ML20244A759

Informs That NRC Determined That Series of Audits Necessary to Verify Proper Implementation of B&W Owners Group Safety & Performance Improvement Program Recommendations at Each B&W Designed Facility.Info Re Audit Encl

ML20244A759
Person / Time
Site:	Rancho Seco
Issue date:	04/12/1989
From:	Reynolds S Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Firlit J SACRAMENTO MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT
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TAC-68205, NUDOCS 8904180179
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\. ,g/ April '12, 1989 0 ocket No. 50-312 Mr. Joe Fir 11t Chief. Executive Officer, Nuclear Rancho Seco Nuclear Generating Station 14440 Twin Cities Road Herald, California 95638-9799

SUBJECT:

SAFETYANDPERFORMANCEIMPROVEMENTPROGRAM(SPIP)

PROGRAMMATIC AUDIT AT RANCHO SECO NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION (TAC NO. 68205) the NRC staff has determined that a series of audits is As you aretoaware,fy necessary veri the proper implementation of. the. Babcock & Wilcox Owners Group-(BWOG) safaty and performance improvement program (SPIP) recommendations at each B&W 6esigned facility. This audit series consists of a SPIP program . i matic audit, a SPIP recommendation implementation audit, and _a followu) audit, if necessary. The programmatic audit for Rancho Seco is planned for tie week of June 19, 1989.-

The following information concerning the audit is provided to facilitate your prepan . ion in support of the audit:

The purpose of the audit is to evaluate the adequacy of your program to implement the BWOG SPIP recommendations, Msjor areas to be evaluated are:

Management Comitinent and Invohement - assess the degree to which corporate and SPIP processi.e.,(plant manageme-d assess the degree is comitted to and involved of effort assigned to in the establishing, implementing, and controlling the SPIP program).

Review Team Comitment and Involvement - assess the degree to which the recommendation review team is comitted to and involved in the SPIPprocess(i.e.,assessthedegreeofeffortassignedtoreview the recommendation basis, safety implications, system interactions, design modifications and/or procedure changes, implementation scheduling,andthecontroloftechnicalsupportteaminterfaces).

Included in this area will be an evaluation of your applicability and implementation reviews for about 30 to 40 recommendations.

Work Group Comitment and Involvement - assess the degree to which specific plant work groups are comitted to and involved in the SPIPprocess(i.e.,assessthedegreeofeffortassignedto modification installation procedures, quality assurance and quality control, test and acceptance criteria, maintenance plan development and interfacing with review teams and management.

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This area may or may not be covered depending upon the number of recommendations that involve a plant modification for which you-have completed the design work and/or the installation.

We request that you make a one-hour presentation, at the start of the audit, to familiarize the audit team with your program and organization, including l information relative to the major areas to be evaluated, as noted above. 1 Also, we request that knowledgeable personnel be made available to assist the l team in gathering information and answering questions.

It is anticipated that the audit will commence with an entrance meeting at

'8:00 a.m. on June 19, 1987 and conclude with an exit meeting at 1:00 p.m.

on June 23, 1989.

Sincerely, s N Steven A. Reynolds, Project Manager Project Directorate V Division of Reactor Projects - III, IV, V and Special Projects cc: See next page i

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Herald, California 95638-9799' cc:

.Mr. David S. Kaplan, Secretary Mr. John Bartus.

-and General Counsel- Ms.'JoAnne Scott-Sacramento Municipal Utility ' Federal Energy Regulatory Comission District 825 North Capitol Street, N. E.

6201 S Street Washington, D.C. 20426 P. O. Box 15830 Sacramer'o, California 958134 Thomas A. Baxter, Esq. Ms. Helen Hubbard Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge P. O. Box 63 2300 N Street, N.W. Sunol, California 94586 Washington, D.C. 20037

Mr. Steven Crunk Manager, Nuclear Licensing _

Sacramento Municipal Utility District-Rancho Ceco Nuclear Generating Station 14440 Twin Cities Road Herald, California 95638-9799 Mr. Robert B. Borsum, Licensing Representative Babcock & Wilcox~

Nuclear Power Division 1700 Rockville Pike - Suite 525 Rockville, Maryland 20852 Resident Inspector / Rancho Seco c/o U.-S. N. R. C.

14440 Twin Cities Road Herald, California 95638 Regional Administrator, Region V U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 1450 Maria Lane, Suite 210 Walnut Creek, California 94596 Mr. Paul Szalinski, Chief Radiological Health Branch State Department of Health Services 714 P~ Street, Office Building #8 Sacramento, California 95814 Sacramento County Board of Supervisors 700 H Street, Suite 2450 Sacramento, California 95814 i m

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April 12, 1989 This area may or may not be covered depending upon the number of recommeridations that involve a plant modification for which you have completed the design work and/or the installation.

We request that you make a one-hour presentation, at the start of the audit, to familiarize the audit team with your program and organization, including information relative to the major areas to be evaluated, as noted above. i Also, we request that knowledgeable personnel be made available to assist the team in gathering information and answering questions.

It is anticipated that the aucit will commence with an entrance meeting at 8:00 a.m. on June 19, 1987 and conclude with an exit meeting at 1:00 p.m. I on June 23, 1989.

Sincerely,

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Steven A. Reynolds, Project Manager Project Directorate V i Division of Reactor Projects - III, IV, V and Special Projects cc: See next page DISTRIBUTION IDocket File 3 THRC & Local'PDRs PD5 Reading MVirgilio SReynolds GKalman 0GC (f/ info only)

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