IR 05000321/1980036
| ML20002B422 | |
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| Site: | Hatch  |
| Issue date: | 10/21/1980 |
| From: | Conlon T, Miller W NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
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| ML20002B415 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-321-80-36, 50-366-80-36, NUDOCS 8012110539 | |
| Download: ML20002B422 (8) | |
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Eeport Nos. 50-321/80-36 and 50-366/80-36 Licensee: Georgia Power Company 270 Peachtree Street Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Facility Name: Hatch Docket Nos. 50-321 and 50-366 License Nos. DPR-57 and NPF-5 Inspection at Hat site near B Georgia d
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. E. Conlon, Se tion Chief, RC&ES Branch Date Signed SUMMARY Inspection on September 16-19, 1980 Areas Inspected This special, unannounced inspection involved 25 inspector-hours on site in the area of fire protection / prevention.
Results Of the area inspected, two items of noncompliance were identified - (Infraction -
Failure to conduct annual audit of fire protection prograr, - Paragraph 5.c.(1) and Infraction - Nonfunctional fire doors - Paragraph 5.d.'; no apparent deviations
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DETAILS 1.
Persons Contacted Licensee Employees
- M. Manry, Plant Manager
- T. Green, Assistact Plant Manager 00. R. Miles, Jr., QA Field Superviso.-
- C. E. Belflower, QA Site Supervisor
- D. A. McCusker, QC Supervisor
- C. Cottins, SPES
- D. T. Nix, Supt.
of Maintenance
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- S. X. Barley, Supt.
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- B. E. Brown, Senior Regulatory Specialist
- M. E. Seymour, Engineer (Fire Protection)
- J. D. Peregoy, QA Field Representative
- C. L. Moore, Fire Protection Specialist J. Dawson, Maintenance Supervisor R. Phillips, Training T. Elton, Engineering B. Williams, Docurant Clerk NRC Resident Inspector
- R. F. R.gers
- Attended exit Intcrview 2.
Exit Interview The inspection scope and findings were summarized on September 19, 1980, with those persons indicated in Paragraph I above.
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Licensee Action on Previous Findings l
(0 pen) Deviation Item (321/80-02-01 and 366/80-02-01), Inadequate Fire a.
Protection QA Program: The licensee is preparing a new QA/QC procedure which will include the fire protection program in the plant QA/QC program. This item will remain open pending implementation of this new procedure.
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(Open) Deviation Item (321/80-02-02 and 366/80-02-02), Substandard l
automatic sprinkler systems: The licensee is to provide a number of revisions and modification to the existing sprinkler system. These are to be completed by January 1, 1981. This item will remain open
pending completion of the modifications.
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(Closed) Deviation Item (321/80-02-03), Storage of combustibles in East Cable _,y of Unit 1: The combustibles previously stored in this
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i-2-area have bean removed and "no storage" signs have been painted on the floor. This area is inspected weekly which should prevent recurrence.
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(Closed) Deviation Item (366/80-02-04), Inadequate oil catchment facility for Unit 2 RHR pumps: The oil-water solution in the curb area for these pumps has been removed. Plant procedure HNP-1061 has been revised to require the curb area around each RHR pump to be checked each shif t which should prevent recurrecte.
This item is closed.
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(Closed) Deviation Item (321/80-02-05 and 366/80-02-05), Signs to prohibit storage of combustible materials not provided at river water intake structure:
Signs to prohibit combustible storage have been provided for floors of the intake structure.
This should prevent future improper storage. On September 16, 1980 there was no combus-tible storage within this structure. This item is closed.
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(Open) Deviation Item (321/80-02-06 and 366/80-02-06), Substandard fire door installation between control room and adjacent areas: The fire doors between the control room and the toilet and kitchen area have been provided with door closers.
The door openings between the control room and the turbine openings are to be equipped with standard type fire doors. These doors are scheduled to be installed prior to January 1, 1981.
Therefore, this item is to remain open pending installation of these doors.
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(Open) Deviation Item (321/80-02-07 and 366/80-02-07), Incorrect type
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fire detectors for control room kitchen: A document change request (DOCR 80-16) has been prepared to change the description of the detection system within the kitchen area from smoke to rate of rise type detection.
This item will remain open pending completion of this revision.
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(Closed) Deviation Item (321/80-02-08 and 366/80-02-08), Ir. adequate protection against sprinkler system discharge for four safety related cabinets 130 foot elevation of control building corridors: Metal
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shields have been provided for these cabinets. This item is closed.
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(Closed) Deviation Item (321/80-02-09) Mobile fire fighting platform not provided for Unit 1 Northwest Cible Area. The mobile platforms locked in place on September IP,1980 and provided with a " Fire were Use Only" sign. This item is closed.
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(Closed) Deviation Item (321/80-02-10 an 1 366/80-02-10), Control valves in drain piping from reactor recirc ulation M-G E.:t pump rooms
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not locked in closed position: These valvea were locked in the closed position on September 18, 1980 and are to be inspet ted periodically.
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(Closed) Deviation Item (321/80-02-11 and 366/80-02 21), Inadequate fire barrier separation between diesel fire pump Nos. 2 and 3: The
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fire pump controller and battery charger for diesel engine fire pump No. 2 have been relocated into the enclosure for pump No. 2.
This item is closed.
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(Closed) Deviation Item (321/80-02-12 and 366/80-02-12), Substandard supervision of fire protection control valves: All fire protection system control valves inspected were found locked in the correct position.
The control valves for Unit 2 system have been provided with tamper alarms which are connected to an alarm panel in the control room. This item is closed.
(Open) Inspector Followup Item (321/80-02-13 and 366/80-02-13), Licensee's m.
re-evaluation and revisions to fire protection administrative procedures:
The licensee's audit of the fire protection administrative procedures
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was accomplished by Southern Company Services - Fire Protection and Loss Prevention Audit of Hatch Plant dated August 15, 1979.
This audit report recommended a number of changes to the existing procedures to bring the procedures up to the NRC guidelines in document entitled
" Nuclear Plant Fire Protection Functional Responsibilities, Administra-tive Controls and Quality Assurance". The licensee agreed during the NRC exit interview on January 11, 1980 to incorporate these changes by August 1, 1980. As of September 19,1980.sost of the audit's recommenda-tions were still outstanding. During subsequent discussions with the Corporate Manager of Nuclear Generations, the licensee committed to evaluate the existing fire protection administrative procedures and prior to January 1, 1981 make the necessary revisions to upgrade the procedures to comply with the NRC guidelines. Therefore, this item remains open.
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(Closed) Deviation Item (321-80-02-14 and 366/80-02-14), Incorrect location of air compressor for emergency breathing operators:
A receptacle supplied from emergency power has been provided in the diesel generator building the air compressor can be connected to if required. However, the air compressor must be moved from the water treatment building to the diesel generator building to permit use of the receptacle.
This arrangement, although somewhat awkward, appears to meet the intent of the licensee's commitment. This item is closed, (Closed) Unresolved Item (321/80-02-15 and 366/80-02-15), sum tanda rd o.
diesel driven fire pump installation: The designed fire pump instal-lation at Hatch utilized the criteria of the 1969 NFPA-20, Centrifugal Fire Pumps, code. This edition of the code only required a single bank of batteries for each diesel engine.
The present battery arrangement appears to meet the provisions of the 1969 code. This item is not an item of noncompliance or deviation and is closed.
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(Open) Deviation Item (321/80-02-16 and 366/S0-02-16), Substandard water supply to the sprinkler / standpipe sy-Lem within the river intake structure: Licensee is to provide an out.eide control valve as required by NFPA-24 prior to January 1, 1931 This iten will remain open pending installation / this contrcl valve.
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Unresolved Items Unresolved items are matters about which more information is required to determine whether they are acceptable or may involve noncompliance or deviations.
New unresolved items identified during this inspection are discussed in Paragraphs 5.c. (2), 5.e. (2) and 5.e. (6).
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Fire Protection / Prevention Program Fire Brigade Organization and Training a.
There are essentially two fire brigades at the site. The primary or initial response is provided by a brigade (Squad One) composed of operations employees with the Unit 2 shif t foremeu assigned the duty of fire brigade leader. The backup brigade is composed of maintenance employees. The Operations brigade is used to meet the five (5) man fire brigade requirements of the technical specifications, since the maintenance employees are not always on duty. A review of normal operations shift assignments and the operations employees on duty for Shift 3 September 14, 1980, shift 1 September 15, 1980, and Shift 2 of September 1,1980, indicated that at least 5 fire brigade members were on duty on these dates and that all shifts had sufficient personnel for brigade duties and for safe operation of the plant.
Fire brigade training consist of initial training with additional or retraining provided by quarterly classroom sessions, quarterly drills and scheduled annual practice sessions. The training records for 5 fire brigade members were reviewed for the 1979-1980 time period and found satisfactory.
The licensee provides an annual plant tour and training in radiation i
protection and in fire fighting operations within nuclear power plants
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for the local offsite fire departments. The following local offsite fire departments have been trained in 1980: March 17, 1980, 12 fire-fighters from the Lyons Fire Department; April 17, 1980, 5 firefighters l
from the Vidalia Fire Department; and, April 21, 1980, 8 firefighters l
from the Baxley Fire Departments.
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Fire Protection Administrative Procedures The licensee's fire protection administrative procedures do not fully meet the NRC guidelines of the document " Nuclear Plant Fire Protection Functional Responsibilities, Administrative Controls and Quality Assurance". Discrepancies were noted in the following areas: quali-fications for fire brigade members; description of brigade and brigade leadership traitlng; qualifications of training instructors; mandatory I
annual practice session for all brigade members; schedule of drills on
backshifts; handling of combustible and flammable materials; use of only fire retardant treated wood in safety-related areas; and, control of ignition sources. The licensee's fire protection audit of August 15, 1979, identified many of these items; however, the procedures have not
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identified as Inspector Followup Item (321/80-02-13 and 366/80-02-13)T and remains outstanding.
Refer to Paragraph 3.m. for additional info rma tion, QA Fire Protection Audits c.
(1) Offsite Audits An annual audit is required by Technical Specifications Section 6.5.2.8.1 to be conducted of the fire protection program utilizing either qualified offsite licensee personnel or an outside firm.
An audit was conducted in July 1979 with report dated August 15, 1979, but another audit has not been conducted. The failure to conduct an annual audit of the fire protection program and loss prevention inspection is identified as Noncompliance (Infraction)
Item (321/80-36-01 and 366/80-36-01); Failure to conduct annual audit of fire protection program.
(2) Onsite Audits The inspector reviewed the two most recent audit reports on the fire protection program which were conducted by the site QA group. These reports identified two deficiencies which had not been corrected.
Item 79-FA-1/94 reported that all of the rolling type fire doors protecting the large air intake opening into each diesel generator room in the emergency diesel generator building were damaged and possibly not functional.
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on July 19, 1979 included in the report dated July 25, 1979, and was also included in the QA report dated October 26, 1979 as an outstanding item. As of September 19, 1980, the licensee had not conducted a detail inspection and operational test on these doors to detennine if they would operate properly. This item is a failure to take prompt corrective action on reported deficiencies in safety-related areas and is identified as anather example of the previously identified Noncompliance (Infraction) Item (321/
80-28-01 and 366/80-28-01).
This item is also identified as Unresolved Item (321/80-36-05 and 366/80-36-05), damaged fire doors - diesel generator building, and will be reviewed during a subsequent NRC inspection.
i The onsite QA audit report dated October 26, 1979 contained Item 79-FP-2/120 which identified deficient fire doors in many
.afety-related areas throughout the plant.
The audit checked 25 doors and found 6 doors of the wrong fire rating and one door opening without the required fire dear (i.e., approximately 30% of the
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insper.ted fire door openings contained deficiencies). However, of September 19, 1980, only approximately 10% of the doors as installed at the plant had been reinspected by the QC group to determine the discrepancies and corrections required. Records were not available to determine which doors had been inspected
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the reported discrepanciesThe failure to take prompt acti the previously identified Nois identified as another exampl on to correct 80-28-01 and 366/80-28-01)
ncompliance (Infraction) Item e of Unresolved Item (321/80-36-06 and 366 This item is
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doors in safety related areas
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identified as subsequent NRC inspection.
inadequate fire and will be rev,iewed during a
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Plant Tour A tour was made of the plant to i the items listed in above Pa nspect the corrective action taken inspected during this ragraph 3.
The fire protection fire dcor between the Unittour were noted to be on in service, syrtems was found blocked in the open p1 east cableway and the radvast except the cylinders for a welding process a d osition by hose from compressed gase build the large ventilation opening i the rolling fire door protecti n
ted from closing by the temponto diesel generator room 1A was obst equipment located in the ng rary storage of damper motors assigned to these nonfunctional d door opening.
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barrier penetrationsSection 3.13.6 of the requires all fire been safety related areas to be functi fire barrier penetrations onal at all times.
protecting watch, or equivalent monitoring are required to have Non-functional penetration.
a continuous fire The failure to establish a fire watch for these n, on a function fire (Infraction) Item (321/80-36-03 barrier penetrations is identified as on-
, non-functional fire doors. Noncompliance e.
Fire Protection Systems Surveillan The ce Program the past ten inspections werefollowing inspection and test pro e ures and test HNP-1-3351, Fire Pump: reviewed and discrepancies notedfrequency for (1)
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No discrepancies noted.
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HNP-1&2-3357, Sprinkler Systems:
The frequency between inspections w noted to be shut off. systems for the charcoal filters in thas satisfac However, the These systems were originally desie ventilation sys installed for automatic operati damage to the filters and ventilati on but had been shut off to prevent gned and system deluge valves.
The shutoff systems were reported to thon un by LER Nos. 321
'8 the control room /79-072 and 366/79-088.
e KRC NRC by LER No.to the fire protection systemunits had been chan This rvice water The licenseechange was reported to the 321
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evaluation is curren/79-073.
operation for these valves and arrtly in progress advised that design to determine the methods of This item is identified as Unresolved I angement tem (321/ 80-36-03 andof the water supp
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filter units in safety-related areas, and will be reviewed during a subsequent NRC inspection.
(3) HNP-1&2-3358, Fire Protection Valve Inspection: No discrepancies noted.
(4) HNP-1&2-3359, Hose Stations: No discrepancies noted.
(5) HNP-1&2 3360, Fire Detectors: No discrepancies noted.
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(6) Fire Barrier Penetrations:
i Technical Specifications Section 4.13.6.1.a. requires a visual
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inspection of the fire barrier penetrations at least once per 18
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following repair or maintenance. The inspections must follow the
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procedure requirements of Technical Specification Section 6.8.1.
As of September 19, 1980, an inspection procedure for this area i
had not been prepared. The 18-month visual inspection requirements i
of the barrier penetrations were due in June 1980. The lack of
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an acceptable inspection procedure is identified as Unresolved i
Item 321/80-36-04 and 366/80-36-04), no procedure for inspection of fire barrier penetrations, and will be reviewed during a
subsequent NRC inspection.
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