IR 05000458/1989006
| ML20236C839 | |
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| Site: | River Bend  |
| Issue date: | 03/08/1989 |
| From: | Barnes I, Stewart R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
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| ML20236C838 | List: |
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| 50-458-89-06, 50-458-89-6, NUDOCS 8903220346 | |
| Download: ML20236C839 (4) | |
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APPENDIX U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION x'
REGION IV
NRC Inspection Report: 50-458/89-06 Operating License: NPF-47 Docket:
50-458
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Gulf States Utilities Company (GSU)
P. O. Box 220 St. Francisville, LA 70775 Facility Name: River Bend Station (RBS)
Inspection At:
RBS, St. Francisville, LA Inspection Conducted:
February 6-10, 1989 M'M 3 ' h-N Inspector:
u R. C. Stewart, Reactor Inspector, Materials Date l
and Quality Programs Section, Division of
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Reactor Safety Approved:
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~1.- s - ri T. Barnes, Chief. Materials and Quality Date
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Programs Section, Division of Reactor Safety Inspection Summary
Inspection Conducted Februarv 6-10, 1989 (Report 50-458/89-06)
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Areas Inspected:
Routine, unannounced inspection of the RBS inservice testing (IST) program for pumps and valves. Activities reviewed in this area
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included the RBS IST Program Plan and associated relief requests; program
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organization and administrative procedures; tracking methodology for inservice
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testing; test procedures and test results; and IST personnel qualifications i
and training requirements.
I Results: The RBS program procedures were found to address organizational
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responsibilities and assignments associated with implementation of the IST
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program.
Program implementation was noted to utilize a computerized control
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system, which provided extensive sorting capability and a means for positive administrative control on a day-to-day basis.
Individual test procedures were found to be comprehensive and included applicable ASME Section XI Code requirements and reference values.
No violations or deviations were identified.
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DETAILS
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Persons Contacted
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y GSU
- R. J. King, Supervisor, Nuclear Licensing i
J. Cook, Licensing Engineer R. E. Barnes, Field Engineering.
J. B. Blakley,. Field Engineering V. Barton, Operating Quality Control
- C. W. Walling, Inservice Testing Coordinator NRC Personnel l
E. ~J. Ford, Senior Resident Inspector The NRC inspector also interviewed other licensee employees during the-inspection.
- Indicates attendance at an exit interview on February 10, 1989.-
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Inservice Testing (IST) Program - Pumps and Valves (73756)
The objectives of this inspection were to evaluate the implementation of
the RBS IST program for safety-related pumps and valves, and to assess.the
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adequacy of the testing performed with respect to the licensee's l
commitments and the requirements of Section XI.of the ASME Code.
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_I_ST Program Overview
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The NRC inspector ascertained from review of the IST. program plan that the RBS.IST program is subject to the requirements of 10 CFR Part 50.55a(g) and the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code,Section XI.
Subsections IWP and IWV, 1980 Edition through Winter 1981 Addenda.
The licensee's first 10-year interval-(1986-1996) IST program submittal received NRC interim approval on August 31i 1987.
.A working meeting was held on December 15-16, 1987, with the licensee.
NRC,.and EG&G personnel attending, to discuss outstanding issues.
The results of these discussions have.been. incorporated in the licensee's current Revision 5 to the IST. program plan,' dated March 22, 1988.
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Organization and Administrative Procedures Plant Engineering Procedure PEP-0009, " Field Engineer System Engineering Responsibilities - IST Program,". describes'the' area of general responsibilities for implementing the IST program.
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Support Manual Procedures ENG-3-011 and ENG-3-014 prescribe the i
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d applicable requirements and organizational. responsibilities far IST,.
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It was. observed by the NRC inspector that the PBS IST ' program i.s
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administrative 1y controlled and implemented by:.GSU engineering'
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staff personnel. :In addition, it was observed that program.
implementation utilizes a computerized. control system, which q
provides for extensive sorting capability and a means of a' positive
administrative control'on a day-to-day basis.
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Methodology used in Implementing IST Program Testing Scheduling of IST is controlled by the IST. Coordinator, who reports to the: Process Systems Supervi:;or-under the Director - Field Engineering. The IST Coordinator ' develops the quarterly, monthly, and -
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daily testing requirements from the computer-stored IST data base i
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for valves and pumps. The pump and valve testinq'is then integrated l
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l scheduling and maintained by a master surveillance computer J
l program. The operations surveillance schedule is maintained on a
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. quarterly planning schedule, printed weekly for the day-to-day :
working schedule, and utilized by all GSU plant personnel involved, j
with plant operation activities. '
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R The NRC inspector ascertained from a review of the IST data'tiase
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printout' and. the'first quarter 1989 and weekly surveillance
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schedules that the. methodology used provided for effective control
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of required ~1ST pump and valve testing, l
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Test Procedures and Test Results During the inspection, the NRC inspector made a random selection of
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completed IST operational performance test procedures in order to verify that procedures contained reference values and other pertinent attributes prescribed by guidelines of the Section XI Code, IWV-3000.
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Procedures selected included the following:
STP-204-3304, " Loop B RHR Valve Operabi.11ty' Test,"
test conducted, May 10, 1988 STP-203-3301, "HPCS Valve Operability and Pump Flow Test,"
test conducted October 23, 1988 STP-121-3301, " Service Air Valve Operability Test,"
test conducted December 14, 1988 STP-109-3301, " Main Steam Valve Operability Test,"
test conducted August 19, 1988 Il
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STP-409-3301, " Auxiliary Building HVAC System Damper Operability :
Test," test conducted November 21, 1988
.STP-204-3301, " Division't LPCI Pump and Valve Operability Test,"
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. test conducted October 17. 1988
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STP-309-3301,," Division 1 Diesel Generator ISI Pump,"-
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test conducted September 13,.1988-
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During this re'iew, the NRC inspector ob' served.that the individual
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requirements and acceptance. criteria, and addressed precautions and limitations, independent verifications to be performed, and specific corrective actions when required.
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IST Personnel Qualifications and Training -
During the inspection, the NRC: inspector reviewed GSU.
I Procedure TSP-0001, " Field Engineering, Training and' Qualifications,"
applicable to field engineering test personnel performing tests'on ASME Section XI pumps and valves. The prescribed requirements for test personnel appeared to meet the requirements of ANSI N18.7/ANS 3.2 and ANSI /ANS 3.1.
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No violations or deviations were identified within this farea of the
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inspection.
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Exit Interview The NRC inspector met with the licensee representatives denoted in paragraph 1 on February 10. 1989, and sumarizedithe' inspection scope and l
findings. The NRC inspector indicated that the test-implementation-
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review of the IST program will be.conductrd during a subsequent NRC inspection. No information was presented to the NRC inspector that was
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identified by the licensee as proprietary.
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