IR 05000387/1992007
| ML17157B136 | |
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| Site: | Susquehanna  |
| Issue date: | 04/03/1992 |
| From: | Blumberg N, Finkel A NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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| ML17157B135 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-387-92-07, 50-387-92-7, 50-388-92-07, 50-388-92-7, NUDOCS 9204170047 | |
| Download: ML17157B136 (10) | |
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U. S.'NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION I
Report Nos.
50-387/92-07 8/ 2-7 Docket Nos.
50-387
~S-:~88 License Nos.
NPF-14 NPF-22 Licensee:'enn lvani P wer and Li ht m
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h Allentown Penn lvania 18101 Facility Name:
Inspection At:
Inspection Conducted:
Berwick Penns lvani March 2-6
2 us uehanna Steam Electric Units 1 and 2 Inspectors:
Alan Finkel, Sr eactor Engineer Performance Program Section Operations Branch, DRS Date Approved by:
Norman J. Blumberg, Chi f Performance Programs Section Operations Branch, DRS (/g q~
Date Ins ection Summar Ins ecti n on March 2-
2 Ins ection Re ort N S-387/92-07 and SO-388/92-07 fff gh fhPf*<<f Pgdf implementation in the areas of Administrative Controls, Surveillance, Requirements, Training, Audits and Modifications.
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~Re i~it: No violations or conditions adverse to public health and safety involving safety-
, related areas or equipment were identified.
Based on the results of this inspection, it was determined that the fire protection program was satisfactorily implemented and an adequate staff was in place to perform the various fire protection program task DETAILS 1.0 Persons Contacted Attachment 1 provides a listing of persons contacted during the inspection.
2.0 Fire Protection Pro ram 64704 2.1 Intr ducti n An inspection was performed to assess the adequacy of the licensee fire protection program and associated implementing procedures.
The inspection included verification of procedure implementation, technical adequacy of procedures and programs, inspection of plant facilities, adequacy of fire brigade training and qualification and review of previous licensee audit findings.
Surveillances, routine tests, and administrative and other procedures related to fire protection were reviewed with respect to administrative.
requirements for an effective fire protection program.
Overall, the licensee's fire protection program for this site is satisfactorily implemented.
2.2 Plant Tour During the inspection period, the inspector walked down accessible vital and nonvital areas of the plant and visually inspected the fire protection water systems, fire pumps, fire water piping and distribution systems, post-indicator valves, hydrants and contents of fire houses.
The inspection included area fire detection and alarm systems, automatic and manual fixed suppression systems, interior hose stations, fire barriers, penetration seals and fire doors.
The inspector observed general housekeeping conditions and randomly checked inspection tags on portable fire extinguishers to verify that the required monthly surveillance inspections were performed.
The inspector noted no equipment deficiencies; i.e., tank gauges registered full, hoses had recently tested date stamps, battery powered lights were working and fire fighting clothes were in acceptable condition.
The inspector also verified that the correct type of extinguishers were located in the positions required by the fire plan.
During the tour of the Circulating Water Pump House, the inspector verified that the following fire equipment was in an operating mode and all testing had been successfully completed during the last test cycle:
. "'The number in parenthesis is the NRC Inspection Procedur Electric Fire Pump No. OP512 Fire Jockey Pump No. OP543 Diesel Fire Pump No. OP511 Fire Pump Controller Cabinet No. 75 2-02209 The fire brigade equipment in shed no. 3, located outside the fire pump room, had a complete,set of brigade equipment as listed and verified on the shed inventory list.
Fire brigade lights and fans were in working condition, and fire hoses had the latest inspection markings stamped on them.'he fire diesel pump no. 05573 located in the Water Pump House was also in an operational mode.
This is a backup fire diesel pump, and the operational status of this diesel fire pump is connected to an automatic instrumentation dialing system that is connected to the security office located at the licensee's corporate office located in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
Ifthe diesel system malfunctions, a trouble signal is transmitted to the Allentown, Pennsylvania; and, security personnel then notify the site control room of the alarm.
The fire protection engineer is notified of the problem so that appropriate corrective action is taken.
The inspector reviewed two incidents that occurred in this system during 1991.
In each case the fire protection engineer was notified and corrective action was taken to correct the problem.
During the site tour, the inspector noted the clean condition of the site both internal and external to the two units.
3.0 Proced ire Review The fire protection program procedures listed in Attachment 2 of this report were reviewed by the inspector in performing the inspection of the fire program at this site.
The policy and procedure documentation reviewed appeared to be technically sound and correctly implemented.
4.0 Fire Bri ade Trainin Fire department training procedures and attendance records for brigade members are maintained by the training school.
The inspector verified that the fire brigade members listed in the March 1992 roster have attended the hands-on training programs, as well as completed their required classroom courses as described in procedure AD-QA-145, "Fire Brigade."
The required number of qualified brigade members for this site is 69.
At the present time, the qualified roster consists of 117 quali fied brigade personnel.
The Nuclear Training Supervisor (NTS) provides the fire brigade training as described
. in procedure NTP-QA-53.1, "Susquehanna Fire Safety Training Program."
The inspector reviewed the classroom training on the use of various types of site extinguishers and the mockups used in the training.
The use of films, in conjunction
with the training mockups, gave the brigade members a good understanding of the equipment operation.
The hands-on testing of the equipment is given at the yearly training course held at the licensee's fire training center; In discussions with fire brigade members, the inspector verified that they had a good un'derstanding of the use of their fire equipment and that the yearly hands-on course at the fire training center
. supported the classroom courses.
5.0 m
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Materi I
n r 1/Work rder Backl
- The combustible loading for each established fire zone within the site has been compiled and forms the base line fire calculations for this site.
The equivalent fire duration (for in-site and transient combustibles) of each fire zone within,the Fire Area R-1A (Reactor Building) is less than 90 minutes.
Using this value, combustible materials in, or passing through, Fire Area R-lA are evaluated to determine the items'ffect on the present fire barrier integrity. The control of transient combustible/hazardous materials is described in procedure AD-QA-140. The Fire Protection Engineer reviews work orders and does provide an input into the work order system ifa fire protection concern arises.
A review of approved work orders verified that the Fire Protection Engineer reviewed and signed the documents.
A work order backlog computer listing is issued weekly for each unit. The listing has the fire protection items listed in system 13.
The inspector reviewed system 13 open work orders and conducted discussions of them with the Fire Protection Engineer.
Of the eight work orders associated with the fire system reviewed with the Fire Protection Engineer, the inspector determined that he was knowledgeable of the impact these work orders had on the fire system configuration and had ensured that fire'requirements were added as part of the work order planning documentation in five of the eight work orders.
6.0 Fire'Watch Proced ire The fire watch program is described in procedure AD-QA-143, "Fire Watch."
A fire watch inspector is required to verify, on an hourly basis, the areas listed in the fire watch log.
Each day, the fire watch supervisor updates and identifies the fire zone, location, and requirements on the fire watch log that is used by the fire watch inspectors.
At the end of each shift, the fire watch log is reviewed and signed by both the Unit Supervisor and the Site Fire Protection Engineer.
Ifa concern is noted by the fire watch during their hourly tour, a phone call to the control room and the Site Fire Protection engineer is required.
A review of the Fire watch Log from January 1992 - March 4, 1992, indicated that some minor items were identified with prompt actions taken by the Site Fire Protection engineer.
The fire watch training course covered the method of reading and understanding the Fire Watch Log and what inspections and actions a fire watch inspector is required to perform during their
site tour.
Discussions with fire watch inspectors encountered during the site tour indicated that they understood the fire watch log requirements and knew what actions to take ifthey encountered a problem during their rounds.
7.0 A dit of Fire Pr ection Pro ram The inspector reviewed the annual and triennial audits of the site fire protection program which are conducted to comply with the requirements as described in the Site Fire Protection Program.
Audit findings were tracked in both a quality assurance and fire protection system 23 computer program.
Impell Corporation performed a Triennial Fire Protection Audit from June 5 - 9, 1989 (Audit No.89-060),
The four findings identified in this audit were tracked in the quality assurance tracking system and closed with action taken on each finding. The closing of these audit findings is documented in quality letters dated November 12, 1990; February 14, 1991; and February 12, 1992.
The inspector verified that the final audit acceptance criteria did verify that the original findings were closed.
The inspector reviewed the Fire Protection Yearly Audits for 1990 and 1991 and determined that the audit findings were identified, tracked, and closed as described in the Site Fire Protection Plan.
The 1990 Audit Report No.90-043 had no findings, and the 1991 Audit Report No.91-041 had two findings.
However, the 1990 Audit Report had 15 observations and recommendations, while the 1991 Audit Report had 12.
The inspector determined that, of those 27 Observation/Recommendations, the Fire Protection Engineering reviewed each one and took action on 25% of them.
The remaining 75% of the items were considered acceptable as is, and no action was required.
8.0 irveillance Test T Review The fire protection surveillance testing schedules are maintained in the "Susquehanna SES Activities by System and Equipment," computer list identified as "PMVRII."
This list identifies the equipment number, description, scheduled test date, and frequency of test.
From this data, the inspector was able to verify that surveillance testing was performed on the fire protection equipment as required by the unit technical specification.
The inspector verified that the weekly tests were performed on diesel engine driven fire pump (No. OP511), the backup diesel engine driven fire pump (No. S0526), fire jockey pump (No. OP543) and electric driven fire pump (No. OP512).
9.0'oll w-u of Previ In tion Findin
1 lo ed nres lved Item 1-1
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During a review of chemistry audit nos.91-029, May 13 '- June 10, 1991, and 90-036, April 30 - May 14, 1990, it identified a single nonsafety finding within Audit No.91-029.
The audit and audit findings were not entered into the Nuclear Quality Assurance (NQA) audit tracking system within the required time limit.
An audit finding sheet no. 91-029-01 was issued by quality assurance on June 10, 1991.
The corrective action reviewed determined that the audit results had inadvertently not been entered into NQA's tracking data base due to an isolated clerical error; however, the audit finding had been entered into the tracking system that is maintained by the licensee's Compliance Group.
The licensee had meetings with their personnel reminding them to process information in a timely manner.
A self-check mechanism was distributed to all NQA internal auditors on September 11, 1991.
The incident was also discussed at Auditor Retraining classes conducted December 16 and 18, 1991.
These above actions, taken by the licensee, appear to have adequately addressed the unresolved item.
10.0 conclusion The conduct of the site Fire Protection Program is in accordance with the guidelines
.of Branch Technical Position (BTP) ACPSB 9.5-1, Appendix A, "Guidelines for Fire Protection for Nuclear Power Plants."
The fire protection procedures and training programs are maintained on a schedule that is changed to reflect both audit findings and industry updates in the fire area.
The fire loading areas have been updated as design changes have been instituted'at the site.
The fire design engineering organization and the site Fire Protection Engineer have interface meetings on a w'eekly basis, and this has been reflected in both issued reports and corrective action problem resolutions.
The fire protection equipment was found to be in operating condition with surveillance testing of the fire system performed and documented as required by the units technical specification.
The site is very clean with combustible materials identified and stored in controlled fire cabinets throughout the site.
No violations or deviations were identifie The inspector met with licensee personnel (denoted in Attachment 1) at the conclusion of-the.inspection, on March 6, 1992, at the Susquehanna St'earn Electric Units 1 and 2.
The inspector summarized the scope of the inspection and the inspection finding at that time.
Attachments:
1 ~
Persons Contacted 2.
Fire Protection Documentation Reviewed
Attachment
Per ns ontacted Penns Ivania Power and Li ht om an
- S. Davis, Site Fire Protection Engineer
- G. Kuczynski, Manager - Nuclear Systems Engineering
- R. Prego, Supervisor, Site Quality Verification
- R. Sallone, Supervisor, BOP Systems
- G. Stanley, Superintendent of Plant
- R. Wehry, Compliance Engineer nited States Nuclear Re ulato Commission
- G. Barber, Senior Resident Inspector
"'Denotes those at the exit meeting held on March 6, 1992.
During the course of this inspection, the inspector contacted other members of the licensee's Technical, Quality Assurance and Training staff '
Attachment 2 Fire Protection D cumentation Reviewed
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Fire Pr tion Procedure AD-QA-110 "Station Fire Protection Program" AD-QA-140 "Control of Transient Combustible/Hazardous Materials" AD-QA-141 "Fire Protection System Status Control" AD-QA-142 "Control of Ignition Sources/Cutting and Welding Permits" AD-QA-143 "Firewatch Procedure" AD-QA-144 "Fire Alarm Response" AD-QA-145 "Fire Brigade" AD-QA-146 "Search/Rescue/First Aid Term" NTP-QA-53.1 "Susquehanna Fire Safety Training Program" ualit Assurance Fire Procedures NDI-QA-8.2.3 "Quality Assurance Requirements for Fire Protection Program and Systems" NDI-QA-15.3.1 "Fire Protection Program Audit Report 90-043 "Fire Protection Program" Audit Report 91-041 "Fire Protection Program" Triennial Audit 89-060 "Fire Protection Plan" Audit Finding Sheet 91-029-01 "Chemistry Program" om uter Pro ram Listin Work Authorization Report Unit 1 8c 2 "Open Items" Susquehanna SES Activities by System "PMVRII"Preventive Maintenance Work Authorization "PMWA"Fire Brigade Status