Duke Power does not use tamper seals.
Bryan S. Pell, NRRPT Lead Scientist, EnRad Labs Duke Nuclear Fleet Scientific Services Duke Energy Central Calibration Facility [EnRad Logo.jpg] 13339 Hagers Ferry Rd Mail Stop MG03A2 Huntersville, NC 28078 Office: 980-875-4435 Mobile: 585-698-4056 Smart people surround themselves with smarter people. P Please consider the environment before printing this email. From: Powernet [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tom Meek via Powernet Sent: Tuesday, April 9, 2019 3:25 PM To: [email protected] Cc: Tom Meek <[email protected]>; 'Mark Tursa' <[email protected]>; Jim VanLooven <[email protected]> Subject: [Powernet] RP field instrument tamper seals *** Exercise caution. This is an EXTERNAL email. DO NOT open attachments or click links from unknown senders or unexpected email. *** 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
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