T3 Domestic and International Supply Chain Oversight

This session will look at the international and domestic interactions being performed as part of the regulatory oversight of components for new and operating reactors.  Increasingly, licensees are procuring these components from foreign vendors.  The session will include discussions of the NRC"s regulations and processes for vendor oversight; international cooperation on vendor inspections under the Multinational Design Evaluation Program; and multinational efforts to address counterfeit, fraudulent, and suspect items.

SESSION CHAIR:

Michael Johnson, Office Director, NRC/NRO

SPEAKERS/PANELISTS:

• Quality Assurance Inspection of Vendors in the Republic of Korea
  Sungho Yang, Principal Engineer, Construction Safety Management Department, Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety
• Supply Chain Oversight – Experience in Finland
  Petteri Tiippana, Director, Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority of Finland
• Supplier Quality Oversight
  Gary Brassart, Vice President, Operational Excellence & Chief Quality Officer, Westinghouse Electric Company
• Mitigating Counterfeit and Fraudulent Items
  Marc Tannenbaum, Sr. Project Manager, Electric Power Research Institute
• Enhancing the Integrity of the Supply Chain
  John Tappert, Deputy Director, Division of Construction Inspection and Operational Programs, NRC/NRO

SESSION COORDINATOR(S):

Cindy Rosales-Cooper, Technical Assistant, NRC/NRO, tel: 301-415-1168, e-mail: Cindy.Rosales-Cooper@nrc.gov