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February 16, 1993 Docket Nos. 50-335 and 50-389 L
Mr. J. H. Goldberg President - Nuclear Division Florida Power and Light Company P.O. Box 14000 Juno Beach, Florida 33408-0420
Dear Mr. Goldberg:
SUBJECT:
ST. LUCIE UNIT 1 - TEMPORARY WAIVER OF COMPLIANCE This letter acknowledges your letter dated February 12, 1993 (L-93-042),
requesting a temporary waiver of compliance from the Technical Specification (TS) 4.6.1.1.a.l., " Containment Vessel Integrity" which requires that the containment vessel integrity be demonstrated at least once per 31 days by verifying that all containment vessel penetrations not capable of being closed by operable containment automatic isolation valves and required to be closed during accident conditions are closed by valves, blind flanges, or deactivated automatic valves secured in their positions, except as provided in Table 3.6-2 of TS 3.6.3.1.
We understand that the number of elements subject to that surveillance requirement recently increased as the result of a new interpretation of the definition of which penetration elements constitute contair, ment isolation and need to be verified periodically to assure containment integrity. Your reply to the Notice of Violation in Inspection Report 92-21 provides details of those circumstances. Since this situation came about while St. Lucie Unit I was at power, you were not able to perform the required 31-day verification of the now larger population of containment isolation devices because some of them are either inaccessible or are in high radiation areas during power operation.
You have committed to initiate two compensatory measures:
(1) inform all station operators via the night orders of the need to maintain strict and absolute control over entries into the containment and (2) brief all Unit I containment entry teams prior to entry concerning the importance of ensuring containment penetration isolation valves are left in their required position.
Your letter explains the bases for your confidence that containment integrity exists on Unit 1.
Following Unit l's last refueling, during cold shutdown, all valves, flanges and capped test connections were verified to be closed or installed prior ta entry into Mode 4 where containment integrity is required.
These conditions were verified using system valve lineup procedures, local leak rate post-test valve lineups and the containment integrity surveillance valve lineup which existed at that time. Additionally, a recent visual inspection was conducted of all accessible containment vessel penetrations.
Many of the systems contained therein are flooded or high energy systems which, if breached, would be detected either through instrumentation showing
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111 West Madison Avenue, Room 812 Rehabilitative Services Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1400 1317 Winewood Blvd.
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St. Lucie Plant Regional Administrator, RII U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 7585 S. Hwy A1A 101 Marietta Street N.W., Suite 2900 Jensen Beach, Florida 33457 Atlanta, Georgia 30323 j
Mr. Robert G. Nave, Director Mr. R. E. Grazio Emergency Management Director, Nuclear Licensing Department of Community Affairs Florida Power and Light Company i
2740 Centerview Drive P.O. Box 14000 Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2100 Juno Beach, Florida 33408-0420 i
Harold F. Reis, Esq.
Newman & Holtzinger 1615 L Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036 John T. Butler, Esq.
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4000 Southeast Financial Center Miami, Florida 33131-2398 Administrator Department of Environmental Regulation Power Plant Siting Section State of Florida 2600 Blair Stone Road Tallahassee, Florida 34982 Mr. James V. Chisola, County Administrator St. Lucie County ggy,:
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J. H. Goldberg February 16, 1993 fluid leakage into the containment or increased radiation levels. Neither of these conditions exists. We find the compensatory measures and the abe e explanation satisfactory.
We understand that you will submit an emergency TS change request regarding i
this matter no later than COB, Wednesday, February 17, 1993. We also understand that you will be submitting an additional request to change the 1
Unit 1 TS 4.6.1.1.a.1 to read like the Unit 2 TS, which does not require the j
containment isolation valves inside the containment to be tested every 31 l'
days. You will be submitting that request in time to have it issued before Unit I starts up after the spring 1993 refueling outage.
This letter confirms the temporary waiver of compliance given to you by j
telephone at 2:00 p.m. on Friday 12, 1993. This temporary waiver of compliance with TS 4.6.1.1.a.1 will be in effect until the NRC staff completes I
its action on the emergency TS amendment request.
Sincerely, i
(Original Signed By)
Gus C. Lainas, Assistant Director for Region 11 Reactors Division of Reactor Projects - I/II Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation cc: See next page 1)istribJtion i bestVlle D. Hagan
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