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ACCESSION #: 9501310290 PHILIPS Philips Communications & Processing Services November 28, 1994 Mr. Jack Spraul Power Computing Company U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 1 White Flint North 1151 Rockville Pike, MS-10A-19 Rockville, Maryland 20852 Dear Mr. Spraul, Reference: Letter dated April 26, 1993, from Charlotte Guthrie to Jack Spraul regarding the transition of the Electric Power Industry Business at Power Computing Company(PCC). Due to the continuing decline in CYBER services level, PCC management has announced that effective December 31, 1994, it will no longer offer computing services on its CYBER mainframe machines. PCC has notified its customers and its software suppliers of this decision. Attached to this letter is a QALIB Release Register of the software programs that are currently being offered under PCC's safety-related QA program. The QALIB Release Register also notes the system on which the program runs. All programs referenced in Sections A, B, and D(except those lined through), will be removed from production and all users have been notified of their removal as per PCC's Quality Assurance Procedure 305, Control of Application Software Products. On December 31, 1994, a last permanent file dump of the CYBER operating environment will be made. This permanent file dump, which will include the system software(SBLs and SVSs) and application software, will be written to tape and stored at PCC's offsite storage facility. The CYBER machines will be eliminated from PCC's data center. Under the auspices of its QA program PCC contracted with its customers and suppliers, of the above referenced software programs, to provide 10CFR Part 21 Reporting of Defects and Nonconformances services. Additionally, as per PCC's Quality Assurance Program, software suppliers are required to have Part 21 reporting processes in place prior to being placed on PCC's Approved Vendor List. PCC is formally requesting an exemption to the Part 21 reporting requirements for the programs listed on the attachment as the software program suppliers have Part 21 processes in place and PCC will be unable to assist in any evaluation of Part 21 reporting because the CYBER machines will be physically removed. The termination of the CYBER services offering does not affect the integrity of PCC's QA program. If I can be of further assistance in offering additional information during your consideration of this request, please do not hesitate to contact me at (214)655-8744. Kathleen M. Manning Quality Assurance Manager Attachment: QALIB Release Register, Effective date: 7/05/94 cc: Robert R. Andrews, President, Power Computing Company Ronnie J. Evans, Supervisor, Document Control Center QA Records 1930 Hi Line Drive Dallas, TX 75207-3399 Tel: 214-655-8822 800-882-3090 Fax: 214-655-8836 QALIB Release Register TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION PROGRAMS PAGE NUMBER A Certified after 2-1-85 1 - 2 B Certified before 7-1-86 (B&W Program) 3 C Removed from QALIB 4 - 9 D Certified before 1-1-89 (CDC Program) 10 Notes 11 Effective Date: 07/05/94 re Table "QALIB Release Register, Revision 33, Effective: 07/05/94", Pages 1 thru 10 of 11, omitted. QALIB Release Register Revision 33 Page 11 of 11 Effective: 07/05/94 NOTES (1) 0684 is termed LSTRUDL in documentation and it is the same as 83A2. (2) Access change only - original absolute unchanged (3) One Module Revised - see on-line Newsfile (4) Re-Release of previous Version (5) Removed from NPD C.P.I. Report for B&W internal usage. (6) Limited Access (7) Installed previously under B&W-NPD NPG-09-02-06 and qualified for QALIB, based on historical records, after 7-1-86. TYPE Notation VENDOR - Vendor Supplied obtained directly from developer with qualified QA program. PUBLIC - Public Domain obtained from public domain libraries (eg. National Labs). PCCMOD - PCC Modified Public Domain with PCC modification/additions. PCCDEV - PCC Developed directly by PCC. SQAPLN - Maintained by PCC under an SQA Plan. ACQUIRED - Software acquired under Commercial Grade procurement and documented in a manner suitable for dedication by PCC's EPI customers. Discontinued PCC - Standard commercial software evaluated, placed under QUALIFIED configuration control, and documented in a Verification report by PCC. CDC-DEV - Code developed by CDC, acquired and grandfathered as-is. Subsequent release will be under PCC QA Program (SQAPLN). B&W-NPD: - Program developed and certified by B&W Nuclear Power Division. Subsequent release will be Vendor type. B&W-MOD - Programs developed outside B&W, but verified and certified under B&W QA Program. Subsequent release will be Vendor Type. REMOVE FROM PRODUCTION (*) Also physically removed from production on the system. No longer available. (+) Not Available. The Absolute was never in production. (#) Program available for Non-QA use (eg. APPLIB). (**) Available for Technology use only through B&W-NPD. *** END OF DOCUMENT ***