ML19339A104
| ML19339A104 | |
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| Site: | 07100398 |
| Issue date: | 10/31/1980 |
| From: | TEXAS A&M UNIV., COLLEGE STATION, TX |
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Quality Assurance Program for Shipping Packages Nuclear Science Center Texas A&M University System College Station, Texas 77843 October 1980 17560 N
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'I INTRODUCTION The Nuclear Science Center of the Texas A&M University System currently holds Reactor Operating License R-83.
A Quality Assurance program has been established which governs all activities concerned with the packaging of radioactive materials under USNRC shipping requirements (10CFR71, Appendix E).
These activities include designing, purchasing, f abricating, handling, shipping, storing, cleaning, assembling, inspecting, testing, operating, maintaining, repairing and modifying the packaging systems.
ORCANIZATION The Director of the Nuclear Science Center is responsible for the develop-ment, implementation, and maintenance of the Quality Assurance Program. The Senior Health Physicist is responsible for ascertaining compliance with the QA program ' including the required training, procedure develcpment and record-keeping.
The QA program organization is presented in Figure 1.
QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAM The QA program includes activities associated with the procurement, testing, use and maintenance of the shipping packages of 10CFR71 licensed materials. Training prior to engaging in any QA function is required. This training is detailed in written procedures. QA program revisions will be made in accordance with written procedures approved by the Director. The program will ensure that all defined Quality Control (QC) procedures, engineering procedures, and specific provisions of the package design approval are satisfied. The QA program will emphasize control of the characteristics of the package which are critical to safety.
DOCUMENT CONTROL All documents related to a specific shipping package wi'.1 be controlled through the use of written procedures approved by.the Director.
These procedures will also describe how document changes will be performed.
The Senior Health Physicist shall insure that all QA functions are conducted in accordance with the latest changes to these documents..
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Quality Assurance Program Organization for The Nuclear Science Center Texas A&M University l
SENIOR DIRECTOR HEALTH PHYSICIST REACTOR OPERATIONS Figure 1
DESIGN CONTROL The design or modification of packages used in the transport of radio-active =aterials requires a design review by a review panel. The review will assure that the design is correctly described in the approval of license applicationsand that the contents of safety analyses are accurate. Design reviews cover items such as stress, thermal, hydraulic, and accident analyses, compatibility of caterials and acceptance criterial for inspections and tests.
Documentation for the design reviews is provided in the form of approval l
applications containing the signatures of at least two individuals who comprise the review panel.
1 To assure that the approved design is properly accomplished the review panel will inspect the package and indicate compliance by initialing the document.
The design approval may be in the form of an internal document, a request to the Reactor Safety Board, or an application to the NRC for a shipping container license or Certificate of Compliance.
PROCUREMENT DOCUMENT CONTROL Normally the Suclear Science Center will use shipping packages which have been licensed and manufactured by others for use by general licensees.
In this case, certifications will be required from the package supplier that it is apprcpriately licensed for use with the authorized contant.
CONTROL OF PURCHASED MATERIAL, EQUIPMENT A'iD SERVICES In general, all materials, equipment and services are subject to inspection and approval of both the quality and quantity prior to acceptance.
Responsi-bility for these functions rests with the Director of the NSC or his designee.
Inspectica is generally performed af ter receipt of the material, equipment or service at the Nuclear Science Center..
5i IDENTIFICATION OF MATERIALS, PARTS AND COMPONENTS Identification is required for materials, parts or components where it is necessary to identify items through stages of delivery, utilisation, repair and/or modification.
s INSPECTION CONTROL The inspection program includes examinaticas, measurements, and tests to assure that materials, equipment and services conform to the requirements of applicable documents. Packages which fail to meet the requirements will be modified or repaired and retested until compliance is attained.
CONTROL OF ME.dUREMENT 83D TEST EQUIPMENT Measurement equipment will be calibrated as appropriate, and a record of this calibration will be retained.
Each instrucent used in testing will have an error which is small in comparison with the tolerances en the parameter being =easured.
HANDLING, STORAGE AND SHI? PING The handling, storage and moving of casks and all parts of casks will be controlled to assure safety and to prevent degradation, damage or loss.
INSPECTION, TEST AND OPERATING STATUS The status of shipping containers will be indicated by a tag, label, a log entry or other documentation. The records will indicate when periodic surveillance tests have been performed.
NON-CONFORMING MATERIAL, PARTS OR COMPONENTS Items found to be aon-conforming in operation or in surveillance tests are recorded and removed from service until repaired. The repair, transfer to other use or disposal will be recorded.
The repaired items will comply with the applicable specifications.
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1 CORRECTIVE ACTION Decisions concerning corrective action are made on a case by case basis, depending upon the nature, severity and frequency of the deficiency.
QUALITY ASSURANCE RECORDS Activities within the scope of the QA program will be documented by i
the Senior Health Physicist.
AUDITS An audit of the quality assurance program will be performed at least i
annually by the Reactor Safety Board.
1 The documented audit will cover all aspects of the quality assurance program and will include, as a minimum a report of any changes in the program made since the previous a'udit, a report of random or complete reviews of the records, and an evaluation of the ef fectiveness of the program.
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