ML20196C785

Summary of 881129 Meeting W/Util in Atlanta,Ga Re Status of Licensing Issues for Facility.List of Attendees Encl & Related Info Encl

ML20196C785
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Site:	Summer
Issue date:	12/05/1988
From:	Hayes J Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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Docket No. 50 395 December 5, 1988 DISTRIBUTION l Sii~ni W Wge LICENSEE: South Carolina Electric & Gas Company i

FACILITY: V. C. Sumer Nuclear Station, Unit No.1

SUMMARY

OF MEETING WITH SOUTH CAROLINA ELECTRIC 4 GAS COMPANY i BE9E90b l On November 29, 1988, the NRC staff consisting of representatives of the

, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Region !! staff, and the Sumer Senior and Resident Inspectors met with the South Carolina Electric & Gas Company  :

(SCE&G) to discuss the status of the licensing issues for the V. C. Sumer l 1 Nuclear Station. The meeting was held at the Region !! office in Atlanta, Georgia. A list of those persons who attended the meeting is included as .

Enclosure 1. l 9LSCySygy  :

l A handeut was provided at the meeting which pretented the NRC's current ,

! assessment of the status of various licensing actions. This handout is '

! included as Enclosure 2. Durir.g the meeting the licensee provided the  :

status of steam generator tube plugging in each steam generator at the Sumer i Station. This is included as Enclosure 1  !

, The next meeting is currently scheduled for February 7,1989, at the NRR i j offices in Rockville, Maryland, i I

i b I i John J. Hayes, Jr., Project Manager l l Project Directorate 11 1 l 1 Division of Reactor Projects I/II t

{ Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation  !

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Mr. O. S. Bradham South Carolina Electric & Gas Company Virgil C. Sumer Nuclear Station CC: ,

Mr. William A. Williams, Jr.

Technical assistant - Nuclear Operations Santee Co est P.O. Box 704(MailCode153)

Columbia, South Carolina 29218 J. B. Knotts, Jr. , Esq.

Bishop. Cook, Purcell and Reynolds 1400 L Street, N.W.

Washington, D. C. 20005-3502 Resident Inspector /Sumer NPS ,

c/o U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission Route 1, Box 64 Jenkinsville, South Carolina 29065 Regional Administrator, Region 11 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission, 101 Marietta Street, N.W., Suite 2900 Atlanta, Georgia 30323 Chairman, Fairfie'.1 County Council -

P.O. Box 293 Winnsboro, South Carolina 29180 i

Attorney General Box 11549 Oolumbia, South Carolina 29211 l >'. Heyward G. Shealy, Chief Btreau of Radiological Health Socth Carolina Department of Health ai.i Environmental Control 260', Bull Street  ;

solumbia, South Carolina 29201  ;

i South Carolina Electric & Gas Company  :

Mr. A. R. Koon, Jr. , Manager l Nuclear Licensing >

Virgil C. Sumer Nuclear Station P. O. Box 88 i Jenkinsv111e, South Carolina 29065 I

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. . i ENCLOSURE 1 i ATTENDANCE NOVEMBER 29. 1988 SCElG C N,LRC A. Koon, Jr. H. Dance M. Williams J. Hayes P. Hopkins R. Prevatte D. Verre111

ENCLOSURE 2 i

STATUS OF NRC TACS FOR THE V. C. SUMMER PLANT NOVEMBER 29, 1988 49976 ISI PROGRAMS ISI (MARTIN tlVHE)

-REVIEWER PROMISED SE BY 6/28.

-! TEM NOW GIVEN LOW PRIORITY.

-PM TO INVESTIGATE WRITING SE HIMSELF.

E1287 SPDS (G. WEST)

-SER ISSUED

-THREE OPEN ITEMS

1. TOP LEVEL ICONICS ARE N0f CONTINUOUSLY DISPLAYED.

2.

a. SYSTEM RESPONSE TO OPERATOR COMMANDS IS VERY SLOW.

b. SYSTEM HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO MEET ITS UNAVAILABILITY GOAL OF LESS THAN 1 %.

c. LACK OF REDUNDANCY IN THA DATA ACQUISITION CONTROLLER AND THE UNIBAR CONTROL SWITCH INCREASES THE VULNERABILITY OF THE SYSTEM TO FAILURES CAUSED BY THESE COMPONENTS.

3. HUMAN FACTOR PRINCIPALS NEED TO BE RESOLVED.

4 SOME NON-VALID VALUES OR CONDITIONAL FLAGS EXISTED FOR RHR FLOW RATE, SUBC00 LING MARGIN, REACTOR VESSEL LEVEL INDICATTION SYSTEM (RVLIS), STARTUP RATE, CONTAINMENT HYDROGEN, AND SAFETY INJECTION (SI) FLOW.

-RESPONSE SENT FROM THE LICENSEE 6/16/88.

-LICENSEE CONMITTED TO A NEW SPDS TO BE INSTALLED DURING 1990 REFUELING OUTAGE.

-WILL NECESSITATE NEW NRC REVIEW CYCLE.

-ANTICIPATED CLOSURE OF THIS ITEM IS 12/31/90.

-LETTER SENT T0. SC6&G 11/22/88 INDICATING REVISED REVIEW SCHEDULE.

51606 RV AND SV TESTING (11.D.1) (GARY HAMMER)

-SCE&G SUBMITTED RESPONSE TO STAFF COMMENTS ON 5/9/88.

-ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS SUPPLIED TO SCE&G AS A RESULT

0F THEIR 5/9/88 RESPONSE.

-DRAFT OF SCE&G RESPONSES TO NRC QUESTIONS GIVEN TO HAMMER ON 7/25/88.

-CONFERENCE CALL HELD ON THE RESPONSES 8/10/88.

-SCE&G TRANSMITTED FOLLOWING INFORMATION IN DRAFT FORM:

(1) DRAWING C-314-601 WENT TO EG&G. IDAHO 8/11/88; (2) ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA FOR NORMAL, EMERGENCY AND UPSET CONDITIONS ON 9/21/88 TO G. HAMMER; (3) EXPLANATION OF DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN RESPONSES TO QUESTIONS 6 AND 9 AND FSAR TABLE 5.2.3 ON 9/21/88 TO G. HAMMER.

53406 AUTO SHUNT TRIP TS, GL 83-28 ITEM 4.3 (DON LASHER)

-RAI ISSUED.

-CLARIFICATION

-THAT TS TABLE 4.3 1 FUNCTIONAL UNIT NO. I "MANUAL REACTOR TRIP" APPLIES TO RT BYPASS BREAKERS AS WELL AS RT BREAKERS.

-TS TABLE 4.3-1 NOTATION 13 DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THE GL WHICH SPECIFIES AN AUTOMATIC UNDERVOLTAGE TRIP.

-RESPONSE DUE FROM THE LICENSEE 11/88.

53720 ITEM 2.2 0F GL 83-28. EQUIP. CLASSIFICATION AND VENDOR INTERFACE FOR SAFETY RELATED COMPONENTS (DON LASHER)

-FARLEY TO BE HANDLED AS THE LEAD PLANT

-TER ISSUED BY EG&G

-OPEN ITEMS ARE:

-CONTACT VENDORS OF KEY COMPONENTS.SUCH As*AFW PUMPS ECCS PUMPS SAFETY RELATED BATTERIES, AND SAFETY RELATED VALVES TO FACILITATE THE EXCHANGE OF CURRENT TECHNICAL INFORMATION.

AN INFORMAL INTERFACE AGREEMENT SHOULP BE ESTABLISHED.

-FOR DGs AND SAFETY RELATED SWITCHGEAR YENDORS A FORMAL INTERFACE SIMILAR TO THAT WITH THE RSSS SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED.

-PM TO INVESTIGATE WRITING SE HIMSELF.

53942 ITEMS 4.2.3 & 4.2.4 0F GL 83-28. PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM FOR RX TRIP BREAKERS LIFE TESTING & REPLACEMENT (A. TOLSTON)

-BULLETIN IS BEING PREPARED TO SEND TO CRGR BY 1/89.

54030 ITEMS 4.5.2 & 4.5.3 0F GL 83-28. REACTOR TRIP

SYSTEM FUNCTIONAL TESTING, ALTERNATIVES & TEST INTERVALS (D. LASHER)

-4.5.2 COMPLETED.

-0WNER'S GROUP TO TRANSMIT PACKAGE 10/88.

-TRYING TO CLOSE OUT ON A GENERIC BASIS.

-RESOLUTION EXPECTED 1/89.

55344 PROCEDURES GENERATION PACKAGES (SUPPLEMENT 1 NUREG- 0737) (GEORGE LAPINSKY)

-DRAFT SE ISSUED 6/29/87.

-PROBLEMS IDENTIFIE0 INCLUDED:

1. PLANT SPECIFIC TECHNICAL GUIDELINES.

2. WRITERS GUIDE.

3. PROGRAM USED FOR VALIDATION OF E0Ps.

4. TRAINING PROGRAM FOR UPGRADED E0Ps.

-SCE&G WAS TO RESPOND TO THE STAFF COMMENTS WHEN FURTHER STAFF GUIDANCE IS PROVIDED (SEE BELOW)..

-NRC TO PERFORM INSPECTION OF 16 FACILITIES TO DETERMINE IF A DIFFERENT APPROACH IS NECESSARY IN THIS AREA.

-NUREG/CR TO BE ISSUED 12/88 TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE ON PGPs.

56935 RCP TRIP CRITERIA. GL 83-10D (S. L. WU)

-SE FROM REVIEWER TO PM SCHEDULED 2/89.

1 59402 40 YEAR OL LIFE AMENDMENT

-LICENSEE RESPONDED TO RAI 3/30/88.

-ITEM HAS THE LOWEST OF PRIORITIES (4).

-WILL EVALUATE PM PERFORMING THE REVIEW.

59451 DIESEL GENERATORS TS (J. LAZEVNICK)

-REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SUBM'.TTED TO SCE&G 11/9/87.

, -COMMENTS ON 11/9/87 LETTER DEALT WITH TS 3/4.8.1.1 d

AND 4.8.1.2.

-RESPONSE TO RAI FROM LICENSEE 5/16/88.

-7/28/88 SUBMITTAL FROM SCE&G MODIFIED TS 4.8.1.1.2.a.3 BY SPLITTING INTO 2 SEPARATE SURVEILLANCE REQUIREMENTS.

-RE-SHOLLIED 8/25/88.

-CONFERENCE CALL HELD 9/14/88.

-SCE&G TO UBMIT REVISED TS 11/88.

-SE RECEI) 0 FROM TECHNICAL BRANCH 11/9/88.

62803 CONTAINMENT STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY (C. P. TAN)

-LICENSEE REPS SE SENT 3/1'i/48.

-NRC REVIEW TO BE COMPLETED 4/35/88.

-MEETING HELD 5/16/88 AND 9/14/b3.

-SCEAG SUBMITTAL OF 9/29/88 ADDRESSED PREVIOUS CONCERNS..  ;

-SE TO BE RECEIVED FROM TECHNICAL BRfNCH 12/88.

64821 RSB 5-1. NATURAL CIRCULATION TEST OF 'fME REACTOR COOLANT

-REACTOR SYSTEMS BRANCH TO REVIEW Th!S ITEM. ,

65060 REMOYAL OF FIRE PROTECTION REQUI%EMENTS FROM THE TS GL 86-10

-RE-SHOLLY ISSUED 2/24/88.

-AMENDMENT TO HAVE BEEN ISSUED 5/88.

-CONCURRENCE STOPPED DUE TO FORTHCOMING GUIDANCE IN GENERIC LETTER TO BE ISSUED.

-GENERIC LETTER ISSUED 8/3/88

-MEETING HELD 8/17/88 TO DISCUSS REVISED SUBMITTAL AND GENERIC LETTER.

-LICENSEE TO REVISE AMENDMENT REQUEST DURING 4TH QUARTER 1988.

65778 REMOVAL OF ORGANIZATIONAL CHARTS FROM THE TS

-SCE&G PROVIDED RESPONSE BASED UPON GL 88-06 ON 5/16/88..

-TO BE RE-SHOLLY 8/25/88.

-SE WRITTEN. ADDITIONAL SUBMITTAL REQUIRED FROM  !

SCFAG.

66258 LOSS OF RHR WHILF RCS PARTIALLY FILLED, 1/2 LOOP OPERATION

-COPIES OF SCEAG SUBMITTAL SENT TO LEAD PM AND LEAD REVIEWER.

-CLOSED OUT 10/17/88.

, -COVERED BY TAC 69782.

67327 RAPIDLY PROPAGATING FAT!GUE CRACKS IN SG TUBES, BULLETIN 88-02

-LICENSEE RESPONSE SENT 3/24/88.

-C',0 SED OUT 11/10/88.  !

67340 ORGANIZATIONAL CHARTS TO REFLECT 1/25/88  :

REORGANIZATION i

-SE WRITTEN. ADDITIONAL SUBMITTAL REQUIRED FROM SCE&G.

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67727 RESPONSE TO BULLETIN 88-01. DEFECTS IN WESTINGHTUSE CIRCUIT BREAKERS.

-RESPONSE PROVIC_D ON 3/30/88 ON SHORT TERM INSPECTION.

-RESPONSE ON LONG TERM INSPLCTION SENT TO REGION II

-CLOSE buTINSRIREPORT 88-14, 8/10/88.

67811 VANTAGE 5 FUEL. SPENT FUEL STORAGE (S. L. WU)

-AMENDMENT ISSUED 10/28/88.

67812 ISI RELIEF HYDROSTATIC TESTING OF THE SGB SYSTEM (M. HUME)

-SE TO BE ISSUED BY PM 2/89.

68045 SINGLE CELL CHARGING OF SAFETY RELATED BATTtRI?.S (A. TOLSTON)

-0VESTIONS ISSUED TO THE LICENSEE 6/27/88.

-RESPONSES RECEIVED 8/29/88.

-TECHNICAL GROUP TO PROVIDE SE 11/88.

68046 IST 12/23/87 PROGRAM REVISION (K. DEMPSEY)

-SER ISSUED 4/19/88

-SOME RELIEFS DENIED. SOME GRANTED

-LICENSEE MUST ADDRESS APPENDIX C 0F THE TER WHICH COVERS OMISSIONS AND INCONSISTENCIES IN 1HE PROGRAM.

-MEETING HELD 6/1/88 *ii DISCUSS RELaEFS WHICH WERE DENIED AND 12/23/87 REVISED PROGRAM.

-REVISED PROGRAM SUBMITTED BY SCE&G 8/31/88.

-TER TO BE ISSUED BY EG8G. IDAHO APPROXIMATELY 3/89.

68274 SG TUBE SLEEVING

-AMENDMENT REQUEST RETURNED TO SCE&G 11/10/88.

68610 IMPLEMENTATION OF STATION BLACK 0UT RULE 10 CFR 50.63. A-22 (I.. GILL)

-RESPONSE DUF 4/17/89 68644 VANTAGE 5 FilEL REMAINING TS SECTIONS (S. L. WU)

-AMENDMENT ISSUED 10/28/88.

68834 BULLETIN IJ8-05. NON-CONFORMING MATERIALS SUPPLIED

e BY PIPING SUPPLIES. INC. AT FOLSOM. N.J. AND WEST JERSEY MANUFACTURING CO. AT WILLIAMSTOWN, N. J.,

B-104.

-RESPONSE SUBMITTED 9/13/88. ..

-WRITTEN RESPONSE DUE 60 DAYS AFTER COMPLETION OF ALL SCHEDULED ACTIONS.

-INSPECTION CONDUCTED 10/88.

68956 BORIC ACID CORROSION OF C-STEEL COMPONENTS IN PWR PLANTS GL 88-05

-LICENSEE RESPONDED 6/3/88.

-EVALUATION OF LOCATION OF C-STEEL REACTOR COOLANT PRESSURE BOUNDA*Y COMPONENTS AND THEIR VULNERABILITY To BE COMPLtTED BY 9/30/88.

-DESIGN ENGINEERING TO DEVELOPED GUIDELINES FOR EXAMINATION AND EVALUATION OF BORIC ACID BUILDUP ON SAFETY RELATED CLASS 1 PRIMARY ROUNDARY COMPONENTS.

-MAINTENANCE VALVE PACKING PROGRAM BEING IMPLEMENTED.

-MODIFICATIONS TO CONOSEALS PLANNED AND TO FITTINGS USED TO SEAL INCORE THERMOCOUPLES WIRING ON CONOSEAL ASSEMBLY.

-LETTER SENT CLOSING OUT THIS ACTION 10/6/88.

69066 STEAM GENERATOR, L* (H. CONRAD)

-ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT PUBLISHED IN THE FEDERAL l REGISTER 10/88. ,

i -CONFERENCE CALL HELD 10/25/88.

l -PRELIMINARY REVIEW INDICATES THAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS REQUIRED.

-TECHNICAL STAFF REVIEW TO BEGIN 11/15/88.

69693 BU'.lETIN 88-08. "THERMAL STRESSES IN PIPING CONNECTED TO REACTOR COOLANT SYSTEMS

, -RESPONSE SUBMITTED 9/29/88.

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-MEETING HELD 10/6/88.

-ADDITIONAL INFORMATION NEEDED FROM SCE&G PRIOR TO RESTART.

69978 BULLETIN 88-04, POTENTIAL SAFETY RELATED PUMP LOSS.

-WRITTEN RESPONSE DATFD 7/8/88.

-VENDOR INFORMATION NEEDED ON EFW PUMPS MINIMUM FLOW REQUIREMENTS TO PREVENT DEGRADATION FROM_

HYDRAULIC INSTABILITY WAS DUE 8/88.

-WRITTEN RESPONSE DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS OF COMPLETION OF THE LONG TERM RESOLUTION ACTIONS.

-RESPONSE TO BE REVIEWED BY SCEAG.

????? BULLETIN 88-03. INADEQUATE LATCH ENGAGEMENT IN HFA TYPE LATCHING RELAYS MANUFACTURED BY GE.

-RESPONSE DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS FOLLOWING RESTART AFTER THIS REFUELING OUTAGE.

????? BULLETIN 87-02, SUPPLEMENT 1. "Fl.STENERS TESTING TO DETERMINE CONFORMANCE APLLICABLE MATERIAL /

SPECIFICATIONS" {

-RESPONSE SUBMITTED 7/20/88.

????? GENERIC LETTER 88-11. "NRC POSITION ON RADIATION EMBRITTLEMENT OF REACTOR VESSEL MATERIAL AND ITS IMPACT ON PLANT OPERATIONS.

-RESPONSE DUE 1/12/89.

????? BULLETIN 88-09. "THIMBLE TUBE THINNING IN WESTINGHOUSE REACTORS"

-ESTABLISH INSPECTION PROGRAM AND IMPLEMENT PROGRAM.

-INSPECTION TO BE CONDUCTED DURING THIS OUTAGE.

-RESPONSE DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS FOLLOWING THE INSPECTION.

-INSPECTION COMPLETED.

-N0 THIMBLES REPLACED.

-8 TUBES OUT OF 51 SHOWED THINNING.

-RESPONSED TO SCE&G IN CONCURRENCE.

????? GENERIC LETTER 88-14 "INSTRUMENT AIR SUPPLY SYSTEh PROBLEMS AFFECTING SAFETY-RELATED EQUIPMENT"

-RESPONSE DUE APPROXIMATELY 2/15/89.

-REQUIRES DESIGN AND OPERATIONS VERIFICATION.

-SCE&G HAS WRITEUP ON SCHEDULE.

-SCE&G TAKING REPRESENATIVE SAMPLES AND SEEING HOW THEY AFFECT WORKING SYSTEMS.

TACS CLOSED TAC NO. DESCRIPTION OF THE TAC DATE CLOSED 51137 RG 1.97 INSTRUMENTATION (BARRY MARCUS) 7/27/88 56169 TMI ACTION ITEM !.D.1.2 DETAILED 5/12/88 CONTROL ROOM OESIGN REVIEW

SUMMARY

REPORT (GEORGE LAPINSKY) 59146 10CFR50.62 OPERATING REACTORS REVIEW 7/28/88 ATWS (R. STEVENS)

.. s, 64558 RB COOLING SYSTEM 4/13/88 65321 PHYSICAL SFCURITY PLAN 5/26/88 65779 FISSION CHAMBER DETECTORS -

6/27/88 67077 SERVICE WATER PUMP ROOM TEMPERATURE 6/6/88 MONITORING TS 3.7.1.1.

67279 STEAM BINDING OF AFW PUMPS GL 88-03, 5/25/88 MPA B-98 67339 TS AMENDMENT TO SECTION 6 ON NSRC 6/13/88 ADDITION OF EXEC. VP 67920 INTEGRATED LEAKRATE TESTING 9/15/88

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ENCLOSURE 3 REFUEL 4(RF4) STEAM GENERATOR TUBE PLUGGING A B C TOTAL O PLUGGED BEFORE

, RF4 117 293 129 539 (2.5%) (6.3 %) (2.8%) (3.8%)

# PLUGGED DURING kEFUEL4 180 233 175 588 (3.9%) (5.0%) (3.7%) (4.2 %)

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1. OF PLUGGED TUBES RECOVERED DURING 17 RF 4 (F', MISPLUGS) 19 0 36 '

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l l TGTAL # PLUGGED 280 507 304 i 1091  :

(6.0%) (10.9%) (6.5%) (7.8%)  !

l O MEETING F' CRITERIA DURING RF 4 97 203 69 223

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(2.6%)

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', TUSES THAT ARE L' 95 l CANDIDATES 77 51 233 (2.0%) (1.6%) (1.1%)

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P. Anderson J. Hayes OGC E. Jordan (HNBB 3302)

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H. Dance (Re P. Hopkins (gion II)!!)

Region R. Prevatte (Region II)

D. Verrelli (Region !!)

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R. Borchardt (17D19) cc: Licensee / Applicant Service List