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{{#Wiki_filter:UNITED STATES NUCLEA*'REGULATORY  
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COMMISSION
                                          UNITED STATES
REGION I 631 PARK AVENUE KING OF PRUSSIA, PENNSYLVANIA  
                            NUCLEA*'REGULATORY COMMISSION
19406 OL -go-_g Docket Nos. 50-03 50-247 JAN 1 4 1980 Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.ATTN: Mr. W. J. Cahill, Jr.Vice President 4 Irving Place New York, New York 10003 Gentlemen:
                                            REGION I
Enclosed is IE Bulletin 79-OIB which requires action by you with regard to your power reactor facility with an operating license.Should you have questions regarding this Bulletin or the actions required of you, please contact this office.Sincerely, Boyce H. Grier Director Enclosures:
                                        631 PARK AVENUE                 OL - go-_g KING OF PRUSSIA, PENNSYLVANIA 19406 Docket Nos. 50-03
1 IE Bulletin No. 79-01B with Attachments
            50-247 JAN 1 4 1980
2. List of Recently Issued IE Bulletins  
      Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.
 
ATTN: Mr. W. J. Cahill, Jr.
 
Vice President
      4 Irving Place New York, New York 10003 Gentlemen:
      Enclosed is IE Bulletin 79-OIB which requires action by you with regard to your power reactor facility with an operating license.
 
Should you have questions regarding this Bulletin or the actions required of you, please contact this office.
 
Sincerely, Boyce H. Grier Director Enclosures:
      1     IE Bulletin No. 79-01B with Attachments
      2. List of Recently Issued IE Bulletins  


==CONTACT==
==CONTACT==
: S. 0. Ebneter (215-337-5296)
:   S. 0. Ebneter
cc w/encls: L. 0. Brooks, Project Manager, IP Nuclear W. Monti, Manager -Nuclear Power Generation Department M. Shatkouski, Plant Manager J. M. Makepeace, Director, Technical Engineering W. D. Hamlin, Assistant to Resident Manager (PASNY)J. 0. Block, Esquire, Executive Vice President  
                  (215-337-5296)
-Administration Joyce P. Davis, Esquire 80012 90 Aw -  
      cc w/encls:
ENCLOSURE  
      L. 0. Brooks, Project Manager, IP Nuclear W. Monti, Manager - Nuclear Power Generation Department M. Shatkouski, Plant Manager J. M. Makepeace, Director, Technical Engineering W. D. Hamlin, Assistant to Resident Manager (PASNY)
1 UNITED STATES SSINS No.: 6820 NUCLEAR REGULATORY  
      J. 0. Block, Esquire, Executive Vice President - Administration Joyce P. Davis, Esquire
COMMISSION  
                                                                    80012 90
Accessions No.: OFFICE OF INSPECTION  
                                                                                    Aw
AND ENFORCEMENT  
                                                                                      -
7910250528 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555 IE Bulletin No. 79-O1B Date: January 14, 1980 ENVIRONMENTAL  
 
QUALIFICATION  
ENCLOSURE 1 UNITED STATES           SSINS No.: 6820
OF CLASS IE EQUIPMENT  
                          NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION     Accessions No.:
                      OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT 7910250528 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555 IE Bulletin No. 79-O1B
                                                  Date: January 14, 1980 ENVIRONMENTAL QUALIFICATION OF CLASS IE EQUIPMENT


==Description of Circumstances==
==Description of Circumstances==
:
:
IE Bulletin No. 79-01 required the licensee to perform a detailed review of the environmental qualification of Class IE electrical equipment to ensure that the equipment will function under (i.e. during and following)  
IE Bulletin No. 79-01 required the licensee to perform a detailed review of the environmental qualification of Class IE electrical equipment to ensure that the equipment will function under (i.e. during and following) postulated accident conditions.
postulated accident conditions.
 
The NRC staff has completed the initial review of licensees' responses to Bulletin No. 79-01. Based on this review, additional information is needed to facilitate completion of the NRC evaluation of the adequacy of environmental qualification of Class IE electrical equipment in the operating facilities.
 
In addition to requesting more detailed information, the scope of this Bulletin is expanded to resolve safety concerns relating to design basis environments and current qualification criteria not addressed in the facilities' FSARS.
 
These include high energy line breaks (HELB) inside and outside primary contain- ment, aging, and submergence.


The NRC staff has completed the initial review of licensees'
Attachment 4, "GUIDELINES FOR EVALUATING ENVIRONMENTAL QUALIFICATION OF CLASS
responses to Bulletin No. 79-01. Based on this review, additional information is needed to facilitate completion of the NRC evaluation of the adequacy of environmental qualification of Class IE electrical equipment in the operating facilities.
IE ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT IN OPERATING REACTORS", provides the guidelines and criteria the staff will use in evaluating the adequacy of the licensee's Class IE equipment evaluation in response to this Bulletin.


In addition to requesting more detailed information, the scope of this Bulletin is expanded to resolve safety concerns relating to design basis environments and current qualification criteria not addressed in the facilities'
In general, the reporting problems encountered in the original responses and the additional information needed can be grouped into the following areas:
FSARS.These include high energy line breaks (HELB) inside and outside primary contain-ment, aging, and submergence.
1.   All Class IE electrical equipment required to function under the postulated accident conditions, both inside and outside primary containment, was not included in the responses.


Attachment
2.   In many cases, the specific information requested by the Bulletin for each component of Class IE equipment was not reported.
4, "GUIDELINES
FOR EVALUATING
ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALIFICATION
OF CLASS IE ELECTRICAL
EQUIPMENT
IN OPERATING
REACTORS", provides the guidelines and criteria the staff will use in evaluating the adequacy of the licensee's Class IE equipment evaluation in response to this Bulletin.In general, the reporting problems encountered in the original responses and the additional information needed can be grouped into the following areas: 1. All Class IE electrical equipment required to function under the postulated accident conditions, both inside and outside primary containment, was not included in the responses.


2. In many cases, the specific information requested by the Bulletin for each component of Class IE equipment was not reported.3. Different methods and/or formats were used in providing the written evidence of Class IE electrical equipment qualifications.
3.   Different methods and/or formats were used in providing the written evidence of Class IE electrical equipment qualifications. Some licensees used the System Analysis Method which proved to be the most effective approach. This method includes the following information:
    a.  Identification of the protective plant systems required to function under postulated accident conditions. The postulated accident conditions are defined as those environmental conditions resulting from both LOCA and/or HELB inside primary containment and HELB
          outside the primary containment.


Some licensees used the System Analysis Method which proved to be the most effective approach.
IE Bulletin No. 79-QIB
Enclosure 1                                              Date: January 14, 1980 equipment items within b.    Identification of the Class IE electrical  a, that are required to each of the systems identified in Item conditions.


This method includes the following information:
function under the postulated accident data requirements specified c. The correlation between the environmental                test data for each in the FSAR and the environmental qualificationin Item b above.
a. Identification of the protective plant systems required to function under postulated accident conditions.


The postulated accident conditions are defined as those environmental conditions resulting from both LOCA and/or HELB inside primary containment and HELB outside the primary containment.
identified Class IE electrical equipment item are addressed in IE Bulletin No. 79-01
4. Additional data not previously            the environmental   qualification  of needed to determine the adequacy of        data address component    aging and Class IE electrical equipment. These operability in a submerged condition.


Enclosure
Operating All Power Reactor Facilities With An Action To Be Taken By Licensees Of Listed on Attachment 1)
1 IE Bulletin No. 79-QIB Date: January 14, 1980 b. Identification of the Class IE electrical equipment items within each of the systems identified in Item a, that are required to function under the postulated accident conditions.
License (Except those 11 SEP Plants Engineered Safety Feature Systems (Plant
1. Provide a "master list" of all function under postulated accident conditions.


c. The correlation between the environmental data requirements specified in the FSAR and the environmental qualification test data for each Class IE electrical equipment item identified in Item b above.4. Additional data not previously addressed in IE Bulletin No. 79-01 are needed to determine the adequacy of the environmental qualification of Class IE electrical equipment.
Protection Systems) required to the LOCA/HELB inside containment, and Accident conditions are defined as system within (including cables, HELB outside containment. For each          list identify each Class IE
        EPA's terminal blocks, etc.) the master        to function under accident electrical equipment item that is required  2 are standard formats to be used conditions. Pages 1 and 2 of Attachmentinformation included.


These data address component aging and operability in a submerged condition.
for the "master list" with typical components of systems listed in Electrical equipment items, which are assumed to operate in the FSAR
        Appendix A of Attachment 4, which are mitigate design basis events are safety analysis and are relied on to Bulletin, regardless whether or not considered within the scope of this engineered safety features when the they were classified as part of the            The necessity for further up plant was originally licensed to operate.      will be dependent on the grading of nonsafety-related plant systems reviews subsequent to TMI/2.


Action To Be Taken By Licensees Of All Power Reactor Facilities With An Operating License (Except those 11 SEP Plants Listed on Attachment
outcome of the licensees and the NRC
1)1. Provide a "master list" of all Engineered Safety Feature Systems (Plant Protection Systems) required to function under postulated accident conditions.
                                                    item identified in Item 1, provide
  2. For each class IE electrical equipment qualification to support the capa- written evidence of its environmental postulated accident conditions. For bility of the item to function under items not having adequate qualifica- those class IE electrical equipment plans for determining qualifications tion data available, identify your        completing this action. Provide of these items and your schedule for this in the format of Attachment 3.


Accident conditions are defined as the LOCA/HELB
For  equipment identifed in Items 1 and 2 provide service condition profiles
inside containment, and HELB outside containment.
  3.                                            as a function of time). These data (i.e., temperature, pressure, etc., accident conditions and qualification should be provided for design basis provided in profile or tabular form.


For each system within (including cables, EPA's terminal blocks, etc.) the master list identify each Class IE electrical equipment item that is required to function under accident conditions.
tests performed. This data may be


Pages 1 and 2 of Attachment
Enclosure 1                                             IE Bulletin No. 79-01B
2 are standard formats to be used for the "master list" with typical information included.Electrical equipment items, which are components of systems listed in Appendix A of Attachment  
                                                        Date: January 14, 1980 4.    Evaluate the qualification of your Class IE electrical equipment against the guidelines provided in Attachment 4. Attachment 5, "Interim Staff Position on Environmental Qualification of Safety-Related Electrical Equipment," provides supplemental information to be used with these guidelines. For the equipment identified as having "Outstanding Items"
4, which are assumed to operate in the FSAR safety analysis and are relied on to mitigate design basis events are considered within the scope of this Bulletin, regardless whether or not they were classified as part of the engineered safety features when the plant was originally licensed to operate. The necessity for further up grading of nonsafety-related plant systems will be dependent on the outcome of the licensees and the NRC reviews subsequent to TMI/2.2. For each class IE electrical equipment item identified in Item 1, provide written evidence of its environmental qualification to support the capa-bility of the item to function under postulated accident conditions.
      by Attachment 3, provide a detailed "Equipment Qualification Plan."
      Include in this plan specific actions which will be taken to determine equipment qualification and the schedule for completing the actions.


For those class IE electrical equipment items not having adequate qualifica- tion data available, identify your plans for determining qualifications of these items and your schedule for completing this action. Provide this in the format of Attachment  
5.    Identify the maximum expected flood level inside the primary containment resulting from postulated accidents. Specify this flood level by elevation such as the 620 foot elevation. Provide this information in the format of Attachment 3.
3.3. For equipment identifed in Items 1 and 2 provide service condition profiles (i.e., temperature, pressure, etc., as a function of time). These data should be provided for design basis accident conditions and qualification tests performed.


This data may be provided in profile or tabular form.
6.    Submit a "Licensee Event Report" (LER) for any Class IE electrical equipment item which has been determined as not being capable of meeting environmental qualification requirements for service intended. Send the LER to the appropriate NRC Regional Office within 24 hours of identification. If plant operation is to continue following identification, provide justifi- cation for such operation in the LER. Provide a detailed written report within 14 days of identification to the appropriate NRC Regional Office.


Enclosure
Those items which were previously reported to the NRC as not being qualified per IEB-79-01 do not require an LER.
1 IE Bulletin No. 79-01B Date: January 14, 1980 4. Evaluate the qualification of your Class IE electrical equipment against the guidelines provided in Attachment
4. Attachment
5, "Interim Staff Position on Environmental Qualification of Safety-Related Electrical Equipment," provides supplemental information to be used with these guidelines.


For the equipment identified as having "Outstanding Items" by Attachment
7.    Complete the actions specified by this bulletin in accordance with the following schedule:
3, provide a detailed "Equipment Qualification Plan." Include in this plan specific actions which will be taken to determine equipment qualification and the schedule for completing the actions.5. Identify the maximum expected flood level inside the primary containment resulting from postulated accidents.
      (a) Submit a written report required by Items 1, 2, and 3 within 45 days from receipt of this Bulletin.


Specify this flood level by elevation such as the 620 foot elevation.
(b) Submit a written report required by Items 4 and 5 within 90 days from receipt of this Bulletin.


Provide this information in the format of Attachment
This information is requested under the provisions of 10 CFR 50.54(f). Accordingly, you are requested to provide within the time periods specified in Items 7.a and 7.b above, written statements of the above information, signed under oath or affirmation.
3.6. Submit a "Licensee Event Report" (LER) for any Class IE electrical equipment item which has been determined as not being capable of meeting environmental qualification requirements for service intended.


Send the LER to the appropriate NRC Regional Office within 24 hours of identification.
Submit the reports to the Director of the appropriate NRC Regional Office.


If plant operation is to continue following identification, provide justifi-cation for such operation in the LER. Provide a detailed written report within 14 days of identification to the appropriate NRC Regional Office.Those items which were previously reported to the NRC as not being qualified per IEB-79-01 do not require an LER.7. Complete the actions specified by this bulletin in accordance with the following schedule: (a) Submit a written report required by Items 1, 2, and 3 within 45 days from receipt of this Bulletin.(b) Submit a written report required by Items 4 and 5 within 90 days from receipt of this Bulletin.This information is requested under the provisions of 10 CFR 50.54(f).
Send a copy of your report to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of Inspection and Enforcement, Division of Reactor Operations Inspection, Washington, D.C. 20555.
Accordingly, you are requested to provide within the time periods specified in Items 7.a and 7.b above, written statements of the above information, signed under oath or affirmation.


Submit the reports to the Director of the appropriate NRC Regional Office.Send a copy of your report to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of Inspection and Enforcement, Division of Reactor Operations Inspection, Washington, D.C. 20555.
IE Bulletin No. 79-01B
Enclosure 1                                            Date: January 14, 1980 Approval was Approved by GAO, B180225 (R0072); clearance expires 7/31/80. generic problems.


Enclosure
given under a blanket clearance specifically for identified Attachments:
1 Approved by given under IE Bulletin No. 79-01B Date: January 14, 1980 GAO, B180225 (R0072); clearance expires 7/31/80. Approval was a blanket clearance specifically for identified generic problems.Attachments:
1. List of SEP Plants
1. List of SEP Plants 2. Master List Standard Format, Typical 3. System Component Evaluation Work Sheet 4. Guidelines for Evaluating Environmental Qualification of Class IE Electrical Equipment in Operating Reactors 5. Interim Staff Position on Environmental Qualification of Safety-Related Equipment (To  
2. Master List Standard Format, Typical
3. System Component Evaluation Work Sheet
4. Guidelines for Evaluating Environmental Qualification of Class IE Electrical Equipment in Operating Reactors
5. Interim Staff Position on Environmental Qualification of Safety-Related Equipment (To  


==Addressees==
==Addressees==
Only)  
Only)
Attachment  
 
1 to IE Bulletin 79-O1B SEP Plants Plant Region Dresden 1 III Yankee Rowe I Big Rock Point III San Onofre 1 V Haddam Neck I LaCrosse III Oyster Creek I R. E. Ginna I Dresden 2 III Millstone  
Attachment 1 to IE Bulletin 79-O1B
1 I Palisades III  
              SEP Plants Plant                                         Region Dresden 1                                       III
Facility:  
Yankee Rowe                                     I
XYZ ---.Dpcket.No.:  
Big Rock Point                                 III
50-XXX .MASTER LIST--.- Attachment  
San Onofre 1                                   V
'lo.-=. ->-: <t>;=m .- :~tgyp~(Typical').Pg1 f_:--.. --- -~ <C1 ass._IE Electricai Equipment Required to Function-:--Under.Postulated Accident Conditions).  
Haddam Neck                                     I
.;I. SYSTEM: RESIDWUAL-HEAT  
LaCrosse                                       III
REMOVAL (RHR)-- ~.:--:.......................;:
Oyster Creek                                   I
.2 -to.E IE. Bull1et in. 79-OIB COMPONENTS
R. E. Ginna                                     I
Location Plant-Identification Inside Primary Outside Primary Number Generic Name Containment Containment IPT 456 -PRESSURE  
Dresden 2                                       III
TRANSMITTER  
Millstone 1                                     I
x ILT 594 LEVEL TRANSMITTER  
Palisades                                       III
x.S 210 LIMIT SWITCH x II. SYSTEM: AUTOMATIC  
 
DEPRESSURIZATION  
Facility: XYZ                     - -                   -.                                 .E
SYSTEM (ADS)COMPONENTS
  Dpcket.No.: 50-XXX             .MASTER         LIST--.-       Attachment 'lo. .2-to IE. Bull1etin.79-OIB
..~Locatilon-.
          -=. -   >-: <t>;=m .- :~tgyp~(Typical').Pg1 f_
Plant Identifcation Inside Primary Outside Primary.Nuber Generic Name Containment Containment B21-ROOI VALVE MOTOR OPERATOR x B21-F003 -SOLENOID  
      :--..
VALVE x B21-FOlO PRESSURE SWITCH .x II. SYSTEM. RHR EQUIPMENT/COMOI1NENTS(Typical)  
      --- -~     <C1 ass._IE Electricai Equipment Required to Function
Attachment No.**COMPONENTS'.-
-:--Under.Postulated Accident Conditions). .;
2 to IE Bulletin 79-01B l .k.__________________________________________________________________________  
  I. SYSTEM:   RESIDWUAL-HEAT REMOVAL (RHR)-- ~.:--:.......................;:
I Plant Identification Number*4 16xP455 O-RING GASKET x*EPA,- Clas~ E, Westinghouse:
                                          COMPONENTS
E OOC ELECTRICAL  
                                                                        Location Plant-Identification                                 Inside Primary         Outside Primary Number                   Generic Name             Containment             Containment IPT 456           -PRESSURE TRANSMITTER                 x ILT 594             LEVEL TRANSMITTER                   x
PENETRATION  
        .S 210             LIMIT SWITCH                         x II.   SYSTEM:   AUTOMATIC DEPRESSURIZATION SYSTEM (ADS)
ASSEMBLY X KULKA No. ET35 TERMINAL BOARD x ONKONITE, lOOOV, 3C Black POWER CABLE x x X BRAND 10W-40 LUBRICATE
                                          COMPONENTS
OIL x 15 KB69 (Boston Wire & Cable) INSTRUMENTATION
                  .       .                                             ~Locatilon-.
CABLE x x Cutler Hamner TB TERMINAL BOX x N o .-6_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _RAYCHEM XYZ CABLE SPLICE x x Scotch No. 54 INSULATING  
  Plant Identifcation                               Inside Primary           Outside Primary Nuber
TAPE x T&B No. 10 INSULATE TERMINAL LUG x Y Brand Epoxy No;. SEALANT x x.ll ._________________________
        .                       Generic Name           Containment             Containment B21-ROOI             VALVE MOTOR OPERATOR               x B21-F003           -SOLENOID VALVE                                           x B21-FOlO             PRESSURE SWITCH                         .               x
* When a component is manufacturer, model** Like components may not identified number, serial be referenced.
 
2 to IE Bulletin 79-01B
        SYSTEM.     RHR EQUIPMENT/COMOI1NENTS(Typical)                       Attachment No.                   l .
II.
 
**COMPONENTS'.-
k.
 
I
__________________________________________________________________________
Plant Identification                                                   -                4 Number*
                                    O-RING GASKET                                 x
  16xP455
*EPA,- Clas~E,
                        OOC         ELECTRICAL PENETRATION ASSEMBLY                 X
  Westinghouse:  E
                                    TERMINAL BOARD                              x KULKA No. ET35 ONKONITE, lOOOV, 3C                                                             x            x Black                             POWER CABLE
                                      LUBRICATE OIL                                              x X BRAND 10W-40
    15 KB69 (Boston                                                                               x INSTRUMENTATION CABLE                        x Wire & Cable)
                                                                                                  x Cutler Hamner TB                 TERMINAL BOX
                                                            _ _  _ _
      No . - 6_                     _     _   _     _ _   _
                                                                                    x            x RAYCHEM XYZ                       CABLE SPLICE
                                                                                                  x Scotch No. 54                     INSULATING TAPE
                                      TERMINAL LUG                                              x T&B No. 10 INSULATE
                                      SEALANT                                      x            x Y Brand Epoxy No;.
                    .ll     ._________________________
                                                                          identification number, use the
 
* When a component is not identified by plant etc.
 
manufacturer, model number, serial number,
** Like components may be referenced.
 
' Facility:                                                                                                      Attachment No. 3 to IE Bulletin No. 79-OIB
                                                  SYSTEM COMPONENT EVALUATION WORK SHEET                          Page I of 3 Unit:                                                                (Typical)                                                                        t'
  D ocket:
                                                                                                                                                          I'
                                              EfIVI RONMENT                  DOCU1MENTATION'REF*                  QALFCTOOTTND IG
    EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTION                                                                                        QUALIFICATION OUTSTANDI
                                                pec if-      ua li-      Specifi-              ualiti-            METHOD          ITEMS
                                  Pa      -arameter iDratnn    -catin                nn            .                                _
    System: RHR                  Operating      15 min.      300 min.                                5        Simultaneou!      None Plant ID No. IPT456            Time                                                                              Test Component                    Temperature    SEE ACCIDENT AND                                      5        Simultaneou!
    PRESSURE TRANSMITTER.                        SEST PROFILESTAN
                                  ( )          TEST PROFILES                  .Test                                              None Manufacture:                                PROVIDED                      :                                                                  ;
    Fischer-Porter Co.          Pressura o                            (PSIA)                            ,              1                  5        Simultaneou      None Model Number:                                                                                                  Test
    50-EN-1071-BCXN-NS          Relative Functlon:                      Humidity(%)        100%        100%              1                  5        Simultaneou      None C
  Accident Monitoringi. ii                                                  __-                    '        _      Test                    ,
                                Chemical      N3B03/
  Accuracy:  Spec:  5%            Spray          NAOH                              1                                          See Note 1 Demon:  4%                        NO
  Servi ce:  RHR Pump lA                      4xl066Radiaton rads l.2xlO 8rad            2                  6        Sequential Discharge Pressure                                                                                                Test          None S/NiO7                                                                                                      1
                                                                                                                1. Seq4entf      Nn Location:  Containment      Aging              yrs      40 yrs              3                  7, 8              Test ysNone Flood Level Elev: 620'                      Not            Not                                                                  None Above Flood Level: Y  Yes  lSubmergence Required          Required                                                          See Note 2 No  x 'j_
                                                                                                                                                            (
                                                  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _ _ _  _ _  _ _        _  _  _ _ _ _ _  _  _  _ _ _
  -uocumentation References:,                                                                  Nbtes:
    1. 'tSAR Chapter 3, Paragraph 3.11                                                        1. XYZ Letter No. 237-1, dated November 2, 1979,
    2. FSAR Chapter 14, Paragraph 14.2.3.1                                                            has been sent to MFG. requesting the qualification
    3. Technical Specification 3.4.1, Paragraph A                                                      information. If qualification not determined
  4. Technical. Speciffcation 4.6.5, Paragraph B                                                    acceptable by December 15, 19791, component
  5. FIRL Test Report No. ?O00 dated November 2, 1972                                                will be replaced during refueling outage March 1980.
 
6. Fischer and Porter Co. Test Report No. 2500-1                                      .,
                                                                                            .  I                                          .
  7. A. 0. DOD Engineering Evaluation Data.Report No. 6932                                    2. In the FSAR submergence was not considered
  .8. Wylie Laboratbry Report.Ro. 467                                                                an environmental parameter. ABC Laboratory              . I
                                                                                                      is to perform submergence test in April 1980.


by plant identification number, use the number, etc.
Attachment 3 to IE Bulletin 79-OIB SYSTEM COMPONENT EVALUATION WORK SHEET
                                INSTRUCTIONS
1. Equipment Description:    Provide the specific information requested for each Class IE electrical component. Provide component location, specific information such as the building, access floor elevations, and whether the component is above the flood level elevation. In addition, provide the specified and demonstrated accuracies of all instruments for their trip functions and/or post accident monitoring requirements. Cables, EPA's, terminal blocks, and other items shall be identified as part of the engineered safety features systems.


' Facility: Unit: D ocket: SYSTEM COMPONENT
2. Environment:   List values for each environmental parameter indicated.
EVALUATION
WORK SHEET (Typical)Attachment No. 3 to IE Bulletin No. 79-OIB Page I of 3 t'EfIVI RONMENT DOCU1MENTATION'REF*
QALFCTOOTTND
EQUIPMENT
DESCRIPTION
QUALIFICATION
OUTSTANDI pec if- ua li- Specifi- ualiti- METHOD ITEMS Pa -arameter iDra tnn -catin nn ._System: RHR Operating
15 min. 300 min. 5 Simultaneou!
None Plant ID No. IPT456 Time Test Component Temperature SEE ACCIDENT AND 5 Simultaneou!
PRESSURE TRANSMITTER.


S EST PROFILESTAN ( ) TEST PROFILES .Test None Manufacture:
List the ''specification values" obtained from postulated accident analysis in the "SPEC" column. List the "qualification values" obtained from test reports, engineering analysis data, etc. in the "Qual" column. Tempera- ture, pressure, etc., as a function of time shall be provided in profile or tabular form. Specify the time period that the component or equipment is required to function and identify the document which provides the basis for this time interval.
PROVIDED : Fischer-Porter Co. Pressura o (PSIA) , 1 5 Simultaneou None Model Number: Test 50-EN-1071-BCXN-NS
Relative Functlon:
Humidity(%)
100% 100% 1 5 Simultaneou None Accident Monitoringi.


ii __- ' _ Test , Chemical N 3 B0 3/Accuracy:  
It is expected that some listed parameters were not requested of the licensee at the time of their license issuance: Address each parameter condition during this review. If it is determined that a parameter such as submergence or a service condition such as aging was not previously considered, identify it as an "Outstanding Item."
Spec: 5% Spray NAOH 1 See Note 1 Demon: 4% NO Servi ce: RHR Pump lA 6Radiaton
3. Documentation Reference: Reference the documents from which information was obtained in the "Spec" column. Identify the document, paragraph, etc., that contains the postulated accident environmental specification data. In the "Qual" column identify the document, paragraph, etc., that contains the environmental qualification data.
4xl0 6 rads l.2xlO 8 rad 2 6 Sequential Discharge Pressure Test None S/NiO7 1 1. Seq4entf Nn Location:
Containment Aging yrs 40 yrs 3 7, 8 Test ysNone Flood Level Elev: 620' Not Not None Above Flood Level: Y Yes lSubmergence Required Required See Note 2 N o x 'j_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _I'IG;C (-uocumentation References:, Nbtes: 1.2.3.4.5.6.7..8.'tSAR Chapter 3, Paragraph
3.11 FSAR Chapter 14, Paragraph
14.2.3.1 Technical Specification
3.4.1, Paragraph A Technical.


Speciffcation
4. Qualification Method: Identify the method of qualification. To describe the qualification method use words such as simultaneous test, comparison test, sequential test, and/or engineering/mathematical analysis. Words such as "test" and/or "analysis" when used alone do not adequately identify the qualification method.
4.6.5, Paragraph B FIRL Test Report No. ?O00 dated November 2, 1972 Fischer and Porter Co. Test Report No. 2500-1 A. 0. DOD Engineering Evaluation Data.Report No. 6932 Wylie Laboratbry Report.Ro.


467 1. XYZ Letter No. 237-1, dated November 2, 1979, has been sent to MFG. requesting the qualification information.
5. Outstanding Items: Identify parameters for which no qualification data is presently available. Also, identify parameters, service conditions, or environments not previously addressed during FSAR environmental quali- fication analysis such as submergence, qualified life (aging), or HELB.


If qualification not determined acceptable by December 15, 19791, component will be replaced during refueling outage March 1980..,.I .2. In the FSAR submergence was not considered an environmental parameter.
Identify in the "Notes" section on page 1 of this attachment the actions planned for determining qualification and the schedule for completing these actions.


ABC Laboratory is to perform submergence test in April 1980..I
Attachment 3 of IE Bulletin 79-010 TYPICAL
Attachment  
                                                          -2- SERVICE CONDITION PROF
3 to IE Bulletin 79-OIB SYSTEM COMPONENT
                      POSTULATED          QUALIFICATION                                            EXCEPTIONS
EVALUATION
                                                                    ACCURACY        ACCURACY          OR
WORK SHEET INSTRUCTIONS
  EQUIPMENT            ACCIDENT              TEST
1. Equipment Description:
                                                                    REQUIREMENTS    DEMONSTRATED      REMARKS
Provide the specific information requested for each Class IE electrical component.
                                                                                                                        (
DESCRIPTION          ENVIRONMENT        ENVIRONMENT
                                              NOTE 3                    NOTE 4          NOTE 5        NOTE 6 NOTE 1              NOTE 2 NOTES:
1.   Refer to "Equipment Description" on Page 1 of this Enclosure.


Provide component location, specific information such as the building, access floor elevations, and whether the component is above the flood level elevation.
to draw a
2.    Provide sufficient values of temperature and pressure as a function of time in tabular form characteristic profile.


In addition, provide the specified and demonstrated accuracies of all instruments for their trip functions and/or post accident monitoring requirements.
equipment was qualified
3.    Provide sufficient values of temperature and pressure as a function of time for which to draw a characteristic profile. Present this information  in  tabular form.


Cables, EPA's, terminal blocks, and other items shall be identified as part of the engineered safety features systems.2. Environment:
post accident monitori(-
List values for each environmental parameter indicated.
4.    Provide the accuracy requirements for sensors and transmitters for trip functions and/or as used in the plant safety analysis.


List the ''specification values" obtained from postulated accident analysis in the "SPEC" column. List the "qualification values" obtained from test reports, engineering analysis data, etc. in the "Qual" column. Tempera-ture, pressure, etc., as a function of time shall be provided in profile or tabular form. Specify the time period that the component or equipment is required to function and identify the document which provides the basis for this time interval.It is expected that some listed parameters were not requested of the licensee at the time of their license issuance:
test regarding the trip
Address each parameter condition during this review. If it is determined that a parameter such as submergence or a service condition such as aging was not previously considered, identify it as an "Outstanding Item." 3. Documentation Reference:
5.   Provide the accuracy demonstrated by sensors and transmitters during the qualification functions and/or post accident monitoring as applicable.
Reference the documents from which information was obtained in the "Spec" column. Identify the document, paragraph, etc., that contains the postulated accident environmental specification data. In the "Qual" column identify the document, paragraph, etc., that contains the environmental qualification data.4. Qualification Method: Identify the method of qualification.


To describe the qualification method use words such as simultaneous test, comparison test, sequential test, and/or engineering/mathematical analysis.
service condition and
6.    Identify any exception or deviation between specified service condition and qualification justification to explain acceptance of deviation.


Words such as "test" and/or "analysis" when used alone do not adequately identify the qualification method.5. Outstanding Items: Identify parameters for which no qualification data is presently available.
.                                    Attachment No. 4 to6  3ulTetin 1--01B- GUIDELINES FOR EVALUATING ENVIRONMENTAL QUALIFICATION
                    OF CLASS IE ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
                          IN OPERATING REACTORS
  1.0 Introduction
  2.0 Discussion
  3.0 Identification of Class IE Equipment
  4.0 Service Conditions
      4.1  Service Conditions Inside Containment for a Loss of Coolant Accident (LOCA)
          1. Temperature and Pressure Steam Conditions
          2. Radiation
          3. Submergence
          4. Chemical SDrays
      4.2 Service Conditions for a PWR Main Steam Line Break (MSLB)
            Inside Containment
          1. Temperature and Pressure Steam Conditions
          2. Radiation
          3. Submergence
          4. Chemical Sprays
      4.3 Service Conditions Outside Containment
          4.3.1  Areas Subject to a Severe Environment as a Result of aHighEnergy Line Break (HELB)
          4.3.2  Areas Where Fluids are Recirculated From Inside C ainment to Accom'lish Lona. "er      e Core Coolina Following a LOCA
                  1. Temoerature, Pressure and Relative Humidity
                  2. Radiation
                  3. Submercence
                  4. Chemical SDrays


Also, identify parameters, service conditions, or environments not previously addressed during FSAR environmental quali-fication analysis such as submergence, qualified life (aging), or HELB.Identify in the "Notes" section on page 1 of this attachment the actions planned for determining qualification and the schedule for completing these actions.
.  tAttachment                                          No. 4 to IE Bulletin 79-01B
  '.Page                                          2 of 33
                                          -2-
              4.3.3 Areas Normally Mat--.talned at Room Conditions
        5.0  Qualification Methods
              5.1  Selection of Qualification Method
              5.2  Qualification by Type Testing
        -        l. Simulated Service Conditions and Test Duration
                  2.  Test Specimen
                  3.  Test Sequence
                  4. Test Specimen Aging
                  5.  Functional Testing and Failure Criteria
                  6.  Installation Interfaces
            5.3  Qualification by a Combination of Methods (Test, Evaluation, Analysis)
*      6.0  Margin
        7.0 Acina
        8.0  Documentation Appendix A - Typical Equipment/Functions Needed for Mitigation of a LOCA or MSLB Accident Appendix B - Guidelines for Evaluating Radiation Service Conditions Inside Containment for a LOCA and MSLB Accident Appendix C - Thermal and Radiation Aging Degradation of Selected Materials


Attachment  
Attachment No. 4 to IE Bulletin 79-01B GUIDELINES FOR EVALUATING ENVIRONMENTAL QUALIFICATION
3 of IE Bulletin 79-010 EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTION
                            OF CLASS IE ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
NOTE 1 POSTULATED
                                    IN OPERATING REACTORS
ACCIDENT ENVIRONMENT
1.0  INTRODUCTION
NOTE 2 TYPICAL-2-SERVICE CONDITION
    On February 8, 1979, the NRC Office of Inspection and Enforcement issued IE Bulletin 79-01, entitled, "Environmental Qualification of Class IE
PROF QUALIFICATION
    Equipment."   This bulletin requested that licensees for operating power reactors complete within 120 days their reviews of equipment qualification begun earlier in connection with IE Circular 78-08.    The objective of IE Circular 78-08 was to initiate a review by the licensees to determine whether proper documentation existed to verify that all Class IE electrical equipment would function as required in the hostile environment which could result from design basis events.
TEST ENVIRONMENT
NOTE 3 ACCURACY ACCURACY REQUIREMENTS
DEMONSTRATED
NOTE 4 NOTE 5 EXCEPTIONS
OR REMARKS NOTE 6 (NOTES: 1. Refer to "Equipment Description" on Page 1 of this Enclosure.


2. Provide sufficient values of temperature and pressure as a function of time in tabular form to draw a characteristic profile.3. Provide sufficient values of temperature and pressure as a function of time for which equipment was qualified to draw a characteristic profile. Present this information in tabular form.4. Provide the accuracy requirements for sensors and transmitters for trip functions and/or post accident monitori(-
The licensees' reviews are now essentially complete and the NRC staff has begun to evaluate the results.     This document sets forth guidelines for the NRC staff to use in its evaluations of the licensees' responses to IE
as used in the plant safety analysis.5. Provide the accuracy demonstrated by sensors and transmitters during the qualification test regarding the trip functions and/or post accident monitoring as applicable.
    Bulletin 79-01 and selected associated qualification documentation.     The objective of the evaluations using these guidelines is to identify Class IE
    equipment whose documentation does not provide reasonable assurance of environ- mental qualification.    All such equipment identified will then be subjected to a plant application-specific evaluation to determine whether it should be requalified or replaced with a component whose qualification has been adequately verified.


6. Identify any exception or deviation between specified service condition and qualification service condition and justification to explain acceptance of deviation.
These guidelines are intended to be used by the NRC staff to evaluate the qualification methods used for existing equipment in a particular class of plants, i.e., currently operating reactors including SEP plants.


.Attachment No. 4 to6 3ulTetin 1--01B- GUIDELINES
Attachment No. 4 to IE Bulletin 79-01B
FOR EVALUATING
                                          2 Equipment in other classes of plants not yet licensed to operate, or replacement equipment for operating reactors, may be subject to different requirements such as those set forth in NUREG-0588, Interim Staff Position on Environmental Qualification of Safety-Related Electrical Equipment.
ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALIFICATION
OF CLASS IE ELECTRICAL
EQUIPMENT IN OPERATING
REACTORS 1.0 Introduction
2.0 Discussion
3.0 Identification of Class IE Equipment 4.0 Service Conditions
4.1 Service Conditions Inside Containment for a Loss of Coolant Accident (LOCA)1. Temperature and Pressure Steam Conditions
2. Radiation 3. Submergence
4. Chemical SDrays 4.2 Service Conditions for a PWR Main Steam Line Break (MSLB)Inside Containment
1. Temperature and Pressure Steam Conditions
2. Radiation 3. Submergence
4. Chemical Sprays 4.3 Service Conditions Outside Containment
4.3.1 Areas Subject to a Severe Environment as a Result of aHighEnergy Line Break (HELB)4.3.2 Areas Where Fluids are Recirculated From Inside C ainment to Accom'lish Lona. "er e Core Coolina Following a LOCA 1. Temoerature, Pressure and Relative Humidity 2. Radiation 3. Submercence
4. Chemical SDrays
.tAttachment No. 4 to IE Bulletin 79-01B'. -2-4.3.3 Areas Normally Mat--.talned at Room Conditions
5.0 Qualification Methods 5.1 Selection of Qualification Method 5.2 Qualification by Type Testing-l. Simulated Service Conditions and Test Duration 2. Test Specimen 3. Test Sequence 4. Test Specimen Aging 5. Functional Testing and Failure Criteria 6. Installation Interfaces
5.3 Qualification by a Combination of Methods (Test, Evaluation, Analysis)* 6.0 Margin 7.0 Acina 8.0 Documentation Appendix A -Typical Equipment/Functions Needed for Mitigation of a LOCA or MSLB Accident Appendix B -Guidelines for Evaluating Radiation Service Conditions Inside Containment for a LOCA and MSLB Accident Appendix C -Thermal and Radiation Aging Degradation of Selected Materials Attachment No. 4 to IE Bulletin 79-01B GUIDELINES
FOR EVALUATING
ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALIFICATION
OF CLASS IE ELECTRICAL
EQUIPMENT IN OPERATING
REACTORS 1.0 INTRODUCTION
On February 8, 1979, the NRC Office of Inspection and Enforcement issued IE Bulletin 79-01, entitled, "Environmental Qualification of Class IE Equipment." This bulletin requested that licensees for operating power reactors complete within 120 days their reviews of equipment qualification begun earlier in connection with IE Circular 78-08. The objective of IE Circular 78-08 was to initiate a review by the licensees to determine whether proper documentation existed to verify that all Class IE electrical equipment would function as required in the hostile environment which could result from design basis events.The licensees'
reviews are now essentially complete and the NRC staff has begun to evaluate the results. This document sets forth guidelines for the NRC staff to use in its evaluations of the licensees'
responses to IE Bulletin 79-01 and selected associated qualification documentation.


The objective of the evaluations using these guidelines is to identify Class IE equipment whose documentation does not provide reasonable assurance of environ-mental qualification.
In addition to its reviews in connection with IE Bulletin 79-01 the staff is engaged in other generic-reviews that include aspects of the equipment qualification issue.  TMI-2 lessons learned and the effects of failures of non-Class IE control and indication equipment are examples of these generic reviews.  In some cases these guidelines may be applicable, however, this determination will be made as part of that related generic review.


All such equipment identified will then be subjected to a plant application-specific evaluation to determine whether it should be requalified or replaced with a component whose qualification has been adequately verified.These guidelines are intended to be used by the NRC staff to evaluate the qualification methods used for existing equipment in a particular class of plants, i.e., currently operating reactors including SEP plants.
2.0 DISCUSSION
    IEEE Std. 323-19741 is the current industry standard for environmental qualification of safety-related electrical equipment.  This standard was first issued as a trail use standard, IEEE Std. 323-1971, in 1971 and later after substantial revision, the current version was issued in 1974. Both versions of the standard set forth generic requirements for equipment quali- fication but the 1974 standard includes specific requirements for aging, margins, and maintaining documentation records that were not Included in the 1971 trial use standard.


Attachment No. 4 to IE Bulletin 79-01B 2 Equipment in other classes of plants not yet licensed to operate, or replacement equipment for operating reactors, may be subject to different requirements such as those set forth in NUREG-0588, Interim Staff Position on Environmental Qualification of Safety-Related Electrical Equipment.
The intent of this document is not to provide guidelines for implementing either version of IEEE Std. 323 for operating reactors.  Infact most of the operating reactors are not committed to comply with any particular industry standard for electrical equipment qualification.  However, all of the operating reactors are required to comply with the General Design Criteria
    1IEEE Std. 323-1974, 'IEEE Standard for Qualifying Class IEEquipment for Nuclear Power Generating Stations."


In addition to its reviews in connection with IE Bulletin 79-01 the staff is engaged in other generic-reviews that include aspects of the equipment qualification issue. TMI-2 lessons learned and the effects of failures of non-Class IE control and indication equipment are examples of these generic reviews. In some cases these guidelines may be applicable, however, this determination will be made as part of that related generic review.2.0 DISCUSSION
.'*. ..                   -Attachment                        No. 4 to IE Bulletin 79tO1B
IEEE Std. 323-19741 is the current industry standard for environmental qualification of safety-related electrical equipment.


This standard was first issued as a trail use standard, IEEE Std. 323-1971, in 1971 and later after substantial revision, the current version was issued in 1974. Both versions of the standard set forth generic requirements for equipment quali-fication but the 1974 standard includes specific requirements for aging, margins, and maintaining documentation records that were not Included in the 1971 trial use standard.The intent of this document is not to provide guidelines for implementing either version of IEEE Std. 323 for operating reactors.
* specified in Appendix A of 10 CFR 50.   General Design Criterion 4 states in part that  structures, systems and components important to safetS shall be designed to accomodate the affects of and to be compatible with the environmental conditions associated with normal operation, maintenance, testing and postulated accidents, including loss-of-coolant accidents."
            The intent of these guidelines is to provide a basis for judgements required to confirm that operating reactors are in compliance with General Design Criterion 4.


In fact most of the operating reactors are not committed to comply with any particular industry standard for electrical equipment qualification.
3.0    IDENTIFICATION OF CLASS IE EQUIPMENT
            Class IE equipment includes all electrical equipment needed to achieve emergency reactor shutdown, containment isolation, reactor core cooling, containment and reactor heat removal, and prevention of significant release of radioactive material to the environment,    Typical systems included in pressurized and boiling water reactor designs to perform these functions for the most severe postulated loss of coolant accident (LOCA)  and main steanline break accident (MSLB)  are listed in Appendix A.


However, all of the operating reactors are required to comply with the General Design Criteria 1 IEEE Std. 323-1974, 'IEEE Standard for Qualifying Class IE Equipment for Nuclear Power Generating Stations."
More detailed descriptions of the Class IE equipment installed at specific plants can be obtained from FSARs, Technical specifications, and emergency procedures.   Although variation in nomenclature may exist at the various plants, environmental qualification of those systems which perform the functions identified in Appendix A should be evaluated against the appropriate service conditions CSection 4.0).
.'*. .. -Attachment No. 4 to IE Bulletin 79tO1B* specified in Appendix A of 10 CFR 50. General Design Criterion
          The guidelines in this document are applicable to all components necessary for operation of the systems listed in Appendix A including but not limited to valves, motors, cables, connectors, relays, switches, transmitters and valve position indicators,
4 states in part that structures, systems and components important to safetS shall be designed to accomodate the affects of and to be compatible with the environmental conditions associated with normal operation, maintenance, testing and postulated accidents, including loss-of-coolant accidents." The intent of these guidelines is to provide a basis for judgements required to confirm that operating reactors are in compliance with General Design Criterion
4.3.0 IDENTIFICATION
OF CLASS IE EQUIPMENT Class IE equipment includes all electrical equipment needed to achieve emergency reactor shutdown, containment isolation, reactor core cooling, containment and reactor heat removal, and prevention of significant release of radioactive material to the environment, Typical systems included in pressurized and boiling water reactor designs to perform these functions for the most severe postulated loss of coolant accident (LOCA) and main steanline break accident (MSLB) are listed in Appendix A.More detailed descriptions of the Class IE equipment installed at specific plants can be obtained from FSARs, Technical specifications, and emergency procedures.


Although variation in nomenclature may exist at the various plants, environmental qualification of those systems which perform the functions identified in Appendix A should be evaluated against the appropriate service conditions CSection 4.0).The guidelines in this document are applicable to all components necessary for operation of the systems listed in Appendix A including but not limited to valves, motors, cables, connectors, relays, switches, transmitters and valve position indicators, Attachment No. 4 to IE Bulletin 79-O1B -4 -4.0 SERVICE CONDITIONS
Attachment No. 4 to IE Bulletin 79-O1B -4 -
In order to determine the adequacy of the qualification of equipment It Is necessary to specify the environment the equipment is exposed to during normal and accident conditions with a requirement to remain functional, These environments are referred to as the 'service conditions." The approved service conditions specified in the FSAR or other licensee submittals are acceptable, unless otherwise noted in the guidelines discussued below.4,1 Service Conditions Inside Containment for a Loss of Coolant Accident (LOCA)1, Temperature and Pressure Steam Conditions q In general, the containment temperature and pressure conditions as a function of time should be based on the analyses in the FSAR, In the specific case of pressure suppression type containments, the following minimum high tempeature conditions should be used: (l11BWR Drywells .340 0 F for 6 hours; and C21 FWR Ice Condenser Lower Compartments
4.0 SERVICE CONDITIONS
-340 0 F for 3 hours.2.. ?adiation
    In order to determine the adequacy of the qualification of equipment It Is necessary to specify the environment the equipment is exposed to during normal and accident conditions with a requirement to remain functional, These environments are referred to as the 'service conditions."
-When specifying radiation service conditions for equipment exposed to radiation during normal operating and accident conditions, the normal operating dose should be added to the dose received during the course of an accident.
    The approved service conditions specified in the FSAR or other licensee submittals are acceptable, unless otherwise noted in the guidelines discussued below.


Guidelines for evaluating beta and gamma radiation service conditions for general areas inside containment are provided below, Radiation service conditions for equipment located directly above the containment sump; in the vicinity of filters, or-submerced in contaminated liquids must be evaluated on a case by case basis, Guidelines for these evaluations are not provided in this document.,  
4,1 Service Conditions Inside Containment for a Loss of Coolant Accident (LOCA)
, Attachment No. 4 to IE Bulletin 79-O1B Ganma Radiation Doses -A total gamma dose radiation service condition of 2 x 10 7 RADS is acceptable for Class IE equipm..at located in general areas inside containment for PWRs with dry type containments, Where a dose less than this value has been specified, an application specific evaluation must be performed to determine If the dose specified is acceptable.
    1,    Temperature and Pressure Steam Conditions  q  In general, the containment temperature and pressure conditions as a function of time should be based on the analyses in the FSAR,   In the specific case of pressure suppression type containments, the following minimum high tempeature conditions should be used: (l11BWR Drywells  .  3400F for 6 hours; and C21 FWR Ice Condenser Lower Compartments - 3400 F for 3 hours.


Procedures for evaluating radiation service conditions in such cases are provided In Appendix B, The procedures in Appendix B are based on the calculation for a typical PWR reported in Appendix D of XUREG-.0588
2..  ?adiation - When specifying radiation service conditions for equipment exposed to radiation during normal operating and accident conditions, the normal operating dose should be added to the dose received during the course of an accident.    Guidelines for evaluating beta and gamma radiation service conditions for general areas inside containment are provided below,   Radiation service conditions for equipment located directly above the containment sump; in the vicinity of filters, or- submerced in contaminated liquids must be evaluated on a case by case basis,   Guidelines for these evaluations are not provided in this document.,
1 Ga6nna dose radiation service conditions for BWRs and PWRs with ice condenser containments must be evaluated on a case by case basis.Since the procedures in Appendix B are based on a calculation for a typical PWR with a dry type containment, they are not directly applicable to BWRs and other containment types, However, doses for these other plant configurations may be evaluated using similar procedures with conservative dose assumptions and adjustment factors developed on a case by case basIs, Bet.a Radiation Doses -Beta radiation doses generally are less significant than gama radiation doses for equipment qualification, This is due to the low penetrating power of beta particles in comparison to gamma rays of equivalent energy, Of the general classes of electrical equipment in a plant (etg,, cables, instrument transmitters, valve operators, containment penetrations), electrical cable is considered the most 1 NUkE-0588, Interim Staff Position on Environmental Qualification of SafetyRelated Electrical Equipment.


Attachment No. 4 to IE Bulletin 79-OIB -6-vulnerable to damage from beta radiation.
,                                            Attachment No. 4 to IE Bulletin 79-O1B Ganma Radiation Doses  - A total gamma dose radiation service condition of 2 x 107 RADS is acceptable for Class IE equipm..at located in general areas inside containment for PWRs with dry type containments,    Where a dose less than this value has been specified, an application specific evaluation must be performed to determine If the dose specified is acceptable.  Procedures for evaluating radiation service conditions in such cases are provided In Appendix B, The procedures in Appendix B are based on the calculation for a typical PWR reported in Appendix D of XUREG-.0588 1 Ga6nna dose radiation service conditions for BWRs and PWRs with ice condenser containments must be evaluated on a case by case basis.


Assuming a TID 14844 source term, the average maximum beta energy and isotopic abundance will vary as a function of time following an accident.
Since the procedures in Appendix B are based on a calculation for a typical PWR with a dry type containment, they are not directly applicable to BWRs and other containment types,    However, doses for these other plant configurations may be evaluated using similar procedures with conservative dose assumptions and adjustment factors developed on a case by case basIs, Bet.a Radiation Doses - Beta radiation doses generally are less significant than gama radiation doses for equipment qualification,      This is due to the low penetrating power of beta particles in comparison to gamma rays of equivalent energy,    Of the general classes of electrical equipment in a plant (etg,, cables, instrument transmitters, valve operators, containment penetrations), electrical cable is considered the most
  1NUkE-0588,    Interim Staff Position on Environmental Qualification of SafetyRelated Electrical Equipment.


If these parameters are considered in a detailed calculation, the conservative beta surface dose of 1.40 x x 108 RADS reported in Appendix 0 of NUREG 0588 would be reduced by approximately a factor of ten within 30 mils of the sur face of electrical cable insulation of unit density. An additional  
Attachment No. 4 to IE Bulletin 79-OIB - 6- vulnerable to damage from beta radiation.  Assuming a TID 14844 source term, the average maximum beta energy and isotopic abundance will vary as a function of time following an accident.    If these parameters are considered in a detailed calculation, the conservative beta surface dose of 1.40 x x 108 RADS reported in Appendix 0 of NUREG
40 mils of insulation (total of 70 mils) results in another actor of 10 reduction in dose. Any structures or other equipment in the vicinity of the equipment of interest would act as shielding to further reduce beta doses. If it can be shown, by assuming a conserva-tive unshielded surface beta dose of 2.0 x 108 RADS and considering the shielding factors discussed here, that the beta dose to radiation sensitive equipment internals would be less than or equal to 106 of the tota' garma dose to which an item of equipment has been qualified, then that equipment may be considered qualified for the total radiation environment (gamma plus beta). If this criterion is not satisfied the radiation service condition should be determined by the sum of the garma and beta doses.3. Submercence
    0588 would be reduced by approximately a factor of ten within 30 mils of the sur face of electrical cable insulation of unit density.   An additional 40 mils of insulation (total of 70 mils) results in another actor of 10 reduction in dose. Any structures or other equipment in the vicinity of the equipment of interest would act as shielding to further reduce beta doses.   If it can be shown, by assuming a conserva- tive unshielded surface beta dose of 2.0 x 108 RADS and considering the shielding factors discussed here, that the beta dose to radiation sensitive equipment internals would be less than or equal to 106 of the tota' garma dose to which an item of equipment has been qualified, then that equipment may be considered qualified for the total radiation environment (gamma plus beta).   If this criterion is not satisfied the radiation service condition should be determined by the sum of the garma and beta doses.
-The preferred method of protection against the effects of submEergency is to locate equipment above the water flooding level.Specifying saturated steam as a service condition during type testing of equipment that will become flooded in service is not an acceptable alternative for actually flooding the equipment during the test.


-7 Attachment No. 4 to IE Bulletin 79-O0B 4. Containment Sprays -Equipment exposed to chemical sprays should be qualified for the most severe chemical environment (actdic or basic) which could exist, Demineralized water sprays should not be exempt from consideration as a potentially adverse service condition., 4.2 Service Conditions for a PWR Main Steam Line Break (MSLB) Inside Containment Equipment required to function in a steam line break environment must be qualified for the high temperature and pressure that could result.In some cases the environmental stress on exposed equipment may be higher than that resulting from a LOCA, in others it may be no more severe than for a LOCA due to the automatic operation of a containment spray system.1. Ter.Derature and Pressure Steam Conditions
3. Submercence - The preferred method of protection against the effects of submEergency is to locate equipment above the water flooding level.
-Equipment qualified for a LOCA environment is considered qualified for a MSLB accident environ-rer.t in plants with automatic spray systems not subject to disabling single component failures.


This position is based on the 'Best Estim.at'e calculation of a typical plant peak temperature and pressure and a therma' analysis of typical components inside containment.
Specifying saturated steam as a service condition during type testing of equipment that will become flooded in service is not an acceptable alternative for actually flooding the equipment during the test.


1/The 'inal acceptability of this approach, i.e., use of the 'Best Estimate", is pending the completion of Task Action Plan A-21, Main Steamline Break Inside Containment.
-7                                    Attachment No. 4 to IE Bulletin 79-O0B 4.   Containment Sprays - Equipment exposed to chemical sprays should be qualified for the most severe chemical environment (actdic or basic) which could exist,   Demineralized water sprays should not be exempt from consideration as a potentially adverse service condition.,
4.2 Service Conditions for a PWR Main Steam Line Break (MSLB)    Inside Containment Equipment required to function in a steam line break environment must be qualified for the high temperature and pressure that could result.


Class IE equipment installed in plants without automatic spray systems or plants with Spray systems subject to disabling single failures or delayed initiation should be qualified for a MSLB accident environment determined by a plant specific analysis.
In some cases the environmental stress on exposed equipment may be higher than that resulting from a LOCA,    in others it may be no more severe than for a LOCA due to the automatic operation of a containment spray system.


Acceptable methods See NUR E 0456, Short Term Safety Assessment on the Environmpntal Qualification of Safety-Related Electrical Equipment of SEP Operating Reactors, for a more detailed discussion of the best estimate calculation.
1. Ter.Derature and Pressure Steam Conditions - Equipment qualified for a LOCA environment is considered qualified for a MSLB accident environ- rer.t in plants with automatic spray systems not subject to disabling single component failures.    This position is based on the 'Best Estim.at'e  calculation of a typical plant peak temperature and pressure and a therma' analysis of typical components inside containment.1 /
        The 'inal acceptability of this approach, i.e., use of the 'Best Estimate",
        is pending the completion of Task Action Plan A-21, Main Steamline Break Inside Containment.
 
Class IE equipment installed in plants without automatic spray systems or plants with Spray systems subject to disabling single failures or delayed initiation should be qualified for a MSLB accident environment determined by a plant specific analysis.      Acceptable methods See NURE 0456, Short Term Safety Assessment on the Environmpntal Qualification of Safety-Related Electrical Equipment of SEP Operating Reactors, for a more detailed discussion of the best estimate calculation.


Attachment No. 4 to IE Bulletin 79-O1B for performing such an analysis for operating reactors are provided in Section 1.2 for Category II plants in NUREG-0588, Interim Staff Position on Environmental Qualification of Safety-Related Eletctrical Equipment.
Attachment No. 4 to IE Bulletin 79-O1B for performing such an analysis for operating reactors are provided in Section 1.2 for Category II plants in NUREG-0588, Interim Staff Position on Environmental Qualification of Safety-Related Eletctrical Equipment.


2. Radiation  
2. Radiation - Same as Section 4.1 above except that a conservative gamia dose of 2 x 106 RADS is acceptable.
-Same as Section 4.1 above except that a conservative gamia dose of 2 x 106 RADS is acceptable.
 
3.  Submercence - Same as Section 4.1 above.
 
4.  Chemical Sprays - Same as Section 4.1 above.
 
4.3 Seruice Conditions Outside of Containment
4.3.1 Areas Subject to a Severe Environment as a Result of a High Energy Line Break 'HELB)
      Service conditions for areas outside containment exposed to a HELB were evaluated on a plant by plant basis as part of a program initiated by the staff in Dece.mber, 1972 to evaluate the effects of a HELB.  The equipment required to mitigate the event was also Identified.    This equipment should be qualified for the service conditions reviewed and approved  n tne i.-. Sa-ezy Evaluation Report. for each specific plant.
 
4.3.2 Areas Where Fluids are Recirculated from Inside Containment to Accomplish Lona-Temn Core Coolino Followina a LOCA
      1. Termerature and Relative Humidity - One hundred oercent relative humidity shouTd be established as a service condition in confined spaces.    The temoerature and pressure as a function of time should be based on the plant unique analysis reported in the FSAR.
 
Attachment No. 4 to IE Bulletin 79-O1B 2.  Radiation  -  Due to differences in equipment arrangement within these areas and the significant effect of this factor on doses, radiation service conditions must be evaluated on a case by case basis.    In general, a dose of at least 4 x 106 RADS would be expected.
 
3. Submergence - Not applicable.
 
4. Chemical Sorays    - Not applicable.
 
4.3.3  Areas Normally Maintained at Room Conditions Class IE equipment located in these areas does not experience significant stress due to a change inservice conditions during a design basis event.
 
This equipment was designed and installed using standard engineering practices and industry codes and standards (e.g., ANSI, NEMA, National
      :Electric Code).    Based on these factors, failures of equipment in these areas during a design basis event are expected to be random except to the extent that they may be due to aging or failures of air conditioning or ventilation systems.      Therefore, no special consideration need be given to the environmental qualification of Class IEequipment in these areas provided the aging requirements discussed in Section 7.0 below are satisfied and the areas are maintained at room conditions by redundant air conditioning or ventilation    systemis served by the onsite emergency electrical power system.
 
Equip.ent located irf areas not served      by redundant systems powered from onsite emergency sources should be qualified for the environmental extremes which could result from a failure of the systems as determined from a plant specific analysis.
 
5.0 QJALIFICATION METHODS
 
Attachment No. 4 to IE Bulletin 79-OB lo:              V
                                        - 10  -
5.1  Selection of Qualification Method The choice of qualification method employed for a particular application of equipment is largely a matter of technical Judgement based on such factors as: (1) the severity of the service conditions; (2)the structural and material complexity of the equipment; and (3) the degree of certainty required in the qualification procedure (i.e., the safety importance of the equipment function).  Based on these considerations, type testing is the preferred method of qualification for electrical equipment located inside containment required to mitigate the consequences of design basis events, i.e., Class IE equipment (see Section 3.0 above).    As a minimum, the cualification for severe temperature, pressure, and steam service conditions for Class IE equipment should be based on type testing.
 
:Qualification for other service conditions such as radiation and chemical sprays may be by analysis (evaluation) supported by test data (see Section
    5.3 below).    Exceptions to these general guidelines must be justified on a case by case basis.
 
5.2 Oualification by Tyce Testina The evaluation of test plans and results should include consideration of the following factors:
    1.  Simulated Service Conditions and Test Duration - The environment in the test chamber should be established and maintained so that it envelopes the service conditions defined in accordance with Section 4.0 above.
 
The time duration of the test should be at least as long as the period from the initiation of the accident until the temperature and pressure service conditions return to essentially the same levels that existed before the postulated accident.  A shorter test duration may be acceptable
 
Attachment No. 4 to IE Bulletin 79-01B
                                      -1 if specific analyses are provided to demonstrate that the materials involved t 11 not experience significant accelerated thermal aging during the period not tested.
 
2. Test Soecimen    - The test specimen should be the same model as the equipment being qualified.    The type test should only be considered valid for equipment identical in design and material construction to the test specimen.    Any deviations should be evaluated as part of the qualifica- tion documentation (see also Section 8.0 below).
3. Test Secuence - The component being tested should be exposed to a steam./air environment at elevated temperature, and pressure in the sequence defined for its service conditions.    Where radiation is a service condition which is to be considered as part of a type test, it may-be applied at any time during the test sequence provided the component does not contain any materials which are known to be susceptible to significant radiation damage at the service condition levels or materials whose susceptibility to radiation damage is not known (see Apn-endix C).    If the component contains any such materials, the radiation dose should be applied prior to or concurrent with exposure to the elevated temperature and pressure steam/air environment.      The same test specimen should be used throughout the test sequence for all service conditions the equipment is to be qualified for by type testing.      The type test should only be considered valid for the service conditions applied to the sare test specimen in the appropriate sequence.
 
4.  Test Soecimen Acing - Tests which were successful using test specimens which had not been preaged may be considered acceptable provided the co0cnent does not contain materials which are known to be susceptible
 
Attachment No. 4 to IE Bulletin 79-01B v
                                - 12 -
  to significant degradation due to thermal and radiation agir.  (see Section
    7.0).  If the component contains such materials a qualified life for the component must be established on a case by case basis.  Arrhenius techniques are generally considered acceptable for thermal aging.
 
S. Functional Testing and Failure Criteria - Operational modes tested should be representative of the actual application requirements (e.g., components which operate normally energized in the plant should be normally energized during the tests, motor and electrical cable loading during the test should be representative of actual operating conditions).  Failure criteria should include instrument accuracy requirements based on the maximum error assumed in the plant safety analyses.  If a component fails at any time during the test, even in a so called "fail safe" mode, the test should be considered inconclusive with regard to demonstrating the ability of the component to function for the entire period prior to the failure.
 
6. Installation Interfaces - The equipment mounting and electrical or mechanical seals used during the type test should be representative of the actual installation for the test to be considered conclusive.
 
The equipment qualification program should include an as-built inspection in the field to verify that equipment was installed as it was tested.  Particular emphasis should be placed on common problems such as protective enclosures installed upside down with drain holes at the top and penetrations in equipment housings for electrical connections being left unsealed or susceptible to moisture incursion through stranded conductors.
 
Attachment No. 4 to IE Bulletin 79-O1B
* :                                    -13 5.3 Oualification by a:Combination of Methods (Test, Evaluation, Analysis As discussed in Section 5.1 above, an item of Class IE equipment may be shown to be qualified for a complete spectrum of service conditions even though it  was only type tested for high temperature, pressure and steam.  The qualification for service conditions such as radiation and chemical sprays may be demonstrated by analysis (evaluation).      In such cases the overall qualification is said to be by a combination of methods.    Following are two specific examples of procedures that are considered acceptable.    Other similar procedures may also be reviewed and fown: acceptable on a case by case basis.
 
1.  Radiation Oualiflcation - Some of the earlier tvop tests performed for operating reactors did not include radiation as a service condition.    In these cases the equipment may be shown to be radiation qualified by performing a calculation of the dose expected, taking into account the time the equipment is required to remain functional and its location using the methods described in Appendix B, and analyzing the effect of the calculated dose on the materials used in the equipment (see Appendix C).    As a general rule, the time required to remain functional assumed for dose calculations should be at least 1 hour.
 
2. Chemical SDray Qualification - Components enclosed entirely in corrosion resistant cases (egg.1 stainless steel) may be shown to be qualified for a chemical environment by an analysis of the effects of the particular chemicals on the zarticular enclo- sure materials.    The effects of chemical sprays on the pressure inmtegrity of any gaskets or seals present should be considered in the analysis.
 
.                                                Attachment No. 4 to IE Bulletin 79-O1B
                                        _14 6.0  Marcin IEEE Std. 323-1974 dC ines margin as the difference between the most severe specified service conditions of the plant and the conditions used in type testing to account for normal variations in commercial production of equipment and reasonable errors in defining satisfactory performance.
 
Section 6.3.1.5 of the standard provides suggested-factors to be applied to the service conditions to assure adequate margins.  The factor applied to the time equipment is required to remain functional is the most significant in terms of the additional confidence in qualification that is achieved by adding margins to service conditions when establishing tes: environments.  For this reason, special consideration was given to the time required to remain functional when the guidelines for Functional Testing and Failure Criteria in Section 5.2 above were established.    In addition, all of the guidelines in Section 4.0 for establishing service conditions include conservatisms which assure margins between the service conditions specified and the actual conditions which could realistically be expected in a design basis event.    Therefore, if the guidelines in Section 4.0 and 5.2 are satisfiedino separate margin factors are required to be added to the service conditions when specifying test conditions.
 
7.0  Acina Inpiicit in the-staff position in Regulatory Guide 1.89 with regard to backfitting IEEE Std. 323-1974 is the staff's conclusion that the incremental improvement in safety from arbitrarily requiring that a specific qualified life be demonstrated for all Class IE equipment is not sufficient to justify the expense for plants already constructed and operating.  This position does not, however, exclude equipment
 
.*                                            Attachment No. 4 to IE Bulletin 79-O1B using materials that have been identified as being susceptible to significant degradation due to thermal and radiation aging.  Component maintenance or replacement schedules should include considerations of the specific aging characteristics of the component materials.  Ongoing programs should exist at the plant to review surveillance and maintenance records to assure that equipment which is exhibiting age related degrada- tion will be identified and replaced as necessary.  Appendix C contains a listing of materials which may be found in nuclear power plants along with an indication of the material susceptability to thermal and radiation aging.
 
8.0 Documentation Cornplete and auditable records must be available for qualification by any of the methods described in Section 5.0 above to be considered valid.
 
These records should describe the qualification method in sufficient detail to verify that all of the guidelines have been satisfied.  A simple vendor certification of compliance with a design specification should not be considered adequate.
 
Attachment No. 4 to IE Bulletin 79-OlB APPENDIX A
                      TYPICAL EQUIPMENT/FUNCTIONS NEEDED FOR
                      MITIGATION OF A LOCA OR MSLB ACCIDENT
  Engineered Safeguards Actuation Reactor Protection Containment Isolation Steanrline Isolation Main Feedwater Shutdown and Isolation Emergency Power Emergency Core Cooling1 Contairment Heat Renoval Containment Fission Product Removal Containment Conbustible Gas Control Auxiliary Feedwater Containment Ventilation Containment Radiation Monitoring Control Room Habitability Systems (e.g., HVAC, Radiation Filters)
Ventilation for Areas Containing Safety Equipment Component Cooling Service Water Emergency Shutdown 2 Post Accident Sampling and Monitoring Radiation Monitoring3 Safety Related Display Instrumentation3
 
Attachment No. 4 to IE Bulletin 79-O1B These systems will differ for PWRs and BWRs, and for older and newer plents. In each case the system features which allow fov transfer to recirculation cooling mode and establishment of long term cooling with boron prec-ipitation control are to be considered as part of the system to be evaluated.
 
Emergency shutdown systems include those systems used to bring the plant to a cold shutdown condition following accidents which do not result in a breach of the reactor coolant pressure boundary together with a rapid depressurization of the reactor coolant system. Examples of such systems and equipment are the RHR system, PORVs, RCIC, pressurizer sprays, chemical and volumse control system, and steam dump systems.
 
3 More specific identification of these types of equipment can be found in the plant emergency procedures.
 
.*                                                Attachment No. 4 to IE Bulletin 79-O1B
                              -~~~~ PEN~      El v PROCEU?.ES FOR EVALUATING G6MfA RADIATION SERVICE CONDITWNS
    Introduction and Discussion The adequacy of gamnma radiation servi-ce conditions specified for inside containment during a LOCA or FML3 accident can be verified by assuming a conservative dose at the contaTlment centerline and adjusting the dose according the plant specific parameters;      The purpose of this appendix ts to identify thase paraneters whose effect on the total gamma dose is easy to quantify with a high degree of ccnfidence and describe procedures which may be used to take these effects into consideration.
 
The bases for the procedures and restrictions for their use are as follows:
  (l} A conservative dose    at  the containment centerline of 2 x 107 RADS
        for a LOCA and 2 x 10i RADS for a MSLE accident has been assumed.
 
This assumption and all the dose rates used in the procedure out- lined below are based on the methods and sample calculation described In Appendix D of WP.EG-053,      "Interim Staff Position on Environrental Qualification of Safety-Related Electrical Equip- ment. "  Therefore, all the llmitations listed in Appendix D of NURES-.588 apply to these procedures.


3. Submercence
t2)  The sample calculation In Appendix D of HLUREG-0588 is for a 4,000
-Same as Section 4.1 above.4. Chemical Sprays -Same as Section 4.1 above.4.3 Seruice Conditions Outside of Containment
        MWth pressurized water reactor housed in a 2.52 x 1O6 ft 3 contain- ment wi.th an Iodine scrzbbing spray system.       A similar calculation without Iodine scrubbint sprzys would increase the dose to equipment approxriately 150.   The conservative dose o.' 2 x 107 RADS assumed
4.3.1 Areas Subject to a Severe Environment as a Result of a High Energy Line Break 'HELB)Service conditions for areas outside containment exposed to a HELB were evaluated on a plant by plant basis as part of a program initiated by the staff in Dece.mber, 1972 to evaluate the effects of a HELB. The equipment required to mitigate the event was also Identified.


This equipment should be qualified for the service conditions reviewed and approved n tne i.-. Sa-ezy Evaluation Report. for each specific plant.4.3.2 Areas Where Fluids are Recirculated from Inside Containment to Accomplish Lona-Temn Core Coolino Followina a LOCA 1. Termerature and Relative Humidity -One hundred oercent relative humidity shouTd be established as a service condition in confined spaces. The temoerature and pressure as a function of time should be based on the plant unique analysis reported in the FSAR.
S. . ,'Attachment                                        No. 4 to IE Bulletin 79-O1B
                                      -2- in the procedure below includes sufficient conservatism to account for this factor. Therefore, the proc.edure is also applicable to plants without an iodine scrubbing spray system.


Attachment No. 4 to IE Bulletin 79-O1B 2. Radiation
(3) Shielding calculations are based on an average gamma energy of
-Due to differences in equipment arrangement within these areas and the significant effect of this factor on doses, radiation service conditions must be evaluated on a case by case basis. In general, a dose of at least 4 x 106 RADS would be expected.3. Submergence
          1 MEY derived from TID 14844.
-Not applicable.


4. Chemical Sorays -Not applicable.
(4) These procedures are not applicable to equipment located directly above the containment sump, submerged in contaminated liquids, or near filters. Doses specified for equipment located in these areas must be evaluated on a case by case basis.


4.3.3 Areas Normally Maintained at Room Conditions Class IE equipment located in these areas does not experience significant stress due to a change in service conditions during a design basis event.This equipment was designed and installed using standard engineering practices and industry codes and standards (e.g., ANSI, NEMA, National:Electric Code). Based on these factors, failures of equipment in these areas during a design basis event are expected to be random except to the extent that they may be due to aging or failures of air conditioning or ventilation systems. Therefore, no special consideration need be given to the environmental qualification of Class IE equipment in these areas provided the aging requirements discussed in Section 7.0 below are satisfied and the areas are maintained at room conditions by redundant air conditioning or ventilation systemis served by the onsite emergency electrical power system.Equip.ent located irf areas not served by redundant systems powered from onsite emergency sources should be qualified for the environmental extremes which could result from a failure of the systems as determined from a plant specific analysis.5.0 QJALIFICATION
(5) Since the dose adjustment factors used in these procedures are based on a calculation for a typical pressurized water reactor with a dry type containment, they are not directly applicable to boiling water reactors or other containment types.   However, doses for these other plant configurations may be evaluated using similar procedures with conservative dose assumptions and adjustment factors developed on a case by case basis.
METHODS
Attachment No. 4 to IE Bulletin 79-OB lo: V-10 -5.1 Selection of Qualification Method The choice of qualification method employed for a particular application of equipment is largely a matter of technical Judgement based on such factors as: (1) the severity of the service conditions;
(2) the structural and material complexity of the equipment;
and (3) the degree of certainty required in the qualification procedure (i.e., the safety importance of the equipment function).
Based on these considerations, type testing is the preferred method of qualification for electrical equipment located inside containment required to mitigate the consequences of design basis events, i.e., Class IE equipment (see Section 3.0 above). As a minimum, the cualification for severe temperature, pressure, and steam service conditions for Class IE equipment should be based on type testing.:Qualification for other service conditions such as radiation and chemical sprays may be by analysis (evaluation)
supported by test data (see Section 5.3 below). Exceptions to these general guidelines must be justified on a case by case basis.5.2 Oualification by Tyce Testina The evaluation of test plans and results should include consideration of the following factors: 1. Simulated Service Conditions and Test Duration -The environment in the test chamber should be established and maintained so that it envelopes the service conditions defined in accordance with Section 4.0 above.The time duration of the test should be at least as long as the period from the initiation of the accident until the temperature and pressure service conditions return to essentially the same levels that existed before the postulated accident.


A shorter test duration may be acceptable Attachment No. 4 to IE Bulletin 79-01B-1 if specific analyses are provided to demonstrate that the materials involved t 11 not experience significant accelerated thermal aging during the period not tested.2. Test Soecimen -The test specimen should be the same model as the equipment being qualified.
Procedure Figures I through 4 provide factors to be applied to the conservative dose to correct the dose for the following plant specific parameters:
    (1) reactor power level; (2) containment volume; (3)shielding; (4)
    compartment volume; and (5)time equipment is required to remain functional.


The type test should only be considered valid for equipment identical in design and material construction to the test specimen.
*,.      .-                                      Attachment No. 4 to IE Bulletin 79-O1B
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                                                -3- The procedure for using the figures is best illustrated by an example.


Any deviations should be evaluated as part of the qualifica- tion documentation (see also Section 8.0 below).3. Test Secuence -The component being tested should be exposed to a steam./air environment at elevated temperature, and pressure in the sequence defined for its service conditions.
Consider the following case.   The radiation service condition for a particular item of equipment has been specified as 2 x 106 RADS.       The application specific parameters are:
                          Reactor power level  -  3,000 MWth Containment volume  -  2.5 x 106 ft3 Compartment Volume  -  8,000 ft3 Thickness of compartment shield wall (concrete) - 24"
                        Time equipment is required to remain functional - 1 hr.


Where radiation is a service condition which is to be considered as part of a type test, it may-be applied at any time during the test sequence provided the component does not contain any materials which are known to be susceptible to significant radiation damage at the service condition levels or materials whose susceptibility to radiation damage is not known (see Apn-endix C). If the component contains any such materials, the radiation dose should be applied prior to or concurrent with exposure to the elevated temperature and pressure steam/air environment.
The problem is to make a reasonable estimate of the dose that the equipment could be expected to receive in order to evaluate the adequacy of the radiation service condition specification.


The same test specimen should be used throughout the test sequence for all service conditions the equipment is to be qualified for by type testing. The type test should only be considered valid for the service conditions applied to the sare test specimen in the appropriate sequence.4. Test Soecimen Acing -Tests which were successful using test specimens which had not been preaged may be considered acceptable provided the co0cnent does not contain materials which are known to be susceptible Attachment No. 4 to IE Bulletin 79-01B v-12 -to significant degradation due to thermal and radiation agir. (see Section 7.0). If the component contains such materials a qualified life for the component must be established on a case by case basis. Arrhenius techniques are generally considered acceptable for thermal aging.S. Functional Testing and Failure Criteria -Operational modes tested should be representative of the actual application requirements (e.g., components which operate normally energized in the plant should be normally energized during the tests, motor and electrical cable loading during the test should be representative of actual operating conditions).  
Step 1 Enter the nomogram in Figure 1 at 3,000 MWth reactor power level and
Failure criteria should include instrument accuracy requirements based on the maximum error assumed in the plant safety analyses.
            2.5 x 10i ft3 containment volume and read a 30-day integrated dose of
            1.5 x 107 RADS.


If a component fails at any time during the test, even in a so called "fail safe" mode, the test should be considered inconclusive with regard to demonstrating the ability of the component to function for the entire period prior to the failure.6. Installation Interfaces
SteD 2 Enter Figure 2 at a dose of 1.5 x 107 RADS and 24" of concrete shielding for the compartment the equipment is located in and read 4.5 x 104 RADS.
-The equipment mounting and electrical or mechanical seals used during the type test should be representative of the actual installation for the test to be considered conclusive.


The equipment qualification program should include an as-built inspection in the field to verify that equipment was installed as it was tested. Particular emphasis should be placed on common problems such as protective enclosures installed upside down with drain holes at the top and penetrations in equipment housings for electrical connections being left unsealed or susceptible to moisture incursion through stranded conductors.
This is the dose the equipment receives from sources outside the compart- ment.  To this must be added the dose from sources inside the compartment
          .(Step 3).
            Stem 3 Enter Figure 3 at 8,000 ft3 and read a correction factor of 0.13.        The dose due to sources inside the compartment would then be 0.13 (1.5 x 107)
              1.95 x 106 RADS.   The sums of the doses from steps 2 and 3 equals:
                      4.5 x 104 RADS + 0.13 (1.5 x 107)- RADS - 2.0 x 106 RADS


Attachment No. 4 to IE Bulletin 79-O1B* : -13 5.3 Oualification by a: Combination of Methods (Test, Evaluation, Analysis As discussed in Section 5.1 above, an item of Class IE equipment may be shown to be qualified for a complete spectrum of service conditions even though it was only type tested for high temperature, pressure and steam. The qualification for service conditions such as radiation and chemical sprays may be demonstrated by analysis (evaluation).
Attachment No. 4 to IE Bulletin 79-OlB
In such cases the overall qualification is said to be by a combination of methods. Following are two specific examples of procedures that are considered acceptable.
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                                  -4- Step 4 Enter Figure 4 at 1 hour and read a correction factor of 0.15.   Apply this factor to the sum of the doses determined from steps 2 and 3 to correct the 30 day total dose to the equipment inside the compartment to 1 hour.


Other similar procedures may also be reviewed and fown: acceptable on a case by case basis.1. Radiation Oualiflcation
0.15 (Z.O xl10 6 1 = 3 x 105 RADS
-Some of the earlier tvop tests performed for operating reactors did not include radiation as a service condition.
In this particular example the service condition of 2 x 106 RADS
specified is conservative with respect to the estimated dose of 3 x
105 RADS calculated in steps 1 through 4 and is, therefore, acceptable.


In these cases the equipment may be shown to be radiation qualified by performing a calculation of the dose expected, taking into account the time the equipment is required to remain functional and its location using the methods described in Appendix B, and analyzing the effect of the calculated dose on the materials used in the equipment (see Appendix C). As a general rule, the time required to remain functional assumed for dose calculations should be at least 1 hour.2. Chemical SDray Qualification
J
-Components enclosed entirely in corrosion resistant cases (egg.1 stainless steel) may be shown to be qualified for a chemical environment by an analysis of the effects of the particular chemicals on the zarticular enclo-sure materials.


The effects of chemical sprays on the pressure inmtegrity of any gaskets or seals present should be considered in the analysis.
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                                                          1 x 106
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.Attachment No. 4 to IE Bulletin 79-O1B_14 6.0 Marcin IEEE Std. 323-1974 dC ines margin as the difference between the most severe specified service conditions of the plant and the conditions used in type testing to account for normal variations in commercial production of equipment and reasonable errors in defining satisfactory performance.
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Section 6.3.1.5 of the standard provides suggested-factors to be applied to the service conditions to assure adequate margins. The factor applied to the time equipment is required to remain functional is the most significant in terms of the additional confidence in qualification that is achieved by adding margins to service conditions when establishing tes: environments.
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For this reason, special consideration was given to the time required to remain functional when the guidelines for Functional Testing and Failure Criteria in Section 5.2 above were established.
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In addition, all of the guidelines in Section 4.0 for establishing service conditions include conservatisms which assure margins between the service conditions specified and the actual conditions which could realistically be expected in a design basis event. Therefore, if the guidelines in Section 4.0 and 5.2 are satisfiedino separate margin factors are required to be added to the service conditions when specifying test conditions.
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7.0 Acina Inpiicit in the-staff position in Regulatory Guide 1.89 with regard to backfitting IEEE Std. 323-1974 is the staff's conclusion that the incremental improvement in safety from arbitrarily requiring that a specific qualified life be demonstrated for all Class IE equipment is not sufficient to justify the expense for plants already constructed and operating.
*-                .
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:APPENDI                                        C
                        ThERMAL AND RADIATION AGING DEGRADATION
                                OF SELECTED MATERIALS
  Table C-1 is a partial list of materials which may be found in a nuclear power plant along with an indication of the material susceptibility to radiation and thermal aging.


This position does not, however, exclude equipment
Susceptibility to significant thermal aging in a 450 C environment and normal atmosphere for 10 or 40 years is indicated by an (*) in the appro- priate column.    Significant aging degradation is defined as that amount of degradation that would place in substantial doubt the ability of typical equipment using these materials to function in a hostile environment.
.* Attachment No. 4 to IE Bulletin 79-O1B using materials that have been identified as being susceptible to significant degradation due to thermal and radiation aging. Component maintenance or replacement schedules should include considerations of the specific aging characteristics of the component materials.


Ongoing programs should exist at the plant to review surveillance and maintenance records to assure that equipment which is exhibiting age related degrada-tion will be identified and replaced as necessary.
*Susceptibility to radiation damage is indicated by the dose level and the observed effect identified in the column headed BASIS.    The meaning of the terms used to characterize the dose effect is as follows:
  #  Threshold - Refers to damage threshold, which is the radiation exposure required to change at least one physical property of the material.


Appendix C contains a listing of materials which may be found in nuclear power plants along with an indication of the material susceptability to thermal and radiation aging.8.0 Documentation Cornplete and auditable records must be available for qualification by any of the methods described in Section 5.0 above to be considered valid.These records should describe the qualification method in sufficient detail to verify that all of the guidelines have been satisfied.
* Percent Change of Property - Refers to the radiation exposure required to change the physical property noted by the percent.


A simple vendor certification of compliance with a design specification should not be considered adequate.
I  Allowable - Refers to the radiation which can be absorbed before serious degradation occurs.


Attachment No. 4 to IE Bulletin 79-OlB APPENDIX A TYPICAL EQUIPMENT/FUNCTIONS
The information in this appendix is based on a literature search of sources including the National Technical Information Service (NMIS), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Scientific and Technical Aerospace Report (STA.), NTIS Government Report Announcements and Index (GRA), and
NEEDED FOR MITIGATION
OF A LOCA OR MSLB ACCIDENT Engineered Safeguards Actuation Reactor Protection Containment Isolation Steanrline Isolation Main Feedwater Shutdown and Isolation Emergency Power Emergency Core Cooling 1 Contairment Heat Renoval Containment Fission Product Removal Containment Conbustible Gas Control Auxiliary Feedwater Containment Ventilation Containment Radiation Monitoring Control Room Habitability Systems (e.g., HVAC, Radiation Filters)Ventilation for Areas Containing Safety Equipment Component Cooling Service Water Emergency Shutdown 2 Post Accident Sampling and Monitoring Radiation Monitoring3 Safety Related Display Instrumentation
3 Attachment No. 4 to IE Bulletin 79-O1B These systems will differ for PWRs and BWRs, and for older and newer plents. In each case the system features which allow fov transfer to recirculation cooling mode and establishment of long term cooling with boron prec-ipitation control are to be considered as part of the system to be evaluated.


Emergency shutdown systems include those systems used to bring the plant to a cold shutdown condition following accidents which do not result in a breach of the reactor coolant pressure boundary together with a rapid depressurization of the reactor coolant system. Examples of such systems and equipment are the RHR system, PORVs, RCIC, pressurizer sprays, chemical and volumse control system, and steam dump systems.3 More specific identification of these types of equipment can be found in the plant emergency procedures.
.Attachment
*                                                    No. 4 to IE Bulletin 79-O1B 2- various manufacturers data reports.  The materials list is not to be considered all inclusive neither is it to be used as a basis for specifying materials to be used for specific applications within a nuclear plant.  The list is solely intended for use by the NRC staff in making Judgements as to the possibility of a particular material in a particular application being susceptible to significant degradation due to radiation or thermal aging.


.* Attachment No. 4 to IE Bulletin 79-O1B-~~~~ El PEN~ v PROCEU?.ES
The data base for thermal and radiation aging in engineering materials is rapidly expanding at this time.  As additional information becomes available Table C-1 will be updated accordingly.
FOR EVALUATING
G6MfA RADIATION
SERVICE CONDITWNS Introduction and Discussion The adequacy of gamnma radiation servi-ce conditions specified for inside containment during a LOCA or FML3 accident can be verified by assuming a conservative dose at the contaTlment centerline and adjusting the dose according the plant specific parameters;
The purpose of this appendix ts to identify thase paraneters whose effect on the total gamma dose is easy to quantify with a high degree of ccnfidence and describe procedures which may be used to take these effects into consideration.


The bases for the procedures and restrictions for their use are as follows: (l} A conservative dose at the containment centerline of 2 x 107 RADS for a LOCA and 2 x 10i RADS for a MSLE accident has been assumed.This assumption and all the dose rates used in the procedure out-lined below are based on the methods and sample calculation described In Appendix D of WP.EG-053, "Interim Staff Position on Environrental Qualification of Safety-Related Electrical Equip-ment. " Therefore, all the llmitations listed in Appendix D of NURES-.588 apply to these procedures.
11/14/79 TABLE C-1 THERMAL AND RADIATION AGING DEGRADATION
                                                                                                OF SELECTED MATERIALS
                                r1                                T                            I
                                                                                                                    TyPrs or rQtUiPI*N.tr (wrI~nll  WHIh
                                                                                                                                                      10    iTEIAi, NAly lip tyoII))
                                                                              RtADIATION
                                                      smirnICANT
                                                                          SUSCEPTIDI LITY                                                                                IA
                                      ALSO            AGING
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      *Indicates that there is data available which shows a potential for significant thermal aging of the materials when exposed to normal operating conditions for either 10 or 40 years as indicated.


t2) The sample calculation In Appendix D of HLUREG-0588 is for a 4,000 MWth pressurized water reactor housed in a 2.52 x 1O6 ft 3 contain-ment wi.th an Iodine scrzbbing spray system. A similar calculation without Iodine scrubbint sprzys would increase the dose to equipment approxriately
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150. The conservative dose o.' 2 x 107 RADS assumed S. .,'Attachment No. 4 to IE Bulletin 79-O1B-2- in the procedure below includes sufficient conservatism to account for this factor. Therefore, the proc.edure is also applicable to plants without an iodine scrubbing spray system.(3) Shielding calculations are based on an average gamma energy of 1 MEY derived from TID 14844.(4) These procedures are not applicable to equipment located directly above the containment sump, submerged in contaminated liquids, or near filters. Doses specified for equipment located in these areas must be evaluated on a case by case basis.(5) Since the dose adjustment factors used in these procedures are based on a calculation for a typical pressurized water reactor with a dry type containment, they are not directly applicable to boiling water reactors or other containment types. However, doses for these other plant configurations may be evaluated using similar procedures with conservative dose assumptions and adjustment factors developed on a case by case basis.Procedure Figures I through 4 provide factors to be applied to the conservative dose to correct the dose for the following plant specific parameters:
                                                                                                                                      11/14/79 I.
(1) reactor power level; (2) containment volume; (3) shielding;
(4)compartment volume; and (5) time equipment is required to remain functional.


*, ..-Attachment No. 4 to IE Bulletin 79-O1B'~. -.* , -3-The procedure for using the figures is best illustrated by an example.Consider the following case. The radiation service condition for a particular item of equipment has been specified as 2 x 106 RADS. The application specific parameters are: Reactor power level -3,000 MWth Containment volume -2.5 x 106 ft 3 Compartment Volume -8,000 ft 3 Thickness of compartment shield wall (concrete)
9-v                        U                      r TYPES OF EQUIPAUrTr (WITHIN  wiiiaC MATERIAL M"Y    UK INwXI    .
-24" Time equipment is required to remain functional
                              ALSO
-1 hr.The problem is to make a reasonable estimate of the dose that the equipment could be expected to receive in order to evaluate the adequacy of the radiation service condition specification.
                                        rOTENTIAL
                                            OR.


Step 1 Enter the nomogram in Figure 1 at 3,000 MWth reactor power level and 2.5 x 10i ft 3 containment volume and read a 30-day integrated dose of 1.5 x 107 RADS.SteD 2 Enter Figure 2 at a dose of 1.5 x 107 RADS and 24" of concrete shielding for the compartment the equipment is located in and read 4.5 x 104 RADS.This is the dose the equipment receives from sources outside the compart-ment. To this must be added the dose from sources inside the compartment
tlCNIFICIWT
.(Step 3).Stem 3 Enter Figure 3 at 8,000 ft 3 and read a correction factor of 0.13. The dose due to sources inside the compartment would then be 0.13 (1.5 x 107)1.95 x 106 RADS. The sums of the doses from steps 2 and 3 equals: 4.5 x 104 RADS + 0.13 (1.5 x 107)- RADS -2.0 x 106 RADS
                                          AGING
Attachment No. 4 to IE Bulletin 79-OlB Page-23 of 33-4-Step 4 Enter Figure 4 at 1 hour and read a correction factor of 0.15. Apply this factor to the sum of the doses determined from steps 2 and 3 to correct the 30 day total dose to the equipment inside the compartment to 1 hour.0.15 (Z.O xl10 6 1 = 3 x 105 RADS In this particular example the service condition of 2 x 106 RADS specified is conservative with respect to the estimated dose of 3 x 105 RADS calculated in steps 1 through 4 and is, therefore, acceptable.
                                                              RRMArloN
                                                        SuscePTInILITY
                                                                                                            /77              -4kv1
        - MTreAL              AS    i0 YM    40 YM8              I    Is a     I        I-   I  I  I
                                                        1107      fllowable                                I
Polysultone wrasde                        10l      24% Loss    X              X                          X      I        S
                                                                  of Elonga- tion
                                                      19          rhrerhold  I                  X                    I      N
Reaistora - Wire-ound                                                                                                                        I
                                                      109              a     K                  X                    I      U            I
Resistors - Carbmr omposition Capacitors - Ceramia                                      109      Allowable  K                                        I
                                                                                                                                K
                                                                                                                                              I              tC
                                                                        U      I                                        K      I            N
Capacitors -  alas.                                       109 Capacitora - Rica                                        109                  K                                        I      3.X          K              -0:r-
                                                            109                                                        I                                  IDOt ENA Thermosetting                                                                                                                                              0
Lamnatee,    Oar X    c HEA Thermos.ttin'                                            109                                                          X
Laminates, Grafe XXXP
"EOA theuosetting                                            l0g
                                                            109                                                          I                                    CD
Laminate.. Grafe XPX
Nm Thermosetting U                                                I                                    @_hC
Laminates, Grade XPC
                                                            109        a                                                                                      0
WMR Thermoeetting                                                                      X                                I      K
Laminates, Grata  XX
HEt Thermoaetting                                            109                                                          I      I
                                                                                                                                                        f      "I
LaOinate.. Grade XXP                                                                                                                                  N.


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.; &n FIGURE 1 K1tGAM FOR rONTAINMENT
  mHE&#xb6;termosattinq                                          109        aa              I                                I     K
VOLUME AND REACTOR P'- m JA DOSE CORRECTIONS*
Laminate., CGra    XXX                                                                                                                              K         ID
CONTAINMEN
                                                                                                                                                                40
VOLUME (ft 3xlC 2x1C I Xi1o 5 x 10 4x10V.3x16 T 3)~6 5-MWTH 40 4o00_3000k_40DW _30 DAY INTEGRATED
  MhETherrmoetting                                          109                                                                                                CI
YDOSE 4 x 10o Attachment No. 4 to IE Bulletin 79-OlB K 3 x 107_-1000 I I 2 x107 500%E 200 2x 10 w 1 x 107-I x 1O 5 x 1061 _4 x 106 _3x106 2.S x 106 2.0 x 106 I-1 x 106_I*ISLB ACCIDENT DOSES SHOULD BE READ AS A FACTOR OF 10 LESS
                                                                                                                                                      I         1-4 Laminate, Graft Ce                                                      U
DOSE CORRECTION
  eOM Thermoaetting                                          109                                                                                                s- La"nate. GCrade C
FACTOR FOR CONCRETE SHIELDING Y( ONLY) Attachment NcoA to IE Bul 108 page 25 of 33 x1 S x oS 0 1 X 104 I- -l10:3 fit ', Ids , Nit~to I t* 1oC 1O7 106 10 I DOSE (RADS) WITHOUT SHIELDING (FROM FIGURE 1)letin 79-01B S
                                                                                                                                                                O,
a 106 FIGURE 3 \DOSE CORRECTIN
                          .1     L                  1.         .1
FACTOR FOR COMPARTMENT
VOLUMBE Attachment No. 4 to IE Bulletin 79-O1B -*0 I-z Lu C 0 C;CD I 106 I I I I I I I ,I I I 0.2.4.6.8 1.0 CORRECTION
FACTOR
D URE 4 DOSE CORRECTION
FOR TIME hEQUIRED TO REMAIN FUNCTIONAL
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....1 1.0 10 100 1000 TIME REQUIRED TO REMAIN FUNCTIONAL
MHRSP 4
*- .Attachment No. 4 to IE Bulletin 79-O0B t ' *Pale 28 of 33:APPENDI C ThERMAL AND RADIATION
AGING DEGRADATION
OF SELECTED MATERIALS Table C-1 is a partial list of materials which may be found in a nuclear power plant along with an indication of the material susceptibility to radiation and thermal aging.Susceptibility to significant thermal aging in a 45 0 C environment and normal atmosphere for 10 or 40 years is indicated by an (*) in the appro-priate column. Significant aging degradation is defined as that amount of degradation that would place in substantial doubt the ability of typical equipment using these materials to function in a hostile environment.


*Susceptibility to radiation damage is indicated by the dose level and the observed effect identified in the column headed BASIS. The meaning of the terms used to characterize the dose effect is as follows:# Threshold
I                              ;i11/14/79
-Refers to damage threshold, which is the radiation exposure required to change at least one physical property of the material.* Percent Change of Property -Refers to the radiation exposure required to change the physical property noted by the percent.I Allowable
*                   vI;_
-Refers to the radiation which can be absorbed before serious degradation occurs.The information in this appendix is based on a literature search of sources including the National Technical Information Service (NMIS), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Scientific and Technical Aerospace Report (STA.), NTIS Government Report Announcements and Index (GRA), and
                                                  iTypes or rvQuirfl ("ITIN WIlc0 IIRTERIAI4 .MAT IIe
* .Attachment No. 4 to IE Bulletin 79-O1B 2-various manufacturers data reports. The materials list is not to be considered all inclusive neither is it to be used as a basis for specifying materials to be used for specific applications within a nuclear plant. The list is solely intended for use by the NRC staff in making Judgements as to the possibility of a particular material in a particular application being susceptible to significant degradation due to radiation or thermal aging.The data base for thermal and radiation aging in engineering materials is rapidly expanding at this time. As additional information becomes available Table C-1 will be updated accordingly.
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      5IE."IFICAPM        SS~T1ILT
                              109  Shre0l AS 10 vp'    40 Tits  GM          BSI
                              1L09 Threehold t9
                              103              1
                              1099
                              109                  N
                                9
                              10
                              109        *
                          1010                    1


11/14/79 TABLE C-1 THERMAL AND RADIATION
It
AGING DEGRADATION
1 W
OF SELECTED MATERIALS r1 T I ALSO AS smirnICANT
                                  ENCLOSURE 2 IE Bulletin No. 79-O0B
AGING 10 YILS 140 YRS RtADIATION
                                                      Date: January 14, 1980 RECENTLY ISSUED IE BULLETINS
SUSCEPTIDI
    Bulletin Subject                  Date Issued              Issued To No.
LITY TyPrs or rQtUiPI*N.tr (wrI~nll 10 WHIh iTEIAi, NAly lip tyoII))IA% y I C' "'h fl As t'HK MATlt:I At.IIAS I S I- -1~ fi -A ! I I I -I I _ _Integrated Circuits JIC)Integrated Circuits IIC)C-tiS Transltors Diodes Silicon-Controlled Rectifiers Integrated Circuits (IC)Analog Vulcanized Fiber Fish Paper Polyester (unfilled)
Nylon Polycarbondte Polywide Chlorosulfonated Poly-ethylene 8um-n Integrated Circuit. (IC)104 104 l 14 Threshold a Allowable Threshold K K I K Ix Polyamide Itypalon'tSR/ti-trile tubber)AP ik A 105 106 6 10.105 105 106 106 K K K K I x x K K K K x x K I I K I K x K K I K I x x K I I K K K x K I x x x xC DP 0 M SU 0 C* l 0 O C W =X TTL biallyl Phthalate Silicone Rubbet a.I __________
I I L *Indicates that there is data available which shows a potential for significant thermal aging of the materials when exposed to normal operating conditions for either 10 or 40 years as indicated.


11/14/79
79-13   Cracking in Feedwater     10/17/79                 All PWRs with an OL
11/14/79 I.9-v U r-MTreAL ALSO AS rOTENTIAL OR.tlCNIFICIWT
    (Rev. 2) System Piping                                      and Designated Ap- plicants (for Action),
AGING i0 YM 40 YM8 RRMArloN SuscePTInILITY
                                                                All Other Power Reactor Facilities with an Operating License (OL) or Con- struction Permit (CP)
I Is TYPES OF EQUIPAUrTr (WITHIN wiiiaC MATERIAL M"Y UK INwXI ./7 7 -4kv1 a I I- I I I Polysultone Reaistora
                                                                (for Information)
-Wire-ound Resistors
    79-17   Pipe Cracks in Stagnant   10/29/79                 All PWRs with an (Rev. 1) Borated Water Systems                              OL (for Action). All other Power Reactor Facilities with an OL or CP (for In- formation)
-Carbmr omposition Capacitors
    79-25    Failures of Westinghouse 11/2/79                  All Power Reactor BFD Relays in Safety-                              Facilities with an Related Systems                                    OL or CP (for Action)
-Ceramia Capacitors
    79-02    Pipe Base Plate Designs 11/8/79                   All Power Reactor (Rev. 2) Using Concrete Expansion                          Facilities with an Bolts                                              OL or CP
-alas.Capacitora
    79-26    Boron Loss From BWR      11/20/79                 All BWR Power Reactor Control Blades                                    Facilities with an OL
-Rica ENA Thermosetting Lamnatee, Oar X c HEA Thermos.ttin'
    79-27    Loss of Non-Class-1-E    11/30/79                 All Power Reactor Instrumentation and Con-                          Facilities with an OL
Laminates, Grafe XXXP"EOA theuosetting Laminate..
            trol Power System Bus                              and those nearing During Operation                                  Licensing (for Action)
Grafe XPX Nm Thermosetting Laminates, Grade XPC WMR Thermoeetting Laminates, Grata XX HEt Thermoaetting LaOinate..
                                                                All Power Reactor Facilities with a CP
Grade XXP mHE &#xb6;termosattinq Laminate., CGra XXX MhE Therrmoetting Laminate, Graft Ce eOM Thermoaetting La"nate. GCrade C wrasde 1107 10l 19 109 109 109 109 109 109 109 l0g 109 109 109 109 109 fllowable 24% Loss of Elonga-tion rhrerhold a Allowable U X X I K K I K I X X X I I I K I I X I I I I I I N U S I I I N K K I 3.X K I K-0 :r-tC+IDOt 0 CD 0@_hC f "I s-I 40 CI 1-4 ID s-O, U a X I aa U N.K I.1 L 1. .1 I ;i11/14/79
                                                                (for Information).
* vI;_iTypes or rvQuirfl ("ITIN WIlc0 IIRTERIAI 4.MAT IIe 1 09flU))109 Shre0l ron 5IE."IFICAPM
    79-28    Possible Malfunction      12/7/79                 All Power Reactor of NAMCO Model EA180                              Facilities with an Limit Switches at                                  OL or CP
SS~T1ILT AS 10 vp' 40 Tits GM BSI 1L09 Threehold t9 103 1 9 109 109 N 9 10 109 *1010 1 It 1 W ENCLOSURE
            Elevated Temperatures}}
2 IE Bulletin No. 79-O0B Date: January 14, 1980 RECENTLY ISSUED IE BULLETINS Bulletin No.79-13 (Rev. 2)Subject Cracking in Feedwater System Piping Date Issued 10/17/79 Issued To All PWRs with an OL and Designated Ap-plicants (for Action), All Other Power Reactor Facilities with an Operating License (OL) or Con-struction Permit (CP)(for Information)
79-17 (Rev. 1)79-25 79-02 (Rev. 2)79-26 79-27 79-28 Pipe Cracks in Stagnant Borated Water Systems 10/29/79 All PWRs with an OL (for Action). All other Power Reactor Facilities with an OL or CP (for In-formation)
All Power Reactor Facilities with an OL or CP (for Action)Failures of Westinghouse
11/2/79 BFD Relays in Safety-Related Systems Pipe Base Plate Designs Using Concrete Expansion Bolts Boron Loss From BWR Control Blades Loss of Non-Class-1-E
Instrumentation and Con-trol Power System Bus During Operation Possible Malfunction of NAMCO Model EA180 Limit Switches at Elevated Temperatures
11/8/79 All Power Reactor Facilities with an OL or CP 11/20/79 All BWR Power Reactor Facilities with an OL 11/30/79 All Power Reactor Facilities with an OL and those nearing Licensing (for Action)All Power Reactor Facilities with a CP (for Information).
12/7/79 All Power Reactor Facilities with an OL or CP}}


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NRC Generic Letter 1980-005, Submittal of IE Bulletin 1979-018: Environmental Qualification of Class IE Equipment
ML031350283
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Issue date: 01/14/1980
From: Grier B
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UNITED STATES

NUCLEA*'REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION I

631 PARK AVENUE OL - go-_g KING OF PRUSSIA, PENNSYLVANIA 19406 Docket Nos. 50-03

50-247 JAN 1 4 1980

Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.

ATTN: Mr. W. J. Cahill, Jr.

Vice President

4 Irving Place New York, New York 10003 Gentlemen:

Enclosed is IE Bulletin 79-OIB which requires action by you with regard to your power reactor facility with an operating license.

Should you have questions regarding this Bulletin or the actions required of you, please contact this office.

Sincerely, Boyce H. Grier Director Enclosures:

1 IE Bulletin No.79-01B with Attachments

2. List of Recently Issued IE Bulletins

CONTACT

S. 0. Ebneter

(215-337-5296)

cc w/encls:

L. 0. Brooks, Project Manager, IP Nuclear W. Monti, Manager - Nuclear Power Generation Department M. Shatkouski, Plant Manager J. M. Makepeace, Director, Technical Engineering W. D. Hamlin, Assistant to Resident Manager (PASNY)

J. 0. Block, Esquire, Executive Vice President - Administration Joyce P. Davis, Esquire

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ENCLOSURE 1 UNITED STATES SSINS No.: 6820

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Accessions No.:

OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT 7910250528 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555 IE Bulletin No. 79-O1B

Date: January 14, 1980 ENVIRONMENTAL QUALIFICATION OF CLASS IE EQUIPMENT

Description of Circumstances

IE Bulletin No. 79-01 required the licensee to perform a detailed review of the environmental qualification of Class IE electrical equipment to ensure that the equipment will function under (i.e. during and following) postulated accident conditions.

The NRC staff has completed the initial review of licensees' responses to Bulletin No. 79-01. Based on this review, additional information is needed to facilitate completion of the NRC evaluation of the adequacy of environmental qualification of Class IE electrical equipment in the operating facilities.

In addition to requesting more detailed information, the scope of this Bulletin is expanded to resolve safety concerns relating to design basis environments and current qualification criteria not addressed in the facilities' FSARS.

These include high energy line breaks (HELB) inside and outside primary contain- ment, aging, and submergence.

Attachment 4, "GUIDELINES FOR EVALUATING ENVIRONMENTAL QUALIFICATION OF CLASS

IE ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT IN OPERATING REACTORS", provides the guidelines and criteria the staff will use in evaluating the adequacy of the licensee's Class IE equipment evaluation in response to this Bulletin.

In general, the reporting problems encountered in the original responses and the additional information needed can be grouped into the following areas:

1. All Class IE electrical equipment required to function under the postulated accident conditions, both inside and outside primary containment, was not included in the responses.

2. In many cases, the specific information requested by the Bulletin for each component of Class IE equipment was not reported.

3. Different methods and/or formats were used in providing the written evidence of Class IE electrical equipment qualifications. Some licensees used the System Analysis Method which proved to be the most effective approach. This method includes the following information:

a. Identification of the protective plant systems required to function under postulated accident conditions. The postulated accident conditions are defined as those environmental conditions resulting from both LOCA and/or HELB inside primary containment and HELB

outside the primary containment.

IE Bulletin No. 79-QIB

Enclosure 1 Date: January 14, 1980 equipment items within b. Identification of the Class IE electrical a, that are required to each of the systems identified in Item conditions.

function under the postulated accident data requirements specified c. The correlation between the environmental test data for each in the FSAR and the environmental qualificationin Item b above.

identified Class IE electrical equipment item are addressed in IE Bulletin No. 79-01

4. Additional data not previously the environmental qualification of needed to determine the adequacy of data address component aging and Class IE electrical equipment. These operability in a submerged condition.

Operating All Power Reactor Facilities With An Action To Be Taken By Licensees Of Listed on Attachment 1)

License (Except those 11 SEP Plants Engineered Safety Feature Systems (Plant

1. Provide a "master list" of all function under postulated accident conditions.

Protection Systems) required to the LOCA/HELB inside containment, and Accident conditions are defined as system within (including cables, HELB outside containment. For each list identify each Class IE

EPA's terminal blocks, etc.) the master to function under accident electrical equipment item that is required 2 are standard formats to be used conditions. Pages 1 and 2 of Attachmentinformation included.

for the "master list" with typical components of systems listed in Electrical equipment items, which are assumed to operate in the FSAR

Appendix A of Attachment 4, which are mitigate design basis events are safety analysis and are relied on to Bulletin, regardless whether or not considered within the scope of this engineered safety features when the they were classified as part of the The necessity for further up plant was originally licensed to operate. will be dependent on the grading of nonsafety-related plant systems reviews subsequent to TMI/2.

outcome of the licensees and the NRC

item identified in Item 1, provide

2. For each class IE electrical equipment qualification to support the capa- written evidence of its environmental postulated accident conditions. For bility of the item to function under items not having adequate qualifica- those class IE electrical equipment plans for determining qualifications tion data available, identify your completing this action. Provide of these items and your schedule for this in the format of Attachment 3.

For equipment identifed in Items 1 and 2 provide service condition profiles

3. as a function of time). These data (i.e., temperature, pressure, etc., accident conditions and qualification should be provided for design basis provided in profile or tabular form.

tests performed. This data may be

Enclosure 1 IE Bulletin No.79-01B

Date: January 14, 1980 4. Evaluate the qualification of your Class IE electrical equipment against the guidelines provided in Attachment 4. Attachment 5, "Interim Staff Position on Environmental Qualification of Safety-Related Electrical Equipment," provides supplemental information to be used with these guidelines. For the equipment identified as having "Outstanding Items"

by Attachment 3, provide a detailed "Equipment Qualification Plan."

Include in this plan specific actions which will be taken to determine equipment qualification and the schedule for completing the actions.

5. Identify the maximum expected flood level inside the primary containment resulting from postulated accidents. Specify this flood level by elevation such as the 620 foot elevation. Provide this information in the format of Attachment 3.

6. Submit a "Licensee Event Report" (LER) for any Class IE electrical equipment item which has been determined as not being capable of meeting environmental qualification requirements for service intended. Send the LER to the appropriate NRC Regional Office within 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> of identification. If plant operation is to continue following identification, provide justifi- cation for such operation in the LER. Provide a detailed written report within 14 days of identification to the appropriate NRC Regional Office.

Those items which were previously reported to the NRC as not being qualified per IEB-79-01 do not require an LER.

7. Complete the actions specified by this bulletin in accordance with the following schedule:

(a) Submit a written report required by Items 1, 2, and 3 within 45 days from receipt of this Bulletin.

(b) Submit a written report required by Items 4 and 5 within 90 days from receipt of this Bulletin.

This information is requested under the provisions of 10 CFR 50.54(f). Accordingly, you are requested to provide within the time periods specified in Items 7.a and 7.b above, written statements of the above information, signed under oath or affirmation.

Submit the reports to the Director of the appropriate NRC Regional Office.

Send a copy of your report to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of Inspection and Enforcement, Division of Reactor Operations Inspection, Washington, D.C. 20555.

IE Bulletin No.79-01B

Enclosure 1 Date: January 14, 1980 Approval was Approved by GAO, B180225 (R0072); clearance expires 7/31/80. generic problems.

given under a blanket clearance specifically for identified Attachments:

1. List of SEP Plants

2. Master List Standard Format, Typical

3. System Component Evaluation Work Sheet

4. Guidelines for Evaluating Environmental Qualification of Class IE Electrical Equipment in Operating Reactors

5. Interim Staff Position on Environmental Qualification of Safety-Related Equipment (To

Addressees

Only)

Attachment 1 to IE Bulletin 79-O1B

SEP Plants Plant Region Dresden 1 III

Yankee Rowe I

Big Rock Point III

San Onofre 1 V

Haddam Neck I

LaCrosse III

Oyster Creek I

R. E. Ginna I

Dresden 2 III

Millstone 1 I

Palisades III

Facility: XYZ - - -. .E

Dpcket.No.: 50-XXX .MASTER LIST--.- Attachment 'lo. .2-to IE. Bull1etin.79-OIB

-=. - >-: <t>;=m .- :~tgyp~(Typical').Pg1 f_

--..

--- -~ <C1 ass._IE Electricai Equipment Required to Function

-:--Under.Postulated Accident Conditions). .;

I. SYSTEM: RESIDWUAL-HEAT REMOVAL (RHR)-- ~.:--:.......................;:

COMPONENTS

Location Plant-Identification Inside Primary Outside Primary Number Generic Name Containment Containment IPT 456 -PRESSURE TRANSMITTER x ILT 594 LEVEL TRANSMITTER x

.S 210 LIMIT SWITCH x II. SYSTEM: AUTOMATIC DEPRESSURIZATION SYSTEM (ADS)

COMPONENTS

. . ~Locatilon-.

Plant Identifcation Inside Primary Outside Primary Nuber

. Generic Name Containment Containment B21-ROOI VALVE MOTOR OPERATOR x B21-F003 -SOLENOID VALVE x B21-FOlO PRESSURE SWITCH . x

2 to IE Bulletin 79-01B

SYSTEM. RHR EQUIPMENT/COMOI1NENTS(Typical) Attachment No. l .

II.

    • COMPONENTS'.-

k.

I

__________________________________________________________________________

Plant Identification - 4 Number*

O-RING GASKET x

16xP455

  • EPA,- Clas~E,

OOC ELECTRICAL PENETRATION ASSEMBLY X

Westinghouse: E

TERMINAL BOARD x KULKA No. ET35 ONKONITE, lOOOV, 3C x x Black POWER CABLE

LUBRICATE OIL x X BRAND 10W-40

15 KB69 (Boston x INSTRUMENTATION CABLE x Wire & Cable)

x Cutler Hamner TB TERMINAL BOX

_ _ _ _

No . - 6_ _ _ _ _ _ _

x x RAYCHEM XYZ CABLE SPLICE

x Scotch No. 54 INSULATING TAPE

TERMINAL LUG x T&B No. 10 INSULATE

SEALANT x x Y Brand Epoxy No;.

.ll ._________________________

identification number, use the

  • When a component is not identified by plant etc.

manufacturer, model number, serial number,

    • Like components may be referenced.

' Facility: Attachment No. 3 to IE Bulletin No. 79-OIB

SYSTEM COMPONENT EVALUATION WORK SHEET Page I of 3 Unit: (Typical) t'

D ocket:

I'

EfIVI RONMENT DOCU1MENTATION'REF* QALFCTOOTTND IG

EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTION QUALIFICATION OUTSTANDI

pec if- ua li- Specifi- ualiti- METHOD ITEMS

Pa -arameter iDratnn -catin nn . _

System: RHR Operating 15 min. 300 min. 5 Simultaneou! None Plant ID No. IPT456 Time Test Component Temperature SEE ACCIDENT AND 5 Simultaneou!

PRESSURE TRANSMITTER. SEST PROFILESTAN

( ) TEST PROFILES .Test None Manufacture: PROVIDED  :  ;

Fischer-Porter Co. Pressura o (PSIA) , 1 5 Simultaneou None Model Number: Test

50-EN-1071-BCXN-NS Relative Functlon: Humidity(%) 100% 100% 1 5 Simultaneou None C

Accident Monitoringi. ii __- ' _ Test ,

Chemical N3B03/

Accuracy: Spec: 5% Spray NAOH 1 See Note 1 Demon: 4% NO

Servi ce: RHR Pump lA 4xl066Radiaton rads l.2xlO 8rad 2 6 Sequential Discharge Pressure Test None S/NiO7 1

1. Seq4entf Nn Location: Containment Aging yrs 40 yrs 3 7, 8 Test ysNone Flood Level Elev: 620' Not Not None Above Flood Level: Y Yes lSubmergence Required Required See Note 2 No x 'j_

(

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

-uocumentation References:, Nbtes:

1. 'tSAR Chapter 3, Paragraph 3.11 1. XYZ Letter No. 237-1, dated November 2, 1979,

2. FSAR Chapter 14, Paragraph 14.2.3.1 has been sent to MFG. requesting the qualification

3. Technical Specification 3.4.1, Paragraph A information. If qualification not determined

4. Technical. Speciffcation 4.6.5, Paragraph B acceptable by December 15, 19791, component

5. FIRL Test Report No. ?O00 dated November 2, 1972 will be replaced during refueling outage March 1980.

6. Fischer and Porter Co. Test Report No. 2500-1 .,

. I .

7. A. 0. DOD Engineering Evaluation Data.Report No. 6932 2. In the FSAR submergence was not considered

.8. Wylie Laboratbry Report.Ro. 467 an environmental parameter. ABC Laboratory . I

is to perform submergence test in April 1980.

Attachment 3 to IE Bulletin 79-OIB SYSTEM COMPONENT EVALUATION WORK SHEET

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Equipment Description: Provide the specific information requested for each Class IE electrical component. Provide component location, specific information such as the building, access floor elevations, and whether the component is above the flood level elevation. In addition, provide the specified and demonstrated accuracies of all instruments for their trip functions and/or post accident monitoring requirements. Cables, EPA's, terminal blocks, and other items shall be identified as part of the engineered safety features systems.

2. Environment: List values for each environmental parameter indicated.

List the specification values" obtained from postulated accident analysis in the "SPEC" column. List the "qualification values" obtained from test reports, engineering analysis data, etc. in the "Qual" column. Tempera- ture, pressure, etc., as a function of time shall be provided in profile or tabular form. Specify the time period that the component or equipment is required to function and identify the document which provides the basis for this time interval.

It is expected that some listed parameters were not requested of the licensee at the time of their license issuance: Address each parameter condition during this review. If it is determined that a parameter such as submergence or a service condition such as aging was not previously considered, identify it as an "Outstanding Item."

3. Documentation Reference: Reference the documents from which information was obtained in the "Spec" column. Identify the document, paragraph, etc., that contains the postulated accident environmental specification data. In the "Qual" column identify the document, paragraph, etc., that contains the environmental qualification data.

4. Qualification Method: Identify the method of qualification. To describe the qualification method use words such as simultaneous test, comparison test, sequential test, and/or engineering/mathematical analysis. Words such as "test" and/or "analysis" when used alone do not adequately identify the qualification method.

5. Outstanding Items: Identify parameters for which no qualification data is presently available. Also, identify parameters, service conditions, or environments not previously addressed during FSAR environmental quali- fication analysis such as submergence, qualified life (aging), or HELB.

Identify in the "Notes" section on page 1 of this attachment the actions planned for determining qualification and the schedule for completing these actions.

Attachment 3 of IE Bulletin 79-010 TYPICAL

-2- SERVICE CONDITION PROF

POSTULATED QUALIFICATION EXCEPTIONS

ACCURACY ACCURACY OR

EQUIPMENT ACCIDENT TEST

REQUIREMENTS DEMONSTRATED REMARKS

(

DESCRIPTION ENVIRONMENT ENVIRONMENT

NOTE 3 NOTE 4 NOTE 5 NOTE 6 NOTE 1 NOTE 2 NOTES:

1. Refer to "Equipment Description" on Page 1 of this Enclosure.

to draw a

2. Provide sufficient values of temperature and pressure as a function of time in tabular form characteristic profile.

equipment was qualified

3. Provide sufficient values of temperature and pressure as a function of time for which to draw a characteristic profile. Present this information in tabular form.

post accident monitori(-

4. Provide the accuracy requirements for sensors and transmitters for trip functions and/or as used in the plant safety analysis.

test regarding the trip

5. Provide the accuracy demonstrated by sensors and transmitters during the qualification functions and/or post accident monitoring as applicable.

service condition and

6. Identify any exception or deviation between specified service condition and qualification justification to explain acceptance of deviation.

. Attachment No. 4 to6 3ulTetin 1--01B- GUIDELINES FOR EVALUATING ENVIRONMENTAL QUALIFICATION

OF CLASS IE ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT

IN OPERATING REACTORS

1.0 Introduction

2.0 Discussion

3.0 Identification of Class IE Equipment

4.0 Service Conditions

4.1 Service Conditions Inside Containment for a Loss of Coolant Accident (LOCA)

1. Temperature and Pressure Steam Conditions

2. Radiation

3. Submergence

4. Chemical SDrays

4.2 Service Conditions for a PWR Main Steam Line Break (MSLB)

Inside Containment

1. Temperature and Pressure Steam Conditions

2. Radiation

3. Submergence

4. Chemical Sprays

4.3 Service Conditions Outside Containment

4.3.1 Areas Subject to a Severe Environment as a Result of aHighEnergy Line Break (HELB)

4.3.2 Areas Where Fluids are Recirculated From Inside C ainment to Accom'lish Lona. "er e Core Coolina Following a LOCA

1. Temoerature, Pressure and Relative Humidity

2. Radiation

3. Submercence

4. Chemical SDrays

. tAttachment No. 4 to IE Bulletin 79-01B

'.Page 2 of 33

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4.3.3 Areas Normally Mat--.talned at Room Conditions

5.0 Qualification Methods

5.1 Selection of Qualification Method

5.2 Qualification by Type Testing

- l. Simulated Service Conditions and Test Duration

2. Test Specimen

3. Test Sequence

4. Test Specimen Aging

5. Functional Testing and Failure Criteria

6. Installation Interfaces

5.3 Qualification by a Combination of Methods (Test, Evaluation, Analysis)

  • 6.0 Margin

7.0 Acina

8.0 Documentation Appendix A - Typical Equipment/Functions Needed for Mitigation of a LOCA or MSLB Accident Appendix B - Guidelines for Evaluating Radiation Service Conditions Inside Containment for a LOCA and MSLB Accident Appendix C - Thermal and Radiation Aging Degradation of Selected Materials

Attachment No. 4 to IE Bulletin 79-01B GUIDELINES FOR EVALUATING ENVIRONMENTAL QUALIFICATION

OF CLASS IE ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT

IN OPERATING REACTORS

1.0 INTRODUCTION

On February 8, 1979, the NRC Office of Inspection and Enforcement issued IE Bulletin 79-01, entitled, "Environmental Qualification of Class IE

Equipment." This bulletin requested that licensees for operating power reactors complete within 120 days their reviews of equipment qualification begun earlier in connection with IE Circular 78-08. The objective of IE Circular 78-08 was to initiate a review by the licensees to determine whether proper documentation existed to verify that all Class IE electrical equipment would function as required in the hostile environment which could result from design basis events.

The licensees' reviews are now essentially complete and the NRC staff has begun to evaluate the results. This document sets forth guidelines for the NRC staff to use in its evaluations of the licensees' responses to IE

Bulletin 79-01 and selected associated qualification documentation. The objective of the evaluations using these guidelines is to identify Class IE

equipment whose documentation does not provide reasonable assurance of environ- mental qualification. All such equipment identified will then be subjected to a plant application-specific evaluation to determine whether it should be requalified or replaced with a component whose qualification has been adequately verified.

These guidelines are intended to be used by the NRC staff to evaluate the qualification methods used for existing equipment in a particular class of plants, i.e., currently operating reactors including SEP plants.

Attachment No. 4 to IE Bulletin 79-01B

2 Equipment in other classes of plants not yet licensed to operate, or replacement equipment for operating reactors, may be subject to different requirements such as those set forth in NUREG-0588, Interim Staff Position on Environmental Qualification of Safety-Related Electrical Equipment.

In addition to its reviews in connection with IE Bulletin 79-01 the staff is engaged in other generic-reviews that include aspects of the equipment qualification issue. TMI-2 lessons learned and the effects of failures of non-Class IE control and indication equipment are examples of these generic reviews. In some cases these guidelines may be applicable, however, this determination will be made as part of that related generic review.

2.0 DISCUSSION

IEEE Std. 323-19741 is the current industry standard for environmental qualification of safety-related electrical equipment. This standard was first issued as a trail use standard, IEEE Std. 323-1971, in 1971 and later after substantial revision, the current version was issued in 1974. Both versions of the standard set forth generic requirements for equipment quali- fication but the 1974 standard includes specific requirements for aging, margins, and maintaining documentation records that were not Included in the 1971 trial use standard.

The intent of this document is not to provide guidelines for implementing either version of IEEE Std. 323 for operating reactors. Infact most of the operating reactors are not committed to comply with any particular industry standard for electrical equipment qualification. However, all of the operating reactors are required to comply with the General Design Criteria

1IEEE Std. 323-1974, 'IEEE Standard for Qualifying Class IEEquipment for Nuclear Power Generating Stations."

.'*. .. -Attachment No. 4 to IE Bulletin 79tO1B

  • specified in Appendix A of 10 CFR 50. General Design Criterion 4 states in part that structures, systems and components important to safetS shall be designed to accomodate the affects of and to be compatible with the environmental conditions associated with normal operation, maintenance, testing and postulated accidents, including loss-of-coolant accidents."

The intent of these guidelines is to provide a basis for judgements required to confirm that operating reactors are in compliance with General Design Criterion 4.

3.0 IDENTIFICATION OF CLASS IE EQUIPMENT

Class IE equipment includes all electrical equipment needed to achieve emergency reactor shutdown, containment isolation, reactor core cooling, containment and reactor heat removal, and prevention of significant release of radioactive material to the environment, Typical systems included in pressurized and boiling water reactor designs to perform these functions for the most severe postulated loss of coolant accident (LOCA) and main steanline break accident (MSLB) are listed in Appendix A.

More detailed descriptions of the Class IE equipment installed at specific plants can be obtained from FSARs, Technical specifications, and emergency procedures. Although variation in nomenclature may exist at the various plants, environmental qualification of those systems which perform the functions identified in Appendix A should be evaluated against the appropriate service conditions CSection 4.0).

The guidelines in this document are applicable to all components necessary for operation of the systems listed in Appendix A including but not limited to valves, motors, cables, connectors, relays, switches, transmitters and valve position indicators,

Attachment No. 4 to IE Bulletin 79-O1B -4 -

4.0 SERVICE CONDITIONS

In order to determine the adequacy of the qualification of equipment It Is necessary to specify the environment the equipment is exposed to during normal and accident conditions with a requirement to remain functional, These environments are referred to as the 'service conditions."

The approved service conditions specified in the FSAR or other licensee submittals are acceptable, unless otherwise noted in the guidelines discussued below.

4,1 Service Conditions Inside Containment for a Loss of Coolant Accident (LOCA)

1, Temperature and Pressure Steam Conditions q In general, the containment temperature and pressure conditions as a function of time should be based on the analyses in the FSAR, In the specific case of pressure suppression type containments, the following minimum high tempeature conditions should be used: (l11BWR Drywells . 3400F for 6 hours6.944444e-5 days <br />0.00167 hours <br />9.920635e-6 weeks <br />2.283e-6 months <br />; and C21 FWR Ice Condenser Lower Compartments - 3400 F for 3 hours3.472222e-5 days <br />8.333333e-4 hours <br />4.960317e-6 weeks <br />1.1415e-6 months <br />.

2.. ?adiation - When specifying radiation service conditions for equipment exposed to radiation during normal operating and accident conditions, the normal operating dose should be added to the dose received during the course of an accident. Guidelines for evaluating beta and gamma radiation service conditions for general areas inside containment are provided below, Radiation service conditions for equipment located directly above the containment sump; in the vicinity of filters, or- submerced in contaminated liquids must be evaluated on a case by case basis, Guidelines for these evaluations are not provided in this document.,

, Attachment No. 4 to IE Bulletin 79-O1B Ganma Radiation Doses - A total gamma dose radiation service condition of 2 x 107 RADS is acceptable for Class IE equipm..at located in general areas inside containment for PWRs with dry type containments, Where a dose less than this value has been specified, an application specific evaluation must be performed to determine If the dose specified is acceptable. Procedures for evaluating radiation service conditions in such cases are provided In Appendix B, The procedures in Appendix B are based on the calculation for a typical PWR reported in Appendix D of XUREG-.0588 1 Ga6nna dose radiation service conditions for BWRs and PWRs with ice condenser containments must be evaluated on a case by case basis.

Since the procedures in Appendix B are based on a calculation for a typical PWR with a dry type containment, they are not directly applicable to BWRs and other containment types, However, doses for these other plant configurations may be evaluated using similar procedures with conservative dose assumptions and adjustment factors developed on a case by case basIs, Bet.a Radiation Doses - Beta radiation doses generally are less significant than gama radiation doses for equipment qualification, This is due to the low penetrating power of beta particles in comparison to gamma rays of equivalent energy, Of the general classes of electrical equipment in a plant (etg,, cables, instrument transmitters, valve operators, containment penetrations), electrical cable is considered the most

1NUkE-0588, Interim Staff Position on Environmental Qualification of SafetyRelated Electrical Equipment.

Attachment No. 4 to IE Bulletin 79-OIB - 6- vulnerable to damage from beta radiation. Assuming a TID 14844 source term, the average maximum beta energy and isotopic abundance will vary as a function of time following an accident. If these parameters are considered in a detailed calculation, the conservative beta surface dose of 1.40 x x 108 RADS reported in Appendix 0 of NUREG

0588 would be reduced by approximately a factor of ten within 30 mils of the sur face of electrical cable insulation of unit density. An additional 40 mils of insulation (total of 70 mils) results in another actor of 10 reduction in dose. Any structures or other equipment in the vicinity of the equipment of interest would act as shielding to further reduce beta doses. If it can be shown, by assuming a conserva- tive unshielded surface beta dose of 2.0 x 108 RADS and considering the shielding factors discussed here, that the beta dose to radiation sensitive equipment internals would be less than or equal to 106 of the tota' garma dose to which an item of equipment has been qualified, then that equipment may be considered qualified for the total radiation environment (gamma plus beta). If this criterion is not satisfied the radiation service condition should be determined by the sum of the garma and beta doses.

3. Submercence - The preferred method of protection against the effects of submEergency is to locate equipment above the water flooding level.

Specifying saturated steam as a service condition during type testing of equipment that will become flooded in service is not an acceptable alternative for actually flooding the equipment during the test.

-7 Attachment No. 4 to IE Bulletin 79-O0B 4. Containment Sprays - Equipment exposed to chemical sprays should be qualified for the most severe chemical environment (actdic or basic) which could exist, Demineralized water sprays should not be exempt from consideration as a potentially adverse service condition.,

4.2 Service Conditions for a PWR Main Steam Line Break (MSLB) Inside Containment Equipment required to function in a steam line break environment must be qualified for the high temperature and pressure that could result.

In some cases the environmental stress on exposed equipment may be higher than that resulting from a LOCA, in others it may be no more severe than for a LOCA due to the automatic operation of a containment spray system.

1. Ter.Derature and Pressure Steam Conditions - Equipment qualified for a LOCA environment is considered qualified for a MSLB accident environ- rer.t in plants with automatic spray systems not subject to disabling single component failures. This position is based on the 'Best Estim.at'e calculation of a typical plant peak temperature and pressure and a therma' analysis of typical components inside containment.1 /

The 'inal acceptability of this approach, i.e., use of the 'Best Estimate",

is pending the completion of Task Action Plan A-21, Main Steamline Break Inside Containment.

Class IE equipment installed in plants without automatic spray systems or plants with Spray systems subject to disabling single failures or delayed initiation should be qualified for a MSLB accident environment determined by a plant specific analysis. Acceptable methods See NURE 0456, Short Term Safety Assessment on the Environmpntal Qualification of Safety-Related Electrical Equipment of SEP Operating Reactors, for a more detailed discussion of the best estimate calculation.

Attachment No. 4 to IE Bulletin 79-O1B for performing such an analysis for operating reactors are provided in Section 1.2 for Category II plants in NUREG-0588, Interim Staff Position on Environmental Qualification of Safety-Related Eletctrical Equipment.

2. Radiation - Same as Section 4.1 above except that a conservative gamia dose of 2 x 106 RADS is acceptable.

3. Submercence - Same as Section 4.1 above.

4. Chemical Sprays - Same as Section 4.1 above.

4.3 Seruice Conditions Outside of Containment

4.3.1 Areas Subject to a Severe Environment as a Result of a High Energy Line Break 'HELB)

Service conditions for areas outside containment exposed to a HELB were evaluated on a plant by plant basis as part of a program initiated by the staff in Dece.mber, 1972 to evaluate the effects of a HELB. The equipment required to mitigate the event was also Identified. This equipment should be qualified for the service conditions reviewed and approved n tne i.-. Sa-ezy Evaluation Report. for each specific plant.

4.3.2 Areas Where Fluids are Recirculated from Inside Containment to Accomplish Lona-Temn Core Coolino Followina a LOCA

1. Termerature and Relative Humidity - One hundred oercent relative humidity shouTd be established as a service condition in confined spaces. The temoerature and pressure as a function of time should be based on the plant unique analysis reported in the FSAR.

Attachment No. 4 to IE Bulletin 79-O1B 2. Radiation - Due to differences in equipment arrangement within these areas and the significant effect of this factor on doses, radiation service conditions must be evaluated on a case by case basis. In general, a dose of at least 4 x 106 RADS would be expected.

3. Submergence - Not applicable.

4. Chemical Sorays - Not applicable.

4.3.3 Areas Normally Maintained at Room Conditions Class IE equipment located in these areas does not experience significant stress due to a change inservice conditions during a design basis event.

This equipment was designed and installed using standard engineering practices and industry codes and standards (e.g., ANSI, NEMA, National

Electric Code). Based on these factors, failures of equipment in these areas during a design basis event are expected to be random except to the extent that they may be due to aging or failures of air conditioning or ventilation systems. Therefore, no special consideration need be given to the environmental qualification of Class IEequipment in these areas provided the aging requirements discussed in Section 7.0 below are satisfied and the areas are maintained at room conditions by redundant air conditioning or ventilation systemis served by the onsite emergency electrical power system.

Equip.ent located irf areas not served by redundant systems powered from onsite emergency sources should be qualified for the environmental extremes which could result from a failure of the systems as determined from a plant specific analysis.

5.0 QJALIFICATION METHODS

Attachment No. 4 to IE Bulletin 79-OB lo: V

- 10 -

5.1 Selection of Qualification Method The choice of qualification method employed for a particular application of equipment is largely a matter of technical Judgement based on such factors as: (1) the severity of the service conditions; (2)the structural and material complexity of the equipment; and (3) the degree of certainty required in the qualification procedure (i.e., the safety importance of the equipment function). Based on these considerations, type testing is the preferred method of qualification for electrical equipment located inside containment required to mitigate the consequences of design basis events, i.e., Class IE equipment (see Section 3.0 above). As a minimum, the cualification for severe temperature, pressure, and steam service conditions for Class IE equipment should be based on type testing.

Qualification for other service conditions such as radiation and chemical sprays may be by analysis (evaluation) supported by test data (see Section

5.3 below). Exceptions to these general guidelines must be justified on a case by case basis.

5.2 Oualification by Tyce Testina The evaluation of test plans and results should include consideration of the following factors:

1. Simulated Service Conditions and Test Duration - The environment in the test chamber should be established and maintained so that it envelopes the service conditions defined in accordance with Section 4.0 above.

The time duration of the test should be at least as long as the period from the initiation of the accident until the temperature and pressure service conditions return to essentially the same levels that existed before the postulated accident. A shorter test duration may be acceptable

Attachment No. 4 to IE Bulletin 79-01B

-1 if specific analyses are provided to demonstrate that the materials involved t 11 not experience significant accelerated thermal aging during the period not tested.

2. Test Soecimen - The test specimen should be the same model as the equipment being qualified. The type test should only be considered valid for equipment identical in design and material construction to the test specimen. Any deviations should be evaluated as part of the qualifica- tion documentation (see also Section 8.0 below).

3. Test Secuence - The component being tested should be exposed to a steam./air environment at elevated temperature, and pressure in the sequence defined for its service conditions. Where radiation is a service condition which is to be considered as part of a type test, it may-be applied at any time during the test sequence provided the component does not contain any materials which are known to be susceptible to significant radiation damage at the service condition levels or materials whose susceptibility to radiation damage is not known (see Apn-endix C). If the component contains any such materials, the radiation dose should be applied prior to or concurrent with exposure to the elevated temperature and pressure steam/air environment. The same test specimen should be used throughout the test sequence for all service conditions the equipment is to be qualified for by type testing. The type test should only be considered valid for the service conditions applied to the sare test specimen in the appropriate sequence.

4. Test Soecimen Acing - Tests which were successful using test specimens which had not been preaged may be considered acceptable provided the co0cnent does not contain materials which are known to be susceptible

Attachment No. 4 to IE Bulletin 79-01B v

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to significant degradation due to thermal and radiation agir. (see Section

7.0). If the component contains such materials a qualified life for the component must be established on a case by case basis. Arrhenius techniques are generally considered acceptable for thermal aging.

S. Functional Testing and Failure Criteria - Operational modes tested should be representative of the actual application requirements (e.g., components which operate normally energized in the plant should be normally energized during the tests, motor and electrical cable loading during the test should be representative of actual operating conditions). Failure criteria should include instrument accuracy requirements based on the maximum error assumed in the plant safety analyses. If a component fails at any time during the test, even in a so called "fail safe" mode, the test should be considered inconclusive with regard to demonstrating the ability of the component to function for the entire period prior to the failure.

6. Installation Interfaces - The equipment mounting and electrical or mechanical seals used during the type test should be representative of the actual installation for the test to be considered conclusive.

The equipment qualification program should include an as-built inspection in the field to verify that equipment was installed as it was tested. Particular emphasis should be placed on common problems such as protective enclosures installed upside down with drain holes at the top and penetrations in equipment housings for electrical connections being left unsealed or susceptible to moisture incursion through stranded conductors.

Attachment No. 4 to IE Bulletin 79-O1B

  • : -13 5.3 Oualification by a:Combination of Methods (Test, Evaluation, Analysis As discussed in Section 5.1 above, an item of Class IE equipment may be shown to be qualified for a complete spectrum of service conditions even though it was only type tested for high temperature, pressure and steam. The qualification for service conditions such as radiation and chemical sprays may be demonstrated by analysis (evaluation). In such cases the overall qualification is said to be by a combination of methods. Following are two specific examples of procedures that are considered acceptable. Other similar procedures may also be reviewed and fown: acceptable on a case by case basis.

1. Radiation Oualiflcation - Some of the earlier tvop tests performed for operating reactors did not include radiation as a service condition. In these cases the equipment may be shown to be radiation qualified by performing a calculation of the dose expected, taking into account the time the equipment is required to remain functional and its location using the methods described in Appendix B, and analyzing the effect of the calculated dose on the materials used in the equipment (see Appendix C). As a general rule, the time required to remain functional assumed for dose calculations should be at least 1 hour1.157407e-5 days <br />2.777778e-4 hours <br />1.653439e-6 weeks <br />3.805e-7 months <br />.

2. Chemical SDray Qualification - Components enclosed entirely in corrosion resistant cases (egg.1 stainless steel) may be shown to be qualified for a chemical environment by an analysis of the effects of the particular chemicals on the zarticular enclo- sure materials. The effects of chemical sprays on the pressure inmtegrity of any gaskets or seals present should be considered in the analysis.

. Attachment No. 4 to IE Bulletin 79-O1B

_14 6.0 Marcin IEEE Std. 323-1974 dC ines margin as the difference between the most severe specified service conditions of the plant and the conditions used in type testing to account for normal variations in commercial production of equipment and reasonable errors in defining satisfactory performance.

Section 6.3.1.5 of the standard provides suggested-factors to be applied to the service conditions to assure adequate margins. The factor applied to the time equipment is required to remain functional is the most significant in terms of the additional confidence in qualification that is achieved by adding margins to service conditions when establishing tes: environments. For this reason, special consideration was given to the time required to remain functional when the guidelines for Functional Testing and Failure Criteria in Section 5.2 above were established. In addition, all of the guidelines in Section 4.0 for establishing service conditions include conservatisms which assure margins between the service conditions specified and the actual conditions which could realistically be expected in a design basis event. Therefore, if the guidelines in Section 4.0 and 5.2 are satisfiedino separate margin factors are required to be added to the service conditions when specifying test conditions.

7.0 Acina Inpiicit in the-staff position in Regulatory Guide 1.89 with regard to backfitting IEEE Std. 323-1974 is the staff's conclusion that the incremental improvement in safety from arbitrarily requiring that a specific qualified life be demonstrated for all Class IE equipment is not sufficient to justify the expense for plants already constructed and operating. This position does not, however, exclude equipment

.* Attachment No. 4 to IE Bulletin 79-O1B using materials that have been identified as being susceptible to significant degradation due to thermal and radiation aging. Component maintenance or replacement schedules should include considerations of the specific aging characteristics of the component materials. Ongoing programs should exist at the plant to review surveillance and maintenance records to assure that equipment which is exhibiting age related degrada- tion will be identified and replaced as necessary. Appendix C contains a listing of materials which may be found in nuclear power plants along with an indication of the material susceptability to thermal and radiation aging.

8.0 Documentation Cornplete and auditable records must be available for qualification by any of the methods described in Section 5.0 above to be considered valid.

These records should describe the qualification method in sufficient detail to verify that all of the guidelines have been satisfied. A simple vendor certification of compliance with a design specification should not be considered adequate.

Attachment No. 4 to IE Bulletin 79-OlB APPENDIX A

TYPICAL EQUIPMENT/FUNCTIONS NEEDED FOR

MITIGATION OF A LOCA OR MSLB ACCIDENT

Engineered Safeguards Actuation Reactor Protection Containment Isolation Steanrline Isolation Main Feedwater Shutdown and Isolation Emergency Power Emergency Core Cooling1 Contairment Heat Renoval Containment Fission Product Removal Containment Conbustible Gas Control Auxiliary Feedwater Containment Ventilation Containment Radiation Monitoring Control Room Habitability Systems (e.g., HVAC, Radiation Filters)

Ventilation for Areas Containing Safety Equipment Component Cooling Service Water Emergency Shutdown 2 Post Accident Sampling and Monitoring Radiation Monitoring3 Safety Related Display Instrumentation3

Attachment No. 4 to IE Bulletin 79-O1B These systems will differ for PWRs and BWRs, and for older and newer plents. In each case the system features which allow fov transfer to recirculation cooling mode and establishment of long term cooling with boron prec-ipitation control are to be considered as part of the system to be evaluated.

Emergency shutdown systems include those systems used to bring the plant to a cold shutdown condition following accidents which do not result in a breach of the reactor coolant pressure boundary together with a rapid depressurization of the reactor coolant system. Examples of such systems and equipment are the RHR system, PORVs, RCIC, pressurizer sprays, chemical and volumse control system, and steam dump systems.

3 More specific identification of these types of equipment can be found in the plant emergency procedures.

.* Attachment No. 4 to IE Bulletin 79-O1B

-~~~~ PEN~ El v PROCEU?.ES FOR EVALUATING G6MfA RADIATION SERVICE CONDITWNS

Introduction and Discussion The adequacy of gamnma radiation servi-ce conditions specified for inside containment during a LOCA or FML3 accident can be verified by assuming a conservative dose at the contaTlment centerline and adjusting the dose according the plant specific parameters; The purpose of this appendix ts to identify thase paraneters whose effect on the total gamma dose is easy to quantify with a high degree of ccnfidence and describe procedures which may be used to take these effects into consideration.

The bases for the procedures and restrictions for their use are as follows:

(l} A conservative dose at the containment centerline of 2 x 107 RADS

for a LOCA and 2 x 10i RADS for a MSLE accident has been assumed.

This assumption and all the dose rates used in the procedure out- lined below are based on the methods and sample calculation described In Appendix D of WP.EG-053, "Interim Staff Position on Environrental Qualification of Safety-Related Electrical Equip- ment. " Therefore, all the llmitations listed in Appendix D of NURES-.588 apply to these procedures.

t2) The sample calculation In Appendix D of HLUREG-0588 is for a 4,000

MWth pressurized water reactor housed in a 2.52 x 1O6 ft 3 contain- ment wi.th an Iodine scrzbbing spray system. A similar calculation without Iodine scrubbint sprzys would increase the dose to equipment approxriately 150. The conservative dose o.' 2 x 107 RADS assumed

S. . ,'Attachment No. 4 to IE Bulletin 79-O1B

-2- in the procedure below includes sufficient conservatism to account for this factor. Therefore, the proc.edure is also applicable to plants without an iodine scrubbing spray system.

(3) Shielding calculations are based on an average gamma energy of

1 MEY derived from TID 14844.

(4) These procedures are not applicable to equipment located directly above the containment sump, submerged in contaminated liquids, or near filters. Doses specified for equipment located in these areas must be evaluated on a case by case basis.

(5) Since the dose adjustment factors used in these procedures are based on a calculation for a typical pressurized water reactor with a dry type containment, they are not directly applicable to boiling water reactors or other containment types. However, doses for these other plant configurations may be evaluated using similar procedures with conservative dose assumptions and adjustment factors developed on a case by case basis.

Procedure Figures I through 4 provide factors to be applied to the conservative dose to correct the dose for the following plant specific parameters:

(1) reactor power level; (2) containment volume; (3)shielding; (4)

compartment volume; and (5)time equipment is required to remain functional.

  • ,. .- Attachment No. 4 to IE Bulletin 79-O1B

'~.-. * ,Page 22 of 33

-3- The procedure for using the figures is best illustrated by an example.

Consider the following case. The radiation service condition for a particular item of equipment has been specified as 2 x 106 RADS. The application specific parameters are:

Reactor power level - 3,000 MWth Containment volume - 2.5 x 106 ft3 Compartment Volume - 8,000 ft3 Thickness of compartment shield wall (concrete) - 24"

Time equipment is required to remain functional - 1 hr.

The problem is to make a reasonable estimate of the dose that the equipment could be expected to receive in order to evaluate the adequacy of the radiation service condition specification.

Step 1 Enter the nomogram in Figure 1 at 3,000 MWth reactor power level and

2.5 x 10i ft3 containment volume and read a 30-day integrated dose of

1.5 x 107 RADS.

SteD 2 Enter Figure 2 at a dose of 1.5 x 107 RADS and 24" of concrete shielding for the compartment the equipment is located in and read 4.5 x 104 RADS.

This is the dose the equipment receives from sources outside the compart- ment. To this must be added the dose from sources inside the compartment

.(Step 3).

Stem 3 Enter Figure 3 at 8,000 ft3 and read a correction factor of 0.13. The dose due to sources inside the compartment would then be 0.13 (1.5 x 107)

1.95 x 106 RADS. The sums of the doses from steps 2 and 3 equals:

4.5 x 104 RADS + 0.13 (1.5 x 107)- RADS - 2.0 x 106 RADS

Attachment No. 4 to IE Bulletin 79-OlB

Page-23 of 33

-4- Step 4 Enter Figure 4 at 1 hour1.157407e-5 days <br />2.777778e-4 hours <br />1.653439e-6 weeks <br />3.805e-7 months <br /> and read a correction factor of 0.15. Apply this factor to the sum of the doses determined from steps 2 and 3 to correct the 30 day total dose to the equipment inside the compartment to 1 hour1.157407e-5 days <br />2.777778e-4 hours <br />1.653439e-6 weeks <br />3.805e-7 months <br />.

0.15 (Z.O xl10 6 1 = 3 x 105 RADS

In this particular example the service condition of 2 x 106 RADS

specified is conservative with respect to the estimated dose of 3 x

105 RADS calculated in steps 1 through 4 and is, therefore, acceptable.

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Attachment No. 4 to IE Bulletin 79-OlB

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APPENDI C

ThERMAL AND RADIATION AGING DEGRADATION

OF SELECTED MATERIALS

Table C-1 is a partial list of materials which may be found in a nuclear power plant along with an indication of the material susceptibility to radiation and thermal aging.

Susceptibility to significant thermal aging in a 450 C environment and normal atmosphere for 10 or 40 years is indicated by an (*) in the appro- priate column. Significant aging degradation is defined as that amount of degradation that would place in substantial doubt the ability of typical equipment using these materials to function in a hostile environment.

  • Susceptibility to radiation damage is indicated by the dose level and the observed effect identified in the column headed BASIS. The meaning of the terms used to characterize the dose effect is as follows:
  1. Threshold - Refers to damage threshold, which is the radiation exposure required to change at least one physical property of the material.
  • Percent Change of Property - Refers to the radiation exposure required to change the physical property noted by the percent.

I Allowable - Refers to the radiation which can be absorbed before serious degradation occurs.

The information in this appendix is based on a literature search of sources including the National Technical Information Service (NMIS), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Scientific and Technical Aerospace Report (STA.), NTIS Government Report Announcements and Index (GRA), and

.Attachment

  • No. 4 to IE Bulletin 79-O1B 2- various manufacturers data reports. The materials list is not to be considered all inclusive neither is it to be used as a basis for specifying materials to be used for specific applications within a nuclear plant. The list is solely intended for use by the NRC staff in making Judgements as to the possibility of a particular material in a particular application being susceptible to significant degradation due to radiation or thermal aging.

The data base for thermal and radiation aging in engineering materials is rapidly expanding at this time. As additional information becomes available Table C-1 will be updated accordingly.

11/14/79 TABLE C-1 THERMAL AND RADIATION AGING DEGRADATION

OF SELECTED MATERIALS

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Integrated Circuits JIC) Threshold Integrated Circuits IIC) K

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104 K

Transltors

104 Diodes I

a Silicon-Controlled 14 l K

Rectifiers Integrated Circuits (IC)

Analog Ix xC

Vulcanized Fiber K K K DP 0

Fish Paper 105 K I K K x M SU

Polyester (unfilled) 105 K x K K I x x Nylon Polyamide 105 K I x K x x I K x 0

ik A 106 x K x C*

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  • Indicates that there is data available which shows a potential for significant thermal aging of the materials when exposed to normal operating conditions for either 10 or 40 years as indicated.

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ENCLOSURE 2 IE Bulletin No. 79-O0B

Date: January 14, 1980 RECENTLY ISSUED IE BULLETINS

Bulletin Subject Date Issued Issued To No.

79-13 Cracking in Feedwater 10/17/79 All PWRs with an OL

(Rev. 2) System Piping and Designated Ap- plicants (for Action),

All Other Power Reactor Facilities with an Operating License (OL) or Con- struction Permit (CP)

(for Information)

79-17 Pipe Cracks in Stagnant 10/29/79 All PWRs with an (Rev. 1) Borated Water Systems OL (for Action). All other Power Reactor Facilities with an OL or CP (for In- formation)

79-25 Failures of Westinghouse 11/2/79 All Power Reactor BFD Relays in Safety- Facilities with an Related Systems OL or CP (for Action)

79-02 Pipe Base Plate Designs 11/8/79 All Power Reactor (Rev. 2) Using Concrete Expansion Facilities with an Bolts OL or CP

79-26 Boron Loss From BWR 11/20/79 All BWR Power Reactor Control Blades Facilities with an OL

79-27 Loss of Non-Class-1-E 11/30/79 All Power Reactor Instrumentation and Con- Facilities with an OL

trol Power System Bus and those nearing During Operation Licensing (for Action)

All Power Reactor Facilities with a CP

(for Information).

79-28 Possible Malfunction 12/7/79 All Power Reactor of NAMCO Model EA180 Facilities with an Limit Switches at OL or CP

Elevated Temperatures

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