ML20247F329
| ML20247F329 | |
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| Issue date: | 03/20/1989 |
| From: | Baker E, Cilimberg R Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| REF-QA-99901129 99901129-89-01, 99901129-89-1, NUDOCS 8907270127 | |
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.0 ORGANIZATION: MEREDITH CORPORATION HILLSIDE, NEW JERSEY-REPORT INSPECTION INSPECTION NO.: ~99901129/89-01 DATE: 11/2-4/88 & 2/1-3/89 ON-SITE HOURS:
49 CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS: Mr. William M. Lanza, President Meredith Corporation 460. Hillside Avenue Hillside, New Jersey 07205 ORGANIZATIONAL CONTACT: Mr. Hamilton Vazquez TELEPHONE NUMBER:
(201)964-5300 NUCLEAR INDUSTRY ACTIVITY:
Supplier of steel, pressure vessel and high strength alloy plate, and structural steel for nuclear applications.
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ASSIGNED INSPECTOR:
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OTHERINSPECTOR(S):
R. P. Correia W. Shier, Consultant APPROVED BY:
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E. T. Baker, Chief, Tr5-1, Vendor Inspection Branch D6te o
IllSPECTION BASES AND SCOPE:
A.
BASES:
10 CFR 21; 10 CFR 50, Appendix B; and ASME III, Subsection NCA, Article NCA 3800.
B.
SCOPE: Obtain information about an allegation that nonconforming material was supplied to the Anchor Darling Valve Company (ADV) by the Meredith Corporation.
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VIOLATIONS:
None B.
fl0flCONFORMANCES:
1.
Contrary to Subsection NCA 3867.4(e) of ASME Section III, fieredith Corporation certified material. supplied by American Tank i
and Fabricating Company (ATF) and H. T. Potts without testing l
each piece of material or establishing traceability by surveying, qualifying, and auditine.the Quality System Program at ATF and H. T. Potts.
(89-01-01) i 2.
Contrary to Criterion V of Appendix B to 10 CFR Part 50 and MeredithStandardOperatingProcedure(SOP)No.8," Record Retention," Revision 0, dated February 20, 1988, nuclear sales order folders were not color coded as required for the control of documents on. nuclear procurement. This resulted in NRC inspectors not being able to readily identify nuclear sales orders while selecting the sample of orders to be inspected.
(89-01-02)
C.
UNRESOLVED ITEMS:
In reviewing the certified material test reports (CMTRs) issued by
.Neredith Corporation (Meredith) to Anchor Darling Valve (ADV), it was noted that Meredith had removed ATF from the " sold to" block and inserted Meredith's name in that block. According to Mr. Hamilton Vazquez, QA Manager for Meredith this is a standard practice used by Meredith.
The flRC does not consider this practice acceptable because it can result in a loss of traceability and may mislead the customer, as it did in this case.
Because the governing document for the procurement of material supplied to ADV wasSection III of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, the NRC will submit an inquiry to ASME asking if this practice is permitted by Section III. This matter will be considered an unresolved item pending clarification from ASME.
(89-01-03)
D.
STATUS OF PREVIOUS INSPECTION FINDINGS:
Not Applicable.
E.
INSPECTION FINDINGS AND OTHER COMMEflTS:
1.
The NRC Staff informed Meredith Corporation management representatives of the scope of the inspections during
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the entrance meetings on November 2,1988 and February 1,1989, and summarized the inspection findings during the exit meetings on November 4, 1988 and February 3, 1989.
2.
Allegation An allegation was received by the NRC that Meredith of Hillside, New Jersey had provided ADV with a certificate of conformance -(C of C) and CMTRs indicating that nonconforming material met ADV procurement requirements. The details of that allegation are documentct in NRC inspection report 99900053/88-01 for ADV. The allegation was substantiated in NnC inspection report 99901130/88-01 for ATF.
3.
Document Review Records representing)approximately 105 nuclear and non-nuclear purchase orders (P0s were reviewed to substantiate that customer requirements were being implemented by Meredith and their suppliers.
This t uiew revealed that Meredie 'r usual pract'ce as a holder of ASME certification number QSC-366, is to order from domestic material suppliers who are ASME approved suppliers, have been audited by Meredith, or supply commercial grade material which is prc,perly upgraded b iteredith.
Three exceptions to Meredith's normal practice are provided in the fellowing NRC findings:
a.
As discussed in the above allegation, Meredith supplied six pieces of steel plate to ADV to be used as replacement parts for valves at the Department of Energy (DOE) N Reactor located in Hanford, Washington. Meredith purchased the plate from ATF who had Steel Corporation (USX) purchased the material from U.S.
Records of this purchase indicate that Meredith had not audited !.fF and had nct tested a sample of each plate that m supplied to ADV.
The ATF name had been removed from docu: eats that iteredith supplied to ADV, so ADV believed the plate was purchased from USX by Meredi.h. According to Mr. Hamilton Vazquez of Meredith Corporation, removing the ATF name from documents is a Meredith business practice. This issue is considered an unresolved item and is discussed in Paragraph C.
(89-01-03)
Mr. Vazquez stated that the plate was returned to Meredith by ADV because it failed to meet ultrasonic test requirements.
Mr. Vazquez admitted that the plate did not meet the 40 mils lateral expansion (MLE) minimum Charpy impact requirement
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PAGE 4 of 5 for transverse test specimens. Mr. Vazquez further stated that ADV was not advised of the failed inpact tests because the material did not conform to ultrasonic test requirements and was on hold at ADV.
b.
Bechtel PO BF-32154, dated January 9,1987, was issue to Meredith for various sizes of SA-240 type 304L and 316L stainless steel plate to be used at the South Texas nuclear plant. ASME Section III, (Class 2), NCA 3800,10 CFR 50, Appendix B, and 10 CFR 21 were imposed on Meredith.
Meredith filled the order with material supplied by H. T. Potts of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Meredith P0 00541, dated February 6,1987. Meredith'did not perform upgrade tests on each piece of plate and did not audit H. T. Potts.
c.
Congdon and Carpenter P0 S-9805, dated June 22, 1987, was issued to Meredith for three pieces of 6-inch thick by 29 1/4-inches by 33 1/2-inches of SA 516 Grade 70 steel plate. ASME Section III (Class 3), NCA 3800 was imposed on Meredith. Meredith filled the order with material supplied by ATF on Meredith P0 00734, dated July 6, 1987. Meredith did not perform upgrade tests on each piece of plate and did not audit ATF.
Nonconformance (89-01-01) was identified during this part of the inspection due to f*eredith's failure to perform upgrade tests on each piece of material and to audit their suppliers' quality system programs in (b) and (c) above.
During the audit Meredith agreed to notify the affected customers.
All orders issued to ATF by Meredith were reviewed to determine if any orders had been improperly upgraded.
No additional namconformances were identified during this part of the inspection.
Meredith uses Spectrum Laboratories Incorporated in Piscataway, New Jersey to perform upgrade testing. The inspectors reviewed all orders to Spectrum fer the period 1983 through 1988 to identify and review all orders for that period which involved
. upgrading of commercial material for nuclear application. No nonconformances to NCA 3800 were identified during this part of l
the inspection.
The inspectors noted that red dots were_ missing from some file folders which contained nuclear orders.
If the inspectors had relied on the color coding system they would have missed some nuclear orders during their review. Meredith 50P. Number 8 requires that folders containing nuclear orders be L
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l color coded with a red dot. Nonconformance(89-01-02) was identified during this part of.the inspection.
4.
Evaluated Vendors List Meredith maintains an Evaluated Vendors List (EVL) which contains the names of vendors that supply nuclear grade materials or materials that are upgraded to nuclear grade by Meredith. The -
EVL is periodically updated. During this inspection, five versions of the EVL were reviewed and used to' verify that vendors supplying nuclear grade materials were currently on the list. ATF and H.-T.~Potts were not on the EVL because they were not audited by Meredith..This item has previously been identified under nonconformance 89-01-01 in Section 3 above.
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Meredith supplied a computerized inventory of materials currently stored in the warehouse. This inventory was used to verify the heat numbers of several randomly selected materials in the warehouse.
In each case, the materials were' marked with the appropriate heat numbers listed in the inventory records.
6.
10 CFR Part 21 The inspectors determined that Meredith implements the posting and procurement docuoent requirements of 10 CFR Part 21.
S0P Number 9, " Reporting of Defects and Noncompliance," Revision 0, dated February 20, 1988, is the Meredith procedure which implements Section 21.21 of 10 CFR Part 21.
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PERSONS CONTACTED:
- D. Lanza W. Lanza I. Hakris W. Rooney D. Rowe
- H. Vazque7
- Attended Exit Meeting i
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