NRC Generic Letter 1981-01

NRC Generic Letter 1981-001: Qualification of Inspection, Examination, and Testing and Audit Personnel

ML031210093
Person / Time
Site:	Beaver Valley, Millstone, Hatch, Monticello, Calvert Cliffs, Dresden, Davis Besse, Peach Bottom, Browns Ferry, Salem, Oconee, Mcguire, Nine Mile Point, Palisades, Palo Verde, Perry, Indian Point, Fermi, Kewaunee, Catawba, Harris, Wolf Creek, Saint Lucie, Point Beach, Oyster Creek, Watts Bar, Hope Creek, Grand Gulf, Cooper, Sequoyah, Byron, Pilgrim, Arkansas Nuclear, Braidwood, Susquehanna, Summer, Prairie Island, Columbia, Seabrook, Brunswick, Surry, Limerick, North Anna, Turkey Point, River Bend, Vermont Yankee, Crystal River, Haddam Neck, Ginna, Diablo Canyon, Callaway, Vogtle, Waterford, Duane Arnold, Farley, Robinson, Clinton, South Texas, San Onofre, Cook, Comanche Peak, Yankee Rowe, Maine Yankee, Quad Cities, Humboldt Bay, La Crosse, Big Rock Point, Rancho Seco, Zion, Midland, Bellefonte, Fort Calhoun, FitzPatrick, McGuire, LaSalle, 05000000, Zimmer, Fort Saint Vrain, Washington Public Power Supply System, Shoreham, Satsop, Trojan, Bailly, Cherokee, Marble Hill, Hartsville, Phipps Bend, Yellow Creek, Crane
Issue date:	05/04/1981
From:	Eisenhut D Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:
References
RG-1-058, RG-1-146 GL-81-001, NUDOCS 8106020005
Download: ML031210093 (5)

R i W *4REG,,' UNITED STATES pClijr A i. NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

_ RLLI~f1)WASHINGTON, D. C. 20555 8.,. AY 20 19lh VISA NJOVImaI May 4, 1981 OMM /TO ALL LICENSEES

OF OPERATING

PLANTS AND HOLDERS OF CONSTRUCTION

PERMITS Gentlemen:

SUBJECT: QUALIFICATION

OF INSPECTION, EXAMINATION, AND TESTING AND AUDIT PERSONNEL (Generic Letter 81-01)Appendix B, "Quality Assurance Criteria for Nuclear Power Plants and Fuel Reprocessing Plants," to 10 CFR Part 50 establishes overall quality assurance requirements for nuclear power plants. Two Regulatory Guides, discussed below, have been issued which provide guidance on an acceptable way to meet., Appendix B requirements.

Enclosed for your information and use is-a copy of Regulatory Guide 1.58, Revision 1, dated September

1980, "Qualification of.Nuclear Power Plant Inspection, Examination, and Testing Personnel." /Regulatory Guide 1.58 endorses ANSI N45.2.6 with certain exceptions.

The NRC staff has determined that the intent of regulatory positions C.5, 6, 7, 8 and 10, which provide additional guidance concerning the qualification of*nuclear power plant inspection, examination, and testing personnel, should be implemented by all operating nuclear plants and those under construction.

Also enclosed for your information and use is a copy of Regulatory Guide 1.146, dated August 1980, "Oualification of Quality Assurance Program Audit Personnel for Nuclear Power Plants." This guide endorses ANSI/ASME

N45.2.23-1978 with certain exceptions.

The NRC staff has determined that the intent of this guide should be implemented by all operating nuclear plants and those 'under construction.

Therefore,,you are requested to furnish the following by 90 days from the date of this letter: 1. Commitments to meet regulatory positions C.5, 6, 7, 8, and 10 of Regulatory Guide 1.58, Revision 1, and Regulatory Guide 1.146, and your planned date for doing so; or 2. If you elect not to adopt the methods given in Regulatory Guides 1.58, Revision 1, and 1.146 describe your alternative methods of complying with 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B regarding qualification of nuclear power plant inspection, examination, and testing personnel, and qualification of audit personnel, and your schedule for implementing the alternative methods.te .01 6020005

-2-In your response please refer to this letter by title and number.Any questions regarding this matter may be addressed to your project manager.;..I it, uirector ing Reactor Regulation Enclosuress:

1. Regulatory Guide 1.58, Revision 1, dated September.1980

2. Regulatory Gutde 1.146, dated August 1980 cc: Service List I'

.-DISTRIBUTION

OF GNERIC LETTER 81-01, DATED MAY 4, 1981 Braidwood

50-456/457 Beaver Valley 2 50-412 Bailly 50-367 Bellefonte

50-438/439 Byron 50-454/455 Cafl away Comanche Peak Cherokee Catawba Clinton 'Diablo Canyon Farley 2 Fermi 2 Grand Gulf Hartsville Hope Creek Harris TaSalle Limerick Marble Hills Millstone

3 McGuire Midland 50-416/417

50-518/519/520/521

50-354/355

50-400/401/402/403

50-373/.374

50-352/353

50-546/547

50-423 50-369/370

50-329/330

Nine Mile Poit 2 Phipps Bend Palo Verde Perry River Bend Summer Susquehanna Shoreham San Qnofre 2/3 Salem 2 St. Iucie 2 Seabrook South Texas Sequoyah 50-410 50-553/554

50-528/529/530

50-440/441

50-458/459

50-395 50-387/388

50-322 50-361/362

50-311 50-389 , 50-443/444

50-498/499

50-327/328 Vog0le Wolf Creek Waterford WNP-2 WNP 3&5 Watts Bar WNP 1 & 4 50-424/425

50-482 50-382 50-397 50-508/509

5 0-390/391 50-460/513

50-566/567

50-358 Yellow Creek Zimmer

4C9enjro-'I ,.Aies ALL POWER REACTOR LICENSEES Docket No. 50-348 Farley Unit 1 Docket No. 50-313 Arkansas Unit 1 Docket No. 50-368 Arkansas Unit 2 Docket No. 50-317 Calvert Cliffs Unit 1 Docket No. 50-318 Calvert Cliffs Unit 2 Docket No. 50-293 Pilgrim Unit 1 Docket No. 50-325 Brunswick Unit 1 Docket No. 50-324 Brunswick Unit 2 Docket No. 50-261 H. B. Robinson Unit 2 Docket No. 50-10 Dresden Unit 1 Docket No. 50-237 Dresden Unit 2 Docket No. 50-249 Dresden Unit 3 Docket No. 50-3 Indian Point Unit 1 Docket No. 50-247 Indian Point Unit 2 Docket 50-286 Indian Point Unit 3 Docket No. 50-155 Big Rock Point Docket No. 50-255 Palisades Docket No. 50-409 Lacrosse Docket No. 50-269 Oconee Unit 1 Docket No. 50-270 Oconee Unit 2 Docket No. 50-287 Oconee Unit 3 Docket No. 50-334 Beaver Valley Unit 1 Docket No. 50-302 Crystal River 3 Docket No. 50-335 St. Lucie Unit 1 Docket No. 50-254 Quad-Cities Unit 1 Docket No. 50-265 Quad-Cities Unit 2 Docket No. 50-295 Zion Unit 1 Docket No. 50-304 Zion Unit 2 Docket No. 50-213 Connecticut Yankee Docket Turkey No. 50-250 Point Unit 3 Docket No. 50-251 Turkey Point Unit 4 Docket No. 50-321 Edwin I. Hatch Unit 1 Docket No. 50-366 Edwin I. Hatch Unit 2 Docket No. 50-315 D. C. Cook Unit 1 (Haddam Neck)

I-2 -Docket No. 50-316 D. C. Cook Unit 2 Docket No. 50-331 Duane Arnold Docket No. 50-219 Oyster Creek Unit 1 Docket No. 50-309 Maine Yankee Docket No. 50-289 Three Mile Island Unit 1 Docket No. 50-320 Three Mile Island Unit 2 Docket No. 50-298 Cooper Station Docket No. 50-344 Trojan Docket No. 50-333 FitzPatrick Docket No. 50-267 Ft. St. Vrain Docket No. 50-272 Salem Unit 1 Docket No. 50-244 R. E. Ginna 1 Docket No. 50-312 Rancho Seco Docket No. 50-206 San Onofre 1 Docket No. 50-305 Kewaunee Docket No. 50-29 Yankee-Rowe Docket No. 50-339 North Anna 2 Docket No.Salem 2 Docket No.Sequoyah 1 Docket No.McGuire 1 50-311 50-327 50-369 Docket No. 50-364 Farley 2 Docket No. 50-220 Nine Mile Point Unit 1 Docket No. 50-259 Browns Ferry Unit 1 Docket No. 50-245 Millstone Unit 1 Docket No. 50-260 Browns Ferry Unit 2 Docket No. 50-336 Millstone Unit 2 Docket No. 50-296 Browns Ferry Unit 3 MAY 2 0 1981 --.W1U N3=1D UOKLAO-G co*COMN A Docket No. 50-263 Monticello Docket No. 50-346 Davis-Besse

1 Docket No. 50-282 Prairie Island Unit 1 Docket No. 50-306 Prairie Island Unit 2 Docket No. 50-285 Ft. Calhoun Docket No. 50-133 Humboldt Bay Docket No. 50-277 Peach Bottom 2 Docket No. 50-278 Peach Bottom 3 Docket No. 50-271 Vermont Yankee Docket No. 50-338 North Anna 1 Docket No. 50-280 Surry Unit 1 Docket No. 50-281 Surry Unit 2 Docket No. 50-266 Point Beach Unit 1 Docket No. 50-301 Point Beach Unit 2