IR 05000458/1986033

Insp Rept 50-458/86-33 on 861103-07.No Violations or Deviations Noted.Major Areas Inspected:Qa Program Review, Onsite Review Committee,Audit Program & Implementation

ML20215D654
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Site:	River Bend
Issue date:	12/04/1986
From:	Bennett W, Jaudon J, Skow M NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
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. . APPENDIX U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

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t NRC Inspection Report: 50-458/86-33

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License: NPF-47 Docket: 50-458 Licensee: Gulf States Utilities P. O. Box 220 St. Francisville, Louisiana 70775 Facility Name: River Bend Station Inspection At: River Bend Site, St. Francisville,. Louisiana Inspection Conducted: November 3-7, 1986 Inspectors: 1 A/YM W. R. Bennett, Project Engineer, Projects Date Section A, Reactor Projects Branch

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M. E. Skow, Project Engineer, Projects Date'

Section A, Reactor Projects Branch Approved: h A /2 9 [

J.[P. Maydon, Chief, Projects Section A Date Reactor Projects Branch Inspection Summary Inspection Conducted November 3-7, 1986 (Report 50-458/86-33)

Areas Inspected: Routine, unannounced inspection of quality assurance progrcm review, onsite review committee, audit program, and implementatio Results: Within the four areas inspected, no violations or deviations were identifie %hk$

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DETAILS Persons Contacted

• J. C. Deddens, Vice President, River Bend Nuclear Group

• T. F. Plunkett, Plant Manager

• T. C. Crouse, Quality Assurance (QA) Manager

• D. R. Gipson, Assistant Plant Manager, Operations

• R. B. Stafford, Director, Operations QA

• E. R. Grant, Director, Licensing

• R. King, Supervisor, Nuclear Licensing

• J. E. Spivey, QA Engineer

~*I. M. Malik, Supervisor, Quality Systems

• K. E. Ormstedt, QA Engineer

• E. R. Oswood, Senior QA Engineer

• V. J. Normand, Supervisor, Administrative Services

• R. J. Backen, Senior QA Engineer

• R. J. Vachon,. Senior Compliance Analyst

• R. R. Smith, Licensing Engineer

• N. M. Moreira, Projects

• D. W. Williamson, Operations Supervisor

• K. C. Hodges, Supervisor, Quality Engineering

• J. E. Price, Senior Licensing Engineer G. R. Kimmell, Supervisor, Operations QA

- F. A. Bysfield, Control System Supervisor J. D. Davis, Senior QA Engineer D. Z. Hatoceck, Plant QA Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation (SWEC)

J. Sanders, Compliance Specialist (FRC Secrotary)

• R. Hall, Assistant Superintendent, Field Quality Control

• D. A. Logan, QA Engineer

• R. P. Murray, QA Engineer The NRC inspectors also contacted other licensee personnel including administrative, clerical, and operations personne * Denotes those attending the exit intervie . Licensee Action on Previous Inspection Findings (Closed) Violation (458/8602-02): Failure to properly implement the temporary alteration procedur . Corrective action consisted of suspension of the temporary alteration progra The program was replaced by Modification Request Procedure The NRC inspector determined that all remaining temporary alterations are in accordance with applicable procedures. The NRC inspector reviewed

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engineering procedure EDP-AA-54, " Engineering Department Guidelines and Instructions for Prccessing Modification Requests," Revision 7, dated October 14, 198 This item is close . Quality Assurance Program Annual Review The purpose of this portion of the inspection was to ascertain whether revisions to QA implementing procedures are in conformance with the latest approved docketed QA program, and that the licensee is implementing a QA program that is in conformance with regulatory requirements, commitments, and industry guides and standard .The NRC inspectors reviewed the following QA procedures:

Number Rev Date Title QAP '10/27/86 Preparation, Review, Approval, and Issue of the Operations Quality Assurance Manual QAP /27/86 Preparation, Review, Approval, and Issue of Quality Assurance Procedures and Instructions QAP /09/84 Processing Corrective Action Reports to Management

.QAP 1.15 0 07/03/84 Processing of Quality Assurance Finding Reports (QAFRs)

QAI /30/85 Audit Performance and Reporting The NRC inspectors found that recent changes to QA implementing procedures appeared to be in conformance with the approved QA progra Interviews were condated with various licensee personnel having responsibility for preparing implementing procedure changes to the QA program for operation. The personnel appeared to understand the significance of making changes to implementing procedure Manning in the QA division appeared adequate to perform all QA-related tasks. Manning is currently supplemented by approximatel3 35 contractor personne The intended goal is to be self-sufficient (no contractor personnel) during the second quarter of 198 . . . , , .. - .,. .. .

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! In addition, the specific areas of Or. site Review Comittee anc' Audit Ri Program and Implementation were reviewed and are discussed in the following paragraph ,

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No violations or deviations were identified in this portion of the

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The pyrpose of this portion of the inspection was to provice a functional =

review of the Onsite Review Comittee, to determine that the safety-related responsibilities of the committee are being adequately -=

performe i 4 The NRC inspector reviewed River Bend Procedure ADM-002, " Charter of the i Facility Review Comittee (FRC)," Revision 4, dated January 10, 1986, 4 including TCN 86-1403 dated September 12, 1986. The FRC charter appears C to meet the requirements delineated in Technical Specification (TS) 6. ?

The NRC inspector attended two FRC meetings. The number of meeting -

attendees met the minimum quorum required by TS. All documents reviewed f at the meetings were distributed for review, with a meeting agenda, to all d members prior to the meetings. The meetings were conducted in a a

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professional manner and the depth of discussion by the members of the 5 comittee indicated that a thorough review of all documents had been

performed. Licensee Event Report (LER)86-054 was one of the documents i reviewed. The LER was due to be submitted to the NRC on the day of the

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FRC meeting. This appears to be a normal occurrence which, in the past, -

has led to late submittals of LERs to the NRC. This late submittal of a LERs to the FRC and subsequently the NRC will be monitored by the NRC =

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inspector as an open item (458/8633-01). j i '::-

The NRC inspector interviewed several members of the FRC. All personnel interviewed had a good understanding of the functions of the FRC and their m specific responsibilities as FRC member ]

The NRC inspector reviewed the minutes of approximately 30 FRC meeting E

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TS. The FRC meeting minutes appeared to accurately reflect the occurrences at the meetings and contained the status of all FRC open ,

items. The HRC inspector noted that the backlog of approval for previous a FRC meeting minutes had decreased significantly in the month prior to the j

inspection. This is attributed to the hiring of a full-time FRC '3 j secretar ;

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5. Audit Program and Implementation The purpose of this inspection was to ascertain whether the licensee has developed a QA program relating to audits of activities that is in conformance with regulatory requirements and commitment In this regard, the NRC inspector reviewed the following documents: __

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QAP 1.15 0 07/03/84 Processing of Quality Assurance Finding Reports (QAFRs)

l QAP /09/84 Processing Corrective Action Reports to Management

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1 12/06/85 GSU Audit Plan and Schedule 1986-87 _

86-07-I-0PER G8/22/86 GSU QA Audit of Operations I

86-08-I-PFPP 09/29/86 GSU QA Audit of RBS Fire Protection Program i GSUS/PFPP-98/09 10/28/85 GSU QA Audit of RBS Fire Protection Program In addition, the NRC inspector reviewed the QAFRs that were issued by those audits listed above, and the Lead Auditor Certification Records for six GSU active lead auditors and for two contractor lead auditors.

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The schedule for 1986 appeared to include those audits required by TS as well as special audits of interest to the license At the time of the inspection, the licensee had 17 certified active lead auditors and 6 active auditor This staffing level appeared adequate to perform the i scheduled audits in a thorough manne i The licensee appeared to have issued QAFRs for those findings noted in the audit report However, for the Fire Protection Audit performed in 1985, five QAFRs remained open for nearly a year after the audit. Of those five, QAFR Numbers P-85-10-45D, -490, and -52D were closed in September 1986 and -50D and -510 were still open during this inspectio The licensee's procedures provide for extending QAFR response due dates and for escalation of QAFRs up t5 rough various levels of QA managemen Procedures also provide another progressive step to document a concern and provide a higher level of interest between the QAFR and a Stop Work a f Directive. That intermediate step is the Corrective Action Request (CAR). 8 The licensee stated that in the case of the five QAFRs noted above, "

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in attempting to resolve the QAFRs. The licensee also stated that formal escalation of QAFRs and the use of CARS has been used very rarel However, the NRC inspector did find evidence of at least sporadic work

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towards resolution of those QAFRs. Additional inspection effort will be required to ascertain whether responses were timely and any extensions

documented. This is an open item (458/8633-02).

During review of the procedures listed above, the NRC inspector found that i

the procedures appeared to conform to Technical Specification requirements and standards.

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No violations or deviations were noted.

6. Exit Interview An exit interview was held on November 7,1986, with those personnel denoted in paragraph 1 of this report. The NRC senior resident inspector and resident inspector also attended this meeting. At the meeting, the scope of the inspection and findings were summarized.

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