ML19269E281

Responds to 790613 Ltr Re QA Section of Fire Protection Plan.Util Has Met Guidelines of Nuclear Plant Fire Protection Function Responsibilities,Administrative Controls & Qa. No Changes Planned

ML19269E281
Person / Time
Site:	Arkansas Nuclear
Issue date:	06/18/1979
From:	Trimble D ARKANSAS POWER & LIGHT CO.
To:	Reid R, Stolz J Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
1-069-12, 1-69-12, NUDOCS 7906270147
Download: ML19269E281 (2)

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ARKANSAS POWER & LIGHT COMPANY POST OFFICE BOX 551 LITTLE ROCK. ARKANSAS 72203 [501) 371-4000 June 18, 1979 l-069-12 2-069-S Director of Nuclear Reactor Regulation ATTE: Mr. J. F. Stolz, Chief Light Water Reactors Branch #1 Mr. R. W. Re id , Chief Operating Reactor Branch #4

s. S. Nuclear Reg ul a t o ry Commission Washington, D. C. 20555

Subject:

Arkansas Nuclear One-Units 1 & 2 Docket Nos. 50-363 and 50-313 License Nos. DPR-51 and NPF-6 Fire Protection (File: 2040, 2-2040)

Gentlemen:

in respense to your letter of June 13, 1979, the following is prcvided.

Ite 1.

The Fire Protection Quality Assurance Section (P a g e 19) in-dicates that for inspections, tests, and audits related to fire protection, " applicable" portions of the QA Topical, Fire Protection Plan, and Technical Specifications will be applied. This commitment is not clear. The extent that Technical Specifications apply to fire protection is clearly defined in the Technical Specifications. Any portions of the QA Topical or Fire Protection Plan that will not be applied to fire protection inspection, test, or audit activities should be clear' identified and justification provided for not using these. If the intent is to follow the QA Topical, Fire Prctection ._an, and Technical Specifications in per-forming fire protection inspections, tests, and audits, then Applicable portions of" or " applicable sections of" should be deleted from the lead in sentence and sections 2., 3., and 4 Of the Fire Protection Quality Assurance Section.

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• • ' 1-069-12 2-069-8 Mr. J. F. Stolz &

Mr. R. V. Reid June 18, 1979

Response

During our meeting with the staff on May 23, 1978, Quality Assurance requirements were discussed at length and commit- .

cents made to resolve the staffs concerns. These commit-cents were documented in our letter to the staff dated June 15, 1978, and are incorporated verbatim in Revision 2 of the Fire Protection Plan.

It is important to note that the Fire Protection Plan is not a procedural document but a " Plan". It outlines what items must be accomplished. The Plant Operating Procedures detail the specifics of accomplishing the requirements of the " Plan". Ou r commitment was and remains to meet the Guidelines of Attachment No. 6 to your " Nuclear Plant Fire Protection Function Responsibilities, Administrative Con-trols and Quality Assurance" dated June 20, 1977, with the noted exceptions. We have understood that this commitment is acceptable. Therefore, no changes to the Fire Protec-tion Plan are proposed.

Item 2.

The la s t sentence of paragraph 1.a in the Control of Com-b us tib les Section (page 10) was changed by Revision 2 to incerporate commitments made in the AP&L letter of June 29, 1978 in response to staff item 7d from the meeting of May

^4, 1973. However, the change to this sentence does not accurately reflect the commitment in the June 29, 1978 letter. This sentence should be changed to read:

"So combustibles vill be stored in fire zones with redundant safe shutdown circuitry and/or equipment; no combustibles vill be stored in other safety related zones, unless that zone is protected by a sprinkler system."

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Response

As yo u noted, Rev. 2 of the Fire Protection Plan did not state " circuitry and/or" equipeent. This was an accidental emission and our commitment remains unchanged. Plant opera-ting Procedures were developed in accordance with the ori-ginal commitment. This item will be corrected in the next revision to the Fire Protection Plan.

Very truly yours, OCwU @. T&h David C. Trimble Manager, L i c e ".a i n g

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