ML17157C010

Advises of Approval of Use of CCTV to Satisfy TS Requirement for Continuous Fire Watch in Addl Locked Radiation Area at Plant Where Thermo-Lag Fire Barriers Have Been Declared Inoperable in Response to NRC Bulletin 92-01,suppl 1

ML17157C010
Person / Time
Site:	Susquehanna
Issue date:	09/25/1992
From:	Raleigh J Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Keiser H PENNSYLVANIA POWER & LIGHT CO.
References
IEB-92-001, IEB-92-1, TAC-M84509, TAC-M84510, NUDOCS 9210050096
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Docket Nos.

50-387 and 50-388 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D. C. 205SS September 25, 1992 Mr. Harold W. Keiser Senior Vice President-Nuclear Pennsylvania Power and Light Company 2 North Ninth Street Allentown, Pennsylvania 18101

SUBJECT:

USE OF CLOSED CIRCUIT TELEVISION (CCTV) TO SATISFY TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION (TS)

FIRE WATCH REQUIREMENTS, SUSQUEHANNA STEAN ELECTRIC STATION (SSES),

UNITS 1

AND 2 (TAC NOS.

H84509 AND H84 510)

By letter dated August 27, 1992, the staff approved the use of CCTV to satisfy the TS requirements for a continuous fire watch in Fire Zones 2-3C-W, 2-3C-N, 2-5C, and 1-6I at SSES that were identified in response to NRC Bulletin 92-01.

As requested by your letter of September 9,

1992, the staff approves the use of CCTV to satisfy the TS requirements for a continuous fire watch in the additional locked radiation area at SSES where Thermo-Lag fire barriers have been declared inoperable in response to NRC Bulletin 92-01, Supplement l.

This additional locked radiation area has been identified as Fire Zone 2-4B.

TS Section 3/4.7.7 requires all fire rated assemblies to be operable at all times.

With one or more of the required fire rated assemblies inoperable, a

continuous fire watch must be established within one hour on at least one side of the affected assemblies, or fire detector operability must be verified on at least one side of the inoperable fire assembly and an hourly fire watch established.

The CCTV will be used to satisfy these requirements for the additional fire zone listed above.

In your letter, you advised the staff that fire detectors in the additional affected fire zones are currently operable and that hourly fire watches were established to compensate for the inoperability of the barriers.

Your letter also advised us that a

CCTV camera system has been staged in the fire zone of concern to permit continuous observation should that become necessary upon loss of fire detection capability.

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Hr. Harold W. Keiser September 25, 1992 The CCTV camera system provides adequate capability for performing a fire watch by permitting remote observation of an inoperable fire barrier and the general area surrounding the fire barrier to compensate for the impracticality of posting a fire watch within the fire zone of concern.

If you have any questions, please contact me on (301) 504-1447.

Sincerely,

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If you have any questions, please contact me on (301) 504-1447.

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See next page ames J. Raleigh, Project Manager Project Directorate 1-2 Division of Reactor Projects I/II Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Mr. Harold W. Keiser Pennsylvania Power 5 Light Company Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1

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Jay Silberg, Esq.

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20037 Bryan A. Snapp, Esq.

Assistant Corporate Counsel Pennsylvania Power 5 Light Company 2 North Ninth Street Allentown, Pennsylvania 18101 Mr. J.

M. Kenny Licensing Group Supervisor Pennsylvania Power

& Light Company 2 North Ninth Street Allentown, Pennsylvania 18101 Mr. Scott Barber Senior Resident Inspector U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O.

Box 35 Berwick, Pennsylvania 18603-0035 Mr. Thomas M. Gerusky, Director Bureau of Radiation Protection Resources Commonwealth of Pennsylvania P. 0.

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Box 1266 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17108-1266 Regional Administrator, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406 Mr. Harold G. Stanley Superintendent of Plant Susquehanna Steam Electric Station Pennsylvania Power and Light Company 2 North Ninth Street Allentown, Pennsylvania 18101 Mr. Herbert D. Woodeshick Special Office of the President Pennsylvania Power and Light Company Rural Route 1,

Box 1797 Berwick, Pennsylvania 18603 Mr. Robert G.

Byram Vice President-Nuclear Operations Pennsylvania Power and Light Company 2 North Ninth Street Allentown, Pennsylvania 18101

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