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Confirms That Procedures Exist to Allow Operators to Both Recognize & Recover from Steam Binding in Auxiliary Feedwater (AFW) Sys,Per Generic Ltr 88-03, Steam Binding of AFW Pumps, Resolving Generic Issue 93
ML20154K367
Person / Time
Site: Farley  Southern Nuclear icon.png
Issue date: 05/24/1988
From: Mcdonald R
ALABAMA POWER CO.
To:
NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION & RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (ARM)
References
REF-GTECI-093, REF-GTECI-NI, TASK-093, TASK-93, TASK-OR GL-88-03, GL-88-3, NUDOCS 8805310014
Download: ML20154K367 (2)


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Alibama Power Company 600 North 18th Street Post Office Box 2641 Birmingham, Alabama 35291-0400 7 e'ephone 205 250-1835 L

E d s e"A k en, Alabama Power May 24, 1988 me swwn ewrc swern Docket Nos. 50-348 50-364 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Vashington, D. C. 20555 Gentlemen:

Joseph H. Farley Nuclear Plant - Units 1 and 2 Resolution of Safety Issue 93, "Steam Binding of Auxiliary Feedvater Pumps" (Generic Letter 88-03)

Generic Letter 88-03, dated February 17, 1988, requested a letter of confirmation that certain procedures are currently implemented and vill continue to be maintained at Farley Nuclear Plant. Specifically, it was requested that Farley Nuclear Plant:

"1. Maintain procedures to monitor fluid conditions within the AFV system each shift during times when the system is required to be operable. This r.onitoring should ensure that fluid temperature at the AFV pump discharge is maintained at about ambient levels.

2. Maintain procedures for recognizing steam binding and for restoring the AFV system to operable status, should steam binding occur."

At Farley Nuclear Plant, an Auxiliary Feedvater (AFV) Check Valve Temperature Monitoring System provides indication of the fluid conditions of the AFV system. Annunciation on the Main Control Board panel is a3so provided to alert the operators when AFV temperature exceeds a preset alarm level. Procedures exist to allow the operators to both recognize and recover from steam binding in the AFV system.

If there are any questions, please advise.

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