ML20236V352
| ML20236V352 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 07/29/1998 |
| From: | Black S NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
| To: | Liparulo N WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY, DIV OF CBS CORP. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20236V354 | List: |
| References | |
| REF-QA-99900404 99900404-98-02, 99900404-98-2, NUDOCS 9808030108 | |
| Download: ML20236V352 (2) | |
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. Mr. Nicholas J. Liparulo, Manager i
. Equipment Design and Regulatory Engineering Department
- Westinghouse Electric Company P.O. Box 355 ~
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15230-0355 l
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SUBJECT:
NRC INSPECTION NO. 99900404/98-02 f
Dear Mr. Liparulo:
This refers to the inspection conducted by Robert Pettis, Jr. and Joseph Petrosino of this office -
and Melvin Holmberg of NRC Region lll on June 15-17,1998. The purpose of the inspection was )
to review the implementation of the Westinghouse quality assurance (QA) program, including
- 10 CFR Part 21 deportability aspects related to ice condenser containment components, and to review Westinghouse corrective actions from a previous NRC inspection. At the conclusion of the -
' inspection, the findings were discussed with you and mornbers of your staff identified in the .
enclosed report.
j Based on the results of this inspection, certain of your activities appeared to be in violation of NRC' i requirements, as specified in the enclo_ sed Notice of Violation (Notice). These violations are of.-
specific concem to the NRC since they have the potential to affect equipment operability for those plants employing an ice condenser containment.
t You are required to respond to this letter and should follow the instructions specified in the .
. enclosed Notice when preparing your response. In your response, you should document the specific actions taken and any additional actions you plan to prevent recurrence. Your response -
may reference or include previous docketed correspondence, if the correspondence adequately
. addresses the required response. Atier reviewing your response to this Notice, including your proposed corrective actions and the results of future inspections, the NRC will determine whether
~ further Nf3C enforcement action is necessary to ensure compliance with NRC regulatory
- requirements During this inspection it was also found that the implementation of your QA program failed to meet certain NRC requirements. The most significant was Westinghouse's failure to address in its
. June 22,1995 report to the Tennessee Valley Authority (WA), the evaluation of broken and
- cracked ice condenser sheet metal screws, which was reported to Westinghouse in a June 2,1995 TVA metallurgical report for the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant.
lf The inspection team also identified several Westinghouse drawings which did not contain material
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Piease provide us within 30 days from the date of this Inter a written statement in accordance with the instructions specified in the enclosed Notice of Nonconformance.
On June 24,1998, NRC headquarters and regional staff participated in a conference call with you and members of your staff to discuss the status of corrective actions associated with the findings identified during the inspection and a schedule for performing metallurgical testing for a sample of l sheet nietal screws supplied to Westinghouse by the D.C. Cook nuclear plant. It was noted during our discussion that these actions cre presently being performed under Westinghouse's 10 CFR Part 21 program. We also acknowledge receipt of your June 26,1998, letter which documented
. the schedule for completion of such actions.
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in accordance with 10 CFR Part 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter, its enclosures, and your response will be placed in the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR). To the extent possible, your response should not include any personal privacy, proprietary, or safeguards information so that it can be placed in the PDR without redaction. If personal privacy or proprietary information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, then please provide a bracketed copy of your response that identifies the infumation that should be protected and a redacted copy of your response that deletes such information. If you request withholding of such matarial, you must specifically identify the portions of your response that you seek to have withheld and provide in detail the bases for your claim of withholding (e.g., explain why the disclosure of information will create an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy or provide the information required by 10 CFR 2.790(b) to support a request for withholding confidential commercial or financial information).
If safeguards info'rmation is necessary to provide an acceptable response, please provide the level of protection described in 10 CFR 73.21.
i The responses requested by this letter and the enavsed Notices 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. Should you have any questions concerning this inspection, we will be pleased to discuss them with you.
Sincerely, 3
l 4h Suzanne C. Black, chief L - Quality Assurance, Vendor Inspection, and Maintenance Branch 1 i
l Division of Reactor Controls and Human Factors Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation -
Enclosures:
- 1. Notice of Violation
- 2. Notice of Nonconformance
- 3. Inspection Report No. 99900404/98-02 1
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