ML20247C858

Notice of Violation from Insp on 890501-05.Violations Noted:Inservice Insp Program Failed to Identify Nine Supports & 15 Welds That Should Be Listed & Changes in Nonessential Variables Made W/O Documenting Changes

ML20247C858
Person / Time
Site:	Cooper
Issue date:	05/15/1989
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
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Shared Package
ML20247C855	List: IR 05000298/1989017 ML20247C851 ML20247C858
References
50-298-89-17, NUDOCS 8905250066
Download: ML20247C858 (2)

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' APPENDIX A NOTICE OF VIOLATION

' Nebraska Public Power District Docket: 50-298 Cooper Nuclear Station Operating License:' DPR-46 During an.NRC inspection conducted on May 1-5, 1989, violations of' NRC requirements were. identified. The violations involved the failure of the i inservice inspection (ISI) program to identify all applicable supports and 4 welds and problems with welding controls. In.accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," 10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C (1988), the violations are listed below:

A. Failure of the ISI Program to Identify' All Applicable Supports and Welds Criterion V of Appendix B to 10 CFR Part 50 'and the licensee's approved  !

. quality assurance program description, require that activities affecting quality shall be accomplished in accordance with documented instructions.

Paragraph 4.2.1 of the_ ISI program for ASME Classes 1, 2 and' 3 Components,' Revision 3, dated March 3, 1985, for the Cooper Nuclear Station requires that the ISI program provide.an item listing.

Contrary to the above, the NRC inspector found that the ISI program failed to' identify, in its listing, 9 supports (RFH-FC-112, -59A, -58, -56, -54,

-54A, -53; and RHF-FB-59 and -55) and 15 welds (Nos. HPID-52 through 66) that'should be listed in'the ISI program.

This,is a Severity Level IV violation. (Supplements)(298/8917-01)

B.- Welding Controls Criterion IX of Appendix B to 10 CFR Part 50 states, in part " Measures shall be established to assure that special processes, including welding,

. . . are controlled and accomplished _ by qualified personnel using qualified procedures . . . ." This is implemented by the licensee's 3 approved Quality Assurance plan.

Paragraph QW-200 in Article II of Section IX to the ASME Code states that changes may be made in the nonessential variables to suit production  ;

requirements provided such changes are documented either in an amendment to the original welding procedure specification (WPS) or a new WPS.

- Contrary to the above, changes in nonessential variables specified in a WPS (amperage and voltage) had been made during production welding without '

documenting such changes.

This is a Severity Level IV violation. (Supplements)(298/8917-02) l l

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Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR Part 2.201, Nebraska Public Power District is hereby required to submit to this office, within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice, a written statement or explanation in reply, including for each violation: (1) the reason .for the violation if admitted,

2) the corrective steps which have been taken and the results achieved,

3) the corrective steps which will be taken to avoid further violations, and

4) the date when full compliance will be achieved. Where good cause is shown, consideration will be given to extending the response time.

Dated at. Arlington, Texas,

! this /7z% day of g 1989 T

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