ML19332A694
| ML19332A694 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 06/25/1980 |
| From: | Potapovs U NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
| To: | Volmer C SIEMENS POWER CORP. (FORMERLY SIEMENS NUCLEAR POWER |
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| REF-QA-99900081 NUDOCS 8009180104 | |
| Download: ML19332A694 (2) | |
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Docket No. 99900081/80-01 Exxon Nuclear Company, Inc.
Nuclear Fuels Department-1 Aten: Mr. C. J. Volmer Quality Assurance Manager 2'355 George Washington Way t
Richland, Washington 99352 Gentlemen:
This refers to the QA Program inspection conducted by Mr. W. M. McNeill of this office on June 10-12, 1980, of your facility at Richland, Washingten associated with the :nsnufacture and fabrication of nuclear fuel assemblies and to the discussions of our findings with you sad members of your staff at the conclusion of the inspection.
This inspection was made to confirm that, in the aress inspected, your QA Program is being effectively implemented. The inspection effort is not designed to assure that unique quality requirements imposed by a customer are being implemented; nor to assure that a specific product, component or service ~
provided by you to your customers, is of acceptable quality.
As you know, the NRC requires each of its licensees to assume full responsibility for the quality of specific products, components or services procured from others.
You should therefore not conclude that the NRC's inspection exempts you'from inspections by an NRC licensee or his agents nor from taking effective cor-rective action in response to their findings.
Areas examined and our findings are discussed in the enclosed report. Within these areas, the inspection consisted of an avamination 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 and references to the pertinent requirements are identified in the enclosures to this letter.
Please provide us within thirty (30) days 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 to taken to prevent recurrence, and (3) the date your corrective actions and preventive measures were or will be completed.
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Exxon Nuclear Company, Inc.
Nuclear Fuels Department In accordance with Sectica 2.790 of the Counnission's " Rules of Practice,"
Part 2, Title 10, Code of Federal 'legulations, a copy of this letter with enclosure and your reply, togethe: with the enclosed inspection report will be placed in the Commissien's Public Document Room.
If this report contains any information that you believe to be proprietary, it is necessary that you make a writt:.n application within thirty (30) 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 of which it is claimed that the infor=a-tion is proprietary, and should be prepared so that proprietary infor=ation identified in the application is contained in a separate part of the docu=ent.
If we do not hear from you in this regard within the specified period, the report will be placed in the Public Document Room.
Should you have any questicas concerning this inspection, we will be pleased to discuss them with you.
Sincerely, l
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Enclosures:
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Notice of Deviation 2.
Inspection Report No. 9990081/80-01 l