Part 21 Report - 1998-050
LICENSEE: DUBOSE NATIONAL ENERGY SERVICES,INC
SITE: TUBE FORGINGS OF AMERICA EN NUMBER:33500
DOCKET: EVENT DATE: 01-07-98
RX TYPE: EVENT TIME: 10:00
VENDORS: NOTIFY DATE: 01-07-98
EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A REGION: 2 STATE: NC TIME: 10:00
OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON
10 CFR SECTION: CDEG 21.21(c)(3)(i) DEFECTS/NONCOMPLIANCE
10CFR PART 21 REPORT -
DUBOSE NATIONAL ENERGY SERVICES, INC, (DNES) SHIPPED A TOTAL OF
40 PIECES OF 4 INCH, 90 DEGREE ELBOWS WHICH DID NOT MEET ASME SEC
II SA-234 REQUIREMENTS TO SEVERAL NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS.
TUBE FORGINGS OF AMERICA (TFA), A VENDOR OF DNES, NOTIFIED DNES
THAT MATERIAL SUPPLIED TO TFA BY US STEEL/KOBE STEEL WAS MIXED AT
THE MILL. FROM ONE TO FIVE LENGTHS OF PIPE, OUT OF A SHIPMENT OF
1,614 LENGTHS,
WERE MADE OF A DIFFERENT HEAT/GRADE MATERIAL. THIS SHIPMENT WAS
USED TO MANUFACTURE A TOTAL OF 40 PIECES OF 4 INCH, 90 DEGREE
ELBOWS WHICH WERE SHIPPED TO THE FOLLOWING NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS:
CUSTOMER ORDER NUMBER
QUANTITY
WASHINGTON PUBLIC POWER 251756 20
PIECES
NE NUCLEAR 02017957 16
PIECES
TU ELECTRIC S02208826D2 3
PIECES
SC ELECTRIC & GAS SR 700786 1
PIECE
THE ABOVE CUSTOMERS WERE NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM.
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