IR 05000458/1985039

Insp Rept 50-458/85-39 on 850520-25.No Violation or Deviation Noted.Major Areas Inspected:Preoperational Test Performance & Results & Licensee Actions on Previous Insp Findings & 10CFR50.55(e) Items

ML20127K736
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Site:	River Bend
Issue date:	06/20/1985
From:	Craig Harbuck, Jaudon J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
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APPENDIX U. S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION IV

NRC Inspection Report: 50-458/85-39 Construction Permit: CPPR-145 Docket: 50-458 Licensee: Gulf States Utilities P. O. Box 2951 Beaumont, Texas 77704 Facility Name: River Bend Station Inspection At: St. Francisville, Louisiana Inspection Conducted: May 20-25, 1985

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Inspector: , 44/ /M A 6 Har Date actor;6uck Pr ect Reactor BranchIhspector, 1 Project Section A Approved: h /s ,2J /J J / P.[Jaud , Chief, Project Section A, Reactor Datb Pdojec6-Br nch 1

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Inspection Summary

' Inspection Conducted May 20-25, 1985 (Report 50-458/85-39)

Areas Inspected: Routine, unannounced inspection of preoperational test performance, preoperational test results, licensee actions concerning previous inspection findings, and the corrective action taken for deficiencies previously reported pursuant to 10 CFR Part 50.55(e).

The inspection involved 58 inspector-hours onsite by one NRC inspecto Results: Within the four areas inspected, no violations or deviations were identifie PDR ADOCK 05000458 G PDR

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DETAILS'

1. Persons Contacted Gulf' States Utilities

T. C. Crouse, Manager, Quality Assurance J. D. Davis, Supervisor, Quality Assurance Engineering L. A. England, Supervisor, Nuclear Licensing P. E. Freehill, Superintendent, Startup and Test K. J. Giadrosich, Operations Quality Assurance Engineer G. V. King, Plant Services Supervisor D. J. Krueger, Supervisor,_ Engineering Administration T. W. Overlid, Process Systems Supervisor T. F. Plunkett, Plant Manager J. E. Spivey, Operations Quality Assurance Engineer R. B. Stafford, Director Quality Services P. F. Tomlinson, Director Operations Quality Assurance Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation B. R. Hall, Assistant Superintendent, Field Quality Control H. E. Stubbs, Supervisor, Field Quality Control W. T. Tucker, Assistant to Superintendent of Engineering All of the persons listed above were present at the exit meeting on May 24, 1985. In addition to these, other licensee personnel were contacted in the areas of startup and test, quality assurance, and licensin . Licensee Actions on Previous Inspection Findings (Closed) Deviation (8438-01) Failure to meet FSAR commitments for standby diesel generator preoperational testing. The two commitments from FSAR Section 14.2.12.1.36 were:

(1) Paragraph performance of two tests specified in paragraphs 3.d and 3.e (automatic starting and loading)

within 5 minutes after completion of the 24-hour load tes The FSAR indicates that the actual Emergency Core Cooling System (ECCS) loading sequence will be used to load the diesel for this tes Contrary to this, the licensee stated, in their January 28, 1985, letter of response to the NRC, that a more conservative test had been performed in that, once in parallel with the grid, the diesel was loaded at a faster rate than the ECCS loading sequenc The NRC inspector therefore concluded that this FSAR commitment appeared to have been satisfie ~ . . ~. ~ .. . .-.- - . . - - - - - .. - . - .- .-

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-3-(2) Paragraph 3.1 - demonstration that the capability of the diesel generator to supply standby power within the required time is not impaired during periodic surveillance testin The licensee responded to this commitment by issuing two-procedures, SST-24-1 and SST-24-2, which specifically performed this test, for each standby diese The NRC inspector reviewed the procedures and concluded that they appeared to satisfy this FSAR commitmen Corrective action.to-avoid further deviations in this area consisted of comparing all FSAR preoperational test commitments against all licensee preoperational test procedure The adequacy of this review was verified in a previous inspection (50-458/85-13).

This item is considered to be close ; (0 pen) Open Item (8513-01) Standby diesel generator jacket water system / service water system engineering analysi ,

The. licensee committed to perform an engineering analysis of the standby diesel generator cooling systems to ascertain why the nominal jacket water standby temperature could not be maintained at the manufacturer's recommended temperature of around 150*F, and to propose corrective action, if necessar The NRC inspector reviewed a draft of the engineering repor Its conclusions were as follows: .The inability to maintain the jacket water temperature around 150*F when in standby was because of two reasons: (1) When the diesel is in the standby condition, service water is required to be continuously circulating at full . flow through the jacket water cooler. -This is because there are ~ no automatically I

operated isolation valves in the service water. header, either to or from the cooler; and (2) during cold weather the service water

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temperature drops sufficiently to induce convective heat transfer i from the jacket water system to the service water; i.e. natural

{- circulatio As a result of this additional heat loss, even with the i jacket water system electric heaters in continuous operation, the jacket water equilibrium temperature drops to well below 150*F (temperatures of as low as 87*F have been recorded). The report proposed the following solution to this problem: to isolate service

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water to the jacket water cooler during standby conditions by adding  ;

an air operator to an existing butterfly valve in the service water ,

supply to the cooler. The air operator would be designed so that the  !

l valve would fail open. The NRC inspector noted that this solution was general in nature, and that many of the engineering details had yet to be worked ou Therefore, this item will remain open until l

the licensee completes the system alteration and has satisfactorily l tested it.

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The NRC inspector also noted that the engineering report concluded that the inability to maintain the jacket water system at nominal temperatures would not affect the operability of the standby diesels, and is therefore not a safety concer However, in that maintaining the nominal 150 F standby temperature enhances engine reliability, it is the NRC inspector's opinion that the completion of the above system alteration is important to safet No violations or deviations were identified in this area of the inspectio . Preoperational Test Witness The purpose of this part of the inspection was to verify that the licensee was performing preoperational testing in accordance with the approved procedures and regulatory requirement The NRC inspector witnessed portions of the following preoperational tests as noted: PT-508, Reactor Protection System

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• Section 7.16.7, 7.16.15, and 7.16.16; control room trip unit and annunciator logic check * Section 7.17; trip unit time response checks. Many attempts to perform this section were made. None were successful, apparently due to faulty test equipmen PT-502, Rod Control System

• Section 7.11, step 8; test scram of all control rods using the backup scram valves.

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No problems were noted with the conduct of the test No violations or deviations were identified in this area of the inspectio . Preoperational Test Results The purpose of this area of the inspection was to verify that the acceptance criteria for each procedure reviewed had been met and that the licensee had reviewed the procedure and resolved all test exceptions in accordance with the Startup Manual.

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The NRC inspector reviewed the results of the following completed preoperational test procedures:

• 1-PT-309-1, Standby Diesel Generator 1EGS*EG1A

• SST-14, Load Shedding and Sequencing i

• 1-PT-201, High Pressure Core Spray System l

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-5-No problems were note No violations or deviations were identified in this area of the inspectio . Review of the Corrective Actions for Licensee Identified Construction Deficiencies The purpose of this part of the inspection was to determine the adequacy of actions taken by the licensee to correct construction deficiencies identified to the NRC pursuant to the requirements of 10 CFR Part 50.55(e).

The NRC inspector checked the corrective actions along with the supporting documentation for each deficiency for the following attributes:

• That the deficiency was properly determined to be " Reportable";

• That the applicant submitted a written report to the NRC within 30 days as required by 10 CFR Part 50.55(e)(3);

• That the specific hardware deficiency had been corrected such that it no longer exists;

• That adequate permanent corrective action was taken to preclude a repeat of the deficiency in the future;

• That sufficient documentation existed containing a clear description of the deficiency, the causes, an analysis of the safety implications, and what remedial actions were taken; and

• That the final report submitted to the NRC contained sufficient information to permit analysis and evaluation of the deficiency and of the corrective actio The NRC inspector found that the following deficiencies had been dispositioned according to regulatory requirements (outlined by the attributes noted above)l The completion of the corrective action for each deficiency was verified by a review of the supportive documentation and, where possible, a visual inspection of the system repairs or alteration All four deficiencies had been designated by the licensee as " reportable," as defined by 10 CFR Part 50.55(e)(1).

Deficiency Description Initial GSU Final Report of the Notification Report Number Problem Date Letter 270 Out of tolerance gaps between 11-28-84 RBG-20274/02-14-85 the guard pipe and lateral restraints for containment wall nonradial penetration .-

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-6-Deficiency Description Initial GSU Final Report of the Notification Report Number Problem Date Letter 272 Pins for 7 of the 8 spring-can 12-06-84 RBG-20486/03-21-85 nangers supporting the two reactor recirculation pumps were not removed as required during system hot flow tes Potantial failure of the Reactor 12-26-84 RBG-19993/01-25-85 Cort Isolation Cooling pump sucti1n isolation valve to the Condensate Storage Tank could lead to an unmonitored radiological re-leas Seismic analysis for the Iodine 02-27-85 RBG-20818/04-26-85 Removal Charcoal Filter housings invalid due to nonuniform contact between the housing steel bearing channels and their concrete mounting surface These four construction deficiencies are considered close No violations or deviations were noted in this area of the inspectio . Exit Meeting The NRC inspector conducted an exit meeting with the personnel listed in paragraph 1 of this report on May 24, 1985. The NRC senior resident inspector for operations also attende At this meeting the results of the inspection were summarized.