Insp Rept 50-458/99-09 on 990510-28 with in-office Insp Until 990701.Noncited Violations Identified.Major Areas Inspected:Review of Licensee Actions Re Testing & Cleaning of Auxiliary Bldg Unit CoolersML20210K147 |
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Category:INSPECTION REPORT
MONTHYEARIR 05000458/19990121999-10-19019 October 1999 Insp Rept 50-458/99-12 on 990822-1002.Non-cited Violations Noted.Major Areas Inspected:Operations,Engineering, Maintenance & Plant Support IR 05000458/19990101999-09-15015 September 1999 Insp Rept 50-458/99-10 on 990830-0903.No Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Licensed Operators Requalification Program IR 05000458/19990081999-09-0808 September 1999 Insp Rept 50-458/99-08 on 990711-0821.Noncited Violations Identified.Major Areas Inspected:Operations,Maint, Engineering & Plant Support IR 05000458/19990111999-08-17017 August 1999 Insp Rept 50-458/99-11 on 990719-23.No Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Licensee Physical Security Program IR 05000458/19990091999-08-16016 August 1999 Replacement Pages 9-18 for Insp Rept 50-458/99-09 Issued on 990730 ML20210N1901999-08-0404 August 1999 Insp Rept 50-458/99-07 on 990530-0710.One Violation of NRC Requirements Occurred & Being Treated as Ncv.Major Areas Inspected:Aspects of Licensee,Operations,Maint,Engineering & Plant Support ML20210K1471999-07-30030 July 1999 Insp Rept 50-458/99-09 on 990510-28 with in-office Insp Until 990701.Noncited Violations Identified.Major Areas Inspected:Review of Licensee Actions Re Testing & Cleaning of Auxiliary Bldg Unit Coolers ML20196L0551999-07-0606 July 1999 Revised Pages 4 of Report Details Section & 2 of Rept Attachment for Insp Rept 50-458/99-03.Corrections Made to Tracking Numbers Assigned to Seven Noncited Violations & to SRO Location During Refueling Activities IR 05000458/19990041999-06-30030 June 1999 Insp Rept 50-458/99-04 on 990412-16 & 28-29.Five Violations Occurred & Being Treated as Noncited Violations.Major Areas Inspected:Portions of Radiation Protection Program,Including Exposure Controls & Radiation Technical & Worker Practices IR 05000458/19990051999-06-18018 June 1999 Insp Rept 50-458/99-05 on 990418-0529.Nonccited Violations Noted.Major Areas Inspected:Aspects of Licensee Operations, Engineering,Maint & Plant Support IR 05000458/19990031999-05-18018 May 1999 Insp Rept 50-458/99-03 on 990307-0417.Noncited Violations Noted.Major Areas Inspected:Operation,Maintenance, Engineering & Plant Support IR 05000458/19990061999-05-15015 May 1999 Insp Rept 50-458/99-06 on 990419-23.No Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Inservice Exam Program Plan & Schedule,Implementation of Program Plan for Facility & Maint & Engineering Followup Review of Previous Insp Findings ML20205A4601999-03-26026 March 1999 Insp Rept 50-458/98-10 on 990222-26.Violations Noted.Major Areas Inspected:Radiation Work Permit Program Implementation from Oct 1997 to Feb 1999 & Problem Identification & Resolution Program as Applied to Program Deficiencies IR 05000458/19990021999-03-26026 March 1999 Insp Rept 50-458/99-02 on 990124-0306.Violations Noted.Major Areas Inspected:Licensee Operations,Maint,Engineering & Plant Support IR 05000458/19990011999-01-25025 January 1999 Insp Rept 50-458/99-01 on 990104-08.No Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Licensee Physical Security Program Including Alarm Stations,Communications,Access Control of Personnel,Packages,Vehicles & Assessment Aids IR 05000458/19980201999-01-0707 January 1999 Insp Rept 50-458/98-20 on 981101-1212.Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Operations,Maint,Engineering & Plant Support IR 05000458/19980161998-12-29029 December 1998 Insp Rept 50-458/98-16 on 980730-0807.Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Engineering & Fire Protection.Also Reviewed,Status of Various Programs Which Were Planned or in Progress ML20198N9311998-12-29029 December 1998 Insp Rept 50-458/98-16 on 980730-0807.Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Engineering & Fire Protection.Also Reviewed,Status of Various Programs Which Were Planned or in Progress IR 05000458/19980181998-11-30030 November 1998 Insp Rept 50-458/98-18 on 980920-1031.No Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Operations,Maint,Engineering & Plant Support ML20196G5161998-11-25025 November 1998 Insp Rept 50-458/98-10 Has Been Canceled.No Insp Rept Will Be Issued IR 05000458/19980191998-11-20020 November 1998 Insp Rept 50-458/98-19 on 981019-23.No Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Operations IR 05000458/19980131998-10-27027 October 1998 Insp Rept 50-458/98-13 on 980608-12,22-26 & 0824-28.Apparent Violations Being Considered for Escalated Enforcement Action.Major Areas Inspected:Operations,Maint & Engineering IR 05000458/19980141998-10-21021 October 1998 Insp Rept 50-458/98-14 on 980928-1002.No Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Operational Status of Licensee Emergency Preparedness Program IR 05000458/19980171998-10-0505 October 1998 Insp Rept 50-458/98-17 on 980809-0919.No Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Operations,Maint,Engineering & Plant Support IR 05000458/19980151998-08-28028 August 1998 Insp Rept 50-458/98-15 on 980628-0808.No Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Operations,Maintenance,Engineering & Plant Support IR 05000458/19980121998-07-29029 July 1998 Insp Rept 50-458/98-12 on 980517-0627.Violations Noted.Major Areas Inspected:Operations,Maint,Engineering & Plant Support IR 05000458/19980071998-06-0808 June 1998 Insp Rept 50-458/98-07 on 980518-21.No Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Implementation of Radiological Environ Monitoring & Meteorological Monitoring Programs IR 05000458/19980081998-06-0505 June 1998 Insp Rept 50-458/98-08 on 980405-0516.No Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Operations,Maint,Engineering & Plant Support IR 05000458/19980111998-06-0404 June 1998 Insp Rept 50-458/98-11 on 980518-21.No Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Maint IR 05000458/19980061998-05-19019 May 1998 Insp Rept 50-458/98-06 on 980427-0501.No Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Implementation of Liquid & Gaseous Radioactive Effluent Waste Mgt Program IR 05000458/19980091998-04-30030 April 1998 Informs That Insp Rept 50-458/98-09 Has Been Canceled ML20217A4801998-04-17017 April 1998 Insp Rept 50-458/98-05 on 980222-0404.Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Operations,Main,Engineering & Plant Support ML20217B4951998-03-24024 March 1998 Insp Rept 50-458/98-03 on 980223-26.Violations Noted.Major Areas Inspected:Review of Radiation Protection Program Activities IR 05000458/19972011998-03-20020 March 1998 Fire Protection Insp Rept 50-458/97-201 on 970615-20, 0629-0703,0819,980120 & 0305.No Violations Noted.Major Areas Inspected:Comprehensive Evaluation of Fire Protection Program & Post Fire Safe Shutdown Capability IR 05000458/19980041998-03-19019 March 1998 Insp Rept 50-458/98-04 on 980111-0221.Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Operations,Maint,Engineering & Plant Support ML20203L8831998-03-0404 March 1998 Insp Rept 50-458/98-01 on 980210-13.No Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Licensee Performance & Capabilities During Fullscale,Biennial Exercise of Emergency Plan & Implementation Procedures ML20202B9401998-02-0606 February 1998 Insp Rept 50-458/97-19 on 971130-980110.Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Licensee Operations,Maint,Engineering & Plant Support IR 05000458/19970201998-02-0505 February 1998 Insp Rept 50-458/97-20 on 971008-15.Violations Noted.Major Areas Inspected:Plant Support IR 05000458/19980021998-02-0202 February 1998 Insp Rept 50-458/98-02 on 980112-16.No Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Licensee Physical Security Program, Including Access Authorization,Alarm Stations,Communication, Access Control of Personnel & Security Event Logs IR 05000458/19970181998-01-0606 January 1998 Insp Rept 50-458/97-18 on 971208-12.No Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Maint & Engineering IR 05000458/19970121997-12-29029 December 1997 Insp Rept 50-458/97-12 on 971203-12.No Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Licensed Operator Requalification Program Following Guidelines in Insp Procedure 71001 ML20197G6191997-12-24024 December 1997 Insp Rept 50-458/97-17 on 971012-1129.Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Operations,Maintenance,Engineering & Plant Support IR 05000458/19970151997-11-17017 November 1997 Insp Rept 50-458/97-15 on 970922-1017.Violations Noted: Inadequate Procedrual Controls for Bus Restoration Contributed to Loss of Shutdown Cooling for 17 Min & Failure to Maintain Adequate Procedures IR 05000458/19970141997-11-14014 November 1997 Insp Rept 50-458/97-14 on 970831-1011.Violation Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Operation,Maint,Enginerring & Plant Support IR 05000458/19970161997-10-28028 October 1997 Insp Rept 50-458/97-16 on 970929-1003.No Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Operations & Maint IR 05000458/19970131997-09-26026 September 1997 Insp Rept 50-458/97-13 on 970720-0830.Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Operations,Maintenance,Engineering & Plant Support IR 05000458/19970031997-09-10010 September 1997 Insp Rept 50-458/97-03 on 970804-08.Violations Noted.Major Areas Inspected:Implementation of Solid Radwaste Mgt & Radwaste & Matls Transportation Programs IR 05000458/19973011997-08-20020 August 1997 Insp Rept 50-458/97-301 on 970728-0801.No Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Operations Examiners Evaluated Competency of Two Senior Reactor Operator & Three Reactor Operator License Applicants for Issuance of Licenses IR 05000458/19970101997-08-0606 August 1997 Insp Rept 50-458/97-10 on 970608-0719.Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Operations,Maint,Engineering & Plant Support ML20149H1441997-07-21021 July 1997 Partially Withheld Insp Rept 50-458/97-11 on 970623-27.Major Areas Inspected:Specific Areas of Physical Security Program Including Review of Records & Repts,Testing & Maint,Vital Area Barriers & Detection Aids & Alarm Stations 1999-09-08
[Table view] Category:NRC-GENERATED
MONTHYEARIR 05000458/19990121999-10-19019 October 1999 Insp Rept 50-458/99-12 on 990822-1002.Non-cited Violations Noted.Major Areas Inspected:Operations,Engineering, Maintenance & Plant Support IR 05000458/19990101999-09-15015 September 1999 Insp Rept 50-458/99-10 on 990830-0903.No Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Licensed Operators Requalification Program IR 05000458/19990081999-09-0808 September 1999 Insp Rept 50-458/99-08 on 990711-0821.Noncited Violations Identified.Major Areas Inspected:Operations,Maint, Engineering & Plant Support IR 05000458/19990111999-08-17017 August 1999 Insp Rept 50-458/99-11 on 990719-23.No Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Licensee Physical Security Program IR 05000458/19990091999-08-16016 August 1999 Replacement Pages 9-18 for Insp Rept 50-458/99-09 Issued on 990730 ML20210N1901999-08-0404 August 1999 Insp Rept 50-458/99-07 on 990530-0710.One Violation of NRC Requirements Occurred & Being Treated as Ncv.Major Areas Inspected:Aspects of Licensee,Operations,Maint,Engineering & Plant Support ML20210K1471999-07-30030 July 1999 Insp Rept 50-458/99-09 on 990510-28 with in-office Insp Until 990701.Noncited Violations Identified.Major Areas Inspected:Review of Licensee Actions Re Testing & Cleaning of Auxiliary Bldg Unit Coolers ML20196L0551999-07-0606 July 1999 Revised Pages 4 of Report Details Section & 2 of Rept Attachment for Insp Rept 50-458/99-03.Corrections Made to Tracking Numbers Assigned to Seven Noncited Violations & to SRO Location During Refueling Activities IR 05000458/19990041999-06-30030 June 1999 Insp Rept 50-458/99-04 on 990412-16 & 28-29.Five Violations Occurred & Being Treated as Noncited Violations.Major Areas Inspected:Portions of Radiation Protection Program,Including Exposure Controls & Radiation Technical & Worker Practices IR 05000458/19990051999-06-18018 June 1999 Insp Rept 50-458/99-05 on 990418-0529.Nonccited Violations Noted.Major Areas Inspected:Aspects of Licensee Operations, Engineering,Maint & Plant Support IR 05000458/19990031999-05-18018 May 1999 Insp Rept 50-458/99-03 on 990307-0417.Noncited Violations Noted.Major Areas Inspected:Operation,Maintenance, Engineering & Plant Support IR 05000458/19990061999-05-15015 May 1999 Insp Rept 50-458/99-06 on 990419-23.No Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Inservice Exam Program Plan & Schedule,Implementation of Program Plan for Facility & Maint & Engineering Followup Review of Previous Insp Findings ML20205A4601999-03-26026 March 1999 Insp Rept 50-458/98-10 on 990222-26.Violations Noted.Major Areas Inspected:Radiation Work Permit Program Implementation from Oct 1997 to Feb 1999 & Problem Identification & Resolution Program as Applied to Program Deficiencies IR 05000458/19990021999-03-26026 March 1999 Insp Rept 50-458/99-02 on 990124-0306.Violations Noted.Major Areas Inspected:Licensee Operations,Maint,Engineering & Plant Support IR 05000458/19990011999-01-25025 January 1999 Insp Rept 50-458/99-01 on 990104-08.No Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Licensee Physical Security Program Including Alarm Stations,Communications,Access Control of Personnel,Packages,Vehicles & Assessment Aids IR 05000458/19980201999-01-0707 January 1999 Insp Rept 50-458/98-20 on 981101-1212.Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Operations,Maint,Engineering & Plant Support IR 05000458/19980161998-12-29029 December 1998 Insp Rept 50-458/98-16 on 980730-0807.Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Engineering & Fire Protection.Also Reviewed,Status of Various Programs Which Were Planned or in Progress ML20198N9311998-12-29029 December 1998 Insp Rept 50-458/98-16 on 980730-0807.Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Engineering & Fire Protection.Also Reviewed,Status of Various Programs Which Were Planned or in Progress IR 05000458/19980181998-11-30030 November 1998 Insp Rept 50-458/98-18 on 980920-1031.No Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Operations,Maint,Engineering & Plant Support ML20196G5161998-11-25025 November 1998 Insp Rept 50-458/98-10 Has Been Canceled.No Insp Rept Will Be Issued IR 05000458/19980191998-11-20020 November 1998 Insp Rept 50-458/98-19 on 981019-23.No Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Operations IR 05000458/19980131998-10-27027 October 1998 Insp Rept 50-458/98-13 on 980608-12,22-26 & 0824-28.Apparent Violations Being Considered for Escalated Enforcement Action.Major Areas Inspected:Operations,Maint & Engineering IR 05000458/19980141998-10-21021 October 1998 Insp Rept 50-458/98-14 on 980928-1002.No Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Operational Status of Licensee Emergency Preparedness Program IR 05000458/19980171998-10-0505 October 1998 Insp Rept 50-458/98-17 on 980809-0919.No Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Operations,Maint,Engineering & Plant Support IR 05000458/19980151998-08-28028 August 1998 Insp Rept 50-458/98-15 on 980628-0808.No Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Operations,Maintenance,Engineering & Plant Support IR 05000458/19980121998-07-29029 July 1998 Insp Rept 50-458/98-12 on 980517-0627.Violations Noted.Major Areas Inspected:Operations,Maint,Engineering & Plant Support IR 05000458/19980071998-06-0808 June 1998 Insp Rept 50-458/98-07 on 980518-21.No Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Implementation of Radiological Environ Monitoring & Meteorological Monitoring Programs IR 05000458/19980081998-06-0505 June 1998 Insp Rept 50-458/98-08 on 980405-0516.No Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Operations,Maint,Engineering & Plant Support IR 05000458/19980111998-06-0404 June 1998 Insp Rept 50-458/98-11 on 980518-21.No Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Maint IR 05000458/19980061998-05-19019 May 1998 Insp Rept 50-458/98-06 on 980427-0501.No Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Implementation of Liquid & Gaseous Radioactive Effluent Waste Mgt Program IR 05000458/19980091998-04-30030 April 1998 Informs That Insp Rept 50-458/98-09 Has Been Canceled ML20217A4801998-04-17017 April 1998 Insp Rept 50-458/98-05 on 980222-0404.Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Operations,Main,Engineering & Plant Support ML20217B4951998-03-24024 March 1998 Insp Rept 50-458/98-03 on 980223-26.Violations Noted.Major Areas Inspected:Review of Radiation Protection Program Activities IR 05000458/19972011998-03-20020 March 1998 Fire Protection Insp Rept 50-458/97-201 on 970615-20, 0629-0703,0819,980120 & 0305.No Violations Noted.Major Areas Inspected:Comprehensive Evaluation of Fire Protection Program & Post Fire Safe Shutdown Capability IR 05000458/19980041998-03-19019 March 1998 Insp Rept 50-458/98-04 on 980111-0221.Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Operations,Maint,Engineering & Plant Support ML20203L8831998-03-0404 March 1998 Insp Rept 50-458/98-01 on 980210-13.No Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Licensee Performance & Capabilities During Fullscale,Biennial Exercise of Emergency Plan & Implementation Procedures ML20202B9401998-02-0606 February 1998 Insp Rept 50-458/97-19 on 971130-980110.Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Licensee Operations,Maint,Engineering & Plant Support IR 05000458/19970201998-02-0505 February 1998 Insp Rept 50-458/97-20 on 971008-15.Violations Noted.Major Areas Inspected:Plant Support IR 05000458/19980021998-02-0202 February 1998 Insp Rept 50-458/98-02 on 980112-16.No Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Licensee Physical Security Program, Including Access Authorization,Alarm Stations,Communication, Access Control of Personnel & Security Event Logs IR 05000458/19970181998-01-0606 January 1998 Insp Rept 50-458/97-18 on 971208-12.No Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Maint & Engineering IR 05000458/19970121997-12-29029 December 1997 Insp Rept 50-458/97-12 on 971203-12.No Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Licensed Operator Requalification Program Following Guidelines in Insp Procedure 71001 ML20197G6191997-12-24024 December 1997 Insp Rept 50-458/97-17 on 971012-1129.Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Operations,Maintenance,Engineering & Plant Support IR 05000458/19970151997-11-17017 November 1997 Insp Rept 50-458/97-15 on 970922-1017.Violations Noted: Inadequate Procedrual Controls for Bus Restoration Contributed to Loss of Shutdown Cooling for 17 Min & Failure to Maintain Adequate Procedures IR 05000458/19970141997-11-14014 November 1997 Insp Rept 50-458/97-14 on 970831-1011.Violation Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Operation,Maint,Enginerring & Plant Support IR 05000458/19970161997-10-28028 October 1997 Insp Rept 50-458/97-16 on 970929-1003.No Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Operations & Maint IR 05000458/19970131997-09-26026 September 1997 Insp Rept 50-458/97-13 on 970720-0830.Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Operations,Maintenance,Engineering & Plant Support IR 05000458/19970031997-09-10010 September 1997 Insp Rept 50-458/97-03 on 970804-08.Violations Noted.Major Areas Inspected:Implementation of Solid Radwaste Mgt & Radwaste & Matls Transportation Programs IR 05000458/19973011997-08-20020 August 1997 Insp Rept 50-458/97-301 on 970728-0801.No Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Operations Examiners Evaluated Competency of Two Senior Reactor Operator & Three Reactor Operator License Applicants for Issuance of Licenses IR 05000458/19970101997-08-0606 August 1997 Insp Rept 50-458/97-10 on 970608-0719.Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Operations,Maint,Engineering & Plant Support ML20149H1441997-07-21021 July 1997 Partially Withheld Insp Rept 50-458/97-11 on 970623-27.Major Areas Inspected:Specific Areas of Physical Security Program Including Review of Records & Repts,Testing & Maint,Vital Area Barriers & Detection Aids & Alarm Stations 1999-09-08
[Table view] Category:TEXT-INSPECTION & AUDIT & I&E CIRCULARS
MONTHYEARIR 05000458/19990121999-10-19019 October 1999 Insp Rept 50-458/99-12 on 990822-1002.Non-cited Violations Noted.Major Areas Inspected:Operations,Engineering, Maintenance & Plant Support ML20212L9771999-10-0505 October 1999 Notice of Violation from Insp on 990710.Violation Noted:From 990224-0325,River Bend Station Operated in Mode I Without Three Operable EDGs IR 05000458/19990101999-09-15015 September 1999 Insp Rept 50-458/99-10 on 990830-0903.No Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Licensed Operators Requalification Program IR 05000458/19990081999-09-0808 September 1999 Insp Rept 50-458/99-08 on 990711-0821.Noncited Violations Identified.Major Areas Inspected:Operations,Maint, Engineering & Plant Support IR 05000458/19990111999-08-17017 August 1999 Insp Rept 50-458/99-11 on 990719-23.No Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Licensee Physical Security Program IR 05000458/19990091999-08-16016 August 1999 Replacement Pages 9-18 for Insp Rept 50-458/99-09 Issued on 990730 ML20210N1901999-08-0404 August 1999 Insp Rept 50-458/99-07 on 990530-0710.One Violation of NRC Requirements Occurred & Being Treated as Ncv.Major Areas Inspected:Aspects of Licensee,Operations,Maint,Engineering & Plant Support ML20210K1471999-07-30030 July 1999 Insp Rept 50-458/99-09 on 990510-28 with in-office Insp Until 990701.Noncited Violations Identified.Major Areas Inspected:Review of Licensee Actions Re Testing & Cleaning of Auxiliary Bldg Unit Coolers ML20196L0551999-07-0606 July 1999 Revised Pages 4 of Report Details Section & 2 of Rept Attachment for Insp Rept 50-458/99-03.Corrections Made to Tracking Numbers Assigned to Seven Noncited Violations & to SRO Location During Refueling Activities IR 05000458/19990041999-06-30030 June 1999 Insp Rept 50-458/99-04 on 990412-16 & 28-29.Five Violations Occurred & Being Treated as Noncited Violations.Major Areas Inspected:Portions of Radiation Protection Program,Including Exposure Controls & Radiation Technical & Worker Practices IR 05000458/19990051999-06-18018 June 1999 Insp Rept 50-458/99-05 on 990418-0529.Nonccited Violations Noted.Major Areas Inspected:Aspects of Licensee Operations, Engineering,Maint & Plant Support IR 05000458/19990031999-05-18018 May 1999 Insp Rept 50-458/99-03 on 990307-0417.Noncited Violations Noted.Major Areas Inspected:Operation,Maintenance, Engineering & Plant Support IR 05000458/19990061999-05-15015 May 1999 Insp Rept 50-458/99-06 on 990419-23.No Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Inservice Exam Program Plan & Schedule,Implementation of Program Plan for Facility & Maint & Engineering Followup Review of Previous Insp Findings ML20205A4601999-03-26026 March 1999 Insp Rept 50-458/98-10 on 990222-26.Violations Noted.Major Areas Inspected:Radiation Work Permit Program Implementation from Oct 1997 to Feb 1999 & Problem Identification & Resolution Program as Applied to Program Deficiencies IR 05000458/19990021999-03-26026 March 1999 Insp Rept 50-458/99-02 on 990124-0306.Violations Noted.Major Areas Inspected:Licensee Operations,Maint,Engineering & Plant Support ML20205A4131999-03-23023 March 1999 NRC Operator Licensing Exam Rept 50-458/99-301 (Including Completed & Graded Tests) for Tests Administered on 990222- 0303.All 14 Applicants Passed Exams ML20203A5351999-01-27027 January 1999 EN-99-005:on 990201,notice of Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in Amount of $55,000 Issued to Licensee.Action Based on Two Severity Level III Violations Involving Design Deficiency,Caused Uncertainty as to Ability of Div I & II IR 05000458/19990011999-01-25025 January 1999 Insp Rept 50-458/99-01 on 990104-08.No Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Licensee Physical Security Program Including Alarm Stations,Communications,Access Control of Personnel,Packages,Vehicles & Assessment Aids IR 05000458/19980201999-01-0707 January 1999 Insp Rept 50-458/98-20 on 981101-1212.Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Operations,Maint,Engineering & Plant Support ML20199E2111999-01-0707 January 1999 Notice of Violation from Insp on 981101-1212.Violation Noted:On 971022,radiation Protection Technicians Released One Container with Two Items Contaminated Above Limits Specified in Procedure RSP-0213 ML20199A2161999-01-0505 January 1999 Notice of Violation from Investigation Conducted on 971231. Violation Noted:On 971015,A Wells,Employee on Entergy Operations,Inc,Submitted to NRC Info Known to Be Inaccurate in Some Respect Matl to NRC ML20198T0691999-01-0505 January 1999 Notice of Violation & Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in Amount of $55,000.Violation Noted:Info Was Provided to Senior Resident Inspector That Was Not Complete & Accurate in All Matl Respects Re 971010 of RWP 97-0002 ML20203A6601999-01-0505 January 1999 EN-99-001:on 990105,notice of Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in Amount of $55,000 Issued to Licensee.Action Based on Severity Level III Violation Involving Superintendent of Radiation Control at Licensee River Bend Station Facility ML20198N9311998-12-29029 December 1998 Insp Rept 50-458/98-16 on 980730-0807.Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Engineering & Fire Protection.Also Reviewed,Status of Various Programs Which Were Planned or in Progress IR 05000458/19980161998-12-29029 December 1998 Insp Rept 50-458/98-16 on 980730-0807.Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Engineering & Fire Protection.Also Reviewed,Status of Various Programs Which Were Planned or in Progress ML20198N9151998-12-29029 December 1998 Notice of Violation from Insp on 980720-0807.Violation Noted:On 980724,licensee Made Change to Facility as Described in Safety Analysis Rept,Which Created Unreviewed Safety Question,Without Prior Commission Approval IR 05000458/19980991998-12-22022 December 1998 SALP Rept 50-458/98-99 Canceled.Process Suspended for Two Yrs.No Insp Rept Will Be Issued for Number IR 05000458/19980181998-11-30030 November 1998 Insp Rept 50-458/98-18 on 980920-1031.No Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Operations,Maint,Engineering & Plant Support ML20196G5161998-11-25025 November 1998 Insp Rept 50-458/98-10 Has Been Canceled.No Insp Rept Will Be Issued IR 05000458/19980191998-11-20020 November 1998 Insp Rept 50-458/98-19 on 981019-23.No Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Operations IR 05000458/19980131998-10-27027 October 1998 Insp Rept 50-458/98-13 on 980608-12,22-26 & 0824-28.Apparent Violations Being Considered for Escalated Enforcement Action.Major Areas Inspected:Operations,Maint & Engineering IR 05000458/19980141998-10-21021 October 1998 Insp Rept 50-458/98-14 on 980928-1002.No Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Operational Status of Licensee Emergency Preparedness Program IR 05000458/19980171998-10-0505 October 1998 Insp Rept 50-458/98-17 on 980809-0919.No Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Operations,Maint,Engineering & Plant Support IR 05000458/19980151998-08-28028 August 1998 Insp Rept 50-458/98-15 on 980628-0808.No Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Operations,Maintenance,Engineering & Plant Support ML20154L7021998-08-17017 August 1998 Corrected Notice of Violation from Insp Completed on 980218. Corrected NOV Sent to Make Consistent with Ltr Sent on 980722 & to Make Clear That No Response Required ML20236V2081998-07-29029 July 1998 Notice of Violation from Insp on 980517-0627.Violation Noted:On 980601,while Accomplishing Clearance Order 98-0583, Operator Did Not Follow Sequence Shown on Clearance Order While Positioning Components IR 05000458/19980121998-07-29029 July 1998 Insp Rept 50-458/98-12 on 980517-0627.Violations Noted.Major Areas Inspected:Operations,Maint,Engineering & Plant Support ML20154M5531998-07-22022 July 1998 Notice of Violation from Investigation Completed on 980323. Violation Noted:On 970908,WJ Ginn,Employee of Contractor to Entergy Operations,Inc,Deliberately Submitted Info to Licensee That Was Incomplete & Inaccurate ML20154L7351998-07-22022 July 1998 Notice of Violation from Investigation Completed on 980218. Violation Noted:On 970711,DL Brown Employee of Contractor to Util Deliberatly Submitted Info to Licensee That Brown Knew Incomplete & Inaccurate on Security Questionnaire IR 05000458/19980071998-06-0808 June 1998 Insp Rept 50-458/98-07 on 980518-21.No Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Implementation of Radiological Environ Monitoring & Meteorological Monitoring Programs IR 05000458/19980081998-06-0505 June 1998 Insp Rept 50-458/98-08 on 980405-0516.No Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Operations,Maint,Engineering & Plant Support IR 05000458/19980111998-06-0404 June 1998 Insp Rept 50-458/98-11 on 980518-21.No Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Maint IR 05000458/19980061998-05-19019 May 1998 Insp Rept 50-458/98-06 on 980427-0501.No Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Implementation of Liquid & Gaseous Radioactive Effluent Waste Mgt Program IR 05000458/19980091998-04-30030 April 1998 Informs That Insp Rept 50-458/98-09 Has Been Canceled ML20217A4461998-04-17017 April 1998 Notice of Violation from Insp on 980222-0404.Violation Noted:Established Measures Did Not Assure That Deviation from Environ Design Criteria Was Controlled ML20217A4801998-04-17017 April 1998 Insp Rept 50-458/98-05 on 980222-0404.Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Operations,Main,Engineering & Plant Support PNO-IV-98-016, on 980413,operators at River Bend Station Initiated Normal Reactor Shutdown.Plant Shutdown Deemed Necessary After Operators Identified Main Generator Hydrogen Seal Oil Leak at Main Generator Casing1998-04-14014 April 1998 PNO-IV-98-016:on 980413,operators at River Bend Station Initiated Normal Reactor Shutdown.Plant Shutdown Deemed Necessary After Operators Identified Main Generator Hydrogen Seal Oil Leak at Main Generator Casing ML20217B4701998-03-24024 March 1998 Notice of Violation from Insp on 980223-26.Violation Noted: Licensee Not Maintained Records of Reviews of Radiation Protection Program Content & Implementation ML20217B4951998-03-24024 March 1998 Insp Rept 50-458/98-03 on 980223-26.Violations Noted.Major Areas Inspected:Review of Radiation Protection Program Activities IR 05000458/19972011998-03-20020 March 1998 Fire Protection Insp Rept 50-458/97-201 on 970615-20, 0629-0703,0819,980120 & 0305.No Violations Noted.Major Areas Inspected:Comprehensive Evaluation of Fire Protection Program & Post Fire Safe Shutdown Capability 1999-09-08
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Docket No.: 50-458
License Nos.: NPF-47
Report No.: 50-458/99-09
Licensee: - Entergy Operations, Inc.
Facility: River Bend Station
Location: 5485 U.S. Highway 61
St. Francisville, Louisiana
Dates: May 10 to 28 with inoffice inspection until July 1,1999
Inspectors: P. Goldberg, Reactor inspector
Engineering and Maintenance Branch
M. Runyan, Senior Reactor inspector
Engineering and Maintenance Branch
Approved by: Dr. Dale A. Powers, Chief,
Engineering and Mei 'sance Branch
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River Bend Station
NRC Inspection Report 50-458/99-09
The purpose of this specialinspection was to review licensee actions relating to testing and
cleaning of the auxiliary building unit coolers.
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The licensee failed to assess adequately the operability of four auxiliary building unit
coolers that were found by test or calculation to have degraded capacity. As a result of
these degraded conditions, the predicted post loss-of-coolant accident temperatures in
the affected rooms were increased from 122 to 132 degrees F. The operability
evaluations were inadequate because they failed to consider several effects of the
higher predicted temperatures, such as decreases in motor-operated valve motor
efficiency, decreases in cable ampacity, and changes in the operating margins of
temperature-actuated isolations. In response to this finding, the licensee performed a
complete analysis and determined that equipment operability was not affected. This
issue was identified as a noncited violation of 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, Criterion V
(Section E8.1).
The licensee failed to perform a 10 CFR 50.59 evaluation to determine if an unreviewed
safety question existed as a result of its calculations showing that the maximum post-
accident temperature in some auxiliary building rooms, housing safe shutdown
equipment, could exceed design limits specified in the Final Safety Analysis Report.
This issue was identified as a noncited violation of 10 CFR 50.59 (EA 99-150). The
licensee's unreviewed safety question determination was pending, but the determination
of operability indicated that the consuquences of this condition were minor
(Section E8.1).
During a period from October 1996 to January 1997, the licensee failed to initiate
condition reports in a timely manner (or not at all) for four auxiliary building unit cooler
test failures. The test results revealed that the unit coolers had inadequate capacity to
maintain the supplied rooms at the design temperatures. Moreover, the licenseo failed
to address in an adequate manner three auxiliary building unit coolers that were in a
degraded state for a period of 4 years. While the operabi!ity of the equipment in the
rooms serviced by the coolers would not have been challenged, the plant would have
been unable to meet the design basis limiting temperatures for several auxiliary building
rooms housing emergency core cooling system pumps and other safety related
components. This issue was identified as a noncited violation of 10 CFR Part 50,
Appendix B, Criterion XVI (Section E8.1).
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The licensee failed to initiate a condition report and restore over a 3 year period missing
insulation on piping located in the high pressure core spray pump room in a timely
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already deficient condition of the unit cooler that serviced this room. The insulation was
discovered missing in late 1995 and not restored until September 1998. This issue was
identified as an additional example of a noncited violation of 10 CFR Part 50,
Appendix B, Criterion XVI (Section E8.1).
Maintenance
- An unresolved item was identified concerning the licensee's handling of the auxiliary
building unit coolers within the Maintenance Rule Program. The existing performance
measures were observed to not address the maintenance implications of unit coolers
that had failed to meet their design capacities (Section M8.1).
- Weaknesses were identified in the licensee's program developed to implement the
recommendations of Generic Letter 89-13," Service Water System Problems Affecting
Safety-Related Equipment." The decision to clean marginal auxiliary building unit
coolers in lieu of testing was not appropriately justified, the sequence of cleaning with
respect to past testing was contrary to NRC guidance, a baseline test program was not
established, and actions following test failures were not consistent with the
recommendations of the generic letter (Section M8.2).
- The licensee failed to identify an operator workaround and train operators concerning a
temperature-actuated isolation of the residual heat removal system that was designed to
isolate a leak in the system but which had a temperature setpoint below the design no-
leak post-accident temperature. There was a possibility that a spurious isolation of the
residual heat removal system could have occurred during a loss-of-coolant accident,
which would have complicated accident recovery since operators would have had to
diagnose the condition and take manual actions to initiate or restore shutdown cooling
(Section M8.3).
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E8.1 (Closed) Insoection Followuo item 50-458/9813-06: Review of licensee's response to
NRC on how Recommendation ll of Generic Letter 89-13 would be implemented
This item was opened because of concerns relating to the licensee's decision to
perform cleaning and temperature monitoring of the auxiliary building heating,
- ventilation, and cooling unit coolers in lieu of testing. The licensee generated Condition
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was following with the recommendations of Generic Letter 89-13.
Test History
< Out of a total of 11 safety-related auxiliary building unit coolers that provide room
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these auxiliary building unit coolers.
Unit Cooler HVR-UCS, which serves the high pressure core spray pump room, was
tested in April 1995. It was determined that the heat exchanger had a capacity of
525,644 Btu /hr. In November 1996, the heat exchanger had a measured capacity of
532,139 Btu /hr. The vendor design capacity for this cooler was 592,300 Btu /hr, and
the required capacity, based on the calculated heat transfer needed to maintain a
post-accident temperature of 122 degrees F, was 655,824 Btu /hr. The required
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capacity was greater than originally designed because of a lack of insulation on the high )
pressure core spray piping. This was a discrepant condition that existed during the two
tests described above Based on these results, this cooler had failed both of the tests.
The insulation was restored in 1998 and the calculated required capacity was lowered I
to 569,938 Btu /hr. The inspectors noted that the test results also did not meet this )
revised requireo capacity, meaning that the unit coolers would have failed the tests even
if the insulation problem had not existed. ]
Unit Cooler HVR-UC6, which serves the Residual Heat Removal Heat Exchangers A
and C and Pump Room A, the low pressure core spray pump room, and the reactor core
isolation cooling pump room, was tested in 1995,1996, and 1997. The unit cooler failed
all three tests with the measured test capacity being less than the required capacity.
See Table 1 for the test values.
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and D and Pump Rooms B and C, was tested in 1995 and 1997. The unit cooler failed
both tests with the measured test capacity being less than the required capacity. See
Table 1 for the test values.
Cooler HVR UC7 was tested twice and was the only unit cooler of those tested whose
measured test capacity exceeded the required capacity. See Table 1 for the test
values.
Current Status of Coolers
The inspectors reviewed Purchase Specification 215.252, Addendum 7 to Revision 2,
which specified the original design requirements for purchasing the auxiliary building
unit coolers, and Purchase Specification 215.253, " Auxiliary Building Unit Cooler
Replacement Cooling Coils," Revision 3, which resulted in the replacement of the
cooling coils in all of the auxiliary building unit coolers. The inspectors noted that i
the current required capacity for three of the unit coolers exceeded the required
capacities listed in the purchase specification. The licensee's representative stated
that the required capacities had increased since the time when the original specification
was made because of changes to the method used to calculate the heat load from l
the motors. No physical changes were made to the rooms to cause the required heat !
loads to increase. As a result of the revised calculated heat loads, the margin between !
the design capacity and the required capacity decreased for Unit Coolers HVR-UC5,
HVR-UC6, and HVR-UC9, which were the same three unit coolers that failed all
previous performance tests.
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Aux Bldg Vendor onginal original Current Current Test Test Results
Unit Cooler Design Required Margin Require,d Margin Date
Capacity Capacity (Design Capacity (Design
(Btu /hr) From less (Blu/hr) less
Purchase Required) Current)
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HVR-uC2 158,300 149,700 8,600 110.962 47,338 NA NA
HVR UC3 307,500 293,200 14.300 265,806 41,694 NA NA
HVR-uC4 284,800 266,000 18,800 216,030 68,770 NA NA
HVR-uCS 592,300 547,100 45,200 569,938 22,862 4/95 525,644
11/96 532,139
HVR-uC6 764,000 705,700 58,300 747,429 16,571 3/95 707,433
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Aux Bldg vendor original Onginal Current Current Test Test Results
Unit cooler Design Required Margin Required Margin Date
Capacity Capacity (Design Capacity (Design
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HVR-UC9 664,800 627,400 37,400 648,847 15,953 3/95 575,459
1/97 646,584
HVR-UC10 118,000 109.100 8,900 101,557 16,443 NA NA
HVR-UC11 A 1,278,900 1,214,700 64,200 688,798 590,102 NA NA
HVR-UC11B 1,278,900 1,214,700 64,200 688,798 590,102 NA NA
This table indicates that each of the 11 unit coolers currently have sufficient design i
margin. However, as discussed above, Unit Coolers HVR-UC5,6, and 9 have, without
exception, failed all performance tests, where the measured heat transfer rate has been
less than the design requirement. j
The inspectors noted that the design capacities listed above benefit from the installation
of new cooling coils that were installed in all of the auxiliary building unit coolers during
1992 and 1993. The licensee's representative stated that the original coils had less
capacity than their replacements. The coil replacement was necessitated by excessive
corrosion that resulted from operation under the previous open design of the service
water system, in which the discharged cooling water was not recirculated back to the
supply piping. Prior to the coil replacement, the licensee modified the service water
system to a closed configuration.
In addition to the three unit coolers that had previously failed performance tests, the
inspectors noted that Unit Cooler HVR-UC10 had a small analytical original margin (prior
to coil replacement). The inspectors concluded that this unit cooler would likely fail a
performance test if it were to be conducted because, according to the licensee's
representative, the uncertainty involved in measuring the heat transfer rate was greater
than the available margin.
Plant Walkdown
The inspectors performed a walkdown of the rooms in the auxiliary building that were
cooled by Unit Coolers HVR-UC5,6,9, and 10. In this effort, the inspectors focused on
identifying equipment that could be affected by elevated temperatures. The list of such
equipment found i,1 the rooms included motor-operated valves, temperature detectors
used to initiate alarms and isolations, electrical cabling, and pump motors.
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The inspectors also examined the airflow patterns in the rooms to determine if local hot
spots existrvt that could affect sensitive equipment. No areas of this nature were
identifie ?
Operabiktv Determination
The inspectors reviewed the licensee's current operability assessment, performed in
1998, of auxiliary building Unit Coolers HVR-UC5, 6, and 9, which was contained in
Condition Report CR-RBS-1998-0794. The current design and licensing bases
specified that all areas of the auxiliary building would be maintained at less than or equal ,
to 122 degrees F under all postulated normal, off-normal, and accident conditions.
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Based on an analysis of the aforementioned test results, the licensee concluded that the
unit coolers were capable of maintaining normal and post loss-of-coolant accident
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132 degrees F temperature was established by applying the highest measured
degradation of heat exchanger performance, as revealed by the previous test results, to
each of the unit coolers. The licensee evaluated the equipment located in the higher
accident temperature areas and found that all of the equipment was environmentally
qualified for ambient temperatures greater than 132 degrees F. Consequently, the
licensee concluded tr at the auxiliary building unit coolers were operable and would
continue to perform their intended safety function based on their current and projected
condition. This operability evaluation was effective until May 2,1999, or entry into
Mode 3 following Refueling Outage 7, whichever occurred first. After the outage
schedule was extended because of unrelated problems, the operability evaluation due
date was extended to July 1,1999. i
The inspectors noted that the licensee had not fully considered the operability impact of l
higher room temperatures on the equipment within the affected rooms, other than the j
environmental qualification implications as discussed above. The types of evaluations
missing from consideration included potential changes to electrical resistance (voltage
drop), cable ampacity, efficiency effects on Limitorque motor-operated valve motors and
emergency core cooling system pump motors, and design margins for temperature-
actuated alarms and isolations. In response to the inspectors' finding, the licensee
initiated Condition Report CR-99-0875 to investigate the potential effects of the
increased room temperature.
The inspectors reviewed condition reports generated following the unit cooler test ;
failures to ascertain the adequacy of the operability evaluations associated with these j
condition reports. j
Condition Report CR 98-0591, dated May 14,1998, identified that the high pressure
core spray Unit Cooler HVR-UC5 failed to pass the thermal performance test performed ;
on November 15,1996. The licensee determined that the test cooling capacity was l
532,139 BTU /hr compared to an acceptance criterion of 655,824 Btu /hr, based on
Calculation G13.18.2.1*061, Revision 1, dated August 29,1996. l
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The inspectors reviewed the operability evaluation and found that, because of the
negative margin of the heat removal rate. the maximum temperature of the room
following a design basis accident increased from 122 to 127 degrees F. The licensee
stated, within Condition Report 98-0591, that this elevated temperature would have no ,
impact on the operability of the environmental qualification components. However, the
licensee failed to evaluate other conditions, as discussed above, that could affect
operability.
Condition Report CR 96-1952, dated November 14,1996, identified that the high
pressure core spray Unit Cooler HVR-UC5 failed to meet the heat transfer acceptance
requirements on April 12,1995. The operability evaluation stated that the environmental
qualification components would not be affected by an elevated temperature greater than
the design temperature of 122 degrees F and the components would still be operable.
Again, this evaluation was inadequate because it failed to considet many of the effects
of the higher temperatures.
Condition Report CR 97-0025, dated January 10,1997, identified that Unit
Cooler HVR-UC9 failed to meet the required cooling capacity during testing j
conducted March 17,1995. The operability evaluation contained in this condition l
report was inadequate for the same reasons discussed above. l
The inspectors reviewed the January 16,1997, test failure of Unit Cooler HVR-UC9 and
the October 2,1996, test failure of Unit Cooler HVR-UC6 and determined that a
condition report had not been issued for either failure. i
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shall be prescribed by documented instructions, procedures, or drawings, of a type
appropriate to the circumstances and shall be accomplished in accordance with these
instructions, procedures, or drawings. Procedure RBNP-078, " Operability
Determinations," Revision 4, states that when performing an operability evaluation, the
following guideline objective was required to be accomplished: " Determine the impact of
the degraded or nonconforming SSC." The inspectors considered that the licensee had
failed to adequately perform this objective for the unit cooler problems, in that, the
impact of the higher temperatures on safety-related equipment had not been fully
determined (examples listed above). The licensee's failure to perform an adequate J
operability evaluation within Condition Reports CR-98-0794, CR 98-0591, CR 96-1952,
nad CR 97-0025 was considered to be a violation of 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B,
Criterion V. This Severity Level IV violation is being treated as a noncited violation
(50-458/9909-01), consistent with Appendix C of the NRC Enforcement Policy. The i
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violation is in the licensee's corrective action program as Condition Report CR-99-0875.
During the inspection, at the inspectors' request, the licensee brictly reviewed the
impacts of the higher temperatures on motor-operated valves, cable ampacity, and
temperature-related isolations, and found that, although each of these components were
affected, no operability concems resulted. Based on the information provided by the
licensee, the irispectors agreed with this assessment. However, the licensee's effort did
not constitute a formal operability determination. The licensee's representative agreed
with the inspectors that a revised operability assessment would be required before unit
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ATTACHMENT
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
PARTIAL LIST OF PERSONS CONTACTED
Licensee
V. Bacanskas, Senior Lead Technical Specialist
R. Biggs, Coordinator, Safety and Regulatory Affairs
R. Brian, Manager, Design Engineering
O. Bulich, Project Engineer
S. Dhingra, Design Engineering
D. Dormandy, Manager, Performance and System Engineering
R. Fili, Supervisor, System Engineering
W. Fountain, Technical Specialist
J. Fowler, Manager, Quality Assurance
R. King, Director, Nuclear Safety and Regulatory Affairs
D. Loriing, Supervisor, Licensing
D. Pace, Director, Design Engineering ]
D. Parks, Design Engineering i
J. Schlesinger, Technical Assistant )
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P. Sicard, Manager, Safety and Engineering Analysis
D. Stewart, System Engineer
D. Williamson, Senior Licensing Specialist j
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N. Garrett, Resident inspector
G. Replogle, Senior Resident inspector
INSPECTION PROCEDURES USED
92902 Followup-Maintenance
92903 Followup-Engineering
ITEMS OPENED AND CLOSED
Opened
50-458/9909-01 NCV Inadequate Operability Evaluation of Degraded Auxiliary Building
Unit Coolers (Section E8.1)
50-458/9909-02 NCV Failure to Perform a 10 CFR 50.59 Evaluation (Section E8.1) ;
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50-458/9909-03 NCV Failure to Take Adequate Corrective Actions to Replace Missing
insulation on High Pressure Core Spray Pump Room Piping and
to Restore Degraded Unit Coolers to Design Capacities (Section
E8.1)
50-458/9909-04 URI Handling of Auxiliary Building Unit Cooler Test Failures within the
Maintenance Rule Program (Section M8.1)
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50-458/9813-06 IFl Review of Licensee's Response to NRC on How
Recommendation 11 of Generic Letter 89-13 Would be
implemented (Section M8.2)
50-458/9909-01 NCV Inadequate Operability Evaluation of Degraded Auxiliary Building
Unit Coolers (Section E8.1)
50-458/9909-02 NCV Failure to Perform a 10 CFR 50.59 Evaluation (Section E8.1)
50-548/9909-03 NCV Untimely Corrective Actions to Restore Missing Insulation on High
Pressure Core Spray Pump Room Piping (Section E8.1)
DOCUMENTS REVIEWED
Procedures
RBNP-030," Initiation and Processing of Condition Reports," Revision 14
RBNP-078," Operability Determinations," Revision 4
PEP-0046, "Servbe Water Heat Exchanger inspections," Revision 4 -
S:\ OPS \OWA DOC," Operator Work Around Main Control Room Deficiency Program."
Revision 7
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PM-194, " Standby Cooling Tower Performance and Evaporation Losses Without Drywell Unit
Coolers," Revision 3 '
G13.18.2.1*059-1 A, " Control Building Heat Load Evaluation During LOCA w/Offsite Power ;
Available and Normal Operating Conditions," Revisions 1 and 1 A
G13.18.2.1*610," Auxiliary Building Normal Operation Heat Loads, Unit Cooler Sizing
Verification," Revisions 0,1,1-A
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PB-030, " Heat Gain in Auxiliary Building," Revision 3
G13.3 E-225, "Vcitage Calculation of Category I 480 V Motor Operated Valves," Revision 4
PB-210, " Heat Gain for Containment Outsids Drywell," Revision 2, Addenda B
PB-326, "Effact of LOCA on Containment Unit Coolers," Revision 0
BV-15.1, " Fan External Totu Pressure Unit Coolers,1HVR*UC1 A, UC1B, UC1C," Revision 0
PN-311. " Spent Fuel Pool Temperatures Based on an 18-Month Refueling Cycle," Revision 0
PB-257, " Average and Maximum Design Temperatures for Diesel Generator Control Rooms A
and B," Revision 0
12210/E 167, "5 kV Cable Sizing," Revision 1
PB-029-2, " Heat Gain Auxiliary Building-Piping," Revision 0
No.176, " Analytical Limits for Leak Detection System Temperature Setpoh," Revision 0
PB-250, " Average and Maximum Design Temperatures for Each Zone in the Auxiliary Building,"
Revision 0
12210-ZA-E31*1,"Setpoint Calculation of RHR Equipment Area Ambient and Differential
Temperature Monitors," Revision 0
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87-0719. "Uprate of Chiller Units to 200 Tons," October 10,1987
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Condition Reoorts
87-1667, When pressure testing unit cooler HVR-UC8,19 cooling coil leaks were noted
95-0099, The USAR heat load for room cooler HVR-UC6 is greater than the actual heat loads
for the area
95-0887, High pressure core spray system room coolers had catastrophic failure causing the ,
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96-1581, Inability to maintain 122 degrees F in HPCS room
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96-1891, Operability for EQ equipment located in the auxiliary building under LOCA/ LOOP
conditions
96-1952, Engineering eval'uation of the heat transfer capacity performance of room cooler
HVR-UC5 indicates that cooling coil will not remove the required heat load
97-0025, Failure of room cooler HVR-UC9 to meet the required cooling capacity
97-0081, Documented failure of room cooler HVR-UC6 during test to meet required cooling rate
97-0375, initiated to evaluate installation of baffle plates in the auxiliary building room coolers
98-0591, Justification of why room cooler HVR-UC5 remains operable in spite of failing tests
98-0659, Quality Assurance audit discovered that design cooling capacity value in SAR table
was wrongly corrected by Revision 8 LCN
98-0794, Degraded condition of auxiliary building unit coolers
99-0875, Effect of elevated temperatures in auxiliary building
99-0885, Missing insulation on HPCS piping
99-0890, Leak detection setpoint for the RHR system is 117 degrees F which is lower than the
design temperature of the RHR rooms, so RHR could isolate without a leak present'
Maintenance Action items
312074 HVR-UCS Subject Test
Specifications
General Electric Specification 22A3093, "BWR Equipment Environmental Interface Data,"
Revision 3
General Electric Specification 22A6926,"BWR Equipment Environmental Interface Data,"
Revision 0
General Electric Specification 22A3155AK," Design Specification Data Sheet, Heat Exchanger,
Cleanup, Regenerative," Revision 0
241.234," Insulated 600-V Power Cable," January 22,1981
215.252, " Containment Unit Coolers and Auxiliary Building Unit Coolers with ASME Ill, Class 3
Coils," Addendum 7 to Revision 2
215.253," Auxiliary Building Unit Cooler Replacement Cooling Coils," Revision 3
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Environmental Opalification Assessmont Reports
EOAR-024,' Westinghouse Mediurn Duty Motors," Revision 0
EOAR 057,"Rosemount 1153 Series B Alphaline Pressure Transmitters," Revision 0
EOAR-073, "GE Vertical 4160V Pump Motors," Revision 0
Drawinas
0215.252-057-007C," Containment Unit Cooler Bill of Material'
0215.252-057-010H, " Unit Cooler Outline Drawing"
0244.700-004-019G, " Lube Oil Coolers EGS-EG1 A/1 B"
Miscellaneous
6215.257-057-002A," Fan Performance Curve"
MR 87-719, letter Carrier to J. Hamilton, Gulf States Utilities Company, computer runs of chilled
water units ;
0247-250-329-026J, " Supplier's Document Data Form, Outline Configuration Process
Monitors," Revision E
Report E/IC-95-002," River Bend Station Engineering Report for Environmental Qualification of
Reliance Electric 50 HP Fan Motor," Revision 0
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