ML18130A474
| ML18130A474 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Surry  |
| Issue date: | 06/22/1979 |
| From: | Miller W NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
| To: | Conlon T |
| Shared Package | |
| ML18130A475 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-280-79-29, 50-281-79-46, NUDOCS 7908230674 | |
| Download: ML18130A474 (7) | |
See also: IR 05000280/1979029
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UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION II
101 MARIETTA ST., N.W., SUITE 3100
ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303
Report Nos. 50-280/79-29 and 50-281/79-46
Licensee:
Virginia Electric and Power Company
P. 0. Box 26666
Richmond, Virginia 23261
Facility Name:
Surry Power Station, Units 1 and 2
Docket Nos.
50-280 and 50-281
Licensee Nos.
Inspection at Sur~ Site near Williamsburg,
Inspector, (A/~~
W. H. Miller, J.
Approved b~ /? _.,g,f:P~
T. E. Conlon, Section Chief, RCES Branch
SUMMARY
Inspection on June 5-8, 1979
Areas Inspected
Date Signed
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Date Signed
This routine, unannounced inspection involved 24 inspector-hours onsite in the
areas of fire protection/prevention.
Results
Of the area inspected, no apparent items of noncompliance or deviations were
identified .
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DETAILS
1.
Persons Contacted
Licensee Employees
- W. L. Steward, Station Manager
- J. L. Wilson, Superintendent Operations
- R. F. Saunders, Superintendent Maintenance
- T. A. Peebles, Superintendent Technical Services
- F. L. Rentz, Resident QC Engineer
- R. L. Baldwin, Supervisor Administrative Services
- E. P. Dewandel, Staff Assistant
- W. R. Skelley, Jr., Staff Assistant - SGRP
- A. L. Parrish, III, Project Manager - SGRP
Y. P. Mangum, Resident Engineer Project Control - SGRP
- C. Gillette, Administrative Supervisor - SGRP
- T. J. Kenny, Engineering Supervisor
M. Terrier, System Fire Protection Engineer
- J. S. Fisher, Fire Marshal
K. Barnett, SGRP Fire Marshal
Other Organizations
Stone and Webster
- L.A. Budlong
- L. B. Reynolds
M. Randolph
NRC Resident Inspector
- D. J. Burke
- Attended exit interview.
2.
Exit Interview
The inspection scope and findings were summarized on June 8, 1979 with
those persons indicated in Paragraph 1 above.
3.
Licensee Action on Previous Inspection Findings
a.
(Open) Deviation Item (50-281/79-08-0l), "Failure to Implement the
Fire Protection Commitments of Document, entitled Steam
Generator Repair Program for Surry Units 1 and 2".
The required
temporary fire protection equipment for the steam generator replace-
ment project had been provided for the Unit 2 containment.
Also,
the fire brigade for the construction site which will augment the
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existing plant fire brigade organization, had been organized and
trained.
However, the installation of the containment standpipe
system had not been completed due to the following:
(1)
One check valve and two control valves in the supply piping had
not been installed.
(2)
One hose station at the (-) 27' - 7" elevation had not been
installed.
(3)
Only 50 feet of 1 1/2-inch hose was installed on each hose rack
in lieu of the 100 feet required by the system design (Work
Procedure DC-78-0SJ).
(4) Entire system had not been hydrostatically tested to 200 psi as
required by Section 7-1.1 of National Fire Protection Association
Standard No. 14 (NFPA-14), "Standpipe and Hose Systems".
A
hydrostatic test was conducted on June 5, 1979 with 200 psi
placed on the system at the (-) 27' - 7" elevation.
This
resulted in the piping located on the 47' - 4" elevation being
tested to approximately 175 psi.
b.
(Closed) Unresolved Item (50-281/79-08-02), "Inadequate Fire Protection
Procedures for Construction Site".
VEPCO Administrative Instruction
No. 2.9.3, "Fire Plan" has been revised to incorporate the procedure
entitled "Surry Steam Generator Replacement Project Fire Protection
and Prevention Plan" dated April 1, 1979.
This procedure has been
implemented and should provide adequate administrative control for
the fire protection/prevention feature during the steam generator
replacement project.
4.
Unresolved Items
Unresolved items are matters about which more information is required to
determine whether they are acceptable or may involve noncompliance or
deviations.
New unresolved items identified during this inspection are
discussed in paragraphs 5.b and 6.a.
5.
Fire Protection/Prevention - Steam Generator Repair Program
An inspection was made of the following areas:
a.
Steam Generator Component Storage Warehouses
The sprinkler system installation discrepancies previously identified
as Inspector Followup Item (50-281/79-08-03) were revi~wed and found
corrected, except the dry pipe valve enclosure in Warehouse 7 had
not been provided with heat to prevent the system from freezing
during cold weather and the sprinkler heads adjacent to the unit
heaters in Warehouse 9 had not been changed to high degree type
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heads as required by Section 3-15.6.4 of NFPA-13, "Sprinkler Systems".
Pending correction of the above discrepancies this item will remain
open.
b.
Temporary Ventilation System For Unit 2 Containment
Section 4.5.4 of the document entitled "Steam Generator Repair
Program for Surry Power Station Units 1 and 211 states that the
temporary containment ventilation systems will be equipped with fire
protection devices similar to those installed for permanent systems.
A review of the temporary ventilation system for Unit 2 indicated
that fire protection devices are not provided for this system.
This
item is identified as Unresolved Item (50-281/79-46-0I), "Fire
Protection Requirements for Temporary Ventilation System for Unit 2
Containment", pending further evaluation by the NRC.
Within the areas examined, no i:tems of' noncom!)liance or deviations
were identified.
6.
Fire Protection/Prevention Program - Operating Plant
The following items of the fire protection/prevention program for the
operating plant were reviewed:
a.
Procedures
All of the licensee's fire protection/prevention procedures have
been consolidated into a manual entitled "Fire Protection Plan for
Surry Power Station" which contains the following:
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
Designates the station manager and/or superintendent of station
operations as being responsible for the fire protection/prevention
activities.
Requires a yearly audit of the fire protection/prevention
program by the Quality Assurance Department.
Requires all contractor personnel and other offsite personnel
to receive training in the station's fire protection plan.
Lists the qualifications of fire brigade members.
Indicates the action to be taken upon discovery of fire.
Provides administrative procedures for the control of combus-
tible materials, flammable or combustible liquids, housekeeping,
and hazards associated with open flame ignition sources such as
welding and cutting.
Provides fire fighting procedures for various areas of the
plant.
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(8) Lists the training requirements for the fire brigade.
These procedures appear to provide acceptable administrative control
over the fire protection/prevention program.
A review of the fire
brigade roster and training records indicated that adequate personnel
were assigned to the brigade. However most members of one brigade
shift and several members on other brigade shifts had not attended
all of the designated quarterly drills during 1978 and 1979 as
required by the fire protecti!mplan.
The licensee agreed to evaluate the current fire brigade training
program and to take the necessary action to assure that all brigade
members receive the required training.
This item is identified as
Unresolved Item 50-280/79-29-01 and 50-281/79-46-02, "Fire Brigade
Training."
b.
Fire Protection Inspections
C.
The most recent fire protection inspection report on the plant which
was conducted by American Nuclear Insurers and dated March 5-8, 1979
was reviewed.
This report contained 8 recommendations.
The licensee
stated that 2 of these items had been corrected.
Three items are
currently being reviewed by NRC/NRR, to determine the necessary
requirements.
Two items are scheduled for correction in 1979 and
another item is being reviewed within the station design change
program.
The action taken by the licensee appears adequate at this
time.
A review was made of the "Annual Fire Protection Audit of Surry
Power Station" dated January 9, 1979.
This audit was conducted by
the licensee's corporate staff and contained 7 recommendations.
Correspondence indicating the action to be taken on the recommenda-
tions had apparently not been filed at the site and was not available
for review.
This item will be reviewed on a subsequent inspection
by the NRC and is identified as Inspector Followup Item (50-280/
79-29-02 and 50-281/79-46-03), "Licensee's Corrective Action Taken
on RecoJIDDendations in Fire Protection Audit".
Emergemcy Fire Drills
On June 7, 1979 at 8:10 a.m.
a fire occured outside the plant
structures adjacent to the fuel building.
The fire originated in a
portable toilet and spread to another portable toilet and then to a
small all-metal building which was used for the storage of protective
clothing.
The two portable toilets were completely destroyed by the
fire and the metal storage building experienced minor fire damage .
The cause of this fire was incendiarism.
An investigation is being
conducted by the licensee.
The fire was discovered by a worker in
the area who reported and attempted to extinguish the fire with a
fire extinguisher.
The fire brigade responsed and extinguished the
fire using hose streams supplied from adjacent fire hydrants.
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Salvage operations were conducted by the brigade which mainimized
the fire damage.
The inspector witness the fire fighting operations
by the brigade and considered the response and performance of the
brigade satisfactory.
The licensee has attempted to involve the local offsite fire depart-
ments in fire training/drills and inspection of the fire protection
features of the plant.
On October 4, 1978 an invitation was sent to
the Surry and Smithfield Volunteer Fire Departments to participate
in a training session, however only representatives from the Surry
Volunteer Fire Department participated in this training.
In May,
1979 another invitation was sent to these same two departments but a
response was not received.
d.
Fire Protection Systems
The following periodic test procedures and recorded tests on the
fire protection systems were reviewed and found to be satisfactory:
(1)
PT 24.1, Fire Pumps
(2)
PT 24.2, Carbon Dioxide System for Fuel Oil Pump House
(3)
PT 24.2A, Carbon Dioxide System for Emergency Service Water
Pump House
(4)
PT 24.4H, Hose Houses-Fire Equipment
(5)
PT 24.5, Smoke Detector Systems
e.
Facility Tour
An inspection was made of the fire pumps, ten control valves in the
fire protection water system, three hose houses, and the carbon-
dioxide system for the fuel oil pump house.
The fire protection
systems were found operational, valves properly aligned, and hose
houses properly equipped.
However, the control valves in the fire
protection water system were neither sealed nor locked in the correct
position as required by Section 3-6 of NFPA-24, "Outside Protection"
and Section 6-1 of NFPA-26, "Supervision of Water Supply Valves".
Currently these valves are checked monthly, but to meet the NFPA
criterion they are required to be locked in the correct position.
This is one of the fire protection items currently being evaluated
by NRC(NRR).
Pending the result of this evaluation this item is
identified as Inspector Followup Item (S0-280/79-29-03 and 50-281/
79-46-04), "Supervision of Fire Protection Control Valves" .
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Emergency Breathing Apparatus
A total of 22 self-contained breathing apparatus units with 11 spare
cylinders are available at the plant.
An air compressor, cascade
type, refilling system is also provided.
The adequacy of the
breathing apparatus and refilling system is currently being
evaluated by NRC(NRR).
Within the areas examined, no items of noncompliance or deviations were
identified .
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