ML102020281

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Request for Additional Information Regarding Licensees Final Safety Analysis Report Amendment Related to Chapter 3.11
ML102020281
Person / Time
Site: Watts Bar Tennessee Valley Authority icon.png
Issue date: 07/30/2010
From: Justin Poole
Watts Bar Special Projects Branch
To: Bhatnagar A
Tennessee Valley Authority
Poole Justin/DORL/ 301-415-2048
References
TAC ME2731
Download: ML102020281 (4)


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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 July 30, 2010 Mr. Ashok S. Bhatnagar Senior Vice President Nuclear Generation Development and Construction Tennessee Valley Authority 6A Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801

SUBJECT:

WATTS BAR NUCLEAR PLANT, UNIT 2 - REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING FINAL SAFETY ANALYSIS REPORT AMENDMENT RELATED SECTION 3.11 (TAC NO. ME2731)

Dear Mr. Bhatnagar:

By letters dated November 24, 2009, and January 11, 2010 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession Nos. ML093370275 and ML100191426), the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) submitted Final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR) Amendments 95 and 97 for Watts Bar Nuclear Plant (WBN), Unit 2. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff has reviewed the information provided by TVA in FSAR Amendments 95 and 97, respectively.

In an effort to complete the NRC staff review, enclosed is a request for additional information (RAI) regarding Section 3.11 "Environmental Qualification of Mechanical and Electrical Equipment." The NRC staff's RAI seeks information on WBN Unit 2 as it relates to dual operation of the facility.

A response is required within 30 days of receipt of this letter.

If you should have any questions, please contact me at 301-415-2048.

Sincerely, Justin C. Poole. Project Manager Watts Bar Special Projects Branch Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-391

Enclosure:

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REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFROMATIOI\\I WATTS BAR NUCLEAR PLANT, UNIT 2 FINAL SAFETY ANALYSIS REPORT AMENDMENTS 95 AND 97 TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY DOCKET NO. 50-391 Section 3.11-Environmental Qualification of Mechanical and Electrical Equipment

1.

On Page 3.11-1 of the Final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR), the licensee stated the following:

Two programs are in place to environmentally qualify safety-related electrical equipment (including cable) and active safety-related mechanical equipment to function or not fail for event mitigation.

These programs involve:

(1) Safety-related electrical equipment within the scope of 10 CFR 50.49.

(2) Active, safety-related mechanical equipment located in a harsh environment.

Confirm that the Environmental Qualification program for Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 2 includes guidance for qualifying (1) nonsafety-related electric equipment whose failure under postulated environmental conditions could prevent satisfactory accomplishment of safety functions identified in 10 CFR 50.49 and (2) required post-accident monitoring equipment.

2.

Confirm that equipment being replaced or refurbished will be qualified as Category 1 as required by 10 CFR 50.49.

3.

On Page 3.11-1 of the FSAR, the licensee stated the following:

A mild environment is defined as a room or building zone where, (3) the event radiation is less than or equal to 1E4 rad.

Clarify that a mild environment for electronic components such as semiconductors or electronic components containing organic material is a total integrated dose less than 1E3 rad, and a mild radiation environment for other equipment is less than 1E4 rad.

ENCLOSURE

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4.

On page 3.11-2 of the FSAR, the licensee stated the following:

Abnormal operating conditions - The environmental service conditions which result from outside temperature excursions, temporary greater than design heat loads, or degraded environmental control operations.

This condition can exist for up to 12 hours1.388889e-4 days <br />0.00333 hours <br />1.984127e-5 weeks <br />4.566e-6 months <br /> per excursion for non-reactor bUilding spaces and will occur less than 1% of the plant life, unless alternate times and %0+ plant life conditions are specifically approved in reference [4] and its associated environmental data drawings.

a. Explain the basis for increasing the time from 8 to 12 hours1.388889e-4 days <br />0.00333 hours <br />1.984127e-5 weeks <br />4.566e-6 months <br />.
b. Clarify what is meant by "%0+ plant life conditions."
5.

I;xplain the basis for removing the Boron Injection Tank from the list in FSAR Section 3.11.7.1.

6.

On page 3.11-5 of the FSAR, the licensee stated the following:

Doses were integrated to determine a equipment exposure for a 100-day period after the accident.

Explain the basis for reducing the period of exposure after an accident from 1 year to 100 days.

Mr. Ashok S. Bhatnagar Senior Vice President Nuclear Generation Development and Construction Tennessee Valley Authority 6A Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801

SUBJECT:

WATTS BAR NUCLEAR PLANT, UNIT 2 - REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING FINAL SAFETY ANALYSIS REPORT AMENDMENT RELATED SECTION 3.11 (TAC NO. ME2731)

Dear Mr. Bhatnagar:

By letters dated November 24, 2009, and January 11, 2010 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession Nos. ML093370275 and ML100191426), the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) submitted Final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR) Amendments 95 and 97 for Watts Bar Nuclear Plant (WBN), Unit 2. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff has reviewed the information provided by TVA in FSAR Amendments 95 and 97, respectively.

In an effort to complete the NRC staff review, enclosed is a request for additional information (RAI) regarding Section 3.11 "Environmental Qualification of Mechanical and Electrical Equipment." The NRC staff's RAI seeks information on WBN Unit 2 as it relates to dual operation of the facility.

A response is required within 30 days of receipt of this letter.

If you should have any questions, please contact me at 301-415-2048.

Sincerely, IRA PMilano fori Justin C. Poole, Project Manager Watts Bar Special Projects Branch Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-391

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