No. North Anna does not use tamper proof seals on RP Instruments.
Barbara J. Thompson North Anna Power Station 1022 Haley Drive Mineral, Va 23117 Superintendent Health Physics Technical Services [email protected] Phone: 540-894-2638 From: Powernet [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tom Meek via Powernet Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2019 3:26 PM To: [email protected] Cc: Tom Meek; 'Mark Tursa'; Jim VanLooven Subject: [External] [Powernet] RP field instrument tamper seals I have a question regarding tamper resistant seals for calibration on RP meters. A QA audit made a SFR (supplier finding report) at an instrument calibration facility stating vendor should be placing these seals on our RP meters. The cited standard is ANSI Z540:1994 Section 11.5, but after some discussion we agreed that this only applies to lab standards. He also cited ISO 17025:2017 Section 6.4.12 which states "the laboratory shall take practical measures to prevent unintended adjustments of equipment from invalidating results." The auditor said that industry interprets this as requiring tamper seals, but also said that complying with the ISO standard was a matter of lab certification only (not a regulatory requirement). Does any site require tamper resistant seals on RP field instruments? Yes No If yes how do you handle routine battery and/or desiccant replacement? What do you do if a seal is found broken or missing. In short, would the event be entered into the corrective action system? Do you rely on your source check and zero check of the instrument to "validate" its calibration in lieu of the tamper seal? Thanks in advance Tom Meek, CHP CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This electronic message contains information which may be legally confidential and or privileged and does not in any case represent a firm ENERGY COMMODITY bid or offer relating thereto which binds the sender without an additional express written confirmation to that effect. The information is intended solely for the individual or entity named above and access by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the contents of this information is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this electronic transmission in error, please reply immediately to the sender that you have received the message in error, and delete it. Thank you.
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