ML20215C710

Notice of Nonconformance from Insp on 850401-05

ML20215C710
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Issue date:	07/26/1985
From:	NRC
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ML20215C699	List: ML20215C695 ML20215C710 ML20215C718
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REF-QA-99900840 NUDOCS 8610100413
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Cardinal Industrial Products Corporation Docket No. 99900840/85-01 NOTICE OF NONCONFORMANCE Based on the results of an NRC inspection conducted on April 1-5, 1985, it appears that certain of your activities were not conducted in accordance with NRC requirements.

A. Criterion V of Appendix B to 10 CFR 50 states, in part: " Activities affecting quality shall be prescribed by documented instructions,

! procedures...and shall be accomplished in accordance with these instructions, procedures... Instructions, procedures, or drawings '

shall include appropriate quantitative or qualitative acceptance criteria for determining that important activities have been satisfactorily accomplished."

CIPC's " Action Plan," as modified by the January 31, 1985 submittal, I requires that CIPC review all Certified Material Test Reports for -

material over 1" diameter. Paragraph 3. " Review Criteria" on page 5 .

'. of the August 8, 1984, submittal, states, in part: " Verify that all quantitative and qualitative data records on CIPC CMTR's is accurate.

and supported by adequate documentation... Verify NDE, when applicable, was performed by an approved subcontractor and the appropriate sample j was examined, and accepted."

Contrary to the above, a review of documentation packages which had

' already been reviewed by CIPC revealed the following inadequacics that CIPC had failed to detect:

1. Purchases from unapproved sources

2. Lack of, or insufficient NDE

3. Insufficient number of tensile tests

! 8. Criterion VII of Appendix B to 10 CFR 50 states, in part: " Measures shall be established to assure that purchased material, equipment

and services... conform to the procurement documents. These measures shall include provisions, as appropriate, for source evaluation and, i

selection...The effectiveness of control of quality by contractors i

and subcontractors shall be assessed by the applicant or designee at intervals consistent with the importance, complexity, and quantity of the product or services.

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Subparagraph-NCA-3866.3 of Section III of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code states, in part: " Measures shall be established to assure that all purchased materials and services conform to the requirements of this Section."

Paragraphs 8.1 of the November 1983 version of CIPC's QAM require that. subcontractors providing material or services.be ASME certificate holders or that CIPC audit .the subtier. supplier.

Paragraph 21.2.of the November.1983 version of CIPC's QAM requires-that the audits be documented.- ,

Contrary to the.above,- j

1. CIPC placed plant on the Approved Vendors List.

but did not have any. objective evidence that an evaluation audit had been performed.

2. Neither.CIPC nor CIPC's subcontractor's had performed. evaluation audits of the companies performing calibration services on the subcontractor's measuring equipment.

C. Criterion XVI of Appendix B to 10 CFR 50, states, in part: " Measures shall be-established to assure that conditions adverse to quality, such as...nonconformances are promptly identified and corrected. In the case of significant conditions adverse to quality, the measures shall assure that the cause~of the condition is determined and corrective action taken to preclude repetition. .The identification of the significant condition adverse'to quality, the cause of.the condition, and the corrective action

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taken shall be documented and reported to appropriate levels of management."

l Paragraph 16.9 of the November 1983 version of CIPC's Quality Assurance Manual (QAM) requires that '.he vendor be notified of any nonconformances.

! Paragraph 21.7 of the Novenber 1983 version of CIPC's QAM requires that

! audit findings and corrective actions be documented on the Corrective ActionReport(CAR).

! Contrary to the above, non:onformances identified in third party revali-l dation audit reports concerning CIPC subcontractors, submitted by the Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection Company (HSBIC) to CIPC, were not sent i

to the respective subcontractors for resolution. Neither audit findings

nor corrective action requests were documented on the CAR. In addition, there was no evidence that CIPC requested corrective action by the s respective subcontractors.

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