2013 Inspection Reports

The purpose of inspection reports is to document the inspection scope, observation, and findings of inspections conducted by the NRC. The NRC performs inspections to oversee the commercial nuclear industry to determine whether its requirements are being met by licensees and their contractors. The NRC performs inspections to verify the quality and suitability of vendor products, licensee-vendor interface, and review of equipment problems found during operation and their corrective action.

For inspections and related vendor inspections conducted by Region II for the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility, please reference the Meetings About Mixed Oxide Fuel page.

Prior to December 1999, the NRC issued NUREG-0040, "Licensee Contractor and Vendor Inspection Status Report," (The White Book) to document the results of inspections performed by the NRC's Quality Assurance, Vendor Inspection, Maintenance and Allegations Branch that were distributed to the inspected organizations. As of November 1999, these inspection reports are available electronically in the NRC's record retrieval system, ADAMS. The following inspections have been conducted since May 2005:

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Inspection
Report Date
Description
11/27/13

Assurance Technical Services, Delaware, Ohio, limited scope inspection to assess Assurance Technical Services' compliance with selected portions of their quality assurance (QA) and 10 CFR Part 21 programs as they pertain to activities conducted at your facility related to the testing of components for NRC regulated facilities.

11/21/13

Westinghouse Electric Company (WEC), New Stanton, PA, limited scope inspection to assess WEC's compliance with selected portions of their quality assurance (QA) and 10 CFR Part 21 programs as they pertain to safety-related activities for US regulated facilities. Specifically, the QA program will be reviewed as it pertains to Westinghouse's implementation of quality activities associated with electromagnetic interference/radio-frequency interference.

11/08/13

Newport News Industrial (NNI), Newport News, Virginia, limited scope inspection to assess NNIs' compliance with selected portions of their quality assurance (QA) and 10 CFR Part 21 programs as they pertain to activities conducted at their facility related to the design, manufacture, and qualification testing of safety-related components.

11/01/13

SPX, Copes-Vulcan, limited scope inspection to assess SPX, Copes-Vulcan's compliance with selected portions of their quality assurance (QA) and 10 CFR Part 21 programs specifically as they pertain to the design, manufacture, and testing of the explosive cartridges being installed on squib valves for the Westinghouse AP 1000 reactor. The team also plans to review your plan for augmented testing of the squib valve initiators in response to Nonconformance 9990080/201-2012-01.

10/07/13

Argo Turboserve Corporation Nuclear - NY, (ATC), Schenectady, NY, limited scope inspection to assess ATC's compliance with selected portions of their quality assurance (QA) and 10 CFR Part 21 programs as they pertain to activities conducted at their facility related to the design, manufacture, and qualification testing of safety-related components.

10/02/13

Ametek Solidstate Controls, Inc., Columbus, Ohio, limited scope inspection to assess Ametek Solidstate Controls, Inc.'s compliance with selected portions of their quality assurance (QA) and 10 CFR Part 21 programs as they pertain to activities conducted at their facility related to the design, fabrication, assembly, and testing of components for NRC regulated facilities.

10/02/13

Chicago Bridge & Iron (CB&I) (formerly known as B.F. Shaw), Laurens, South Carolina., limited scope inspection to assess CB&I's compliance with selected portions of their quality assurance (QA) and 10 CFR Part 21 programs specifically related to the fabrication of piping for the US AP1000 plants.

09/20/13

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), Kobe, Japan, limited scope inspection to assess compliance of selected portions of their quality assurance (QA) and 10 CFR Part 21 programs at Mitsubishi Nuclear Energy System, Inc., in Arlington, Virginia, specifically, to verify that any significant conditions adverse to quality were identified in MHI's Root Cause Analysis and appropriate corrective actions were taken to preclude repetition.

08/20/13

Pentair Valves and Controls, Mansfield, MA, limited scope inspection to assess Pentair Valves and Controls' compliance with selected portions of their quality assurance (QA) and 10 CFR Part 21 programs as they pertain to activities conducted at their facility related to the design, manufacture, and qualification testing of safety-related valves.

07/31/13

IBF S.p.A., Piacenza, Italy, limited scope inspection to assess IBF S.p.A.'s compliance with selected portions of their quality assurance (QA) and 10 CFR Part 21 programs as they pertain to activities conducted at their facility related to the fabrication of seamless piping for the reactor coolant loop of the AP1000 plants at the Vogtle, V.C. Summer, and Levy sites.

07/31/13

Weed Instruments DBA Ultra Electronics, Round Rock, Texas, limited scope inspection to assess Weed Instruments DBA Ultra Electronics' compliance with selected portions of their quality assurance (QA) and 10 CFR Part 21 programs as they pertain to activities conducted at your facility related to the design, fabrication, assembly, and testing of components for NRC regulated facilities.

07/29/13

Curtiss-Wright Flow Control Company - QualTech NP, Cincinnati, Ohio, limited scope inspection to assess QualTech NP's compliance with selected portions of their quality assurance (QA) and 10 CFR Part 21 programs specifically as they pertain to safety-related activities for U.S. regulated facilities.

07/16/13

Babcock & Wilcox Canada Ltd. (BWC), Cambridge, Ontario Canada, limited scope inspection to assess BWC's compliance with selected portions of their quality assurance (QA) and 10 CFR Part 21 programs as they pertain to the design, fabrication, assembly, and testing activities of the Once Through Replacement Steam Generators for the Davis Besse Nuclear Power Station.

06/28/13

General Atomics, Electronics Systems, Inc., (GA-ESI), San Diego, California, limited scope inspection to assess GA-ESI's compliance with selected portions of their quality assurance (QA) and 10 CFR Part 21 programs, specifically related to General Atomics Radiation monitors for the US AP1000s and those to the US operating reactor fleet.

06/24/13

Westinghouse Electric Company (WEC), Western Zirconium facility, Ogden, Utah, limited scope inspection to assess WEC's compliance with selected portions of their quality assurance (QA) and 10 CFR Part 21 programs as they pertain to safety-related activities for US regulated facilities.

06/14/13

Westinghouse Electric Company (Westinghouse), Madison, PA, limited scope inspection to assess Westinghouse's compliance with selected portions of their quality assurance (QA) and 10 CFR Part 21 programs specifically related to the reactor internals flow-induced vibration analysis for the AP1000 pressurized water reactor design.

06/06/13

Westinghouse Electric Company (WEC), Cranberry Township, PA, limited scope inspection to assess WEC's compliance with selected portions of their quality assurance (QA) and 10 CFR Part 21 programs. Specifically, the QA program will be reviewed as it pertains to Westinghouse's safety-related analysis code and safety-related software for new reactors and operating nuclear power plants.

05/21/13

Flowserve Pump Division, Vernon, CA, limited scope inspection to assess Flowserve's compliance with selected portions of their quality assurance (QA) and 10 CFR Part 21 programs specifically as they pertain to the design, fabrication, assembly, and testing of safety-related pumps for the domestic nuclear power plants with a focus on the pumps for the Westinghouse AP 1000.

05/16/13

ABB, Inc., Coral Springs, Florida, limited scope inspection to assess ABB Inc.'s compliance with selected portions of their quality assurance (QA) and 10 CFR Part 21 programs.

05/07/13

Meggitt Safety Systems, Simi Valley, CA, limited scope inspection to assess Meggitt's compliance with selected portions of their quality assurance (QA) and 10 CFR Part 21 programs specifically as they pertain to the design, procurement, manufacture, and test of a sample of Class 1E cables and post-accident hydrogen and oxygen containment atmosphere monitoring systems.

04/22/13

Dresser Masoneilan facility in Avon, Massachusetts, limited scope inspection to assess Dresser Masoneilan's compliance with selected portions of their quality assurance (QA) and 10 CFR Part 21 programs specifically related to quality assurance activities associated with the design, fabrication, assembly, and testing of safety-related valves and valve parts for U.S. nuclear power plants.

04/05/13

ScienTech, Idaho Falls, Idaho, limited scope inspection to assess ScienTech's compliance to review implementation of with selected portions of their quality assurance (QA) and 10 CFR Part 21 programs specifically related to design control process, refurbishment, and commercial-grade dedication for activities associated with US nuclear power plants.

03/27/13

Westinghouse Electric Company (WEC), Cranberry Township, PA., limited scope inspection to assess WEC's compliance with selected portions of their quality assurance (QA) and 10 CFR Part 21 programs specifically related to design control process and design change process for activities associated with the new construction of US AP1000.

03/21/13

Weir Valves & Controls USA Inc., Ipswich, MA, limited scope inspection to assess Weir Valves and Controls' compliance with selected portions of their quality assurance (QA) and 10 CFR Part 21 programs specifically related to the design, fabrication, assembly, and testing activities of components for NRC regulated facilities.

03/19/13

Cives Steel Company (Cives), Southern Division facility, Thomasville, GA, limited scope inspection to assess Cives' compliance with selected portions of their quality assurance (QA) and 10 CFR Part 21 programs, specifically associated with the fabrication of concrete embedments for AP1000 reactor plants at Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 3 and 4, and Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station, Units 2 and 3.

03/13/13

DRS Consolidated Controls, Inc., Danbury, CT, limited scope inspection to assess DRS Consolidated Controls, Inc., compliance with selected portions of their quality assurance (QA) and 10 CFR Part 21 programs, specifically as they pertain to the implementation of safety-related activities for US facilities.

01/17/13

ABB, Inc., Florence, South Carolina, limited scope inspection to assess ABB Inc.'s compliance with selected portions of their quality assurance (QA) and 10 CFR Part 21 programs.