ML20037D101
| ML20037D101 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 03/12/1981 |
| From: | Potapovs U NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
| To: | Long J GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. |
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| REF-QA-99900003 NUDOCS 8105210543 | |
| Download: ML20037D101 (2) | |
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12 MAR 1981 Docket No. 99900003/111-01 General Electric Company Wilmington Manufacturing Department ATTN: Mr. J. A. Long General Manager Box 780 Wilmington, North Carolina 28401 Gentlemen:
This refers to the QA Program inspection conducted by Mr. W. M. McNeill of this office on February 17-20, 1981, of your facility at Wilmingtcn, North Carolina, associated with the manufacture and fabrication of nuclear fuel assemblies and to the discussions of our findings with Mr. C. W. Doyle and members cf ycur staff at the conclusion of the inspection.
This inspection was made to confirm that, in the areas inspected, your QA Program is being effectively implemented. The inspection effort is not designed to assure that unique quality requirements imposed by a custmer are being implemented; nor to assure that a specific product, cceponent or service provided by you to your custmers, 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 frem others.
You should therefore not conclude that the NRC's inspection exempts you fra 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. Wi thin these areas, the inspection consisted of an examination of procedures and representative records, interviews with personnel, and observations by the inspector.
Curing 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.
Since the identified nonconformance was corrected before cmpletion of the inspec-tion a corrective action response is not necessary.
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I within 25 days of the date of this letter a written statement containing, (1) a description of steps that have been or will be taken to prevent recurrence, and (2) the date your preventive measures were or will be cmpleted.
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In accordance with Section 2.790 of the Comission's " Rules of Practice,"
Part 2, Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, a copy of this letter with enclosure and your reply, together with the enclosed inspection report will be placed in the Commission's Public Document Room.
If this report contains any infomation that you believe to be proprietary, it is necessary that you make a written application within 25 days to this office to withhold such infomation fra public disclosure. The application must include a full statement of the reasons why it is claimed that the infomation is prcprietary.
The application should be prepared so that any prcprietary infomation identified is contained in an enclosure to the application, since the application without the enclosure will also be placed in the Public Document Room.
If we do not hear fran you in this regard within the specified period, the report will be placed in the Public Document Room.
Should you have any questions concerning this inspection, we will be pleased to discuss them with you.
Sincerely, l
%W Uldis Potapovs, Chief Vendor Inspection Branch
Enclosures:
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Notice of Deviation 2.
Inspection Report No. 99900003/81-01 cc: General Electric Company ATTN:
W. H. Bruggeman General Manager Nuclear Energy Products Division San Jose, California 95125 l
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