ML20206D596

Ack Receipt of 870227 Response to 870129 Notice of Violation from Insp Rept 50-424/86-132.Severity Level IV Proper Classification for Violation Since Violation Failed to Meet More than One QA Criterion

ML20206D596
Person / Time
Site:	Vogtle
Issue date:	03/27/1987
From:	Reyes L NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To:	James O'Reilly GEORGIA POWER CO.
References
NUDOCS 8704130381
Download: ML20206D596 (3)

See also: IR 05000424/1986132

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Georgia Power Company

ATTN: Mr. James P. O'Reilly

Senior.Vice President-

Nucl6a'r Operations

P. O. Box 4545

Atlanta, GA 30302

Gentlemen:

SUBJECT:

REPORT NO. 50-424/86-132

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Thank you for your response of February 27, 1987, to our Notice of Violation

issued on January 29, 1987, concerning activities conducted at 'your Vogtle

facility. We have evaluated your response and found that it meets the require-

ments of 10 CFR 2.201.

We will examine the implementation of your corrective

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actions during future inspections.

We have reviewed your justification with regard to why this violation should be

re-classified as a Severity Level V rather than the stated Severity Level IV,

and have concluded that Severity Level IV is the appropriate classification.

This violation involved failure to meet regulatory requirements for more than

one Quality Assurance Criterion.

The documentation discrepancies concerning

operability of the remote shutdown panel were, alone, considered to be minor by

the inspectors during review of the test results in that NRC personnel were

present when the remote shutdown panel preoperational test was performed. The

validity of the test results would have been questioned, based on the

documentation discrepancies, if NRC personnel had not been present during

performance of the test. The area which was of greater concern to the

inspectors was that the documentation discrepancies were very obvious when the

test results were reviewed by the inspectors, but these discrepancies were not

identified during your review process. We do not consider violations involving

inadequate review of test results to be minor in that the review of completed

test results packages represents the last opportunity for appropriate members

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components have been adequately tested to meet design requirements and other

commitments prior to issuance of the operating license.

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Therefore, since the violation failed to meet more than one Quality Assurance

Criterion, and, had more than minor safety significance, it meets the Severity

Level IV Category listed in Supplement II to 10 CFR Part 2. Appendix C.

We appreciate your cooperation in this matter.

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