ML19269D965
| ML19269D965 | |
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| Issue date: | 01/26/1979 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
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| REF-QA-99900038 99900038-79-1, NUDOCS 7906210338 | |
| Download: ML19269D965 (1) | |
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Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.
Docket No. 99900038/79-01 NOTICE OF DEVIATI0t1 Based on the results of an NRC inspection conducted on January 8-12, 1979, it appeared that certain of your activities were not conducted in full compliance with NRC requirements as indicated below:
A.
Criterion XII of Appendix B to 10 CFR 50 states, " Measures shall be established to assure that tools, gages, instruments, and other measuring and testing devices used in activities affecting quality are properly controlled, calibrated, and adjusted at specified periods to maintain accuracy within necessary limits."
Paragraph 13.3.2 in Section 13 of the QA Manual states in part,
" Written calibration procedures are provided to assure that quality information equipment is calibrated and properly adjusted at specif d periods, or maintains accuracy during using intervals Contrary to the above, Procedure No. E91-014(E), Revision 4, Maintenance Control Procedure of Welding Machine, did not assure proper adjustment or maintenance of accuracy of welding machines during using intervals, in that necessary accuracy limits were not defined by the procedure.
B.
Criterion IX of Appendix B to 10 CFR 50 states in part, " Measures shall be established to assure that special processes, including welding,... are controlled and adjusted... using qualified procedures in accordance with applicable codes...."
Paragraph QW-201.1 in Section IX of the ASME Code states in part, "The welding procedure specifica,'on (WPS) shall list in detail
... Variables described for eacu welding process as either essential or nonessential.
(See IW-252 through QW-281.) QW-253 and QW-254 list an increase in vo tage as a supplementary essential variable, respectively, for the shielded metal arc (SMAW) and submerged arc (SAW) welding processes.
Paragraph QW-201.2 states in part, "... A change in any essential variable shall require requalification, to be recorded in another PQR."
Contrary to the above, WPS 2424, Revision 2, (SMAW) and WPS 2422, Revision 1, (SAW) permitted increases in voltage above the maximp values used for the supporting applicable Procedure Qualificat(ion Records.
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