ML20216C109
| ML20216C109 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 01/17/1992 |
| From: | John Lubinski NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
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| ML20216C114 | List: |
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| SSD, NUDOCS 9805190104 | |
| Download: ML20216C109 (3) | |
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JAN 17 892 MEMORANDUM TO:
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SUBJECT:
QUALITY ASSURANCE VISIT TO DATA MEASUREMENTS CORPORATION Charles Haughney, Doug Broaddus, Anne Wheaton, and I arrived at Data Measurements Corporation (DMC) in Gaithersburg, MD at 1:00 pm on Monday, December 9th.
The visit started with a meeting between us and the following personnel:
Mr. Christopher Burnett, RSO - DMC Mr. Michael Norbury, Vice President - DMC Mr. Dominique Gignoux, President - DMC Mr. Thomas Ferguson - MD Department of the Environment Mr. Charles Flynn - MD Department of the Environment At the meeting we discussed DMC's organization structure and company history and the purpose of our visit.
The meeting was followed by a tour of the facility.
Mr. Gignoux excused himself after the tour.
After the tour, we began to evaluate DMC's Quality Assurance (QA) program.
The evaluation was performed using the standard auditing checklist and following the visit agenda.
A copy of the agenda and completed checklist are enclosed.
We ended at spproximately 4:00 pm.
The next morning Doug Broaddus, Anne Wheaton, and I arrived at DMC at 8:00 am.
We were met by Thomas Ferguson, Christopher Burnett, and Michael Norbury.
We started the day by discussing regulations covering general licensees and products which DMC distributes to general licensees.
We then finishea reviewing the QA program in accordance with the agenda and the checklist.
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finished at approximately 12:00 pm.
Doug, Anne, Tom and I met privately for approximately forty-five minutes to discuss the
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visit and QA program.
An exit meeting was held at 12:45 pm.
I summarized our views of the program and made suggestions for improvement in areas of the program (details of the comments are listed in the enclosed follow-up letter to DMC and the checklist).
Christopher Burnett and Michael Norbury then made comments about our program.
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overall, DMC was very receptive and supportive of our program.
Their main comments were to keep our program consistent with other QA standards and that our program was not much different from the ISO 9000 Series.
Enclosures:
QA Auditing Checklist Follow-up Letter to DMC Agenda gy
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AGENDA FOR MEETING BE'lWEEN DATA MEASUREMENTS CORPORATION AND THE U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION l
ATTENDEES:
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission:
Mr. John Lubinski, Mechanical Engineer Sealed Source Safety Section Mr. Charles Haughney, Chief Fuel Cycle Safety Branch Mr. Doug Broaddus, Mechanical Engineer Sealed Source Safety Section Mr. Anne Wheaton, Co-op Engineer Sealed Source Safety Section Data Measurements Corporation:
Mr. Chris Burnett, Radiation Safety Officer Mr. Dominique Gignoux, President Mr. Dennis Jones, Radiation Control - Manufacturing Department Maryland Department of the Environment:
Tom Ferguson Charles Flynn DATE TIME SUBJECT December 9 1:00 pm Introduction and discussion of the purpose of the visit.
Discussion of Data Measurements' organizational structure.
Discussion of distribution to generallicensees.
Tour of Data Measurements' facility.
Review personnel records and equipment logs.
Review design control procedures and records.
4:30 pm End of day exit meeting.
o December 10 8:00 am Review material / service procurement and inventory control procedures and records.
Review assembly procedures and records.
Review receiving and in process inspection procedures and records.
Review finalirspection and testing records.
Review nonconforming material procedures and records.
Review packaging and transportation procedures and records.
Review handling of defective products and customer complaints.
Review QA audit procedures and records.
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