IR 05000518/1979018
| ML19250A606 | |
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| Site: | Hartsville  |
| Issue date: | 09/11/1979 |
| From: | Conlon T, Miller W NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML19250A602 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-518-79-18, 50-519-79-18, 50-520-79-18, 50-521-79-18, NUDOCS 7910240052 | |
| Download: ML19250A606 (6) | |
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Report Nos. 50-518/79-18, 50-519/79-18, 50-520/79-18, and 50-521/79-18 Licensee: Tennessee Valley Authority 500a Chestnut Street Chattanooga, Tennessee 37401 Facility Name: Hartsville Nuclear Plants A and B Docket Nos. 50-518, 50-519, 50-520, and 50-521 License Nos. CPPR-150, CPPR-151, CPPR-152, and CPPR-153
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Inspection at Hartsville Site near Hartsville, Tennessee
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T. E. Cenlon, Section Chief, RCES Branch Date Signed SUMMARY Inspection on August 20-22,1979 Areas Inspected This routine, unannounced inspection involved 18 inspector-hours onsite in the area of fire protection / prevention.
Results Of the area inspected, no apparent items nonccmpliance or deviations were
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DETAILS 1.
Persons Contacted Licensee Employees
- R. T. Hathcote, Project Manager
- W. O. Brown, Assistant Construction Engineer
- W. R. Brown, Construction Engineer-STRIDE
- W. T. Quinn, Construction Engineer-BOP
- G. A. Gonsalves, QA Supervisor
- F. Laurent, Mechanical Engineer-STRIDE
- M. V. Rudolphi, Technical Assistant to Project Manager A. Armstrong, Safety Supervisor
- J. G. Carlton, Electrical Engineer Supervisor-STRIDE
- P. E. Goad, Captain, Public Safety Service
- J. P. Davis, Lieutenant, Public Safety Service R. F. Freeze, Lieutenant, Public Safety Service J. D. Thornton, Project Mechanical Engineer-B0P R. E. McClure, QC, Mechanical-B0P R. D. Britton, Mechanical Engineer-B0P
- W. Tenpenny, Safety Engineer Other Organizations
- R. L. Engleman, C. F. Brown and Company NRC Resident Inspector
- W. B. Swan
- Attended exit interview.
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Exit Interview The inspection scope and findings were summarized on August 22,1979 with those persons indicated in Paragraph I above.
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Licensee Action on Previous Inspection Findings Not inspected.
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Unresolved Items Unresolved items are matters about which more information is required to determine whether they are acceptable or may involve noncompliance or deviations. New unresolved items identified during this inspection are discussed in paragraphs 5.a and 7.
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Fire Protection / Prevention Program a.
Procedures The licensee has not developed and implemented fire protection /
prevention procedures to control the following items in areas contain-i:rg safety related equipment or components:
use of combustible materials (including scaifolding, temporary buildings and combustible tarpaulins or covering); use of combustible and flammable liquids and gases; and, use of welding, cutting and other open flame ignition operations.
A draft procedure, " Fire Plan, Hartsville Nuclear Plant," has been prepared by the licensee's Public Safety Service Branch for use in administrating the fire fighting portion of the fire protection /
prevention program. However, this document has not been approved by plant management.
Tne lack of fire protection / prevention procedures for the site is identified as Unresolved Item (518/79-18-1, 519/79-18-1, 520/79-18-1, and 521/79-18-1), Inadequate Fire Protection / Prevention Procedures.
The licensee advised that these procedures will be developed and implemented by November 16,1979. This item will be reevaluated during a subsequent NRC inspection.
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Observation of Work Activities A tour was made of the co u ruction site and the following discrepancies from normal good fire prevention practices were noted:
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Combustible scaffolding was being used in many areas in which safety related structures or components were being constructed. A typical example is the area between the concrete liner and contain-ment liner of the Unit 1 Reactor building. This area contained a large qusnity of ordinary combustible wood scaffolding.
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Highly combustible polyethylene was being used in a number of areas to cover equipment or provide weather protection for equip-ment or portions of structures.
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Compressed gas cylinders improperly secured or not secured in the upright position were oted throughout the constructioa site.
Also, bulk supplies of compressed fuel gas cylinders o re noted stored adjacent to compressed oxygen cylinders within the contain-ment area of Unit 1.
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Spray painting operations had been conducted within the radwaste tunnel and the flammable paint vapors had been exhausted from the area by mean of a non-hazardous type exhaust fan. The lighting provided within this area during the painting operations was by temporary electrical lighting units which were not approved for use in a hazardous location.
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-3-These examples indicate the need for tha licensee to develop and implement adequate fire protection / prevention procedures to reduce the potential of fire and resulting possible fire damage to the safety related equipment and components during the construction phase.
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Fire Protection Equipment 1.
Water Supply System The construction site water system consist of a water distribu-tion system with two 50,000 gallon elevated tanks which are supplied water from six 1,000 gpm at 195 psi electric driven and two 500 gpm at 195 psi diesel driven vertical shaft pumps. These pumps take suction from the Cumberland River. The electric pumps are manually set for continuous operation during the week and are arranged for automatic operation during the weekends. The diesel driven pumps can only be operated manually.
The fire pump instal-lation does not comply with the provisions of National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 20, " Centrifugal Fire Pumps" but are satisfactory for temporary service at a construction site.
Fire hydrants are provided adjacent to the temporary warehouses, shops, and administration buildings and also in the vicinity of the permanent buildings which are under construction. The system provides adequate water for fire fighting operations.
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Fire Extinguishers An adequate number of fire extinguishers are distributed through-out the construction site. Fire extinguishers are inspected monthly and fire extinguishers within buildings under construc-tion are also visually inspected at the least weekly by the Public Safety Service Branch. Twenty extinguishers in various locations throughout the site were examined and found to be operational and had been inspected and tested within the specifi-ed time intervals of NFPA-10, " Portable Fire Extinguishers".
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Standpipe Systems Temporary standpipe systems with 100 feet of 1 1/2-inch fire hose are provided within buildings under construction. These systems are inspected monthly by the Public Safety Service Branch. Three standpipe systems were examined and found to be operational.
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Fire Brigade The fire brigade is manned by the plant security force (Public Safety Service Branch). The brigade is under the supervision of two profes-sional fire fighters during the normal day shift and the Sh.ift Security Lieutenant on other shifts. A review of the Public Safety Service shift assignments indicates that adequate personnel are provided for current construction activities; however, additional personnel may be required at later stages of construction when security dyties cpuJd interfer yith p rp fi g }ng M (ps.
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The ccnstruction site is provided with a standard 750 gpm fire pumper and two mini pumpers with 250 gpm pumps. Each pumper is equipped with an adequate supply of fire hose, nozzles and other fire fighting equipment.
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Records The following records were reviewed and found to be satisfactory:
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Fire extinguishers 2.
Fire hose tests 3.
Hydrant inspection and flushing tests 6.
QA Record Storage Vault Two record storage vaults are provided at the construction administration building. These vaults are slightly detached from the administration building but are connected to the building by small vestibules.
The vaults are of reinforced concrete construction and are provided with a 3 hour3.472222e-5 days <br />8.333333e-4 hours <br />4.960317e-6 weeks <br />1.1415e-6 months <br /> fire door into the vestibules. Each vault is provided with an automatic "Halon 1301" extinguishing system which is activated by a smoke detector system within t*
vault. The fire protection systems for the vaults appear to comply wo b the provisions of NFPA-12A, "Halon 1301 Systems", except the door into the Building 2 vault is not automatic self closing and a second-ary or reserve supply of Halon 1301 is not provided for the systems.
Recently, one of the extinguishing systems was out of service for several weeks while the supply cylinder was being recharged. The licensee advised that a reserve cylinder is to be provided and located so as to readily provide a secondary or reserve supply of Halon. Also, the door into the Building 2 vault is to be provided with a door closer. These items are identified as Inspector Followup Item (518/79-18-2, 519/79-18-2, 520/79-18-2 and 521/79-18-2), Substandard Fire Protection System for QA Records Storage Vaults, and will be reexamined during a subsequent NRC inspection.
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Permanent Plant Fire Protection Systems The permanent plant fire protection system installations are being installed under TVA's " limited QA program".
The licensee's " Fire Protection Program Evaluation" dated April 29,1977 states on pages 12-16 that the permanent fire prot _ction systems for the plant will be installed under a QA program. Howevn, no procedures are asailable at the site to adequately describe what type installations or systems are included in the fire protection " limited QA program" and what type inspections, records, etc. are required to implement the program.
This item is identified as Unresolved Item (518/79-3, 519/79-3, 520/79-3 and 521/79-3), Ina'dequate QA Program Procedures for Permanent Fire Protection Systems. The the licensee advised that procedures are being developed and will be implemented to 1202 206
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