STANDARDS COMMITTEE ON NUCLEAR QUALITY ASSURANCE

(NQA)

AGENDA

Hilton Miami Downtown 1601 Biscayne Blvd Miami, FL 33141

Thursday, April 11, 2019 8:00 AM–1:30 PM (EDT)

CHAIR: Ron Schrotke VICE CHAIR: Jim McIntyre

VICE CHAIR: Taunia Van Valkenburg SECRETARY: Daniel Miro-Quesada

This agenda is subject to approval and is for committee use only. It is not to be duplicated or quoted for other than committee business.

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1.0 CALL TO ORDER The Standards Committee meeting will be called to order at 8:00 AM.

2.0 INTRODUCTIONS AND RECORD OF ATTENDANCE There will be an introduction of members, alternates, representatives, contributing members, delegates and visitors. An attendance sheet and Professional Development Hours (PDH) sheet will be passed around.

3.0 ANNOUNCEMENTS 3.1 Opening Remarks

The chair and vice chairs will start the meeting with opening remarks.

3.2 General Announcements All are welcome to update the Committee with business or professional developments.

4.0 APPROVAL OF THE OCTOBER 25, 2018 MEETING MINUTES

The chair will review any changes made to the minutes, and call for a vote to approve them.

5.0 ADOPTION OF THE MEETING AGENDA The chair will review any changes made to the agenda, call for new items of business, and call for a vote to adopt the agenda.

6.0 AWARDS Awards will be presented at this meeting as applicable. Members should receive rockers by mail at the beginning of 2019 for their years-of-service milestones (in 5-year increments). Some of the Honors and Awards available to NQA include the following: • Certificate of Appreciation • Certificate of Achievement • Certificate of Acclamation • Dedicated Service Award • Honorary Membership • Nuclear Standards Committee Outstanding Service Medal See A-13, “Guidelines for Honors and Awards”, on the NQA Committee Page for detailed guidance for nominating and processing honors and awards for NQA members. This guideline is in compliance with the Guide to Procedures for ASME Codes and Standards Development Committees.

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7.0 MEMBERSHIP 7.1 Review of Membership Actions

See “Potential Membership Packet” uploaded on C&S Connect NQA Committee Page for list of applicants and their documentation (PF-1, PAF, resume). A summary of Standards Committee membership actions taken during the closed session will be provided here in the minutes. The subcommittee chairs are asked to introduce any newly appointed members on their subcommittees.

7.2 Balance of Interest (Page 7) See attachment for the current Balance of Interest for the Standards Committee. Members are requested to identify any changes in their category of interest.

7.3 BNCS Nominations Anyone who is interested in serving at the BNCS level is requested to contact NQA Leadership.

7.4 Performance of Standards Committee Participants (Pages 8–12)

ANSI Accredited procedures require that the Standards Committee Chair review the performance of standards committee participants at least once each year, and take actions to correct poor performance, including the possibility of proposing terminations.

7.4.1 Attendance Record

Attendance recorded at meetings over last 2 years.

7.4.2 Ballot Participation Ballot tallies for all Standards Committee ballots over last 2 years.

8.0 PUBLICATIONS AND CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS

8.1 NQA-1 Standard The next edition of this Standard is scheduled for publication in late 2019.

8.2 NQA.TR Technical Report The first edition of this technical report is tentatively scheduled for publication in late 2019.

8.3 NQA-1 Quality Program Certificate

The ASME Nuclear Quality Assurance (NQA-1) Certification Program provides centralized, independent, third-party certification for quality assurance programs in conformance with the ASME NQA-1 Standard.

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9.0 BNCS MEETINGS REPORT

9.1 February 27-28, 2019: Phoenix, AZ Taunia Van Valkenburg Ms. Van Valkenburg is asked to provide a report.

10.0 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT Jim McIntyre Summary of actions and topics from this meeting will be provided.

11.0 APPROVED TPN’S Approved Task Proposal Notices (TPN’s) are identified by the C&S Connect record #s under which the proposals will be developed. A complex TPN may be developed under multiple records. TPN’s are approved by MC Officers, and proposed revisions are subsequently balloted to the responsible subcommittees and the Standards Committee. TPN’s accepted for subcommittee work since the October 25, 2018 meeting: 1) Proposal: To develop a Part IV guidance document for a safety based, non-nuclear Quality

Assurance Program. Responsible Committee: SC-App TPN Approval Date: 11/12/18 Record #(s): Record 18-2786 (PM – Daren Jensen)

2) Proposal: Review, and revise as necessary, NQA-1, Part 1 and Part II to clarify the applicability of

Part II Subparts. Responsible Committee: SC-I&A TPN Approval Date: 3/14/19 Record #(s): Record 19-701 (PM – John Adkins)

12.0 SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS

PowerPoint presentations should include the following, as applicable: Subcommittee’s status of TPN’s and associated ballots. Any additional SC information.

12.1 SC Applications – Daren Jensen

12.2 SC Assessment & Verification – Mike Hayse

12.3 SC Engineering & Procurement Processes – Raj Jolly

12.4 SC Interface & Administration – Ron Sacco

12.5 SC International Activities and IWGs – Christian Spletter

12.6 SC Program Management Processes – Bob Blyth

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12.7 SC Software Quality Assurance – Charlie Givens

12.8 SC Waste Management – Mike Nicol

13.0 INQUIRIES (Pages 13–14)

Debra Sparkman See attachment for list of status of inquiries received by NQA. A-02, Guidelines for Processing Inquiries, (Rev 1 approved on 1/10/18) provides the organizational structure for the NQA Standards’ Committee Interpretation Special Working Group (ISWG) and the process for internal use for the processing of Technical Inquiries to the NQA-1 Standard and associated daughter standards mentioned in the FOREWORD of the Standard.

14.0 GOVERNMENTAL AND REGULATORY ORGANIZATION REPORTS Written reports are requested for inclusion in the minutes. 14.1 NRC – Paul Prescott

14.2 DOE – Christian Palay

14.3 IAEA – Duli Agarwal

14.4 DNFSB – No liaison has been appointed to replace San Horton.

15.0 COMMITTEES AND STANDARD ORGANIZATION REPORTS Written reports are requested for inclusion in the minutes. EC and SC-I&A were tasked with updating liaisons to provide reports after the last meeting. 15.1 ASQ – Chuck Moseley (Page 15)

15.2 ANS – Chuck Moseley (Page 16)

15.3 ISO –

15.4 ASME Section III, General Requirements –

15.5 NEI – Mark Richter (Page 17)

15.6 AIA –

15.7 NITSL –

15.8 EPRI – Marc Tannenbaum (Pages 18–28)

15.9 ASTM – Keith Miller (Pages 29–30)

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15.10 NIRMA –

15.11 NIAC –

15.12 NUPIC – 16.0 OLD BUSINESS

Previous issues and assignments not noted elsewhere on agenda 16.1 NQA Standards Committee Restructuring Status

Ron Schrotke A report is requested on the status of Standards Committee (Main Committee) restructuring.

16.2 NQA Inquiry Special Committee Proposal

Mike Hayse Proposal to implement a variation of the special committee method detailed in ASME Procedures to expedite processing of inquiries.

17.0 NEW BUSINESS

Presentations/new business added during adoption of agenda

18.0 ACTION ITEMS SUMMARY FROM MEETING Taunia Van Valkenburg Ms. Van Valkenburg will provide a recap of the day’s activities and assignments.

19.0 FUTURE MEETINGS

19.1 Next NQA Meeting Fall 2019 Targeted Locations: Mountain Time Zone Targeted Dates: October 7-10, 2019

19.2 Related Meetings

Suggestions are welcome for other committee meetings or conferences the NQA Committee would benefit from having representation at.

20.0 ADJOURNMENT

The meeting is scheduled to be adjourned at 1:30 PM.

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March 25, 2019

O10500000

Standards Committee on Nuclear Quality Assurance (NQA)

Total Membership - 34

AA

C. Givens - Bechtel National Inc. 1

R. Jolly - Bechtel Power Corporation 2

T. Muraki - Advanced Technology 3

D. Prigel - Argonne National Laboratory 4

J. Yanek - 5

AB

J. McIntyre - Sargent & Lundy 1

R. Sacco - SHINE Medical Technologies 2

AF

J. Adkins - Nuclear Quality Consultant 1

D. Jensen - Optimum Performance Solutions 2

N. Moreau - Theseus Professional Svces LLC 3

C. Moseley - Edgewater Technical Associates 4

W. Sowder - Quality Management Services, LLC 5

C. Spletter - 6

R. Symes - 7

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D. Agarwal - US Department of Energy 1

R. Blyth - North Wind Portage 2

R. Schrotke - Ron Schrotke, LLC 3

M. Tannenbaum - Electric Power Research Institute 4

T. Van Valkenburg - Los Alamos National Laboratory 5

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N. Barker - Atkins Nuclear USA – Member of the SNC Lavalin Group 1

W. Bryan - ANSYS Inc. 2

M. Hayse - Independent Consultant 3

K. Morrell - MSTS 4

M. Nicol - 5

G. Szabatura - Framatome Inc. 6

AO

J. Bergstrom - Bergstrom Consulting 1

D. Brown - Sargent & Lundy, LLC 2

G. Danielson - 3

K. Rhoads - 4

D. Sparkman - Sparkman & Associates, LLC 5

W. Ware - Southern Nuclear Operating Co. 6

D. Winchester - PSEG Nuclear 7

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C. Martin - Office of Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur 1

P. Prescott - US Nuclear Regulatory Commission 2

Non-Voting Members

Joe W. Anderson, PE

Sidney Bernsen, Ph.D.

Milton Concepcion-Robles

John DeKleine

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ASME-NQA-1 Standard Committee

Metrics as of March 2019

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Balloting Observations

• During period 111 ballots

• Lowest participation 49%

• Average participation 87%

• Five* (5*) people now have 100% participation

• Five (5) ballots were closed early and are not counted in the totals

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Meeting Attendance Observations

• Based on last 3-Years (6 meetings)

• 13 members 100% attendance

• Without proxy 1 member 0% attendance but 100% with proxy

• Average attendance w/o proxy 72%

• Average attendance w proxy 89%

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13.0 Inquiry Status

Changes since Fall Meeting 2018 # Active Long Beach = 6

# New = 3 # Closed = 5

# Active as of Today = 4

Record/Subject Recvd by ASME

Assigned PM / TPoC

Status

A&V ACTIVE = 0

18-2579 Lead Auditor Scoring

10/23/2018 Hayse / Joschak Letter Issued 2/19/2019. Duration 119 days.

EPP ACTIVE = 0

18-1792 Applicable Requirements for Suppliers

7/19/2018

Rezak / Mitchell (Brown / Roberts)

Letter Issued 3/4/2019. Duration 228 days.

19-xxx

Expected Prior to Miami

I&A ACTIVE = 0

18-1720 Applicably of Part II Subparts

7/9/2018 Hayse / Sacco Withdrawn 3/21/2019. Duration 255 days.

PMP ACTIVE = 2

18-1285 QA Program

5/17/2018 Vickery / Al Jaberi

Letter Issued 11/14/2018. Duration 181 days.

18-1402 Evidence of inspections

5/30/2018

Concepcion / Dailey

MC Ballot 19-713 Closed 3/27/2019 Duration 316 days

18-609 Lead Auditor Examination (Intent Inquiry)

3/6/2018 Vickery/Vickery Letter Issued 1/17/2019. Duration 316 days.

19-361 Independence of Test Engineer

2/7/2019 Vickery / Meche Working proposed response. Expect SC Ballot prior to Miami. Duration 63 days.

SQA ACTIVE = 2

18-2215 8/30/2018 Concepcion / Henry

Working responses to comments. Expect SC Recirc Ballot prior to Miami. Duration 224 days.

19-559 In-Use Testing

3/5/2019 Sparkman/Abbott (Deaton)

Working proposed response. Expect SC Ballot soon. Duration 37 days.

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Solid Green Line ‐Target Duration = 120 daysDashed Green Line ‐ ISWG Management

Note: Line breaks indicate an intent inquiry.

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Charles H. Moseley, Jr 1321 Heritage Heights Lane Wake Forest, North Carolina 27587 919-435-8105; 919-435-8105(Fax) longgray65@nc.rr.com

ASME Meeting Miami, Florida April 11, 2019

Infrastructure and Process Improvements

ANSI approved the ASQ Operating Manual on July 2, 2015, placing ASQ in an excellent position as a Standards Development Organization until 2020. The national ASQ Standards Committee Vice Chair is assigned the responsibility for maintaining the ASQ Operating Manual. This position is currently filled by the Energy and Environmental Standards Chair.

Energy and Environmental Division Standards

Work to revise ANSI/ASQC E1, Quality Program Guidelines for Project Phase of Nonnuclear Power Generation Facilities was suspended. See below.

All work on ANSI/ASQC E3, Quality Guidelines for Commercial Operations Phase of Nonnuclear Power Facilities was been suspended. See below

ANSI/ASQC E2 -1996. Guidelines for Inspection Planning has not been active for over twenty years.)

ANSI/ASQC E4, Quality Systems for Environmental Data and Technology Programs, was reviewed and approved by ANSI and was published in February of 2014. Current plans are to Reaffirm the standard this year.

A new EED standard is being developed, ASQ E5 which will combine the scopes of E1 and E3 above. Co-chairs have been named and a Balanced of Interests Working Group was been formed. A very comprehensive document is being drafted. The next working group meeting is scheduled in May in Dallas. The standard is currently scheduled for publication later this year.

Actions are almost complete to revise the ASQC Quality Auditor’s Handbook that was last published by ASQC in 1986. New areas have been included to address issues that have arisen since the last publication. Appropriate cases studies have also been. A final draft revision is scheduled to be available in early summer for transmittal to Quality Press. Several coordination discussions have been held with Quality Press by the undersigned. Publication is currently anticipated in early fall.

Personnel

The undersigned is serving his seventh three year term as Vice Chair of the National ASQ Standards Committee which will end in December 2020.

Respectfully submitted,

C. H. Moseley, Jr.

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555 North Kensington Avenue La Grange Park, Illinois 60526-5592 USA 708-579-8269 • standards@ans.org

 

ANS Liaison Report REPLY TO:

Miami Florida Charles H. Moseley, Jr

April 2019 1321 Heritage Heights Lane Wake Forest, North Carolina 27587

919-435-8105; 919-435-8105(Fax) longgray65@nc.rr.com

This report is from the liaison representative from ANS to ASME NQA who also serves as the ASME NQA liaison to the ANS Large Light Water Reactor Consensus Committee (LLWRCC). ANS-3.2 Activity ANSI 18.7/ ANS-3.2, Management, Administrative, and Quality Assurance Controls for the Operational Phase of Nuclear Power Plants, is the main ANS standard of interest to the NQA committee. It was last published in 2012. There are still NQA Main committee members on the existing ANS-3.2 Working Group so coordination is very effective. The 2012 edition provided the managerial, administrative and QA controls necessary to implement 10CFR 50 Appendix B for operating nuclear power plants. The revision references NQA-1 2008/2009 in many places as the standard for the implementation of the QA requirements. (Over 70 operating nuclear units were represented on the working group.) The NRC issued Revision 3 to Regulatory Guide 1.33 in June 2013. (The last draft of Regulatory Guide 1.33 was issued for comment in 1983, thirty years ago!) This was a major step forward in achieving consistent quality requirements for the nuclear industry. The working group decided to reaffirm the NRC endorsed 2012 edition. The balloting was successful, and ANSI approved the reaffirmation on April 4, 2017. A number of personnel changes in the working group will occur prior to the next required action, including the undersigned. Other ASNS Quality Related Standards ANSI/ANS-15.2, Quality Control for Plate-type Uranium-aluminum Fuel Elements, was reaffirmed on August 18, 2016, as an alternative to revision. The current intent is to revise the document to address new emerging materials prior to the next scheduled standards action in 2021, however the new working group chair has indicated that progress on new high-power LEU conversion fuel is moving slowly. It likely will be several years before enough progress is made to warrant the initiation of the next revision. Therefore, another reaffirmation may be sought in 2021. ANSI/ANS-15.8-1995, Quality Assurance Program Requirements for Research Reactors, was reaffirmed on July 18, 2018. The standard was evaluated in 2018 and deemed appropriate for reaffirmation. The next maintenance action should be completed by 2023 Both standards are formatted in the eighteen criteria and are consistent with NQA-Part 1.

C. H. Moseley, Jr. ANS Standards ANS LLLWCC Member ANS-3.2 Working Group Member

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NEI Liaison Report to ASME NQA-1 March 18, 2019

This report is from the liaison representative from NEI to ASME NQA-1.

NEI, with the support of the NUPIC/ILAC team, submitted to the NRC an assessment of ISO/IEC 17025:2017 along with a request for an expedited SER and endorsement based on an evaluation of the gap analysis between the 2005 and 2017 versions and no reductions in requirements. Subsequently, NEI will submit a revision of NEI 14-05A for review and endorsement that captures the requirements of the 2017 version. NRC granted a fee waiver for the gap analysis review. A letter of endorsement for equivalency is anticipated within the next month. The industry revision of NEI 14-05 will follow shortly after.

NEI is serving as industry POC for fraudulent materials properties records for Kobe Steel and Mitsubishi Materials Conglomerate products. Investigations in Japan are complete. No U.S. impact was identified.

NEI is supporting industry efforts in Advanced Manufacturing, particularly in regulatory interface and exploring expedited pathways to codes and standards acceptance and NRC endorsement for use in new plants and the operating fleet.

NEI maintains a liaison relationship with Department of Homeland Security Intellectual

Property Rights Center (IPRC)-U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Sincerely, Mark Richter

Mark A. Richter, Ph.D. | Senior Project Manager-Used Fuel and Decommissioning Programs Nuclear Energy Institute | 1201 F Street, NW, Suite 1100 | Washington, DC 20004 P: 202.739.8106 M: 202.439.0954 E: mar@nei.org nei.org

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Marc H. TannenbaumTechnical Executive

ASME NQA-1 Standard Committee MeetingApril 11, 2019

EPRI Interface ReportProcurement Engineering and Supply Chain

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Recently Completed Products of Interest

Safety Classification Computer-Based Training Course (3002011679)

Reverse Engineering Techniques (3002011678)

Standard Item Equivalency Process (NISP-EN-02)

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Projects Continuing in 2019

Technical Evaluation Efficiency Improvement - Technical Evaluation Data

Commercial Grade Dedication basics Computer-Based training

Digital Equivalency Evaluation guidance

Advanced Commercial Grade Dedication Seminar (Instructor-led)

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Projects starting in 2019

Equivalency of Advanced Manufactured Items

Quality Assurance Techniques for Advanced Manufacturing

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EPRI JUTG Pending Obsolescence Response Protocol ITT Enidyne – Ceased to accept safety-related purchases May 18, 2018

– Discontinuing commercial grade dedication program– Entering into an agreement with Curtiss-Wright, limited impact anticipated

Parker Hannifin –Discontinuing their ASME N certificate and Material Organization QA program when it expires in 2020.– Parker will continue to accept orders for Code and Safety-Related product through March 31, 2019.

Rotork – discontinuing support for nuclear product line. June 2019 is the deadline for ordering nuclear components. Spare and service expected to continue into 2020.– Currently working on official confirmation from UK office

Swagelok – Not renewing ASME N-Certificate and discontinuing 10CFR50, Appendix B-compliant QA program for valves. Trial agreement with NuSource to provide safety-related and N-Stamped valves. Swagelok will manufacture, NuSource is responsible for Code certification, design, etc.– Updated POP notification sent to reflect new partnership with NuSource (Consulting N-Stamp)

TE Connectivity – Discontinuing time delay relays– E-18-011500– Currently being processed

Worley Parsons – Withdrawing from nuclear modification business due to decreased volume– Will complete all work released to them as of February 2018

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Potential EPRI Project on Rotork Replacement Solution Standard replacement evaluation

– Design or design equivalent change– Equivalency evaluation

Target is a “drop in” replacement with same bolting pattern– Available as a basic component– Qualified

Utility engineers collaborate with EPRI, Framatome, and Flowserve-Limitorque

Is anyone interested?

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Summer 2019 JUTG August 13-15, SandPearl

Clearwater, FL

Winter 2020 JUTG January 28-30, Hilton Bayfront

St. Petersburg, FL Joint meeting with NUPIC

Summer 2020 JUTG August 4-6, 2020, SandPearl,

Clearwater, FL

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Procurement-Related Instructor-Based Training Open Sessions at EPRI in Charlotte, NC

Course Dates

Nuclear Utility Procurement May 7-9, 2019

Nuclear Utility Procurement July 15-17, 2019

Procurement of Reactor Coolant Pressure Boundary Replacement Items (ASME procurement)

July 18-19, 2019

NUPIC Audit Team Leader Training August 13-15, 2019

Nuclear Utility Procurement December 3-5, 2019

Pursue Means Other than Dedication

A

Item Identified for

Procurement as CGI 5.1

Screen for Eligibility

5.2

Not eligiblefor dedication

Identify Safety Functions

5.3

Item isEligible

forDedication

Bound Eval Functions /

Uses5.6

DedicationLimitations

AndApplications

Safety Function

Information

Identify Critical Characteristics

5.5

5.7

Safety FunctionInformation Not

Available

Perform FMEA

5.4

Failure ModesMechanisms

Dedicate based upondesign criteria

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Research InstituteAll Rights Reserved

Courses are also available for on-site deliveryPlease contact Lori at lwarneke@epri.com for more information

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EPRI U is live – complete with a learning management system

Some CBTs related to procurement are now available

Other are in the queue– Audit Technical Specialist (3002006989)– Procurement Engineering Basics (3002005397)– Procurement Engineering Safety Classification (3002011679)– Undeclared Digital Content (3002009558)

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Together…Shaping the Future of Electricity

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