IR 05000289/1987022

Insp Rept 50-289/87-22 on 871102-06.No Violations or Deviations Noted.Major Areas Inspected:Cold Weather Preparation & Measuring & Test Equipment Calibr & Control at Facility

ML20149E250
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Site:	Three Mile Island
Issue date:	12/23/1987
From:	Blumberg N, Dev M NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
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U.S. NUCLEAR REGV' ATORY COMMISSION REG'ON I

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Report'N /87-22 Docket N > License ~N OPR-50 Licensee: GPU Nuclear Corporation P.O. Box 480 Middletown, Pennsylvania 17057 Facility Name: Three Mile Island Nu dear Station, Unit 1 Inspection At: Middletown, Pennsylvania Inspection Conducted: November 2-6, 1987

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Inspector:

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N. Blumberg{ Chief, Operatio #Section date Inspection Summary: Routine, unannounced inspection on November 2-6, 1987 (Report'No. 50-289/87-22)

i Areas' Inspected: Licensee's Cold Weather Preparation, and Measuring and Test

' Equipment Calibration and Control at TMI Nuclear Station Unit 1.

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Results: No violations or deviations were identified.

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DETAILS 1.0 Persons Contacted:

GPU Nuclear TMI Nuclear Power Station, Unit 1 J. Bowman, Lead Electrical Maintenance Foreman R. Fernback, I&C Foreman C. Hull, I&C Foreman

• Incorvati, TMI Audit Manager D. Langen, OQA Engineer D. McCurdy, Lead Mechanical Maintenance Foreman G. Oswald, QC NDE Supervisor

• S. Otto, TMI Licensing Engineer P. Peavy, I&C Foreman M. Ross, Plant Operations Director

• H. Shipman, TMI-1 Ops Manager

• D. Shovlin, Plant Material Director US Nuclear Regulatory Commission

• R. Conte, Senior Resident Inspector

• D. Johnson, Resident Inspector

• Denotes those individuals who attended the exit meeting on November 6, 198 The inspector also contacted other technical and administrative personnel during this inspectio .0 Cold Weather Prepa_r_ation Program:

This inspection reviewed the implementation effectiveness of the licentae's cold weather preparation progra The licensee has established an Operational Surveillance Winterization program. Accordingly, a checklist has been developed based on the licensee's plant cold weather experience and the plant specific requirements. This surveillance is conducted on a yearly basis, prior to start of the winter season. The licensee's current winterization verification program ident!-

fied several deficiencies in the station safety-related process, instru-ment and sampling lines requiring prvtective measures during extreme cold weathe The licensee instituted timely corrective action through corrective and preventive maintenance work ordered to disposition these deficient:e The inspector reviewed the licensee's current turveillance activities related to the Cold Vea:ner Preparation and discussed with the licensee's representative the scope and status af the cocrective action implementa-tion for the deficiencies identifie The inspector verified that the

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majority'of the corrective actions have been completed. The few remaining

. minor unfinished items.are to be completed-by the ' week ending

' November 7, 198 'The inspector. conducted a field.walkdown of the circulating water pump house, BWST heat tracing trouble light panel area, and the radiation monitoring building, and determined that the-licensee's winterization program is implemented efiectively. _The licensee's Operating Procedure 1104-46, "Electric Heat Tracing" provided for the verification of the heating circuits that are energized round the year. The inspector noted-that'the insulation on piping associated with BWST and sodium-thiosulphate tanks was severed ct two locations. The licensee representative deter.-

mined that these pipe _ sections were not currently utilized. Nonetheless,

-the licensee took prompt action and repaired the damaged sections of the

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pipe insulatio Based on the above, the inspector concluded that the licensee's cold

- weather ' preparation is properly implemente .0 Measuring and Test Equipment Calibration and Control Program 3.1 References /Reauirements

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10 CFR 50, Appendix B, Quality Assurance Criteria for Nuclear Power Plants

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TMI Unit 1, Technical Specifications, Section 6, Adi,inistrative Controls

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TMI Unit 1, Final Safety Analysis Report, Section 12, Conduct of Operations

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TMI Quality Assurance plans

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ANSI N18.7-1976, Administrative Controls and Quality Assurance for ... Nuclear Power Plants

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Regulatory Guide 1.30-1972, Quality Assurance Requirements for the Installation, Inspection, and Testing of Instrumentation and Electric Equipment

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IEEE Std. 498-1980, ... Requirements for the Calibration and Control of Measuring and Test Equipment Used in the ...

maintenance of ;1uclear Power Generating Station 3.2 Program Review The licensee program for calibration and centrol of the station measuring and test equipment (M&TE) was inspected for adequacy and

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conformance to the standards referenced in paragraph 3.1 above. Th pronram was examined to determine whether:

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A procedure for control of M&TE has been established;

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Procedures for calibration for M&TE have been developed;

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Responsibilities have been assigned for control of M&TE;

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A master list for M&TE has been established; and,

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Calibration frequencies have been assigne The inspector reviewed the following documents to assure that the requirements of the references cited in 3.1 were me QAP-7212.01, Control and Issuance of Tools, Gauge and NDE Equipment, Rev. 1, October'29, 198 Y-74, Calibration Check and/or Calibration of Dimensional Measuring Devices, Rev. O June 16, 198 AP-1022, Control of Measuring & Test Equipment, Rev. 15, August 27, 198 AP-1027, Preventive Maintenance, Rev. 17, May 27, 1987, 1410-Y-75, General Maintenance Procedure for Testing, Inspection and Torquemeters, Rev. O, September 18, 198 Y-1, Calibration of Test Equipment, Rev. 3, July 1, 198 .3 Implementation Review 3. Implemencation of the M&TE program was reviewed for conformance to the standards and procedures referenced in paragraph 3.1 and to examine whethar the following was accomplishe Proper environmental conditions and acceptable work practices were maintained in the M&TE laborator Test equipment was in calibration when in us .

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Standard used for calibration of test equipment were traceable to the Nation:1 Bureau of Standards or other testing organization The master M&TE list was adequately maintaine The calibration schedele was followed.

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Calibration data was adequate, accurate and within specified tolerance M&TE usage was traceable for out-of calibration test equipmen g

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Storage and labeling of. test equipment was prope Test equipment custody control records were adequat . The inspector discussed the Station M&TE program with the licensee's cognizant mechanical, electrical, I&C and Non-Destructive Examination (NDE) personnel. Administrative Procedure 1022 establishes the requirements and defines the responsibilities for.the control, calibration, and periodic adjustment of tools, instruments and other equipment used to verify conformar.ce to established requirements to re-cognized standards. Administrative Procedure 1027 de-lineates the process to implement the station preventive maintenance program, including inspections, tests for operability, calibrations, and programmed replacement of part The mechanical maintenance department's corrective maintenance procedure 1410-Y-75 provides for periodic, testing, inspection and repair of equipment used for per-forming torquing operations, and certification of. accuracy to assure the equipment is operating within specified tolerances. The I&C department's procedure 1430-Y-1 provides for corrective maintenance including calibration of I&C test equipment. The Quality Assurance department's procedure 6110-QAP-7212.01 delineates.the measures to assure that QC tools, gauges, NDE equipment and other measuring and test equipment used in activities for deter-mining the quality of important to safety items at TMI are -

l properly controlled, calibrated and adjusted to maintain accurac The cognizant departments maintain and update their instrument calibration frequency records, test equipment usage cards, test equipment calibration data sheets and L test equipment 'out of calibration' reports.

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3.3.3 The inspector reviewed these cognizant departments' N&TE documentation and found that <quipment calibration sche-dules, equipment calibration data, and calibration certifi-cations were properly maintained. These departments cali-brate their simpler M&TE in-house while having the more n sophisticated instrument calibrations performed by approved l metrological laboratorie The calibration certifications were easily traceable to the National Bureau of Standards (NBS) and were acceptable.

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1 3. The it...aector . verified the adequacy' of the licensee's M&T' E program' LyL randomly selecting mechanical, electrical, LI&C -

and NDE.inc ruments and reviewing their calibration history and usage. The data and information were found to be ac-

' curate e :J current for selected instruments and equipment listed in Attachments A and . The inspector rev'ewed the-licensee's QA audits of the station operations and maintendsce deoartments' M&TE calibration and control prcgram (see Paragraph 4.0). The audits indicated that the licensee's M&TE. program impleman-tation was adequate and effective. In addition, the inspector discussed the quality.cortrol activities for -

surveillance and maintenance programs with operation QA cognizant staffs and reviewed the following QA monitoring-reports (QAMRs).

DLL-0723, Fluorescent Solvent-Thermometer Calibration CDB-0783-87, M&TE JRH-0430-87, Instrument-Calibration Control JBM-0397-87, Testing of Relief Valve JBM-1936-86, Calibration of Pressure Gauge The above QAMRs were generated to identify problems found during the monitoring of station installed equipment cali-bration activities. Each nonconformance identified in a

- QAMR was found to have been properly dispositioned in a-timely manne . The inspector conducted a plant walkdown and verified that the selected installed instruments' calibration data and information were accurately ~ incorporated into the equipment

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history file A discussion with the licensee' cognizant maintenance and NDE personnel indicated that-the main-tenance staffs performing M&TE related quality control activities were experienced, adequately trained, and were i conversant with the station M&TE program and equipment functional requirement .4 Findings l

l-i  ? The inspector Sted ti,c' t mechanical maintenance depart-ment Weld'ng Rod Hae+0c 2A calibration sticker did not reflect the correct calibration date. The calibration certification indicated that the heater was calibrated on 1.

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7 July 10, 1987, whereas sticker showed November 14, 1986 as the calibration date. This was an isolated case, and the licon ee representative stated that to incorporate a cor-rect calibration date on the Welding Rod Heater consistent with the calibration certificat . The I&C instrument use card for Taylor thermometer indicated that instrument was issued on November 17, 1986 for use on Job No. 3020-30336, spent Fuel modification equipment calibration. A review of this job package did not indicate the use of Taylor thermomete The licensee representative stated that the technician might have used another thermometer for calibration and the Taylor thermo-meter Use card was never updated. This was determined to be an isolated erro . The I&C department conducts calibration of Engineered Safety Feature (ESF) pressure transmitters RC-3A-PT3 and RJ 3B-PT3 during each refueling outage, whereas the ESF master calibration schedule shows a 3 year calibration frequency for these instruments. The licensee's repre-sentative stated that the ESF master calibration schedule will be revised to incorporate +.he .alibration of these transmitters on a refueling uctase frequency, to make it consistent with actual practic . The licensee's I&C maintenance cumtntation referenced a master test index (MTX) which ctually is a file of indi-vidual equipment histor Tb inspector alscussed the scope and procedural requireuents of MTX documentation with the licensee's representativ The MTX documentation was originated during the inittei startup phase to enhance systems understanding. The licensee representative stated that guidance will be established for the use of MTX documentatio Based on tFe above, the inspector deter. ~~ed that the licensee's station M&TE :alih"ation and control is adequate and effectiv No l violat;ons were idantified, i 4.0 CA/0C Interface The licensee's QA audit staff conducts audits of licensee's qudity control activities, including implementation of the licer ,ce'c QA program for measuring and test equipt.ent (M&TE). A sample of th licenzee's recent acdtts were selected to verify tr.e effectiseness ,f QA MSTE audit -

activitie These audits Were found to have verified roepliance and adequacy to the licen>ee'u M&TE pregram requirements by the station l maintenanco audit (S-TMI-86-01) and the operations department audit j ( S-7t: -8 /-13) .

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' Audit.S-TMI-86-O' .ev'ewed ,he functional adequacy of.the licensee's maintenance F 3rar I;r Decay Heat Removal Closed Cooling Water System, including ' .< I&C p uventive maintenance calibration of DC equipment. The audit ve. efied that' ten DC instruments used for ASME Section XI IST were removed from the master test index (MTX)-calibration frequency and'wer recalibrated.in accordance with tha Technical' Specifications Surveillance 1302-14.1, Calibration of Inser Inspection Re!' ed Irstrum ni The audit reviewed the MTX calibration records of 1302-14.1 .1d concisdt; that all DC instrument were scheduled, calibrated and prcperly documeated as required. The audit identified some minor errors and omissions which vere then promptly correcte Audit S-TMI-87-07 reviewed the functional adequacy of the station-maintenance program for the River Water System, including calibration of equipment, alarms and controls. A de'iciency was identified concerning the current MTX setpoint values for pump lube water differential pressure on all the system pumps. The individual instrument calibration data sheets results did not coincide with the values stated in the associated Alarm Response Procedure (E-2-4). A quality deficiency report (QDR)-053-87 was initiated for the mainten&nce department to revise the affected MTX books to agree with the alarm response procedure setting The OQA staff at TMI-1 review station administrative procedures, conduct surveillances and monitor quality control activities, it. luding the M&TE program in accordance with procedure AP-1022. The surveillance and monitoring schedules are established on monthly and long-term (3 year)

base A review of selected QA audit reports, QDRs and QA monitoring reports, and discussions with the licensee's cognizant staff indicated that the station M&TE program.yas adequately implemente The audit, surveillance and monitoring activities were thorough and comprehensive; and the findings were meaningfu T a QA/QC personnel were found to be experienced and adequately trained and indoctrinated for their individual assignment The licensee's resolutions to QA/QC identified deficiencies were also found to be adequate, accurate and timel .0 Management Meetings The plant management was informed of the scope and purpose of this inspection at an entrance interview conducted on November 2,198 The findings of the inspection were periodically discussed with the licensee's cognizant representatives during the ccurse of this inspection. The exit ,

interview was conducted on Nm/ ember 6, 1987, at which time the findings of the inspection were presented (ref,rence Paragraph 1 for attendees). The licensee did not indicate that any proprietary information was contained within the scope of th's inspectio At no time during this inspection was written material provided to the licensee by the inspecto . _

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AT_TACHMENT A M&TE DOCUMENT REVIEW Calib Workorder Items i ID ICarib Date l Frequency l Ag acyl Last Usel R9 marks 1. Mech. Maint '

Do ALL Block bl67 12/1/86 1 y YIS CL-497 Torque Wrench T-23 - - - -

Lost Torque Wrench T-25 5/11/87 1 y SNAP CN-428

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Dial Indicator DI-5 12/11/86 1 y "

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Filter Gauge GF-2 6/4/87 1 y BIJ-56 Welding Rod 12 11711/86 1 y " -

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Welding Rad 2A 7/10/87 1 y Wrong Calib Heater Sticker I&C--

Fluke Instrument 33527 5/22/87 1 y YIS -

Manometer 120-12 5/9/83 5 y MTX 1,2

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0-15 lb /11/'s6- 1 y YIS CL 473 Gauge l Digital 160-9 5/11/87 i y YIS WR 80822 Not Heat Prob Verified Taylor 330-1-1 ./27/8 1 y "

WR 3020- Last use Thermometer 30336 couid not be authen-ticated

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ATTACHfENT A Workcrder Items l ID lCalib Date i Frequencyl Agencyl Last Usel Remarks 3. Elec-trical Multi Amp ES-65 5/21/87 1 y YIS CN-115 Set Funct Gen ES-159 7/13/87 1 y YIS SURV 1303 Funct Gen ES-160 7,'13/87 1 y YIS SURV 1303 Simpson V0M ES-99 7/23/87 1 y YIS SVR 1420 Megger ES-56 C/13/87 1 y YIS P9347 4. NDE M.f.'~?oke QCT-8845 10/26/87 1 y In-House WE-43521/87 Thernemet:r QCl-864 10/8/87 h y YIS WE-43528/87 Contact Ultrasonic 13354E 8/19/87 y In-House WE-43448/87 Detector l

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ATTACHMENT B INSTALLED EQUIPMENT CALIBRATION REVIEW ITEMS FUNCTION CALIB FREQ PROC REMARKS 1. FW, MTX 94 PS-8B Lo Pr Alarm 6/24/87 2 y PT-61 'B' Turb P /18/87 " -

Transmt 2. DHR, MTX 72 DH3-LS1 BWST-Level SW 2/7/87 -

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1302.5.18 DH1-DPT2 DHRDiff. Pr 2/25/87 "

Transmt 3. ESF, MTX 91 RC-3A-PT3 Pr. Transmt 2/12/87 3 y . RC-38-PT3 Pr. transmt 2/12/87 3 y . . ER, MTX 85 PT-71 Pr. Transmt 8/4/87 -

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1302.14.1 Walkdown item 5. RPs, MTX 203 RC14A-DPT1 RC Flow 12/16/86 1 y . RC3A-PT1 Narrow Range 3/4/87 1 y . .

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