ML20126C437

Informs That Info Provided in ,In Response to NRC 920807 Request for Info Acceptable.Further Actions W/Regards to Matter Will Be Pursued Through Routine Insp Activities

ML20126C437
Person / Time
Site:	FitzPatrick
Issue date:	12/17/1992
From:	Hehl C NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:	Harry Salmon POWER AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (NEW YORK
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NUDOCS 9212230066
Download: ML20126C437 (3)

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, OEC 171992 Docket No. 50-333 Mr. Harry P. Salmon, Jr.

Resident Manager New York Power Authority James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant Post Office Box 41-Lycoming, New ork 13093

Dear Mr. Salmon:

This letter acknowledges receipt of your letter dated September 4,1992, regarding our request.

for information dated August 7,1992.

Thank you for your prompt attention to our request. The information you provided has been reviewed by my staff and_has been determined to be acceptable. .Any further actions with regards to this matter will be pursued through routine inspection activities _

Your cooperation with us is appreciated.

Sincerely,

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Charles W - Hehl,-Director -

. Division of Reactor Projects

Enclosure:

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l _ SUBJ ECT : James A. TitzPatrick Huclear Power Plant

Docket No. 50-333 j Responso'to NRC _ Letter of Allegatien. to Mr. Harry P, Salmon. Jr., dated August 7, 1992 i

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Dear Sir:

i j On August 10, 1992, the New York Power Authority.(NYPA) received the above subject letter, requesting our review and disposition within 30 days of the allegation that some of our fire protection

! systems (sprinkler systems) have been installed by-plumbers and-l pipetitters who were not specifically trained and qualified in

sprinkler system installation.

[ NYPA has reviewed the Attachment i listing of the fire protection codes and standards from the James A. FitzPatrick Final Safety _

) Analysis Report. This includes those portaining to training and qualification of personnel involved in installation and

{ maintenance of the systems. The primary; codes and standards i portaining to the installation and maintenance are.NFPA 13,__

Sprinkler System Installation; ASME Section IX; ANSI B31.1, Power l

l Piping; and American Welding Society ~(AWS) Codes D1.1 and D10.9.

i j During the present outage, only two modifications involving i installation of sprinklers within the power-block were performed-i at the James-A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant, M1-91-205, l Battery Corridor Suppression System, and F1-92-109, Cable Tunnel Fire Protection.

To date, all mechanical work acsociated with the installation of piping-for the subject modifications has'been performed by

[ journeyman and apprentico sprinkler fitters represented by:

l Road Sprinkler Fitters Local Union No. 669, Landover,

Mr.ryla nd , of the United Association of Journeyman and-Auprentices of the Plumbing and Piperitting Industry of the United States and Canada l ,

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RESPONSE TO HRC LETTER OF ALLEGATION JAFP 0635 TO MR, HARRY P. SALMON, Page QAIED AUGUST 7. 1992 I

sprinkler Fitters are skilled in the follouing areas:

J Installation of overhead piping Installation of system control valvet Installation of control devices and i i u ms Installation of supply system Repair and remodeling work NYPA Construction Services does not employ plumbers to l install modifications.

Cer inkler Fitter Welders aro certified to ASME Section IX and AWS D1.1 in accordance vith the JAF Site Welding Program. NFPA 13 references AWS D10.9 Quality Level AR-3; this level'of quality-was attained by use of the JAF Site Welding Program. Also, pipefitters, although they did not work on the subject modifications, are also certified to the above ASME Section IX and AWS D1.1 codes.

Additionally, Quality Assurance provisions have been established for the design, procurement, installation, testing, and administrative controls of fire? protection within the plant.

Activities related to fire protection are performed in accordance with the quality assurance requirements of Appendix A to-BTP 9.5-I within the applicable provision of the-Quality Assurance Program predicated on Appendix B to 10 CFR 50.

Therefore, based on the above, NYPA believes that we have met our commitments pertaining to installation and maintenance of the fire protection-sprinkler systers. -

This response contains no personal privacy, proprietary, or-safeguards information and can be-released-to the-public and -

.placed in the NRC Public Document-Room.

Should you have additional questions on the above, please contact us.

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ATTACHMENT 1 The, equipment and systems are inspected and tested upon

installation in accordance with the following Standards of the tutional Fire Protection Association and the recommendations and requirements of the American Nuclear Insurers.

e NFPA 1201 -

Organization for Firo Services NFPA 6 -

Industrial Fire Loss Provention

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Management of Firo Emergencies NFPA 10 - Portablo Fire Extinguishers NFPA 11 - Foam Extinguishing System NFPA 12 - Carbon Dioxido System I NFPA 13 -

Sprinkler System Installation NFPA 14 -

Standpipe and Hose Systems NFPA 15 -

Water Spr,ay Fixed Systems NFPA 19B -

Respiratory Protectivo Equipment for Firefighters NFPA 20 -

Centrifugal Firo Pumps NFPA 24 -

Outside Protection NFPA 26 -

Supervision of Water Supply Valves NFPA 27 -

Private Firo Brigades NFPA 30 -

Flammable and Combustible Liquids Code NFPA 49 -

Hazardous Chemicals Data NFPA SOA -

Gascous Hydrogen Systems 4

NFPA 51B -

Cutting and Welding Process NFPA 70 -

National Electric Code NFPA 72D -

Proprietary Signaling Systems NFPA 72E -

Automatic Fire Detectors NFPA 78 -

Lightning Protection Codo NFPA 80 -

Fire Doors and Windows NFPA 196 -

Fire Hose

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Fire Tests, Building Construction and Materials Fire Protection Handbook (NFPA) -

XIV edition Underwriter's Laboratories, Inc. -

Fire Protection Equipment List American Society for Testing and Materials -

Material Designation ANSI Standard B31.1 Power Piping American Society of Mechanical Engineers -

Unfired Pressure Vessel Code - VIII Factory Mutual Approval Guide Appendix A -

APCSB 9.5-1 4

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475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Office of the Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 136 Lycoming, NY 13093 Mr. Brian C. McCabe Project Directorate I-1 Division of Reactor Projects - I/II U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop 14 B2 Washington, DC 20555 l

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