ML19208B791
| ML19208B791 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | River Bend  |
| Issue date: | 09/07/1979 |
| From: | Grier B NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
| To: | Weigand J GULF STATES UTILITIES CO. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 7909210400 | |
| Download: ML19208B791 (1) | |
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September 7, 1979 In Reply Refer To:
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50-458/IE Bulletin No. 79-14, Supplement 2 50-459/IE Bulletin No. 79-14, Supplement 2 Sulf States Utilities Attn:
Dr. J. G. Weigand General Manager, Nuclear Projects Post Office Box 2951 Beaumont, Texas 77704 Gentlemen:
The. enclosed supplement to IE Bulletin No. 79-14 is fortrarded to you to provide added guidance on the intent of the Bulletin.
If you desire ad-ditional information regarding this matter, please contact this office.
Sincerely, JI R
Karl V. Seyfrit Director
Enclosures:
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Supplement 2 to IE Bulletin No. 79-14 2.
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20555 IE Bulletin No. 79-14 Supplement 2 Date:
September 7, 1979 Page 1 of 2 SEISMI: /dal.YSIS FOR AS-3UILT SAFETY-RELATED PIPING SYSTEMS Description of Circumstances:
IE Eulletin No. 79-14 was issued on July 2, revised on July 18, and first supplemented on August 15, 1979.
The bulletin requested licensees to take certain actions to verify that seismic analyses are applicable to as-built plants.
Supplement 2 provides the following additional guidance with regard to implementation of the bulletin requirements:
Nonconfer=ances One way oi satisfying the requirements of the bulletin is to inspect safety-related piping systems against the specific revisions of drawings which were used as input to the seismic analysis.
Some architect-engineers (A-E) however, are recommending that their customers inspect these systems against the latest revisions of the drawings and mark them as necessary to define the as-built configuration of the systems. These drawings are then returned to the A-E's offices for comparison by the analyst to the seismic analysis input. For licensees taking this approach, the seismic analyst will be the person who will identify nonconformances.
The first supplement to the bulletin provided guidance with regard to evaluation of nonconformances. That guidance is appropriate for licensees inspecting against later drawings. The licensee should assure that he is promptly notified when the A-E identifies a nonconformance, that the initial engineering judgment is completed in two days, and that the analytical engineering evaluation is completed in 30 days.
If either the engineering judgement or the analytical engineering evaluation indicates that system operability is in jeopardy, the licensee is expected to meet the applicable technical specification action statement.
Visual Approximations Some licensees are visually estimating i e len ths and other ins ection elements, and have not documented which7 Visual estimation of dimensions is not DUPLICATE DOCUMENT e-mc where visual estimates are used, the ac JC) >r.r>E) ance requirements. Further, in documen Entire document previously entered ically identify those data that were vi into system under:
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