ML19347F420
| ML19347F420 | |
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| Issue date: | 01/31/1980 |
| From: | Harold Denton, Stello V NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE), Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Bradford R NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
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| FOIA-81-97 NUDOCS 8105190235 | |
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WASHING T ON, D. C. 20555 JAri S; 1520 HEMORANDUM FOR:
Commissioner Bradford THRih Executive Director for Operations M 4tN FROM:
Victor Stello, Jr., Director Office of Inspection and Enforcement Harold R. Denton, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
SUBJECT:
IMPLEMENTATION OF GUIDELINES FOR EVALUATING THE QUALIFICATION OF CLASS IE ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT IN OPERATING REACTORS The staff provided a discussion of the UCS Petition on qualification of electrical equipment and responses to IE Bulletin 79-01 on July 11, 1979.
A memo from Chilk to L. V. Gossick expressed your view that " adequate enforcement mechanisms should be developed to ensure that the guidelines and criteria to be developed in the staff are implemented in a timely manner by licensee."
Since that discussion, IE has completed the screening of licensee responses and 00R has developed guidelines for use in final evaluations of electrical equipment qualification.
IE has sent Bulletin 79-018 to all operating reactors requesting additional information necessary to complete the reviews and expanding the scope of the reviews to meet the guidelines.
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transmits the guidelines developed oy DOR and a copy of NUREG-0588 to the licensees and requests licensees to review their equipment qualification against those guidelines to provide for timely implementation of the guidelines.
The licensees are requested to identify those areas in which any component or system does not meet the guidelines and to describe plans for upgrading as necessary.
. Parallel to this review and evaluation the staff plans to develop specific qualification requirements which will be enforceable for operating reactors in the event of future deficiencies in qualification of electrical equipment.
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Commissioner Bradford,
The staff expects to brief the Commission on the status-of the qualification review in the near future.
Should you have further questions at this time we will be pleased to meet with you.
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Harold R. Denton Director Director Office of Inspection Office of Nuclear Reactor and Enforcement Regulation cc:
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SECRETARIAT RECORD COPY NEM3RANDUM FOR:
Commissioner Kennedy e61T. A ?#
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Harold R. Denton, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation SUSJECT:
DIE BULLETIN HO. 79-OlB, "ENVIRONMEliTAL QUALIFICATION OF' CLASS IE EQUIPMENT In your mamorandum dated February 4,1980 you noted that the eleven SEP plant licensees were not required to respond to the subject bdlietin and you re ~
quested that the staff describe the canner in which they would be required to provide the infomation requested of the other licensees.
You also requested Ge schedule by which this' information would be required.
The purpose of this memorandum is to respond to your request.
I IE Bul.letin 79-01B has two principle features: 1) it requires that infomation be provided by licensees regarding electrical equipment qualification in a particular format designed to facilitate OIE's evaluation using a set of guidelines prepared by HRR DDR spe ifically for IE's use; and 2) it requires
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that the licensees independently evaluate the adequacy of electrical equipment cualification at their plants using the same DDR guidelines to be used by OIE and report any. deviations found.
In ths case of the SEP plants the first item has already been addressed by the licensees and is currently under review by DDR.
The first week-long plant' site visit in connection with these reviews (Palisades) was completed during the week of January 21 thru 25,1980.
In the case of the second item, we had previous'iy scheduled the review of this issue as one of the first topics to be completed in the SEP effort.
Accordingly, we have been conducting an expedited review of this matter prior to the.
issuance of the bulletin.
To assure an early completion of the review all. '
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SEP. plant licensees are being requested by letter to independently evaluate the e.nvironmental qualification of electrical. equipment in their plants 'using the DDR. guidelines and report any deviations to the staff.
A meeting with all the SEP plant licensees has been scheduled for February 21, 1980 to assure that they completely understand our requirements.
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dEtmissionerKennedy 2-With regard to schedule, our current goal is to complete our evaluations by December 31, 1980.
In order to achieve this goal the licensee's evaluations using the DDR guidelines will have to be completed well in advance of this date.
A firm schedule for the licensee's evaluations will
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be developed prior to the upcoming meeting with the licensees and d'scussed with them at the meeting.
In suar.ary, the SEP plant licensees are being placed under the same obligation
' to independently review the adequacy of equipment qualification in their plants as the'other operating pla'nt licensees.
A detailed schedule for their evaluations will be established immediately following February 21, 1980..
NRR and IE are beginning preparation of an information paper for the Commission in advance of a scheduled March 1c80 briefina on the overall subject of environmental qualification of electrical equipment in all operating reactors.
This paper will include more detailed scheduling information..
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