ML20210G228

Notice of Nonconformance from Insp on 860210-14

ML20210G228
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Issue date:	03/31/1986
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE)
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ML20210G199	List: ML20210G194 ML20210G222 ML20210G228 ML20210G248
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REF-QA-99900075 NUDOCS 8604020382
Download: ML20210G228 (2)

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APPENDIX B Pacific Valves C?cket No. 99900075/86-01 NOTICE OF NONCONFORMANCE Based on the results of an NRC inspection conducted on February 10-14, 1986 it appears that certain of your activities were not conducted in accordance with NRC requirements.

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."

Norconformances with these requirements are as follows:

-1. Section 5.7.1.1 of the Quality Assurance Manual (QAM), Revision 2 states, " Vendor NDE Procedures shall be reviewed and accepted by the QA Department personnel."

Section 5.7.1.2 of the QAM states, in part, " Material Manufacturer's

... heat treat procedure shall be reviewed and accepted by the Welding Eng i nee r.'"

Contrary to the above, there'was no documented evidence that NDE procedure QCS 300, Pevisions K and N; FSP-0900, Revision 0; and FSP-0901, Revision 1; and. heat treat procedure FSP-0950, Pevisions 0 and 2 from Pacific Southern Foundries (PSF) were reviewed and approved by PV. (86-01-03)

2. Section 9.2 of STD No. QAS-6, "NDE Personnel Qualification and Certification (Written Practice)," Revision 12 requires that PV's Level III NDE Examiner retain copies of the qualification records of assigned NDE personnel # rom an outside agency.

Section 7.4.2.1 of the QAM, Revision.2 states, in part, "Pecords of the subcontractor's... qualification...are maintained by the NDE Sectien."

Section 7.4.1 of the QAM states, in part, "PV personnel performing NDE activities shall the qualified in actnrdance with SNT-TC-1A 1980...."

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Section 9.6.1 of SNT-TC-1A and Section 7.7 of STD No. 0AS-6 recuire i that qualification records of the certified individuals be maintained and include a statement indicating. satisfactory completion of training

in accordance with the employer's written procedure, f

i Contrary to the above, a review of qualification records for nine NDE personnel, three each from PV, PSF, and Sun-Ray Testing (SRT), revealed the following: (86-01-04)

a. There was no documented evidence that M. Hess from SRT was qualified to a Level III examiner when he qualified PV's J. Sewell to a Level III-liquid penetrant testing in February 1984,

b. Qualification records were missing for R. Nielson from PSF who performed magnetic particle testing in May 1982. t c .' The qualification records of the three PV examiners did not contain a statement indicating satisfactory completion of training in accordance with STD No. 0AS-6.

3. Section 5.3.8 of the QAM reouires that vendor audits be performed b'y qualified PV personnel.

Section 11.5.2 of the QAM requires that audits of vendors for code i material and itens be conducted with ~a qualified lead auditor.

Contrary to the above, it was noted that vendor audits were conducted by M. Merrill in September 1983 and K. Cranek in April 1985, but they were not qualified as auditors until July 1984 and October 1985, respectively. (86-01-05) i t

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