ML19309H022
| ML19309H022 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 03/10/1980 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
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| ML19309H016 | List: |
| References | |
| REF-QA-99900289 99900289-80-1, NUDOCS 8005080167 | |
| Download: ML19309H022 (2) | |
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80 eso 8 ol 67 Nuclear Valve Division Borg-Warner Corporation Docket No. 99900289/80-01 NOTICE OF DEVIATION Based on the results of an NRC inspection conducted on February 11-14, 1980, it appears that certain of your activities were not conducted in accordance with NRC requirements as indicated below:
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Criterion IX of Appendix B to 10 CFR 50 states:
" Measures shall be established to assure that special processes, in-cluding welding, heat treating, and nondestructive testing, are cdntrolled and accomplished by qualified personnel using qualified procedures in accordance with applicable codes, standards, specifica-tions, criteria, and other special requirements."
Paragraph NB-4231.2 in Section III of the ASME Code States in Part:
" Attachments which are welded onto the component support or parts during the process of manufacture... but which are not incorporated into the final support are permitted provided the requirements.
below are met.
(a) The material is suitable and compatible for welding to the component support material.
(b) The welding material is compatible with the base material.
(c) The welding procedures are qualified in accordance with Section IX.
(d) Area around the temporary attachment in marked in a suitable manner.
(e) The temporary attachment in completely removed in accordance with the. procedures of NB 4211.
(f) After the temporary attachment has been removed the marked area is examined by MP or LP method...."
Contrary to the above, the inspector observed temporary attachments welded to and removed from various valves in the shop area for which required controls could not be verified, in that:
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The temporary attachment material was not ident ified in terms of suitability and compatibility for welding to imponent support material.
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A procedure was not made available to the inspector, which describ-ed the method used by NVD to control the issue and use of temporary attachment materials.
The shop Traveler for the referenced valves did not specifically 3.
document the welding and NDE procedures used to attach, remove and examine areas where temporary attachments had been used.
(See Details Section 1-Paragraph D.3.c.)
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