IR 05000324/1986011
| ML20210U507 | |
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| Site: | Brunswick  |
| Issue date: | 03/13/1986 |
| From: | Frederickson P, Ruland W NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
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| ML20210U500 | List: |
| References | |
| TASK-3.D.3.4, TASK-TM 50-324-86-11-EC, 50-325-86-10, NUDOCS 8606020378 | |
| Download: ML20210U507 (3) | |
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Report Nos.:
50-325/86-10 and 50-324/86-11 Licensee:
Carolina Power and Light Company P. O. Box 1551 Raleigh, N. C. 27602 Docket Nos.:
50-325 and 50-324 License Nos.:
DPR-71 and DPR-62 Facility Names:
Brunswick 1 and 2 Meeting at Region II office in Atlanta, Georgia on February 19, 1986 3 h3 Ms Inspector:
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/ 3/M P. E. Fredrickson, Section Chief D6te St'gned Division of Reactor Projects SUMMARY An enforcement meeting was held at the Region II office on February 19, 1986. The Acting Deputy Regional Administrator opened the meeting by discussing enforcement issues resulting from alleged material false i
statements made in two licensee reports submitted in response to TMI l
Action Item III.D.3.4, Control Room Habitability. The Vice-President, Brunswick, opened the meeting for Carolina Power and Light (CP&L) Company by summarizing their presentation. The Vice-President admitted that a false statement had been made but that they would show that no materiality existed. CP&L staff members presented the sequence of events, addressed the statement's materiality and the company's administrative response to
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prevent future problems. The licensee responded to NRC questions through-
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out the meeting. The Vice-President closed the meeting for CP&L. The Acting Deputy Regional Administrator thanked CP&L for the presentation and closed the meeting.
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REPORT DETAILS
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Attendees at Enforcement Meeting j
Carolina Power and Light Company P. W. Howe, Vice-President, Brunswick Nuclear Project (BNP)
C. R. Dietz, General Manager, BNP B. E. Hinkley, Manager, Technical Support, BNP R. P. Hoffman, Senior Engineer, BNP Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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R. D. Walker, Acting Deputy Regional Administrator, Region II (RII)
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V. W. Panciera, Acting Branch Chief, Project Branch 2, Division of Reactor Projects (DRP), RII P. E. Fredrickson, Section Chief, Section 2A, DRP, RII C. M. Ferrell, Task Manager, Engineering Issues Branch, Division of Safety Review and Oversight, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR)
W. H. Ruland, Senior Resident Inspector, Brunswick, DRP, RII H. P. Krug, Senior Resident Inspector, Robinson, DRP, RII L. S. Mellen, Project Inspector, Section 2A, DRP, RII L. P. Modenos, Enforcement Specialist, RII
T. C. Poindexter, Enforcement Specialist, Office of Inspection and
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Background The issue for discussion was whether CP&L had made material false statements to the NRC regarding tank car siding chlorine detectors.
The alleged false statements were contained in contractor (NUS)
reports completed for CP&L for TMI Action Item III.D.3.4., Control Room Habitability, and are quoted as follows:
(1) " Detection of high chlorine concentration at the tank car siding or in the control room air intake will alarm in and automatically isolate the control room," and (2) "... the installed equipment was inspected and the plant design features and layout were examined."
The NRC, in November 1984, had found that the chlorine detectors in question would not alarm in or automatically isolate the control room and had never been designed to auto-isolate the control room.
A Notice of Deviation was issued on December 31, 1984 (see IE Inspection Report 50-325/84-31 and 50-324/84-31). The licensee acknowledged the deviation in their response dated January 30, 1985.
An Office of Investigations (0I) report (2-85-002) found that statement (2) above was not a false statement. 01 found that statement (1) was false but that no evidence existed of willfulness or intent on the part of either the licensee or its contractor to deceive or mislead the NRC by submission of this alleged false statement.
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Enforcement Meeting The Acting Deputy Regional Administrator opened the meeting.
He briefly discussed the issues and concerns of Region II.
The Vice-President, Brunswick, opened the meeting for Carolina Power and Light Company (CP&L). He summarized CP&L's presentation.
He acknowledged that a false statement was made in the submittal to the Director, NRR, but that CP&L would show that the statement was not material and only an administrative oversight.
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During their presentation, CP&L made the following points:
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Communication breakdown occurred between the engineering groups at United Engineers and Constructors. The Mechanical Group's analysis assumed that the auto-isolation feature of tank car siding chlorine detectors did not function. The Instrumenta-tion and Control Group's design drawings showed the auto-isola-tion feature to be installed at a later date.
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Verbal communication with NRC during development of The Control Room Habitability Study led NUS to concentrate efforts on
verification of mechanical aspects of control room ventilation
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systems.
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The NUS report dated December 30, 1980 stated, on page 2-1,
"The potential effects of the rupture of this tank car were analyzed in the FSAR (page M14.5-1) and were shown to be acceptable." Page M14.5-1 lists the analysis assumptions for a postulated rupture of the tank car. Assumption seven states,
" Redundant detectors located at the storage area fail to initiate the control room alarm or isolate the control room."
The NUS report dated March 2, 1983 makes a similar reference on page A-8 to the same analysis assumptions listed in the Updated FSAR, page 6.4.4.2 and Table 6.4.4-2.
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NUS reports were accurate based on existing documentation.
CP&L discussed the administrative controls now in place to ensure
that reports to NRC were accurate.
The Vice-President, Brunswick and the Acting Deputy Regional Administrator each made closing remarks.
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