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2019 Region III Fire Protection Utilities Group Meeting
ML19365A095
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Issue date: 12/31/2019
From: Dariusz Szwarc
NRC/RGN-III
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Region III Fire Protection Utilities Group Meeting Dariusz Szwarc December 10, 2019 ADAMS Accession Number: ML19365A095

Topics

  • Inspections
  • Fire Protection Staff
  • Triennial Findings
  • Quarterly Report Findings
  • New Inspection Procedure 2

Fire Protection Staff

  • EB3 inspectors

- Alan Dahbur, Jasmine Gilliam, Jessie Hafeez, George Hausman, John Robbins, Atif Shaikh, Dariusz Szwarc

- Jamie Benjamin, Matt Domke 3

2018 Inspections

  • Palisades 2018011 & 2018415

- 1 FP finding

- 1 licensee-identified

- 1 URI

- B.5.b finding

  • Perry 2018011

- 3 findings 4

2019 Inspections

  • Byron 2019011
  • Davis-Besse 2019012
  • Prairie Island 2019012
  • DC Cook 2019012
  • Point Beach 2019012 (report not issued)
  • Quad Cities 2019013 (report not issued) 5

2020 Inspections

  • Monticello
  • LaSalle
  • Fermi
  • Dresden
  • Clinton 6

Recent Findings and Violations

  • Triennial fire protection inspections

- 2018 2nd - four findings, one URI, one LIV

- 2019 - one finding

  • Resident inspector reports (2019)

- One finding, two LIVs 7

Fire Protection System Functional Test Procedure

  • Palisades 2018011
  • Hydraulic and system flow calcs

- Assumed C-factor of 120 (new pipe)

- Pipe was not new

- Required discharge pressure should have been higher

Failure to Correctly Assess the Suppression System in the CSR in the PRA

  • Palisades 2018011 and 2015008
  • Certain PRA scenarios assumed suppression of fires and no propagation beyond ZOI
  • Significant obstructions at ceiling
  • Licensee-identified Green NCV 9

Monitoring Program

  • Palisades 2018011 and 2018003
  • Failure to set action levels to ensure that assumptions in analysis remain valid
  • Revision of FAQ 10-0059

- The MR performance criteria for those SSCs promoted to or already considered high safety significant in the MR can be used as an acceptable action threshold.

  • No violation 10

Vulnerability to Cause Secondary Fire due to Unfused Circuit

  • Perry 2018011
  • DG building ventilation fan
  • Mod allowed local capability to start fan and bypass blown control fuse
  • Could cause secondary fire

Failure to Implement Fire Watch

  • Perry 2018011
  • Temporary cables routed near SSD cables w/o eval or transient permit
  • Temporary oil pump
  • Postulated fire could damage both SSD circuits

Incorrect Height of Smoke Detectors

  • Perry 2018011
  • ESW pump house smoke detectors were at ceiling and 18 inches below
  • Ceiling was approximately 62 feet
  • NFPA 72E-1974 (4-4.5) requirement if for at least half to be at least 36 inches below
  • Stratification concern

FP Water System Flow Test Procedure Issue

  • DC Cook 2019012
  • TRS requires verification of fire suppression water system
  • Procedure had no quantitative acceptance criteria

- Could not verify functionality (Sep 2016)

  • Dec. 2016 calculation (9/16 test concern)
  • 2019 flow test did not pass

Quarterly Inspection Report Findings

  • Quad Cities 2019002

- Inoperable detection system

  • LaSalle 2019003

- Pre-Action system drainage issue

  • Point Beach 2019003

- Potential of fire-induced circuit failures to inadvertently cross-tie energized buses 15

New Inspection Procedure 71111.21N.05

  • Remains triennial
  • Two-week - no info gathering trip
  • Revised RFI letter
  • FP as a program inspection 16

New Sample Requirements 17

Summary

  • Inspections
  • Triennial findings
  • Quarterly report findings
  • Inspection procedure changes 18

QUESTIONS?

19

Thank You

- Dariusz.Szwarc@nrc.gov

- (630) 829-9803

- Atif.Shaikh@nrc.gov

- (630) 829-9824 20