ML043000052

Request for Additional Information Regarding Response to Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)Bulletin 2003-01

ML043000052
Person / Time
Site:	Cook
Issue date:	11/04/2004
From:	Lyon C NRC/NRR/DLPM/LPD3
To:	Nazar M Indiana Michigan Power Co
Lyon C, NRR/DLPM, 415-2296
References
BL-03-001, TAC MB9570, TAC MB9571
Download: ML043000052 (5)

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November 4, 2004 Mr. Mano K. Nazar Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Indiana Michigan Power Company 500 Circle Drive Buchanan, Michigan 49107

SUBJECT:

DONALD C. COOK NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 - REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING RESPONSE TO NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC) BULLETIN 2003-01 (TAC NOS. MB9570 AND MB9571)

Dear Mr. Nazar:

The NRC staff has reviewed Indiana Michigan Power Companys August 7, 2003 (ML032260668), response to NRC Bulletin 2003-01, Potential Impact of Debris Blockage on Emergency Sump Recirculation at Pressurized-Water Reactors, and has identified areas where additional information is needed to complete its review. Enclosed is the NRC staff's request for additional information.

The items in the Enclosure were discussed with Mr. Waters of your staff, and a mutually agreeable target date of within 60 days of the date of this letter for your response was established. If you have any questions, please contact me at (301) 415-2296.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Carl F. Lyon, Project Manager, Section 1 Project Directorate III Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-315 and 50-316

Enclosure:

As stated cc w/encl: See next page

Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 cc:

Regional Administrator, Region III Michigan Department of Environmental U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Quality 801 Warrenville Road Waste and Hazardous Materials Div.

Lisle, IL 60532-4351 Hazardous Waste & Radiological Protection Section Attorney General Nuclear Facilities Unit Department of Attorney General Constitution Hall, Lower-Level North 525 West Ottawa Street 525 West Allegan Street Lansing, MI 48913 P. O. Box 30241 Lansing, MI 48909-7741 Township Supervisor Lake Township Hall Michael J. Finissi, Plant Manager P.O. Box 818 Indiana Michigan Power Company Bridgman, MI 49106 Nuclear Generation Group One Cook Place U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Bridgman, MI 49106 Resident Inspector's Office 7700 Red Arrow Highway Mr. Joseph N. Jensen, Site Vice President Stevensville, MI 49127 Indiana Michigan Power Company Nuclear Generation Group David W. Jenkins, Esquire One Cook Place Indiana Michigan Power Company Bridgman, MI 49106 One Cook Place Bridgman, MI 49106 Mayor, City of Bridgman P.O. Box 366 Bridgman, MI 49106 Special Assistant to the Governor Room 1 - State Capitol Lansing, MI 48909 Mr. John A. Zwolinski Director, Design Engineering and Regulatory Affairs Indiana Michigan Power Company Nuclear Generation Group 500 Circle Drive Buchanan, MI 49107

November 4, 2004 Mr. Mano K. Nazar Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Indiana Michigan Power Company 500 Circle Drive Buchanan, Michigan 49107

SUBJECT:

DONALD C. COOK NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 - REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING RESPONSE TO NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC) BULLETIN 2003-01 (TAC NOS. MB9570 AND MB9571)

Dear Mr. Nazar:

The NRC staff has reviewed Indiana Michigan Power Companys August 7, 2003 (ML032260668), response to NRC Bulletin 2003-01, Potential Impact of Debris Blockage on Emergency Sump Recirculation at Pressurized-Water Reactors, and has identified areas where additional information is needed to complete its review. Enclosed is the NRC staff's request for additional information.

The items in the Enclosure were discussed with Mr. Waters of your staff, and a mutually agreeable target date of within 60 days of the date of this letter for your response was established. If you have any questions, please contact me at (301) 415-2296.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Carl F. Lyon, Project Manager, Section 1 Project Directorate III Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-315 and 50-316

Enclosure:

As stated cc w/encl: See next page DISTRIBUTION:

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REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BULLETIN 2003-01, "POTENTIAL IMPACT OF DEBRIS BLOCKAGE ON EMERGENCY SUMP RECIRCULATION AT PRESSURIZED-WATER REACTORS" DONALD C. COOK NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 INDIANA MICHIGAN POWER COMPANY DOCKET NOS. 50-315 AND 50-316 By letter dated August 7, 2003 (ML032260668), the Indiana Michigan Power Company (the licensee, or I&M) provided the 60-day response to Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

Bulletin 2003-01 for the Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant (CNP), Units 1 and 2. The Bulletin requested the licensee either (1) state that the emergency core cooling system (ECCS) and containment spray system (CSS) recirculation functions have been analyzed with respect to the potentially adverse post-accident debris blockage effects identified in the Bulletin and are in compliance with all existing applicable regulatory requirements, or (2) describe any interim compensatory measures that have been implemented or that will be implemented to reduce the interim risk associated with potentially degraded or nonconforming ECCS and CSS recirculation functions until an evaluation to determine compliance is complete. The NRC staff has completed its preliminary review of your response and has determined it needs the following additional information to complete our review:

1. On page 4 of Attachment 1 of your response, you discussed operator training on indications of and responses to sump clogging. However, your response does not completely discuss the operator training to be implemented. Please provide a detailed discussion of the operating procedures to be implemented, the indications of sump clogging that the operators are instructed to monitor, the criteria used to declare a sump clogging condition, and the response actions the operators are instructed to take in the event of sump clogging and loss of ECCS recirculation capability.

2. On page 9 of Attachment 1 of your response, you state that CNP emergency procedures are based on generic procedures provided by the Westinghouse Owners Group (WOG).

You further stated that I&M considered certain WOG recommendations in determining if procedural modifications to delay switchover to sump recirculation should be implemented at CNP, and I&M determined that the procedural modifications were not appropriate. The WOG has developed operational guidance in response to Bulletin 2003-01 for Westinghouse and Combustion Engineering type pressurized-water reactors. This guidance was issued in March 2004. Please provide a discussion of your plans to consider implementing this new WOG guidance. Include a discussion of the WOG recommended compensatory measures that have been or will be implemented at your plant, and the evaluations or analyses performed to determine which of the WOG recommended changes are acceptable at your plant. Provide technical justification for those WOG recommended compensatory measures not being implemented by your plant. Also include a detailed discussion of the procedures being modified, the operator training being implemented, and your schedule for implementing these compensatory measures.

3. NRC Bulletin 2003-01 provides possible interim compensatory measures licensees could ENCLOSURE

consider to reduce risks associated with sump clogging. In addition to those compensatory measures listed in Bulletin 2003-01, licensees may also consider implementing unique or plant-specific compensatory measures, as applicable. On pages 1 through 3 of to your Bulletin 2003-01 response, you list a number of plant-specific measures that are not identified in this Bulletin. Please discuss any other possible unique or plant-specific compensatory measures you have considered for implementation at your plant. Include a basis for rejecting any of these additional considered measures.