IR 05000443/1986032
| ML20206M288 | |
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| Site: | Seabrook  |
| Issue date: | 06/16/1986 |
| From: | Anderson C, Krasopoulos A NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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| ML20206M274 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-443-86-32, GL-82-21, GL-86-10, NUDOCS 8607010126 | |
| Download: ML20206M288 (9) | |
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U. S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION I
Report No.
86-32
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Docket No.
50-443
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License No.
CPPR-135 Priority Category B
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f Licensee:
Public Service of New Hampshire i
P. O. Box 330
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Manchester, New Hampshire 03105 Facility Name:
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f Inspection At:
Seabrook, New Hampshire i
j Inspection Conducted:
May 20-22, 1986 Inspector:
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Inspection Summary:
Inspection on May _ 20-22, 1986 (Report No.. 50-443/86-32)
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Areas Inspected:
Routine unannounced inspection of the licensee's Fire Pro-i tection/ Prevention Program readiness to load fuel.
The areas inspected
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included: a review of the licensee's efforts to resolve Fire Protection related items of concern to NRC from previous inspections; also, the Fire
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Protection Program administration and organization; administrative controls
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of combustibles; administrative controls of ignition sources; other adminis-
trative controls; equipment maintenance, inspection and test program;-fire brigade training; requirements for periodic inspections and Quality Assurance
(QA) audits; and facility tours.
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Results: Of the dght areas inspected, no violations were identified.
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DETAILS 1.0 Persons Contacted 1.1 Public Service Company of New Hampshire
- D. Abely, Maintenance Department Supervisor
- D. Conti, Fire Fighter Supervisor R. Guillette, Project Construction QA Manager R. Gregory, Licensing Engineer
- P. Gurney, RE Department Supervisor
- G. Kingston, Compliance Manager
- J. Kline, Technical Services Manager
- J. Malone, OPS Administrative Supervisor
- W. Middleton, QA Staff Engineer
- T. Murphy, I&C
- W. Sanchez, Site Licensing Supervisor
- J. Singleton, Assistant QA Manager
- E. Trump, SP Fire Protection Engineer
- L. Walsh, OPS Manager 1.2 US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
A. Cerne, Senior Resident Inspector D. Ruscitto, Resident Inspector
- R. Barkley, Resident Inspector
- D. Wallace, Reactor Inspector
- N. Blumberg, Reactor Inspector
- Denotes those present at the exit interview.
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Followup of Previous Inspection Findings (Closed) Unresolved Item (85-06-06):
Manual Start of Fire Pumps from the Control Room The statement in the Fire Protection Safety Evaluation Report (SER) that fire pumps may be manually started from the Control Room differs from actual plant conditions.
(i.e., No remote start of fire pump capability exists in the Control Room).
The licensee pointed out this discrepancy to NRR and NRR agreed to delete this statement in a future supplement to the SER. The inspector verified NRR's intention to update the SER.
No unaccepteole conditions were identified.
This item is resolved.
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(Closed) Unresolved Item (85-33-01):
Completion of Fire Protection Related Systems in the Fuel Handling Building Prior to Fuel Receipt The inspector verified by reviewing turnover packages that all Fire Protection work in the Fuel Handling Building was completed prior to fuel receipt on site.
This item is resolved.
[ Closed) Unresolved Item (85-33-02):
Fire Brigade Leader Training i
Prospective fire brigade leaders must undergo leadership training in order to be qualified as brigade leaders.
The inspector reviewed this training by reviewing lesson plans, attendance records, and by observing the per-formance of the fire brigade leader during a drill.
The licensee stated that the leadership training provided to the fire brigade leaders is in addition to other fire fighter training and consists of 184 hours0.00213 days <br />0.0511 hours <br />3.042328e-4 weeks <br />7.0012e-5 months <br /> of classroom instruction.
The review of the licensee actions did not iden-tify any unacceptable conditions.
This item is resolved.
(Closed) Unresolved Item (85-33-03):
Fire Drills in Fuel Handling Building The licensee, in response to an NRC concern performed a total of 7 drills in the Fuel Handling Building. All of these drills were performed prior to fuel receipt on site, in order to assess, each brigade's ability to fight a fire in the Fuel Handling Building.
No unacceptable conditions were identified.
This item is resolved.
(Closed) Unresolved Iten [85-33-04):
Fire Fighting Strategy Book Accessibility A previous inspection finding identified that the Prefire Strategy Books i
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are too bulky for the brigade members to carry about in a fire situation.
The licensee agreed and redistributed the material contained in these volumes to facilitate usage.
The appropriate prefire strategy binders
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are located in the fire fighters lockers for use by the brigade leader.
No unacceptable conditions were identified.
This item is resolved.
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(Closed) Unresolved Item (86-03-02):
Deviation Request from Section III.0 of Appendix R to 10 CFR 50 10 CFR 50, Appendix R,Section III.0 requires that an oil collection system capable of holding the entire inventory of lube oil of the reactor coolant pumps is provided.
The licensee submitted a deviation request from the above requirement because the holding tanks provided, are not capable of containing the inventory of oil from 2 reactor coolant pumps.
To compensate for this in' adequacy, the licensee provided a curb around the holding tanks to contain any oil spilled from the tank's overflow.
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The inspector verified with the appropriate NRR reviewer that the deviation request will be granted and documented, in a future supplement to the Fire Protection SER.
No unacceptable conditions were identified.
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3.0 Fire Protection / Prevention Program The inspector reviewed several documents in the following areas of the program to verify that the licensee had developed and implemented adequate procedures consistent with the Fire Hazard Analysis (FHA), Final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR), and Technical Specification (TS).
The documents reviewed, the scope of review, and the inspection findings for each area of the program are described in the following sections.
3.1 Program Administration and Organization The inspector reviewed the following licensee documents:
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Technical Specifications, Section 6, Administrative Controls
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J Station Fire Protection Manual, Revision 3
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The scope of review was to ascertain that:
Personnel were designated for implementing the program at site; a.
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Qualifications were delineated for personnel designated to implement the program.
No unacceptable conditions were identified.
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M 3.2 Administrative Control of Combustibles The inspector reviewed the following documents:
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Station Fire Protection Manual, Revision 3
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Instruction 001.04, Revision 00, Transient Combustible Use or Storage The sccpe of review was to verify that the licensee had developed I
administrative controls which included:
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Special authorization for the use of combustible and flammable material in safety-related areas; b.
Prohibition on the storage of combustible, flammable or other hazardous material in safety-related areas; c.
The removal of all wastes, debris, rags, oil spills or other combustible materials resulting from the work activity or at the end of each work shif t, whichever is sooner; d.
All wood used in safety related areas to be treated with flame retardant; e.
Periodic inspection for accumulation of combustibles;
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Transient combustibles to be restricted and controlled in I
safety-related areas; and g.
Housekeeping to be properly maintained in areas containing safety-related equipment and components.
No unacceptable conditions were identified.
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3.3 Administrative Control of Ignition Sources The inspector reviewed the following licensee documents:
Fire Protection Program Manual, Revision 3
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Instruction 001.05, Revision 00, Approval of an Ignition Source
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Fire Protection Permit The scope of review was to verify that the licensee had developed administrative controls which included:
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Requirements for special authorization (work permit) for activities involving welding, cutting, grinding, open flame or
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other ignition sources and that they are properly safeguarded in areas containing safety-related equipment and components; and
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Prohibition on smoking in safety-related areas, except where
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" smoking permitted" areas had been specifically designated by
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plant management, j
No unacceptable conditions were identified.
3.4 Other Administrative Controls The inspector reviewed the following licensee documents:
Technical Specifications, Section 6, Administrative Controls
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Fire Protection Program Manual, Revision 3
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The scope of review was to verify that the licensee had developed
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administrative controls which require that:
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Work authorization, construction permit or similar arrangement is provided for review and approval of modification, construction
and maintenance activities which could adversely affect the safety
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of the facility; b.
Fire brigade organization and qualifications of brigade members are delineated-c.
Fire reporting instructions for general plant personnel are j
developed; d.
Periodic audits are to be conducted on th. entire fire protection program; and e.
Fire protection / prevention program is included in the licensee's QA Program.
No unacceptable conditions were identified.
3.5 Equipment Maintenance, Inspection and Tests
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The inspector verified that the licensee has established a surveil-lance and testing program for the fire protection equipment.
The inspector also reviewed the following randomly selected documents to determine whether the procedures establishing the maintenance,
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inspection and testing requirements for the fire protection equipment are adequate.
Procedure CX0924.01, Revision 00, Water and Sediment in Emergency
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Diesel Fire Oil Procedure 0X0443.01, Revision 00, Diesel Fire Pump Weekly Test
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Procedure 0X0443.02, Revision 01, Electric Fire Pump Routine
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Procedure 0S0043.10, Revision 00, Hydrostatic Hose Testing
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Procedure 0X0443.20, Revision 00, Semi-Annual Yard Hydrant Barrel
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Inspection Procedure OX0443.21, Revision 00, Annual Yard Hydrant Hose Station
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Hydrostatic Hose Replacement and Gasket Inspection Procedure 0X0443.18, Revision 00, Three Year Fire Hose Station
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Hose Replacement
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Procedure 0X0443.11 (Draf t), Three Year Fire System Water Flow
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Procedure OX0443.03, Revision 01, Fire Protection System Monthly
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Valve Alignment Check
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Procedure IX1642.918 (Draf t), CP-421 Cable Tunnel (RHR Vault)
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f PAB to Control Building Fire Detection Operational Test Oraft Procedure for the Functional Testing of Fire Dampers every
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18 months.
This procedure is in addition to the visual inspection
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In addition to reviewing the above documents, the inspector reviewed the licensee's effort to remove the Fire Protection portion of the Technical Specifications and to incorpo-ate the T.S. requirements into the FSAR, in accordance with the guidance contained in Generic Letter 86-10.
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3.6 Fire Brigade Training
3.6.1 Procedure Review
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Instruction 001.08, Revision 00, Fire Drill Program
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developed administrative procedures which included:
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Requirements for announced and unannounced drills;
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Requirements for fire brigade training and retraining at prescribed frequencies; c.
Requirements for at least one drill per year to be performed on a "back shift" for each brigade; d.
Requirements for maintenance of training records, i
No unacceptable conditions were identified.
3.6.2 Records Review
The inspector reviewed training records of fire brigade members for calendar year 1985 and 1986 to ascertain that they had attended the required quarterly training and participated in a quarterly drill, and received the annual hands-on fire extin-guishment practice.
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No unacceptable conditions were identified, t
3.7 Periodic Inspections and Quality Assurance Audits
The inspector reviewed the licensee's proposed TS to verify that the licensee has made provisions for audit of the fire protection program.
The proposed TS recognizes the need for annual and triennial audits as well as audits of the program every 24 months.
The audit requirements are similar to the standard TS and the guidance
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contained in Generic Letter 82-21.
No unacceptable conditions were Identified.
3.8 Facility Tour The inspector examined fire protection water systems, including fire pumps, fire water piping and distribution systems, post indicator valves, hydrants and contents of hose houses.
The inspector toured accessible vital and nonvital plant areas and examined fire detection and alarm systems, automatic and manual fixed suppression systems, interior hose stations, fire barrier penetration seals, and fire doors.
The inspector observed general plant housekeeping conditions and ran-
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domly checked tags of portable extinguishers for evidence of periodic inspections.
No deterioration of equipment was noted.
The inspection tags attached to extinguishers indicated that monthly inspections j
were performed.
j No unacceptable conditions were identified.
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4.0 Unresolved Items i
Unresolved items are matters about which more information is required to ascertain whether they are acceptable items, violations or deviations.
Section 2 of this report contains the resolution of items previously classified as unresolved and now are found to be acceptable.
5.0 Exit Interview The inspector met with licensee management representatives (see Section 1.0 for attendees) at the conclusion of the inspection on May 22, 1986.
The inspector summarized the scope and findings of the inspection at that time. The inspector also confirmed with the licensee that the report will
not contain any proprietary information. The licensee agreed that the
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inspection report maybe placed in the Public Document Room without prior licensee review for proprietary information.
At no time during this inspection was written material provided to the a
licensee by the inspector.
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