ML20217C094
| ML20217C094 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Palisades  |
| Issue date: | 08/19/1977 |
| From: | Schwencer A Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Bixel D CONSUMERS ENERGY CO. (FORMERLY CONSUMERS POWER CO.) |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20213E767 | List: |
| References | |
| FOIA-90-570 NUDOCS 9107090215 | |
| Download: ML20217C094 (3) | |
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August 19, 1977 Do'etet No. 50-255 Consumers Power Co9pany ATTN: Mr. Dave Dixel Nuclear Licensir p Administrator 212 West Michigan Avenue Jackson, Michigan 49201 Gertlemen:
,RE:
PALISADES PLANT We are enclosing for your infomation and use a copy of
" Nuclear Plant Fire' Protection runctional Responsibilities.
Administrative Controls and Quality Assurance." This document is presently being used by the NRC as supplemental guidance for the I
review of the organizational and administrative aspects of the fire protection evaluation of your facility.
Sincerely.
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A. Schwencer, Chief Operating Reactors Dranch v1 Division of Operating Reactors
Enclosure:
Nuclear Plant Fire Protection Functional Responsibilities.
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NUCLEAR PLANT FIRE PROTECTION FphCTIONAL R!5PON51BILIT!ES. ACHI CCNTROL5 AND QUALITY AS$URANCE
'1 The functional responsibilities administrative contr:1s, anL cuality assurance related to nuclear powe,r plant fire protectica pr: grams have a significant role in preventing and fignting fires.
Because these :cate:'.s recresent a significant portion of the licenste's fire prote:ti:n pr:
and are subject to periodic reviews by NRC inspectors it is necessary;rr have a comon underttanding between appitcant/ licensees NRC reviewers, to and NRC inspectors as to what constitutes adequate delineation of respon-sibilities, administrative controls and quality assurance and how thest responsibilities and activities should be conducted. Theref ore., s u; tie-i j
mentary guidanca en these controls is desirable.
A;pendix-A to Branch' Technical Position 9.$-1 and Regulatory Guide 1.120 provide over:11 guidance rtlated to functional respoa..ibilities, ad,in.
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istrative controls, and quality assurance. The di.custica in :ne Atta:n.
tents provides sutolemental guidance on specific functional responsibilities, acminittrative controls, and qualit effective fire protection progrsm. y assurance necessary to assure anThe table for which sup;1emental guidance is provided with the res;ective section(ri C
of Appendix A and Regulatory Guide 1.120.
REGULATORY
'5UBJECT APPEN0!X A GUltt 1.120 i
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Fire Protection A.1, B, C C.), C.2. C.3 Organization 2.
Fire B-igade A.1(d).B.5 C.1(4),C.2e Trtining 3.
Control of B.2.,5.3(c)
C.2.b.C.2.c(3)
Comoust,1bles 4
Control of Ignition B.3(a)
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Fire Fighting A.1(d).B.1,4.5 C.la(4)
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QUAU TY A550RANO!
l The cuali'v assuranc.t (QA) Drogram should assure that the recuirtments for cesig; prcturteent, instal 14tien, testing, anc acministrative controls 1 the fire protection cre rts for safety relatec areas e
accreved t. lRC are satisfied. The Quality assurance : :visiens f:r fire crctec ecn shoule a:oly to activities ettforeec after tne t'fective cate of the aception of said previsions. The QA cr: gram snoulc te uncer the management control of the QA organisation. This centrol censists of (1) formulating'and/or verifying that the fire protection QA gregram incor; orates suitable recuirements and is acceptable to the management l
rescensible.for fire protection anc (2) verifying the effe:tiveness of the Qa pregram for fire protection throcch review. surveillar.co. anc aucits.
Perfomance of other QA program functions for meeting the fire protec* ion orogram Ptcuirtitents may tt perfemec by personnel cuisiet of f
the QA organization.
The QA crogram for fire erotection shoule tr. cart u
f of the overall plant QA pr gram. These CA criteria accly to these items i
within the sccce of the fire protec*. ton prograo, st.cn as firt prctection i
systems, emergency lighting, comunication soc arsergency breathing accaratus as well as the fire protection recuirements of acclicatie d
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safety related equipment.
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j Applicants /1'icensees can rneet the fire protection quality assurance (QA) program criteria of Appendix A to STP 9.51 or Regulatdry Guide 1.120 by ei ther:,,,
i 1) impleminting these fire protection 'QA 'crite'ria 'as parof thef'r QA i
t program under 10 CFR Part.50 Appendix B,.nhere such a copf tment is woe.'it is not necessary to'submi.t a detailed descriotien of the
,/tre,protat tion QA program or'its implementat' ion forMC review; or
- 2) providing or liRC review a description'of the fire protaction QA program af d the measures for implementing the program. Supplemental I
guidance 's provided below on acceptable measures for implementing each of t.hi fire protection *0A progtam criteria of Appendix A to BTP 9.5-1 oc Regulatory Guide 1.120.
1.0 Design control and Procurement Document Control - Measures should be establisned to assure
- tat the applicable guidelines of the Regulatory Guide 1.120 or approved NRC alte-natives are incluced in design and procurement decurr.ents and that deviations therefrom are l
controlled. These reasures shculd assure that:
Qesign and procurement document changes. inclucing field char.ges a.
and design deviations art subject to the same level of contr:ls.
reviews. and approvals that were applicable. te the original docunent.