ML20006D461
| ML20006D461 | |
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| Issue date: | 09/13/1988 |
| From: | Stello V NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
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| ML20006D458 | List: |
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| FOIA-89-404 IEB-88-005, IEB-88-5, IEIN-88-046, IEIN-88-46, NUDOCS 9002130273 | |
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-fb On Adga t 25,1968, a meetin was held with the Nuclear Management and e
Resources Council (NUMARC) i the office of Victor Stello, Jr., ED0/NRC.
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V. Stello ED0/NRC T. Murley, Director, NRR/NRC T. Martin, EDO 5taff/NRC W. Kennedy EDO Staff /NRC -
B. Lee, NUMARC J. Colvin. NUMARC W. Raison, NUMARC B. Hayes, Director. 01/NRC (part-time attendance)
This meeting was held for the purpose of discussing the recent activities undertaken by NUMARC with regard to the ust of counterfeit material by the comercial nuclear power industry.
The following topics were discussed:
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NUMARC and industry activity associated with NRC Bulletin 88-05 on non-conforming materials.
The NUMARC presentation in this area is synopsized in enclosure 1.
The NRC stated that NUMARC and the industry must focus on the stress value at which ASME Code materials are no longer in compliance. The NRC also expressed concern about the dependency of the NUMARC hardness / stress correlations on impurities in the materialt tested.
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NUMARC and industry activity associated with NRC Information Notice 88-46 on defective, refurbished electrical equipment.
The NUMARC presentation in this area is sy sized in enclosure 2.
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for upgrading this equipment for safety related use. NUMARC indicated e
i that they would expand their review to include non-safety-related purchases.
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NUMARC stated that a nuclear plant equipment procurtment working group
' has been established and headed b William Cavanau p, III of System Energy Resources, Inc. The members of is group are listed in enclosure 3.
NUMARC stated that no s'chedule h yet been established for the work output of this group.
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The NRC stated that Frank Miraglia would be the new primary contact in i
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Victor Stello, Jr.
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Enclosures:
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NUMARC's Summary Status of NRC Bulletin 88 05 2.
NUMARC's Status of Review of Suspect Electrical Components Issue 3.
Nuclear Plant Equipment Procurement Working Group _
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Public Document Room Mr. Joe Colvin Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer NUMARC 1776 Eye Street, NW Washington, DC 20006 2496 Distribution:
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o-Enclosure 1 Sumary Status of 8805 i
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Original records review and field testing requirements suspended by NRC for plants with full power operating licenses, effective August 3.
NT0Ls and plants with low power operating licenses must complete records review and field test requirements, i
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NUMARC is currently assembling final report for submittal to NRC. NRC meeting to present conclusions and submit final report is scheduled for kj 46ptember N.
If data trends continue, it is expected that fih61 NUMARC Dr report will conclude that no further utility action is necessary to permanently close this issue.
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Record; review and field test data have been supplied to NUMARC by nearly all nuclear plants.
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Analysis of data to date continues to indicate vast majority of WJM/ PSI supplied material to be code material. A very small number of blind flanges have been identified which have similar properties to the flanges identified by CP&L which precipitated NRC issuance of Supplement 1.
These blind flanges exhibit tensile strengths on the order of 45 (s1. NUMARC's generic stress analysis submitted to NRC by letter of July 22 would be expected to envelope these few cases.
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Based on extensive (over 300 components) laboratory testing, NUMARC has developed a direct correlation from Equotip 'Leeb Number' to tensile strength.
Use of this correlation is essential for accurate interpretation of field test results.
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Use of existing ASTM correlations from 'Leeb Number' to Brinell Number and then to tensile strength will give consistently inaccurate (low) results.
Results from many plants have been previously reported in this fashion.
The vast majority of results previously reported as ' failures" are in fact code material and were reported based on application of the above conservative correlations.
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NTOL plants will use the NUMARC correlation, along with an Al$1 (American Iron and Steel Institute) paper addressing variability of code material, as the basis for demonstrating code acceptability.of present WJM/ PSI components to Authorized Nuclear Inspection Agencies. The Authorized Inspection Agency for Vogtle 2 has indicated that this approach is acceptable.
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i CHRONOLOGY Of NUMARC ACTIVITIES RE NRCS 8805 j
May'6 Bulletin 88 05 issued by NRC l
Nay 31 NUMARC initial meeting with NRC on 88 05 I
June 7 NUMARC announces generic effort to address 88 05, forms AHAC June 13 - NUMARC holds initial 88 05 AHAC meeting f
June 15 NRC issues Supplement 1 expedited review and testing required, forces restructuring of elements of NUMARC generic program June 27 NUMARC meets with NRC to propose generic plans for field testing l
and acceptance criteria June 28, 29, 30 - NUMARC sp;nsored field testing workshops held by EPRI June 29 88 05 AHAC meets again to review generic plan June 30 - NUMARC holds 88 05 workshop for all nuclear utilities July 6 NUMARC meets with NRC to present generic plan July 6 NUMARC meets with National Board of Boiler and Pressure Yessel Inspectors July 12 - NUMARC promulgates EPRI developed temperature correction factors for field testing July 15 - NUMARC meets with NRC to discuss field testing and generic JC0 July 22 NUMARC meets with NRC, presents data analysis and generic JCO, and requests suspension of utility records review and testing activities 3uly 25 NuMARC fema 11y requests suspension of requirements by ietter to NRC July 29 NUMARC provides further field test data analysis supporting suspension to NRC I
August 3 NRC issues Supplement 2 suspendihg te' sting for full power OLs August 10 - NUMARC.netts with NT0Ls and ' low power licensees to determine appropriate actions August 18,1g NUMARC meets with EPRI and Bechtel to plan final report September 27 (Scheduled)
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DATA ANALYS!$
all *present' numbers preliminary At the time of suspension (August 3), records reviews for primary suppliers were approximately 70s complete. Testing of accessible identified components was approximately 30% complete.
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50,000+
i Percent of total population represented by fittings N/A*
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represented by stainless N/A*
1ess than it Total field hardness tests 1334 5700-1 Number of substrength blind 3
to flanges in field results Total utility tensile tests 108 108 Total Bechtel laboratory results 123 300 l
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-- WUMARC HAS MET SEVERAL TIMES WITH NRC $TAFF TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK.AND FOCUS DN THl$ ISSUE
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JULY 12th, JULY 15th, AUGUST 2nd, AUGUST 9th AND AUGUST 19th j
- WUMARC REVIEWED 7 UTILITY QUALIFIED BIDDERS LISTS AGAINST THE LIST OF 56 ONE SUPPLIER IDENTIFIED ON TWO LISTS
-- NUMARC HAS DEMONSTRATED THAT PMS !$$5UE !$ NOT A GENERIC PROBLEM ONLY 7 0F 33 PLANTS IDENTIFIED BY THE STAFF ACTUALLY RECEIVED ITEMS FROM PMS l
- NUMARC, WITH INPUT FROM ITS AD HOC ADVISORY COMMITTEE, PROVIDED COMMENTS ON THE DRAFT BULLETIN REGARDING SUSPECT ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS FOCUS ON SAFETY RELATED PROCUREMENT AND UPGRADES TO SR PROPOSED INITIATIVE TO ADDRESS ' INDUSTRY'S PROBLEM" I
- NUMARC HAS INVESTIGATED THE PURCHASE ACTIVITY IDENTIFIED IN 88 46, SUPP 1:
HALF THE PURCHASE ORDERS CITED INVOLVED NON NUCLEAR FACILITIES
- ONLY 12 0F OVER 200 CIRUIT BREAKERS LISTED WERE UPGRADED T0 SR, ONLY ONE OF THOSE 12 WAS INSTALLED f
- THE REST OF THESE 12 ARE ON HOLD; THREE HAVE FAILED TESTING
-- NUMARC HAS INVESTIGATED THE PRIMARY ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTORS OF AHAC MEMBER UTILITIES
- 27 DISTRIBUTORS REVIEWED BY 7 UTILITIES
- 8 DISTRIBUTORS HAD DONE BUSINESS WITH THE SUSPECT LA SUPPLIERS l
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J NUMARC HAS RESEARCHED INP0 NPRDS AND FOUND NO DISCERNABLE FAILURE TRENDS FOR ANY MOLDED CASE CIRCULI SREAKERS j
NUMARC HAS INITIATED DISCUS $10NS WITH THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION (NEMA) AND UNDERWRITERS LABORATORIES (UL) t NUMARC HAS PROPOSED TO LEAD THE INDUSTRY IN ADDRES$1NG CONCERNS REGARDING ADE0VACY Or BALANCE OF PLANT ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS IN LIEU OF REGULATORY ACTION IN THl$ AREA
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IN 88 19 (PMS ISSUE) i WE HAVE' SURVEYED THE 24 UTILITIES (33 PLANTS) AND 1 A/E IDENTIFIED AS POTENTIAL RECIPIENTS OF ITEMS FROM PMS, INC.
OF THESE, 3-UTILITIES REPRESENTING 6 OPERATING PLANTS HAVE RECEIVED ITEMS FROM PMS.
THESE ORGANIZATIONS ARE ACTIVELY EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF THEIR PMS ITEMS ON THElR FACILITIES.
WE BEllEVE THAT THE INDUSTRY HAS EFFECTIVELY !$0 LATED INSTANCES OF EXPOSURE 10 PMS' QUESTIONABLE CERTIFICATION ACTIVITIES AND IS ACTIVELY ADDRES$1NG i
THOSE FEW CASES KNOWN TO EXIST. THEREFORE WE BEllEVE THAT PMS 15 NOT A GENERIC CONCERN AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR INCLUSION IN A BULLETIN.
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INFOIDETION le0TICE 110. 88-46 SUPP. 1 INFORMATION NOTICE IDENTIFIED: (BASED ON PARTIAL REVIEW 0F SUPPLIER RECORD 18 UTILITIES n
- 65 PURCHASE ORDERS 209 ITEMS PROCURED (APPROX. 200 circuli BREAKERS)
INDUSTRY SURVEY CONCLUSIONS:
31 PURCHASE ORDERS INVOLVED NUCLEAR FACILITIES ALL PURCHASE ORDERS NON $AFETY RELATED APPROX,107 circuli BREAKERS FOR NSR SERVICE 9 VERIFIED IN NSR HVAC/ LIGHTING 42 AWAITING VERIFICATION OF NSR SERVICE
$6 ON HOLD IN WAREHOUSE 12 CIRCULI bAcAKERS UPGRADED TO SAFETY RELATED 1 INSTALLED IN 1985 AND FAILED AFTER 3 MONTHS SERVICE 3 FAILED UTILITY TESTING AS PART OF UPGRADE PROCESS 8 ON HOLD IN WAREHOUSE 4
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1492 FAILURES REPORTED SINCE 1/1/84 INCLUDING GE, CUTLER HAMMER, ITE, G0ULD AND SQUARE D.
MOST OF THESE REPORTS PERTAINED TO MINOR MECHANICAL ADJUSTMENTS, i
DIRTY CONTACTS, LOOSE CONNECTIONS AND GENERAL MAINTENANCE. THESE FAILURE-MODES WERE SCREENED FROM FURTHER REVIEW AS WERE FAILURES REQUIRING REPLACEMENT OF BREAKER SUBCOMPONENTS SUCH AS CONTACTS TERMINAL BLOCKS, RELAYS, ETC.
ALSO SCREENED WERE FAILURES IN ASSOCIATED CONTROL CIRCUlTRY TO INDICATING LIGHTS, HANDSWITCHES, ETC.
64 0F THESE WERE CATASTROPHIC FAILURES REQUIRING REPLACEMENT OF THE ENTIRE I
BREAKER APPROXIMATELY 1/2 0F THESE WERE IDENTIFIED AS AGE RELATED FAILURES APR0XIMATELY 1/2 TO 2/3 WERE DISCOVERED DURING
$HUTDOWN CONDITIONS THROUGH NORMAL MAINTENANCE 3 FAILE0 BREAKERS MATCHED MODELS CITED IN IN 88 46 (TWO GE MODEL AK 2 AND ONE ITE MODEL EF) lyMMARY i
l NO DISCERNABLE TRENDS IN PROBLEMS REPORTED REGARDING ANY SPECIFIC MAKE OR MODEL l
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NOTE: TO LIMIT OUR FAILURE REPORT SAMPLE TO A MANAGABLE SIZE, WE ELECTED TO INCLUDE ONE OF EITHER GE OR WEST}NGHOUSE'IN OUR SORT, NOT BOTH.
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William Cavanaugh !!!
Chairman President and Chief Executive Officer System Energy Resources, Inc.
Silas B. Fisher.
Vice President - Nuclear Contract Area Tennessee Valley Authority Raymond J. Hardwick, Jr.
. Manager, Corporate Quality Assurance Virginia Power James E. Huston.
Director of Quality Assurante & Vice Presider.t l
$ tone & Webster Engineering Corporation
- Charles W. Jackson l
Technical-Consultant Consolidated Edison of New York Inc.
Thomas J. Jordan.
Nuclear. Assurance South Texas Project Construction Houston Lighting & Power Company Ri Patrick Mcdonald Executive Vice President
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L Nuclear Generation-Alabama Power Company and--
Executive Vice President Nuclear Operations I
Georgia Power Company
- Theodore C. McNeekin Chief Electrical Engineer Duke Power Company L
Gianfra'nco (Franco) Rigamonti l
Manager. Power Engineering i
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