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Responds to Re Use of Rockbestos Co Cable at Facility.Vendor Stated in Writing That Cable Fully Suitable for safety-related Use
ML20087F561
Person / Time
Site: Beaver Valley
Issue date: 03/06/1984
From: Woolever E
DUQUESNE LIGHT CO.
To: Potapovs U
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
References
2NRC-4-023, 2NRC-4-23, NUDOCS 8403190152
Download: ML20087F561 (2)


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a 2NRC-4-023 (412) 787 - 5141 Telecopy Nuclear Contruccon DMalon March 6, 1984 Robinson Pfama, Building 2, Suite 210 Pittsburgh, PA 15205

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ATTENTION:

Mr. Uldis Potapovs Chief Vendor Program Branch

SUBJECT:

Beaver Valley Power Station - Unit No. 2 Do cke t No. 50-412 Rockbes tos Company Cable for Use at Beaver Valley Unit 2 Gentlemen:

This le t te r is in response to your January 23, 1984 letter to our Mr. E. F. Kurtz, Manager of Regulatory Af fairs,

which referenced a January 12, 1984, telephone convers ation between Mr. V. Thomas of the NRC staf f and Mr. W. Provencher of Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation (SWEC).

Your statement in the January 23 letter that " cab le procured from the Rockbestos Company for Beaver Valley Unit 2 required only to comp'.y with ICEA Standard Tes t Values" was is incorrect in its scope.

The January 12, 1984 telephone correersation between Mr. Provencher and Mr. Thomas specifically concerned Purchase Orde r No. 2BV-816A for 600 Volt Shielded Control Cable and the Accelerated Water Absorption Test, Electrical Method (EM-

60) as desc ribed in ICEA S-66-524, Sect ion 6.6. 2.

Per the s peci fication for 2BV-816A, the vendor was only required to meet or exceed the ICEA requirement s for the EM-60 t es t.

Specifically, this includes a stability factor af ter 14 days.

of 1.0 (maximum).

The vendor, however, guaranteed a stabil-ity facto r after 14 days of 0.5 in his bid proposal.

Some c ab les on the 2BV-816A order were found to have a ' s t ab i lity f acto r after 14 days of 0.6.

SWEC reviewed this deviction from the vendor's guarantee at the time it was discovere1 and concluded that a value of 0.6 for the stability factor'after

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Rockbes tos, at that time, also stated in writing that they b elieved this cab le was fully suit ab le fo r safety related u se.

DUQUESNE LIGHT COMPANY q_('.o;~te By Fo= E 3.W4-E. J. Woolever Vice President SDH/wjs cc:

FRC Document Control Desk Mr. G. Walton, NRC Res ident Ins pe ct o r Ms. L. Lazo, Project Manager

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