ML20043B521
| ML20043B521 | |
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| Issue date: | 05/21/1990 |
| From: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| ML20043B519 | List: |
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| REF-QA-99900401 NUDOCS 9005300146 | |
| Download: ML20043B521 (1) | |
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.g NOTICE OF NONCONFORMANCE Based on the results of an NRC inspection conducted on March 12 through 15, 1990, it appears that certain of your activities were not conducted in accordance
'with HRC requirements which were imposed on you through purchase order contracts with NRC licensees.
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Criterion V of Appendix B to 10 CFR Part 50 states: " Activities affecting quality shall be prescribed by documented instructions, procedures, or drawings, of a type appropriate to the circumstances and shall be accomplished in accordance with these instructions, procedures, and or drawings.
Instructions, procedures, or drawings shall include ap)ropriate quar.titative or qualitative acceptance criteria for determining t1at important activities have been satisfactorily accomplished."
Section 6.5.1 of C-E Quality Specification 00000-WQC-11.1, Revision D, states in part:
" Activities affecting quality, including inspections, tests and special processes, shall be controlled and performed in accordance with written procedures, instructions or drawings. These shall be submitted to, reviewed, and accepted by C-E prior to the start of-fabrication."
Contrary to the above, in numerous purchase orders with the Electronic Resources Division of Whittaker Corporation from 1984 to 1987, a silicone fluid treatment for which no written procedure existed was applied to certain safety-related electrical connectors.
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Criterion VII of Appendix B to 10 CFR Part 50, states in part:
" Measures shall be established to assure that purchased material, equipment, and services, whether purchased directly or through contractors and subcontractors, conform to the procurement documents. These measures shall include provisions, as appropriate, for source evaluation and selection, objective evidence of quality furnished by the contractor or subcontractor, inspection at the contractor or subcontractor source, and examination of products upon delivery."
Sections 4.1.1 and 4.1.1.1 of C-E Quality Specification 0000-WQC-1.1.1, Revision D, state:
"The suppliers shall employ a quality program complying with the contract requirements. The quality program shall be delineated in writing. The program shall, as a minimum: Assure adequate quality throughout all areas of contract performance by the supplier."
Contrary to the above,19 safety-related electrical conpactors were shipped in 1987 on Purchase Order 9770018-71186 by the Electronic Resources Division of Whittaker Corporation with the written approval of C-E QA and Engineering, prior to submittal of any connect.cr drawing for C-E review and approval.
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