Part 21 Report - 1996-650
LICENSEE: QUANEX CORPORATION
SITE: QUANEX CORPORATION EN NUMBER:30774
DOCKET: EVENT DATE: 05-24-96
RX TYPE: EVENT TIME: 00:00
VENDORS: NOTIFY DATE: 07-22-96
EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A REGION: 4 STATE: TX TIME: 18:45
OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE
10 CFR SECTION: CDEG 21.21(c)(3)(i) DEFECTS/NONCOMPLIANCE
QUANEX CORPORATION INTERIM 10 CFR PART 21 REPORT OF A DEVIATION
EVALUATION INVOLVING A MIX IN MATERIAL SPECIFICATIONS (SA-106
GRADE B VERSUS A-333 P22)
QUANEX CORPORATION GULF STATES TUBE DIVISION SUBMITTED AN INTERIM
REPORT TO DOCUMENT THE EVALUATION OF AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION
INVOLVING 3/4-INCH, SCHEDULE-80, ASME, SA-106, GRADE-B PIPE ON
MILL ORDER #74229 WHICH WAS FURNISHED TO CONSOLIDATED POWER
SUPPLY (CPS) AGAINST PO S65-46324. DURING ROUTINE TESTING, CPS
FOUND THAT ONE TUBE WAS MARKED AS SA-106 GRADE B, AND IT WAS
ACTUALLY A335 P22. THIS WAS SUBSEQUENTLY VERIFIED BY THE QUANEX
GULF STATES TUBE DIVISION ON A SAMPLE PROVIDED BY CPS.
THE QUANEX INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT CPS WAS THE ONLY NUCLEAR
CUSTOMER THAT WAS INVOLVED IN THE SALE OF THIS MATERIAL. CPS WAS
NOTIFIED ON JUNE 14, 1996, TO RETURN THE MATERIAL FROM THIS
ORDER. HOWEVER, QUANEX WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THAT THE
DEFICIENCY WITH A MIX IN MATERIAL SPECIFICATIONS (SA-106 GRADE B
VERSUS A-333 P22) WAS AN ISOLATED CASE RELATIVE TO THE ONE
SHIPMENT TO CPS IN NOVEMBER 1994. CPS PROVIDED CORRESPONDENCE TO
ALL AFFECTED CUSTOMERS WHO WERE SUPPLIED THE SUBJECT MATERIAL AS
ASME CODE AND/OR SAFETY RELATED, AND CPS VERIFIED RECEIPT OF THIS
CORRESPONDENCE ON JUNE 21, 1996. CPS NOTIFICATIONS WERE SENT TO
THE FOLLOWING CUSTOMERS: CAPITAL MANUFACTURING, INDIAN POINT 3,
SEQUOYAH, VALCOR ENGINEERING, S. Y. TRADING COMPANY, CALVERT
CLIFFS, BEAVER VALLEY, DAVIS BESSE, COMANCHE PEAK, KEWAUNEE,
BECHTEL (AS AGENT FOR GINNA), EDWARD VALVES, AND RIVER BEND. NOT
ALL RECIPIENTS HAVE RESPONDED AT THIS TIME. IN ADDITION, NO CPS
CUSTOMERS HAVE IDENTIFIED ANYTHING OTHER THAN SA-106 GRADE-B
MATERIAL BEING INSTALLED.
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