# Presentation: 230266

## Quality AssuranceBriefing

- Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
- June 1, 2005
**Frank Russo**
**Office of Corporate Performance Assessment**
**Robert Loesch**
**Office of Quality Assurance  Programs**

## Accomplishments Since Last Briefing 

- QA implementation assessed for EM & NE
- Weld quality alert – field reviews in progress
- QA-related ORPS data – preliminary analysis complete
- QA Order and Guides – complete
- Filter Test Facility relocation progressing well & HEPA standards update initiated

## QA Focus Areas

- Leadership
- Flow-down of Requirements
- Integration with ISM
- Implementation of Requirements
- Effective Analyses
- Oversight and Assessment

## Quality Assurance Leadership

- Technical Codes & Standards participation
- ORPS manual being updated
- Ongoing Directives updates:
- Enforcement Guide Supplement drafted – Contractor Investigation, Causal Analysis and Corrective Actions
- DOE Assessment Guide update – to incorporate EH-6 enforcement guide and industry advances
- Working with EFCOG to develop interactive ways for delivering safety and QA guidance and lessons learned to workers the field

## ... Quality Assurance Leadership 

- Communicating leadership in a QA newsletter:
- First issue – June 05
- Bridge between the various DOE organizations, sites, contractors, EFCOG, SMEs, standards committees, etc.
- Forum for exchange of ideas and success stories, sharing improvement techniques, approaches, and tools of the trade

## Flow-down of QA Requirements

| Site | Action  | Results |
| --- | --- | --- |
| INEEL | Review completed 1/05  | Work package not available at job site
Weld Manuals not updated  |
| Rocky Flats | Review completed 3/05 | No deficiencies were noted |
| NREL | Review completed 3/05 | Limited welding performed 
Identified need to improve procedures |
| ORO | Action being initiated |  |
| PPPO | Action being initiated |  |
| SRS | Review completed 3/05 | Site-wide review conducted
1 finding and 8 observations |
| West Valley | Review completed 4/05 | No deficiencies were noted |
| WIPP | Review completed 3/05 | Inadequacies identified in controls used to procure welding services |
| RL (Fluor Hanford) | Review completed 3/05 | No deficiencies were noted |

**Weld Quality Alert Results**

## ... Flow-down of QA Requirements

- EH-1 memo to PSOs on flow-down of SQA requirements after DOE O 414.1C issued
- EFCOG QA deliverables:
- Supplier Quality Improvement Initiative – additional data needed
- Attributes of an Effective Quality Improvement Process
- Extent of Conditions Review (PAAA)
- Continuing evaluation of contract language

## Integration with ISM

- EM field assessments address integration of QA with ISM
- Idaho audit report – ISM integral part
- 2004-1 Implementation Plan
- Oversight Manual
- Generic QA Assessment plan provided to the team
- QAP and ISM System Descriptions

## Quality Assurance Analysis

- ORPS data was evaluated to develop QA performance information
- 4 existing ORPS “cause code” categories used:
- Design/Engineering
- Equipment/Material
- Communications
- Training
- Developing a “baseline” of QA performance information.

## ...Quality Assurance Analysis

- Preliminary Assessment Results

## QA Oversight and Assessment

- HEPA Filter Test Facility Relocation
- Contract for FY05, options to extend for FY06, 07, 08
- Contract requires a QAP
- Old facility shut down
- Construction oversight
- Pre-shipment of filters – June 20
- Startup audit to be conducted
- Resume operations in July
- EH assumes responsibility in FY06
- EH published semi-annual FTF Report  - May 25, 2005

## QA Implementation Assessments

|  | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NE | ID |  |  | ORNLAGR |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| EM | ID |  |  |  |  |  |  | RL |  | TBD |  |  |
| NA |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | KCP
QAS-2 | Y12
QAS-2 |  | Y12
QAS-1 |  |
| SC |  |  |  |  |  | BNL |  | BNL |  |  |  |  |
| EH |  |  |  |  |  | RESL | FTF |  |  |  |  |  |

**Calendar Year 2005**

## Quality Assurance Leadership

- Technical Codes & Standards leadership:
- NQA-1 Executive Committee Member
- Applications Subcommittee Chair
- ISO 9001, U.S. Technical Advisory Group – Technical Committee 176 & ASQ Z-1 Committee
- IAEA Safety Requirements on Management Systems
- IEEE, Software & Systems Engineering Standards Exec. Committee (DOE Liaison)
- ANS 10.4 Standards Committee
- ASME AG-1 – Nuclear Air and Gas Treatment Committee
- NIST Council of Ionizing Radiation Measurements & Standards
- ANSI N13 Accreditation Committee Member