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OCT 311990 Docket No. 70-1106 Combustion Engineering, inc.
ATTN:.Dr. Shelby Brewer President - Nuclear Power Businesses 1000 Prospect Hill Road Windsor, Connecticut 06095-0500'
 
==Dear.Dr.' Brewer:==
i We appreciated the opportunity to meet with Mr. Ed Scherer on September 24, 1990, and with Dr. Erland Tenerz and Mr. Harry Thornburg on September 25, 1990,_during their_ drop-in visit to the Region I office.
i Enclosed are summaries of the discussions.
Please contact me proroptly-if you
-note any errors in the summaries.
Sincerely, p
0:idcd Signed By:
Thc.r.as T. Martin Thomas T. Martin i
Regional Administrator
 
==Enclosures:==
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Dr.-Erland Tenerz, Senior Vice President, ABB Atom AB A.-E.'Scherer, Director _, Nuclear Licensing i
.C. B. Brinkman, Manager, Washington Nuclear, Operations 4
C. Waterman, Vice President, Nuclear Fuel Public Document Room (PDR)
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Drop-In Visit from ABB Combustion Engineering Vice President
.On September 24, 1990, Mr. Edward Scherer (Vice President, Quality Systems)~
ABB Combustion Engineering, '41ndsor, Connecticut, visited the NRC Region I office'on short notice.
He met with Dr. Malcolm R. Knapp, Director, Division of Radiation Safety and. Safeguards, and Mr. James H. Joyner, Chief, Facilities Radiological Safety and Safeguards Branch. Mr. Scherer noted that he was there representing Dr. Shelby Brewer, ?rn idctt, Nuclear Power Businesses, and I
wasiseeking information on what CE needed to do to get off the NRC's " watch j
, list."-
cDr. Knapp-explained that CE needed to respond to the recommendations contained Lin the recent SALP report. He stressed that CE was not obliged to follow the recommendations, but to respond, either providing rationale for not adopting the recommendations or describing what will be done.
If CE does adopt a recomendation, then:
Corrective' actions'must be implemented A significant impact mus+. be shran i
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:The.NRC must have an oppcetunity to confirm that the impact has occurred.-
Because-of the time required to occ.:piish the above steps, it miy not be
.possible4 for all of them to be accomplished prior.to the-nextlSer ior Management tMeeting,Jwhen Region I recommendations for changing the " watch 11it" have to be cmade. ;Dr. Knapp stressed the NRC resource commitment required to accomplish-this,_and noted that NRC has expended a~large portion of its' resources alloted 7
to the1CE:facilityLin-response to CE's-earlier request for accelerited review y
of the licensed' program in an effort to get off the?" watch list" in June 1930.
o Mr...Scherer+ r.uted that' CE had underestimated the: resources needed to-address r
and ccrrect the problems ~that previously existed at the Windsor facility.. Dr.
Knapp; explained that the NRC' staff had experienced considerable difficulty, during presentations by'CE on the status of-its corrective actions program,,
understanding what the: licensee had accomplished and how the many changes made had! impacted performance. Mr._Scherer admitted that he previously had not t
understood the depth of the communications problem between NRC-and'CE, but that
:he would now' seeks' ways to improve the situation.'
m Dr. Knappturged Mr. Scherer to include examples of the demonstrable impact of the CE corrective action program in its response to the SALP report, even if they 1
?needed to request an extension of. time. He urged that they focus, in particulari on the. radiological controls area. Mr. Scherer. agreed, but added _
'that-he also wanted to stress criticality safety in their response to the SALP
. report.
The meeting: lasted about 90 minutes.
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-i Enclosurr. 2 Drop-In Visit from ABB Atom Senior Vice. President
'On September. 25', 1990, Dr. Erland Tenerz (Senior Vice President, ABB Atom) and
'Mr. Harry Thornburg-(consultant to ABB Atom) visited the NRC Region I office on.short notice. They met with Mr. Thomas T. Martin, Regional Administrator, Mr. W4'liam Kane, Deputy Regional. Administrator, Mr. Richard Cooper, Deputy Directsr', Division of' Radiation Safety and Safeguards (DRSS) and Mr. James H.-
Joyner, Chief., Facilities Radiological Safety and Safeguards Branch,.DRSS.. Dr.
4 Tenerz was interested in understanding the NRC!s current perception of the licensed activities being conducted at the ABB Combustion Engineering fuel fabrication facility (CE), Windsor, Connecticut.
Dr. Tenerz noted that he had
' attended the recent SALP Management Meeting in Windsor, but was interested in
. learning what further accomplishments were needed by CE to get off of the.NRC's
~~" watch list." He noted that ABB Atom is a cur,tomer of CE's in the BWR fuel fabrication arena, iMrJ Martin explained that progress had been made by CE during the SALP period, but-that:the. licensee.had not yet' demonstrated that the corrective actions staken?were adequate to completely correct and prevent recurrence of.the problems
~
: identified inclate 1987. :He' noted that the NRC had expended considerable i
resources in its effortsLto' assess the status of licensee performance through the-end'ofLMarch 1990, and it would be difficult for CE to decide on a course of: action relative-to the. recommendations in the'SALP report, implement the actions, have:demonstrab_le impact on performance and allow the NRC time to i
review and: assess that impact. in time for the January 1991 NRC-Senior Management-Meeting.:'As'an; example, Mr. Martin noted that the facility has hired a new 3
; Manager, Nuclear and Industrial Safety, but it will take him time to learn the LfacilityLand! address!the remaining outstanding issues-~under his purview.
_During his discussion,1Mr.? Martin stressed that.the NRC has not evaluated the
~ quality'of,the fuel produced at the CELfacility, that being outside the scope of'thel reviews performed'by the NRC. -However, the. emphasis placed.on improving W
.the quality of licensed activities _by CE has been noted.- He also noted that CE appears to have been inna reactive mode, recognizing and fixing problems only lafterthey,areidentifiedbyLNRC.
.At;the:concluslon of the discussions, Dr. Tenerz thanked Mr. Martin for'the opportunity:to meet and offered to provide a tour of the ABB Atom fuel l
ll s
j fabricat. ion A p'in Sweden should Mr. Martin or the other attendees visit i
Sweden.,
..Th'e meeting' lasted about 90 minutes.
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Forwards Summary of E Scherer 900924 & E Tenerz & H Thornburg 900925 drop-in Visits to Region I
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Site: 07001100
Issue date: 10/31/1990
From: Martin T
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To: Brewer S
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{{#Wiki_filter:1 .o i ~ v e i i OCT 311990 Docket No. 70-1106 Combustion Engineering, inc. ATTN:.Dr. Shelby Brewer President - Nuclear Power Businesses 1000 Prospect Hill Road Windsor, Connecticut 06095-0500'

Dear.Dr.' Brewer:

i We appreciated the opportunity to meet with Mr. Ed Scherer on September 24, 1990, and with Dr. Erland Tenerz and Mr. Harry Thornburg on September 25, 1990,_during their_ drop-in visit to the Region I office. i Enclosed are summaries of the discussions. Please contact me proroptly-if you -note any errors in the summaries. Sincerely, p 0:idcd Signed By: Thc.r.as T. Martin Thomas T. Martin i Regional Administrator

Enclosures:

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1 w Drop-In Visit from ABB Combustion Engineering Vice President .On September 24, 1990, Mr. Edward Scherer (Vice President, Quality Systems)~ ABB Combustion Engineering, '41ndsor, Connecticut, visited the NRC Region I office'on short notice. He met with Dr. Malcolm R. Knapp, Director, Division of Radiation Safety and. Safeguards, and Mr. James H. Joyner, Chief, Facilities Radiological Safety and Safeguards Branch. Mr. Scherer noted that he was there representing Dr. Shelby Brewer, ?rn idctt, Nuclear Power Businesses, and I wasiseeking information on what CE needed to do to get off the NRC's " watch j , list."- cDr. Knapp-explained that CE needed to respond to the recommendations contained Lin the recent SALP report. He stressed that CE was not obliged to follow the recommendations, but to respond, either providing rationale for not adopting the recommendations or describing what will be done. If CE does adopt a recomendation, then: Corrective' actions'must be implemented A significant impact mus+. be shran i e ~

The.NRC must have an oppcetunity to confirm that the impact has occurred.-

Because-of the time required to occ.:piish the above steps, it miy not be .possible4 for all of them to be accomplished prior.to the-nextlSer ior Management tMeeting,Jwhen Region I recommendations for changing the " watch 11it" have to be cmade. ;Dr. Knapp stressed the NRC resource commitment required to accomplish-this,_and noted that NRC has expended a~large portion of its' resources alloted 7 to the1CE:facilityLin-response to CE's-earlier request for accelerited review y of the licensed' program in an effort to get off the?" watch list" in June 1930. o Mr...Scherer+ r.uted that' CE had underestimated the: resources needed to-address r and ccrrect the problems ~that previously existed at the Windsor facility.. Dr. Knapp; explained that the NRC' staff had experienced considerable difficulty, during presentations by'CE on the status of-its corrective actions program,, understanding what the: licensee had accomplished and how the many changes made had! impacted performance. Mr._Scherer admitted that he previously had not t understood the depth of the communications problem between NRC-and'CE, but that

he would now' seeks' ways to improve the situation.'

m Dr. Knappturged Mr. Scherer to include examples of the demonstrable impact of the CE corrective action program in its response to the SALP report, even if they 1 ?needed to request an extension of. time. He urged that they focus, in particulari on the. radiological controls area. Mr. Scherer. agreed, but added _ 'that-he also wanted to stress criticality safety in their response to the SALP . report. The meeting: lasted about 90 minutes. 'C

1 p t -i Enclosurr. 2 Drop-In Visit from ABB Atom Senior Vice. President 'On September. 25', 1990, Dr. Erland Tenerz (Senior Vice President, ABB Atom) and 'Mr. Harry Thornburg-(consultant to ABB Atom) visited the NRC Region I office on.short notice. They met with Mr. Thomas T. Martin, Regional Administrator, Mr. W4'liam Kane, Deputy Regional. Administrator, Mr. Richard Cooper, Deputy Directsr', Division of' Radiation Safety and Safeguards (DRSS) and Mr. James H.- Joyner, Chief., Facilities Radiological Safety and Safeguards Branch,.DRSS.. Dr. 4 Tenerz was interested in understanding the NRC!s current perception of the licensed activities being conducted at the ABB Combustion Engineering fuel fabrication facility (CE), Windsor, Connecticut. Dr. Tenerz noted that he had ' attended the recent SALP Management Meeting in Windsor, but was interested in . learning what further accomplishments were needed by CE to get off of the.NRC's ~~" watch list." He noted that ABB Atom is a cur,tomer of CE's in the BWR fuel fabrication arena, iMrJ Martin explained that progress had been made by CE during the SALP period, but-that:the. licensee.had not yet' demonstrated that the corrective actions staken?were adequate to completely correct and prevent recurrence of.the problems ~

identified inclate 1987. :He' noted that the NRC had expended considerable i

resources in its effortsLto' assess the status of licensee performance through the-end'ofLMarch 1990, and it would be difficult for CE to decide on a course of: action relative-to the. recommendations in the'SALP report, implement the actions, have:demonstrab_le impact on performance and allow the NRC time to i review and: assess that impact. in time for the January 1991 NRC-Senior Management-Meeting.:'As'an; example, Mr. Martin noted that the facility has hired a new 3

Manager, Nuclear and Industrial Safety, but it will take him time to learn the LfacilityLand! address!the remaining outstanding issues-~under his purview.

_During his discussion,1Mr.? Martin stressed that.the NRC has not evaluated the ~ quality'of,the fuel produced at the CELfacility, that being outside the scope of'thel reviews performed'by the NRC. -However, the. emphasis placed.on improving W .the quality of licensed activities _by CE has been noted.- He also noted that CE appears to have been inna reactive mode, recognizing and fixing problems only lafterthey,areidentifiedbyLNRC. .At;the:concluslon of the discussions, Dr. Tenerz thanked Mr. Martin for'the opportunity:to meet and offered to provide a tour of the ABB Atom fuel l ll s j fabricat. ion A p'in Sweden should Mr. Martin or the other attendees visit i Sweden., ..Th'e meeting' lasted about 90 minutes. l -}}

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