ML20198F416

Notice of Nonconformance from Insp on 850612-14

ML20198F416
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Issue date:	11/13/1985
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REF-QA-99901022 99901022-85-01, 99901022-85-1, NUDOCS 8511140347
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hi Hatch Company T El Paso,: Texas b

~ NOTICE OF NONCONFORMANCE ,

Based on the results of an-NRC inspection conducted on June 12-14, 1985, it i appears.that certain of your activities were not_ conducted in accordance with

~ NRC requirements.

1. Criterion IX of Appendix B to 10 CFR Part 50 states: ." Measures shall be established to assure that special processes, including welding ... are controlled and accomplished by qualified procedures in accordance with applicable codes, standards, specifications, criteria and other special requirements."

-Hatch Incorporated (HI) Quality Control Manual, Revision 6, dated March 31, 1978 states .in part "All welding shall be in compliance with American

_W elding-Society (AWS) 0-1.1-and ANSI-B31.1."

The following were contrary to the above:

a. Weld Procedure Specifications (WPSs) No. I and 2 were qualified to AWS D 1.1 (which addresses welding c' N se metals greater than 0.125

inches) to weld 10-14 gauge shei t Mtal (thickness less- than' O.125

' inch) instead of AWS D-1.3_whi'.fi e po .inent to welding base' metals s: less than 0.125 inch thick.

- -b. For Gas Metal Arc Welding process, AWS D-1.1 specifies that the maximum thickness permitted to be welded is that which is qualified by the Weld Procedure Specification. Contrary to this

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specification, WPSs No. 3, 4 and 5 have-been approved without ,

, specifying the weld thickness.

c. AWS D-1.1 does not recognize welding nuts to sheet metal. Contrary to this, WPS No. 6 has been qualified and approved to weld ASTM A354 nuts to ASTM A366 sheet metal.

.d. -One unqualified welder was permitted to perform welding..

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2. Criterion V of Appendix B to 10 CFR 50 states: " Activities affecting quality'shall be prescribed by documented instructions, procedures, or drawings,~of a type appropriate....shall include quantitative or qualitative acceptance criteria determining that important activities

'have been satisfactorily accomplished."

(1) . Contrary.to the above, Hatch Incorporated (HI) did not establish a procedure to crimp lugs to wires or define the acceptance criteria for inspecting the crimped connections.

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(2) Contrary to the above, HI did not establish a procedure for

. automatically welding threaded studs to sheet metal to meet the requirements of Part 4, Section F of the AWS D-1.1.

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