IR 05000272/1989002
| ML18093B531 | |
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| Site: | Salem  |
| Issue date: | 03/09/1989 |
| From: | Anderson C, Krasopoulos A NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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| ML18093B530 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-272-89-02, 50-311-89-02, NUDOCS 8903300290 | |
| Download: ML18093B531 (8) | |
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U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION I
Report N /89-02 50-311/89-02 Docket N License N DPR-70 DPR-75 Category C Licensee:
Public Service Electric and Gas Company P. 0. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, New Jersey 08038 Facility Name:
Salem Units 1 & 2 Inspection At:
Lower Alloways Township, New Jersey
- ,Co~~~b;:~~o, 1989
~* KrasopolJ'fti~ctor Engineer Approved by:
hief, Plant Systems r fue date Inspection Summary:
Inspection on February 6-10, 1989 (Combined Inspection Report Nos. 50-2Z2/89-02 and 50-311/89-02)
Areas Inspected:
Routine unannounced inspection of the Fire Protection/Preven-tion Program including:
Fire Protection equipment maintenance, inspection and tests; fire brigade training; periodic inspections and quality assurance audits; and facility tour Results:
No violations were identifie The corrective actions to two violations identified in Report 50-311/87-29 were reviewed and were found acceptabl The actions to resolve five items identified as unresolved in previous inspections were reviewed and these items are now resolve :=:*~(>:~:2(>
05000272 PDC
DETAILS 1.0 Persons Contacted Public Service Electric and Gas (PSE&G)
- R. Swartzwelder, Licensing Engineer
- M. Wita, Station QA
- J. Kerin, Site Fire Protection
- P. Benini, QA A0dits
- C. Lambert, Manager, Nuclear Engineering Sciences
- P. Moeller, Manager, Site Protection A. Robinson, Project Manager A. Blum B. Preston, Manager, Licensing R. Bashall, Engineering 1.2 Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
D. Allsopp, Hope Creek, Resident Inspector
- Denotes those present at the exit interview. Followup of Previous Inspection Findings (Closed) Violation (50-311/87-29-01) All Emergency Diesels Could Become Inoperable from the Inadvertent Actuation of Carbon Dioxide In All Diesel Rooms The NRC identified the concern that a fire in several fire areas of the auxiliary building has the potential of causing the inadvertent actuation of carbon dioxide in all three diesel generator rooms and diesel control room This discharge could render all di~sels inoperabl To address this concern, the licensee modified the carbon dioxide systems 1 s control circuitry such that carbon dioxide could not be discharged in more than one of those areas at a tim The inspector reviewed modification Package No. 2SC-16097 that made the changes to the system and did not identify any unacceptable condition This item is close (Closed) Unresolved Item (50-272/83-37-02) Minor Damage to Fire Protective Coating on Structural Steel of Auxiliary Building Elevation 100 1 Corridor The damage to the fire coating was caused by foot traffic in the corridor from workers carrying tool boxes and equipment and accidentally hitting the fire proofin The inspector reviewed the area and inspected the repairs
performed and found them acceptabl The licensee to prevent recurrence installed a protective barrier of steel plate around the fire proofing to protect it from the traffi This item is close (Closed) Violation (50-311/87-29-07) Loss of Radio Communications During Shutdown from Outside the Control Room The NRC identified the concern that a fire in the relay room has the potential of damaging the power source of the radio transmitte This in turn could disable the communications relied upon by the operators to perform various shutdown function The licensee, to correct this inadequacy, performed a modification that reroutes the power supply and cables of the radio system outside the area of concer The inspector reviewed the modification Package No. 2EC-2300 and did not identify any unacceptable condition This item is close (Closed) Unresolved Item (50-272/83-37-0?) Lack of 3 Hour Fire Barrier Between the Unit 1 and Unit 2 Control Rooms and Fire Hazard Analysis (FHA)
Update to Include Fire Loading from the Carpet Installation in the Control Room (CR)
The NRC identified the concern that a fire in one Control Room may affect the other unit 1 s Control Room because of the lack of a 3 hour3.472222e-5 days <br />8.333333e-4 hours <br />4.960317e-6 weeks <br />1.1415e-6 months <br /> fire barrier between the Unit 1 and Unit 2 Control Roo The lack of a fire barrier between the Control Rooms may affect the overall shutdown capability because the combined shift crew of 18 which includes the fire brigade may not be sufficient to shutdown both units simultaneously in the event of such an acciden The licensee, on January 31, 1985, requested an exemption from the requirement to have a 3 hour3.472222e-5 days <br />8.333333e-4 hours <br />4.960317e-6 weeks <br />1.1415e-6 months <br /> barrier separating the two control room This exemption was later withdrawn when the licensee demonstrated that both units could be shutdown from outside the Control Room at the same time, even with the minimum staffin This was demonstrated using timeline studies of the alternate shutdown procedure The inspector reviewed the timeline studies and did not identify any unacceptable condition With regard to the concern that the FHA was not updated to include the additional combustible material contributed by the new carpet in the Control Room, the licensee stated and the inspector verified that the amount of combustibles was negligibl This item is closed.
(Closed) Unresolved Item (50-272/83-37-10) Diesel Generator Control Circuits The NRC identified the concern that emergency diesel starting may be unnecessarily complicated by the use of procedures that the NRC considers to be repair The licensee has completed modifications that now allow for the local start of the emergency diesels without the use of such repair The licensee also provided electrical isolation of the diesels from the control room and relay roo The inspector reviewed, Procedure AOP-EVAC-2 which governs local diesel start and line up to verify its adequac No unacceptable conditions were tdentifie This item is close (Closed) Unresolved Item (50-272/83-37-11) Reactor Hot Leg (Th) and Cold Leg (Tc) Temperature Indication The NRC identified the concern that Th and Tc readings were obtained by a method unacceptable to NRC since it involved the use of repair The licensee committed to install permanent instrument indications at the Hot Shutdown Panel to avoid the use of repair The inspector verified that the instruments had been installed and are operabl Operability was verified by observing that calibration of these instruments was performed regularl This item is closed~
(Closed) Unresolved Item (50-272/83-37-14) Alternate Shutdown Procedures not Comprehensive for Different Scenarios The NRC identified the concern that the Integrated Operating Procedures IOP-6 and IOP-8 used for alternate plant shutdown were not adequately organized to direct operations during shutdown from outside the Control Roo Since this observation, the licensee superseded these procedures and issued a new procedure titled, "Control Room Evacuation Due to a Fire in the CR Relay Roomrr No. AOP-EVAC-This procedure was reviewed and walked down by the NRC during an inspection documented in Report 87-2 The new procedure addressed and resolved the concerns identified previousl This item is close *
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5 Fire Protection/Prevention Program The inspector reviewed several documents in the following areas of the program to verify that the licensee had developed and implemented adequate procedures consistent with the Fire Hazard Analysis (FHA), Final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR), and Technical Specifications (TS).
The documents reviewed, the scope of review, and the inspection findings for each area of the program are described in the following section.1 Program Administration and Organization The inspector reviewed the following licensee documents:
Technical Specifications, Section 6, Administrative Controls
Fire Protection Program AP-25, Revision This procedure was revised to include administrative controls for the penetration seal work currently taking plac The scope of review was to ascertain that: Personnel were designated for implementing the program at site; and Qualifications were delineated for personnel designated to implement the progra No unacceptable conditions were identifie.2 Equipment Maintenance, Inspection and Tests The inspector reviewed the following randomly selected documents to determine whether the licensee had developed adequate procedures which established maintenance, inspection, and testing requirements for the plant fire protection equipment:
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MlO-SST-006, MlO-SST-008, MlO-SST-009-1, CHEM CH-3.5.058, MAINT M3M, MAINT M3M, MlO-SST-016-1, MlO-SST-019-1, MlO-SST-028-1, MlO-SST-048-1, Fire Pump Annual Capacity Test Fire Main Flow Test
- 1 Diesel Fi re Pump Operability Test Diesel Battery Sample Diesel Battery Check Battery Specific Gravity Preaction Sprinkler System Functional Test and Inspection 10 Ton Carbon Dioxide System Flow Path Verification fire Damper Functional Test Halon-1301 System
In addition to reviewing the above documents, the inspector reviewed selected maintenance/inspection/test records to verify compliance with Technical Specifications and established procedure No unacceptable conditions were identifie.3 Fire Brigade Training 3.3.l Procedure Review The inspector reviewed the following licensee procedures:
Fire Brigade Training Program, MIO-FDD-023
Fire Bridage Drills, MIO-FD7-022 The scope of the review was to verify that the licensee had developed administrative procedures which included: Requirements for announced and unannounced drills; Requirements for fire brigade training and retraining at prescribed frequencies; Requirements for at least one drill per year to be performed on a "back shift" for each brigade; Requirements for maintenance of training record No unacceptable conditions were identifie.3.2 Records Review The inspector reviewed training records of fire brigade members for calendar years 1988 and 1989 to ascertain that they had attended the required quarterly training and participated in a quarterly drill, and received the annual hands-on fire extinguishment practic No unacceptable conditions were identifie.4 Periodic Inspections and Quality Assurance Audits 3.4.1 Annual Audit The inspector reviewed the reports of the following annual audit:
NM-87-33
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The scope of review was to ascertain that the audit was conducted in accordance with the Technical Specification 6.5.2.4.2.i and audit findings were being resolved in a timely and satisfactory manne No unacceptable conditions were identifie.4.2 Biennial Audit The inspector reviewed reports of the following biennial audit:
NM-88-36 The scope of review was to ascertain that the audit was conducted in accordance with T.S. 6.5.2.4.2.h and audit findings were being resolved in a timely and satisfactory manne No unacceptable conditions were identifie.5 Facility Tour The inspector examined fire protection water systems, including fire pumps, fire water piping and distribution systems, pos~ indicator valves, and hydrant The inspector toured accessible vital and nonvital plant areas and examined fire detection and alarm systems, automatic and manual fixed suppression systems, interior hose sta-tions, fire barrier penetration seals, and fire door The inspector observed general plant housekeeping conditions and randomly checked tags of portable extinguishers for evidence of periodic inspection No deterioration of equipment was note The inspection tags attached to extinguishers indicated that monthly inspections were performe No unacceptable conditions were identifie.0 Unresolved Items Unresolved items are matters about which more information is required to ascertain whether they are acceptable items, violations or deviation The resolution of unresolved items from previous inspections is discussed in Section 2.0 of this report.
5.0 Exit Interview The inspector met with licensee management representatives (see Section 1.0 for attendees) at the conclusion of the inspection of February 10, 198 The inspector summarized the scope and findings of the inspection at that tim The inspector also confirmed with the licensee that the report will not contain any proprietary informatio The licensee agreed that the inspection report may be placed in the Public Document Room without prior licensee review* of proprietary informatio ( 10 C FR 2. 790).
At no time during this inspection was written material provided to the licensee by the inspector.