ML17290A782
| ML17290A782 | |
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| Site: | Columbia  |
| Issue date: | 10/29/1993 |
| From: | Ang W NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION V) |
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| 50-397-93-40, NUDOCS 9312030171 | |
| Download: ML17290A782 (12) | |
See also: IR 05000397/1993040
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U. S.
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION
V
Report
Number:
Docket Number:
License
Numbers:
Licensee:
Facility Name:
Inspection
Conducted:
Inspectors:
50-397/93-40
50:397
Washington Public Power Supply System
P. 0.
Box 968
Richland,
WA 99352
WNP-2
September
27 October
1,
1993
W. Wagner,
Reactor Inspector
F.
Gee,
Reactor Inspector
Approved by:
Inspection
Summary:
W. Ang, Chief
Engineering Section
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Date Signed
Ins ection durin
the
eriod
Se tember
27 October
1
1993
Re
or t Number 50-397 93-40
Areas
Ins ected:
The inspectors
conducted
an announced
routine inspection to evaluate
the
adequacy of the licensee's fire protection
and prevention
program.
Follow-up
of Appendix
R compliance
concerns
was also performed.
The inspectors
used
inspection
procedures
64704
and
92701
as guidance
for- this inspection.
Results:
General
Conclusions
and
S ecific Findin s:
In general,
the licensee's fire protection
program appeared
to adequately
address
measures
necessary
for the prevention
and detection of potential plant
fires.
However, the licensee failed to have the triennial
unannounced fire
drill critiqued by qualified and independent
individuals as required
by 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix R.
Safet
Issues
Mana ement
S stem
SIMS
Item:
None
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Si nificant Safet
Hatters:
None
Summar
of Violations and Oevi ations:
The inspectors identified one violation.
The licensee failed to have their
triennial
unannounced fire drill critiqued by an independent qualified
individual as required
by 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix R.
0 en Items
Summar
The inspectors
closed
one follow-up item and opened
two new items.
Details
Persons
Contacted
Washin ton Public Power
Su
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S stem
W. Barley, Radiation Protection
J.
Benjamin,
Manager, guality Assessments
D. Coleman, Acting Manager,
Regulatory
Programs
S. Davison,
Hanager,
Plant equality Assurance
C. Fies,
Licensing Engineer
H. Flasch, Director, Engineering
R. Fuller, Licensing Engineer
D. Graham,
Senior Fire Protection Specialist
J. Gearhart,
Director, guality Assurance
H. Honopoli, Manager,
Haintenance
D. Hoon,
Program Manager,
Operating
Experience
Review
J. Muth, Manager, guality Assurance
Plant Assessments
K. Newcomb, Fire Marshal
J. Parrish, Assistant
Managing Director, Operations
S.
Peck,
Manager,
Equipment Engineering
J. Peters,
Hanager,
Plant Administration
J.
Rhoads,
Acting Manager,
guali ty Support
W. Sawyer,'hift Manager,
Operations
D. Schumann,
Manager,
Operating
Event Analysis Review
G. Smith, Manager,
Operations
Division
J. Swailes,
Plant Manager
D. Walker, Manager,
Health, Safety,
and Fire Protection
R. Webring, Technical
Manager
U. S. Nuclear
Re ulator
Commission
R. Barr, Senior Resident
Inspector
K. Johnston,
Project Inspector
S. Sanchez,
Resident
Intern
All of the above personnel
attended
the exit meeting
on October
1,
1993.
The inspectors
also held discussions
with other licensee
personnel
during the inspection.
Fire Protection
Prevention
Pro
ram
64704
a.
Fire Protecti on Administrati ve Procedure
Revi ew
The inspectors
reviewed three of the licensee's fire protection
program
procedures
for technical
adequacy
and for proper implementation of the
The three procedures
reviewed were:
Nuclear Operation Standard,
NOS-39, Revision
5, dated August '16,
1993, "Fire Protection
Program"
Plant Procedures
Manual
(PPM) Procedure
1.3. 10, Revision
13, dated
August 4,
1993, "Fire Protection
Program Implementation"
2
PPH Procedure
1.3.36,
Revision 5, dated January
20,
1992, "Fire
Protection
Program Training"
The inspectors
found that the procedures
were technically adequate
to
properly implement the fire protection program.
b.
Fire Bri ade Medical
ualifications
The inspectors
randomly sampled
medical
records for ten of seventy-.three
qualified fire brigade
members.
The medical
records
were reviewed to
'erify
that the fire brigade
members
had current physical
examinations.
The inspectors
found that the ten fir'e brigade
members
had current
annual
physical
examinations.
c.
Inde endent Fire Drill Criti ue
Section III.I.3.d of Appendix
R to
10 CFR-Part 50 requires
the licensee
to have independent
and qualified individuals critique a randomly
selected
unannounced fire drill at
a three year interval.
A copy of the
written report from these individuals must
be available for NRC review
and shall
be retained
as
a record.
The licensee's
Final Safety Analysis Report
{Appendix F, Table F.3-2),
Nuclear Operation Standard,
NOS-39, "Fire Protection
Program,"
Revision
5,
and Plant Procedure
1.3.36, "Fire Protection
Program Training,"
Revision
5, require that independent
and qualified individuals will
critique
a randomly selected
unannounced fire drill on a three year
interval.
During this inspection,
the inspectors
requested
licensee critique
records of the triennial
unannounced fire drill for review.
As of
September
30,
1993, the licensee
was unable to provide
a record of an
unannounced
triennial fire drill which was cri tiqued by independent
and
qualified individuals.
This is a violation of NRC requirements
{Item
50-397/93-40-01).
The licensee initiated a problem evaluation request,
PER 293-1198,
to
document the inspectors'inding
on September
30,
1993.
d.
Fire Protection Audits
The inspectors
reviewed licensee's
quality assurance
fire protection
audits.
The annual,
biannual,
and triennial audit numbers
were 90-540,91-587,
and 92-595 respectively.
The fire protection audits
appeared
to
be performed adequately
by the quality assurance
organization.
e.
Fire Protection
E ui ment
The inspectors
conducted
a walkdown of the fire protection
systems
and
equipment in the cable spreading
room and the three diesel
rooms.
Good
housekeeping
practices
were observed in all, areas
inspected,
and
combustible materials
were properly controlled.
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4,
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During the walkdown,'he'inspectors
requested
the surveillance
records
of the following fire protection equipment:
Five emergency lighting units.
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Three
smoke detectors.
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One fire damper.
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One fire door.
The inspectors
reviewed the surveillance
records of these
components
and
determined that the operability for these
components
was satisfactorily
demonstrated
at the required frequencies,'ith
the exception of two
emergency lighting units.
The inspectors
had requested
records for the
performance of the annual
eight hour discharge test for the following
emergency lighting units:
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C121/441/2X
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DG441/10
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E-BU-DG441/8
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DG441/6
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M487/2
The licensee
was unable .to provide the requested
documentation
to
confirm performance of the tests
during the inspection.
The inspectors
identified the need for review of the requested
emergency lighting test
records
and verification that the required testing
had
been
satisfactorily performed
as
an unresolved
i tem (Unresolved
Item 50-
397/93-40"02).
Unresolved
items are matters
about which more information is required to
determine
whether they are acceptable
items, violations, or deviations.
f.
Fire Matches
During the walkdown of fire protection equipment,
the inspectors
interviewed
a roving fire watch.
The inspectors
evaluated the,fire
.
watch's. knowledge of his responsibilities
a'nd required actions in the
event of a fire.
The fire watch demonstrated
adequate
knowledge of h'is
duties
and responsibilities.
The inspectors
also reviewed the fire
watch's log and found the log entry adequately
documented.
One violation was identified in paragraph
2. c.
No other violations or
deviations of NRC requirements
were identified.
3.
Follow-u
of 10 CFR 50 A
endix
R Com liance Concerns Identified b
durin
November
1991 Visi t
92701
a.
Vendor Interface for Thermo-La
Haterial
An
NRR visit to MNP-2 identified concerns
associated
with the
licensee's
program for Thermo-Lag material.
An NRC inspection
(report 50-397/93-32)
followed up on the concerns
and identified a
b.
need for further review of the licensee's
program.
During this
inspection,
the inspectors
reviewed the adequacy of the licensee's
program for receiving and processing
vendor information for
Thermo-Lag material.
The inspectors
found that the licensee
had
review'ed the vendor information data
base
and found that no
special
communication
from the Thermo-Lag vendor had been received
by the licensee
in the past year.
The inspectors
found the
licensee
received routine manual
updates
from the vendor.
The
inspectors
also found that the licensee
had
a documented
record of
a telephone
communication,
dated
June
2,
1993, with the Thermo-Lag
vendor regarding
manual
updates
and current information.
The inspectors
found that the licensee
also issued
a memorandum to
their staff every six months to remind them to forward a copy of
any vendor information received to the operating experience
review
group which may not have
been received through the vendor manual
group.
The inspectors
found that the fire protection staff was
aware of their responsibility for disseminating
vendor
information."
The inspectors
concluded that the licensee
was receiving,
reviewing and distributing Thermo-Lag vendor information in
accordance
with licensee
procedures.
The inspectors
also
concluded that the licensee
had contacted
the Thermo-Lag vendor to
verify the licensee
had received all current procedure
or
information for Thermo-Lag.
The licensee's
vendor information program regarding
Thermo-Lag
material
appeared
to be adequate.
Ade uac
of Thermo-La
Shelf Life Per Purchase
Order 218915
Procurement
Requirements
Evaluations
(PREs)
were performed
by the
licensee's
engineering staff to'ssure
that design requirements
were met in the procurement of materials.
PRE 615,
dated July 9,
1991,
was inconsistent with its associated
Purchase
Order
(PO)
218915 of July 9,
1991.
Specifically; the
PO included provisions
for shelf-life requi
ements for Thermo-Lag material
whereas
the'RE
did not address shelf-life requirements.
The inspectors
reviewed revision
3 of PRE 615,
dated
December
3,
1991,
and found
that the
PRE specified the
same shelf-life requirements
as that in
PO 218915.
The adequacy of subsequent
PO's in relation to shelf
life specified
by subsequent
PRE's
was reviewed previously and
documented
on inspection report 50-397/93-32.
The concern
regarding
adequacy of Thermo-Lag material shelf-life specified
by
P.O.'s without corresponding
PRE specifications
appeared
to be
resolved.
No Violations or deviations
from NRC requirements
were identified.
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The inspectors
conducted
an exit meeting
on October
1,
1993, with
members of the licensee staff as indicated in paragraph
1.
Ouring the
exi t meeting,
the inspectors
summarized
the scope of the inspection
activi ties and reviewed the inspection findings as described in this
report.
The licensee
acknowledged
the concerns identified in the
report.
The licensee
did not identify as proprietary any of the information
provided to, or reviewed by, the inspectors
during this inspection.
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