ML19249E741
| ML19249E741 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | 07100248 |
| Issue date: | 09/17/1979 |
| From: | Macdonald C NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| To: | Renee Taylor MONSANTO RESEARCH CORP. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 7910020318 | |
| Download: ML19249E741 (2) | |
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egp 17 G3 FCTC:RH0 71-0248 Monsanto Research Corporction ATTN: Mr. Robert R. Taylor P.O. Box 8, Station B Dayton, OH 45407 Gentlemen:
This refers to your application dated August 31, 1979 requesting approval of your Quality Assurance (QA) program as meeting the QA program reeuire-ments of 10 CFR 971.51.
In connection with our review, we need the infonnation identified in the enclosure to this letter.
Please submit sevesi copies of your response to the enclosed request for additional information within 30 days following receipt of this letter.
If you have any questions regarding this request, please contact Mr. Jack Sp aul at (301) 492-/741.
Sincerely, Charles E. MacDonald, Chief Transportation Certification Branch Division of Fuel Cycle and Material Safety, NMSS
Enclosure:
Request for Additioiial Infonnation 1072 Z22 70 10 o2 o 3,g
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Request for Additional Information 1.
In part 3.6, extend the exclusion of the designer's per'orming design verification to the designer's supervisor.
As part of normal line management,,;e believe a designer's supervisor should evaluate the designer's work perfonnance.
This, however. should not be considered the independent design verification we require unless a) The justification is individually documented and approved in advance by the supervisor's management, and b) Audits (Section 3.16) cover frequency and effectiveness of the use of a supervisor as a design verifier to guard against abuse.
Provide a commitment to either use these controls or simply to perform design verification by a qualified individual other than the designer and the designer's supervisor.
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In part 18.4, the audit periodicity of "no less often than every 18 months" is una cceptabl e.
We require an audit as described in part 18 at least once every year that activities covered by the manual are performed.
Provide such a commitment.
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