ML20029A071
| ML20029A071 | |
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| Issue date: | 12/06/1988 |
| From: | Alexander S, Potapovs U Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| ML20029A068 | List: |
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| REF-QA-99901109 99901109-88-01, 99901109-88-1, NUDOCS 9102040013 | |
| Download: ML20029A071 (4) | |
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ORGANIZATION: WESTINGh0USE ELECTRIC SUPFLY COMPANY AUGUSTA, MAINE REPORT INSPECTION INSPECTION NO.:
99901109/68-01 DATE: July 24, 1980 ON-SITE HOURS: 8 CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS: Westinghouse Electric Supply Company 64 Anthony Avenue Auguste Maine 04330 ORGANIZATIONAL CONTACT:
Kenneth Smith, Branch Administrative Manager TELEPHONE NUMBER:
(207) 623-2546 NUCLEAP INDUSTRY ACTIVITY: Assigned as exclusive WESCO branch serving the Meine Yankee Atomic Power Plant for commercial grace materials. WESCO-Augusta refers Maine Yankee's nuclear safety-related orders to the Augusta Maine sales office of the Westinghouse Electric Corporation.
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_ Stephen D. Alexander, Special Projects inspection Date Section, Vendor inspection Branch, DRIS, NRR OTHER INSPECTOR (5):
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p!ntyre, SPIS, VlB DRIS, NRR APPROVED BY:
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(L*6 U Uldis Potapovs. Chief, ypecial Trojects Inspection Section Date Vendor Inspect %n Branch Division of Reactor inspection and Safeguards, NRR INSPECTION BASES AND SCOPE:
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BASES:
10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B and 10 CFR Part 21 B.
SCOPE:
To obtain information on (1) WESCO system overall organization ano operation, (2) origin /manuf acturer of comercial grade items sold to the Maine Yankee Atomic Power Plant, (3) WESCO-Augusta handling of commercial grade and nuclear safety-related material orders, and (4)
WESCO-Augusta sources of supply.
PLANT SITE APPLICABILITY: Maine Yankee Atomic Power Plant (50-309).
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ORGAN!IATION:
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC SUPPLY COMPANY AUGUSTA, HAINE REPORT INSPECTION NO.: 99901109/88-01 RESULTS:
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VIOLATIONS:
None.
B.
NONCONFORMANCES:
None.
C.
UNRESOLVED ITEMS:
None.
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STATUS OF PREVIOUS INSPECTION FINDINGS:
None.
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OTHER FINDINGS AND COMMENTS:
===1.
Background===
i The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued Information Notice (IN)
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88-46 and its Supplement No. I to alert operators of nuclear power plants that surplus or refurbished molded case circuit breakers (MCCBs) and other electrical equipment have been supplied to several plants from certain companies in the Los Angeles area (nemed in the IN) either directly or through distributors, including various Westinghouse Electric Supply Company (WESCO) offices.
The concern is tnat many of the suspect MCCBs fraudulently represented as 'new" were in fact refurbished. Others repre-sented as new or refurbished have been found to be refurbished with non-standt.rd parts and in some cases with missing parts, substandard parts, and shoddy workmanship. Some of these MCCBs have failed standard functional tests.
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Purpose The purpose of this inspection at the WESCO location in Augusta Maine, which, according to its manager, is the exclusive WESCO assigned to the Maine Yankee Atomic Power Plant, was to determine, to the extent possible, what, if any, electrical equipment from suspect sources known to have infiltrated the WESCO supply network has been supplied to Maine Yankee by WESCO-Augusta.
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ORGANIZATION: WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC SUPPLY COMPANY AUGUSTA, MAINE REPORT INSPECTION NO.: 99901109/88-01 RESULTS:
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Review of Suppliers The inspectors met with Mr. Kenneth Smith, Branch Administrative Manager (BAM), on July 24, 1988 and inforned him of the purpose of the visit and what records needed to be examined.
The BAM had been given clearance from his management to cooperate as arranged just prior to the inspection by NRC headquarters.
The interview of the BAM began with his explanation of the WESCO system and WESCO-Augusta's relationship to Maine Yankee, other nuclear power plants, other WESCOs and to the local Westinghouse Electric Corporation sales office.
The inspectors then examined the entire general file of WESCO-Augusta's stock suppliers and found invoices from none of the companies suspected by the NRC of dealing in fraudulently refurbished electrical equipment.
The inspectors learned that WESCO-Augusta does not stock the type 01 equipment described in IN 88-46. WESCO-Augusta's nonnal stock consists of comon industrial electrical supplies used primarily by electrical distribution utilities, as opposed to power generation equipment. All such material that may have been supplied to Maine Yankee would have to have been special ordered and all of the records of suppliers from which WESCO-Augusta ever special ordered non-stock material for Maine Yankee were said to be filed r:ith the records of Maine Yankee purchases.
The BAM stated that WESCO-Augusta can special order material, within certain guidelines from various sources according to lead time and availability.
In order of preference they incluce:
(1)the manufacturer (Westinghouse), (2) other WESCOs (first within the same region or WESCO district and then anywhere in the WESCO system) and (3) outside the WESCO system.
The BAM further stated that WESCO-Augusta buys no material as nuclear safety-related. All purchases are strictly comercial grade.
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Review of Sales According to the BAM, WESCO is a wholly owned subsidiary of Westinghouse Electric Corporation, but operates as a separate
- profit center." He explained that under the WESCO system.
WESCO. Augusta, like each of the other approximately 252 WESCO offices nationwide, is assigned as the the exclusive WESCO outlet
0 ORGANIZATION: WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC SUPPLY COMPANY AUGUSTA, MAINE REPORT INSPECTION NO.: 99901109/88-01 RESULTS:
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Nuclear Safety-Related Material - No such orders are accepted according to the BAM. The customer is referred for such orders to the local (also Augusta) Westinghouse Electric Corporation sales office or, with the customer's approval, the order is passed to that office. The inspectors' review of Maine Yankee procurement. from WESCO-Augusta back through 1985 revealed no safety-related sales and no certificates of conformance were requested or provided.
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Commercial Grade items - The inspectors' review of Maine Yankee procurements back through 1985 indicated that the plant had bought a considerable quantity of commercial grade equipment from WESCO-Augusta. Material in the normal stock line was delivered from stock, but equipnent and components of the type in question (primarily MCCBs) were special ordered from Westinghouse, other WESCOs and various independent suppliers and direct shipped to Maine Yankee.
The records of these sales included Maine Yankee purchase orders WESCO-Augusta invoices, suppliers' invoices and shipping documents.
The inspectors' review of these records revealeo one instance in which WESCO-Augusta had obtained Federal Pacific Electric MCCBs for Maine-Yankee from a company that had been implicated in the course of the NRC's investigation into fraudulent or refurbished electrical components. These parti-cular MCCBs were later traced to nonsafety related applications at the Maine Yankee Atomic Power Plant.
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