IR 05000389/1982012

IE Insp Rept 50-389/82-12 on 820317-19.Noncompliance Noted: Design & Installation of Fire Protection Yard Piping Sys Not Specified to Meet Requirements of NFPA-24

ML20054N014
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Site:	Saint Lucie
Issue date:	04/07/1982
From:	Conlon T, Miller W NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
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ML20054N001	List: IR 05000389/1982012 L-82-206, Responds to NRC Re Deviation Noted in IE Insp Rept 50-389/82-12.Corrective Actions:Response Still Under Investigation.Final Rept Expected by 820616 L-82-256, Responds to NRC Re Deviation Noted in IE Insp Rept 50-389/82-12.Corrective Actions:Verification Program Performed in Conjunction W/Testing of New Fire Protection Loop Const.Completion Expected 820815 ML20054N000 ML20054N009 ML20054N012
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50-389-82-12, NUDOCS 8207150270
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Report No. 50-389/82-12 Licensee: Florida Power and Light Company P. O. Box 529100 Miami, Florida 33152 Facility Name: St. Lucie Unit 2 Docket No. 50-389 License No. CPPR-144 Inspection at Site Lucie site near ort Pierce, Florida Inspector:_ _ _ y k~ b Date Signed

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W. H. Miller, J Accompanying Inspector: T. E. Conlon Approved by M b 7 ~ II~

T. E. Conlon, Section Chief Date Signed Engineering Inspection Branch Division of Engineering and Technical Programs SUMMARY Inspection on March 17-19, 1982 Areas Inspected '

This routine, unannounced inspection involved 34 inspector-hours on site in the areas of fire protection / preventio Results Of the areas inspected, no violations were identified; however, one apparent deviation was found (design and installation of fire protection yard piping system were not specified to meet the requirements of NFPA-24 paragraph 6.a).

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REPORT DETAILS Persons Contacted Licensee Employees

• B. J. Escue, Site Manager

• G. Crowell, Site Engineering Supervisor

• N. T. Weems, Superintendent QA

• R. A. Symes, Supervising QA Engineer

• D. R. Cooper, Supervising QA Engineer

• E. W. Sherman, QA Engineer

• J. W. Adams, QA Engineer Other Organizations

• R. A. Garramore, Sr. Resident Engineer /EBASCO

• G. H. Krauss, ESSE /EBASCO D. Galloway, Safety Supervisor /EBASCO S. Thurman, Safety-Fire Marshal /EBASCO NRC Resident Inspector S. Elrod

• Attended exit interview Exit Interview The inspection scope and findings were summarized on March 19, 1982, with those persons indicated in paragraph 1 abov . Licensee Action on Previous Inspection Findings l

Not inspecte . Unresolved Items Unresolved items were not identified during this inspectio . Construction Fire Protection Program The licensee does not appear to have a commitment with the NRC to implement and maintain a fire protection program during the construction phase of Unit The licensee does, however, have a program which has been developed to meet the insurance carrier's fire and loss prevention requirements. The following items of this program were reviewed by the inspector:

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a. Procedures The implementing procedure for the site fire protection program is FPL Procedure ASP-4, Fire Prevention, Fire Detection and Fire Fighting (Rev. 1). This procedure addresses the fire prevention control of welding and cutting operations, use of combustible and flammable materials, inspection and tests of fire fighting equipment, fire brigade training, fire fighting operations and fire reportin However, the procedure did not address the following items:

(1) Combustible scaffolding (2) Combustible tarps and coverings (3) Combustible temporary structures within permanent buildings (4) Service or pressure testing fire hose (5) Full load testing of fire pump (6) Drills for fire brigade members (7) Daily use of combustible and flammable liquids The inspector pointed out these discrepancies during the exit interview and the licensee agreed to review these items. This is not considered an enforcement item since, as noted above, the licensee does not have a commitment with the NRC in this are b. Fire Brigade (1) Organization The fire brigade for the day and night shifts is composed of ten construction craft personnel from each shif Brigade members for the midnight shift, weekends and holidays are supplied from the security group. Assistance from the Fort Pierce Fire Depart-ment is also available if requeste (2) Training The licensee advised that brigade members are provided with at least four hours of fire protection training per month. The inspector reviewed the 1982 training records and verified that monthly training was being conducted for all brigade member (3) Fire Brigade Equipment A sufficient quanity of turnout gear (coats, boots, gloves and helmets) was provided to equip twelve fire fighters. This equip-ment is stored in a locked room in the " Change Shack" area adja-cent to the field supervisor's offic A total of five self contained breathing apparatus and fire spare cylinders along with miscellaneous fire fighting equipment such as hose, nozzles, etc.,

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were also stored in this roo This equipment is considered adequate for a construction site fire brigade and appeared to be satisfactorily stored and maintaine c. Construction Fire Protection Equipment (1) Water Supply and Fire Hose Systems The construction site fire protection water system is supplied by a 1500 gpm at 100 psi electric driven fire pump taking suction from a 250,000 gallon ground storage tank. The exterior fire hose stations were supplied from a 10-inch dead end water mai The fire hose stations inside the permanent buildings are normally supplied from a low pressure construction water system which in the event of fire can be connected to the fire protection water system by manually opening a normally closed cross connect valv The system appeared to be adequately maintained, except as noted above annual full load operational capacity tests are not con-ducted on the fire pump as required by National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Standard 20, Centrifugal Fire Pumps, Section 12-3.1 and annual service tests are not conducted on the fire hose as recommended by NFPA-1962, Fire Hose - Care, Use, Maintenance, Section 2- (2) Fire Extinguishers l

An adequate supply of fire extinguishers appear to be distributed throughout the plant sit A total of approximately 550 extin-guishers are provided for which approximately 90% are of the dry chemical type and 10% are of the Halon type. All extinguishers are inspected weekl d. Plant Tour A tour was made of the plant by the inspector to review the construc-tion fire protection features. A total of ten fire extinguishers in various areas of the plant were inspected and found in service and attached inspection data cards up-to-date. A hose reel unit in the turbine building and one on the 43' elevation of the auxiliary building and exterior hose station nos. 6, 7 and 8 were inspected and found to contain the required hose and equipment. The following four welding operations were observed: grade floor of turbine building, HVAC equipment room on 43' elevation of auxiliary building, boric acid tank room in auxiliary building and the rad waste drumming room. The required safety precautions were being observed on these welding operation I . .

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6. Permanent Plant Fire Protection Features Fire Protection Water System The inspector reviewed the construction documents including drawing nos. 2998-B-052, 2998-G-170, 2998-G-174, 2998-FB-12.2 (Sheets 1-3) and specification 62-72 Appendix A Pipe Code CI-1 and noted that the fire protection yard piping system which supplies the exterior fire hydrants and building fire suppression system was designed to meet the provi-sions of ANSI B31.1, Power Piping in lieu of NFPA-24, Outside Protec-tion. PSAR Section 9.5.1.1 and FSAR Appendix 9.5. A Section 7.E.2(a)

state that the design and installation of the exterior fire protection water system (" yard fire loop") will meet NFPA-2 Inspection records were not available for the inspector to review to veri fy that the system was being installed in accordance with the construction drawing. However, the inspector reviewed the work in process on the piping system south of the auxiliary building and noted that system was not being installed in the location shown on the construction drawing nor in accordance with revised change request no. FCR-2-6049. This discrepancy was pointed out to the license Final QC inspection was not complete at this t im The inspector reviewed the hydrostatic pressure test data for 26 portions of the underground piping system and found that 18 sections of pipe had been tested at 200 psi for 10 minutes and eight sections had been tested at 200 psi for two hours as required by NFPA-24. However, it appeared that none of the tests measured the rate of leaking from the sytem. NFPA-24 Section 8-9.3 (1977 Edition) requires fire protec-tion yard piping to be hydrostatically tested at least to 200 psi pressure for two hours with the amount of leakage measured. The above tests appear to have been accomplished in accordance with the construc-tion documents that were in effect at the time of the test. However, the test requirements have changed a number of times during the course of construction and the test requirements in effect at the time of this inspection did not meet NFPA-2 The design and installation of the fire protection yard piping system is specified to be in accordance with ANSIB31.1 in lieu of NFPA-2 This is a failure to meet a commitment to the NRC and is identified as Deviation Item (389/82-12-01), design and installation of fire protec-tion yard piping system are not specified to meet the requirements of NFPA-2 _ _ -

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5 Fire Protection QA/QC Program The licensee's QA/QC program for design, installation and tests of all of the fire protection systems and features will be reviewed during subsequent NRC inspectio Within the areas inspected, except as noted above, no violations or addi-tional deviations were identified.