ML20237E201

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

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

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1 DEC 1 B 1987 l

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

SUBJECT:

EQUIPMENT QUALIFICATION INSPECTION OF CATAWBA NUCLEAR PLANT This letter corr'irms the dates of February 1-5, 1988 for the NRC environmental qualification (iQ) of electrical equipment inspection -for Catawba Units 1 and 2.

These dates were established during a previous telephone conversation j

with L. Burba on December 15, 1987 by N. Merriweather of this office.

The inspection will take place at the Design Engineering Department-.

A management entrance meeting is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. on February 1,1988 with a management exit meeting tentatively scheduled for 10:00 a.m. on February 5,1988.

A plant walkdown inspection of specific EQ equipment is planned for Wednesday, February 3, 1988.

The inspection will include the following:

1.

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

2.

Review of your implementation of Technical Evaluation Report / Safety -

Evaluation Report EQ corrective action commitments.

3.

Review of EQ documentation files including all supporting calculations and performance characteristics (including instrument and loop accuracies in' I

which effects of decreases of insulation resistance as a result of hostile environment degradation of equipment such as terminal blocks, cables, splices, EPAs, transmitters, etc., are evaluated (see NUREG/CR-3691);

H variation in current; voltage; frequency and other electrical characteristics that could impact the qualification). Additional details for auditability of EQ records are specified in IE Notice 85-39.

1 4.

Physical inspection of equipment from the Master List.

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

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Uldis Potapovs, Chief Equipment Qualification Inspection Section EW/S 312A U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 All calculations and files are to be available for this inspection.

Your cooperation during this inspection will be appreciated.

Should you have any questions regarding this inspection, please contact j

T. E. Conlon on (404) 331-5537.

Sincerely,

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Virgil L. Brownlee, Chief 1

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Division of Reactor Projects

Enclosure:

References cc w/ encl:

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

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

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8 ENCLOSURE I

REFERENCES 1.

+ Licensee's overall EQ Program.

2.

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

3.

+ Licensee's commitments for corrective action including May 1983 SER/TER response,1984 minutes of meeting with NRC, and subsequent changes.

4.

+a.

Licensee's list of equipment requiring environmental qualification 1

(Master List, submitted in May 1963).

+b.

Master List, version in effect at time of inspection.

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

Subject:

Certification of Compliance to 10 CFR 50.49.

6.

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

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

8.

• Licensee's qualification documentation and/or files including all calculations and analysis (Aging, Performance characteristics, etc.) that support the environmental qualification.

9.

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

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

+These documents are requested for review before the inspection.

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