ML17228A358

Discusses 930404 Response to GL 92-08, Thermo-Lag 330-1 Fire Barriers & Requests That Util Review Results of NUMARC Program &,Within 30 Days of Completion,Inform NRC of Required Actions for Restoring Operability to Fire Barriers

ML17228A358
Person / Time
Site:	Saint Lucie
Issue date:	11/05/1993
From:	Norris J Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Goldberg J FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT CO.
References
GL-92-08, GL-92-8, TAC-M85608, TAC-M85609, NUDOCS 9311120169
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Docket Nos.

50-335 and 50-389 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20556-0001 November 5, 1993 Mr. J.

H. Goldberg President - Nuclear Division Florida Power and Light Company Post Office Box 14000 Juno

Beach, Florida 33408-0420

SUBJECT:

ST.

LUCIE PLANT, UNITS 1

AND 2 RESPONSE TO GENERIC LETTER 92-08, "THERMO-LAG 330-1 FIRE BARRIERS,"

(TAC NOS.

M85608 AND M85609)

By letter dated April 4,-1993, you provided a response to Generic Letter (GL) 92-08 for St. Lucie 1 and 2.

Your response stated that you could not confirm-that the Thermo-Lag 330-1 fire barrier systems installed at St. Lucie 1 and 2

have been qualified by representative fire endurance tests and could not confirm that the fire barriers installed in the plant represent the materials, workmanship, methods of assembly, dimensions, and configurations of the qualification test assembly configurations and could not confirm acceptability of the ampacity derating test configurations relied upon for the ampacity derating factors used for raceways protected by Thermo-Lag.'ou further stated that appropriate actions to resolve fire barrier concerns are being developed through an industry program coordinated by NUMARC and you would apply the results of the industry program, when completed, to the Thermo-Lag 330-1 installations at St. Lucie 1 and 2.

Compensatory measures for inoperable fire barriers are in place and will remain in place until the barriers can be declared operable.

Your response to GL 92-08, however, did not provide a schedule by which corrective actions would be completed.

The staff expects that licensees referencing the NUMARC program as the basis for establishing the acceptability of the Thermo-Lag installation at their facility will review the results and inform the NRC of the necessary corrective actions and anticipated completion, within 30 days of completion of the NUMARC or'ther test program, including schedules for corrective action resulting from site-specific fire endurance testing of unique fire barrier configurations.

In accordance with the reporting requirements of GL 92-08, you are also to confirm, in writing, completion of the corrective actions.

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The information requested by this letter is within the scope of the overall burden estimate in Generic Letter 92-08 which was an average of 300 person-hours for each addressee's response.

This request is covered by Office of Management and Budget Clearance Number 3150-0011, which expires June 30, 1994.

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Jack Shreve, Public Counsel Office of the Public Counsel c/o The Florida Legislature 111 West Madison Avenue, Room 812 Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1400 Senior Resident Inspector St. Lucie Plant U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 7585 S.

Hwy AlA Jensen Beach, Florida 34957 Hr. Joe Hyers, Director Div. of Emergency Preparedness Department of Community Affairs 2740 Centerview Drive Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2100 Harold F. Reis, Esq.

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& Holtzinger 1615 L Street, N.W.

Washington, DC 20036 John T. Butler, Esq.

Steel, Hector and Davis 4000 Southeast Financial Center Hiami, Florida 33131-2398 Hr. Thomas R.L. Kindred County Administrator St. Lucie County 2300 Virginia Avenue Fort Pierce, Florida 34982 Hr. Charles B. Brinkman, Manager Washington Nuclear Operations ABB Combustion Engineering, Nuclear Power 12300 Twinbrook Parkway, Suite 330 Rockville, Maryland 20852 St. Lucie Plant Mr. Bill Passetti Office of Radiation Control Departwent of Health and Rehabilitative Services 1317 Winewood Blvd.

Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0700 Regional Administrator, RII U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 101 Marietta Street N.W., Suite 2900 Atlanta, Georgia 30323 Hr. H. N. Paduano, Manager Licensing 5 Special Projects Florida Power and Light Company P.O.

Box 14000 Juno

Beach, Florida 33408-0420 D. A. Sager, Vice President St. Lucie Nuclear Plant P.O.

Box 128 Ft. Pierce, Florida 34954-0128 C. L. Burton Plant General Manager St. Lucie Nuclear Plant P.O.

Box 128 Ft. Pierce, Florida 34954-0128 Mr. J.

H. Goldberg President Nuclear Division Florida Power and Light Company P.O.

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