ML19241A793
| ML19241A793 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 05/17/1979 |
| From: | Seyfrit K NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
| To: | Randy Patterson SARGENT & LUNDY, INC. |
| References | |
| REF-QA-99900507 NUDOCS 7907090394 | |
| Download: ML19241A793 (2) | |
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AR LIN GTON, T E X AS 76011 g'...,.. "e 17 MAY M9 Docket No. 99900507 Sargent & Lundy Engineers Attn:
Mr. R. W. Patterson Senior Partner 55 East Monroe Street Chicago, Illinois 60630 Gentlemen:
A series of Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) inspections, have been conducted to review your implementation of the Quality Assurance Program applicable to NRC applicants or licensees who have contracted for serv-ices from Sargent & Lundy Engineers. These inspectior.<. consisted of selective examination of procedures and representative records, inter-views of personnel and direct observation by the inspectors.
As a result of these inspections, the NRC Office of Inspection and Enforcement (IE) has concluded that the QA program described in Topical Report SL-TR-1A, Revision 5, is being implemented satisfactorily.
Neither this conclusion nor the remainder of this letter applies to any activities conducted at reactor sites.
Licensees and applicants that have referenced the above Topical Report in their Safety Analysis Reports (or have adopted the total quality assur-ance program described in that Topical Report) may at their option use this letter to fulfill their obligation under 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, Criterion VII, that requires them to perform initial source evaluation /
sel ction audits and subsequent periodic audits to assess the quality as-surance program implementation.
The NRC expression of satisfaction with the implementation of your QA program does not assure that a specific proouct or service offered by you to your customer is of acceptable quality, nor does it relieve the appli-cant or licensee from the general provision of Criterion VTI which requires verification that purchased material equipment or services con-form to the procurement documents.
It is recognized that in some cases this assurance can be made by the applicant or licensee without audits or inspections at your facility.
Continuing acceptability of implementation of your QA program is contin-gent upon your maintaining a satisfactory level of program implementa-tion, verified through periodic IE inspection, throughout all corporate organization units and nuclear projects encompassed by your prcgram.
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Sargent & Lundy Engineers Should your program implementation at any time be found unacceptable you will be notified by letter, and requested to correct the deficiencies promptly.
In the event you fail to correct the deficiencies promptly, or if the record of deficiencies is such as to indica 6 generally poor program implemeritation, you and the applicants and licensees who have ref-erenced your QA program will be notified that the generic implementation of your program is no longer acceptable to the flRC. All of the audit /
inspection requirements of Criterion VII, Appendix B,10 CFR 50, must then be implemented by the applicants or licensees.
The tiRC will reinstate its letter of acceptability of implementation of your QA program only after our inspectors have cuncluded, based on reinspection, that you have again demonstrated full compliance.
Except as noted above, the conclusions expressed in this letter will be effective for three years from the date of issue of the letter. At this time program performance over the previous three year period will be evaluated and this letter reissued, if appropriate.
The results of our inspections are published quarterly in the Licensee, Contractor and Vendor Inspection Status Report (t4UREG 0040), which is made available to f4RC facility applicants, licensees, contractors and vendors, as well as to members of the public.
Sincerely, M 4,b d
Karl V. Seyfrit Director 310 141