ML18029A513

Summary of 850325 Meeting W/Util Re Status of Equipment Qualification Program

ML18029A513
Person / Time
Site:	Browns Ferry
Issue date:	04/23/1985
From:	Clark R Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
NUDOCS 8505060228
Download: ML18029A513 (7)

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April 23, 1985 Docket Nos.

LICENSEE:

50-259/260/296 J

Tennessee Valley Authority FACILITIES:

Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, DISTRIBUTION L~P NRC PDR Local PDR ORB02 Reading NRC Participants Units 1, 2 and 3

DVassallo RClark OELD EJordan BGrimes ACRS (10)

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SUMMARY

OF MEETING WITH TVA ON STATUS OF E(UIPMENT AT BROWNS FERRY UNITS 1, 2 AND 3 A meeting was held with TVA at 10:00 am on Monday, March 25, 1985 to discuss the status of the Eg programs at Browns Ferry.

A list of attendees is enclosed.

A summary of the meeting is as follows:

1.

TVA presented the outage schedules for each unit.

a.

Unit 2 shutdown since September 15, 1985.

TVA has commited to complete all Eg modifications before starting up the unit.

Projected starting is September 1985.

No Eg extension requested.

b.

Unit 1 will shutdown July 12, 1985.

All Eg modifications will'be completed before restarting the unit.

Projected startup is Febuary 1986 but, based on experience, is likely to slip to late spring 1986.

c.

Unit 3 will be shutdown on November 30, 1985 part way through the fuel cycle.

All Eg modifications will be completed before the unit is restarted to finish the fuel cycle.

Projected startup is late summer of 1986.

2.

Under the RPIP Confirmatory Orders issued by Region II, TVA cannot perform major modifications on more than one unit at a time.

The Eq program includes major modifications, such as replacing the RPS instrumentation with analog transmitter trip units (ATTU's).

Thus, although Unit 1 will come down in July, no major modifications will be started on the unit until Unit 2 is returned to service.

Likewise, although Unit 3 will come down in November, no major work will be started until Unit 1 is back in service.

This has been the reason for the recent extended outage of Unit 3 (144 months) and the present extended outage of Unit 2 (1 year).

3.

TVA discussed the problems with procurement lead times on some items of equipment (e.q.,

40 months on Limitorque valves), test problems at Wylie Labs and installation problems with the many shared safety systems at Browns Ferry.

For Unit 2, 90Ã of the equipment is onsite; there are 32 items in procurement.

.There are a few valves that are not expected to be delivered until August 1st.

There are also several equipment, test programs that will not be completed until July.

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4.

For Unit 1, there are 214 unqualified items plus 52 additional items that were reclassifed as unqualified due to a recently discovered potential problem with possible moisture intrusion into the equipment via the conduit, requiring conduit seals.

Of the 214 items, 18 items are in various phases of testing and 41 items are in procurement.

Of the latter, delivery is projected from now through August 1, 1985.

5.

For Unit 3, there are 149 unqualified items plus 66 additional items listed as unqualified because of the conduit seal problem.

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items, 18 items are under test and 41 items in procurement.

(Same situation as with Unit 1).

6.

TVA did not complete more of the Eg replacements during the most recent outages on Units 1 and 3 (which were the first refueling outages after March 31, 1982) because much of the equipment was not onsite with approved work plans and because TVA was under Orders to complete other NRC required modifications.

7.

TVA reiterated the commitment to not start up Units 1 and 2 this fall and next spring until all presently identified Eg required modifications are completed.

TVA also reconfirmed that Unit 3 will be shutdown on November 30, 1985 even if Unit 2 is still down (which would mean that all three units would be down as is currently the status of the units).

8.

TVA has concluded that the requested extensions for Units 1 and 3 are justified under 50.49(g) and requested that the extensions be approved.

Enclosure:

As stated ichard J. Clark, Project Manager perating Reactors Branch ¹2 Division of Licensing cc w/enclosure:

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Mr. Hugh G. Parris Tennessee Valley Authority Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Units 1, 2 and 3

CC:

H. S.

Sanger, Jr.,

Esquire General Counsel Tennessee Valley Authority 400 Commerce Avenue E

11B 330 Knoxville, Tennessee 37902 Mr. Ron Rogers Tennessee Valley Authority 400 Chestnut Street, Tower II Chattanooga, Tennessee 37401 Mr. Charl es R. Chri stopher

Chairman, Limestone County Commission Post Office Box 188

Athens, Alabama 35611 Ira L. Meyers, M.D.

State Health Officer State Department of Public Health State Office Building Montgomery, Al.abama 36130 Mr. H. N. Culver 249A HBD 400 Commerce Avenue Tennessee Valley Authority Knoxville, Tennessee 37902 J.

Nelson Grace Regional Administrator Region II Office U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 101 Marietta Street, Suite 3100 Atlanta, Georgia 30303 James A. Coffey Site Director, BFNP Tennessee Valley Authority Post Office Box 2000

Decatur, Alabama 35602 Resident Inspector U.

S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Route 2, Box 311

Athens, Alabama 35611 Mr. Donald L. Williams, Jr.

Tennessee Valley Authority 400 West Summit Hill Drive, W10B85 Knoxville, Tennessee 37902 George Jones,

Manager, BFNP Tennessee Valley Authority Post Office Box 2000

Decatur, Alabama 35602 Mr. Oliver Havens U. S. Nuclear Reaulatory Commission Reactor Training Center Osborne Office Center, Suite 200 Chattanooga, Tennessee 37411

R. Karsch G.

Zech W. Elliott Don L. Williams G. L. Terpstra J.

A. Domer J.

W. Hufham S.

R. Maehr James P. Darling Hugh G. Parris R. J.

Bosnak Dan Stenger Uldis Potapovs R.

G. LaGrange Dick Clark F. Miraglia Bill Shields J.

P. Knight G.

C. Lainas Len McIntosh Attendance Browns Ferry 1,2,3 EQ Meeting 3/25/85 NRC/DL/ORAB Lead Project Manager for EQ NRC/IE/URB TVA/OE/NEB TVA/OE/NEB TVA/SQNP TVA/Licensing TVA/Licensing TVA/ Browns Ferry Planning TVA/MGR Nuclear Power TVA/MGR of Power and Engineering NRC/NRR/DE Bishop,Liberman NRC/IE/ VPB NRC/NRR/DE/EQB NRC/NRR/Licensing NRC/NRR/DL NRC/ELD NRC/DE NRC/DL TVA/EQ Project Manager

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