IR 05000458/1978005

Insp Rept 50-458/78-05 on 780905-08.No Noncompliance Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Previously Identified Unresolved Items & Const Deficiency Rept Re Nonconforming Rebar

ML20204B873
Person / Time
Site:	River Bend
Issue date:	09/22/1978
From:	Oberg C NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
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ML20204B862	List: IR 05000458/1978005 ML20204B858
References
50-458-78-05, 50-458-78-5, NUDOCS 7811020369
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O U. S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION '

OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT REGION IV ,

Report No. 50-458/78-05 Docket No. 50-458 Category A2 L'icensee: Gulf States Utilities Company Post Office Box 2951 Beaumont, Texas 77704 Facility Name: River Bend Station, Unit No. 1 Inspection at: River Bend Site, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana and the Corporate Office in Beaumont, Texas Inspection conducted: September 5-8, 1978 Inspector: . . $!2- '

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Date C.R.Oberg,Reactorgspector

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Approved: gw 9/22/78 W. A. Crossman, Chief, Projects Section Date Inspection Summary:

Inspection on September 5-8, 1978 (Report No. 50-458/78-05)

Areas Inspected: Routine, announced inspection related to safety related .

work on site; previously identified unresolved items; review of a previously identified construction deficiency report of nonconforming rebar; and storage of safety related components. This inspection involved twenty-nine inspector-hours by one NRC inspecto Results: No items of noncompliance or deviations were identifie ,

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' DETAILS _ Persons' Contacted Licensee

• L. L. Humphreys, Senior Vice President, Energy Development J. H. Derr, Vice President, Engineering and Design C. E. Calvert, Manager, Power Flant Car,struction

• R. J. West, Manager, Quality Assurance

• K. W. Richardson, Manager, River Bend Project

• W. T. Crowe, Project Engineer J. E. Wimberly, Site Superintendent P. Cook, Senior QA Site Representative J. Nonnar,d, Civil Engineering Supervisor L. Smith, QA Representative M. Knobloch, Purchasing Agent Stone and Webster Engineering Company K. E. Conrad, Senior FQC Representative, Site D. Jones, FQC Representative, site

• denotes those present at the exit intervie , Licensee Action on Previous Inspection Findings (0 pen) Unraolved Item (50-458/78-01; 50-459/78-01): Plant Site Excavation and Backfill Maintenance. The specification relating to the site development work (210.100) is being revised. This item remains unresolved pending issuance of the revised specifi-cation and subsequent review by the IE inspecto . Site Tour The IE inspector made a general tour of the site accompanied by ..

a licensee representative. No safety related construction work was in progress except for receiving, storage and maintenance of equi pment. New construction work continues to be delayed for business reason The IE inspector noted that the excavation side walls have been further eroded by rain and that rain water had occumulated in the excavation. However, the standing water was in nonsafety i related areas. The licensee representative stated that the excavation slopes would be reworked and any " contamination" (soil washed into excavation) would be removed. The procedures are presently being prepared. (See paragraph 2)

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1 The IE inspector also noted that the soil under the dewatering I pump supports'has washed ou This may cause the pumps to become  !

inoperative if the condition continues. The licensee representa- I tive stated that steps were underway to place the pumps and engines on concrete slabs which would prevent further erosion. After dis-

, cussion of this item at the corporate office, the.IE inspector

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item will be reviewed in a future inspection.

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! The licensee representative informed the IE inspector that there )

are approximately eleven GSU professional personnel presently assignei on sit In addition the constructor, Stone & Webster,

, have approximately one-hundred nineteen personnel assigned, in-a cluding four subcontactor personne . Construction Deficiency Report ~ Breakdown in Quality Assurance Program for Reinforcing Steel On Novembe.' 1,1977, Gulf States Utilities Company. (GSU) reported J to Region IV a potential breakdown in the quality assurance pro- j gram for reinforcing steel supplied by Trans-America Steel  !

Corporation (TASCO) of Welcome, North Carolina. Interim reports on this matter were transmitted to Region IV on November 29, 1977, j March 23,1978, and July 5, 1978. In this latter report, GSU stated that the final report would be submitted by December 31, i 197 ,

On August 31, 1978, an infomational meeting was held in Bethesda

. to inform NRR and OIE of the status of the deficiency and to request clarification on QA program matters.

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, Review of Documentation During this inspection, the IE inspector held discussions with licensee representatives;, reviewed applicable correspondence,

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specification records and procedures; and inspected the rebar storage area on site. Documents examined include the following: ,

(1) Current, Applicable Procedures

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QAD Receiving Inspection - General QAD 1 Inspection Report preparation  ;

QS Receiving Inspection QS.1 Inspection Report System

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-QS 1 Nonconformance and Disposition (N&D) Report -

Field Quality Application

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QS 1 Risk Releases of'Unsat/ Nonconforming Material /

Equipment CMP Receiving Material and Equipment (2) Inspection Reports IR S8100042 3/13/78 IR S8100058 3/ 21/78 IR S8100059 3/22/78 IR 58100061 3/22/78 l

(3) Nonconformance and Disposition (N&D) Reports i l

N&D No. FQC-5-8962 Nonconforming Rebar (Includes procedure j for reidentification of rebar) j N&D No. FQC-S-8869 Standby Cooling Tower Rebar (4) Specifications Reinforcing Steel ASTM-A-615 - Grade 40

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No. 210, GSU approved 10/23/74 with Amendments (5) Purchase Orders P0 RBS-210.341-139 of 10/8/75 (S&W Cherry Hill to Trans America Steel Corporation) with Ammendments 1 thru 13 (6) Audit Reports and Surveys S&W Surveys of Trans America Steel Corporation, 3/13/75 and 9/16/75 GSU QA Report on Surveillance of Florida Steel, 10/11-12/77 GSU QA Report TS-1 RB1 of Supplier Surveillance, 10/28/77 (on Trans America Steel Corporation)

S&W Audit - Trans America Steel Corporation 12/20-22/78 Storage of Rebar on Site The IE inspector determined that the rebar presently on site is appropriately controlled and identified in a " Hold" statu . ___ . -.

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Construction on the power plant has been halted, and no rebar is being used on site. The licensee representative stated that the solution to the reported construction. ficiency will include final disposition of the nonconforming rebar and that the defi-ciency would be resolved prior to any commencement of construction activity involving reinforcing stee No items of noncompliance or deviations were identifie . Storage of Safety Related Components The IE inspector made an inspection of the warehouse to examine the storage and preservation of safety related material and components which had been received on site. The licensee is continuing work on the warehouse arrangements. The-IE inspector observed that safety related materials were properly identified and stored. Adequate controls for warehouse access are in effect. Storage Level I

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facilities are complete, and the environmental control system was l in the process of being checked ou l l

No items of noncompliance or deviations were identifie . Unresolved Items i

Unresolved items are matters about which more information is required in order to ascertain whether they are acceptable items, items of

, noncompliance, or deviations. An unresolved item disc 1csed during the inspection is discussed in paragraph . -Exit Interview The IE inspector met with the licensee representative (denoted in para-graph 1) at the conclusion of the inspection on September 8,1978. The IE inspector summarized the purpose and scope of the inspection and the finding The IE inspector stated that the GSU resolution of three items (given below) would be further examined in subsequent inspections. These items have been identified by the licensee in the documentation re-lating to the reinforcing steel deficiency repor Reliability of inspection reports (No. 26 & 27) made on steel at Florida Steel fabricating plant by a S&W QCp inspector on October 13, 197 Substantiating the traceability of material which was verified by monitoring material being fabricated for other nuclear plants at Georgetown Steel Compan _ _ _

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. Identifying the method used by TASCO to ensure that a QA program was established in Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Steeltown, P (Bethlehem Steel supplied ret,ar to Cives Steel Corporation (CIVES)

and Pittsburgh Bridge & Iron Corporation (PBI) for fabrication of radial shear bar assemblies.)

The licensee representative acknowledged understanding of the finding i

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