ML20150C056
| ML20150C056 | |
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| Issue date: | 09/08/1978 |
| From: | Hunnicutt D, Roberds H NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
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| REF-QA-99900014 NUDOCS 7811100071 | |
| Download: ML20150C056 (6) | |
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9 VENDOR' INSPECTION REPORT t
U. S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF INSPECTION'AND ENFORCEMENT REGION IV Report No.
99900014/78-02 Program No.
44020 Company:
Crane Midwest Fittings 1450 South Second Street St. Louis, Missouri 63104 Inspection Conducted: August 21-24, 1978 Inspector':
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H. W. Roberds, Contractor Inspector, Vendor
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/ Date Vendor Inspection Branch Summary 1
Inspection on August' 21-24,1978 (999000i4/78-02)
Areas Inspected:
Implementation of 10 CFR 50, Appendix B, criteria, and applicable codes and standards, including actions on previous inspection findings, internal audits and nonconformances and corrective action. The inspection involved thirty (30) inspector hours on site by one (1) NRC inspector.
Results:
In the three (3) areas inspected, no apparent deviations or unresolved items were identified in one (1) area:
the following were identified in the remaining two (2) areas.
Deviations:~ Internal Audits.- performing follow-up audits not consistent with Criterion XVIII of 10 CFR 50, Appendix B, and Section 11 of the QA Manual (Enclosure, Item A); Nonconformances and corrective action - recording of inspection rep' ort number on the shop order traveler not consistent with 781110007I
- Criterion V of 10 CFR 50, Appendix 8, and Section 6 of the QA Manual 4
(Enclosure, Item B); Attaching rejection tags to nonconfonning materials not consistent with Criterion XV of 10 CFR 50, Appendix B, and Section 6 of the QA Manual (Enclosure, Item C).
Unresolved Item:
Records of the inanagement audit was not available during this inspection.
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, DETAILS A.
Persons Contacted.
- D. F. Betz, Quality Assurance Manager
- T. D. Voss, Quality Assurance Administrator
- b. H. Woodworth, Quality Assurance Specialist P. R. Chambers, Contract Administrator R. Marvin, Welding Foreman J. J. Mueller, Supervisor, NDE R. H. Jones, QA Inspector
- Denotes those attending the exit interview.
B.
Actions on Previous Inspection Findings 1.
(Closed) Deviation (Report No. 78-01):
Completion of specified operations were not indicated by date and sign off on certain Shop Order Travelers.
The inspector verified that the committed corrective action, with
. respect to a QA Manual change had been accomplished and a revised traveler format had been executed.
2.
(0 pen) Deviation (Report No. 78-01):
Vendor was not selected from the Qualified Vendors list and did not include or reference adequatu quality requirements on the purchase order Crane Midwest Fittings requested an ASME interpretation of NCA-3867 dated August 3, 1978.
3.
(C.osed) Deviation (Report No. 78-01):
A lead letter "B" was not placed on the back of each film holder during production radiography.
The inspector verified that the committed corrective action with respect to the change to all RT procedures had been accomplished and coordinated with the ANI.
4.
(Closed) Deviation (Report No. 78-01):
A combination of submerged arc wire and flux had been checked-out without verification of material release.
The inspector verified that the committed corrective action with respect to review of QAM, Section 10, with the Welding Tool Room Attendant and the Welding Material Check-out Book had been accomplished.
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(Closed) Deviation (Report No. 78-01):
Provisions were not m de for the committed documentation and verification of welder and welding materials on a change notice to the shop order traveler.
The inspector verified that the committed corrective action with respect to the review of current shop order travelers and additional training of personnel had been completed.
6.
(Closed) Deviation (Report No. 78-01): A confonnance tension test was made on material in the annealed condition irstead of the normalized and tempered condition of the finishet fitting.
The inspector verified that a test coupon of the fitting material was normalized and tempered and all required destructive testing was performed and the results were acceptable.
C.
Internal Audits 1.
Objectives The purpose of this inspection was to verify that:
a.
Procedures or policy documents clearly identify organizations responsible for audits and define their responsibilities and authorities.
b.
Measures have been established to assure that auditors are independent of any direct responsibility for performance of activities which they are auditing and that persons having direct responsibility for performance of activities being audited are not involved in the selection of the audit
- team, c.
Guidelines and requirements are established for audit scheduling and that they take into consideration the status and importance of the activities to be audited, d.
Sufficient instructions or guidance are available to the auditors in the form of checklists or procedures to perform the audits effectively and h accordance with the audit plan.
e.
Deficiencies identified by the audits are closed out by appropriate corrective action and timely follow-up, including reaudit of deficient areas.
f.
Audit records are collected, stored and maintained in accord-ance with applicable code and contract requirements.
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Method of Accomplishment, The preceding objectives were accomplished by:
a.
Review of the Quality Assurance Manual, Section 11, Audits, Revision G, dated May 20, 1977.
b.
Revicw of internal audit results of QA Manual, Sections 1 through 10.
c.
Review of internal audit schedule for 1977 and 1978.
d.
Interviews with cognizant personnel.
3.
Findings a.
Deviation See Enclosure, Item A.
b.
Unresolved Item The QA Manual requires that management audits be performeJ each year.
Records for the management audit for the year 1977 could not be located during this inspection.
D.
Nonconformances and Corrective Action 1.
Objectives The purpose of this inspection was to verify that:
A system has been established for identifying and reporting a.
nonconformances and that this system is consistent with the QA program as described in QAM, Sections 6 and 7.
b.
The system for nonconformances identification contains as a minimum, the following elements:
(1)
Identification of item.
(2) Description of nonconformance.
(3) Segregation of the item, as appropriate.
(4) Signature of the reporting party.
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The system for identifying and reporting nonconformances, and for evaluating and enacting corrective action is timely and effective, e.
Corrective action follow-up was effectively performed.
f.
Corrective procedures on generic type items and changes thereto are developed, reviewed and approved by personnel assigned to that responsibility by management.
2.
Method of Accomplishment The preceding objectives were accomplished by:
a.
Review of the Quality Assurance Manual, Section 6, Revision E of February 3, 1977.
b.
Review of the Quality Assurance Manual, Section 7, Revision E of November 16, 1976.
c.
Review of twenty-five (25) Inspection Reports for the year 1978 randomly selected.
c.
Interviews with cognizant personnel.
3.
Inspection Findings a.
Deviations from Commitments (1)
See Enclosure, Item B.
(2) See Enclosure, Item C.
b.
Unresolved Items l
None.
E.
Exit Interview The inspector met with management representatives (denoted in para-graph A) at the conclusion of the inspection on August 24, 1978. The inspector summarized the scope and findings of the inspection. Manage-ment acknowledged the statements by the inspector with respect to the inspections findings.