ML20134M944

Forwards Generic Ltr 85-15 Re Deadlines for Compliance W/ 10CFR50.49, Environ Qualification of Electrical Equipment Important to Safety for Nuclear Power Plants, Sent to All Licensees of Operating Reactors on 850809

ML20134M944
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Site:	Hope Creek
Issue date:	08/28/1985
From:	Butler W Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Mittl R Public Service Enterprise Group
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GL-85-15, NUDOCS 8509040354
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1 Docket No. 50-354 AUG 2 81885 Mr. R. L. Mitti, General Manager Nuclear Assurance and Regulation Public Service Electric & Cas Company P.O. Box 570,.T22A Newark, New Jersey 07101

SUBJECT:

INFORMATION RELATING TO THE DEADLINES' FOR COMPLIANCE IIITH 10 CFR 50.49

'"ENVIR0hMENTAL QUALIFICATION OF ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT IMPORTANT TO SAFETY FOR NUCLEAR P0llER PLANTS"

The enclosed Generic Letter 85-15 on Information Relating to the Deadlines for Compliance with.10 CFR 50.49 was sent to all licensees of operating reactors on August 6,1985.

It is being sent to you for information.

Since the current fuel load schedule for Hope Creek is after November 30, 1985, all electrical equipment subject to 10 CFR 50.49 will be required to meet 10 CFR 50.49 prior, to fuel load.

Any concerns relating to the enclosed generic letter should be directed to the Licensing ~ Project Manager, David Wagner (301) _492-8525.

Sincerely, Walter R. Butler, Chief Licensing Branch, No. 2 Division of Licensing

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Docket No. 50-354 AUS 2 81985 Mr. R. L. Mitti, General Manager Nuclear Assurance and Regulation Public Service Electric & Gas Company P.O. Box 570, T22A Ncwcrk, New Jersey 07101

SUBJECT:

INFORMATION RELATING TO THE DEADLINES FOR COMPLIANCE WITH 10 CFR 50.49

" ENVIRONMENTAL QUALIFICATION OF ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT IMPORTANT TO SAFETY FOR NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS" The enclosed Generic Letter 85-15 on Informaticn Relating to the Deadlines for Compliance with 10 CFR 50.49 was sent to all licensees of operating reactors on August 6, 1985.

It is being sent to you for information.

Since the current fuel load schedule for Hope Creek is after November 30, 1985, all electrical equipment subject to 10 CFR 50.49 will be required to meet 10 CFR 50.49 prior to fuel load.

Any concerns relating to the enclosed generic letter should be directed to the Licensing Project Manager, David Wagner (301) 492-8525.

Sincerely, Walter R. Butler, Chief Licensing Branch, No. 2 Division of Licensing

Enclosure:

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p AUG 2 81985 Docket No. 50-354 Mr. R. L. Mitti, General Manager Nuclear Assurance and Regulation Public Service Electric & Gas Company P.O. Box 570~, T22A Newark, New Jersey 07101

SUBJECT:

INFORMATION RELATING TO THE DEADLINES FOR COMPLIANCE WITH 10 CFR 50.49

" ENVIRONMENTAL QUALIFICATION OF ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT IMPORTANT TO SAFETY FOR NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS" The enclosed Generic Letter 85-15 on Information Relating to the Deadlines for Compliance with 10 CFR 50.49 was sent to all licensees of oper& ting reactors on August 6, 1985.

It is being sent to you for information.

Since the current fuel load schedule for Hope Creek is after November 30, 1985, all electrical equipment subject to 10 CFR 50.49 will be required to meet 10 CFR 50.49 prior to fuel load.

Any concerns relating to the enclosed generic letter should be directed to the Licensing Prcject Manager, David Wa5ner (301) 492-8525.

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A Walter R. Butler, Chief Licensing Branch, No. 2 Division of Licensing

Enclosure:

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Hope Creek Generating Station cc:

Gregory hinor Susan C. Remis Richard Hubbard Division of Public Interest Advocacy Dale Bridenbaugh Hew Jersey State Department of NHB Technical Associates the Public Advocate 1723 Hamilton Avenue, Suite K Richard J. Hughes Justice Comples San Jose, California 95125 CN-850 Trenton, New Jersey 08625 Troy B. Conner, Jr. Esquire Office of Legal Counsel Conner & Wetterhahn Department of Natural Resources 1747 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W.

and Environmental Control Washington, D.C.

20006 89 Kings Highway P.O. Box 1401 i

Dover, Delaware 19903 Richard Fryling, Jr., Esquire Mr. K. U. Burrowes, Project Engineer Associate General Solicitor Bechtel Power Corporation Public Service Electric & Gas Company 50 Beale Street P. O. Box 570 T5E P. O. Box 3965 Newark, New Jersey 07101 San Francisco, California 94119 Mr. J. M. Ashley Resioent Inspector Senior Licensing Engineer U.S.N.R.C.

c/o Public Service Electric & Gas Co.

P. 0. Box 241 Bethesda Office Center, Suit 550 Hancocks Bridge, New Jersey 08038 4520 East-West Highway Bethesda, Maryland 20814 Richard F. Engel Deputy Attorney General Mr. A. E. Giardino Division of Law Manager - Quality Assurance E&C Environmental Protection Section Public Service Electric & Gas Co.

Richard J. Hughes Justice Complex P. O. Box A CN-112P Hancocks Bridge, New Jersey 08038 Trenton, New Jersey 08625 Mr. Robert J. Touhey, Mr. Anthony J. Pietrofitta Acting Director General Manager DNREC - Division of Power Production Engineering Environmental Control Atlantic Electric 89 Kings Highway 1199 Black Horse Pike P. O. Box 1401 Pleasantville, New Jersey 08232 Dover, Delaware 19903 Regional Administrator, Region 1 Mr. R. S. Salvesen U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission General Manager-Hope Creek Operation 631 Park Avenue Public Service Electric & Gas Co.

King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 1946 P.O. Box A Hancocks Bridge, New Jersey 08038

Public Service Electric & Gas Co. Hope Creek Generating Station cc:

Mr. B. A. Preston Project Licensing Manager Public Service Electric & Gas Co.

P. O. Box 570 T22A Newark, New Jersey 07101 4

Ms. Rebecca Green New Jersey Bureau of Radiation Protection 380 Scotch Road Trenton, New Jersey 08628 I

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.,E WASHINGTON O C.20555 AUG 6 1985 TO ALL LICENSEES OF OPERATING REACTORS Gentlemen:

SUBJECT:

INFORMATION RELATING TO THE DEADLINES FOR COMPLIANCE WITH 10 CFR 50.49, " ENVIRONMENTAL QUALIFICATION OF ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT IMPORTANT TO SAFETY FOR NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS" (GENERIC LETTER 85-15)

The. deadline for compliance with 10 t.FR 50.49, " Environmental Qualification of Electric Equipment Importsnt to Safety for Nuclear Power Plants" is specified in the rule as the date of the second refueling outage after March 31,1982 or March 31, 1985, whichever was earlier. Some plants have received extensions to these deadlines up to November 30, 1985. Where current extensions tenninate prior to November 30, 1985, the delegation in 10 CFR 50.49(g) pennits tne Director of NRR to act on further requests for extensions as long as the new deadline is not beyond November 30, 1985. Section50.49(g)statesthat"in exceptional cases, the Comission itself may consider and grant extensions beycnd November 30, 1985, for completion of environmental qualification." The purpose of this letter is to advise licensees that it is the Comission's intention thdt extensions will be granted only in rare circumstan:es and that enforcement action will be taken againstyicensees that continue to operate their plants with unqualified tquipment - beyond November 30, 1985, without extensionr approved by the Comission.

I It is the Comission's intention that licensees which are not in compliance on November 30, 1985, and which have not been given extensions either will have to either shut down or, if they have valid staff-approved justifications for contigyed operation, select to operate and face civil penalties of $5,000 per item - per day for each day after November 30, 1985, on which a licensee operates in noncompliance with the rule. For noncompliance lentified after l

November 30, 1985, such fines may be made retroactive to Novwber 30, 1985 l

for each day a licensee clearly knew, or should have known, that equipment qualification was incomplete. Some mitigation of any penalty may be considered based upon satisfaction of the following factors:

JJ For purposes of enforcement, " unqualified equipment" means equipment for which there is not adequate documentation to establish that I

this equipment will perfonn its intended functions in the relevant l

environment.

2/ An item is defined as a specific type of electrical equipment, designated by manufacturer and model, which is representative of all identical equipment in a plant area exposed to the same g;

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Did the licensee identify and promptly report the noncompliance with 10 CFR 50.497 2.

Did the licensee apply best efforts to complete environmental qualification within the deadline?

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Has the licensee proposed actions which can be expected to result in full compliance within a reasonable time?

For equipment which is discovered (through new test results, NRC inspection, or other means) after November 30, 1985, to be in noncompliance or is suspected to be in noncompliance with the requirements of 10 CFR 50.49, licensees should report the finding if the condition found meets the reporting criteria of 10 CFR 50.72 (Prompt Notification) or 10 CFR 50.73 (Licensee Event Reporting System).

Evaluations of the significance of and corrective action for all actual and potential noncompliances should be documented as should the circumstances of discovery of the noncompliance or suspected noncompliance.

These documents should be retained in appropriate licensee files.

If equipme'nt addressed'in the plant Technical Specifications is found to be unable to perform its intended function during an accident because of equipment qualification problems, the licensee is required to follow the provisions of the Technical Specifications. A case by case determination will be made whether retroactive enforcement is appropriate for noncompliance identified after November 30, 1985.

Licensees-desiring an extension beyond November 30, 1985, must submit an extension request at the earliest possible date to the Comission with a copy to the Director NRR and the Director, IE. Requests received after September 30, 1985, will be considered untimely, and may be denied on that basis.

The basis for any extension request beyond November 30, 1985 must clearly identify the exceptional nature of the case, e.g., why, through events entirely beyond its control, the licensee will not be in compliance with the rule on November 30; the date when compliance will be achieved; and a justification for continued operation until compliance will be achieved.

This letter does not require any response and therefore does not need approval i

of the Office of Management and Budget. Coments on burden and duplication may be directed to the Office of Management and Budget. Reports Management Room 3208, New Executivs Office Building Washington, D.C.

20503. Should you have any questions, the staff contacts are Gary Holahan for technical questions and Jane Axelrad for enforcement questions.

Mr. Holahan can be reached on (301)492-7415 and Ms. Axelrad can be reached on (301)492-4909.

h Hu h L. Thompson,/Jr.

irector D vi ion of Licensi ec: List of Generic Letters

LIST OF RECENTLY ISSUED GENERIC LETTERS GENERIC LETTER N0.

SUBJECT DATE 85-01 Fire Protection Policy Steering Committee Report 1/9/85 85-02 Staff Recommended Actions Stemming From NRC Integrated Program for the Resolution of Unresolved Safety Issues Regarding Steam Generator Tube Integrity

.4/15/85 85-03 Clarification of Equivalent Control Capacity 1/28/85 For Standby Liquid Control Systems i

85-04 Operator Licensing Examinations 1/29/85 85-05 Inadvertent Baron Dilution Events 1/31/85 85-06 Quality Assurance Guidance for ATWS Equipment that is not Safety-Related 4/16/85 i

65-07 Implementation of Integratdu Schedules 5/02/85

- --for Plant Modifications-85-08 10 CFR 20.408 Termination Reports - Format 5/23/85 85-09 Technical Specifications for Generic Letter 83-28. Item 4.3 5/23/85 85-10 Technical Specifications for Generic Letter 83-28 Items 4.3 and 4.4 5/23/85 85-11 Completion of Phase II of " Control of 6/28/85 Heavy Loads at Nuclear Power Plants" NUREG-0612 85-12 Implementation of TMI Action Item II.K.3.5,

" Automatic Trip of Reactor Coolant Pumps" 6/28/85 85-13 Transmittal of NUREG-1154 Regarding the i

Davis Sesse Loss of Main and Auxiliary Feedwater Event 8/5/85 84-14 Commercial Storage at Power Reactor Sites of Low Level Radioactive Waste not Generated by the Utility-8/1/85 85-15 Information Relating to the Deadlines for.

Compliance with 10 CFR 50.49, " Environmental Qualification of Electric Equipment Important to Safety'for Nuclear Power Plants 8/6/85

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