ML20248E267

Advises That 880517 Response to Generic Ltr 88-03, Steam Binding of Auxiliary Feedwater Pumps Satisfactory

ML20248E267
Person / Time
Site:	Comanche Peak
Issue date:	09/22/1989
From:	Charemagne Grimes Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	William Cahill TEXAS UTILITIES ELECTRIC CO. (TU ELECTRIC)
References
GL-88-03, GL-88-3, NUDOCS 8910050124
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LDocket Nos. 50-445 i and 50-446 Mr. William J. Cahill, Jr.

Executive Vice President, Nuclear

. Texas Utilities Electric Company 400 North Olive Street,, L. B. 81 p

Dallas, Texas' 75201

Dear Mr. Cahill:

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SUBJECT:

GENERIC LETTER 88-03, " STEAM BINDING 0F AUXILIARY FEEDWATER PUMPS" Generic Letter 88-03, issued on February 17, 1988, requested all licensees of operating pressurized water reactors (PWRs) and holders of construction permits for PWRs to confirm that appropriate procedures are in place, and will be maintained, to minimize the occurrence of steam binding of the auxiliary feedwater (AFW) pumps. The procedures should require monitoring fluid conditions within the AFW system each shift during times when the system

~ is required to be operable, and recognizing steam binding and restoring the AFW .

system to operable status should steam binding occur.

4 Your response, dated May 17,1988 (TXX-88456), confirmed that you have in-

' place,'and will maintain, the necessary procedures. Thus, your response to Generic Letter. 88-03 is satisfactory and no further action is necessary.

i Sincerely.

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> GENERIC LETTER 88-03, "ST BINDING OF AUXILIARY FEEDWATER PUMPS" L On February 17, 1988 Generic'L ter 88-03 was issued and requested all

' licensees of operating press zed water reactors (PWRs) and holders of  !

construction permits for P ~ s to confirm that appropriate procedures are ' ,

-in place, and will be ma ained, to minimize the occurrence of steam ]6 binding of the auxiliar feedwater (AFW) pumps. The procedures require monitoring fluid con - ions within the AFW system each shift during times F when the_ system is equired to be operable, and recognizing steam binding iand restoring th AFW system to operable status should steam binding occur.

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. place, and 11 maintain, the necessary procedures. Thus, your response to j Generic L ter 88-03 is satisfactory and no further action is necessary. j u 1 Sincerely, )

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' Mr. Robert F. Warnick Jack R. Newman, Esq.

Assistant Director Newman & Holtzinger for Inspection Programs 1615 L Street, NW Comanche Peak Project Division Suite 1000 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20036 P. O. Box'1029 Granbury. Texas 76048 Chief, Texas Bureau of Radiation Control Texas Department of Health Regional Administrator, Region IV 1100 West 49th Street, U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Austin, Texas 78756 611 Ryan Plaza Drive. Suite 1000 Arlington, Texas 76011 Honorable George Crump County Judge Ms. Billie Pirner Garde, Esq. Glen Rose Texas 76043 Garde Law Office 104 East Wisconsin Avenue Appleton, Wisconsin 54911 Mrs. Juanita Ellis, President Citizens Association for Sound Energy 1426 South Polk Dallas, Texas 75224 E. F. Ottney P. O. Box 1777 Glen Rose, Texas 76043 Mr. Roger D. Walker Manager, Nuclear Licensing Texas Utilities Electric Company 400 North Olive Street, L. B. 81 Dallas, Texas 75201 Texas Utilities Electric Company c/o Bethesda Licensing 3 Metro Center, Suite 610 Bethesda, Maryland 20814 William A. Burchette Esq.

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