ML20054M504
| ML20054M504 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 06/18/1982 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
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| REF-QA-99900772 NUDOCS 8207130522 | |
| Download: ML20054M504 (3) | |
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APPENDIX B Parsons Peebles-Electric Products, Incorporated Subsidiary of Northern Engineering Industries Ltd.,
of England Docket No. 99900772/82-01 NOTICE OF NONCONFORMANCE Based on the results of an NRC inspection conducted on March 23-26, 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 i
acceptance criteria for determining that important activities have been satisfactorily accomplished."
1 Nonconformances with these requirements are as follows:
A.
Paragraph 7.5 of Section 7, dated June 24, 1981, of the Quality Assurance Manual, states in part:
"All items received must be acc;;panied oy cocumentary evidence that the item conforms to procurement requirements, drawings, and specifications.
If this certification of conformance is not received with the material, a shortage form EQ 3.1.1 is made i
and sent to purchasing for follow up for procurement. The item will be held in receiving until certification is obtained."
l Contrary to the above, documentary evidence that the Prototype l
Transformer, Part No. CD-1408, conformed to procurement requirements, l
drawings, and specifications had not accompanied the item; nor had a shortage form been initiated and the item retained in receiving.
The prototype transformer is the replacement for the noncompliant l,
Westinghouse current transformer.
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B.
Paragraph 10.3 of Section 10, dated June 24, 1981, of the Quality Assurance Manual, states in part:
" Materials in process are not permitted to go to the next sequence of operation until the inspection operation is performed.
This is achieved by the establishment of check points set up by the Quality l
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. Assurance Engineer.
These hold points for inspection are relayed to the shop via a shop traveler, form #1201.
The traveler, accom-panies each part and directs it to each operation.
When parts reach the inspection area, instructions to inspect are dictated by job tickets form #BCN995.
Results of inspection are recorded on the traveler and in accordance with Quality Assurance procedures and plans."
Contrary to the above:
1.
Inspection operations / instructions had not been reflected on shop travelers or job tickets for Manufacturing Order Traveler No. (17) 200 18107512-513; Drawings No. B-69294-5, CDL-11183; Stator Coils.
2.
Results of inspection had not been recorded on the following travelers, for materials that had been processed past the inspection points:
Manufacturing Order Traveler Nos.:
(2) 100 17707372; Drawing Nos. D-67453 E"W"; C-34231A-4; Stator Punching; Operation Nos. 2 and 5; (51) 200 18107512-513; Drawing No.
4 C-69890A-1; 16-inch Diameter Slip Ring; Operation No. 3; (111) 200 18107512-513; Drawing No. C-69591A-4; Brush Stem Support Bracket; Operation No. 5.
C.
Inter-Company Correspondence, dated February 4,1982, states in part:
"After verifying the adequacy of the first article, the inspector will sign and date where indicated at the top.
The Punch Press Supervisor will then give approval to run the operation by signing and dating at the l
top where indicated.
I "The key person or supervisor will also indicate periods when the operation is not running so to account for all checks indicated.
"The foregoing is a discussion of actions to be taken on the Punch Press Quality Assurance Log."
Contrary to the above, regarding Manufacturing Order Traveler No. (2) 100 17707372; Drawings No. D-67453E "W", C-34231A-4; Stator Punching:
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The approval to run space of the Punch Press Quality Assurance Log (PPQAL) had not been signed and dated despite completion of verifying the adequacy of the first article, and the operation's having started.
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The period when the operation was not running had not been indicated on the PPQAL despite the operation's'being stopped due to equipment problems.
D.
Section 6, dated June 24, 1981, of the Quality Assurance Manual, contains the following requirements:
1.
Paragraph 6.3 states, in part, with respect to product travelers, "All revisions are reviewed and approved before release by Manufacturing Engineering Manager."
2.
Paragraph 6.4 states in part, "The Quality Assurance Manager reviews and approves all Q. A. documents before being released for 1
distribution."
Contrary to the above:
1.
The following revised product travelers had not been reviewed and approved by the Manufacturing Engineering Manager, prior to distribution, as evidenced by the lack of signature or other 1
indication: Manufacturing Order Traveler Nos. (19) 200 18107512-513, dated January 15, 1982; Drawing Nos. B-69294-5, WOL 11183; and (17) 200 18107512-513, dated January 14, 1982; Drawing Nos. B-69294-5, CDL 11183.
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The latest revisions to the following QA documents had not been reviewed and approved by the Quality Assurance Manager, prior to distribution, as evidenced by approval signatures that predate the revisions; EQ Nos.: 2.2.2, dated May 16, 1978; 2.2.4, dated June 7, 1978; 2.5.1B, dated June 5, 1979; and 2.12, dated February 12, 1979.
It was noted that Section 6, dated August 2, 1977, also contained the identical requirement.
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