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| title = Substandard Material Supplied by Chicago Bullet Proof Systems | | title = Substandard Material Supplied by Chicago Bullet Proof Systems | ||
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION | |||
OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION | |||
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20555-0001 November 29, 2000 | |||
NRC INFORMATION NOTICE 2000-18: SUBSTANDARD MATERIAL SUPPLIED BY CHICAGO | |||
BULLET PROOF SYSTEMS | |||
==Addressees== | |||
All 10 CFR1 Part 50 Licensees and Applicants. | |||
All Category I Fuel Facilities. | |||
All 10 CFR1 Part 72 Licensees and Applicants. | |||
==Purpose== | |||
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing this information notice to inform | |||
addressees of substandard material supplied by Chicago Bullet Proof Systems (CBPS) to Fort | |||
St. Vrain and Susquehanna nuclear power plants. It is expected that recipients will review the | |||
information for applicability to their facilities and consider actions, as appropriate, to avoid similar | |||
problems. However, suggestions contained in this information notice are not NRC | |||
requirements; therefore, no specific action or written response is required. | |||
==Description of Circumstances== | |||
CBPS supplied substandard materials to two NRC licensees. | |||
===Fort St. Vrain=== | |||
Public Service Company Colorado (PSCo,) a contractor for the U. S. Department of Energy, the | |||
licensee for the independent spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI) at Fort St. Vrain, notified the | |||
NRC that CBPS supplied substandard steel plating for a security alarm station at Fort St. Vrain. | |||
CBPS was required to provide a Certificate of Compliance to certify that materials conformed to | |||
Underwriters Laboratory (UL) Standard 752, Level 4. This UL Standard was specified on the | |||
PSC purchase order. With regard to the steel plating, the purchase order listed Shot-Tex #4 Bullet Resistant Steel Wall Armor (CBPSs proprietary name for material that conforms with UL | |||
Standard 752, Level 4). CBPSs subcontractor, Metaltek Fabricating, Inc., actually shipped the | |||
steel to Fort St. Vrain. PSC asked CBPS to provide a certified material test report for the steel, but CBPS declined to do so, claiming that the information was proprietary. CBPS told PSC that | |||
the material supplied, Shot-Tex #4, conformed to the UL standard and subsequently provided | |||
ML003765058 | |||
1 Code of Federal Regulations a Certificate of Compliance. PSC had the steel independently tested and determined it to be | |||
similar to A-36 type mild carbon steel, which is not in conformance with UL Standard 752, Level | |||
4. | |||
Susquehanna | |||
A contractor for Pennsylvania Power and Light (PP&L), the licensee for Susquehanna, issued a | |||
purchase order to CBPS for a replacement gun port, including a mounting plate and side plate, for the Susquehanna plant. The purchase order specified that the gun port, the mounting plate | |||
and the side plate, were to be constructed of Shot Tex #4 Bullet Resistant Steel Wall Armor. | |||
After supplying the gun port to PP&L, CBPS provided PP&L a Certificate of Compliance | |||
certifying that the gun port material conformed with UL Standard 752, Level 4. A PP&L | |||
metallurgist independently did a nondestructive test of the gun port mounting plate and slide | |||
plate. The test showed that the mounting plate had the hardness of A-36 type mild carbon | |||
steel, and was not in conformance with UL Standard 752, Level 4. | |||
Discussion | |||
The regulations in 10 CFR 73.51, Requirements for the physical protection of stored spent | |||
nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste, and 10 CFR 73.55, Requirements for physical | |||
protection of licensed activities in nuclear power reactors against radiological sabotage, state | |||
that structures must be constructed of bullet-resistant material. NUREG-0908, Acceptance | |||
Criteria for the Evaluation of Nuclear Power Reactor Security Plans, states that an acceptable | |||
security plan defines bullet-resistant material as capable of resisting a high-power rifle round | |||
(Level 4), as described in UL Standard 752. | |||
In the two cases described above, CBPS supplied material that was not in conformance with | |||
specifications of the purchase orders and not in conformance with NRC guidance documents | |||
(NUREG-0908). CBPS certified by Certificates of Compliance that the steel wall armor material | |||
supplied to Fort St. Vrain and Susquehanna conformed with UL Standard 752, Level 4, when in | |||
fact metallurgical testing by licensees determined the material to be substandard. PSCs | |||
procurement program identified the material as substandard before installing it at Fort St. Vrain. | |||
PP&L, after determining that its installed gun port was not in compliance with UL Standard 752, Level 4, took appropriate corrective action. | |||
The NRC staff found that although CBPS was responsible for material certification and | |||
verification at the Metaltek facility, CBPS did not adequately perform material quality and | |||
chemical verification activities. The NRC also found that CBPS did not typically request certified | |||
material test reports for any of the steel used for UL Standard 752, Level 4 applications. This information notice requires no specific action or written response. If you have any | |||
questions about the information in this notice, please contact one of the technical contacts listed | |||
below or the appropriate Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR) or Office of Nuclear | |||
Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS) project manager. | |||
/RA/ /RA/ | |||
Michael F. Weber, Director Ledyard B. Marsh, Chief | |||
Division of Fuel Cycle Safety Events Assessment, Generic Communications | |||
and Safeguards and Non-Power Reactors Branch | |||
Office of Nuclear Material Safety Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs | |||
and Safeguards Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation | |||
Technical contacts: Joseph Petrosino, NRR Eric Benner, NRR | |||
301-415-2979 301-415-1171 E-mail: jjp1@nrc.gov E-mail: ejb1@nrc.gov | |||
Robert Skelton, NRR Michael Warren, NMSS | |||
301-415-3309 301-415-8098 E-mail: rfs1@nrc.gov E-mail: msw@nrc.gov | |||
Attachment: List of Recently Issued NRC Information Notices This information notice requires no specific action or written response. If you have any | |||
questions about the information in this notice, please contact one of the technical contacts listed | |||
below or the appropriate Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR) or Office of Nuclear | |||
Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS) project manager. | |||
/RA/ /RA/ | |||
Michael F. Weber, Director Ledyard B. Marsh, Chief | |||
Division of Fuel Cycle Safety Events Assessment, Generic Communications | |||
and Safeguards and Non-Power Reactors Branch | |||
Office of Nuclear Material Safety Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs | |||
and Safeguards Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation | |||
Technical contacts: Joseph Petrosino, NRR Eric Benner, NRR | |||
301-415-2979 301-415-1171 E-mail: jjp1@nrc.gov E-mail: ejb1@nrc.gov | |||
Robert Skelton, NRR Michael Warren, NMSS | |||
301-415-3309 301-415-8098 E-mail: rfs1@nrc.gov E-mail: msw@nrc.gov | |||
Attachment: List of Recently Issued NRC Information Notices | |||
Distribution: | |||
IN File | |||
PUBLIC | |||
G:\REXB\EJB1\CBPS IN.WPD | |||
Accession No.: ML00 3765058 Template No.: 052 | |||
*see previous concurrence | |||
To receive a copy of this document, indicate in the box C=Copy w/o attachment/enclosure E=Copy with attachment/enclosure N = No copy | |||
OFFICE REXB IQMB Tech Ed IOLB IQMB IQMB IOMB | |||
NAME EBenner* JPetrosino* PKleene* RSkelton* DDorman* TQuay* GTracy* | |||
DATE 10/31/00 10/31/00 10/30/00 11/1/00 11/1/00 11/1/00 11/2/00 | |||
SFPO FCSS D:FCSS C:REXB:DRIP | |||
BBrach(JJP for*) MWarren* MWeber* LMarsh | |||
11/7/00 11/9/00 11/27/00 11/29/00 | |||
OFFICIAL RECORD COPY | |||
Attachment 1 LIST OF RECENTLY ISSUED | |||
NRC INFORMATION NOTICES | |||
_____________________________________________________________________________________ | |||
Information Date of | |||
Notice No. Subject Issuance Issued to | |||
______________________________________________________________________________________ | |||
2000-17 S1 Crack In Weld Area of Reactor 11/16/2000 All holders of OL for nuclear | |||
Coolant System Hot Leg Piping power reactors except those who | |||
At V.C. Summer have ceased operations and have | |||
certified that fuel has been | |||
permanently removed from the | |||
reactor vessel | |||
Crack In Weld Area of Reactor 10/18/2000 All holders of OL for nuclear | |||
2000-17 Coolant System Hot Leg Piping power reactors except those who | |||
At V.C. Summer have ceased operations and have | |||
certified that fuel has been | |||
permanently removed from the | |||
reactor vessel | |||
2000-16 Potential Hazards Due to 10/5/2000 All NRC licensees that process | |||
Volatilization of Radionuclides unsealed byproduct material | |||
2000-15 Recent Events Resulting in 9/29/2000 All radiography licensees | |||
Whole Body Exposures | |||
Exceeding Regulatory Limits | |||
2000-14 Non-Vital Bus Fault Leads to 9/27/2000 All holders of OL for nuclear | |||
Fire and Loss of Offsite Power power reactors | |||
2000-13 Review of Refueling Outage 9/27/2000 All holders of OL for nuclear | |||
Risk power reactors | |||
2000-12 Potential Degradation of 9/21/2000 All holders of licenses for nuclear | |||
Firefighter Primary Protective power, research, and test | |||
Garments reactors and fuel cycle facilities | |||
2000-11 Licensee Responsibility for 8/7/2000 All U.S. NRC 10 CFR Part 50 and | |||
Quality Assurance Oversight of Part 72 licensees, and Part 72 Contractor Activities Regarding Certificate of Compliance holders | |||
Fabrication and Use of Spent | |||
Fuel Storage Cask Systems | |||
______________________________________________________________________________________ | |||
OL = Operating License | |||
CP = Construction Permit}} | |||
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Issue date: | 11/29/2000 |
From: | Marsh L Operational Experience and Non-Power Reactors Branch |
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UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20555-0001 November 29, 2000
NRC INFORMATION NOTICE 2000-18: SUBSTANDARD MATERIAL SUPPLIED BY CHICAGO
BULLET PROOF SYSTEMS
Addressees
All 10 CFR1 Part 50 Licensees and Applicants.
All Category I Fuel Facilities.
All 10 CFR1 Part 72 Licensees and Applicants.
Purpose
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing this information notice to inform
addressees of substandard material supplied by Chicago Bullet Proof Systems (CBPS) to Fort
St. Vrain and Susquehanna nuclear power plants. It is expected that recipients will review the
information for applicability to their facilities and consider actions, as appropriate, to avoid similar
problems. However, suggestions contained in this information notice are not NRC
requirements; therefore, no specific action or written response is required.
Description of Circumstances
CBPS supplied substandard materials to two NRC licensees.
Fort St. Vrain
Public Service Company Colorado (PSCo,) a contractor for the U. S. Department of Energy, the
licensee for the independent spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI) at Fort St. Vrain, notified the
NRC that CBPS supplied substandard steel plating for a security alarm station at Fort St. Vrain.
CBPS was required to provide a Certificate of Compliance to certify that materials conformed to
Underwriters Laboratory (UL) Standard 752, Level 4. This UL Standard was specified on the
PSC purchase order. With regard to the steel plating, the purchase order listed Shot-Tex #4 Bullet Resistant Steel Wall Armor (CBPSs proprietary name for material that conforms with UL
Standard 752, Level 4). CBPSs subcontractor, Metaltek Fabricating, Inc., actually shipped the
steel to Fort St. Vrain. PSC asked CBPS to provide a certified material test report for the steel, but CBPS declined to do so, claiming that the information was proprietary. CBPS told PSC that
the material supplied, Shot-Tex #4, conformed to the UL standard and subsequently provided
1 Code of Federal Regulations a Certificate of Compliance. PSC had the steel independently tested and determined it to be
similar to A-36 type mild carbon steel, which is not in conformance with UL Standard 752, Level
4.
Susquehanna
A contractor for Pennsylvania Power and Light (PP&L), the licensee for Susquehanna, issued a
purchase order to CBPS for a replacement gun port, including a mounting plate and side plate, for the Susquehanna plant. The purchase order specified that the gun port, the mounting plate
and the side plate, were to be constructed of Shot Tex #4 Bullet Resistant Steel Wall Armor.
After supplying the gun port to PP&L, CBPS provided PP&L a Certificate of Compliance
certifying that the gun port material conformed with UL Standard 752, Level 4. A PP&L
metallurgist independently did a nondestructive test of the gun port mounting plate and slide
plate. The test showed that the mounting plate had the hardness of A-36 type mild carbon
steel, and was not in conformance with UL Standard 752, Level 4.
Discussion
The regulations in 10 CFR 73.51, Requirements for the physical protection of stored spent
nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste, and 10 CFR 73.55, Requirements for physical
protection of licensed activities in nuclear power reactors against radiological sabotage, state
that structures must be constructed of bullet-resistant material. NUREG-0908, Acceptance
Criteria for the Evaluation of Nuclear Power Reactor Security Plans, states that an acceptable
security plan defines bullet-resistant material as capable of resisting a high-power rifle round
(Level 4), as described in UL Standard 752.
In the two cases described above, CBPS supplied material that was not in conformance with
specifications of the purchase orders and not in conformance with NRC guidance documents
(NUREG-0908). CBPS certified by Certificates of Compliance that the steel wall armor material
supplied to Fort St. Vrain and Susquehanna conformed with UL Standard 752, Level 4, when in
fact metallurgical testing by licensees determined the material to be substandard. PSCs
procurement program identified the material as substandard before installing it at Fort St. Vrain.
PP&L, after determining that its installed gun port was not in compliance with UL Standard 752, Level 4, took appropriate corrective action.
The NRC staff found that although CBPS was responsible for material certification and
verification at the Metaltek facility, CBPS did not adequately perform material quality and
chemical verification activities. The NRC also found that CBPS did not typically request certified
material test reports for any of the steel used for UL Standard 752, Level 4 applications. This information notice requires no specific action or written response. If you have any
questions about the information in this notice, please contact one of the technical contacts listed
below or the appropriate Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR) or Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS) project manager.
/RA/ /RA/
Michael F. Weber, Director Ledyard B. Marsh, Chief
Division of Fuel Cycle Safety Events Assessment, Generic Communications
and Safeguards and Non-Power Reactors Branch
Office of Nuclear Material Safety Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs
and Safeguards Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Technical contacts: Joseph Petrosino, NRR Eric Benner, NRR
301-415-2979 301-415-1171 E-mail: jjp1@nrc.gov E-mail: ejb1@nrc.gov
Robert Skelton, NRR Michael Warren, NMSS
301-415-3309 301-415-8098 E-mail: rfs1@nrc.gov E-mail: msw@nrc.gov
Attachment: List of Recently Issued NRC Information Notices This information notice requires no specific action or written response. If you have any
questions about the information in this notice, please contact one of the technical contacts listed
below or the appropriate Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR) or Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS) project manager.
/RA/ /RA/
Michael F. Weber, Director Ledyard B. Marsh, Chief
Division of Fuel Cycle Safety Events Assessment, Generic Communications
and Safeguards and Non-Power Reactors Branch
Office of Nuclear Material Safety Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs
and Safeguards Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Technical contacts: Joseph Petrosino, NRR Eric Benner, NRR
301-415-2979 301-415-1171 E-mail: jjp1@nrc.gov E-mail: ejb1@nrc.gov
Robert Skelton, NRR Michael Warren, NMSS
301-415-3309 301-415-8098 E-mail: rfs1@nrc.gov E-mail: msw@nrc.gov
Attachment: List of Recently Issued NRC Information Notices
Distribution:
IN File
PUBLIC
G:\REXB\EJB1\CBPS IN.WPD
Accession No.: ML00 3765058 Template No.: 052
- see previous concurrence
To receive a copy of this document, indicate in the box C=Copy w/o attachment/enclosure E=Copy with attachment/enclosure N = No copy
OFFICE REXB IQMB Tech Ed IOLB IQMB IQMB IOMB
NAME EBenner* JPetrosino* PKleene* RSkelton* DDorman* TQuay* GTracy*
DATE 10/31/00 10/31/00 10/30/00 11/1/00 11/1/00 11/1/00 11/2/00
SFPO FCSS D:FCSS C:REXB:DRIP
BBrach(JJP for*) MWarren* MWeber* LMarsh
11/7/00 11/9/00 11/27/00 11/29/00
OFFICIAL RECORD COPY
Attachment 1 LIST OF RECENTLY ISSUED
NRC INFORMATION NOTICES
_____________________________________________________________________________________
Information Date of
Notice No. Subject Issuance Issued to
______________________________________________________________________________________
2000-17 S1 Crack In Weld Area of Reactor 11/16/2000 All holders of OL for nuclear
Coolant System Hot Leg Piping power reactors except those who
At V.C. Summer have ceased operations and have
certified that fuel has been
permanently removed from the
reactor vessel
Crack In Weld Area of Reactor 10/18/2000 All holders of OL for nuclear
2000-17 Coolant System Hot Leg Piping power reactors except those who
At V.C. Summer have ceased operations and have
certified that fuel has been
permanently removed from the
reactor vessel
2000-16 Potential Hazards Due to 10/5/2000 All NRC licensees that process
Volatilization of Radionuclides unsealed byproduct material
2000-15 Recent Events Resulting in 9/29/2000 All radiography licensees
Whole Body Exposures
Exceeding Regulatory Limits
2000-14 Non-Vital Bus Fault Leads to 9/27/2000 All holders of OL for nuclear
Fire and Loss of Offsite Power power reactors
2000-13 Review of Refueling Outage 9/27/2000 All holders of OL for nuclear
Risk power reactors
2000-12 Potential Degradation of 9/21/2000 All holders of licenses for nuclear
Firefighter Primary Protective power, research, and test
Garments reactors and fuel cycle facilities
2000-11 Licensee Responsibility for 8/7/2000 All U.S. NRC 10 CFR Part 50 and
Quality Assurance Oversight of Part 72 licensees, and Part 72 Contractor Activities Regarding Certificate of Compliance holders
Fabrication and Use of Spent
Fuel Storage Cask Systems
______________________________________________________________________________________
OL = Operating License
CP = Construction Permit