ML20237E201

Confirms Dates of 880201-05 for Environ Qualification of Electrical Equipment Insp.Documents Listed in Encl W/Plus Mark Required 2 Wks Prior to Insp & Should Also Be Sent to U Potapovs.Areas to Be Inspected Listed

ML20237E201
Person / Time
Site:	Catawba
Issue date:	12/18/1987
From:	Brownlee V NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To:	Tucker H DUKE POWER CO.
References
IEIN-85-039, IEIN-85-39, NUDOCS 8712280211
Download: ML20237E201 (3)

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1 DEC 1 B 1987 l 1

Docket Nos. 50-413, 50-414 License Nos. NPF-35, NPF-52 Duke Power Company ATTN: Mr. H. B. Tucker, Vice President Nuclear Production Department 422 South Church Street Charlotte, NC 28242 Gentlemen:

SUBJECT:

EQUIPMENT QUALIFICATION INSPECTION OF CATAWBA NUCLEAR PLANT This letter corr'irms the dates of February 1-5, 1988 for the NRC environmental qualification (iQ) of electrical equipment inspection -for Catawba Units 1 ,

and 2. These dates were established during a previous telephone conversation j with L. Burba on December 15, 1987 by N. Merriweather of this office. The inspection will take place at the Design Engineering Department- .

A management entrance meeting is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. on February 1,1988 with a management exit meeting tentatively scheduled for 10:00 a.m. on February 5,1988. A plant walkdown inspection of specific EQ equipment is planned for Wednesday, February 3, 1988.

The inspection will include the following:

1. Review of your implementation of 10 CFR 50.49 EQ program, including preservation of qualified status of equipment.

2. Review of your implementation of Technical Evaluation Report / Safety -

Evaluation Report EQ corrective action commitments.

3. Review of EQ documentation files including all supporting calculations and performance characteristics (including instrument and loop accuracies in' I which effects of decreases of insulation resistance as a result of hostile environment degradation of equipment such as terminal blocks, cables, splices, EPAs, transmitters, etc., are evaluated (see NUREG/CR-3691); H variation in current; voltage; frequency and other electrical characteristics that could impact the qualification). Additional details for auditability of EQ records are specified in IE Notice 85-39. <

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4. Physical inspection of equipment from the Master List.

' At least two weeks prior to the inspection, we will require one, copy of each document identified in the enclosure with a plus (+) mark. A duplicate copy is, q

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i to be sent to: I Uldis Potapovs, Chief Equipment Qualification Inspection Section EW/S 312A U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 ,

All calculations and files are to be available for this inspection. Your cooperation during this inspection will be appreciated.

Should you have any questions regarding this inspection, please contact j T. E. Conlon on (404) 331-5537.

Sincerely,

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Virgil L. Brownlee, Chief 1 Reactor Projects Branch 3 )

Division of Reactor Projects

Enclosure:

References cc w/ encl:

J. W. Hampton, Station Manager Senior Resident Inspector - Mtouire bec w/ encl:

K. N. Jabbour, NRR NRC Resident Inspector DRS Technical Assistant Document Control Desk State of South Carolina U. Potapovs, NRR T. Conlon, RII N. Merriweather, RII T. Peebles, RII R -

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8 ENCLOSURE ,

I REFERENCES

1. + Licensee's overall EQ Program.

2. +NRC Safety Evaluation Reports (SER) concerning environmental qualification of safety-related electrical equipment, including the SER that forwarded the Technical Evaluation Report (TER) to each licensee.

3. + Licensee's commitments for corrective action including May 1983 SER/TER  ;

response,1984 minutes of meeting with NRC, and subsequent changes.

4. +a. Licensee's list of equipment requiring environmental qualification 1 (Master List, submitted in May 1963).

+b. Master List, version in effect at time of inspection.

5 ,, +a. Generic Letter 84-24, D. G. Eisenhut to Licensee's and Applications, dated December 17, 1984,

Subject:

Certification of Compliance to 10 CFR 50.49.

6. + Licensee's current System Component Evaluation Worksheets (SCEW sheets) for generic items or equivalent. l

7. + Licensee's procedures applicable to equipment qualification (EQ program, procurement of qualified equipment, maintenance of qualified equipment, modifications to EQ equipment, EQ personnel training (site and corporate personnel), QA/EQ interface including corporate QA, Site QA/QC audits, EQ spare parts procurement) and licensee program for EQ related NRC Informa-tion Notices / Bulletins.

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• Licensee's qualification documentation and/or files including all '

calculations and analysis (Aging, Performance characteristics, etc.) that support the environmental qualification.

9. +SER or statement concerning status of Regulatory Guide 1.97 Equipment in the EQ area.

• These documents must be available for the inspectors use throughout the inspection.

+These documents are requested for review before the inspection.

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