ML20138A792
| ML20138A792 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 04/22/1997 |
| From: | Gallo R NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
| To: | Leslie J AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
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| REF-QA-99901313 NUDOCS 9704280239 | |
| Download: ML20138A792 (4) | |
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e j NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20666-0001 o%***** / April 22, 1997 Mr. John M. Leslie, President SynTech Products Corporation 520 East Woodruff Avenue Toledo, Ohio 43624
SUBJECT:
NRC INSPECTION REPORT 99901313/97-01
Dear Mr. Leslie:
On February 4-6, 1997, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) conducted an inspection at your Woodruff Avenue facility in Toledo, Ohio. The enclosed report presents the results of that inspection. j The NRC inspection team evaluated the commercial quality program that SynTech established and implemented to control the manufacture and supply of various cleaning and maintenance chemical products. Although SynTech supplies several I of its products to NRC-licensed nuclear power plants, the inspectors i determined that those products are not basic components as defined in Section I 21.3 of Part 21 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Reculations (10 CFR Part !
- 21) because, for facilities licensed under 10 CFR Part 50, the products are not designed or manufactured under a quality assurance program meeting the provisions of 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, nor are they treated as basic components for procurement purposes by the NRC licensees to whom you supply them.
The inspection consisted of an examination of selected procedures, purchase l orders, test reports, certificates of compliance and other associated records, interviews with personnel and observations by the inspectors. No violation of NRC requirements was identified. Also, during this inspection, the inspectors reviewed the circumstances surrounding SynTech's submission to Consumers Power Company (Palisades) of what appeared to be a Detroit Edison Company chemical test report, but which reported data of indeterminate origin and cited a sample lot for which Detroit Edison or its subsidiary, Utility Technical Services, had no record of testing. Prior to the inspection, the information available to the inspectors suggested a fraudulent SynTech report. However, your explanation of the circumstances surrounding the creation of the report in its unusual form was plausibla, if not conclu ive, ; and was supported by other information obtained by the inspectors. Although you could not offer a g' satisfactory explanation for the report's not being effectively screened through management review before issue, the incident appeared to have been /d iroldted. The inspectors could not conclusively determine that there was any deliberateintenttomisleadtherecipientofthereportandfoundnoevidence/
of a pattern of similar activity.
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- J. Leslie In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter and its enclosures will be placed in the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR).
j Sincerely,
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Robert M. Gallo, Chief
- Special Inspection Branch Division of Inspection and Support Programs Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation f
Docket No. 99901313 l
Enclosure:
Inspection Report 99901313/97-01 i Distribution:
M 3-i B R/F 4 Central Files RIDS IE:09 MParker, SR RI, Palisades RSchaaf, PM, Palisades JHopkins, RIII AC BBurgess, RIII/DRP/RPB6
- NUREG 0040 File (signed cover letter, no concurrence page) i AGallow, 01
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i DOCUMENT NAME: G:\ALEXANDE\SYNTECH.IR 4
- See previous concurrence.
Ta receive a copy of this document, indicate in the box: *C" = Copy wi *E* = Copy with enclosures "N" = No copy 0FFICE PSIB: DISP lE SC:PSIB: DISP l E S SLPGi6: DISP l(EL- l l NAME SAlexander:s1f GCwalina R3 allo DATE 04/10/97* 04/10/97* 04/Ri&97 / /97 / /97 0FFICIAL RECORD COPY
J. Leslie l l
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter and its enclosures will be placed in the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR).
Sincerely,
/ /
Robert M. Gallo, Chief Special Inspection Branch Division of Inspection and Support Programs Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 99901313
Enclosure:
Inspection Report 99901313/97-01 Distribution:
PSIB R/F Central Files
~~ RIDS IE:09 MParker, SR RI, Palisades RSchaaf, PM, Palisades JHopkins, RIII AC BBurgess, RIII/DRP/RPB6 NUREG 0040 File (signed cover letter, no concurrence page)
AGallow, 01 SAlexander (signed cover letter, no concurrence page) 1 l
l DOCUMENT NAME: G:\ALEXANDE\SYNTECH.IR
- See previous concurrence.
To receive a copy of this document, indicate in the box: "C" = Copy wi "E" = Copy with enclosures *N" = No copy 0FFICE PSIB: DISP lE SC:PSIB: DISP l E S 2.9&fif: DISP l6 l l NAME SAlexander:sif GCwalina RGallo DATE 04/10/97* 04/10/97* 04/oT&97 / /97 / /97 0FFICIAL RECORD COPY l
J. Leslie '
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In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter and its enclosures will.be placed in the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR).
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.-4 Sincerely,
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Robert M. Gallo, Chief Special Inspection Branch Division of. Inspection and Support Programs Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 99901313
Enclosure:
Inspection Report 99901313/97-01 Distribution:
PSIB R/F Central Files RIDS IE:09 MParker, SR RI, Palisades RSchaaf, PM, Palisades JHopkins, RIII AC BBurgess, RIII/DRP/RPB6 NUREG 0040 File (signed cover letter, no concurrence page)
AGallow, 01 l
SAlexander (signed cover letter, no concurrence page) i i
i DOCUMENT NAME: G:\ALEXANDE\SYNTECH.IR L 1
f.9 To receive a copy of this document, indicate in the box: yw out enclosures *E" = Copy with enclosure = No copy 0FFICE PSIB: DISP bE PSIB: DISP M SC#ji}E: DISP l 6' OAC:NRR fBC:PSIB: DISP l NAME SAlexander:VX/ KNaid V GCV M na JLee / RGallo DATE 04/lo/97 g /97 04'//d/97 0 7 /97 04/ /97
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