IR 05000602/1989003
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| Site: | University of Texas at Austin |
| Issue date: | 05/23/1989 |
| From: | Bundy H, Murphy M NRC Region 4 |
| To: | University of Texas at Austin |
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| IR 1989003, NUDOCS 8906140127 | |
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APPENDIX U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION IV
NRC Inspection Report: 50-602/89-03 Construction Pennit: CPRR-123 Dockt: 50-602 License University of Texas College of Engineering Department of Mechanical Enginetring Nuclear Engineering Program Austin, Texas 78712 f ac. ility Ndme: Nuclear Engineering Ttaching Laburatory ( NETl )
(TRI GA Mark I I)
Inspection At: NETL, Balcones Research Centr, Austin, Texas Inspection Conducted: May 23-25, 1 ° 89
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Inspectors: ./ I r. Murpij, Reactor Inipector, TPst Programs
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H. F. Bundy f Reactor Inspector Test Programs I lia te Section, Division of Reactor Safety Approved: ,,, I C. Sridle, Ch.ef, Test Programs Section Date Division of Reactor Safety Insprction Su!Tlflary Inspe_ct1on Conducted May 23-25, 1989 (Report 50-602/89-03)
Areas Ins ect,d: Routine, announced insptction of control room console, mechanica equipment, piping, and electrical systems installation; construction progrss; and schedule statu Results: Within the areas inspected, no violations or deviations were fdentifled. Final area review!> and punch list item correction were in progress. The control room console was installed and powered up with final electrical and electronic hookups in progress. The core structure 1s installed and beam tube alignment is completed. Some schedule s "lippage has occurre DETAILS Persons Contacted University of Texas
- T. Bauer, Assistant Director, Nuclear Engineering Teching Lnboratory (NETL)
,J. Green, Construction Inspector
. Krause, Senior Reactor Operator General Atomics W. Hyde, Director, Electronic Systems TRIGA Group J. Langford, Field Technician
- Oenotes attendance at xit interview. Construction Progress The NRC inspectors toured the facility to view work in progress, review completion status, and observe general conditions. The NETL personnel haV'.:. conditionally accepted the facihty. The final punch list itl!!ms were being completed. The control room console installation and hookup were i progres The core support structure instaJlat1on and beam tube alignment were complete. The initial till of the pool will corrmence when the electrical hookup work on the top deck is complett The contractor was completinq the physical security work in his area of responsibility. A repair procedure for the doors, which was discussed 1n NRC lnspPction Report 50-602/89-02, was successfully developed with vendor asistance. Tht "delamination" of th doors was corrected by spot weldin This eliminated tht replacem,nt of the doors. The University of Ttxas physical plant personnel will commence their part of the physical security installation when te contractor has corretted all deficiencie Communications equipment installation is the rtsponsibility of University of Texas physical plant personnel and was in progres The final HVAC system balancing and operations demonstration remains to be completed. Some minor deficier1cies were noted in Magnehe11c instruments which measure specified area pressure. These itPms were discussed with NETL personnel and the NRC inspectors were advised that they had been identified previously and would be corrected as part of the final system acceptanc The physical placement of the control room console was complete. The instrumentation and control circuit hookup work were in progress. The 1nittal power-up of the computer systems was observed during this
-4-inspection. The individual computer diagnostic programs wer run and the results indicated there was no damage or ma1adjustfflf!nt due to shipping and handling.
3. Operational Readiness Review This part of the inspection was to verify that the licensee is adequately prepared to load fuel and begin startup testing and routin operatio Thr initial review of this area included:
Oraan1zat1on
Corrmittee Activities
Quality Assuranc
Staffing ()
Training
Procedures
Surveillance
Experiment
Technical Specifications (TS)
The organ1zatior1 structure remains the sam@ as approved in the Safety Evaluation Report issued as NUREG-1135 in May 1985. Activities of the Reactor Operdtion Comm1ttet have continued under the charter hsued for the Mark I TRIGA (Docket 50-192). This charter will require rev1ew and update for the Mark TI TRIGA. Th! licensee's representative informed the
':RC inspectors that this would be completed prier to l1cens1n The quality assurance coverage continues to be rrovided by the resident construction inspector for the University of Texas. The continuous review and involvement by the Assistant Director, NETL. provides for independent quality assessmen Stafting presently meets the NETL plan. Training has progre5sed satisfactorily for the two senior reactor operators and licensing examinations are presently scheduled to be complted on June 16, 198 The NRC inspectors reviewed the preliminary operating procedures. These include administrat1ve, surveillance, and experiment operating procedure An issue date for the final procedures has not been established. The NRC inspectors had no negative co,rnnents on the preliminary procedure A review of the proposed TS was conducted against the original Final Safety Andlysis Report (FSAR) and the as-built condition. Several items that will require revis1uns were noted, such as the as-built configuration of the pool cooling and purification system, which does not agree with the FSAR diagram. It was also noted that the FSAR indicates a negative pressure for the reactor building that is considerably lower than the TS value. There are inconsistencies in the reactor modes terminology between the TS, the FSAR, and the operating procedures. These items were discussed with NETL personnel and the NRC inspectors were informed that revisions to the FSAR and TS were in progress and that these items were
-5-already includttd. The revised documents will be submitted to the Project Managtr, Office of Nuclear R,actor Regulation, in thtt near future.
4. Scheoule Milestones The milPstone schpdule/complet1on dates, as published in NRC Inspection Report 50-602/89-02, have been re.vised and are as follows, as of May 25, 1989:
Scheduled Milestones ComplEtion Dates Actual Receive control room console October 1, 1988 October 1, 1988 and mechanical componnts Complete HVAC balancing llune 14, 1989 Complete physical security June 30. 1989 elements Compl,te pool water system March 31, 1989 April 26, 1989 (installation)
Complete preoperational test June 15, 1989 procedur,s (including GA installation and test)
Install control room console May 8, 1989 May 24 * 1989 Install GA mechanical components May 5, 1989 ')ay 19, 1989 (including purification system)
Install radiation monitoring ,June 2, 1989 equipment (installation by GA)
License two Senior Reactor June 16, 1989 Operators Complete all operdting procedures One procedure to iue and one procPdure to be revised Receive operating license August 15, 1989 Load ractor fuel - achieve September 5, 1989*
initial criticality
- Depends on cask availability and rMeipt of NP.C operatir,g licens The inspection scope and findings were discussed with the Assistant Director, NETL, at the conclusion of the inspection on May 25, 1989. The licensee did not identify, as propritary, any of the material provided to, or reviewed by, the NRC insprctors.