ML20055G338

Advises of Closure of Review of Generic Ltr 83-28,Item 2.2.2 Re Vendor Interface for safety-related Components

ML20055G338
Person / Time
Site:	Sequoyah
Issue date:	07/18/1990
From:	Hebdon F Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Kingsley O Tennessee Valley Authority
References
GL-83-028, TAC-53716, TAC-53717 NUDOCS 9007230069
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Mr. Oliver D. Kingsley, Jr.

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SUBJECT:

GENERIC LETTER 83-28,) ITEM 2.2.2, VENDOR INTERFACE FOR SAFETY-R CCMPONENTS(MPAB-086 (TACNOS. 53716/53717) - SEQUOYAH NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 By letter dated July 8, 1983, the NRC staff issued Generic Letter (GL) 83-28,

" Required Actions Based on Generic Implications of Salem ATWS Events." This GL addressed actions to be taken which assured that a con.prehensive program 1

of preventative maintenance and surveillance testing is implemented for reactor trip t'reakers (RTB).

Item 2.2 of GL 83-28 " Equipment Classification and VendorInterface-(ProgramsFcrAllSafety-RelatedComponents),"addressesthe programs for assuring that (1). all corponents necessary for accomplishing required safety-related functions are properly identified in' documents, procedures, and inforn.ation handling systems that are used to control safety-related plant activities (Item 2.2.1.) and (2) vendor information for safety-related conponents iscomplete, current,andcontrolled(Item 2.2.2.).

The staff's Safety Evaluation eccepting your programs for Sequoyah for Item 2.2.1 was issued in its letter dated June 1, 1989.

For Item 2.1.2, you have submitted information on the vendor interface for safety-related conponents at Sequoyah in letters dated May 31, 1985 and

February 7,1990..In the latter letter, you stated that a corporate standard will-be written describing the vendor manual control progran to standardize the site activities and functions related to vendor information on safety-related components. Thestandardwill.(1)incorporatetheguidanceinNUTAC/VETIP (INP0 84-010)

INP0 Good Practice 87-009, and the guidance provided in NRC letter dated February 11,1987,and-(2)beissuedbyJuly 31, 1990.

The staff has recently issued GL 90-03, "Pelaxation of Staff Position In Generic Letter 83-28, Item 2.2 Part 2, Venoor Interface For Safety-Related Components," dated March 20, 1990. The GL concluded that an acceptable vendor interface program for safety-related con.ponents should include the following:

(1) a program with the applicable nuclear steam supply system (NSSS) vendor as described in VETIP for NSSS safety-related componants and (2) a program of periodic contacts with the other vendors of other Pey safety-related components.

The GL requested that you have the current vendor interface programs at Sequoyah E

reviewed and modified as necessary to assure that these interface elen:ents are met. You were requested to reply to the GL within 180 days of receipt of the GL.

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This letter. closos out the' staff's review of your -letters in response to Item "1

2.2.2 of GL 83 28 and the TAC Nos. 53716 for Unit-l'and 53717 for Unit 2.

The staff's review of your implementation of the requirements of Item 2.2.2 will be-

- done through a review of your response to GL 90-03. _The~ implementation at Sequoyah of, TAC Nos.- 53716' and 53717 will only be associated with the:

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Mr. 011ver D; Kingsley, Jr. 1 CC' Mr. *rvin Runyon, Chairman Mr. Joseph Bynum, Acting site Director-Tennessee Valley Authority Sequoyah Nuclear Plant ET 12A 7A Tennessee Valley Authority 400 West Sumit Hill Drive P. O. Box 2000 Knoxville, Tennessee 37902 Soddy Daisy, Tennessee 37379 Director Mr. Mark J. Burzynski Tennessee Valley Authority Site Licensing Managtr ET 12A 11A Sequoyah Nuclear Plant 400 West Sumit Hill Drive P. O. Box 2000 l

Knoxville, Tennessee 37902 Soddy Daisy, Tennessee 37379 Mr. John B. Waters, Director County Judge l

Tennessee Valley Authority Hamilton County Courthouse ET 12A 9A Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402 400 West Sumit Hill Drive Knoxville, Tennessee 37902 Regional Administrator, Region II U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission Mr. W. F. Willis 101 Marietta Street, N.W.

Chief Operating Officer Atlanta, Georgia 30323 ET 12B 16B 400 West Sumit Hill Drive Mr. Paul E. Harmon Knoxville, Tennessee 37902 Senior Resident Inspector Sequoyah Nuclear Plant General Counsel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission a

Tennessee Valley Authority 2600 Igou Ferry Road i

400 West Summit Hill Drive Soddy Daisy, Tennessee 37379 ET llB 33H Knexville, Tennessee 37902 Mr. Michael H. Mobley, Director i

Division of Radiological Health Mr. Dwight Nunn T.E.R.R.A. Building. 6th Floor Vice President, Nuclear Engineering 150 9th-Avenue North Tennessee-Valley Authority Nashville, Tennessee' 37219-5404 a

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Vice. President and Nuclear Rockville, Maryland 20852 Technical Director Tennessee Valley Authority 6N 38A Lookout Place Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402-2801 Mr. Edward G. Wallace Manager, Nuclear Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Tennessee Valley Authority SN 157B Lookout Place Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402-2801 m