ML19338D407

Order for Mod of License NFP-2 to Add Info Which Fully Responds to NRC Request for Info Re Environ Qualification of safety-related Electrical Equipment.Info Should Be Submitted by 801101

ML19338D407
Person / Time
Site:	Farley
Issue date:	08/29/1980
From:	Eisenhut D Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	ALABAMA POWER CO.
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ML19338D405	List: ML19338D404 ML19338D407
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UNITED STATES OF' AMERICA'-

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Alabama Power Conpany, L(the. li'censee)-.is the holder of License _No. 'NPF-2, which authorizes' the operation of the Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Power Plant, Unit No~.11 at steady state _ reactor. power levels not -in excess of 2652 mega-watts. thermal (rated-power).

The facility consists of a pressurized water 1

-reactor loca' ed at the. licensee's site in Houston County near the City of Dothan,7 Alabama.

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On November '4,1.977, the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) filed with the Comission a " Petition for Emergency and Remedial Relief." The petition sought ~ action in two areas:

fire-protectionifor electrical-cables, and environmental qualification of electrical. components. -By Memorandum and Order ~ dated April 13,1978 l(7 NRC_400), the Comission

ordered the NRC staff to-take several related actions.

UCS. filed a Petition for Reconsideration on May 2, -1978. By Memorandum and-Order, dated May-23,il980, the Comission. reaffirmed its April 13,1978 decision I

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Comission's MayL23, l980-decision -directed licensees ~.and the NRC staff -

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With~res'pect to environmental qualification of safety-related electrical p

equipment :the Comission determined that the provisions of the two staff documents'- the Division of Operating Reactors " Guidelines for

' Evaluating Environmental Qualification of Class lE Electrical Equipment-in _0perating Reactors" (00R Guidelines) and NUREG-0588, " Interim Staff Position on Environmental Qualification of Safety-Related Electrical Equ.ipment," December 1979 "fo;m'the requirements which licensees and applicants must meet in order to satisfy those aspects.of 10 CFR Part

.50,. Appendix A General Design Criterion (GDC-4), which relate to environ ~

mental qualification lof safety-related electrical equipment." The

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Comission directed, for replacement parts in operating plants, "unless there are sound-reasons to the contrary, the.1974 standard in NUREG-0588 4

will apply." The Comission also directed the staff to. complete its 1

review of the information sought from' licensees by Bulletin 79-018 and' to complete its review of environmental qualification of' safety-related

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. electrical. equipment in all operating plants, including the publication

-of Safety Evaluation Reports, by February 1,1981.

The Comission 1-Bulletin:79-01B was not sent to licensees for. plants under review as part of the staff's Systematic Evaluation Program.

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-sought by Bulletin 79-01B was requested from these licensees by a series of. letters' and meetings during the months of February and March,.

1980.

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requirements to each/ license after-the specific requirements.were approved

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obligation:to' modify 'or) replace inadeguate equipment promptly."

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