IR 05000244/1997012

Provides Clarification for Several Statements Made in NRC Insp Rept 50-244/97-12 Dtd 980209

ML17265A248
Person / Time
Site:	Ginna
Issue date:	04/24/1998
From:	MECREDY R C ROCHESTER GAS & ELECTRIC CORP.
To:	VISSING G S NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned), NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
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50-244-97-12, NUDOCS 9805060235
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NRR/DRPM/PECB NUDOCS-ABSTRACT OGC/HDS3 COPIES LTTR ENCL 0 EXTERNAL: LITCO BRYCE,J H NRC PDR NOAC NUDOCS FULLTEXT D 0 N NOTE TO ALL"RIDS" RECIPIENTS PLEASE HELP US TO REDUCE WASTE.TO HAVE YOUR NAME OR ORGANIZATION REMOVED FROM DISTRIBUTION LISTS OR REDUCE THE NUMBER OF COPIES RECEIVED BY YOU OR YOUR ORGANIZATION, CONTACT THE DOCUMENT CONTROL DESK (DCD)ON EXTENSION 415-2083 TOTAL NUMBER OF COPIES REQUIRED: LTTR 17 ENCL April 24, 1998 U.S.Nuclear Regulatory Commission Document Control Desk Attn: Guy S.Vissing Project Directorate I-1 Washington, D.C.20555 Subject: Ref.(1)(2)(3)(4)Clarification of Statements Made in NRC Inspection Report 50-244/97-12, dated February 9, 1998 NRC Integrated Inspection Report 50-244/97-12 and Notice of Violation, dated February 9, 1998 Letter from R.E.Smith, RGEE, to NRC, Subject: Response to NRC Request for Information Pursuant to 10CFR50.54(f)

Regarding Adeqacy and Availability of Design Information R.E.Ginna Nuclear Power Plant, dated February 7, 1997 Letter from R.C.Mecredy, RG&E, to G.S.Vissing, NRC,.Subject: Update to Response to NRC Request for Information Pursuant to 10CFR50.54(f)

Regarding Adequacy and Availability of Design Basis Information R.E.Ginna Nuclear Power Plant, dated September 30, 1997 Letter from'.C.Mecredy, RG6E, to NRC, Subject: Submittal of Security Plan revision M, dated July 24, 1997

Dear Mr.Vissing:

This letter is to provide clarification for several statements made in NRC Inspection Report 50-244/97-12.

1)Statement:

Section E1.3'D v page 14 states"The UFSAR verfication project was scheduled to proceed in parallel with the validation of all other design basis source documents so that an electronic link of these yource documents to a living UFSAR could be accomplished by October 1998 for use during the DBD project." Clarification:

The UFSAR verification project and design basis documentation project are not proceeding in parallel.This was explained in our letter dated September 30, 1997 (Reference 3).The UFSAR verfication and design basis documentation projects use some of the same resources; therefore, it was decided to concentrate on the UFSAR verification project until 9805060235 980424'DR ADQCK 05000244 8 PDR April 24, 1998 page 2 October 18, 1998 and then shift additional resources to the design basis documentation project.The links from the UFSAR to the source documents will not be completed until December 2001 as explained in Reference 3.'2)Statement:

Section E1.3 L'n D i n Ba'v'age 14 states"With the completion of the service water safety system functional inspection (SSFI)and the NRC design team inspection of Ginna, RG&E noted in the updated response letter of September 30, 1997, that they had completed the commitment to perform two SSFIs in 1997.RG&E indicated that they would perform a SSFI of the AFW system in 1998." 3)Clarification:

RG&E has determined we, should concentrate the majority of our resources on the Design Basis Documentation (DBD)and UFSAR verification projects described above, as well's closeout.of Motor-Operated Valve (GL89-10)and Service Water (GL89,-13)

issues.Therefore, RG&E is not currently intending to perform an AFW system SSFI in 1998.Statement:

Section ES F 1 V'n-2 Ev T m HQV-4~1 , page 17 states"The inspector noted that the licensee work in compiling a document of all variables used in the UFSAR Accident Analysis chapter was partially complete and was scheduled for completion by March 1, 1998, according to'OS598 in the licensee's Commitment and Action Tracking System (CATS)..." Clarification:

The scope of the compilation of the major variables used in the UFSAR Accident Analysis chapter has been expanded to include additional items, such as accident and analysis assumptions, valve stroke times and setpoints.

This effort is currently scheduled to be completed by June 30, 1998.Statement:

Section E8.2 v I 04~S rv'm R imiz'r W page 18 states"In addition to issues related to heat exchanger performance testing and revision of the SWSROP, comments were made regards.ng the need to update the SW system hydraulic flow model since it under predicted flows in some cases.The licensee indicated that this work was being done in-house and was scheduled for completion by the end of January 1998." Clarification:

Additional testing has been performed to better predict flows to the CRFC motor coolers.With the inclusion of this data, the SW system Hydraulic model is expected to be refined by June 16, 1998.

April 24, 1998 Page 3 5)Statement:

Section S3 u'fe ua d P ur s page 23 states"The inspectors verified that selected changes to the Plan associated with the vehicle barrier system (VBS), as implemented, did not decrease the effectiveness of the Plan.Discussions with the licensee indicated that the plan was currently being reviewed and a plan revision would be submitted in accordance with the provisions of 10CFR 50.54(p)in the near future." Clarification:

RGRE submitted a Security Plan revision M on July 24, 1997 (Refe'rence 4)which provided enhancement to the VBS.Also, RGGE submitted Security Plan revision N on January 15, 1998 although this revision was not related to the VBS.Very truly yours, Robert C.Mecredy GJWE498 xc: Mr.Guy S.Vissing (Mail Stop 14B2)Senior Project Manager Project Directorate I-1 Washington, D.C.20555 Mr.Hubert J.Miller U.S.Nuclear Regulatory Commission Regional Administrator, Region I 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Ginna Senior Resident Inspector