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1 Code of Federal Regulations
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 CFR
1 Part 50 Licensees and Applicants.
All Category I Fuel Facilities.
All 10 CFR
1 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 (CBPS's proprietary name for material that conforms with UL
Standard 752, Level 4). CBPS's 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
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. PSC's
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
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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
Coolant System Hot Leg Piping
At V.C. Summer
11/16/2000
All holders of OL for nuclear
power reactors except those who
have ceased operations and have
certified that fuel has been
permanently removed from the
reactor vessel
2000-17 Crack In Weld Area of Reactor
Coolant System Hot Leg Piping
At V.C. Summer
10/18/2000
All holders of OL for nuclear
power reactors except those who
have ceased operations and have
certified that fuel has been
permanently removed from the
reactor vessel
2000-16 Potential Hazards Due to
Volatilization of Radionuclides
10/5/2000 All NRC licensees that process
unsealed byproduct material
2000-15 Recent Events Resulting in
Whole Body Exposures
Exceeding Regulatory Limits
9/29/2000 All radiography licensees
2000-14 Non-Vital Bus Fault Leads to
Fire and Loss of Offsite Power
9/27/2000 All holders of OL for nuclear
power reactors
2000-13 Review of Refueling Outage
Risk 9/27/2000 All holders of OL for nuclear
power reactors
2000-12 Potential Degradation of
Firefighter Primary Protective
Garments 9/21/2000 All holders of licenses for nuclear
power, research, and test
reactors and fuel cycle facilities
2000-11 Licensee Responsibility for
Quality Assurance Oversight of
Contractor Activities Regarding
Fabrication and Use of Spent
Fuel Storage Cask Systems
8/7/2000 All U.S. NRC 10 CFR Part 50 and
Part 72 licensees, and Part 72
Certificate of Compliance holders