ML20003D909
| ML20003D909 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 02/04/1981 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
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| ML20003D902 | List: |
| References | |
| REF-QA-99900001 NUDOCS 8104010382 | |
| Download: ML20003D909 (1) | |
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becockandWilcox Docket No. 99900001/81-01 NOTICE OF NONCONFORMANCE Based on results of an NRC inspection conducted on January 20-23, 1981, it appears that certain of your activities were not conducted in accordance with NRC requirements.
Criterion V of Appendix B to 10 CrR 50 states:
" Activities affecting quality shall be prescribed by documented ir.struc-tions, procedures, or drawings, or a type appropriate to tne cir.umstances and shall be accomolished in accordance with these instructions, procedures or drawings.
Instructions, procedures, or drawings shall include aopro-priate quantitative or qualitative acceptance criteria for determining that important activities have been satisfactorily accomplishec."
The Babcock and Wilcox Commercial Nuclear Fuel Plant Quality Assurance Manual, Revision 10, Section 5, Part 1.0, states:
"During manufacturing anc inspection the activities and operations affecting the quality of the fuel assemblies and core ccaponents are controllec tnrough the use of approved drawings, specifications, instructions, and crocedures.
The instructions or precedures or drawings shall include aoprocriate quantitative or qualitative accep-tance criteria to determine the satisfactory accomolishment of an activity.
In this manner, adecuate assurance is established that components are fabricated to design drawings and specifications, and are in compliance with all requirements."
Contrary to the above, precedure Fuel Rod Metallographic Sectioning Star.dard Mk B and MkC, QC-900, Addendum I, Revision 3, does not have the correct acceptance requirements, in terms of area of interest as de.ined by the specification Pellet Type, Zircaloy Clad Fuel Rod.
(See Details, paragraph E.3.c.)
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