NL-14-015, Response to Request for Additional Information Regarding Response to Bulletin 2012-01, Design Vulnerability in Electric Power System.

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Response to Request for Additional Information Regarding Response to Bulletin 2012-01, Design Vulnerability in Electric Power System.
ML14043A170
Person / Time
Site: Indian Point  Entergy icon.png
Issue date: 02/03/2014
From: Ventosa J
Entergy Nuclear Northeast
To:
Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
NL-14-015
Download: ML14043A170 (5)


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Enteray Nuclear Northeast Indian Point Energy Center 450 Broadway, GSB P.O. Box 249 Buchanan, NY 10511-0249 Tel 914 254 6700 John A. Ventosa Site Vice President Administration NL-14-015 February 3, 2014 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Document Control Desk 11545 Rockville Pike, TWFN-2 F1 Rockville, MD 20852-2738

Subject:

Response to Request for Additional Information Regarding Response to Bulletin 2012-01, "Design Vulnerability in Electric Power System" Indian Point Units 2 & 3 Docket Nos. 50-247 and 50-286 License Nos. DPR-26 and DPR-64

Reference:

NRC letter to Entergy, Request for Additional Information Regarding Response to Bulletin 2012-01, "Design Vulnerability in Electric Power System", dated December 20, 2013

Dear Sir or Madam:

In the referenced letter the NRC issued a request for additional information regarding response to Bulletin 2012-01. This letter provides, in the attachment, Entergy Nuclear Operations response for Indian Point Nuclear Generating Units 2 and 3.

If you have any questions or require additional information, please contact Mr. Robert Walpole, Regulatory Assurance Manager at 914-254-6710.

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct to the best of my knowledge. Executed on "  ;

Sincerely, JAV/rw

NL-14-015 Docket Nos. 50-247 and 50-286 Page 2 of 2

Attachment:

Response to Request for Additional Information Regarding Response to Bulletin 2012-01, "Design Vulnerability in Electric Power System" cc: NRC Resident Inspector's Office Mr. Douglas Pickett, Senior Project Manager, NRC NRR DORL Mr. William M. Dean, Regional Administrator, NRC Region 1 Mr. Francis J. Murray Jr., President and CEO, NYSERDA Ms. Bridget Frymire, New York State Dept. of Public Service

ATTACHMENT TO NL-14-015 Response to Request for Additional Information Regarding Response to Bulletin 2012-01, "Design Vulnerability in Electric Power System" Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

Indian Point Units 2 and 3 Docket Nos. 50-247 and 50-286

Docket Nos. 50-247 & 50-286 NL-14-015 Attachment Page 1 of 2 REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING RESPONSE TO BULLETIN 2012-01, "DESIGN VULNERABILITY IN ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM" NRC letter (ADAMS ML13351A314) dated December 20, 2013 requests the following:

"In order for the NRC staff to complete its review of responses to the bulletin, the following additional information is requested:

1. Provide a summary of all interim corrective actions that have been taken since the January 30, 2012, event at Byron Station, Unit 2, to ensure that plant operators can promptly diagnose and respond to open phase conditions on the offsite power circuits for Class-1 E vital buses until permanent corrective actions are completed.
2. Provide a status and schedule for completion of plant design changes and modifications to resolve issues with an open phase of electric power."

Response 1 - Summary of All Interim Corrective Actions Lessons learned from the events at Byron station were reviewed and various interim corrective actions evaluated for safety and efficiency at Indian Point Units 2 & 3. Based on the plants' offsite power configuration, electrical design details, and on lessons learned, the following actions were taken to ensure plant operators can promptly diagnose and respond to open phase conditions (OPC):

  • Interim Corrective Actions o Periodic walk-downs are on-going of the switchyard and offsite feeders to the plants to identify OPC vulnerabilities.

o Operating instructions and training curriculum were reviewed to ensure operators can diagnose and respond to an OPC.

o Bus transfer procedures were verified to ensure phase voltages are checked prior to bus transfers and after transfers are complete.

o Transformer yard rounds are performed daily and include general and detailed inspections of the transformers to ensure parameters are within expected limits.

o Infrared and corona inspections of yard equipment are being completed as part of routine inspections.

o An undervoltage relay and alarm are provided on safety related buses, and will detect unbalanced phase voltages below a nominal setpoint.

o Operations procedures include appropriate responses for alarms related to safety bus undervoltage conditions.

o Operations procedures were reviewed to ensure recognition of equipment problems caused by OPC.

Docket Nos. 50-247 & 50-286 NL-14-015 Attachment Page 2 of 2 Response 2 - Status and Schedule for Completion of Plant Design Changes

" Status o All holders of operating licenses and combined licenses for nuclear power reactors are investigating options being researched by several vendors (PCS2000, EPRI, Schweitzer, etc.) to detect OPC faults. There is currently no generic, off-the-shelf technology that has been proven to detect all the required open phase fault conditions for all plant and transformer designs. Entergy, as a fleet, is currently working with PCS2000 to develop and test one of these OPC detection schemes.

o All holders of operating licenses and combined licenses for nuclear power reactors are fully engaged in the development of the NEI OPC Guidance Document, as well as development of enhancements to software tools being used to analyze OPC faults.

o With the goal of ensuring accurate detection without compromising nuclear safety or increasing plant risk, this new OPC technology is being thoroughly evaluated, will be tested, and will be fully analyzed before installation.

o Vulnerability studies of the OPC faults have been started for both Indian Point Unit 2

& 3 plants.

  • Schedule o The Indian Point plants have committed to the generic schedule provided in the Industry OPC Initiative.

o It is our intention to meet the milestones of this schedule; however, deviations may be required to accommodate outage schedules, software and hardware availability, manufacturer's delivery capabilities, licensing delays, etc.

o Any deviation from the Industry OPC Initiative schedule will be documented through the deviation/exemption process addressed in the NEI OPC Guidance Document.