ML20137H426

Grants 860107 Request for Extension of Time Until 860430 to Declare SPDS Operational W/Exception of Isolation Device & Human Factors Consideration Changes,Per 840222 Order.Concern Noted Re Mgt Involvement & Control

ML20137H426
Person / Time
Site:	Fort Calhoun
Issue date:	01/09/1986
From:	Miraglia F Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Andrews R OMAHA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT
References
TAC-60488, NUDOCS 8601210520
Download: ML20137H426 (3)

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January 9,1986 Docket No. 50-285 Mr. R. L. Andrews Q Division Manager - Nuclear Production \

Omaha Public Power District 1623 Harney Street Omaha, Nebraska 68102

SUBJECT:

MODIFICATION 0F COMMISSION ORDER DATED FEBRUARY 22, 1984 -

FORT CALHOUN STATION, UNIT N0. 1 The Nuclear Regulatory Comission's Order of February 22, 1984 directed you to declare the Safety Parameter Display System (SPDS) fully operational and operators trained by the end of the 1985 refueling outage. The Order, in Section IV, allows for extensions of time for completing items detailed in the Order for good cause shown.

By way of background, we provided you our safety evaluation of the SPDS in a letter dated June 7,1985. We concluded that no serious safety questions were posed by the SPDS, and implementation may continue. However, there were two confirmatory items on which we needed additional information. One item dealt with isolation devices; the other item dealt with a human factors review. You provided additional information on the isolation devices by letters dated November 8, 1985 and December 9, 1985. You determined that some of the isolation devices would be changed out during the 1987 refueling outage. Our review of your letters on this confirmatory item is continuing and will be the subject of a separate safety evaluation. You also provided additional information on the human factors review by letter dated August 15, 1985. You determined that some human factors related changes would be made by the end of the 1987 9 refueling outage. Our review of your letter on this c.onfirmatory item is continuing and will be the subject of a separate safety evaluation.

By letter dated January 7,1986, you described the status of the SPDS and requested an extension of time to declare the SPDS operational. You stated that a final SPDS verification and validation test remains to be completed before you can declare the system operational. In addition, you have stated that changes will be made to isolation devices and to address human factors considerations. Therefore, you requested an extension of time until April 30, 1986 to declare the SPDS operational with the exception of the isolation devices changes and human factors considerations changes. These latter changes would be made by the end of the 1987 refueling outage, scheduled to end June 1, 1987.

We have reviewed in detail your request for a change in schedule and the technical justification for it. You have shown good cause for the changes from a technical perspective. However, we are quite concerned about the timeliness of your request. Your request for a change of schedule was submitted late in the 1985 refueling outage, while the plant was being heated up for return to 8601210520 860109 h0R ADOCM 05000285 PDR

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service. This indicates that your management involvement and control for thit, confirmatory order item fell short of your usual high level of management involvement and control.

Based upon the above, we find that you have shown good cause for the change in schedule for the SPDS. We grant your request to declare the SPDS operational by April 30, 1986. We also grant your request to complete the upgrading of the isolation devices and human factors considerations chan9es by the end of the 1987 refueling outage, scheduled to end June 1, 1987. The Comission's Order of February 22, 1984 is considered to be changed with I respect to the SPDS as described above.

Sincerely, Original signed by Frank J. Miradlia Frank J. Miraglia, Jr., Director Division of PWR Licensing-B cc: See next page

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Blair, Nebraska 68023 Metropolitan Planning Agency ATTN: Dagnia Prieditis 7000 West Center Road Omaha, Nebraska 68107 Mr. Phillip Harrell, Resident Inspector -

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P. O. Box 309 Fort Calhoun, Nebraska 68023 Mr. Charles B. Brinkman, Manager Washington Nuclear Operatins C-E Power Systems 7910 Woodmont Avenue Bethesda, Maryland 20814 Regional Administrator, Region IV U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Executive Director for Operations 611 Ryan Plaza Drive Suite 1000 Arlington, Texas 76011

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