ML20148J011

Responds to Re Compliance Insp on 730924-28. Corrective Action:Operating Procedure OP-426 Reviewed & Rewritten to Include Acceptance Criteria Per Requirements of Operational QA Manual

ML20148J011
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Site:	Yankee Rowe
Issue date:	11/06/1973
From:	Heider L YANKEE ATOMIC ELECTRIC CO.
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
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A AN KGE 20 Turnpike Rood Westborough, Mossochusetts 01581 November 6, 1973 United States Atomic Energy Ccerission 631 Park Avenue King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 07102 Attention: Directorate of Regu2atory Operationc, Region I

Reference:

License No. DPR-3 (Docket No. 50-29)

Dear Fir:

In reference to your letter of October 19, 1973 relative to the Compliance Inspection of September 24-28, Yankee Atomic E1cetric Ccapany hercuith submits the following reply.

As noted in your letter, Items No. 1, 2,'3 and 4 have been ccrrected and ill not be addressed in this 1 response. l i

Item No. 5. Technical Specifica,tions paragraph  ;

D.1 states, in part, "...All plant operations l uhdch have a significant, direct or potential  ;

effect on the reactor and its auxilliary cystem l shall be conducted in accordance with written  !

procedures..." j i

Contrary to the above, Yankee Procedure OP-405,  !

- Inspection of New Control or Shim Rods, was not  !

followed for the acceptance and receipt inspection (

of control rods for the core, and in addition, on i or about October 19, 1972 to October 26, 1972 .

inspection procedure and the acceptance criteria  !

for the control rods was changed without changing f the approved procedure.  !

i Yankee Atomic Elcetric Company agrees that l changes to procedure OP-405 and to its -

acceptance criteria were made during the l perior of October 24-28, 1972, and that l propi documentation of Yankee Nuclear j Serv l ::s Division approval for these i changtJ Uac not included as an attachecnt l to the procedure in question, even though j 801120Oh[M f l

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• United States Atomic Energy Commission . November 6, 1973 l Attn: Directorate of Regulatory Operations Page Two the required approvals had been requested, and were received at the plant.

The procedure in question has recently been revised to include those changes which were found to be necessary while performing the initial receipt and inspection of the control and shim rods procedure. In addition to the revision of the procedure in question, present practice nov requires that complete documenta- .

tion of all approved changes to procedures bc

.provided prior to the performance of said procedure.

Item No. 6. Yankee Atomic Electric Company Operational Quality Assurance Manual, AP-001 Rev. 1, Plant Procedures, requires surveillance test procedures to incorporate

, acceptance criteria. (Form APF 001.1)

Contrary to this requirement, OP-426 (Rev. 1), Pera.dic '

Testing of re.crgency Diesel Generatorn, does not contain acceptance criteria.

Yankee Ator.ic Electric Company Opereting Procedure OP-426 has been reviewed and rcuritten to include an neceptance criteria in accordance uith the re- 1reccats of the Yankee Atomic Operational

-Quality Assurance Manual.

Uc trust that you will find this infor tion satisfactory; houever, should ycu desire additional information feci free to contact us.  ;

Very truly yours, ,

Y/.NKEE ATOMIC ELECTRIC C0"PANY 6 Y L. H. Heider

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