Information Notice 2000-18, Substandard Material Supplied by Chicago Bullet Proof Systems

Substandard Material Supplied by Chicago Bullet Proof Systems

ML003765058
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Issue date:	11/29/2000
From:	Marsh L B Operational Experience and Non-Power Reactors Branch
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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

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

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

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