IR 05000266/1985013

Ack Receipt of Informing NRC of Steps Taken to Correct Violations Noted in Insp Repts 50-266/85-13 & 50-301/85-13.NRC Comments Made to Util During 860617 Discussion Summarized

ML20206P388
Person / Time
Site:	Point Beach
Issue date:	06/26/1986
From:	Harrison J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To:	Fay C WISCONSIN ELECTRIC POWER CO.
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ML20206P391	List: IR 05000266/1985013 ML20206P420
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NUDOCS 8607020114
Download: ML20206P388 (2)

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JUN 261986 Docket No. 50-266 Docket No. 50-301 Wisconsin Electric Power Company ATTN: Mr. C. W. Fay Vice President Nuclear Power Department 231 West Michigan, Room 308 Milwaukee, WI 53201 Gentlemen:

Thank you for your letter dated June 12, 1986, informing us of the steps you have taken to correct the violations which we brought to your attention in our letter dated May 14, 1986. On June 17, 1986, a brief telephone discussion was conduted by Mr. A. S. Gautam of the Region III staff with Messrs. D. Blakely and M. Hanneman of your staff, with regard to Attachment 1 of your respons The following sununarizes NRC conrnents made to your staff during the discussio . Item 50-266/_850_13_-02]DRS),;_50-301/8_5013-02_(DRS) Mitigatirt ;ircumstances, B (page 3, Attachment 1). Based on our reviews pt, formed by inspectors during the Point Beach EQ Audit, the NRC Audit Team concluded that prompt corrective action was not taken by the licensee in that the Unit 2 transmitters installed in 1981 were not qualified as of July 22, 1985, Mitigating Circumstances, D (page 3, Attachment 1). Since the affected transmitters were identified by the licensee as within the scope of 10 CFR 50.49, paragraph (b)(3), post accident instrumentation, these instruments are considered important to safety in that failure of these instruments could mislead an operator during a design basis acciden . Item 50-266/850_1_3_ _03(DRS); 50-301/85013_ _0_3(DRS) Corrective Action (page 3, Attachment 1). The licensee did submit a Rockbestos report regarding the qualification of coaxial cable; however, this report was questioned by NRC Information Notice 84-44 and not accepted by the NRC at the time of the audit. Subsequently, Rockbestos perfortred additional testing which is the basis for the NRC acceptance of this cabl $gg70gQ G

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JUN 2 61986 Wisconsin Electric Power Company 2 Mitigating Circumstances, B (page 4, Attachment 1). During the EQ audit, the licensee attempted to qualify the Rockbestos coaxial cable to NUREG 0588, Category 1, Section 2.3, which requires tests to be done on the same specimen. The cable was not qualified by analysis to 10 CFR 50.49(f)(4), as an extensive analysis would be required to address all aspects of the construction of a coaxial cable, MitigatingCircumstances,D(page5, Attachment 1). The coaxial cable is considered important to safety as its failure would affect 10 CFR 50.49, paragraph (b)(3), post accident instrumentation, and could mislead an operator during a design basis acciden We will examine these matters during a future inspectio

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