ML20211N622
| ML20211N622 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 09/08/1999 |
| From: | Quay T NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
| To: | Fitzgerald R ABB COMBUSTION ENGINEERING NUCLEAR FUEL (FORMERLY |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20211N628 | List: |
| References | |
| REF-QA-99900401 99900401-99-201, NUDOCS 9909130034 | |
| Download: ML20211N622 (3) | |
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p f Septaber 8,1999 Mr. Ron Fitzgerald, Director Quality Assurance Dept. 9500-1926 ABB-Combustion Engineering, Inc. ?
2000 Day Hill Road Windsor, CT 06095
SUBJECT:
NRC INSPECTION REPORT 99900401/1999201
Dear Mr. Fitzgerald:
This letter addresses the inspection of your facility at Windsor, Connecticut, conducted by Bill Rogers and Stephen Alexander of this office on June 30 through July 1,1999. Following the onsite portion of the inspection, the NRC staff performed additional review of materials at the NRC office and conducted a final exit meeting, by telephone, on August 5,1999, during which we discussed the findings with your staff.
Areas examined during the inspection are discussed in the enclosed report. This inspection consisted of an examination of procedures and representative records, interviews with ,
personnel, and observations by the inspectors. l During this inspection, it was found that the implementation of your Quality Assurance program did not meet certain NRC requirements. ABB-Combustion Engineering, Inc., (CE) had not performed suitable qualification testing of a representative sample or performed an analysis to demonstrate the environmental qualification of the subject Litton-Veam electrical connectors installed in the Core Exit Thermocouple system provided to Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station (Palo Verde). CE had not shown, with moisture present in the Litton-Veam connector )
during a portion of the environmental qualification test, that the single connector configuration tested would be representative of the installed multiple connector configuration at Palo Verde or j that performing the environmental qualification test of the connector with the thermocouple maintained at a single temperature, would be representative of connector performance throughout the thermocouple operating range of the installed configuration at Palo Verde.
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i Mr. Fitzgeraid Septate 8,1999 Please provide us within 30 days from the date of this letter a written statement in accordance with the instructions specified in the enclosed Notice of Nonconformance. We will consider extending the response time if you can show good cause for us to do so.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter and its enclosure will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR).
Sincerely,
/S/
Theodore R. Quay, Chief Quality Assuraace, Vendor Inspection, Maintenance and Allegations Branch Division of Inspection Program Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 99900401
Enclosures:
(1) Notice of Nonconformance (2) Inspection Report 99900401/1999201 Distribution:
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. Mr. Fitzgerald Please provide us within 30 days from the date of this letter a written statement in accordance with the instructions specified in the enclosed Notice of Nonconformance. We will consider extending the response time if you can show good cause for us to do so.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter and its enclosure will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR).
Sincerely, get b #7 Theodore R. Quay, Chief Quality Assurance, Vendor inspection, Maintenance and Allegations Branch Division of Inspection Program Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
' Docket No. 99900401
Enclosures:
(1) Notice of Nonconformance (2) Inspection Report 99900401/1999201 1
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