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Nuclear Procurement Issues Committee (NUPIC) and Industry Interactions

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Nuclear Procurement Issues Committee (NUPIC)
NRC Presentations at Industry Conferences
Public Meetings
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Nuclear Procurement Issues Committee (NUPIC)

NUPIC was formed in 1989 by a partnership involving all domestic and several international nuclear utilities. The NUPIC program evaluates suppliers furnishing safety-related components and services and commercial-grade items to nuclear utilities.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) periodically accompanies a NUPIC team to observe selected audits and ensure that the audit process remains an acceptable alternative to the NRC's vendor inspection/audit program. The NRC staff continues to rely on the effectiveness of the NUPIC joint utility audit process for evaluating the implementation of quality assurance programs of suppliers to the nuclear industry. The purpose of trip reports is to document the results of travel performed by NRC employees. The NRC uses trip reports to document NRC observation of audits performed by NUPIC. Trip reports issued for the NUPIC audits that have been observed by the NRC are as follows:

Facility	Location	Auditor	Date
RTP Corporation	Pompano Beach, FL	NUPIC	March 2008
Flowserve, Pump Division	Vernon, CA	NUPIC	October 2007
Cameron Measurement Systems	City of Industry, CA	NUPIC	August 2007
Southern Testing Services	Knoxville, TN	NUPIC	April 2007
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries	Kobe, Japan	NUPIC	May 2006
Areva NP Plants Sector (Paris) Areva NP Chalon/Saint Marcel	France	NUPIC	May 2006
Equipos Nucleares	S.A. (ENSA)	Westinghouse & NUPIC	September 2005
Enertech	Brea, Ca	NUPIC	April 2005
Flowserve	Raleigh, NC	NUPIC	August 2004
Babcock and Wilcox	Canada	NUPIC	January 2004

NRC Presentations at Industry Conferences

The NRC has been requested to make presentations regarding quality assurance and vendor-related issues at various industry conferences. The following presentations have been made since June 2005:

2000s: | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005

Public Meetings

Date	Description
07/2008	NRC public meeting with the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI), Rockville, MD Meeting Summary
11/2007	NRC public meeting with NEI, Rockville, MD NEI Presentation Meeting Summary
07/2007	NRC Public Meeting, Rockville, MD Quality Assurance Review and Inspection Process for New Reactors Status Meeting Handouts 1 \| 2 Meeting Summary
05/2007	NRC Public Meeting, Rockville, MD Quality Assurance Review and Inspection Process for New Reactors Meeting Handouts 1 \| 2 Meeting Summary
04/2007	NRC public meeting with NEI/NUPIC, Rockville, MD NRO Vendor Inspection Program Meeting Handouts Meeting Summary

Correspondence

On occasion, the NRC is requested to respond to specific questions related to quality assurance by licensees, the industry, stakeholders. These questions may be generic in nature or plant specific. Once the NRC responds, the response will be posted for all interested parties to review.

Letter, dated June 6, 2006, to NUPIC Chairman regarding Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1, 2, and 3, approval of change to quality assurance program (commercial-grade calibration services)