ML20052C148
| ML20052C148 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 04/15/1982 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION V) |
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| ML20052C146 | List: |
| References | |
| REF-QA-99900334 NUDOCS 8205040428 | |
| Download: ML20052C148 (3) | |
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T APPENDIX A Transamerica Delaval, Inc.
Engine and Compressor Division Docket No. 99900334/82-01 NOTICE OF NONCONFORMANCE Based on the results of an NRC inspection conducted on January 25-29, 1982, it appears that certain of your activities were not conducted in accordance with NRC requirements as indicated below:
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, or drawings.
Instructions, procedures, or drawings shall include appropriate quantitative or qualitative acceptance criteria for determining that important activitie's have been satisfactorily accomplished."
Nonconformances with these requirements are as follows:
A.
Paragraph 16.7.1 of Section 16 dated February 27, 1981, of the Quality Assurance Manual states, " Records will be securely stored at Transamerica Delaval and shall be protected against fire, damage or loss."
Contrary to the above, the QA documents are not stored in fireproof type storage cabinets and are thus not being adequately protected against fire, damage, or loss.
B.
Paragraph 7.3.1 of Section 7 dated April 1,1981, Revision 1, of the Quality Assurance Manual states, "The production Route Sheet shall specify the welding procedure (s) and revision for each operation as called for by the Engineering Drawing."
In addition, as a result of a Transamerica commitment in their letter dated June 5, 1981, to finding "A", Report 81-01, each welder had been issued his personal copy of all weld procedures.
For future jobs, weld l
procedures on a new form would be incorporated in the job package when j
issued to the shop.
Contrary to the above, a welder was observed welding on part No.
H02717-0359, Job Order No. 97-485-3085, without having the specified weld procedure in his possession as listed below:
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The short form weld procedure had not been issued with the job l
package as required by Engineering Instructions.
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The manufacture Route Sheet called for weld procedura 100W-1A, Revision 4, to be used for the operation.
The welder had weld procedure 100W-1A, Revision 2, in his possession for welding information.
C.
Paragraph 9.1 of Specification No. 100-A-3 requires all weld material be returned to stores at the end of each four hour period.
In addition, as a result of a Transamerica commitment in their letter of June 5,1981, to finding "B", Report 81-01, the. weld -issue room attendant is required -
to monitor the time out of weld material on a three hour schedule.
Contrary to the above requirements:
1.
3/32" type 7018 weld rod had been issued to a welder at 9:50 a.m.
on January 26, 1982, and was still in his possession at 3:30 p.m.
the same day.
2.
The three hour monitoring of the possession of weld material was not being complied with as required by instructions.
D.
In Transamerica Delaval, Inc., (TDI) letter to the NRC dated June 5, 1981, in answer to the NRC's report of inspection and notice of nonconformance dated May 27, 1981, TDI made a general commitment to perform an audit of the ASME weld shop during the fall of 1981 to insure that the preven-tive action described in the June 5, 1981, letter would be effective.
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Contrary to the above, the committed weld shop audit had not been per-formed as of January 26, 1982.
E.
Paragraph 4.4.3 of Section 4, dated February 27, 1981, of the Quality Assurance Manual states, " Quality Control representatives shall survey major / critical equipment suppliers at a minimum of once every three years to assure the vendor's ability to comply with the specification requirements and to review the implementation of the suppliers quality program."
Contrary to the above, Betts Spring Company, a supplier of valve springs (major / crit':*l), had not been surveyed a minimum of once every three years to as.u'e their ability to comply with the specification require-ments and to review the implementation of their quality program.
This was evidenced by the last Vendor Quality Program Survey form, being completed February 25, 1976.
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Paragraph 6.1.3 of the Approved Supplier List (ASL) procedure, dated F
s March 20, 1980,. states in part, "The supplier will not be included on i
the ASL until a' survey or a'u'dit is' complete."
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4 Contrary to the above, Associated-Spring Company-(Barnes Group) had been t
i placed on the ASL, dated-August 1981,' prior to completion of a survey l
or audit as' evidenced by an incomplete Audit Form, dated August 12, 1981.
l Additionally, a purchase o'rder,-dated October 21, 1981, ordered valve springs.
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