Quality Products
What does it mean to have a high-quality product?
At the Vit Plant, quality is a common topic. We need to produce a high-quality Vit Plant. But what does high-quality really mean on a unique project like this?
One major component of our quality deals with requirements. Requirements come from multiple sources including our contract with the Department of Energy (DOE), our authorization basis documents, codes and standards.
For each product, the correct requirements must first be identified and then the design must meet them. Those requirements must then be communicated to all our suppliers and their sub-suppliers, and included in procurement documents for the each product we need.
The resulting products will be verified by a WTP Supplier Quality representative upon receipt, stored, maintained, installed, and, eventually, started-up properly.
The project records must show that the correct requirements were used to design, procure, construct and commission each component of our plant. Records must show that procedures were followed in all phases of the plant’s development. Our records will play a major role in receiving approval to start commissioning. If the paperwork is not right, the plant will not be allowed to run, regardless of how well it is built.
Our Quality Expectations (8mb)
Vendor Commercial Grade Dedication (VCGD)
Material Control Matrix
Verification Document Package Preparation Guide
Implementing NQA-1 programs
The below guide is a reference tool to aide the supplier in implementing their NQA-1 programs. It's intended to be used by primary chain functions, to include supplier's general management, contract administration, engineering, procurement, production, and quality assurance. This guide provides current information and significant Project lessons learned through interaction with the Project supply chain, including frequently asked questions (FAQs) and good practice examples on the subject of nuclear quality assurance.
24590-WTP-GPG-AS-0023, Effective Supplier Nuclear QA Practices
Procurement Suspect/Counterfeit Item Programs
Bechtel is committed to effective controls for the prevention, detection, and disposition of Suspect/Counterfeit Items (S/CI) to mitigate any potential safety threat in the operating complex.
The underlying principle in procurement is that suppliers demonstrate they are capable of delivering items conforming to specified requirements.
Suppliers are required to assure that suspect or counterfeit materials are not provided as part of the Material or Product for delivery under any agreement pertaining to the WTP project.
Bechtel will inspect material for attributes common to S/CI by personnel who are trained to recognize S/CI. All S/CI discovered are the Supplier's responsibility and must be replaced with items free from any suspect or counterfeit condition.
Please familiarize yourself with the information found on the Suspect/Counterfeit Items webpage.
Point of Contact: Mary Belkle
Bulletins
The bulletins below are notifications from WTP to the supply chain to aide them in their quality related programs.
The scope of the services provided by Bechtel National, Inc. and URS Corporation include the design, construction, and start up of the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (Vit Plant).