ML19270G313
| ML19270G313 | |
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| Issue date: | 03/29/1979 |
| From: | Mcneill W, Whitesell D NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
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| REF-QA-99900002 NUDOCS 7906060115 | |
| Download: ML19270G313 (7) | |
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U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT REGION IV Report No. 99900002/79-01 Program No. 51500 Company: Combustion Engineering Inc.
1000 Prospect Hill Road Windsor, Connecticut 06095 Inspection Conducted: March 12-16, 1979 79 Inspector:
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W. M. McNeill, Contractor Inspector Dite Vendor Inspection Branch h
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Approved by:
f D. E. Whitesell, Chief, Components Sect (jon I, Datie Vendor Inspection Branch Summary Inspection on March 12-16, 1979 (99900002/79-01)
Areas Inspected: Implementation of 10 CFR 50, Appendix B including docu-ment controls; control of special processes; moisture and hydrogen controls; and fuel rod manufacture. The inspection involved twenty-eight (28) in-spector hours on site by one NRC inspector.
Results: In the four (4) areas inspected no apparent deviations or unre-solved items were identified in two (2) areas: the following deviation and unresolved item were identified in the remaining two (2) areas.
Deviation: Moisture and Hydrogen Controls - fuel rod travelers were found which were signed off before the completion of hydrogen testing as required by Criterion V of Appendix B and the QA Manual (See Notice of Deviation, Enclosure).
Unresolved Item: Fuel Rod Fabrication Controls (See Details, paragraph E.3,b).
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Details Section A.
Persons Contacted P. T. Arnold, Manufacturing Foreman L. D' Amato, Inspection Foreman P. A. Ferwerda, QC Engineering Supervisor S. L. Flatley, QC Engineer - East Windsor (EW)
W. M. Graves, Lab Supervisor M. M. Glotzer, QA Engineering Manager A. J. Hebert, Manufacturing Engineering Supervisor J. E. Milcolajczak, QC Engineer
- G. W. Parry, Material Technology Manager
- C. W. Rackliffe, QC Manager - EW
- M. R. Thomas, QC Manager
- J. E. Wahler, QA Manager
- W. D. Wohlsen, Project Engineer C. M. Yuscavitch, General Foreman Inspection
- R. E. Freeman, Regional Manager, Hartford Steam Boiler Ir.spection and Insurance Co.
- Denotes those attending the Exit Interview.
B.
Document Control 1.
Objectives The objectives of this area of the inspection were to verify that:
a.
The fuel manufacturer's document control system for design, manufacturing, and quality assurance documents is consistent with Regulatory requirements.
b.
The document control system includes all drawings, specifi-cations, procedures, and instructions, which affect quality.
2.
Method of Accomplishment The preceding objectives were accomplished by:
a.
Review of the QA Manual (East Windsor Plant), Revision 3, Section 4, Process Control, which established the requirements for document control.
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Inspection of a sample of approximately ten (10) Shop Travelers and ten (10) Operation Sheets and verification that the above samples were all reviewed and approved in accordance with the above procedure.
c.
Inspection of the work stations in the shop and verification that the above samples were properly issued, were not marked up improperly and were legible.
d.
Inspection of the above samples and verification that the documents were changed in accordance with the above proce-dure.
3.
' Findings a.
Deviations None.
b.
Unresolved Items None.
C.
Control of Special Process 1.
Objectives The objectives of this area of the inspection were to verify that special processes are properly qualified and contro'lled in accor-dance with Criterion IX, Appendix B, 10 CFR 50 and the Quality Assurance Manual.
2.
Method of Accomplishment The preceding objectives were accomplished by:
a.
Review of the QA Manual (East Windsor Plant), Revision 3, Section 6, Nondestructive Examination, which established the requirements for nondestructive testing.
b.
Review of the following QC Procedures which established specific requirements of Liquid Penetrant and Radiographic Testing:
QC-20-01 EW, Revision 2, on general training; QC-20-03 EW Revision 2, on qualification and certifi-cation of NDE personnel; QC-23-01 EW, Revision 5, on radiography;
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, QC-23-02 EW, Revision 3, on radiograpt..c personnel certification; QC-23-04 EW, Revision 4, on radiographic process qual-ification; QC-24-01 EW, Revision 7, on penetrant testing; QC-24-02 EW, Revision 6, on penetrant personnel certi-fication; and QC-24-03 EW, Revision 3, on penetrant, process qualifi-cation.
c.
Witnessing the penetrant testing of a motor housing (N6502),
S/N 372 and verification that Standard Operating Procedure, Liquid Penetrant Examination, SOP-103, Revision 3, was prop-erly implemented.
d.
Inspection of the PDE Qualification Records, Examinations, Physical Examination Records, penetrant material certifi-cations, process qualification records, Radiographic Technique Sheets, and Radiographic Review Sheets, and verification that the above procedures were implemented and consistent with the ASME Code and SNT-TC-1A.
e.
Inspection of a sample of radiographic film of the upper pressure housing weld and the motor housing weld for two (2) assemblies and verification that the above procedures were implemented and consistent with ASME Code and SNT-TC-1A.
3.
Findings a.
Deviations None.
b.
Unresolved Items None.
D.
Moisture and Hydrogen Controls 1.
Objectives The objectives of this area of the inspection were to verify that:
a.
Moisture and hydrogen control measures are sufficient to give assurance that internal hydriding failures will not occur in service (i.e. meets specifications and contractual requirements).
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The moisture and hydrogen control and inspection techniques are qualified.
2.
Method of Accomplishment The preceding objectives were accomplished by:
a.
Review of the QA Manual, dated March 1,1977, Sections 1, 6, and 8, Instruction, Procedures, and Drawings; Inspection; and Inspection, Test and Operating Status; which established the general requirement for moisture and hydrogen controls.
b.
Review of the Manufacturing Order, 9830187, and its 17 Sup-plements; and Specification for Uranium Dioxide Fuel Pellets, 00000-FMDT-110, Revision 1 which established the specific requirements of moisture and hydrogen controls, c.
Review of the following QC and Manufacturing Procedures which established additional requirements:
Procedure of Quality Assurance of Fuel Pellet Dryness, QC 14-02, Revision 1; General Sampling Plan for U02 Pellet Requirements, QC 15-12, Revision 1; Process Specification for the Stacking, Drying, Weighing and Loading of Fuel Pellets, Mfg.10-01, Revision 1; and Procedure / Drawing 8 ': ting for Fuel Assemblies, Mfg.14-11, Revision 12.
d.
Witnessing the hydrogen testing and the calibration of the equipment performed on two (2) lots of pellets, lots LUC and LUE and verification that Operation Sheets, Hydrogen Analysis, 1344, Revision 5 and Load Fuel - Inspection, 910, Revision 53 were properly implemented and were consistent with the spe-cification.
Inspection of the Leco Hydrogen Determinator, inspector qual-e.
ification records, Hydrogen Analysis Reports, charts of the vacuum dry furnaces, the vacuum dry furnaces and their in-strumentation, and verification that the above procedures were implemented and were consistent with the specification.
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Findings a.
Deviation See Notice of Deviation Enclosure.
b.
Unresolved Items None.
E.
Fuel Rod Fabrication Controls 1.
Objectives The objectives of this area of the inspection were to verify that:
The fuel rod assembly and quality control practices and a.
procedures are sufficient to give assurance that manufac-tured fuel rods meet specifications and contractual require-ments.
b.
The manufacturer's system is capable of producing quality fuel rods.
2.
Method of Accomplishment The preceding objectives were acccmplished by:
a.
Review of the QA Manual, dated March 1,1977, Sections 1, 6, and 8, Instruction, Procedures, and Drawings; Inspection; and Inspection, Test and Operating Status; which established the general requirements for fuel rods.
b.
Review of the Manufacturing Order, 9830187, and its Supple-ments; Specification for Fuel Assemblies,1370-FCD-0100, Revision 1; and drawing Fuel Rod Assembly, E-STD-161-102, Revision 6; which established the specific requirements of fuel rods.
Review of the following QC and Manufacturing Procedures c.
which established additional requirements:
Helium Leak Testing of Fuel Rods and Poison Rods by Pressure - Vacuum Method, QC08-11; Verification of Fuel and/or Poison Rod Pressure Level and Gas Purity Requirements, QC 15-09; and Welding End Caps to Tubes, Mfg. 08-06.
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Witnessing the end cap welding, rod pressurization, met-allurgical lab testing and helium leak testing currently found in the shop, and verification that the operations were implemented in accordance with the Shop Traveler, Operation Sheets, and were consistent with t'ie specifi-cations.
e.
Review of the following Operation Sheets for the above in-spection activities:
Inspection Lower Cap / Tube S' Assy - Welding, 0.S. 900, Revision 21; Inspection Lower Cap / Tube S'Assy - Machining, 0.S. 905, Revision 25; Load Fuel - Inspection, 0.S. 910, Revision 53; Inspection Upper Cap / Tube Assy Butt - Weld 0.S. 915, Revision 53; Inspection Upper Cap / Tube S' Assy - Machining, 0.S. 925, Revision 20; Leak Test, 0.S. 945, Revision 23; and Metallographic Exam of End Cap Weld / Tube Assy Butt Weld, 0.S. 135, Revision 20.
3.
Findings a.
Deviations None.
b.
Unresolved Item The C.E. Specification,1370-FCD-0100, Revision 1, section 4.4.6.4 specifies a helium leak test to be performed on fuel rods and an acceptance leak rate for the test.
It is not clear in the specification if the leak rate is in terms of air or helium.
C.E. will either change its specification by supplement, or in some other manner design engineering will specify or identify the leak rate in terms of air or helium.
F.
Exit Interview The inspector met with management representatives (denoted in para-graph A) at the conclusion of the inspection on March 16, 1979. The inspector summarized the scope and findings of the inspection. The management representatives had no comment in response to each item discussed by the inspector.
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