ML20235H789
| ML20235H789 | |
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| Issue date: | 02/06/1989 |
| From: | Grimes B Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Matthew Green AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS |
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| NUDOCS 8902240045 | |
| Download: ML20235H789 (6) | |
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FEB 0 61989 DMr. Melvin R. Green s Associate: Executive Director.
Codes and Standards
.knerican Society of Mechanical Engineers 345 East.47th Street g
New. York, New York-10017
Dear ~Mr. Green:
y Enclosed for your information is a copy of a pr.oposed bill (H.R. 336) that -
was introduced .in the House of Representatives on January 3,1989 by Congressman -
Poe of New Jersey. This proposed bill would provide for standardized testing of-
/c .high strer.gth steel bolts and would have the National Institute of Standaids and Technology accredit certain laboratories to perform the required testing. This bill would also provide that effective January 1,1991, no bolt may be certified. {
s' as a high strength steel bolt unless it comes from a. lot found acceptable by.an accredited laboratory.
Sincerely, l
Original sired by Bdc 1 Ocimes Brian K. Grimes, Director e Division of Rcactor Inspection and Safeguards ;
Office of Nuclear Reactor Re'gulation
Enclosure:
Proposed 1.egislation .
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, bolt quality and reduce the danger of substandard bolt failure, and for other purposes.
IN TTiG HOUSE OF REPRESMITAT1.VES a JANWCRY 8,1989 -
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, 10 provide for a system of standardization of measurement' of l bohs to increase bolt quality and reduce the danger of substandard bolt failure, and for other purposes.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, .
3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
1 4 The Act may be cited as the " Standardization of Meas-5 urement det of 1989". f 6 SEC.2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
7 (a) Fremos.-The Congress finds that-8 (1) counterfeit and substandard bolts and?other 9 fasteners pervade the United States economy, and their q
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(2) current fastener standards l 'of measurement j 4 'a l L evaluate bolts and other fasteners according to multipik !
5: e criteria incliiding hardness and composition, .
6 (3) current tests, designe!d to ensure bolts are bi
, 7 standard measure,; vary significe.ntly, but they are ade-
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j 10 J (4):a number of additi6nal chara$teristics oflolts, ,
it such as brittleness, plating; and tentin yielding, which!
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12 contribute to failure rates may need t'o' be evahiated) 13-when bolt standards of me:asure are revised. "1 i
14 (b) PURPOSE.-The purpose of this Act is to provide for 15 s. system of standardization of measurement of bolts which 16 will provide increased predictability of bolt quality and will 17 dramatically reduce the danger of substandard bolt, failure.
- 18. SEC. 7. LABORATO. RIES.
i 10 -(a) ESTAB'LISHMENT OF APPROVJ1 PacoRAM.-
20 Within 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the
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'1 24 (1) issue such regulations as may be I.ccessary for 25 the establishment of a program .for the accreditation of l enn m m L
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1, g... g Y 3 J t . *. *~ i 1 -laboratories engaged in the inspection. and testing of 2 bolts as required by section.4, 3 (2) publish a notice in the' Federal Register stat-i' 4- ing that the-National Institute of Standards and Tech-5 nology is prepared to sect;pt applications for accredita-f !_ 6 tion of such laboratories, and o '7 (3) establish conditions under which the accredita-8 tion of foreign laboratories by their governments shall f
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11 (b) LA2, ORATORY ACCREDITATION STA.NDARDS.-(l) c 12 During the 'first year of cperation of the approval program 13 established under subsection (a)(1), laboratory accreditation i 14 standards issued by one or more voluntary consentus stand- ;
j 15 ards organizations selected by the Director shall be used to 16 neeredit laboratories under such approval program. The.Di-
.17 rector shall, within 60 days tdter the date of the enactment of 18 this Act, notify the Congress as to which voluntary consensuti 19 standards organizations' standards will be used for the first . )
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21 (2) After the first year of operation of the apprwal pro-22 gram established under subsection (a)(1), the Director may 23 nubstitute other laboratog accreditation standards for the
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4 1 (3) Costs to the National Institute of Standards and 'ij D .
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7 '(c) RECOMMENDATIONS TO VOLUNTA'EY CONSENSUS
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10 organizations any information or recommendations that may /
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[ 13 SEC. L STANDARDI7 ATION OF MEISlfREMINT OF DOI /TS. ,
14 Effective January 1,1991; no bolt may be certifieid as a -
h5 high strength steel bolt unless it comes from a lot which 44 16 conforms to the standards and specifications ta which the 17 manufacturer represents it has been manufactured or to 1 18 whdich it 'was orde, red by the purchaser, and is etaluated by i
j 19 laboratories-20 (1) accredited to perform the app opriate testing 21 under the approval prograra establis'hed by section 22 S(a)(1), or 23 (2) deemed to satisfy the laboratory accreditation i.
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7 (2) the term " voluntary consensus star.dards orga.
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<or' any other standard-setting organizatkin determined
'14 by the Director to have comps.rable knowledge, exper-
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