ML20205K324
| ML20205K324 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 04/08/1999 |
| From: | Connell E NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
| To: | Khadijah West NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
| References | |
| GL-80-100, GL-80-45, GL-80-48, GL-80-56, GL-81-12, GL-82-21, GL-83-33, GL-85-01, GL-85-1, GL-86-10, IEIN-83-41, IEIN-83-69, IEIN-83-83, IEIN-84-09, IEIN-84-9, IEIN-85-009, IEIN-85-9, NUDOCS 9904130104 | |
| Download: ML20205K324 (10) | |
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%.....# April 8, 1999 MEMORANDUM TO: K. Steven West, Chief Fire Protection Engineering and Special Project Section Plant Systems Branch Division of Systems Safety and Analysis Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation FROM: Edward A. Connell, Sr. Fire Protection Engineer -
Fire Protection Engineering and Special Project Section Plant Systems Branch Division of Systems Safety and Analysis Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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MARCH 2,1999, LETTER TO K. STEVEN WEST, NRC, FROM NICOLAS E. FIORAVANTE, TMCS, CONCERNING NRC GENERIC FIRE PROTECTION COMMUNICATIONS Per your request I have reviewed the documents listed by Mr. Fioravante in his March 2,1999, letter to you, that were available, for potential application to the comprehensive fire protection regulatory guide currently being developed with technical assistance from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). For each of the reviewed documents I have dispositioned them as follows:
(1) Documents referenced in Question 8.13 of Generic Letter 86-10.
,IN 83-41, Actuation of Fire Suppression Systems Causing inoperability of Safety Related Equipment - Previously provided to PNNL.
<iN 83-69, improperly Installed Fire Dampers at Nuclear Power Plants - Previously provided to PNNL
.IN 83-83, Use of Portable Radio Transmitters inside Nuclear Power Plants - Will be provided to PNNL IN 84-09, Lessons Learned from NRC inspections of Fire Protection Safe Shutdown Systems - Previously provided to PNNL Standard Review Plan 9.5.1 - Previously provided to PNNL 10 CFR Part 50: Proposed fire protection program for nuclear power plants ooerating prior to January 1,1979, dated May 29,1960. FRN Vol. 45 No.105,36082 - Previously provided to PNNL as Generic Letter (GL) 80-45 and GL 80-48 10 CFR Pa-+ 30: i: ire protection program for operating nuclear power plants, dated I
November 19,1980. FRN Vol. 45 No. 225 76602 - Previously provided to PNNL w I
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l 10 CFR Part 50: Fire protection rule corrections, dated September 8.1981,. FRN Vol 46, No.173,44734 - Previously provided to PNNL l Letter dated 9/28/76 - Appendix A to BTP APCSB 9.5 Previously provided to PNNL Letter dated 12/1/76 - Sample technical specifications - Guidance superceded by GL 86- !
10 previously provided to PNNL Letter dated 8/19/77 - Nuclear Plant Fire Protection Functional Responsibilities, Administrative Controls and Quality Assurance - Previously provided to PNNL Letter dated 6/8/78 - Manpower Requirements at Operating Reactors - Will be provided to PNNL l
L Letter dated 9/7/79 - Minimum Fire Brigade Shift Size - Will be provided to PNNL Letter dated 9/14/79 - Staff Positions - Safe Shutdown Capability - Guidance j
superceded by GL 81-12 previously provided to PNNL Letter dated 10/31/80 - 10 CFR 50.48 - Previously provided to PNNL Letter dated 11/24/80 - Revised 10 CFR 50.48 and Appendix R to 10 CFR Part 50 -
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, Lette, dated 2/20/81 - GL 81 Previously provided to PNNL l
l Letter dated 4/7/82 - Clarification of GL 81 Previously provided to PNNL Letter dated 10/6/82 - GL 82 Previously provided to PNNL 4 Letter dW J 10/19/83 - GL 83 Previously provided to PNNL Letter dated 4/20/82 - Denton to Bernsen, Control Room Fires - Will be provided to PNNL SECY 83-269, dated July 5,1983 - Will be provided to PNNL Memo dated 12/20/83 - Eisenhut to Olshinski, Physical Independence of Electrical Systems - Will be provided to PNNL Memo dated 10/24/83 - Eisenhut .o Jordan, Bullet Resistant Fire Doors - Will be provided to PNNL (2) DC Cook Fire Protection Files - Files not available for review (3) Handouts from 19L . ire Protection Workshops - Not available for review. This information was incorporated into GL 86-10, previously provided to PNNL.
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K. Steven West 3 (4) Documents identified by Mr. Fioravante that are not included in current list Memo dated 10/26/84 - Fire Protection Steering Committee to Dircks, Recommended Fire Protection Policy and Program Actions - No technical guidance contained in document related to contemporaneous NRC policy decisions and plans only.
Memo dated 6/15/90 - Me,ey in Martin, Testing of Remote Shutdown Capability - No technical guidance contained in document.
Memo dated 10/31/84 - Parr to Holahan, Information Notice Regarding isolation Transfer Switches ResuPing from Wolf creek Appendix R Inspection," Post Fire Alternate Shutdown Capauisity"- Previously provided to PNNL as IN 85-09 Memo dated 12/30/82 - Mattson to Eisenhut, Technical Specification on remote Shutdown Systems - No technical guidance contained in document Memo dated 12/1/63 - Lieberman to Taylor, Application of Section Ill.L of Appendix R to Part 50 - No technical guidance contained in document Memo dated 9/21/81 - Fioravante to Parr, Meeting Summary Concerning Appendix R Safe Shutdown Review - No formal staff positions contained in document SECY 83-269 - Will be provided to PNNL (see above listing from GL 86-10)
Memo dated 3/13/83 - Rubenstein to Mattson, instrumentation Needed for Alternate Shutdown - Will be provided to PNNL Memo dated 12/29/83 - Parr to Srinivasan, Unresolved Techni:al issue Concerning Alternate Shutdown - No technical guidance contained in document Memo dated 6/27/84 - Parr to Srinivasan, Unresolved Technicalissue Concerning Alternate Shutdown - No technical guidance contained in document (same as 12/29/83 memo above)
Memo dated 12/21/83 - Vollmer to Eiseniaut. Emergency Lighting Requirements - Will be provided to PNNL Memo dated 3/10/83 - Virgilio to Wambach, Model Technical Specifications for Alternate Shutdown Systems Required by 10 CFR Part 50 Appendix A - No technical guidance contained in document Memo dated 1/20/84 - Mattson to Thompson, NRR Position on Consideration of Remote Shutdown Capability in Detailed Control Room Design Reviews - Policy issue only no technical guidance in document The attachment is a re' sed list of genert fire protection communications related to the development of the co,aprehensive fire protection regulatory guide. The ravised list and newly identified source documents veili be provided to PNNL for their use. I have retained copies of all i
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l 80-45 Proposed Rule Fire Pre +.ection Program for Nuclear Power Plants 1 80-48 Proposed Rule Fire protection Program for Nuclear Power Plants {
80-56 Memorandum and Order RE: Union of Concerned Scientists Petition 1 80-100 Resolution of Fire Protection Open Items 81-12 Fire Protection Rule 81-12 Clarification 82-21 Tech Specs for Fire Protection Audits i 83-33 NRC Positions on Appendix R 85-01 Fire Protection Policy Steering Committee Report 86-10 Implementation of Fire Protection Requirements 86-10 Supplement 1 88-12 Removal ]f Fire Protection Requirements from Tech Specs 88-20 Supplement 4 IPEEE 89-13 Supplement 1 Biofouling of Fire Protection Systems 92-08 Thermo-Lag Fire Barriers 93-06 Use of Combustible Gases in Vital Areas 95-01 Fire Protection for Fuel Cycle Facilities BULLETINS l
75-04 Browns Ferry Fire 75-04A 75-04B 77-08 Assurance of Safety 81-03 Flow Blockage Oue to Clams and Mussels 92-01 Failure of Thermo-Lag 92-01 Supplement 1 ADMIN LETTER 95-06 Relocation of Technical Specific:ition Administrative Control
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INFORMATION NOTICES 80-25 Transportation of Pyrophoric Uranium 83-41 Actuation of Fire Suppression Causing Inoperability of Safety Systems 83-69 Improperly Installed Fire Dampers 83-83 Use of Portable Radio Transmitters Inside Nuclear Power Plants 84-02 Lessons Learned From NRC Inspections of Fire Protection 84-16 Failure of Automatic Sprinkler System Valves to Operate 84-92 Cracking of Flywheels on Fire Pump Diesel Engines 85-09 Post-Fire Shutdown Capability 86-17 Update - Failure of Autematic Sprinkler System Valves 86-35 Fire in Compressible Material ,86-106 Surry Feedwater Line Break l 86-106 Supplement 1 86-106 Supplement 2 l
86-106 Supplement 3 87-14 Actuation of Fire Supp.' Causing Inon of Safety Related Ventilation 87-20 Hydrogen Leak in Auxiliary Building 87-50 Potential LOCA From Fve Damage 88-04 Inadequate Qualification of Fire Barrier Penetration Seals !
88-04 Supplement 1 88-05 Fire in Annunciator Control Cabinets 88-45 Problems in Protective Relay and Circuit Breaker Coordination l 88-56 Silicone Fire Barrier Penetration Seals 88-60 Inadequate Design & Installation of Watertight Penetration Seals 88-64 Reporting Fires in Process Systems 89-44 Hydrogen Storage On The Roof of the Control Room 89-52 Fire Damper Operational Problems 91-17 Fire Safety of Temporary Installations 91-37 Compressed Gas Cylinder Missile Hazards 91-47 Failure of Thermo-Lag 91-53 Failure of Remote Shutdown Instrumentation l
91-77 Shift Staffing at Nuclear Power Plants ,
91-79 Deficiencies in Installing Thermo-Lag 91-79 Supplement 1 92-14 Uranium 0xide Fires 92-18 Loss of Remote Shutdown Capability During a Fire :
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92-46 Thermo-Lag Fire Barrier Special Review Team Final Report 92-55 Thermo-Lag Fire Endurance Test Results 92-82 Thermo-Lag Combustibility Testing 93-40 Thermal Ceramics Fire Endurance Tests 93-41 Fire Endurance Tests - Kaowool. Interam 93-71 Fire.at Chernobyl Unit 2 94-12 Resolution of GI 57 Effects of Fire Prot. Sys. Actuation on SR Equipt.
94-22 Thermo-Lag 3-Hour Fire Endurance Tests 94-26 Personnel Hazards From Smoldering Material in the Drywell 94-28 Problems with Fire-Barrier Penetration Seals
! 94-31 Failure of Wilco Lexan Fire Hose Nozzles 94-34 Thermo-Lag Flexi-Blanket Ampacity Derating Concerns 94-58 Reactor Coolant Pump Lube Dil Fire 94-86 Legal Actions Against Thermal Science Inc.
94-86 Supplement 1 95-27 NRC Review of NEI Thermo-Lag Combustibility Evaluation Methodology
! 95-32 Thermo-Lag 330-1 Flame Spread Test Results 95-33 Switchgear Fire at Waterford Unit 3 95-36 Problems with Post-Fire Emergency Lighting 95-36 Supplement 1 95-48 Results of Shift Staffing Survey 95-49 Seismic Adequacy of Thermo-Lag Panels 95-49 Supplement 1 95-52 Fire Test Results of 3M Interam Fire Barrier Materials 95-52 Supplement 1 96-23 cire in Emergency Diesel Generator Exciter 97-01 Improper Electrical Grounding Results in Simultaneous Fires 97-23 Reporting of Fires at Fuel Cycle Facilities 97-37 Main Transformer Fault 97-48 Inadequate Fire Protection Compensatory Measures 97-59 Fire Endurance Tests of Versawrap Fire Barriers 97-70 Problems with Fire Barrier Penetration Seals 97-72 Problems with ^mega Sprinkler Heads 97-73 Fire Hazard in the Use of a Leak Sealant 97-82 Inadvertent Control Room Halon Actuation 98-31 Fire Protection System Design Deficiencies and Common-Mode Flooding of ECCS Rooms at WNP2 1
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99-03 Exothermic Reaction Involving Dried Uranium 0xide Powder (Yellowcake) 99-05 Inadvertent Discharge of Carbon Dioxide Fire Protection System and Gas Migration 99-07 Failed Fire Protection Deluge Valves and Potential Testing l Deficiencies in Preaction Sprinkler Systems l
OTHER RELATED DOCUMENTS l
10 CFR 50.48 Fire Protection (45 FR 76602)
Appendix A to 10 CFR 50 GDC 3 Fire Protection Appendix R to 10 CFR 50 Fire Protection for Operating Nuclear Power i Plants Branch Technical Position APCSB 9.5-1 Guidelines for Fire Protection Appendix A to Branch Tech Position 9.5-1 Guidelines for Fire Protection Fire Protection Functional Responsibilities (Vassallo Ltr dated 8/29/77)
GL-77-002 Manpower Requirements for Operating Reactori (Stello Ltr dated 6/8/78)
Minimum Fire Brigade Shift Size (Eisenhut Ltr dated 9/7/79)
NUREG 0800 9.5.1 Fire Protection Program Insp. Procedure 64100 Postfire Safe Shutdown. Emerg. Lighting, Oil Collection Insp. Procedure 64150 Triennial Postfire Safe Shutdown Capability Insp. Procedure 64704 Fire Protection Program NUREG/BR-0195 Enforcement Guidance NUREG 75/087 Standard Review Plan Reg Guide 1.120 Fire Protection Guidelines for Nuclear Power Plants Memo Rubenstein to Mattson (12/3/82) Use of ADS and LPCI to Meet
, Appendix R Memo Borger to Martin (1/16/91) Hot Shorts Memo Marsh to Hebdon (10/2/97) Use of Safety Injection Pumps !
Memo Lieberman to Sheron (3/2/98) Enforcement ftidance Re: Circuit Failures Memo Mattson to Vollmer (7/2/82) Repairs to Safe Shutdown Equipment NUREG 0654 Criteria for Preparation of Emergency Response Plans Memo Marsh to Stolz (2/6/98) Repairs to dSE and Spurious Valve Actuation Memo McCracken to Stolz (3/23/95) Reactor Coolant Pump Oil Collection Memo Marsh to Reinhart (4/18/97) Manual Halon Systems Temporary Instruction 2515/XXX Fire Protection Functional Inspection Memo Holahan to Crutchfield (12/4/90) Hot Shorts l 4 l m
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Note Parr to ASB (11/30/84) Fire Protection Review Guidance Memo Rubenstein to Mattson (1/7/83) Instrumentation for Alternate Shutdown Memo _Vollmer to Eisenhut (4/1/83) Oil Collection System Reactor Coolant ;
Pumps Memo Vollmer to Eisenhut (6/14/83) Testing of Fire Pumps Letter Denton to Bernsen (4/20/82) Protection for Control Room Fires Memo Mattson'to Eisenhut (7/22/83) Physical Independence of Electrical Systems Memo Eisenhut to Olshinski (12/20/83) Physical Independence of Electrical Systems (TIA 83-53)
SECY-83-269 (7/5/83) Fire Protection Rule for Future Plants Memo Eisenhut=to Jordan (10/24/83) Bullet Resistant Fire Doors 4
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