quality Assuran::e Group.
The revised program incorporating this change continues to satisfy the criteria of 10CFR50 Appendix B and the quality assurance program description commitments previously accepted by the NRC.
l QA PROGRAM CHANGE #11-302 Section 2, " Quality Assurance Program" Revision 38,10/22/97 This change modifies Section 2 of BEOAM 11 as follows:
As part of the reorganization of a separate Corrective Action and Analysis Team discussed in BEOAM Section 1, BEOAM Change Request #ll-301, the responsibility for periodic trend analysis of conditions adverse to quality was transferred from the Plant Group to the Quality Assurance Group.
Minor organizational title changes were made throughnut this section, including renaming the Quality Assurance Department to the Juality Assurance Group.
The revised program incorporating this change continues to satisfy the criteria of 10CFR50 Appendix B and the quality assurance program description commitments previously accepted by the NRC.
QA PROGRAM CHANGE #11-303 Section 16, " Corrective Action" Revision 29,10/22/97 This change modifies Section 16 of BEQAM ll as follows:
As part of the reorganization of a separate Corrective Action and Analysis Team discussed in BEOAM Section 1, BEOAM Change Request #11-301, the responsibility for the administration of the Problem Report process was moved from the Plant Group to the Quality Assurance Group. No other process changes were made, Page 2 of 3
.The revised program incorporating this change continues to satisfy the criteria of 10CFR50 Appendix B and the quality assurance program description commitments previously accepted by the NRC.
QA PROGRAM CHANGE #11-310 Section 5, " Instructions, Procedures, and Drawings" Revision 18,4/9/98 This change modifies Section 5 of BEQAM 11 as follows:
The requirement for the Operations Review Committee (ORC) procedure
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review was revised to clarify the intended objectives of the ORC review. The provisions for discretionary reviews by ORC and the designation of " Review Not Required" was restated to require the methods be defined by the PNPS procedural control process requirements. The terms " Major" and " Minor" were I
replaced by the terms " Intent" and "Non-intent" which will replace the former in all procedural review requirements for ORC and are intended to be more self-descriptive.
Several organizational title changes were made throughout this section to reflect the change in status of the Quality Assurance Department to the Quality Assurance Group.
The revised program incorporating this change continues to satisfy the criteria of 10CFR50 Appendix B and the quality assurance program description commitments previously accepted by the NRC.
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