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Safety Evaluation Supporting Generic Ltr 83-28,Item 4.5.2 Re Periodic on-line Testing of Reactor Trip Sys
ML20247A706
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Site: Oyster Creek
Issue date: 07/17/1989
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Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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GL-83-28, NUDOCS 8907210293
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SAFETY EVALUATION BY THE 0FFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION'

, 'GPU NUCLEAR' CORPORATION AND JERSEY CENTRAL POWER'AND LIGHT COMPANY OY3TER CREEK NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION GENERIC LETTER 83-28 ITEM 4.5.2-x REACTOR TRIP SYSTEM RELIABILITY - ON-LINE TESTING e

1.0' INTRODUCTION AND

SUMMARY

Generic Letter 83-28 was ' issued by NRC on July 8,1983, indicating actions to be taken by applicants and licensees based on the generic implications of the -

Salem ATWS events. Item 4.5 states a staff position which requires on-line i- functional testing of.the reactor trip system, including. independent testing 11 of the diverse trip features of the' reactor trip breakers, for all plants.

Item'4.5.2 requires applicants and licensees with plants not currently designed to permit this periodic on-line testing to justify not making-modifications to permit such testing. By letters dated November 14, 1983, June 12, 1985 .and May 15, 1989, the licensee, GPU Nuclear. Corporation, (GPUN) responded to the staff position regarding Item 4.5.2 of Generic- Letter

'83-28. Our review of these responses finds'them to be acceptable.

2.0 EVALUATION' In.GPUN's first submittal dated November 14, 1983, the licensee stated that the Oyster Creek Rcactor Trip System was designed to pemit on-line testing of the reactor trip system. Justification of the adequacy of current functional testing.of the scram pilot valves and-the backup scram valves would be provided. In their June 12, 1985 submittal the licensee stated that the analysis contained in GE Topical Report NEDC-30844 and subsequent plant specific analysis' supported their conclusion that current functional testing .

intervals for the scre.m pil" valves were adequate but did not address testing of tne backup scram valves In their May 15, 1989 submittal they committed to

' test the backup scram valves at refueling outages.  ;

3.0 CONCLUSION

The staff concludes that this response is acceptable since the licensee's response meets the staff position.

Principal Contributor: D. R. Lasher Dated: July 17, 1989 k

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