ML20151T873
| ML20151T873 | |
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| Issue date: | 02/06/1986 |
| From: | Merschoff E, Trottier E NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE) |
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| REF-QA-99900516 NUDOCS 8602100381 | |
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ORGANIZATION: NUS CORPORATION GAITHERSBURG, MARYLAND REPORT INSPECTION INSPECTION NO.: 99900516/85-01 DATE(S): 11/18-20//85 ON-SITE HOURS: 45 CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS: NUS Corporation ATTN: Mr. Donald L. Couchman Senior Vice President, Administrative Services 910 Clopper Road Gaithersburg, Maryland 20878 ORGANIZATIONAL CONTACT: Mr. M. R. Booska, Director, Corp. QA-Division Operations TELEPHONE NUMBER: 301-258-6000 i PRINCIPAL PRODUCT: Engineering Consulting Activities NUCLEAR INDUSTRY ACTIVITY:. NUS provides training and technical consulting services to the nuclear industry.
[I ASSIGNED INSPECTOR: MNN 6M Bf E. H. Trottier, Reactive Inspection Section (RIS) Date OTHERINSPECTOR(S): Jeffrey B. Jacobson, RIS APPROVED BY: , . / MM E. W. Merschofff hief, RIS, vendor Program Branch Date INSPECTION BASES AND SCOPE:
A. BASES: 10 CFR 50 Appendix B and 10 CFR Part 21 B. SCOPE: This inspection was conducted to review the NUS quality assurance program with emphasis on divisions that provide technical training to nuclear power plant personnel.
PLANT SITE APPLICABILITY: Perry 1/2 (50-440, 441).
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m ORGANIZATION: NUS CORPORATION GAITHERSBURG, MARYLAND REPORT INSPECTION NO.- 99900516/85-01 RESULTS: 11/18-20/85 PAGE 2 of 4 A. Inspection Issues In August 1985, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission learned that a portion of a containment integrated leak rate testing (ILRT) course provided by a nuclear consulting company, contained some material that appeared to suggest or condone practices that could mislead NRC inspectors. This inspection sought to establish whether NUS Corporation includes information of this type in training programs it offers. This inspection was also performed to establish whether NUS Corporation is aware of their responsibilities under 10 CFR Part 21.
B. Inspection Findings
- 1. Violations
- a. None.
- 2. Nonconformances
- a. Contrary to Criterion III of Appendix B to 10 CFR Part 50 of the NUS Enviromental Services Division Quality Assurance Manual, changes were made to NUS Design Control Document ASD-5492-3 without proper review or control. Changes were made in the field to this document by Tracer Technology (a subcontractor),
without prior approval or authorization from proper NUS personnel. The changes were, however, documented in a letter dated October 21, 1985, from Tracer Technology to NUS, and pertained to Tracer Technology having to substitute different units in a formula used to calculate atmospheric dispersion characteristics at the Perry Nuclear Power Station.
- b. Contrary to Criterion V of Appendix B to 10 CFR Part 50 and Chapter 5 of the Corporate QA Policy Manual, semiannual reports on the status of each operating unit's QA Program have not been prepared. 'The inspector noted that one report was prepared in 1982 and 1984, but no report was found for 1983. In addition, no report for 1985 had been issued as of the date of this inspection. (However, the 1985 report was in preparation.)
In discussions with the NUS Corporate QA Staff, the inspector was advised that either the requirement for such semiannual QA status reports will change, or the content and format of the reports will be modified to enhance preparation by computer (charts, tables, and graphs).
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ORGANIZATION: NUS CORPORATION GAITHERSBURG, MARYLAND REPORT INSPECTION NO.- 99900516/85-01 RESULTS: 11/18-20/85 PAGE 3 of 4 C. Other Findings and Comments
- 1. Part 21 and 10 CFR 50 Appendix B Programs.
Various divisions within NUS were inspected for compliance with 10 CFR Part 21 and 10 CFR Part 50 Appendix B requirements. The divisions inspected had adequate quality assurance programs including all necessary requirements for evaluating and reporting Part 21 deficiencies. Although NUS has not reported any Part 21 type deficiencies recently, in-house procedures have been invoked to evaluate potential Part 21 deficiencies. In each case reviewed by the inspector, the NUS determination of Part 21 reportability appeared to be adequate.
- 2. Failure to Properly Pass Down Part 21 Requirements On July 13, 1984, NUS signed a contract with Control Data for Control Data to provide information concerning errors discovered ia safety related computer programs supplied for use by NUS. The term of this contract was for six months and has since expired. Control Data is therefore not contractually obligated to supply NUS information concerning errors discovered in computer programs that may have been used in analyzing safety related systems. NUS acknowledged this discrepancy and indicated it would rewrite their contract with Control Data.
Documentation was provided showing that although not contractually required, error reports were still being received from Control Data.
- 3. Training Divisions All site specific technical training of nuclear power plant personnel by NUS is developed and conducted by NUS employees at each particular training site. No significant examples of site specific type training materials were available at NUS for review. Non specific, generic type training materials were reviewed and found to contain no material that would be considered inapprnpriate.
v ORdANIZATION: NUS CORPORATION GAITHERSBURG, MARYLAND REPORT INSPECTION NO.- 99900516/85-01 RESULTS: 11/18-20/85 PAGE 4 0f 4
- 4. Internal Audits The inspector noted that internal audits of the NUS Consulting Divisions have not been consistently conducted as required by the Division QA Manual. In discussions with the Division 0A staff, the inspector was advised that this issue was the subject of a previous Division or Corporate QA audit finding. Since recent internal audits (since 1983) of this Division had been conducted as required by the Division QA Manual, corrective action for this finding appears to be effective.
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