ML20150E993
| ML20150E993 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 07/06/1988 |
| From: | Brach E Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Grimes B Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8807180085 | |
| Download: ML20150E993 (3) | |
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July 6, 1988 MEMORANDUM FOR:
Brian K. Grimes, Acting Director Division of Reactor Inspection and Safeguards FROM:
E. William Brach, Chief Vendor Inspection Branch Division of Reactor Inspection and Safeguards
SUBJECT:
NRC MEETING WITH NUMARC ON JULY 5, 1988 On Tuesday, July 5,1988, NRR management and staf f met with Messrs. Colvin, Rasin, and Bishop of HUMARC to discuss licensee oversight and audit of vendors.
A summary of this meeting and a list of attendees is enclosed for your information, y,( s&-
E. William ach, Chief Vendor Inspection Branch
Enclosure:
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B. Hayes J. Sniezek T. Martin E. Rossi L. Shao 1
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OF NRC/NUMARC MEETING ON JULY 5, 1988 LICENSEE OVERSIGHT AND AUDIT OF VENDORS On Tuesday, July 5, 1988, NRR management and staff met with Messrs. J. Colvin, B. Rasin, and B. Bishop of NUMARC to discuss NRC concerns with the licensees' oversight and audit of vendors. The NRC discussed a number of recent cases where substandard and/or counterfeit problems have been identified in vendor supplied materials for the nuclear industry.
Examples of such problems include ASME certified materials, Electrical equipment, pumps and valves.
NRC expressed the concern that current licenseee oversight and audit of vendors is in sonie cases inadequate and further that current NRC and licensee programs are not necessarily structured to detect the vendor who intentionally falsifies and fradulently provides matericls, equipment or services. NUMARC and NRC discussed the large resource cost to the industry and to NRC to review and resolve each identified case of substandard and/or counterfeit materials.
It was agreed that a proactive effort should be initiated by the industry to address both corrective actions necessary to address past procurements of substandard and/or counterfeit materials and preventive actions to detect prospectively procurements of substandard or counterfeit materials.
NUMARC stated that they will explore the possibility of forming an industry wurking group to guide the industry corrective actions for current problems and issues and to guide the preventive actions for a long term program to assure, prospect 1vely, that such problems with fraudulent vendors are detected before use/ installation of the substandard ana/or counterfeit materials.
NUMARC indicated that mid to late August would be an appropriate date to target for an NRC and NUMARC working group meeting to discuss these issues.
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ATTENDANCE LIST
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- NRC/NUMARC MEETING JULY 5, 1988 NAME ORGANIZATION Jim Sniezek NRC/NRR, DD Tim Martin NRC/NRR, ADT Brian Grimes NRC/NRR/DRIS,:D Bill Brach NRC/NRR/DRIS/VIB Ed Baker NRC/NRR/DRIS/VIB Joe Colvin NUMARC Bill Rasin NUMARC W. Hutchison 01 B. Hayes DIR, 01
' Bob Bishop NUMARC.
Pete Hearn NRC/OSP/TVA Carl Berlinger NRC/NRR/00EA/0GCB Lynn Connor DSA John W. Flude NUS Corporation I
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