ML20129J193

Notice of Nonconformance from Insp on 850429-0502

ML20129J193
Person / Time
Issue date:	07/17/1985
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE)
To:
Shared Package
ML20129J190	List: IR 05000429/2005002 ML20129J186 ML20129J193
References
REF-QA-99901006 99901006-85-01, 99901006-85-1, NUDOCS 8507220345
Download: ML20129J193 (2)

See also: IR 05000429/2005002

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APPENDIX A

A&G Engineering Co. II, Inc.

Docket No. 99901006/85-01

NOTICE OF NONCONFORMANCE

Based on the results of an NRC inspection conducted on April 29-May 2,1985, it

appears that certain of your activities were not conducted in accordance with

NRC requirements.

A. Criterion VII of 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B " Control of Purchased

Material, Equipment, and Services" 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...."

Section X, " Control of Purchased Materials and Services," paragraph

II.C.1 of the A&G Engineering Co. II, Inc. (A&G) Quality Assurance

Manual (QAM), states, in part: "A survey of vendor (sic) is initially

performed utilizing Audit checklist sheets...which are prepared by

Quality Assurance, ccmpleted by the auditor who records the quality

elements, the results of manual review, (certifying inclusion of

quality elements), and the results of quality element implementation

investigation. Ratings of "In Control" or "Out of Control"... are

also recorded on the report."

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Contrary to the above, sufficient objective evidence was not documented

on the vendor audit checklists to substantiate and/or verify the A&G

auditor's findings as evidenced by the following examples.

From an audit checklist dated 5/25/83 which was used to approve a

vendor as a supplier on 6/1/83:

1. Checklist question: "Is the program documented by a

Quality System Manual?"

Auditor's comments: "May 25th-English translation being prepared"

Based on the auditor's coments it cannot be verified

that an English version of the manual was ever

reviewed by A&G.

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2. Checklist question: " Do the personnel records retained...

show that training had been performed..."

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Auditor's comments: Was assured that this was a most

viable part of their program." A list of the personnel

and training records reviewed was not available. The

auditor's comments suggest that nothing more than a

verbal affirmation from the vendor that personnel

training is performed was obtained during the audit.

B. Criterion XII of Appendix B to 10 CFR Part 50 states: " Measures

shall be established to assure that tools, gages, instruments, and

other measuring and testing devices used in activities affecting

quality are properly controlled, calibrated, and adjusted at

specified periods to maintain accuracy within necessary limits."

Section XX, " Control of Measuring and Testing Equipment," paragraph

II.I.2 of the A&G QAM states, in part: "Upon return of this

equipment, " Periodic checks" are performed on the equipment to

insure continued accuracy...."

A&G Quality Assurance Procedure (QAP) PR XX-A, " Color Coding of Gages"

Rev. A, paragraph VI, states, in part: " Month, May-November, Code-

Black...."

Contrary to the above, as of May 2, 1985:

1. The performance of the " periodic checks" of measuring equipment

could not be verified due to incomplete records. There was

no objective evidence that this test had been performed on the

following gauges for various periods:

Gauge Period

6A 1982, 1983

23A 1983, 1985

67A 1982, 1983, 1984

2. Gauge #92A, Setting Thread Plug Gauge, (go/no-go) was color coded

blue. The prescribed calibration periods for this gauge are the

months of May and November. The calibration color code for this

gauge should be black.

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