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
Download: ML17298B882 (4)

See also: IR 05000528/1984056

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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-

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U.R Nuclear Regulatory

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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

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