ML20138P149

Notice of Nonconformance from Insp on 850923-27

ML20138P149
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Issue date:	12/18/1985
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$ APPENDIX B Joseph' Oat Corporation. l Docket No. 99900251/85-01

0 N'TICE OF NONCONFORM/NCE~

i During 'an inspection conducted September 23-27, 7.985, the implementation of-

.the Quality Assurance (QA)' Program at the Joseph Oat Corporation's fabrication plant.in Camden, New Jersey was reviewed with resoect to the fabrication of canisters which will be used during the defueling and subsequent storage of '

TMI-2 core debris. The applicable Quality Assurance (QA) Program requirements

< 'are~ 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B,10.CFR Part 21, ANSI N45.2, and the ASME Boiler

and Pressure. Vessel Code, .Section VIII, Part UW -(Lathal) (1983) as imposed by Bechtel Purchase Order (PO) TC-022111. dated August 5,1985,c and Bechtel .

Technical Specification for Fabrication of Defueling Canisters for GPU Nuclear Corporation TMI-2 Nuclear Power Plant, Specification Number 15737-2-M-101A(Q),-

'~ Revision 2, dated June 19,-1985.. Based on the results of this inspection, it L appears that certain. activities at the Joseph Oat Corporation facility were not conducted in accordance with commitments made to the NRC. These items o are listed below.

li . 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

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shall include appropriate quantitative or qualitative' acceptance -

criteria ~ for determining that important activities have been satisfactorily accomplished."

Section 4.2.2 of the Joseph Oat Corporation (0at) Quality Assurance Manual--(QAM), Revision 8, dated June 26, 1985, requires that the Lmanufacturing process (MP) be controlled by a shop traveler which is a written document which describes each step in the MP and specifies each inspection, test, non-destructive examination, .

cleaning operation,"and any other treatment or operation to be performed to fabricate the item in accordance with the contract. ,

Contrary to the above, lifting lugs were installed and removed o lon' canister 2476Al without a description in the traveler of the

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operation steps for the lifting lugs.

U 2.- 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 activities have been satisfactorily accomplished."

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. 'Section 4.2.2 'of the10at QAM requires that the shop traveler describe _each operation step in the MP. .

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Contrary.to the;above, theishell of canister 2476A2 was formed  :

with a steel bar and a hammer to achieve.a concentric fit-up l

without a: description _in the shop traveler for this operation 7  : step.,

3. . Criterion _ V of Appendix: B to,10 CFR_ Part 50 states: " Activities

- affecting quality shall'be prescribed by' documented instructions, procedures or drawings, offa type appropriate to the circumstances y .and shall' be accomplished in accordance with these instructions, 4-

~,: . . procedures, or drawings.--Instructions, procedures, or drawings v .shall include appropriate quantitative or qualitative acceptance-criteria for determining .that important activities have been

-satisfactorily accomplished." - -

Section.4.3.3.1'of Bechtel Technical . Specification 15737-2-M-101A,.

, nw ., Revision 2,-' dated June 19,11985, requires, in part, that procedures for removal of surface contamination on equipment items during and after fabrication shall,be submitted to Bechtel for permission .

' to procee/ 1rior. to fabrication.

' Contrary to the above Turco Dy-Check Remover No'.-3 was being used 1 for cleaning canister parts and weldsrbefore Oat obtained Bechtel's-

. approval _- for the procedure which permits the use of this cleaner.-

4. 10 CFRL 50ippendix; B Criterion XVI and ANSI N45.2 Section 17 require ithat measures be established to assure that conditions adverse to.

. quality such .as deviations, ' defective material, and nonconformance

-are-identified and corrected.~

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..Special Condition 19 to Bechtel Purchase Order TC-022111 requires in '

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part-that where Bechtel provides Oat certain materials or components forL0at's use Oat shall receive, inspect, and assume responsibility . 1 L ~ for use and control of such material.

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. Section 9.1 of the 0at Quality Assurance Manual-(QAM) requires,~in . ,

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part,- that 0at personnel are responsible-for reporting nonconformities.

Nonconformities are defined as a deficiency in characteristic or document 1that renders an activity unacceptable or indeterminate.

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Contrary to-the above, the documentation package provided by Bechtel l

'for the fuel canister recombiner elements contained both a Bechtel Certificate of Compliance indicating that the canister lower heads -l

> and 'recombiner. elements met 'all design specifications, and a Nuclear Energy Services Manufacturing (NES) Supplier Deviation Disposition

Request (SDDR) indicating that the verification of the catalyst weights i

," (had not been performed. This SDDR was not properly resolved-by Bechtel i after it' was initiated by NES.1 NES fabricated the lower heads that were O

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. supplied to Oat. The failure to identify this deficiency in the documentation and to assure that this condition adverse to quality Ewas corrected renders the catalyst quantities indeterminate. This item.had not been reported by Oat personnel and no action had been

taken to ' resolve the indeteminate status of the catalyst tinsta11ation._

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