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Responds to Info Request Made During 900802 Meeting Re Inadvertent Safety Injections on 900726 & 30 & Results of 100% Power Plateau Testing
ML20059A583
Person / Time
Site: Comanche Peak  Luminant icon.png
Issue date: 08/04/1990
From: William Cahill
TEXAS UTILITIES ELECTRIC CO. (TU ELECTRIC)
To: Martin R
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
References
TXX-90283, NUDOCS 9008230119
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August 4, 1990 a Weise J. Cats, Jr. s n= = a.ne. Mr. R. D. Martin. t U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission , Region IV-

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COMANCHEPEAKSTEAMELECTRICSTATION(CPSES) DOCKET No. S0-445 l o RESPONSE TO INFORMATION REQUEST MADE DURING THE AUGUST 2, 1990 PUBLIC MEETING

Dear Mr. Martin:

On Aagust 2 1990 the imt cuaducted a Public Meetf 1 at CPSES to discuss the l inadvertent safety injection events which occurrec on July 26 and. July 30, 1990, and the results of'100% power platsau. testing. As a result of the discussions of the safety injection events, NRC representatives requested that. 1 TU Electric submit in-writing the results of its ongoing assessments of three , specific topics .at least 24. hours prior to entering Mode 3. . The three topics. were: 1) the adequacy of installed emergency lighting with respect to regulatory and design requirements and.any actions necessary to establish complianr:e with those requirements; 2) the operability and reliability.of. Steam Generator Atmospheric Relief Valves (ARVs) and short term and/or long term , actions that will-be taken to address lany findings in this' area; and 3) t n pott.ntial personnel safety. hazards identified during the events including

  • capability to evacuate personnel from containment and observed steam blowback during ART actuation.

L T .TU Electric has completed its assessments of each-of these topics with the-l, following results, i L'

                            -1.        F"*rnancy Lichtine Adecuacy The lighting system at CPSES cotisists of three subsystems; normal                                           ,

h, > . l lighting, which is powered from power supplies which are shed on a safety

    *"                              tinjection er loss of offsite power; essential lighting, powered from yttal buses.which are automatically restored following a safety injection or loss of offsite power; and DC emergency lighting, which is powered from dedicated battery packs. Sufficient essential lighting is provided to assure that upon loss of normal lighting operators can perform essential
            ,                         functions as required. The emergency lighting in each area serviced                                          .
                                    ' senses power availability to the essential lighting and comes on when 1

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L; m w ;, , M: _.;=+ Page 2 of 4 L Our review of the _ design and installation of. these lighting subsystems 1 demonstrated that O,ey conform to existing regulatory and design , l ,- requirementt 'and TU Electric commitments. , s During tho' safety injection events of July 26 and 30, it was noted that 1 certain essential! lights were not energized and that the associated DC p '~ emergency lights did-not come on. Investigation of.this condition: ' reveeld that power was available to;the essential'11ghts, but that the  ; lights had been turned off via local switenes. Becaus. m er.was .; i_ - available to the essential lights, the emergency lights did not come on. ' To address' this situation.in the longer ters, a design modification ~1s-being processed to remove the local switches for the essential. lights as-appropriate. Until. such time that this modification is fully implemented, , plant operators.have been instructed to assure that essential lighting is  ! left on. ' 2, ARV Ocarability and Reliabilit/ ' Review of the circunstances surrounding the malfunction of the ARV on the- ' Mo. 3 Storm Ge.terate,r on July 30, 1990 determined that the most probable ' cause was water ace,umulation on the upstream side of

  • valve. This determinatior:has received preliminary concurrence ' the valve vendor.

The bases for this: determination include the follo.

                            -a.      The ARV stcoked acceptably during the p n ascension test program,
b. Th m were no outstanding-work requests at the time of the-malfva.: tion which documented conditions which could have contributed to the obierved behavior.
c. There had been no work performed on the valve subsequent to its last successful stroke that could have contributed to its observed behavior,
d. The Main Steam Isolation Valve (MSIV), the ARV, and the steam line drains on the No. 3 Steam Generator had been closed for at least 15 hours prior to the event. This allowed significant condensate to -

collect in the steam line. 1

a. When the ARV actuated, a significant quantity of water was observed coming out of the valve vent stack inlet as well as its outlet.
       +                    f.      The observed. valve behavior was consistent with an accumulation of               I water on.the upstream side of the valve. With water pressent on the               I
                                   . upstream side of the valve, initial opening of the internal pilot                l valve would have allowed only e small quantity of fluid ~ to be passed 1

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through the valve. This would not result in.any.si "

                                      . decrease in differential pressure across the valve.gnificant:   . Since the             ,

differential pressure across the valve opposes valve opening force,  ; valve opening.would-have been delayed. This, in turn,-caused the

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valve actuator.to app .an increasing opening force on the valve-

    ,                                  disk. As additional; uid passed through the valve and flashed to-                        :
                                      . steam in the valve discharge,:a backpressure developed,' reducing the                   -

difforential pressure across.the valve and resulting in a greater not valve opening force. Eventually,,the force imbalance resulted  : in sudden valve opening and rapid reduction in steam line pressure. l

g. Subsequent to the event, the valve was successfully stroked.without indication of erratic behaviar, i
h. Subsequent to the event, the valve and actuator were disassembled in  :

the presence of the valve vendor. No evidence of valve damage or . wear was observed which would have contributed to the behavior l observed during the event. Proper stroking of the valve will be l Verified prior to Mode 2 during plant restart. , To prevent recurrence of the conditions leading to this event, plant. procedures are being revised to require periodic draining of the steam-lines under similar plant conditions. In addition, a review'of operations in Modes'3 and 4 is being conducted to detemine if other longer term actions are appropriate.

3. potential personnel Safety concerns The review of personnel safety concerns related to perscanal evacuation-  !

from containment has determined that personnel could have been evacuated ' within 20 minutes through either the Normal or Emergency Air Locks, o Testing on. August 3,1990 verified:that containment lighting following a safety injection;(SI) is adequate for personnel egress. P1 ant -Operations made a conscious decision, in comunication and agreement with:those individuals'inside containment, not to evacuate since they knew what 1 caused the'SI and expected the event:to be concluded quickly with normal power restored. The personnel in containment were not-in any cistress and they had no immediate concerns regarding their safety. ; Our assessment' of the conditions associated with the. events did identify; that at least one individual in containment did understand how to operate the Emergency-Air Lock. However, a number of individuals did not fully. understand this operation. As a result, job aids on how to use,the Normal and. Emergency Air Locks.are being developed 'o place near the Additionally, we are continuing to evaluate whether vital powe? locks. r should be j provided to the hydraulic operating system on the Normal Air Lock. Prior to startup the-Emergency Operating Procedures will be revised to provide l additional direction:on the' expeditious removal of personnel from i containment ' 1 E

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                                             ' designed to pass' steam and normally would not contain water.~ .The presence?

of. water restricted flow through the vent, contributing:to the blowback.  : This is confirmed by the absence of: blowback during previous valve operations.. The actions described above to. reduce the accumulation of-condensate in the steam lines will minimize the potential for future 3 blowback. Blowback would.not nonaally represent a personnel safety; hazard, as during plant operation,- the area is not occupied and the only: personnel in this ' area would be watch standers making periodic rounds. It was recognized some time.ago that manual' closure of an ARY would expose the~individuali As a' result, th. operating the valve to adverse environmental- conditions. e ARV block valves are located outside the ARY room. : Plant procedures en being modified to reinforce the'use of the block valve. instead of trying to close' the ARV at the ARV itself.

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                                    . Based on the results of our assessments and the actions.taken as described above, we have concluded that these-issues have been addressed sufficiently.

.g, such that-plant startup may proceed safely. If you have any questions on- these matters, pleast contact me. Sincerely,

                                                                                                                                           /1 William-J. Cahill, 'Jr.
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TV Electric ATTN: W. J. Cahill, Jr., Executive Vice President, Nuclear i Skyway Tower 400 North Olive Street, L.B. 81 j Dallas. Texas 75201 l Gentlemen: This' refers to the technical maeting conducted at Region IV's request at the . CNnanche Peak Steam Electric Station (CPSES) engineering building on August 2, I 1090. This meeting, which was open to put ic observation, related to activities. R authorized by NRC License No. NPF-87 for CPSES, Unit 1, and was attended by those'on the enclosed: Attendance List.

          ,      The subjects discussed at this meeting are' described in the enclosed Meeting Sumary. As noted in that sumary, your letter of August 4,1990, which described actions completed or planned prior to restart of Unit 1, was reviewed by representatives of NRC Region IV and the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation-(NRR). As discussed with Mr. W. G. Guldemond of your staff on             n August 4,1990, actions described in that letter were viewed as appropriate for       J restart of the unit.

1 It is our opinion that this meeting ~was beneficial and has provided a better j understanding of the. events and issues presented.. In accordance with Section 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," Part 2, Title 10, Code of ~ , l Federal Regulations, a copy of this letter will be placed in the NRC's Public Document Room. L Should you have any. questions concerning this matter, we will be pleased to L discuss them with you. Sincerely. 1 l OddnalSigned By-Thomas P.Gwynn i I L L Samuel J. Collins, Director  ; l' Division of Reactor Projects L

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                              - Da11a's, Texas. 75224 GDS Associates, Inc;                               '

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                                                                                                                                                                               ;l MEETING 

SUMMARY

Licensee: TV Electric-n L Facility:: CPSES, Unit 1

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License No.: NPF-87 . [ Docket No.: 50-445 ,

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Subject:

Technical Meeting Open to Public Observation

                                .On August 2,1990, representatives of TV Electric Corporation presented to RIV                                                         '

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                                . personnel at the site, technical. issues pertaining to safety injection events
                                -which occurred on July 26 and 30, 1990, and the results of the 100 percent'                                           /                           -l
power. plateau startup testing. This meeting also included discussionscof ~E f i

_ personnel and equipment response to the events MSIY design-features,'. and ' '[ ' corrective. action for clearance tag-out problems. . s' The-license'e stated that they were still evaluating emergenr.y lighting design'

                               , adequacy, the atmospheric relief valves (ARV) failure m:!chanism, and other:                                                                 tO 1                                ? aspects of the July 30 event. At the conclusion of the meeting, the'11censee committed to submit a letter concerning three specific topics to the NRCl                                                     l'
24 hours before entering Mode 3.: The letter was'to address the results of the 4 , R
  ,                               review and planned corrective actions, if required, concerning matters related                                                                            ;

to emergency lighting operations-of the ARV,,and personnel safety , considerations for t ' containment air' lock and ARV vent stack, , , , ,j 1

                                ;0n1 August 4, represen 4tives of Region ~ IV and NRR reviewed the< letter (copy attached): submitted by the: licensee pertaining to ther actions taken prior:to                                                                           ,

1- restart of the plant.- The actions described were viewed as appropritite for- j W restart of CPSES, Unit 1.- - a km A copy lof the ifcensm's presentation material is t:nclosed. s P  : Attachments-(NRC distribution only)* .

1. Licensee Presentation  !. .

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2. AugustL4,1990, Letter (TXX-90283) j l
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