ML20062K099
| ML20062K099 | |
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| Site: | Haddam Neck File:Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Co icon.png |
| Issue date: | 10/07/1980 |
| From: | Eisenhut D Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Counsil W CONNECTICUT YANKEE ATOMIC POWER CO. |
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| Download: ML20062K099 (5) | |
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Mr. W. G. Counsil, Vice President Wuclear Engineering and Operations Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company Post Office Box 270 Hartford, Connecticut 06101
Dear Mr. Counsil:
SUBJECT:
FIRE PROTECTION PROGRAM FOR HADDAM NECK As you are aware, on May 29, 1980 the Comission published for coment a proposed Section 50.48 and Appendix R to 10 CFR Part 50, concerning fire protection, which would set forth the minimum acceptable fire protection requirements necessary to resolve contested areas of concern for nuclear power plants operating prior to January 1,1979.
We have reviewed all the information you have provided to date regarding your fire protection program. Several of the open items indicated in our Fire Protection Safety Evaluation (FPSE) issued October 3,1978 (License Amendment No. 53) remain unresolved. Our position on modifications that would have to be made at your facility to resolve these open items, in a manner that would meet the requirements of the proposed Appendix R, is contained in the enclosure to this letter.
As indicated in Section 3.2.1 of the FPSE and the enclosure to this letter, our evaluation concludes that alternative shutdcwn capability for certain areas of your plant would provide an acceptable resolution for safe shutdown concerns in the event of a fire in those areas. This determination is based solely upon our fire protection review. However, other aspects of 3 0ur facility currently under review in the SEP may impose additional requirements for shutdown capability of l
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. October 7,1980 your facility. You also should be aware that the proposed rule on fire protection would require you to submit your plans and schedules for inple-menting the instellation of the dedicated shutdown system or alternate shut-down capability by November 1,1980. Although there is no effective rule in place at the present time, we believe it is prudent to anticipate a short deadline and, therefore, rsquest that you provide your proposed plans and schedules for the alternate shutdown capability by November 1,1980.
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Enclosure:
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g Mr. W. G. Counsil October 7,1980 CC Day, Berry & Howard U. S. Environmental Protection Counselors at Law Agency One Constitution Plaza Region I Office Hartford, Connecticut 06103 ATTN: EIS C0ORDINATOR i
JFK Federal Building Superintendent Boston, Massachusetts 02203 Haddam Neck Plant RFD #1 Resident Inspector Post Office Box 127E Haddam Neck Nuclear Power Station East Haapton, Connecticut 06424 c/o U. S. NRC East Haddam Post Office Mr. Jages R. Hi velwright East Haddam, Connecticut 06423 Northeast Utilities Service Company P. O. Box 270 Hartford, Connecticut 06101 Russell Library 119 Broad Street Middletown, Connecticut 06457 Board of Selectmen Town Hall Haddam, Connecticut 06103 Connecticut Energy Agency ATTN: Assistant Director Research and Policy Development Department of Planning and Energy Policy 20 Grand Street Hartford, Connecticut 06106 Director, Technical Assessment Division
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3.1.13 Reactor Coolant Pump Oil Collection _ System In the Safety Ehaluation Report, it was our concern that the proposed reactor coolant pump oil collectioil system may not provide an ad-quate leval of protection during an SSE.
By letters dated April 11, 1979, October 9,1979, and May 29, 1930 the licensee provided the design description of their proposed oil collection system.
The licensee's proposed oil collection system is not seismically qualified
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and, therefore, may not p'rovide the oil collection capability in the event of an SSE.
I The licensee should provide protection from RCP lube oil fires as required by that section of the new Appendix R to 10 CFR 50
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which deals with RCP luba oil collection systems and RCP lube fires.
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7 The Maddam Neck Fire Protect ion Safety Evaluation Report, states that the licensee has proposed to provide an alternate means to safely shutdown 1
the plant, which is indcpendent of areas where redundant systems i ould he das ged by the fire. These areas include the control. room, swit chgcar room, cable spreading room primary auxiliary building l cable _ vaults and cort airaaent.
TheSIRalsostaterthatthelicensee'salternateshutdownsystemchalua-tina cod desi Program (SEP)gn has been incorporated into.the Systematic Evaluation and that a submittal schedule is presently under deselopment.
However, no information regarding this modification or schedule has been received. Subsequently, the NRC has issued a proposed change to 10 CFR R
Part 50 that would require such modifications to be completed by a specitic date.
To meet our fire protection guidelines,~ alternatihe shutdown capability should be provided when safe shutdown cannot be ensured by fire barriers and detection and suppressien systems because of the exposure of redundant safe shutdown equipment, cabling or components in a single. fire area to an exposure fire,; fire suppri ssion activities, rupture or inadvert nt
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'M tsiation of fire suppre sion systems. To meet Section III Pa agraph G of proposed Appendix R t o 10 CFR Part 50,' the licensee should p ovide d1ternative shutdown capability for the folleuing areas of the lant:
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(5) Cable vault (6) Containment The alternative shutdown rystem should meet the requirements of Section 111, Paragraph L of proposed Appendix R to 10 CFR Part 60. A c. :nplete description of modifications praviding alternative shutdown car.bility should be received by the HRC by November 1, 1980. The modific tions should be installed by December 1, 1981.
6.0 Administiative Controls - Fire Crigade_
In the Hadda:n Ne:k Fire Protection Safety Evaluation Report, it was our concern that the licensee's. fire brigade was not sized, drilled. and trained sufficiently to 1.rovide assurance that the ranual fire 'uppression ctrability would he adequat e.
By letter dated Sept e;.'s r 27, 1979, the licensee provided a doi:ument entitled ".lustif ication f or Three-Man Fire Brigade." The licen<ee con-cludes that a threc-man fire brigade can adequately extinguish or control any fire to assure safe plant operation,~ achieve safe shutdown, and min br.ize radioactive release to the environment.
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dated July ll,1979, the licensee proposed.to preside annual ekssroom training ind quarterly drills. Hoviever', the licer.see concludes that ensuring all brigade maters participate in one drill per quarter is not 8-x necessary to ensure an effeetIve fire brigade response.
In our letter dated Sepicmber 7,1979, we pr vided the licensee our report entitled "fvaluation of Minimum Fire Brigade Shif t Size" (dated.
June 8, 1973) in which we conclude all operating plant. sites si. auld have an uisite fire L rigade shift,coaplement of at least five train.d persons.
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,4 In addition, we provided our position regarding fire brigade tr tining and drills which conclude that classroom training and drills should be held Q;
every 3 months for all fire tirigade members.
%@ f The fire brigade size and training program should meet the requirements
$f of Section 111, Paragraphs H and I of theiproposed Appendix R to 10 CFR i
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