ML051460231

E-mail from David Silk to Jamie Benjamin, Et Al. Millstone Alert, 2 of 3

ML051460231
Person / Time
Site:	Millstone
Issue date:	04/18/2005
From:	David Silk Division of Reactor Safety I
To:	Jamie Benjamin, Silas Kennedy, Paul Krohn, Schneider M Division of Reactor Safety I
References
FOIA/PA-2005-0207
Download: ML051460231 (2)

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['Max Schneider - Re: Millstone Alert Page Paie '1 1 14 I Max Schneider Re: Millstone Alert From: David Silk To: Jamie Benjamin; Max Schneider; Paul Krohn; Silas Kennedy Date: 4/18/05 11:28AM

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Re: Millstone Alert The rev I'm looking at is Rev 31 dated December 2004.

I'll be glad to provide whatever support that I can to any followup efforts.

>>> Max Schneider 04/18/05 11:24AM >>>

What revision of the Millstone EALs are you looking at? I have Rev 001-03 dated 11/26/03. Inthis EAL the words, "unisolable steam line break outside containment", appear in the barrier failure column under Steam Line Break (BA2).

I agree that this review (what EAL was entered, why, etc), will be part of a follow-up NRC inspection effort (likely a SIT). Its probably best if you provide your Insights to this team when it is established. If they decide not to do a SIT, then the residents can follow-up your concerns with the licensee.

Thanks, Max.

>>> David Silk 04/18/05 11:08AM >>>

1) There is no phrase "unisolable steam line break outside containment" in their EALs.

2) The only time a nonisolable steam break plays Into the EALs is when it isconcurrent with a SGTR or SGTL.

3) If they did meet the criteria for a Containment barrier breach, then according to their flow/logic path it would only be an Unusual Event (Delta-one).

I left a message with the EP manager (Patti Luckey) to get their take on how they were scoring this declaration in Pi-space and how they thought the declaration process went in general. I did not indicate that I was questioning their call so as not to interfere with their "critique process.

,>> Max Schneider 04/18/05 10:21 AM >>>

Basis?

>>> David Silk 04/18/05 09:33AM >>>

Thanks for the info. However, based upon my assessment of the facts and their EALs, it appears that the Alert declaration was unfounded.

>>> Max Schneider 04/18/05 09:20AM >>>

Dave, The declaration was from the Unit 3 EAL table under Barrier Failure for Steam Line Break (BA2) for an unisolable steam line break outside containment. The SM declared this at 0842 (event initiated at 0829) when a "Bt MSSV did not reclose after lifting (it also apparently lifted about 40# below its setpoint).

Max.

>>> David Silk 04/18/05 09:14AM >>>

I just found out about the event this morning. While reviewing the event notification and listening to the info at the morning meeting, I do not understand the basis for the Alert declaration. The stated reason by the licensee in the EN was that there was a failure on at least one MSSV to reclose. There is no such X 1X

Max Schneider- Re: Millstone Alert _ Page 2 EAL criteria in their scheme (Rev 31, 12/04). Aside from a judgement call, I find no reason for making any emergency declaration due to a secondary steam release.

I have not seen or heard of a specific EAL number ascribed to the Alert declaration. Has anyone heard of one? Thanks.

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