IR 05000358/1973006

Insp Rept 50-358/73-06 on 730806-08.Violations Noted.Major Areas Inspected:Fabrication of Primary Steam Piping for Plant Reactor Facility at Associated Piping & Engineering Plant in Compton,Ca

ML20235B954
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Site:	05000000, Zimmer
Issue date:	09/28/1973
From:	Garvin L, Spencer G NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
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DIRECTORATE OF REGULATORY OPERATIONS

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RO Vendor Inspection Report No. 050-358/73-06 Vendor: Associated Piping and Engineering Company

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Compton, California (999-070)

Equipment: Primary Steam Piping f Licensee: Cincinnati Cas and Electric Company-Cincinnati, Ohio Zimmer Unit 1 (50-358)  !

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License No. CPPR-88 Type of Licensee: BWR (GE) - 810 Mwe Type of Inspection: Routine, Announced August 6-8, 1973  !

Dates of Inspection:

Dates of Previous Inspection: August 22-24, 1972 Prd r.:ip al Inspector: L. J. Gsrvin . gg YM I' N (,d* (Date)

Accompanying Inspectors: None Other Accompanying Personnel: None Reviewed By: G. S. Spencer, Chief -

-2 T-M Reactor Construction and Operations Branch (Date)

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SUMMARY OF FINDINGS L

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1.. Associated Piping.and Engineering Company's (AP&E) drawing control was not.being implemented as outlined in the procedur ;j (Paragraph 5.b) j

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corrective action had not been conducted following the last, 1, semiannual.QA audi (Paragraph 5.e) 1 l

' Safety Matters No immediate, significant safety matters were encountered during' ]

the inapectio Licensee Action on Previously Identified Enforcement Items: Non Design Changes: Not applicabl Unusual Occurrences: Not applicabl Other Significant Findings

. Current Findings Current findings are discussed in the " Report Details Section" of this repor l Unresolved Matters No unresolved matters were identified during the inspectio . Status of Previously Reported Unresolved Matters Previously reported unresolved matters are discussed in Paragraph 5.a of this repor Management Interview The following persons attended the management interview at the conclusion of the inspection.

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W. W. Schwiers,' Quality Assurance Engineer General' Electric Company ' (GE) ~

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S... (NMI) Quijano,L Quality Control Representative K. D. Jakabcin,; Quality Control Engineer

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Associated Piping -and Engineering Cotspany (AP&E)

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R. C. Jordan,' Quality Control Manager B. . Matters discussed and comments, on' the part of management .

personnel, were as follows :

The AP&E representative said.that a meeting was scheduled following the inspection to inform personnel that all quality. assurance procedures were to be followe .

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. Persons Contacted _

Persons contacted, in addition to those listed in the Management Interview Section of this report, were as follows:-

Associated Piping and Engince" ring Company (AP&E)

H. Anderson, Executive Vice President D. Ysais,, Quality Assurance Engineer D. Lapatka, Project Engineer B. Olson, Receiving Clerk B. Long, Welding Foreman . General ,

. The primary steam piping for CG6E's Zimmer No.1 plant was ordered by GE under purchase order No. 623 D3693-L62, dated February 2, 1972, using specification. No. 21A9416, Revision 0, dated June 16, 1971. The piping is to be built to ASME Section.III - 1971. Nine of approximately 30 pipe spools have been complete .- Purchase Order Review The'GE purchase order was examined to determine if the QA require-ments, imposed on AP&E, met the appropriate portions of 10 CFR Part 50, ,

Appendix B. GE's representative was asked what QA requirements 1 were imposed on AP&E. He stated that the requirements referenced in the purchase order were those in ASME Section III and GE's

" Quality Control Plan No.1" (QCPH-1) .

The QCPN-1 Specification and ASME Code Section III - 1971 were examined to determine if the appropriate portions of 10 CFR Part 50, I' Appendix B, had been imposed on AP&E, and no further questions were generated.

l Associated Piping and Engineering's Quality Assurance Progra General AP&E Quality Assurance ASME "N" Stamp QA Manual describes their QA program. The manual was approved by AP&E's president on August 21, 1972. Their "N" and "NPT" stamp authorizations are dated October 31, 1972. The manual was submitted, as required, to GE on October 12, 1972. The manual is used for all piping produced for c,ommercial nuclear power plant _4-

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b.. QA Manual Review The AP&E QA program wac compared to the pertinent provisions of Appendix B, 10 CFR 50 and the conditions imposed by the purchase order. The content of the manual was examined and discussed with representatives of AP&E. Based on the examination and discussions, the inspector found that the defined program met all pertinent requirement . Implementation of the Quality Assurance Program Shop Tour During a short tour of the plant it was observed that the~ plant was clean and that, within d,esignated areas, storage of parts and subassemblies was neat and orderly. All machines were attended where work was in progress. Shop inspectors were observed at inspection station , Document Control The document control system was reviewed both in the shop and the record control cente Since the document control procedure applies to all commercial nuclear work in the plant, it was agreed by AP&E that the records of any drawing could be examine Duri.ng an additional tour of the shop, the inspector examined the drawings attached to shop travelers. Each pipe spool has a unique number which corresponds to a unique pipe spool drawing numbe There were three pipe spools in process during the inspectio The records in the drawing control center of two drawings being -

used in the shop indicated that newer revisions had been issued i on April 30, 1973. (F15097A 25, Revision 0 should have been Revision 1, F15097A 26, Revision 0 should have been Revision 1)

A drawing transmittal form, which is used to document the issue of new revisions and the recall of old revisions, was in the file but had not been completed. There was no indication on the transmittal form that new drawings had been issued or that'

- old drawings had been recalled. The Quality Control drawing file was also examined. It contained Revision 0 for these two drawing The drawing control center's file of drawing transmittals was examine T here were approximately 25 transmittals pertaining to the Zimmer 1 piping. Two transmittals did not document the

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of old revisions, 23 were signed indicating recall of old revisions, but did not indicate, as required, the number of drawings that l were recalled.

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The calibration system included procedures that describe the ?c methods to be used when calib' rating equipment. The recall procedor? and documentation of calibrations of measuring and test equipment were examined at both the calibration record station and at equipment being used in the plant. No anomalies were note Receiving Inspection and Storage i Receiving inspection was examined. All associated documentation is reviewed by Quality Assurance and the item is inspected for adherence to specification requirements before it can be tagged with a green " accept" tag. No deficiencies were noted during this examinatio Audits Both internal and external vendor audits have been conducted by AP&E. AP6E is required by their "N" Stamp QA Manual to con-duct a semi-annual internal audit of all departments. Any de-partment not functionin6 as required is to be notified by speed letter of the discrepancy and instructed to take correctiv action. A re-audit is to be conducted within 30 days to ascertain that the required cc,rrective acticn has been take The last AP&E audit dated March 1973 disclosed several deficien-cies. The affected departments had r.ot been notified by speed -

letter nor had there been a re-audit to verify corrective actio An AP&E representative stated that corrective action had been taken, Vendor Evaluation '-

The approved vendor list and the vendor evaluations were examine Approximately 62 vendors are on the approved list. A random sample of vendor's names were selected from the approved vendor list in order to review vendor evaluations. All vendors selected had been evaluated and anomalies were note s

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_ . _ . . . . . _ _ . . Shop Practices Each operation within the shop is listed on the process control checklist (traveler). The traveler follows the item from station to station during the process and documents the completion of the operation or inspection. Also, included in the package with the traveler, are drawings and inspection records. A sample traveler

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and the related inspection re'sults were examined during a tour of the shop. No anomalies were note Handling. Storage and Protection l

! It was determined that care is to be used when moving and storing completed and partially assembled control mechanisms. The i procedure for the " Packing and Shipping" of completed spools was examined. CE had approved the procedure August 18, 197 No anomalies were noted within this are Final Document Packages The completed document packages for nine pipe spools were examined. The document packages included:

Shop spool sheets (drawing)

Process control sheets (traveler)

NDE reports Mill test reports for material used in the construction of the completed spool

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Certificates of qualifications for:

N35 persennel Welders Heat treatment

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Hydrostatic warranty Certificates of conformance of:

Weld procedures Weld repairs Additionally, the radiographic films for one of the, spools were examined. No anomalies were noted in the examination of either the films or data package j. Miscellaneous Nonconforming material reports, weld rod control, welding and nondestructive testing procedures and tagging were also inspecte No anomalies were note '

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As'a result of the August,22-24, 1972', RO V assist' inspection,

-AP&E agreed to formalize their procedures for controlling tools intended for exclusive use on stainless steel. .The procedure was included in their new "N" Stamp QA Manual. .This procedure

and its implementation was. examined during the inspection. No anomalies were noted.

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