ML19269E550
| ML19269E550 | |
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| Issue date: | 02/02/1979 |
| From: | Potapovs U NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
| To: | Hirata Y HIRATA VALVE INDUSTRY CO., LTD. |
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| ML19269E532 | List: |
| References | |
| REF-QA-99900355 NUDOCS 7906290268 | |
| Download: ML19269E550 (2) | |
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02 FEB 1979 Docket No. 99900355/79-01 Hirata Valve Industry Co., Ltd.
Kawasaki Division ATTN: Mr. Y. Hirata Vice President, Kawasaki Division 15, Hisamoto, Takatsu-Ku Kawasaki-City, Kanagawa-Pref., Japan Gentlemen:
This refers to the QA Program inspection conducted by Mr. I. Barnes of this office on January 12, and 16-18, 1979, of your facility at Kawasaki-City, Japan, associated with the manufacture of nuclear valves and to the discussions of our f1ndings with you and members of your staff at the conclusion of the inspection.
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I This inspection was made to confirm that, in the areas inspected, your l
QA Program is being effectively implemented. The inspection effort is i
i not designed to assure that unique quality requirements imposed by a j
customer are being implemented; nor to assure that a specific product, l
component or service provided by you to your customers, is of acceptable I
quality. As you know, the NRC requires each of its licensees to assume full responsibility for the quality of specific products, components or l
services procured from others. You should therefore not conclude that the NRC's inspection exempts you from insnections by an NRC licensee or his agents nor from taking effective corrective action in respo*ise to their findings.
Areas examined and our findings are discussed in the enclosed report.
Within these areas, the inspection consisted of an examination of procedures and representative records, interviews with personnel, and observations by the inspector.
During the inspection it was found that the implementation of your QA Program failed to meet certain NRC requirements. The specific findings i
and references to the pertinent requirements are identified in the enclosures to this letter.
Please provide us within forty-five (45) day.s of your receipt of this report a written statement containing, (1) a description of steps that have been or will be taken to correct these items, (2) a description of steps that have been or will be taken to prevent recurrence, and (3) the date your corrective actions and preventive measures were or will be completed.
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Hirata Valve Industry Co., Ltd. In accordance with Section 2.790 of
.CA ~ssion's " Rules of Practice,"
Part 2, Title 10, Code of Fear il ReaulMie..., a copy of this letter with enclosure and your reply, toaather with the enclosed inspection report will be placed to the Commis
.on'- Public Document Room.
If this report contains any in#armation that believe to be proprietary, it is nec-essary that you.aate a written application within forty-five (45) days to this office to withhold such information from public disclosure. Any such application must include a full statement of the reasons on the basis l
of which it is claimed that the information is proprietary, and should be prepared so that proprietary information identified in the application is contained in a separate part of the document.
If we do not hear from you in this regard within the specified period, the report will be placed in i
the Public Document Room.
Should you have any quertions concerning this inspection, we will be l
pleased to discuss them with you.
Sincerely, (.
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GW!Wl3 Uldis Potapovs, Chief I Vendor Inspection Branch j
Enclosures:
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Notice of Deviation i
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Inspection Report No. 99900355/79-01 cc: Mr. T. Hirati l
President Hirati Valve Industry Co., Ltd.
P.O. Box 121, Shiba Tokyo 105-91, Japan i
2146 038