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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