ML19261F155
| ML19261F155 | |
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| Issue date: | 07/20/1979 |
| From: | Ellershaw L, Hunnicutt D NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
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| REF-QA-99900259 99900259-79-1, NUDOCS 7910250227 | |
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U. S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENI REGION IV Report No.
99900259/79-01 Program No.
51300 Company:
Combustion Engineering, Inc.
C-E Avery Division Old Dover Road Newington, New Hampshire 03801
'1 InspectionCongted:
June 25-29, 1979 0
Inspector:
i ito nC 7 MO 7 9 L.\\ E. Ellershaw, Principal Inspector
/ Dat/s ComponentsSection II Ven r Inspection Branch Approved By:
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7d If D} M. Hunnicutt, Chief
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Wate CbmponentsSection II Vendor' Inspection Branch Su-,ry Inspection on June 25-29, 1979 (99900259/79-01)
Areas Inspected: Implementation of 10 CFR 50 Appendix B Criteria, and applicable codes and standards, including: action on previous inspection findings and indoctrination and training.
The inspection involved twenty-nine (29) inspector-hours on site.
Results; In the two (2) areas inspected, four (4) deviations from commitment were identified. No unresolved items were identified.
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2 Deviations:
Action on previous Inspection Findings - Contrsry to corrective action commitments, all detailed welding procedures have not been revised to include ASME required welding variables (Notice of Deviation, Item A.); a flux and wire combination had been released for production welding without having all of the ASME required testing performed, which is contrary to Criterion V of Appendix B to 10 CFR 50 (Notice of Deviation, Item B.); contrary to corrective action cccmit=ents, all welding procedures related to postweld heat treatment (PWHT) have not been reviewed, thus a pump casihg received PWHT in excess of that which was allowed by the detailed welding procedure (Notice of Deviation, Item C.); Indoctrination and Training - Engineering Department employees were not put on distribution for QA Manual revisions until eleven (11) months after revision 9 became effective, and 2 months after revision 10 became effective (Notice of Deviation, Item D.).
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3 Details Section (Prepared by L. E. Ellershaw)
A.
Persons Contacted
- D C. Almeda - Quality Systems Supervisor S. Conley - Weld Surveillance Supervisor H. J. Cee - Manager, Purchasing
- P. E. Gillis - Welding Engineer
- N. C. Irvine - Quality Inspection St.pervisor
- R. H. Keys - Manager, Weld Engineering J. 'h2tchler - Plant Maintenance Supervisor
- D. F. Packard - Manager, Manufacturing Engineering
- A. Peters - Quality Assurance Engineer R. Reilly - Foreman
- C. E. White - Manager, Quality Assurance L. White - Sr. Project Engineer
- Denotes those attending the exit interview.
See Details Section, paragraph D.
B.
Action of Previous Inspection Findings 1.
(Closed) Deviacion No. A. (Report No. 78-02): This item dealt with a Deviation Notice (DN) in which a disposition had not been made, nor was it referenced, on the Manufacturing Process Sheet (MPS), yet subsequent operations had been performed.
Combustion Engineering, Inc., C-E Avery Division (C-E Avery), has implemented their cammitted corrective action in that a train-ing session was held for the Quality Assurance Foreman, and observation of nonconforming items revealed that DNs are referenced on MPs and the items are tagged.
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(Closed) Deviation No. B. (Report No. 78-02): This item dealt with many DNs being reviewed and signed by Quality Assurance prior to the cause of the deviation being identified.
C-E Avery has implemented their committed corrective action in that procedure AM-10-004 has been revised to preclude this from recurring.
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(Closed) Deviatien No. C (Report No. 78-02):
This item dealt with C-E Avery not addressing ASME Code requirements for qualification of NDE Personnel performing visual examinations.
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C-E Avery has implemented their committed ccrrective action in that Procedure QA-T-7013, revision 00, " Method of Certifying Personnel for Visual Examination," was approved and imple=ented on November 28, 1978.
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(closed) Deviation No. D. (Report No. 78-02): This item dealt with liquid penetrant materials containing a residue of an un-known substance, such that it could not be verified that the total sulfur and halogen content of the liquid penetrant in use, did not exceed 1% by weight.
C-E Avery has implemented their cacsitted corrective action in that a memo was sent by the Level III examiner to all Quality Control and Fabrication personnel on November 7,1978, delin-eating ASME Code requirements regarding liquid penetrant mater-ials.
In addition, observation of liquid penetrant materials in use throughout the shop areas, revealed that containers are identified and kept closed when not in use.
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(Closed) Deviation No. E.
(Report No. 78-02): This ites dealt with C-E Avery's failure to thoroughly remove / clean penetrant materials from parts following liquid penetrant examination.
C-E Avery has implemented their committed corrective action in that cbservation of parts during the course of this inspection revealed that penetrant materials were removed from parts after being examined.
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(Closed) Deviation No. F. (Report No. 78-02): This item dealt with certain weld procedure specifications (WPS) not listing all applicable essential and nonessential variables contained in ASME Code,Section IX, paragraphs QW-252 through QW-281, and carcain WPSs permitted changes to procedure qualification record (PQR) variables.
C-E Avery has implemented their committed corrective action, relative to the two (2) specific WPSs cited in Report No. 78-02.
However, additional WPSs were observed as not listing all applicable variables as required by Section IX of the ASME Code.
(See Notice of Deviation, Item A.)
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(Closed) Deviation No. G. (Report No. 78-02): This item dealt with welding being performed with measured amperage values out-side of the ranges required for the specific electrode sizes in use, and a welder was not equipped to measure interpass temper-atures.
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(Closed) Unresolved Item (Report No. 78-02): This item dealt with meters on automatic welding equipment not being included in the cali-bration program.
C-E Avery has implemented their committed corrective action in that the meters are now included in the calibration program, and they are controlled by the following procedures:
MD-P-001, revision 00, dated February 14, 1979, " Calibration of Welding Ammeters," and MD-P-002, revision 00, d sted February 26, 1979,
" Calibration of Welding Voltmeters."
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(Closed) Deviation No. H. (Report No. 78-02):
This item dealt with a qualification certification for a submerged are wire-flux combination not having the preheat and interpass tem-peratures noted.
C-E Avery has implemented their committed corrective action in that the applicable velding Material Certification of Test was revised.to reflect the WPS used, which denotes the preheat and interpass temperatures used.
During the review of C-E Avery's corrective actions, an additional deviation from commitment was identified.
(See Notice of Devi-ation, Item B.)
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(Closed) Deviation No. I. (Report No. 78-02):
This item dealt with postweld heat treatment time exceeding, by more than 25 percent, the qualification times of two (2) overlay WPSs used in fabrication, without requalification being performed as required by ASME Code,Section IX, Paragraph QW-281.2.
C-E Avery has implemented their committed corrective action relative to the specific WPSs noted in Report No. 78-02 in that they were requalified.
However, a review of additional WPSs and their applicable proce-dure qualification records, and heat treat charts of reactor coolant pump casings for accumulated time at temperature, revealed a similar deviation.
(See Notice of Deviation, Item C.)
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(Closed) Deviation No. J.
(Report No. 78-02): This item dealt with purchase orders not delineating or assuring comp ~iance to the forming qualification test requirements of paragraph NC-4213 in ASME Code,Section III.
C-E Avery has implemented their committed corrective action in that Forming Procedure ENG-P-037, " Qualification of Forming Process And Acceptance Critoria For Cold Formed Material," was issued on October 31, 1978.
In Addition, Procedure QA-E-0001, " Purchase Order Supplementary Procurement Specification," was revised to incorporate the requirements of NX-4200 of Section III of ASME Code.
This portion was referenced on two (2) purchase orders to forming vendors subsequent to the original deviation noted in Report No. 78-02.
C.
Indoctrination and Training 1.
Objectives The objectives of this area of the inspection were to verify that C-E Avery had Lnplemented the requirements for indoctrination and training of personnel whose activities affect quality in accordance with the QA Manual and applicable NRC and ASME Code requirements. -
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Method of Accomplishment The preceding objectives were accomplished by:
Review of QA Mat.ual Section 6, revision 9, "Indoc-a.
trination And Training."
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Review of written training procedures for the following departments: Quality Assurance, Manufacturing Engineering, and Purchasing.
Review of records, which document training sessions, c.
personnel attending, topics covered, instructor (s),
and dates.
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Discussions with cognizant personnel.
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Findings a.
Deviation From Commitment See Notice of Deviation, Item D.
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Unresolved Item None.
D.
Exit Interview A meeting was held at the conclusion of this inspection on June 29, 1979, with the following management representatives and the Authorized Nuclear Inspector (ANI):
G. Allen - Manager, Fuctional Engineering P. F. Avery, Jr., President R. C. Devoid, ANI, Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co.
L. R. Lansford, Manager, General Services Additional attendees are denoted by an asterisk in paragraph A.
The scope and findings of this inspection were summarized.
Management acknowledged the statements relative to the findings.
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