ML20129J193
| ML20129J193 | |
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| Issue date: | 07/17/1985 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE) |
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| ML20129J190 | List: |
| 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:
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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...
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show that training had been performed..."
Auditor's comments:
Was assured that this was a most
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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:
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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