ML19257A357
| ML19257A357 | |
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| Site: | 07100249 |
| Issue date: | 12/11/1979 |
| From: | NUCLEAR FUEL SERVICES, INC. |
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NUCLEAR FUEL SERVICES, INC.
ERWIN, TENNESSEE "y
QUALITY ASSURNiCE PROGRAM FOR SilIPPING PACKAGES FOR RADI0 ACTIVE MATERIAL November 1979 Revision 1 1671 318 1c:Rr 8001030 gQq
NUCLEAR FUEL SERVICES, IliC.
ERWIti, TENNESSEE QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAM FOR SilIPPING PACKAGES FOR RADI0 ACTIVE MATERIAL fiovember 1979 Revision 1 APPROVALS:
Criticality & Licensing Supervisor Health & Safety Manager Technical Services Manager Standard Products Manager Engineering Manager 302/303 Manager Materials Manager Quality Control Manager Administrative Manager Operations Manager General Manager 1671 319
RECORD OF REVISIONS Revision Page ilumber Date Nunber Description Approval (0) 12/ /78 All Initial Submittal (1) 11/29/79 All Complete Revision 1671 320
TABLE OF C0:lTE4TS IliTRODUCTI0il 1.0 ORGN1IZATIO:1 2.0 QUALITY ASSUPAiCE PROGPAf1 3.0 DESIG:4 FABRICATI0ft CONTROL 4.0 PROCUREME;iT DOCUMEtiT C0:4 TROL 5.0.
IrlSTRUCTIO:iS, PROCEDURES N4D DRAWIflGS 6.0 DOCUtiEtiT C0:lTROL 7.0 C0:4 TROL OF PURCHASED MATERIAL, EQUIPMENT N4D SERVICES 8.0 IDEilTIFICATIO t AtlD C0:lTROL OF MATERI ALS, PARTS N1D COMP 0:4EtiTS 9.0 C0flTROL 0F SPECIAL PROCESSES 10.0 IllSPECTI0liS AliD AUDITS 11.0 TEST C0:iTROL 12.0 CONTROL OF MEASURIliG N1D TEST EQUIPMENT 13.0 HAilDLI!1G, STORAGE AND SMIPPIitG 14.0 IilSPECTION N1D TESTI:tG 15.0 It0'l-C0:tFORMIilG MATERIALS, PARTS OR COMP 0:lEr1TS 16.0 CORRECTIVE ACTION 17.0 QUALITY ASSURKiCE RECORDS i67i 32l 10.0 SPECIFIC PROVISIONS Figure 1 Appendix A
Page 1 of 11 Revision 1 December 11, 1979 INTRODUCTION The purpose of this document is to describe the flFS Quality Assurance policies and procedures which are applicable to the safety aspect of the design, fabrication, assembly, testing, use and maintenance of each shipping package of radioactive material as defined in 10CFR71.4(1) and to show how these comply with the Quality Assurance requirements defined in Titic 10, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 71, Paragraph 71.24 and Appendix E, thereof.
The Quality Assurance Program is designed to provide the appropriate control of quality for safety-related activities associated with the design-ing, purchasing, fabricating, handling, shipping, storing, cleaning, assembling, inspecting, testing, operating, maintaining, repairing, and modifying of packaging used for the shipment of radioactive materials.
The Quality Assurance Program applies to Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc, at Erwin, Tennessee only and is applicable in some degree to all packages used by NFS at Erwin. These packages are authorized for the shipment of special Nuclear Material, primarily enriched uranium. NFS at Erwin is not authorized to ship spent fuel, high level waste and certain forms of plutonium in large quantities. This program includes then, only the pertinent requirements of Appendix E that are applicable to packages used by NFS at Erwin. Appendix A lists the packages for which NFS at Erwin holds the NRC Certificate of Compliance or is listed as a user.
This description serves as the authorizing document for the Quality Assurance Program.
It is approved by and distributed to the responsible organizations who must be aware of the Quality Assurance requirements.
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Page 2 of 11 Revision 1 December 11, 1979 1.0 ORGANIZATIO:1 COMPLETE REVISION The ;1FS Quality Assurance organization for shipping packages is retained and exercised within the AdministrativeDepartment.
The Administrative Department enforces the policies set forth in this document and reports at a level that will permit the freedom of action to do so.
Figure 1 shows the organization s tructure.
The Administrative Manager's qualifications are a Baccalaureate Degree in science or engineering with eight years nuclear experience in the quality and safety fields -- three of which have been in a supervisory position.
The Administrative Manager is responsible for:
Insuring that the Quality Assurance Program is carried e
out in accordance with this document.
Reviewing annually the status and adec.uacy of this Quality Assurance Program by checking, auditing and inspecting.
The Administrative Manager may appoint a representative with a minimum of 2 years experience in the quality field to conduct the annual review described above.
The Q. A. function as referenced to in this document means the Criticality and Licensing Department and/or the Health & Safety Department.
The Q. A. function reports to the Administrative llanager as identified in Figure 1.
The Criticality and Licensing Supervisor's qualifications are 1671 323
Page 3 of 11 Revision 1 December 11, 1979 a Baccalaureate Degree in Nuclear Science or duclear Engineering and three years of Nuclear experience relating to nuclear criticality safety, and be a qualified nuclear safety specialist.
The Nucleir Safety Specialist qualifications are a 3accalaureate Degree in Nuclear Science or Nuclear Engineering with at least one year of experience in Nuclear Criticality Safety.
The Health and Safety Manager's qualifications are a Baccalaureate Degree with specialized training in Health Physics with three years of nuclear experience in health and safety and one year in a super-
. visory position.
The Health Physics Specialist's qualifications are a Baccalaureate Degree with specialized training in Health Physics and at least one year of experience in professionally: responsible. health physics.
Equivalent experience may be used in place of a Baccalaureate Degree in accordance with the requirement of Special Nuclear Material License SNM-124 that is held by NFS.
The Q. A. function is responsible for:
Insuring the documentation of the Quality Assurance Program by written procedures or instructions.
Insuring that the Quality Assurance Program is carried out in accordance with these procedures.
Implementing the Quality Assurance Prograin approved for each licensed package.
Identifying the material and components to be covered by the Quality Assurante Program 1671 324
Page 4 of 11 Revision 1 December 11, 1979 Insuring that proper indoctrination and training of personnel performing activities affecting quality is proficiently achieved and maintained.
Approving requirennnts for contractor's and subcontractor's Q. A. Program.,
Insuring proper identification of containers.
Approving requisitions for procurement of shipping con-tainers.
Reviewing and approving shipping docunents, procedures, and letter of authorization.
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Page 5 of 11 Revision 1 December 11, 1979 2.0 QUALITY ASSURAlCE PROGRAll C0f1PLETE REVISION The purpose of the Quality Assurance Program is to provide the appropriate control of quality for safety-related activities associated with the designing, purchasing, fabricating, handling, shipping, storing, cleaning, assembling, inspecting, testing, operating, maintaining, repairing, and modifying of packaging used for the shipment of radioactive materials.
It is the responsibility of the Q. A. Function to verify that there is strict compliance to the requirements of this program and its implementing documentation.
Any deviation from compliance to these requirements must be reported by all personnel.
Malpractice or deliberate noncompliance is intolerable and will result in disciplinary action.
The Quality Assurance Program is reviewed annually to assess the scope, status, implementation and effectiveness of the program to assure that the program is adequate and complies with 10 CFR Part 71, Appendix E criteria.
This assessnent is pe r-formed by personnel not within the Q. A. Function.
Personnel per-forming the review must have at least two years of experience in the quality field.
Q. A. responsibilities may be delegated to principal contractors.
The 11FS Q. A. Function will determine that functions delegated to principal contractors are being properly accomplished.
This is accomplished by audits and inspections of contractor activities to insure compliance with the !1FS Q. A. Plan or the contractor's approved Q. A. Plan.
In addition the Q. A. Function reviews and documents agreement with the Q. A. Program of the contractor to assure that Appendix E can be implemented.
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Page 6 of 11 Revision 1 December 11,1979 Distribution of the Q. A. Plan, manuals and procedures, are controlled under the NFS Document Control Procedure.
Any revisions are similarly controlled.
Distribution is made to all departments whose operations affect the quality of shipping packages.
The packagings covered by this Plan are listed inAppendix A.
In addition to these packages, the Q. A. Plan is applicable to the handling, shipping, inspecting, testing, maintaining and repairing of DOT specification containers.
Disputes involving quality arising from a difference of opinion between the Q. A. Function and other departments are submitted to the flFS Quality Control f4anager for resolution.
Personnel responsible for performing quality - affecting activities are trained in accordance with established training pro-cedures. The training procedures require instruction of personnel in accordance with Standard Operating Procedure (50P). All quality related activities are included in the 50Ps.
Personnel must be qualified by supervision in order to perform the activities.
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Page 7 of 11 Revision 1 December 11, 1979 3.0 DESIGN FABRICATION CONTROL Packaging design and all changes to packaging design must be approved by the Q. A. Function.
Newly constructed packages are inspected by the Q. A. Function to insure that they have been constructed in accordance with approved drawings and/or specifica-tions.
Contractors an,d sub-contractors employed to design and/or fabricate a shipping package are required, if applicable, to submit a copy of their qu2lity assurance program to NFS.
NFS will determine if their program meets the requirements of the NRC or DOT, whichever is applicable.
NRC review and approval is necessary for any packaging design and/or significant changes in design covered by this Quality Assurance Program.
4.0 PROCUREMENT DOCUMENT CONTROL All procurement documents for material, equipment, services, etc. related to shipping packages must be approved by the Q. A.
Function to insure that specifications for safety-related items are included. The requisitions initiated for shipping containers require Q. A. Function approval which attests to the adequacy of the quality requirements required for the procurement document.
5.0 INSTRUCTIONS, PROCEDURES N4D DRAWINGS Activities affecting quality of shipping packages are included in docme.ted instructions, procedures or drawings. All such documents are approved by the Q. A. Function, and distributed to implementing personnel in accordance with Document Control Program described herein.
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Page 8 of 11 Revision 1 December 11,1979 6.0 DOCUiENT CONTROL The Q. A. Plan along with ssociated manuals and procedures are subject to the f1FS Document Control Procedure.
7.0 C0:1 TROL OF PURCHASED f1ATERI AL, EQUIPl ENT NID SERVICES Prior to the use 'of purchased material, equipment or services, the NFS or Contractor Q. A. Function will insure conformance with procurement document.
8.0 IDENTIFICATION AND CD:lTROL OF MATERI ALS, PARTS AND COMP 0NENTS Materials, parts and components affecting quality of shipping packages must be identified by part number or other means approved by the Q. A. Function.
Such identity must appear on drawings and other appropriate documents.
9.0 CONTROL OF SPECI AL PROCESSES Applicable codes, standards or specifications must be utilized for weling, heat treating and nondestructive testing that affect quality. The qualifications of personnel performing the activities must be documented.
10.0 INSPECTIONS A*1D AUDITS The Q. A. Function makes routine inspections and audits of the handling, storage, coding and testing of shipping packages. Min-imum frequencies are nnnthly audits and quarterly inspections.
An annual review of procedures is also required as part of the quarterly 1671 329
Page 9 of 11 Revision 1 December 11, 1979 inspections.
An audit is a tour of operations to observe the degr:<: of compliance with acceptable safe practices and authorize.d activities.
An inspection is an intensive examination of all portions of an operation for the purpose of determining the degree of con-formity with standard operating procedures or other standards of measurement.
11.0 TEST CONTROL All testing of packaging must be done in accordance with written procedures approved by the Q. A. Function.
All test re-sults must be documented.
A copy of such documentation must be sent to the Q. A. Function. The Q. A. Function evaluates the test results to assure that the testing requirements are satisfied.
12.0 CONTROL OF MEASURING AND TEST EQUIPfiENT Tools, gauges, instruments, and other nuasuring and testing devices used in activities affecting quality must be controlled, calibrated and adjusted to maintain accuracy. The method and fre-quency of control or calibration must be specified in written procedures approved by the Q. A. Function.
13.0 ilANDLING, STORAGE NID SHIPPING Any special handling and storage requirements must be contained in written procedures that have been approved by the Q. A. Function.
In addition, all shipments of radioactive material must be approved by the Q. A. Function.
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Page 10 of 11 Revision 1 December 11, 1979 14.0 INSPECTION AND TESTING Inspections of new containers are performed by the shipping supervisor and the Q. A. Function. The shipping supervisor per-forms packaging inspection prior to shipment and upon receipt of the empty packages. The operational ;roups who use the package are responsible for ins'uring that required tests are performed. Testing procedures must be approved by the Q. A. Function, who must also insure that the qualifications of licensed or certified individuals performing certain inspections or tests are adequate. Any required labeling or tagging of the package to document in-spections or tests must be included in the appropriate procedures or instructions. 15.0 NONCONFORMING MATERI ALS, PARTS OR COMPONENTS e Nonconforming materials, purts or components must be tagged, stamped or otherwise identified to prevent inadvertant use. Disposition of the nonconforming item must be documented. A copy of the documentation must be sent to the Q. A. Function who will be responsible for notification of affected organizations. Repaired or reworked nonconforming items may be used only with the approval of the Q. A. Function. 16.0 CORRECTIVE ACTION All deviations observed by the Q. A. Function during required audits and inspections are documented along with corrective actions taken and reported to the General Manager. 1671 33l
Page 11 of 11 Revision 1 December 11,1979 17.0 QUALITY ASSURANCE RECORDS Records of activities described in this document are maintained in accordance with federal regulation, current license conditions and established NFS procedures. The Q. A. Function insures that all records of required container inspections and testing be main-tained in accordance with established procedures and regulatory requirements. 18.0 SPECIFIC PROVISIONS The General Provisions of the NFS Quality Assurance Program provide the controls to assure compliance with any specific pro-visions introduced in and specified by applicable D0T regulations, package approvals by the NRC, and package approvals. that have been revalidated by the DOT and Subpart D of 10CFR Part 71. The NFS Radioactive Materials Packaging Manual is a summary of these specific provisions. The manual is approved by and distributed to the responsible plant organizations who must be aware of the specific provisions. The Q. A. Function is responsible for timely updating of the manual. The Q. A. Function is also responsible for maintaining current files for the packages listed in Appendix A. 1671 332
m m FIGURE 1 m N General Manager j Sales Administrative Operations Finance Manager Manager Manager Manager Criticality & llealth & Industrial fiaterials Quality Control! Securi ty Licensing Mgr. Safety Manager Relations Mgr. Manager Supervisor l Officer '1uclear Safety Health Physics Specialist Specialist O O O
APPENDIX A Listed below are the packages for which NFS at Erwin holds the NRC Certificate of Compliance or is listed as a user. Certificate Certificate Number Model No. 4915 HEDL-55 4949 UNC-1484 5059 NFS Tanker 5442 LA-36 5468 NFS-lX-A 5492 RMG-181-1 5517 BB-250-1 5687 RMG-184 5754 RMG-172 5768 BB-250-2 5908 6M (Type d) 6273 48A, F, X&Y 6387 HEDL-60 6400 Super Tiger 6458 BU-5 6581 51032-1 9078 GENS 1671 334 1cJ31}}