ML20196D299

Notice of Nonconformance from Insp on 871207-11

ML20196D299
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Issue date:	02/11/1988
From:	Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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REF-QA-99900003 NUDOCS 8802170069
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APPENDIX A General Electric Company Docket No. 99900003/87-01 NOTICE OF NONCONFORMANCE 1

During an inspection conducted on December 7-11, 1987, the implementation cf the Quality Assurance (QA) Program at the General Electric (GE) Nuclear Fuel and Components Manufacturing Facility in Wilmington, North Carolina was reviewed with respect to the fabrication of nuclear fuel assemblies. The applicable QA 1 program requirements are Appendix B to 10 CFR 50,10 CFR Part 21, and various l GE manuals and procedures. Based on the results of this inspection, it appears that activities at the GE facility were not conducted in accordance with these commitments. These items are listed below.

Criterion V of Appendix B to 10 CFR 50 requires that activities affecting  !

quality shall be prescribed by documented procedures and shall be accomplished in accordance with these procedures.

1. Section 1 of Changeroom PROD. No. 86.06, "General Lab Controlled Area Rules," Revid on 0, dated January 20, 1987 states that "No food, drinks, gum, or tobacco are permitted in the controlled area."  ;

Contrary to the above, a GE non-laboratory employee was chewing gum in the Chemet Laboratory. (87-01-01) 1

2. Section 4.C of the Foreword to the Chemical, Metallurgical & Spectrochemical (CM&S) Manual, Revision 7, dated June 18, 1986, states, "changes made to '

existing Analytical Test Methods (ATM) may be temporarily implemented )

pending review, approval, and issue." l 1

Contrary to the above, on September 1, 1987, a pen and ink change was made i to ATM 1.2.8.3, "Determination of Hydrogen in Zirconium, its Alloys, U0 l Sintered Pellets, and UO 0 byInertGasFusion,"Revision 7,da$ed i September 19, 1980, with$u-Gdt in$ti$ ting a formal revision to ATM 1.2.8.3, Revision 7. (87-01-02)

3. Criterion V of Appendix B to 10 CFR 50 requires that activities affecting l quality shall be prescribed by documented procedures. I Contrary to the above, ATM 1.2.8.3, Revision 7, did not document the steps being used by the technician to clean the LEC0 Impulse Furnace (LIF).

(87-01-03) i

4. Criterion V of Appendix B to 10 CFR 30 requires that activities affecting quality shall be prescribed by documeeted procedures.

Contrary to the above, ATM 1.2.8.3, Revision 7, did not' document the I technician physicall bumping the LIF to evenly distribute the flux material. (87-01-04 8802170069 880211 l PDR GA999 EMVGENE 99900003 PDR l

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5. Criterion V of Appendix B to 10 CFR 50 requires that activities affecting quality shall be prescribed by documented procedures.

Contrary to the above, ATM 1.2.8.3, Revision 7, did not provide guidance for the action taken by a technician when a pellet does not drop into the crucible in the LIF. (87-01-05)

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