ML20205H916
| ML20205H916 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 10/19/1988 |
| From: | Baker E, Cilimberg R Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| ML20205H914 | List: |
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| REF-QA-99901125 99901125-88-01, 99901125-88-1, NUDOCS 8810310215 | |
| Download: ML20205H916 (3) | |
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ORGANIZATION: ACTION STAINLESS & ALLOYS, INC.
DALLAS, TEXAS REPORT INSPECTION INSPECTION NO.: 99901125/88-01 DATE:
September 26-29, 1988 ON-SITE HOURS: 42 CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS: Mr. O. B. McClure, President Action Stainless & Alloys, Inc.
10699 Stemons Freeway Dallas, Texas 75220 ORGANIZATIONAL CONTACT: Mr. Tom Floyd TELEPHONE NUMBER:
(214) 869-0181 NUCLEAR INDUSTRY ACTIVITY: Supplier of commercial grade materials to Texas Utilities and Arkansas Power and Light.
ASSIGNED INSPECTOR: 87&do
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R. L. Cilimberg, Progrbm Development and Reactive ae Inspection Section (PDRIS)
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J. J. Raleigh, PDRIS APPROVED BY:
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fP E. T. Baker N hief, PDRIS, Vendor Inspection Branch Date INSPECTION BASES AND SCOPE:
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BASES: Allegation follow-up.
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SCOPE: To determine if the supply of materials to the nuclear industry is in accordance with nuclear utility requirements.
PLANT SITE APPLICABILITY:
Arkansas 1/2 (50-313/368), Comanche Peak 1/2 (445/446) 8810310215 GG1023 h%og$99EMVa*
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99901125/88-01 RESULTS:
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A.
VIOLATIONS:
Not Applicable E_
NONCONFORMANCES:
Not Applicable C.
UNRESOLVED ITEMS:
None D.
STATUS OF PREVIOUS INSPECTION FINDINGS:
Not Applicable E.
INSPECTION FINDINGS AND OTHER COMMENTS:
1.
The NRC staff met with Action Stainless & Alloys, Inc. (ASA) managerrent on September 26, 1988, to discuss the scope of this unannounced inspec-tion. ASA management expressed a willingness to cooperate and assist the inspectors while stating that ASA has never possessed a nuclear stamp or supplied material to ASME Section III requirements. The inspection observations were sumarized daring an exit meeting on September 28, 1988, which concluded that the allegation, which initi-ated this inspection, cou'd not be substantiated.
2.
Facility Tour The NRC inspectors observed that material stored at ASA was identified with tags and/or marked with ASME or ASTM designations. Material was color coded according u a procedure which specified different colors
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for each type of stainless steel alloy. During a tour of the storage facility, the ASA Quality Assurance (0A) Manager stated that material would not be supplied to a nuclear utility without a mill test report and a heat number traceable to the mill test report.
The QA Manager also stated that verification testing is performed on niaterial for which a material test report is not available by cutting a sample from the niece being sold and sending the sample to a private labora-tory for testing. ASA hourly employees apply heat numbers on material at the direction of an ASA supervisor which places the responsibility for proper heat number identification on the supervisor and not the hourly eniployee.
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ORGANIZATION:
ACTION. STAINLESS & ALLOYS, INC.
DALLAS. TEXAS REPORT INSPECTION NO.: 99901125/88-01 RESULTS:
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Document Review The inspectors reviewed a computer printout of 958 purchase orders (P0s) which represented all of the PO's received from ASA's customers.
P0s were reviewed for material shipped to Arkansas Power and Light (APL) and Texas Utilities (TV), which v,ere the only orders for nuclear facilities. This PO review detennined that material ordered by APL dnd TV was specified as commercial grade. Additionally, the inspec-tors determined by a telephone call to John Youngblood with the TU Purchasing Department that ASA is not on the TV Approved Vendors List and TV has purchased only comerctal grade material from ASA.
This effort further revealed that ASA has not supplied steel plate to TU.
In addition, none of ASA's other customers were finns that ordered material other than comercial grade.
4.
Allegation An allegation was received by the NRC which alleged that ASA employees have improperly changed heat numbers on steel plates.
Additionally, the allegation maintains that some steel plates containing altered heat numbers were transported and delivered to TU, Comanche Peak Nuclear Plant.
The NRC inspectors determined by a facility tour ano docunent review that while ASA is not required to maintain heat trace-ability on commercial material ASA appears to mske every effort to provide heat numbers and test reports on ASA supplied meterial. Since steel plates have not been supplied to TV, alleged heat number impro-priety on steel plates for TV is not a concern. ASA hourly employees do not determine the propriety of heat numbers which they mark on material supplied by ASA at the direction of a supervisor. The alle-gations could not be substantiated.
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Persons Contacted O. B. McClure, President Tom Floyd, Vice President and QA Manager Kelli Morgan, Receptionist
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