Part 21 Report - 1997-060
LICENSEE: LIMITORQUE CORPORATION
SITE: LIMITORQUE CORPORATION EN NUMBER:31665
DOCKET: EVENT DATE: 01-27-97
RX TYPE: EVENT TIME: 00:00
VENDORS: NOTIFY DATE: 01-27-97
EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A REGION: 2 STATE: VA TIME: 09:35
OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD
10 CFR SECTION: NINF INFORMATION ONLY
LIMITORQUE WAS ALERTED TO THE EXISTENCE OF A COUNTERFEIT
COMPONENT INSTALLED IN A LIMITORQUE ACTUATOR AT A NUCLEAR POWER
PLANT.
THE UNIDENTIFIED COMPONENT IS CONSIDERED "CRITICAL" BY LIMITORQUE
CORPORATION. THE COMPONENT, WHICH HAD FAILED, WAS SENT TO
LIMITORQUE FOR ROOT CAUSE FAILURE ANALYSIS. THE ANALYSIS REVEALED
THAT THE FAILED COMPONENT WAS NOT MANUFACTURED BY LIMITORQUE AND
WAS DEFICIENT. LIMITORQUE REPORTED THAT THIS COMPONENT WAS NOT
INSTALLED IN AN ACTUATOR REQUIRED TO PERFORM A SAFETY RELATED
FUNCTION. THE COMPONENT WAS APPARENTLY PURCHASED FROM THE
"SURPLUS" RESALE MARKET.
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