ML19289F754
| ML19289F754 | |
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| Issue date: | 12/18/1978 |
| From: | Potapovs U NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
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| REF-QA-99900031 NUDOCS 7906160009 | |
| Download: ML19289F754 (3) | |
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Bingham-Willamette Company Docket No. 99900031/78-02 NOTICE OF DEVIATION Based on the results of an NRC inspection conducted on November 13-16, 1978, it appeared that certain of your activities were not conducted in full accordance with NRC requirements as indicated below:
A.
The Bingham-Willamette Company (BWC) corrective action response letter of October 6,1977, states with respect to calibration, " Formal notifi-cation has been forwarded to calibration personnel as to requirement of adherence to specifics of calibration procedures documented by memo."
The BWC corrective action response letter of April 10, 1978, in response to our letter dated February 23, 1978, states in part, with respect to calibration of welding equipment, "... Instrumentation Lab calibration procedures are currently being reviewed for adequacy and revi d accordingly. These procedures will be completed by May 31, 1978, Contrary to the above:
1.
Review and revision of calibration procedures was not completed by May 31, 1978, as evidenced by:
s a.
Procedure D50.25.2 was replaced with procedure D92.1, dated July 5, 1978:
b.
Performance of a calibration on Boom Welder, S/N 71-1159, on August 7,1978, utilizing procedure, D50.25.2. The inspector further noted that this procedure was an incorrect selection for the type of equipment calibrated.
2.
The amperage values used in the calibration of S/N 71-1159 were not in adherence to the specifics of BWC calibration procedures.
B.
A BWC corrective action response letter dated April 10, 1978, in response to our letter dated February 23, 1978, states in part, with respect to deviation M of Inspection Report No. 78-01, that, "... The work order has been updated to include sign-off of Operation 15...."
This letter further states in part, in Attachment 18 (Memo issued to supervision on March 23, 1978, "... Please take necessary action within each of your Departments to assure incoming orders are properly signed off before the next operation is started, and that all operations are properly signed off after completion of an operation within your Departments...."
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. of a type appropriate to the circumstances and thall be accomplished in accordance with these instructions...."
Procedure H31.27, Vendor Control, paragraph 4.1, states in part,
" Material, equipment and subcontracted services which are controlled by contract and/or purchase order quality assurance requirements
(...) shall be purchased from vendors approved to the appropriate requirements and appearing on the Approved Vendors list...."
s Contrary to the above, materials and subcontracted services were purchased from vendors which did not appear on the Approved Vendors list on Purchase Order Numbers 1-39668 and 1-52000 for items controlled by contract requirements.
F.
Criterion V of Appendix B to 10 CFR 50 states in part, " Activities affecting quality shall be prescribed by documented instructions...
of a type appropriate to the circumstances and shall be accomplished in accordance with these instructions...."
Section 4 of the QA Manual, Procurement Document Control, paragraph 4.1.3, states in part, "The purchase order is then forwarded to Quality Assurance for review and approval. When Q.A. ascertains that the purchase order will obtain products / services that meets code require-ments... they shall sign and date it...."
Contrary to the above, Purchase Orders 1-48647 and 1-52000 had not been forwarded to Quality Assurance for review and approval, in that Quality Assurance had not signed and dated the above purchase orders.
G.
Criterion XV of Appendix B to 10 CFR 50 states in part, " Measures shall be established to control materials parts or components which do not conform to requiraments... These measures shall include as appropriate, procedures for identification documentation, segregation Section 15 of the QA Manual, paragraph 15.2, states in part, "...
and further shall identify and segregate the part by placing an Inspection Report Sticker on the part or group of parts with the corresponding Inspection Report number...."
Contrary to the above, a body ring, platform and hatch cover were not identified and segregated, in that the Inspection Report Stickers were not attached to the part for Inspection Report Nos.
- 24432, a2513 and 24435.
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