ML17298B882

Responds to Violations Noted in Insp Rept 50-528/84-56. Corrective Actions:Verifications & Reviews Concluded That Current & Past util,Bechtel,C-E & Bechtel Subcontractor Qa/Qc Personnel Meet or Exceed Requirements

ML17298B882
Person / Time
Site:	Palo Verde
Issue date:	01/28/1985
From:	Van Brunt E ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE CO. (FORMERLY ARIZONA NUCLEAR
To:	Kirsch D NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION V)
References
ANPP-31811-WEI, NUDOCS 8502120258
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Arizona Nuclear Poorer Project PO 8OX 52034 o PHOENQI~ZONA 85072 2034 F'"~6 F)I Q: is/)LE Cdt'~.lE January 28, 1985 ANPP-31811-WEI/TGWJQCGI"-)

t/]p U.S.Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region V 1450 Maria Lane-Suite 210 Walnut Creek, California 94596-5368 Attention:

Mr.D.F.Kirsch, Acting Director Division of Reactor Safety and Projects,

Subject:

Follow-Up Item (50-528/84-56-04)

QA/QC Inspectors Qualifications File: 85-001-350

Reference:

Exit Meeting conducted December..7, 1984 for NRC Inspection of December 3-7, 1984

Dear Sir:

As documented in NRC Inspection Report No.50-528/84-56, ANPP has a program to verify credentials of Quality Assurance and Quality Control personnel at PVNGS.At the time of the NRC Inspection in December, 1984, this program had been completed for APS and Bechtel QA and QC staff, but the Bechtel sub-contractor verification actions were incomplete.

The verification of subcontractor QA and QC personnel has now been completed.

This verification activity was accomplished by the individual subcontractors in a manner similar to the ANPP program.Subcontractors involved in this effort included Champion Incorporated, Ertec, Honeywell, Waldinger, Western Technologies and Combustion Engineering.

Combustion Engineering did a reveri-fication of credentials for a sample of their QA/QC personnel rather than a 100%reverification.

Other subcontractors, such as Adhesive Engineering, Clark Painting, Concrete Coring, Engineered Air Balance and GEO, were excluded because all QA/QC functions were accomplished by Bechtel either directly in line with on-going work activities or through overview and reinspection.

One subcontractor, Western Concrete Structures, certified inspectors by proficiency testing based on ANSI N45.2.6-1973, after training.Bechtel QC performed a significant amount of surveillances of the subcontractors'ork by assigning a full-time QC Inspector to monitor subcontractors'ork.

Based on this method of certification and surveillance, verification of QA/QC employees'reditials for Western Concrete Structures was not performed.

Documented evi-dence of training and achievement of proficiency is available for these people and along with the verification of education and experience which was previously performed, sufficiently substantiates the adequacy of the inspectors'ualifi-cations.8502120258 850128 PDR*DOCK 05000528 8 PDR (/~-d/

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U.R Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attention:

Mr.D.F.Kirsch, Acting Director ANPP-31811-WEI/TGWJr January 28, 1985 Page 2 Based on the verifications and reviews completed without identifying any major deficiencies, it can be concluded that current and past APS, Bechtel, CE and Bechtel subcontractors QA/QC personnel at PVNGS meet or exceed the minimum requirements established by regulatory guidelines.

Woods, Jr.Karner Xde Wilson Fasnacht'ogers Souza FowlerShriver Russo Kaplan ees'ynum'llen Stubblefield Bingham Patterson, Welcher Foster Hawkinson Houchen Quinn Frost Gross Huber hour Coffin Ferguson Zimmerman cc: T.G.D.B.W.E.W.H.D.B.A.C.L.A.D.E.T.D.C.N.B.S.J.Vor J.R.J.M.W.J.W.G.R.L.R.W.H.D.D.R.J.D.W.F.S.R.K.W.P.R.P.Bar P.J.R.A.R.P.EEVBJr/WET:skc Very truly yours, KZd~~+@(E.E.Van Brunt, Jr.APS Vice President Nuclear Production ANPP Project Director p, I 4~It I