ML20207G011

Discusses GL 96-05 Issued on 960918 & Ies Utilities,Inc Responses ,970317,980513 & 981120 for Duane Arnold Energy Center.Concludes That Licensee Established Acceptable Program to Verify design-basis Capability of MOVs

ML20207G011
Person / Time
Site:	Duane Arnold
Issue date:	03/03/1999
From:	Mozafari B NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
To:	Protsch E IES UTILITIES INC., (FORMERLY IOWA ELECTRIC LIGHT
Shared Package
ML20207G017	List: ML20207G011 ML20207G025
References
GL-96-05, GL-96-5, TAC-M97044, NUDOCS 9903110391
Download: ML20207G011 (5)

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UNITED STATES - l s* NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION  !

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%, N ** March 3,1999 Mr. Eliot Protsch President IES Utilities Inc.-

200 First Street, SE.

P.O. Box 351 Cedar Rapids, IA 52406-0351

SUBJECT:

SAFETY EVALUATION FOR RESPONSE TO GENERIC LETTER 96-05,

" PERIODIC VERIFICATION OF DESIGN-BASIS CAPABILITY OF SAFETY-REl.ATED MOTOR-OPERATED VALVES,"- DUANE ARNOLD ENERGY CENTER (TAC NO. M97044)  ;

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Dear Mr. Protsch:

On September 18,1996, the NRC issued Generic Letter (GL) 96-05, " Periodic Verification of j Design-Basis Capability of Safety-Related Motor-Operated Valves," requesting each nuclear  !

power plant licensee to establish a program, or to ensure the effectiveness of its current program, to verify on a periodic basis that safety-related motor-operated valves (MOVs) continue to be capable of performing their safety functions within the current licensing bases of the facility.

On November 15,1996, IES Utilities, Inc., submitted a 60-day response to GL 96-05 notifying the NRC that it would ensure the effectiveness of the current program at the Duane Amold j Energy Center to verify, on a periodic basis, that safety-related MOVs continue to be capable of performing their safety functions within its current licensing basis. On March 17,1997, the i licensee submitted a 180-day response to GL 96-05 providing a summary description of the MOV periodic verification program to be implemented at Duane Amold. ' in a submittal dated i May 13,1998, the licensee updated its commitment to GL 96-05. On November 20,1998, the licensee provided a response to a request for additional information regarding GL 96-05 fonwarded by the NRC staff on September 23,1998.

- The NRC staff has reviewed the licensee's submittals and applicable NRC inspection reports, and finds that the licensee has established an acceptable program to verify periodically the design-basis capability of the safety-related MOVs at Duane Amold. As discussed in the attached safety evaluation (SE), the NRC staff concludes that the licensee is adequately addressing the actions requested in GL 96-05 at Duane Amold. The NRC staff may conduct i inspections to verify that the implementation of the MOV periodic verification program is in gi  !

' accordance with the licensee's commitments; this NRC SE; the NRC SE dated October 30, \

1997, on the Joint Owners Group Program on MOV Periodic Verification; and the NRC SE dated f,

- February 27,19fe6, on the Boiling Water Reactor Owners' Group methodology for ranking MOVs by their safety significance.

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. E. Protsch This closes TAC No. M97044. If you have any questions regarding this issue, please contact me at 301-415-2020.

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. . . i Mr. Eliot Protsch Duane Amold Energy Center IES Utilities Inc. I cc:

Jack Newman, Esquire ,

Al Gutterman, Esquire '

Morgan, Lewis, & Bockius 1800 M Street, NW.

Washington, DC 20036-5869 Chairman, Linn County i Board of Supervisors -

Cedar Rapids,IA 52406  :

IES Utilities Inc.

ATTN: Gary Van Middlesworth Plant Superintendent, Nuclear 3277 DAEC Road .

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John F. Franz, Jr.

Vice President, Nuclear Duane Arnold Energy Center  ;

3277 DAEC Road i Palo,IA 52324 Ken Peveler.

Manager of Regulatory Performance  !

Duane Amold Energy Center i 3277 DAEC Rood J 1 Palo,IA 52324

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