ML18041A153
| ML18041A153 | |
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| Issue date: | 07/28/1987 |
| From: | Merschoff E Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Shaffer P GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. |
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| REF-QA-99900219 NUDOCS 8708040220 | |
| Download: ML18041A153 (4) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASMINGTON, D. C. 20555 July 28<
1987 ENCLOSURE 3
Docket No. 99901082/87-01 U.S. Tool and Die, Incorporated ATTN:
Mr. Michael J.
Rodgers President 4030 Route 8
Allison Park, Pennsylvania 15101 Gent lemen:
Thank you for your letter dated June 9, 1987, which described the corrective action U.S. Tool and Die, Incorporated (UST8D) has and will implement in response to the Notice of Violation and Items of Nonconformance identified in Inspection Report No. 99901082/87-01, dated May 12, 1987.
Your response and corrective action for Notice of Violation 87-01-02, and Items of Nonconformance 87-01-04, 87-01-05, 87-01-07, 87-01-08, 87-01-09, 87-01-10, and 87-01-12 appear to be adequate and no additional information is requested.
The following items, however, require additional information to determine the adequacy of the USTED response and corrective action.
Part a) of the response to Notice of Violation 87-01-01 states that after receipt of commercial grade material at UST&D and dedication to the specific basic component by USTED, the reporting requirements of 10 CFR 21 are in effect.
This is in accordance with 10 CFR 21.3(c-l).
Please provide a description of UST&D's dedication process that is used to upgrade commercial grade products for use as basic components and
- a. sample of the documentation implementing the dedica-tion process for POs 86-60802,.-81208,
-61112,
-70103,
-61218,
-60921, 87-70132,
-70115,
-70118,
-70130, and -70208.
For part b) of that response, please provide pertinent sections of the project specifications which address the applicability of 10 CFR 21 to POs 82-1051,
-1032, and 86-6020.
Part c) states that 10 CFR 21.
is imposed on page 2 of PO 83-1387 to Sandvik.
Please provide a copy of PO 83-1387.
It should be noted that the NRC has not taken a position on the Atomic Industrial Forum's Committee Position Paper, "Recommended Practices for Procurement of Replacement/Spare Parts for Nuclear Power Plants."
Also, in addition to imposing 10 CFR 21 on UST&D, customers impose ASME Code Section III, Subsection NF and 10 CFR 50, Appendix B in their POs and specifications.
UST&D must comply with 10 CFR 21 whenever a specification'nique to the nuclear industry (e.g.,
ASME Section III; 10 CFR 50, Appendix B; 10 CFR 21; etc.) is invoked in the customer'.
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The response to Item of Nonconformance 87-01-03 states that in-process examinations not performed at the South Shop were performed at the North Shop prior to installa-tion of the cells into the final rack assembly.
Please provide assurance that the types of in-process exams performed at the North Shop met the requirements of "Production Work Routing and Inspection Plan," Drawing 8601-D, ano Procedure 14.1.
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.;4~<',~.-.~. Tool and Die, Incorporated July 28, 1987 The response to Item of Nonconformance 87-01-06 is incomplete in that PO 82-1068 to Capitol Pipe and Steel and PO 86-81208 to Rest Penn Laco were not addressed in the response.
It was stated in part a) of the response that Cromie Machine follows USTED's QA/QC program.
Please provide assurance of this and what controls are implementea to ensure the USTED QA/QC program is being followed at Cromie Machine.
Part e) of the response states that "Q" on POs to Alloy Oxygen implies imposition of their QA/QC program on that PO.
Please provide assurance that the individual issuing the PG acknowledges what special notations are required on certain POs which impose QA/QC programs.
C of Cs and CMTRs document the final products acceptability, however, this type of documentation does not ensure the implementation of a QA/QC program.
For part f), please provide assurance that QA/QC programs were implemented at Columbia Electric Manufacturing and Do All Pittsburgh and these types of manufacturers have QA/QC programs in place.
The response to Item of Nonconformance 87-01-11 stated that Historic Data Records are available for Columbia Electric Manufacturing and Do All P>ttsburgh; please provide these reports.
A copy of the NRC position regarding audits of suppliers who offer calibration services for measuring and test equipment that they manufacture is enclosed for your information.
One final note on the response to Item of Nonconformance 87-01-13, the training given to procurement personnel should include measures to ensure that the "no shippipg until audit is performed" clause is added to the PO as needed.
If you have any questions concerning these requests for additional information, please contact Ms. Claudia Abbate at (301) 4S2-4776 or Mr. James Stone at (301) 492-9661.
Sincerely,
Enclosure:
As stated Ellis W. Kersc f, Acting Chief Vendor Inspecti Branch Division of Reactor Inspection and Safeguards Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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