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| number = ML20196A873
| number = ML20246P038
| issue date = 02/02/1988
| issue date = 05/12/1989
| title = Discusses Concerns Noted from 880104-14 Vendor Insp Branch Announced Team Insp at Plant.Past & Present Procurement,Matl Control & Warehouse Activities Reviewed.Complete Discussion of Findings Will Be Provided in Insp Rept 50-312/88-02
| title = Discusses Insp Rept 50-312/88-02 on 880104-14,0210-12 & 0307-09.Violations Noted.Advises That Violations Demonstrated Lack of Mgt Control Over Certain Aspects of Procurement Program.Enforcement Action Not Necessary
| author name = Crutchfield D
| author name = Martin J
| author affiliation = NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION (NRR)
| author affiliation = NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION V)
| addressee name = Andognini G
| addressee name = Firlit J
| addressee affiliation = SACRAMENTO MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT
| addressee affiliation = SACRAMENTO MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT
| docket = 05000312
| docket = 05000312
| license number =  
| license number =  
| contact person =  
| contact person =  
| document report number = NUDOCS 8802050193
| document report number = EA-89-058, EA-89-58, NUDOCS 8905220065
| document type = CORRESPONDENCE-LETTERS, NRC TO UTILITY, OUTGOING CORRESPONDENCE
| document type = CORRESPONDENCE-LETTERS, NRC TO UTILITY, OUTGOING CORRESPONDENCE
| page count = 5
| page count = 2
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ATTN: Mr. Joseph F. Firlit Chief Executive Officer, Nuclear 14440 Twin Cities Road Herald, California 95638-9799 Gentlemen:
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SUBJECT: NRC INSPECTION REPORT NO. 50-312/88-02 This refers to the NRC inspection conducted on January 4-14, February 10-12, and March 7-9, 1988 at the Rancho Seco Nuclear Generating Station. By letter dated August 18, 1988, the above referenced inspection report was sent to yo As described in the report, it was discovered during the inspection that certain of your past activities related to procurement and material control apparently had been conducted in violation of NRC requirements. After the inspection, but befoce we authorized you to restart the reactor in March 1988, we verified that you had initiated comprehensive corrective action In addition, since restart of the reactor, we have been substantially setisfied with the implementation of your program for procurement and material contro The violations identified during the NRC inspection involved: (1) failure to properly dedicate several commercial grade items used in safety-related  ,
  \..... FED 02 093 Docket No. S12    7 Mr. G. Cer* Andognini Chief Executive Officer, Nuclear Sacramento Municipal Utility District Rancho Seco Nuclear Generating Station 14440 Twin Cities Road Herald, California 95638-9799
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requirements before placing some vendors on the approved supplier list; and (3) failure to impose Part 21 requirements on certain vendor These violations demonstrated a lack of management control over certain aspects of your procure-ment progra l The NRC considered these violations a significant regulatory concern, and in the aggregate they represented a Severity Level III proble Normally, a civil penalty is considered for a Severity Level III violation or problem. However, in this case, a Notice of Violation or civil penalty will not be proposed because: (1) a program of identifying and correcting problems was implemented while the plant was in an extended shutdown related to prior poor performance; (2) NRC concurrence was needed prior to restart from that outage; (3) the the violations for the most part involved procurement activities performed under procedures and policies in effect prior to the shutdown; and (4) your corrective actions were responsive to the violations, and subsequent NRC have shown the corrective actions to be effective. In sum, enforcement action is not necessary to achieve appropriate remedial action. Therefore, in accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," 10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C, 53 Fed. Reg. 40019 (October 13, 1988), Section V.G.2, and after consultation with the Director, Office of Enforcement, and the Deputy Executive Director for Nuclear Materials Safety, Safeguards and Operations Support, I have been authorized to exercise l
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SUBJECT: PROCUREMENT AND MATERIALS CONTROL INSPECTION FINDINGS An announced team inspection at Rancho Seco Nuclear Generating Station was conducted by NRC Headquarter s. Vendor inspection Branch during the period January 4-14, 1988. The purpose of the ii.spection was to review your pro-
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This letter documents the more significant inspection findings identified during the exit meeting on [[Exit meeting date::January 14, 1988]], which require follow-up action by SMUD. The concerns listed below provide neither a complete list of inspec-tion concerns nor any of the positive findings identified by the inspection team. A complete discussion of all inspection findings will be provided in Inspection Report No. 50-312/88-02.
 
1. Spare and replacement parts were purchased commercial grade and accepted by a like-for-like comparison of part number without verifying if any design or manufacturing changes were made by the vendor. The items, which would likely be most susceptible to design and manufacturing changes, would be those parts which require environmental qualification and seis-mically qualified replacement relays in the Reactor Protection System (RPS)
and Safety Features Actuation System (SFAS).
 
2. The current process in place at Rancho Seco for procuring comercial grade items and the implementing procedures need clarification concerning like-for-like acceptance methods. Procedures for Level III procurements need to fully describe the dedication process to bo performed.
 
3. SMUD had previously established a program and was in the process of reveri-fying all comercial grade items which are warehouse stou prior to issue for use in the plant. This is being done to the program in place today.
 
The items previously reviewed as part of this stock material reverification for comercial grade items were reverified using the method described in 1 above, which is inadequate.
 
4. Safety-related procurements were made from vendors who were placed on the SMUD approved suppliers list (ASL) solely on the basis of desk audits.
 
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enforcement discretion in this case and refrain from taking enforcement j action. I expect that in the future any similar problems will be promptly I identified and corrected.
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Mr. G. Carl Andognini  -2-5. Cable (5 KV) was procured commercial grade from NSSS/DIVESCO for the Nuclear Raw Water System in November 1987 on the basis that testing was to be per-formed following receipt by an independent laboratory. Testing was not per-formed and this cable was accepted, based on test data from a 1976-cable pro-curement, and was placed in service. A SMUD review of this issue 7 during the inspection, determined that the 1976 test data could not support qualifi-cation to applicable requirements, and needs to be tested by an independent        i laboratory as originally required.
 
Your response to these concerns should identify both long and short-term actions, including a description of how the matters will be addressed prior to restart.
 
Per telecons between the NRC (NRR) and SMUD on January 26 8 27, 1988, SMUD has        ,
committed to perform an evaluation of all relays replaced in the Reactor Pro-tection System and the Safety Features Actuation System to verify the accepta-bility for use in seismic applications prior to restart. SMUD had also committed to review serialized work requests for environmentally qualified replacement parts since November 1985. SMUD will then identify a sufficient number of replace-ment parts in each of the identified equipment categories for parts procured commercial grade and accepted, based on a like-for-like part number review to pro-are acceptable for
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. vide in use reasonable assurance E.0. applications. This that willthe also parts. be completed in each category prio 'r to restart. Also, any specific components identified during the exit meeting on [[Exit meeting date::January 14, 1988]],
will be reviewed for seismic and E.Q. applications, when applicable.
 
SMUD stated that the Vendor Audit Program, as described in the Procurement /
Materials Control Action Plan, Section II, will be revised to state that an implementation audit or equivalent must be performed prior to placing any safety-related components into the plant.
 
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Sacramento, California 95814  827 7th Street, Room 424 Sacramento, Califronia 95814 Mr. David S. Kaplan, Secretary
 
and General Counsel    Ms. Helen Hubbard Sacramento Municipal Utility District  P. O. Box 63 6201 S Street    Sunol, California 94586 P. O. Box 15830 Sacramento, California 95813 Thomas A. Baxter, Esq.
 
Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge 2300 N Street, N.W.
 
Washington, D.C. 20037 Mr. Jerry Delezinski Sacramento Municipal Utility District
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Discusses Insp Rept 50-312/88-02 on 880104-14,0210-12 & 0307-09.Violations Noted.Advises That Violations Demonstrated Lack of Mgt Control Over Certain Aspects of Procurement Program.Enforcement Action Not Necessary
ML20246P038
Person / Time
Site: Rancho Seco
Issue date: 05/12/1989
From: Martin J
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION V)
To: Firlit J
SACRAMENTO MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT
References
EA-89-058, EA-89-58, NUDOCS 8905220065
Download: ML20246P038 (2)
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. ;pa m g'o UNITED STATES 8 p, NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION s i, ej REGION V g 1450 MARIA LANE, SulTE 210

%'+, + n * * * 4 0 WALNUT CREEK, CALIFORNIA 946964368 M AY 1 2 1989 Docket NO. 50-312 License No. DPR-54 EA 89-58 i

Sacramento Municipal Utility District l

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ATTN: Mr. Joseph F. Firlit Chief Executive Officer, Nuclear 14440 Twin Cities Road Herald, California 95638-9799 Gentlemen:

SUBJECT: NRC INSPECTION REPORT NO. 50-312/88-02 This refers to the NRC inspection conducted on January 4-14, February 10-12, and March 7-9, 1988 at the Rancho Seco Nuclear Generating Station. By letter dated August 18, 1988, the above referenced inspection report was sent to yo As described in the report, it was discovered during the inspection that certain of your past activities related to procurement and material control apparently had been conducted in violation of NRC requirements. After the inspection, but befoce we authorized you to restart the reactor in March 1988, we verified that you had initiated comprehensive corrective action In addition, since restart of the reactor, we have been substantially setisfied with the implementation of your program for procurement and material contro The violations identified during the NRC inspection involved: (1) failure to properly dedicate several commercial grade items used in safety-related ,

applications; (2) failure to adequately evaluate vender quality assurance '

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requirements before placing some vendors on the approved supplier list; and (3) failure to impose Part 21 requirements on certain vendor These violations demonstrated a lack of management control over certain aspects of your procure-ment progra l The NRC considered these violations a significant regulatory concern, and in the aggregate they represented a Severity Level III proble Normally, a civil penalty is considered for a Severity Level III violation or problem. However, in this case, a Notice of Violation or civil penalty will not be proposed because: (1) a program of identifying and correcting problems was implemented while the plant was in an extended shutdown related to prior poor performance; (2) NRC concurrence was needed prior to restart from that outage; (3) the the violations for the most part involved procurement activities performed under procedures and policies in effect prior to the shutdown; and (4) your corrective actions were responsive to the violations, and subsequent NRC have shown the corrective actions to be effective. In sum, enforcement action is not necessary to achieve appropriate remedial action. Therefore, in accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," 10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C, 53 Fed. Reg. 40019 (October 13, 1988),Section V.G.2, and after consultation with the Director, Office of Enforcement, and the Deputy Executive Director for Nuclear Materials Safety, Safeguards and Operations Support, I have been authorized to exercise l

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enforcement discretion in this case and refrain from taking enforcement j action. I expect that in the future any similar problems will be promptly I identified and corrected.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790(a), a copy of this letter will be placed in the NRC Public Document Roo

Sincerely, onp d 52)"d J. B. Martin i Regional Administrator DISTRIBUTION:

PDR LPDR HThompson, DEDS JLieberman, OE HWong, OE LChandler, OGC EA File Day File DCS cc:

J. Vinquist, Quality Assurance Manager i Steve L. Crunk, Manager, Nuclear Licensing State of CA bcc:

Docket File Project Inspector Resident Inspector G. Cook ,

B. Faulkenberry J. Martin A. Johnson R. Nease, NRR M. Smith LFMB -

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