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Forwards IE Bulletin 79-01B, Environ Qualification of Class IE Equipment W/Attachments.Action Required
ML19257C556
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Issue date: 01/14/1980
From: Grier B
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To: Daltroff C
PECO ENERGY CO., (FORMERLY PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC
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NUDOCS 8001290392
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631 PARK AVENUE KING 0F PRUSSIA, PENNSYLVANIA 19406 Docket Nos. 50-277 50-278 JAN 1 4 1980 Philadelphia Electric Company ATTN:

Mr. S. L. Daltroff Vice President Electric Production 2301 Market Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19101 Gentlemen:

Enclosed is IE Bulletin 79-01B which requires action by you with regard to your power reactor facility with an operating license.

Should you have questions regarding this Bulletin or the actions required of you, please contact this office.

Sincerely,

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a Boyce H. Grier

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Enclosures:

1.

IE Bulletin No. 79-018 with Attachments 2.

List of Recently Issued IE Bulletins CONTACT:

S. D. Ebneter (215-337-5296) cc w/encls:

W. T. Ullrich, Station Superintendent Troy B. Conner, Jr., Esquire Eugene J. Bradley, Esquire Raymond L. Hovis, Esquire Michael J. Scibinico, II, Assistant Attorney General i

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ENCLOSURE 1 UNITED STATES SSINS No.: 6820 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Accessions No.:

0FFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT 7910250528 WASHINGTON, D.C.

20555 IE Bulletin No.79-01B Date: Januarv 14, 1980 Page 1 of 4 ENVIRONMENTAL QUALIFICATION OF CLASS IE EQUIPMENT Description of Circumstances:

IE Bulletin No. 79-01 required the licensee to perform a detailed review of the environmental qualification of Class IE electrical equipment to ensure that the equipment will function under (i.e. during and following) postulated accident conditions.

The NRC staff has completed the initial review of licensees' responses to Bulletin No. 79-01.

Based on this review, additional information is needed to facilitate completion of the NRC evaluation of the adequacy of environmental qualification of Class IE electrical equipment in the operating facilities.

In addition to requesting more detailed information, the scope of this Bulletin is expanded to resolve safety concerns relating to design basis environments and current qualification criteria not addressed in the facilities' FSARS.

These include high energy line breaks (HELB) inside and outside primary contain-ment, aging, and submergence.

-, " GUIDELINES FOR EVALUATING ENVIRONMENTAL QUALIFICATION OF CLASS IE ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT IN OPERATING REACTORS", provides the guidelines and criteria the staff will use in evaluating the adequacy of the licensee's Class IE equipment evaluation in response to this Bulletin.

In general, the reporting problems encountered in the original responses and the additional information needed can be grouped into the following areas:

1.

All Class IE electrical equipment required to function under the postulated accident conditions, both inside and outside primary containment, was not included in the responses.

2.

In many cases, the specific information requested by the Bulletin for each component of Class IE equipment was not reported.

3.

Different methods and/or formats were used in providing the written evidence of Class IE electrical equipment qualifications.

Some licensees used the System Analysis Method whj 3 nroved to be the most. effective approach.

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Identification of the protec DUPLICATE DOCUMENT ur. der postulated accident co.

conditions are defined as th Entire document previously from both LOCA and/or HELB i entered into system under:

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