IR 05000312/1988002

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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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

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