ML17056B023

Requests That Util Reconsider Recommendations of Generic Ltr 89-13 Svc Water Sys Problems Affecting Safety-Related Equipment, & Submit Revised Response within 60 Days

ML17056B023
Person / Time
Site:	Nine Mile Point
Issue date:	10/01/1990
From:	Martin R Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Burkhardt L NIAGARA MOHAWK POWER CORP.
References
GL-89-13, TAC-74029, TAC-74030, NUDOCS 9010090231
Download: ML17056B023 (8)

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50-220 and 50-410 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D. C. 20555 October 1,

1990 Mr. Lawrence Burkhardt, III Executive Vice President, Nuclear Operations Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation 301 Plainfield Road

Syracuse, New York 13212

SUBJECT:

RESPONSE

TO GENERIC LETTER 89-13, "SERVICE WATER SYSTEM PROBLEMS AFFECTING SAFETY RELATED E(UIPMENT" (TAC NOS.

74029 AND 74030)

By letters dated February 16, 1990, for each unit, the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation (NMPC) submitted the first of two required responses to the subject generic letter for Nine Mile Point, Units I and 2.

The generic letter requested that the first response provide commitments in response to five recommendations in the generic letter or to equivalent alternatives.

The response solicited by the generic letter was a short commitment advising the NRC that programs had been established to either implement the five recommendations or pursue equally effective courses of action.

Brief schedules of plans for implementation of the various actions were also requested.

All details should be documented and kept in appropriate plant records.

The NMPC responses note that biofouling in heat exchangers has not been experienced at Nine Mile Point Unit I, that several heat exchangers have been replaced recently, and that surveillance testing and preventive maintenance i'ncluding flushing during each refueling outage are performed on those safety related heat exchangers to which GL 89-13 applies.

The response does not, however, include sufficient detail or format to enable us to identify that specific actions or assessments will be undertaken for each of the five areas on a defined schedule.,

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Lawrence Burkhardt Based on our assessment of the initial NMPC responses to the generic letter, we request that NMPC reconsider the recommendations of the generic letter and submit a revised response within sixty days of receipt of this letter.

Please note that additional guidance for response to this issue has been provided by issuance of a supplement to the generic letter.

Sincerely, Robert Martin, Senior Project Manager Project Directorate I-I Division of Reactor Projects - I/II Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation cc:

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Niagara Mohawk Power Co~ration Nine Nile lat I/2 CC:

Hr. Mark J. Wetterhahn, Esquire Bishop, Cook, Purcell 8 Reynolds 1400 L. Street, N.W.

Washington, D. C. 20005-3502 Mr. Kim Dahlberg Unit 1 Station Superintendent Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station Post Office Box 32

Lycoming, New York 13093 Supervisor Town of Scriba R. D.

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Oswego, New York 13126 Mr. Richard Abbott Unit 2 Station Superintendent Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station Post Office Box 32

Lycoming, New York 13093 Mr. James L. Willis General Supt.-Nuclear Generation Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station Post Office Box 32

Lycoming, New York 13093 Charlie Donaldson, Esquire Assistant Attorney General New York Department of Law 120 Broadway New York, New York 10271 Resident Inspector U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Post Office Box 126

Lycoming, New York 13093 Hr. Paul D. Eddy State of New York Department of Public Service Power Division, System Operations 3 Empire State Plaza

Albany, New York 12223 Mr. Gary D. Wilson, Esquire Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation 300 Erie Boulevard West

Syracuse, New York 13202 Hr. Peter E. Francisco, Licensing Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation 301 Plainfield Road

Syracuse, New York 13212 Regional Administrator, Region I U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406 Mr. Richard Goldsmith Syracuse University College of Law E. I. White Halle Campus

Syracuse, New York 12223 Ms. Donna Ross New York State Energy Office 2 Empire State Plaza 16th Floor

Albany, New York 12223 Mr. Richard H. Kessel Chair and Executive Director State Consumer Protection Board 99 Washington Avenue

Albany, New York 12210

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Lawrence Burkhardt Based on our assessment of the initial NMPC responses to the generic letter, we request that NMPC reconsider the recommendations of the generic letter and submit a revised response within sixty days of receipt of this letter.

Please note that additional guidance for response to this issue has been provided by issuance of a supplement to the generic letter.

Sincerely, ORIGINAL SIGNED BY)

Robert Martin, Senior Project Manager Project Directorate I-I Division of Reactor Projects - I/II Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation cc:

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