IR 05000424/1985049

Enforcement Conference Repts 50-424/85-49 & 50-425/85-36 on 850925.Violation Noted:Insufficient Organizational Freedom/ Control of Svcs Through Effective Audits

ML20137Q293
Person / Time
Site:	Vogtle
Issue date:	10/10/1985
From:	Blake J, Girard E NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To:
Shared Package
ML20137Q275	List: IR 05000424/1985049 ML20137Q269 ML20137Q281
References
50-424-85-49, 50-424-85-49-EC, 50-425-85-36, EA-85-117, NUDOCS 8512050227
Download: ML20137Q293 (4)

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Report Nos.: 50-424/85-49 and 50-425/85-36 Licensee: Georgia Power Company P. O. Box 4545 Atlanta, GA 30302 Docket Nos.: 50-424 and 50-425 License Nos.: CPPR-108 and CPPR-109 Facility Name: Vogtle 1 and 2 Inspection Conducted: September 25, 1985 Inspector: [ /09!?f ' ird 'Da'e Signed t

Approved by: /o oY J f. Blake, Section Chief Date Signed ng'ineering Branch '

ivision of Reactor Safety SUMMARY Scope: This report documents the in office evaluation effort and enforcement conference held with Georgia Power Company Officials on September 25, 1985 concerning Unresolved Item 424, 425 /84-05-01, " Insufficient Organizational Freedom / Control of Services Through Effective Audits."

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Results: One violation was identified; " Insufficient Organizational Freedom /

Control of Services Through Effective Audits," paragraph 2

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REPORT DETAILS Enforcement Conference

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An Enforcement Conference was held at the NRC Region II Office on September 25, 1985, to discuss concerns regarding possible harassment /

intimidation of Quality . Control (QC) welding inspectors by Pullman Power Products, Inc., .(PPP) management in and prior to the Spring of 1983. The specific issue discussed was the subject of an NRC Office of Investigation (OI) investigation conducted during May 19 to July 9, 1983. This issue was

later followed ,up and documented in a Region II Inspection Report No. 50-424, 425/84-05. A summary of the investigation was forwarded to Georgia Power Company by NRC letter dated September 12, 198 The following personnel were in attendanc Georgia'Ppwer Company M

D. O. Fod)er, Vice' President and General Manager, Vogtle Project P.D.Ric/,VicePresidentandGeneralManager,QualityAssurance(QA)

H. H. Gre^ gory, III, General Manager, Construction C. W. Hayes, QA Manager B. C. Harbin, Quality Control Manager L.-B. Glenn, Quality Concerns Manager C. M. honakler, Jr. , Senior Personnel Representative R..A. Bell, Salary Administrative Manager C. W. Whitney, Legal Counsel, Troutman, Sanders, Lockerman and Ashmore Law' Firm R. T. Walter, Director, Mechanical-Construction Operation, PPP B. L. Edwards, Site Resident Manager, PPP NRC J. N. Grace, Regional Administrator, RII R. D. Walker, Director, Division of Reactor Projects (DRP), RII A. F. Gibson, Acting Director, Division of Reactor Safety (DRS), RII J. A. Axelrad, Director, Enforcement Staff, Office of Inspection and Enforcement (OIE)

G. R. Jenkins,- Director, Enforcement and Investigation Coordination Staff, RII-A. R. Herdt, Chief, Engineering Branch, DRS, RII M. V. Sinkule, Chief,.2D Project Section, RII-J. Y. Vorse, Director, Field Office, Office of Investigation

.B. W.. Jones, Regional Counsel, RII S. G.: Burns, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of the Executive Legal Director-

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E. J. Holler, Enforcement Specialist, OIE E. H. Girard, Reactor Inspector, DRS, RII L. P. Modenos, Enforcement Specialist, RII

'S. J. Vias, Reactor Inspector, DRS, RII J. F. Rogge, Senior Resident Inspector, DRP, RII R. J. Schepens, Resident Inspector, DRP, RII W. H. Rankin, Acting Project Engineer, DRP, RII During the. meeting, the Georgia Power Company representatives presented the results of their investigations and assessments and the corrective actions taken regarding alleged intimidation of QC welding inspectors by PPP managemen Licensee representatives discussed: the methodology and results of

, investigations of PPP personnel practices including salary administration and QC inspector job assignments; the PPP organization and policy changes; various corrective actions implemented by PPP such as the increase of QC inspector staff, assignment of lead inspectors, addition of problem solving teams, training in human factors, training in communication, training in the team building concept, the increase in corporate involvement, the establish-ment of biweekly meetings, and the addition of suggestion boxes; the results and methodology of interviews conducted with PPP QC Inspectors by Georgia Power Compapy; the establishment and effectiveness of GPC and PPP Quality Concerns Program; and GPC Quality Assurance factions which overview licensee programs such as contractor program review, audits and assessment The licensee stated that on the basis of their review of salary admini-stration they had concluded that the PPP practices were fair and reasonabl They found, however, that the practices were not understood by the QC personnel involved and may have been improperly perceived by them. GPC stated that their investigation of PPP personnel practices did not specifically identify intimidation /harrassment, however, they did identify a specific management style which. could be perceived by the inspectors as

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intimidation /harrassment. To correct this problem, the PPP Project Manager

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was removed from the sit The licensee representatives also outlined corrective actions that were taken subsequent 'to their issuance of the response to Inspection Report =

50-424, 425/84-05 dated July 23, 1984. One of these acti.ons involved interviews of PPP QC welding inspectors by GPC in 1984 and 1985. The results of these interviews indicated that PPP personnel were apprised of C

salary administrative policy and that no misuse of salary administration or *

intimidation /harrassment of inspectors was occurrin . NRC Staff Evaluation Results Subsequent to the Enforcement Conference described in paragraph 1, the NRC staff evaluated the additional information presented. It was concluded that

actions described in Inspection Report 50-424/84-05 and 50-425/84-05 and 01 l Investigation Report No. 2-83-005, constituted a violation of 10 CFR 50, ,

l Appendix B, Criterion However, due to the timely, extensive corrective

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action impl_emented by the licensee, a civil penalty was not deemed appropriate. This violation is identified as violation No. 424/85-49-01; 425/85-36-01, Insufficient Organizational Freedom / Control of Services Through Effective Audit In that the presentation.by the licensee addressed all questions related to corrective actions, no response is required and this violation is close This also closes unresolved item 50-424/84-05-01; 50-425/84-05-0 .

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