IR 05000029/1975006

IE Insp Rept 50-029/75-06 on 750506-07.No Noncompliance Noted.Major Areas Inspected:Nuclear Safety Audit & Review Committee Performance for Period May 1974-Apr 1975

ML20148F593
Person / Time
Site:	Yankee Rowe
Issue date:	05/27/1975
From:	Davis A, Streeter J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:
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ML20148F590	List: IR 05000029/1975006 ML20148F587
References
50-029-75-06, 50-29-75-6, NUDOCS 8011050726
Download: ML20148F593 (7)

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.IE:I Form 12 .

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U.- S. NUCLEAR RECUL\ TORY CO:0!ISSION

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~)FFICE OF INSPECTIM A!!D ENFORCE!ENT

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REGION I

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IE Inspection Report.No: 50-29/75-06 Docket No: so_?o

' Licensee: ; Yankee' Atomic Electric Company License' No: DPR -3

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Westboro,l Massachusetts 01581 Ca tegory: C Safeguards Location: Group:

Roue. Mannnchusettn 01367 Type of Licensec: WR , 600 t'Ut (m '

T). of Inspection * Routine, Announced -

Datcp of. Inspection: _May 6-7, 1975 Dater, of Previous Inspection: May 5, 1975

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, B. Davis, Senior Reactor 1rfspector' DATE PWR Section, Reactor Operations Branch

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l SUMMARY OF FINDINGS  !

Enforcement Action Items of Noncompliance None

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. Deviations i None Licencoe Action on Previou. sly' Identified Enforcement Items Not inspected Design Channes Not inspected Unurual Occurrences-Not applicabic Other Significant findines

!r Current Findines Acceptable Areas l

Mucicar Safety Audit and Review Committee Activitics (Detail 2). .

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None  : Items of !!oncompliance Identified by the Licensee

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< Status of Previous Unresolved Items The following previous item was reviewed and is considered resolved:

Potential Conflict Between Technien1 Specifications and NSARC Charte (Detail 2.b.)

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i Management Interview A management interview was held at the conclusion of the inspection with Mr. D. B. Pike at Yankee Atomic Electric Company Southboro offic Items Discussed Purpose of the Inspectinn*

The inspector stated that the purpose of the inspection was to review the activities of the Nuclear Safety Audit and Review Committee for the period Iby 1974 through April 1975 by examining detailed documenta-tion to support the summary findings in NSARC coeting minute Review of Previous Unresolved Items The item discussed is as identified in the " Status of Previous Unresolved Items" section of this repor Nucient Safety Audit and Review Committec Activities The items discussed are as identified in Details 2 of this repor ,

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I DETAILS-

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t 1; JPersons Contacted Iankee Atomic' Electric' Company-Mr.~D.'W. Edwards..- Senior Operations Engineer ,

Mr.lJ. R.lFitch - Associate Engineer

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Mr. J. L. French - Manager of Operations

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H. Heider - Assistant VicciPresident Mr. E. W. ' Jackson, gJr. , - Senior- Operations Engineer .

Mr.11.. P. ' Johnson, Vice' Prenident -

Mr. K. L. Knickern - Manager of Security l Mr. R. L. Martin % Operational Quality Control & Audit ~ Enginee Mr. R. M. Mitchell - Technician Mr. D. B. Pike - }bnager, Operational Quality' Control & Audit (also Chairman, Nuclear Safety Audit 6 Review Committec)

' Mr.-R. E. M. Reid - Operations Engineer Mr. P. J. Swanson - Senior Operations Engineer

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tk. R. T. Turcotte - Draf tsma'n Mr. D. E. Vandenburgh, Senior Vice President Mr. J. W. UcIlings - Associate Engineer

' Nuclear Safety Audit and Review Committee (NSARC) Activities

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The purpose of the Committee is to review and/or audit all aspec of plant safet The requirements for the NSARC are set forth in Technical Specification D.l. and the Yankee Rowc Operational Quali Assurancu Manual,Section I The inspector reviewed documentation supporting Committcc findings summarized in meeting minutes to enable him to determine if the NSARC was meeting the above requirements during the interval ,

}by 1974 through April 197 The inspector reviewd (1)a November 25, 1974, memorandum to file from the NSARC Chairman on the subject of NSARC mebbership, and (2) the resumes of all NSARC members. The inspector determined that the composition of the committee membership and the quallfi-cations of the members exceeded the requirements of the documento E in 2.a. abov % . . .. .- .

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.The'. Technical Specifications require that-(1) the Committee, membership include three Yankee' Enginbering Department 11eads and one person from the supervisory staff of each Yankee Nuclear Power . Plant or Project,' and (2) a majority of the '

members shall consitute a quorum. Although these require--

ments arc'not specifically stated in the Committee Charter, they ere' being satisfied and the NSARC Chhirman understands that they must continue ~to be satisfied.. The' item documentedi Ein~IE:I Inspection Report 50-29/74-16,lDeta11.5.a.(2),is resolve : Meeting Frequency and Ouorum

. Previous reviewsLby the inspector.of Committee-minutes and a

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review during this. inspection of recently issued minutes enabled the inspector to determine that ~ the-NSARC is meeting at the frequency and with the' quorum required by the Technic a Specification d. ' Records The inspector determined that maintenance of records of NSA meetings, including suppo'rting documentacion, and distribution

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the Technical Specifications and QA Manua .

c.- Responsibilities

}lceting minutes and supporting documentation indicate that the N$ ARC, in accordance with the QA Manual, la (1) Reviewing all proposed changes to the Operating License and Technical Specification (2) Reviewing.all Plant Operations Review Committoo meeting minutes and making-a'de*ermination if matters considered by the PORC involve unreviewed or unresolved safety question (3) Reviewing'all proposed changes and modifications to plant systems or.?quipment having. safety significanc (4) Reviewing all ropcrted instances of violations of Tech-nical Specification I (5) Rc*/iewing all proposed tests and c::perf ront !

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(6): Reviewing all abnormal _ occurrences andfother. unusual occurrences and incidents'.

.(7)' Periodically. auditing plant operation . NSARC Audit Program The NSARC is. responsible for. periodically auditing plant operations as' indicated in 2.c.(7) above. LTo accomplish this,

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the NSARC conducts audits of all quality assurance.activitics that it considers to have a direct affect upon'the plan These i

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In Plant' Audit Program Control Room Log Book-

' Plant Design Changes Engineering Design Changes Action Taken or' Material Purchase and Service Requests Action Taken or Abnormal Occurrences

. Action Taken or PORC Recommendations Action Taken in Response to NRC Enforcement Letters Action Taken on Proposed Changes to the FSAR and Technica] ,

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The 'NSARC audit progrce is impicmented in accordance with a docc mnt entitle'd "Nuc1 car Safety Audit and Review Committee Audit Pree n o,"

. Revision 1, dated September 20, 1974. This document provides f the scheduling of audits and includes a procedure for conductfar, and' documenting audit The inspector examincd all reports of NSARC audits conducted in the interval May 1974.through April 1975. The inspector deterniped thrt

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.(1) The audits were conducted in accordance with a written pro-cedure and check list (2) The audits were conducted by members of'the NSARC who did not have direct responsibility in the area audite .(3) Audit results were documented and distributed to all NSARC members. Plant and corporate management were apprised of audit finding ,

(4) Follovup action on audit discrepancies has eitl er been taken or was being take (5) An audit schedule was issue . .. -- .

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.g g. (Corporate Management involvement in NSARC' Activities

The inspector' reviewed minutes-of meetings conducted on July

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~' corporate management.an. opportunity each quarter to reviewiche

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NSARC'activitics. Since NSARC'is involved in auditing quality

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assurance activities directly affecting the plant, this also  :

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discussions with?the Manager of Operational Quality control .

..and Audit (this. person.is also the NSARC. Chairman) indicate  ;

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assessing the offectiveness of both the NSARC and the Qualit g  : Assurance Progra h. - Inspector Comments t

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-(l) The inspector stated that there were many instancos in the meeting minutes where the NSARC would reviou an item and then make statements 'such as "Recommendaticas - None,"

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"No recommendationa to make," or "Revieued without comment."

' The inspector asked the NSARC Chairman if these statement:

• indicated that the USARC concurred with the item reviewe The Chairman stated that it did. The inspector had no -

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further questions concerning this amtte (2) The inspector stated that' the NSARC audits for the annual cycle May 1974 - May 1975 were scheduled such that they were allowed to be conducted over a period of about 2 weehc.'

The NSARC Chairman said he had recognized this and van coins to schedule the next audit cycle so that audits would be evenly distributed over the cycle. The inspector had no further questions'concerning this matte '

(3) The inspector stated that his review of NSARC activities indicated that the Committee wac doing an ef fective job in meeting the Technical Specification and. Quality Assurance Program requirement >

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