IR 05000373/1988021

Insp Repts 50-373/88-21 & 50-374/88-20 on 880817-18.No Violations or Deviations Noted.Major Areas Inspected: Facility Mods Associated W/Snubber Reduction,Nonlicensed Training & Licensee Action on Previously Identified Problem

ML20153F821
Person / Time
Site:	LaSalle
Issue date:	08/31/1988
From:	Danielson D, James Gavula NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
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ML20153F818	List: IR 05000373/1988021 ML20153F816
References
50-373-88-21, 50-374-88-20, NUDOCS 8809070498
Download: ML20153F821 (4)

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U. S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION III

Reports No.: 50-373/88021(DRS);50-374/88020(DRS)

Docket Nos.: 50-373; 50-374 Licenses flo. NPF-11; NPF-18 Licensee: Commonwealth Edison Corapany Post Office Fox 767 Chicago, IL 60690 Facility Name: LaSalle County Station, Units 1 and 2 Inspection At: Sargent and Lundy Engineers, Chicago, IL Inspectior, nducted August 17-18, 1988 f/J/

Inspector: '.' . u V Approved By:

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Inspection Surmiary Inspection on August 17-18, 1988 (Reports No. 50-373/88021(DRS);50-374/88020(DRS))

Inspected: S~pecial safety inspection of facilitv modi ~fications Areas,iated assoc with snubber reduction (37701), ncn-licensed staff training, and licensee action on previously identified problems (92701).

Results: No violations or deviations were identifie Third party technical audits of the work were perfortre Contract personnel with technical expertise were added to the engineering staff during the duration of the project to ensure sufficient technical overview and guidanc F liR ADOCK O'ioO 3

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I DETAILS Persons Contacted comonwealth Edison Company (CEC _o)

• J. T. Fox, Engineer

• J. M. Davis, Impell Contract Engineer

• 0. M. McGuire, Impell Contract Eng neer Sargent and Lundy Engineers (S&L)

• R. H. Pollock, Project Manager

• S. A. Gabratel, Supervisor, EMD

• K. R. Panucci, Project Engineur. EMD

• H. G. L. McCullough, Senior Quality Assurance Coordinator

• Denotes those present at the exit interview conducted on August 18, 198 . Licensee Action on Previous Inspection Findings (Closed)OpenItem(373/86016-01): Clearances for increased displacements due to snubber elimination need to be checke As part of the snubber reduction programs being implemented at LaSalle, increased displacements due to additional piping flexibility were considered and adequately evaluate (See Paragraph 4 in this report for additional details.) This item is considered close . Licensee Event Reports (LER)

(Closed) LER (373/88014-00) Eight snubbers failed functional test criteri The NRC inspector reviewed relevant portions of the following calculation to verify compliance with NRC requirements and licensee comitments:

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EMD 062445, "M09-R00-1025S Snubber Reduction Failure", Addendum A, l

May 20, 1988.

A force equal to the drag load of 10,197 lbs. was applied to the piping

model at the snubber location. The load was based on the functional test

data. Piping stresses and support loads which resulted from the application of the abnormal load were found to be acceptable.

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, Snubber Reduction Program

Background The initial snubber population at LaSalle Station consisted of 1,187 snubbers in Unit 1 and 1,217 snubbers in Unit 2. During the.first refueling outage for each unit, functional test failures eventually L

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expanded the sample size to include 100% of the snubber populatio The consequences from an outage duration, manpower requirement, and radiological exposure perspective easily justified the implementation of the full scale snubber reduction program. The final results indicate that 238 snubbers will remain in Unit 1 and 255 snubbers

, will remain in Unit This is approximately an 80% reduction in

the snubber populatio Procedure and Document Review The NRC inspector reviewed relevant portions of the following documents to verify compliance with NRC requirements and licensee comitments:

"Project Plan for Comonwealth Edison Company's LaSalle County Station, Unit 2", Revision 0, December 4,1987;

Project Instruction PI-LSNS-45, "Evaluation Requirements for the Impact of Increased Piping Deflection Resulting from Support Modifications on Safe Shutdown Items;

Project Instruction PI-LSNS-20, "Clecrance Walkdown Requirements";

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EMD 062014. "Basis for Walkdown Requirements", Revision 0, January 14, 1987;

EMD 062445, "Piping Stress Analysis, 1RH-01", Revision 9 March 31, 1988; and

EMD 064280, "Code Case N-411 Regulatory Compliance Report",

Revision 1. January 7,198 No adverse coments were made during the course of these review It was noted that potential interferences due to increased pipe displacements were walked down and evaluated. This resolved the previously identified Open Item relating to this topic. It was also noted that the nonconformances identified during the initial Byron snubber reduction effort (see NRC Inspection Report N /87007) were reviewed during the LaSalle work. As a result, it was determined that all technical concerns were included and adequately resolve No violations or deviations were identifie ,,

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> Technical Reviews During the course of the LaSalle snubber reduction effort, at least two technical audits were conducted by a third party reviewer. The scope and depth of these reviews indicated that timely, technical evaluations of the project were performed as the project progresse In addition to these specific audits, the overall project management for CECO's part was performed by personnel with specific technicel expertise in piping and pipe support analysis. Although the engineers managing the project were not on Ceco's staff, as contract personnel they were committed full time to the overview of this work. In the NRC inspector's opinion, this aspect of the LaSalle snubber reduction effort was an excellent asset and went a long way towards the successful completion of the projec . Exit Interview The Region III irispector met with the licensee representative (denoted in Paragraph 1) at the conclusion of the inspection on August 18, 1988. The inspector sunmarized the purpose and findings of the inspection. The licensee representatives acknowledged this information. The inspector also discussed the likely informational content of the inspection report with regard to documents or processes reviewed during the inspection. The licensee representativ(s did not identify any such documents / processes as proprietary.

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