ML20238F847

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Discusses Licensee Actions Taken & Planned to Correct Nondestructive Evaluation Problem
ML20238F847
Person / Time
Site: Seabrook  NextEra Energy icon.png
Issue date: 05/09/1983
From: Cerne A
NRC
To: Gallo R
NRC
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5/9/83 MEMD TO: R.Gallo, Chief, RPSIA FROM: A.C ie, SRI Seabrook PLANNED LICENSEE CORRECTIVE ACTION TO NDE PROBLEM

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Reference:

CDR-83-00-08 & PN0-I-83-48)

1) Continued evaluation of suspect welds, currently numbering around 2100. Planned re-inspection of all accessible safety-related welds.
2) Re-inspection of a sample of 10 welds per Pullman NDE technician per NDE process (MT, LPT, UT thickness checks), commencing on 5/9/83.
3) Licensee corporate management meeting held with Pullman Power Products (PPP, Williamsport, PA) at Seabrook on 5/9/83. Corrective actions to be directly implemented by PPP, based upon corporate directive, are forthcoming.  ;
4) Increased surveillance by YAEC QA personnel over PPP NDE activities (all shifts).
5) Commencement of random "information or.ly" LPT/MT examinations by YAEC NDE ,

personnel. Consideration is also being given to hire an outside NDE contractor to augment this information/ assurance NDE effort.  !

6) Investigative review (eg: interviewswithtechnicians)offactssurrounding this issue continues.
7) Direction given by PPP to maintain " Functional Lead NDE Inspector" in field and increase PPP Level III NDE technicians time spent in field also, I monitoring ongoing NDE activities. I
  • 8) Establishment of a YAEC/UE&C Supervisory Support Group (SSG) to monitor PPP activities and PPP perfonnance. Six full time personnel will check various aspects of PPP work and prepare a daily written report. An evaluation panel will review the reports, interview SSG members weekly, and provide ,

recommendations weekly to the YAEC & UE&C Corporate QA manager level.

Open-ended time frame on continuing this SSG effort, scheduled to commence 5/16/83.

  • This action taken more in response to general PPP perfonnance concerns, rather than to the direct NDE problem.

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