The following information was obtained from
Fisher Controls International via facsimile:
Fisher Controls International issued a Fisher Information Notice: FIN 2009-02, that notified customers of an issue discovered during an internal audit of manufacturing procedures followed by Fisher Controls International LLC. Specifically, on orders processed by Fisher Controls that invoked demineralized water cleaning requirements, Fisher Controls erroneously certified that all orders met demineralized water requirements when all requirements could not be proven to be met.
To meet the certification requirements, demineralized water must meet the quality requirements of NQA-1. Fisher Controls uses FMP [Fisher Manufacturing Procedure] 12B3 to verify that demineralized water used to clean parts meets NQA-1. Fisher determined that water quality testing using FMP 12B3 performed from January 1, 2001 to May 1, 2008 did not meet the test protocols.
Twenty two orders have been identified, from 500+ orders reviewed, which require either the use of demineralized water and/or NQA-1 high quality water for which Fisher cannot prove full compliance. It is important to note that this review was limited to nuclear assembly orders only. Safety-related parts orders were not included because final cleaning was done either with alcohol or acetone.
The affected plants are:
Indian Point 2
Seabrook
Millstone (two valves)
D.C. Cook
North Anna (two valves)
Catawba (seven valves)
Oconee (five valves)
McGuire (three valves)