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| number = ML20136E133 | |||
| issue date = 03/07/1997 | |||
| title = Insp Rept 50-382/97-03 on 970203-28.Violation Cited But Not Noted.Major Areas Inspected:Ts Requirement for Component Cooling Water Flow Through Containment Fan Coolers | |||
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| author affiliation = NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) | |||
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| docket = 05000382 | |||
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| document report number = 50-382-97-03, 50-382-97-3, NUDOCS 9703130120 | |||
| package number = ML20136E111 | |||
| document type = INSPECTION REPORT, NRC-GENERATED, TEXT-INSPECTION & AUDIT & I&E CIRCULARS | |||
| page count = 10 | |||
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See also: [[see also::IR 05000382/1997003]] | |||
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! ENCLOSURE | |||
U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION | |||
REGION IV | |||
Docket No.: 50-382 | |||
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l Report No.: 50-382/97-03 | |||
Licensee: Entergy Operations, Inc. i | |||
Facility: Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3 | |||
l Location: Hwy.18 | |||
Killona, Louisiana | |||
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' Dates: February 3-28,1997 | |||
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Inspector: L. A. Keller, Senior Resident inspector | |||
Approved By: P. H. Harrell, Chief, Project Branch D | |||
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Attachment 1: Supplemental Information | |||
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | |||
Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3 | |||
NRC Inspection Report 50-382/97-03 | |||
This special inspection reviewed the circumstances regarding whether the licensee | |||
operated outside the Technical Specifications (TS) requirement for component cooling | |||
water (CCW) flow through the containment fan coolers (CFC), and included aspects of | |||
surveillance testing and engineering evaluations. | |||
Results | |||
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The licensee failed to establish or maintain adequate design control for the | |||
containment cooling system (CCS). Specifically, the licensee: (1) f ailed to utilize | |||
appropriate CCW flow values through the CFCs in the containment loss-of-coolant | |||
accident (LOCA) and main steamline break (MSLB) analyses and TS Surveillance | |||
Requirement 4.6.2.2.b.2, and (2) credited three CFCs in the MSLB analysis while | |||
TS only requires two CFCs. The failure to establish and maintain adequate design | |||
control for the CCS is an apparent violation of Criterion lli of Appendix B to | |||
10 CFR Part 50 (Section E1.2.b.1). | |||
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* The licensee's test procedure for implementing TS Surveillance | |||
Requirement 4.6.2.2.b.2 to verify 1325 gpm CCW flow through each CFC was I | |||
inadequate. The procedure did not account for the fact that testing conditions were | |||
not representative of the system alignment during accident conditions. The failure | |||
to establish an adequate test procedure to implement TS Surveillance i | |||
Requirement 4.6.2.2.b.2is an apparent violation of Criterion XI of Appendix B to 10 l | |||
CFR P srt 50 (Section E1.2.b.2). j | |||
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*' In Or,tober 1995, the licensee conducted a special CCW flow balance test, which I | |||
revealed that all four CFCs had CCW flow less than the 1325 gpm required by TS -J | |||
Surveillance Requirement 4.6.2.2.b.2. The licensee failed to recognize the | |||
applicability of the TS requirement to the degraded CCW flows and therefore started | |||
up from a refueling outage and operated for approximately 10 months with all four | |||
CFCs inoperable. The failure to maintain at least one CFC operable per train from | |||
October 31,1995, until August 23,1996,is an apparent violation of TS 3.6.2.2 | |||
(Section E1.2.b.3). | |||
* After full flow testing in August 1996 demonstrated the inability to achieve design | |||
basis CFC flows, the licensee failed to implement appropriate corrective actions to | |||
either restore the system to the design basis requirements or change the design ) | |||
basis in accordance with regulatory requirements. The failure to implement | |||
adequate corrective action is an apparent violation of Criterion XVI of Appendix B to | |||
10 CFR Part 50 (Section E1.2.b.4). I | |||
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Report Details | |||
E1.1 CFC System Information | |||
a. Backaround Information | |||
On August 12,1996, a licensee self-assessment team questioned the low flow | |||
results obtained during a CCW flow balance test performed during Refueling | |||
Outage 7, which occurred from September to October 1995, and the potential | |||
impact on the system operability with respect to the TS 4.6.2.2.b.2 flow | |||
requirement of 1325 gpm. In response to the self-assessment team's concern, the | |||
licensee performed an operability evaluation to address the flow rates to the CFC | |||
and determined that the coolers remained operable, even though it did not appear | |||
that the TS surveillance requirement value had been obtained. The basis for the | |||
licensee's position was that the value of 1325 gpm, provided in TS Surveillance | |||
Requirement 4.6.2.2.b.2, was not the required flow with CCW aligned in the | |||
accident response mode, but was intended to be an indication that the flow control | |||
valve for the cooler was fully opened in response to a safety injection actuation | |||
signal (SIAS). The licensee's position was forwarded to the Office of Nuclear | |||
Reactor Regulation (NRR) for a determination of compliance with the TS. This issue | |||
is fully discussed in NRC Inspection Report 50-382/96-11 as Unresolved > | |||
ltem 50-382/9611-04. | |||
On January 29,1997, NRR concluded that Waterford, Unit 3, was in violation of TS | |||
Limiting Condition for Operation 3.6.2.2 from October 1995, when Mode 4 was | |||
entered, until August 23,1996, when the coolers were cleaned, retested, and it | |||
was determined that at least one cooler in each train satisfied the minimum flow | |||
requirement, as specified in TS Surveillance Requirement 4.6.2.2.b.2. | |||
b. System Descriotion | |||
The function of the containment heat removal systems under accident conditions is | |||
to remove heat from the containment atmosphere such that containment pressure | |||
and temperature limits are not exceeded. The two containment heat removal g | |||
systems are the CCS and the containment spray system. The CCS consists of two | |||
trains, each of which contains two CFCs, a ducted air distribution system, and | |||
associated instrumentation Each of the four CFCs consists of a structural steel | |||
housing, cooling coils and a two-speed vane axial fan. Three CFCs operate in fast ] | |||
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speed during normal conditions. Upon receipt of a SIAS, the remaining fan starts in j | |||
slow speed with the fans that were already running shifting to slow speed. Each of | |||
the CFCs is cooled by CCW. CCW flow rate through each train is determined by a i | |||
control valve (CC-835A or CC-835B) located on a common CCW return line. l | |||
Valve CC-835A controls CCW flow through CFC A and C (Train A) while I | |||
Valve CC-835B controls flow through CFC B and D (Train B). Normal CCW flow l | |||
through each cooler is 670 gpm, while pot.taccident flow is assumed by the UFSAR i | |||
to be at least 1350 gpm through each cooler. l | |||
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E1.2 CCW Fiows Throuah CFCs and Comoliance with Reaulatory Reauirements | |||
a. inspection Scoce (92903. 61726) | |||
The inspector reviewed various design-basis documents, testing procedures, and | |||
survei!!ance test results related to CCW flow through the CFCs. Additiona:ly, the | |||
inspector reviewed the licensee's operability analysis and 10 CFR 50.59 evaluation I | |||
regarding degraded CCW flows through the CFCs and interviewed selected | |||
personnel. Specific documents reviewed are listed in Attachment 2. | |||
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b. Observations and Findinas | |||
b.1 Desian Control issues | |||
TS Surveillance Requirement 4.6.2.2.b.2 states that each group of containment | |||
cooling fans shall be demonstrated operable at least once per 18 months by i | |||
verifying a cooling water flow rate of greater than or equal to 1325 gpm to each ! | |||
cooler. The inspector determined that the 1325 gpm value was based on the j | |||
UFSAR value of 1350 gpm listed in Table 6.2-21, " Design Data for Containment 1 | |||
Fan Coolers." The design flow came from the Architect / Engineer (Ebasco) | |||
Specification 1564-745,which lists the design cooling water flow through each | |||
cooler as: | |||
Normal Operating Conditions 670 gpm | |||
Design Basis Accident Condition 1350 gpm | |||
Clean Tube Accident Condition 1350 gpm | |||
The 1350 gpm value for CCW flow through the CFCs was used in the LOCA and | |||
MSLB containment analyses, even though this number was nonconservative with v | |||
respect to TS requirements (1325 gpm) and did not account for any possible | |||
degradation of flow. The following table of CCW flow balance tests demonstrates | |||
that actual CCW flow through the CFCs under design-basis conditions has been | |||
consistently less than containment analysis assumptions, even without accounting | |||
for instrument uncertainties: | |||
CFC Stanuo Test October 1995 Aunust 1996 | |||
A 1350 gpm 1300 gpm 1340 gpm | |||
B 1289 gpm 1200 gpm 1250 gpm | |||
C 1358 gpm 1310 gpm 1310 gpm | |||
D 1426 gpm 1290 gpm 1370 gpm | |||
NOTE: The CCW system was cleaned in the first quarter of 1996 | |||
The licensee was unable to determine why the equipment specification value of | |||
1350 gpm was used rather than an appropriate, more conservative flow value, but | |||
believed there was margin within the containment analysis to use substantially | |||
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lower CCW flow assumptiens. The failure to utilize appropriate, conservative CCW | |||
flow values through the CFCs in the containment LOCA and MSLB analyses and TS | |||
Surveillance Requirement 4.6.2.2.b.2 is the first example of an apparent violation of | |||
Criterion lil of Appendix B to 10 CFR Part 50(50-382/9703-01, Example 1). | |||
On February 3,1997, the inspector requested a copy of the containment LOCA and | |||
MSLB analyses in order to verify the assumptions used for the parameten: of the | |||
CFCs. On February 5, prior to providing the analyses to the inspector, the licensee | |||
initiated CR 97-0281 that documented that the MSLB analysis of record was | |||
performed with the assumption that three CFCs were in operation. However, | |||
TS 3.6.2.2 states, in part, that two independent groups of containment cooling fans | |||
shall be operable with one fan to each group, in order to be consistent with respect | |||
to TS 3.6.2.2, the MSLB analysis should have only credited two CFCs. | |||
Additionally, UFSAR page 6.2-11 states, in part, that only two CFCs are assumed | |||
to be running in the MSLB analysis, which is an error. The failure to credit the | |||
appropriate number of CFCs in the MSLB analysis is a second example of an | |||
apparent violation of Criterion 111 of Appendix B to 10 CFR Part 50 | |||
(50-382/9703-01, Example 2). | |||
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Subsequent to the identification of this anomoly, the licensee reperformed the MSLB | |||
7 analysis and confirmed that only two fans would be required to meet the | |||
appropriate design basis requirements, | |||
b.2 TS Surveillance Reauirement 4.6.2.2.b.2 Test Procedure | |||
The licensee used Procedure OP-903-029, Revision 6, " Safety injection Actuation | |||
Signal Test," to implement the requirements of TS Surveillance | |||
Requirement 4.6.2.2.b 2. Tests conducted under Procedure OP-903-029 have | |||
always resulted in flows through the coolers greater than 1500 gpm. However, | |||
these tests were always conducted with CCW in a nonaccident alignment and | |||
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testing conditions were such that flows through the CFCs were greater than would I | |||
be expected during a design-basis accident system alignment. For example, during | |||
an accident, the CCW trains isolate from each other (one CCW pump per train), l | |||
flow is established through the emergency diesel generators, and flow increases i | |||
through the shutdown cooling heat exchanger. In contrast, Procedure OP-903-029 | |||
establishes a valve lineup that cross-connects the CCW headers with normal l | |||
Mode 5 loads. This has the effect of forcing more flow through the CFCs during | |||
the surveillance test than would exist during an accident system alignment. The j | |||
inspector concluded that Procedure OP-903-029 established nonrepresentative | |||
testing conditions and was therefore inadequate. The failure to establish an l | |||
o adequate test procedure to implement TS Surveillance Requirement 4.6.2.2.b.2is i | |||
an apparent violation of Criterion XI of Appendix B to 10 CFR Part 50 1 | |||
(50-382/9703-02). | |||
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b.3 Dearaded CCW Flows and TS Compliance | |||
in October 1995, the licensee performed a special flow balance test for CCW in | |||
accordance with Special Test Procedure (STP) 01140557,"RFO7 CCW Flow | |||
Balance Test," Revision O. The licensee generated CR 95-0955 to document and | |||
evaluate that CCW flow through the CFCs during this test was less than the UFSAR | |||
value of 1350 gpm. The flow through the coolers was: | |||
Train A CFC A: 1300 gpm | |||
CFC C: 1320 gpm | |||
Train B CFC B: 1200 gpm | |||
CFC D: 1290 gpm | |||
CR 95-0955 and its attached engineering analysis concluded that the CFCs | |||
remained operable as long as CCW flow was greater than 1100 gpm; however, the , | |||
CR did not address the applicability of TS Surveillance Requirement 4.6.2.2.b.2. l | |||
CR 95-0955 determined the apparent cause of the degraded CCW flows was ! | |||
increased flow resistance through the dry cooling towers (DCT) as a result of | |||
fouling. The CR concluded that as long as flow through the CFCs exceeded | |||
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1100 gpm no operability concern existed. The plant was started up with the | |||
expectation that the DCT tubes would be cleaned during planned system outages j | |||
and the CCW full-flow test would be reperformed during the next refueling outage, | |||
scheduled for the spring of 1997. The DCT cleaning was completed in | |||
March 1996. | |||
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On August 12, a licensee self-assessment team reviewed the STP 01140557 ' | |||
results and questioned whether the test, with CCW flows less than 1325 gpm to | |||
each CFC, indicated that all four CFCs were inoperable. In response to the | |||
self-assessment team's concern, tha %ensee performed an assessment of the CC'N | |||
flows through the coolers under accident conditions and determined that the coolers ; | |||
remained operable and were in compliance with the TS operability requirements. j | |||
The basis for the licensee's position was that the value of 1325 gpm, as specified I | |||
in the TS, was not intended as a minimum flow requirement through the CFCs, but | |||
was to verify that the flow control valve for the cooler was fully open in response to , | |||
a SIAS. The licensee's position and background information was forwarded to NRR ! | |||
by NRC Region IV for a determination of.the intent of Surveillance | |||
Requirement 4.6.2.2.b.2 and licensee compliance with the TS. l | |||
On January 29,1997, NRR,in a letter to NRC Region IV, concluded that the intent | |||
of TS Surveillance Requirement 4.6.2.2.b.2 was to verify CCW flows through the | |||
CFCs were consistent with the design basis and accident analysis assumptions (i.e., | |||
each cooler was required to have a flow of 1325 gpm). Therefore, Waterford 3 l | |||
was in violation of TS Limiting Condition for Operation 3.6.2.2 from October 1995, l | |||
when Mode 4 was entered, until the coolers were retested and at least one cooler in j | |||
each train satisfied the TS requirement of 1325 gpm. I | |||
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On August 23,1996, the licensee performed a CCW full-flow test at 100 percent | |||
power in accordance with STP 01150154,"CCW System Flow Balance Test," | |||
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Revision O. The purpose of the test was to determine the status of CCW flows and ; | |||
the effectiveness of the DCT cleaning. The results of the August 23 test were: ' | |||
Train A CFC A: 1340 gpm | |||
CFC C: 1310 gpm | |||
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CFC D: 1370 gpm ! | |||
The inspector concluded that the licensee had violated TS 3.6.2.2 from | |||
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October 31,1995, until August 23,1996, a period of approximately 10 months. | |||
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The failure to maintain at least one CFC operable per train from October 31,1995, | |||
until August 23,1996,is an apparent violation of TS 3.6.2.2(50-382/9703-03). | |||
b.4 Corrective Action issues | |||
As a result of concerns regarding CCW flow through the CFCs, the licensee | |||
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conducted a special CCW flow balance test in accordance with STP 01150154,on | |||
August 23,1996. The test results indicated that one cooler in each train met the | |||
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TS-required 1325 gpm; however, the test also demonstrated the inability of three of | |||
:ie four CFCs to meet the design basis 1350 gpm flow. A 10 CFR 50.59 safety | |||
evaluation was prepared for STP 01150154. The 1100 gpm CCW flow through the | |||
CFCs acceptance criteria established in the CR 95-0955 operability evaluation was | |||
endorsed by this 10 CFR 50.59 evaluation. This evaluation determined that CCW | |||
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flows through the CFCs of 1100 gpm did not result in an unreviewed safety | |||
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question and concluded that the proposed change did not reduce the margin of | |||
safety as defined in the basis of any TS. The supporting documentation for this | |||
! conclusion stated: | |||
"New analyses have been performed for the design-basis accidents with | |||
lower flow rates to the CFCs (1100 gpm vs 1350 gpm) and to the shutdown | |||
cooling heat exchanger (2600 gpm vs 3000 gpm). The lower flow rates are | |||
j sufficient to maintain the post-LOCA and post-MSLB containment peak | |||
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pressure below the acceptable limit of 44 psig. The containment pressure is | |||
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slightly greater than 50 percent of the calculated peak at 24 hours after the | |||
, accident. However since this is only used as an input to the LOCA offsite | |||
; dose calculation, the impact of the higher pressure is negligible. | |||
Conservatisms in the existing dose calculation more than offset this impact. | |||
Furthermore, since both CFCs on each train are normally operable, the | |||
containment pressure is expected to be below the 50 percent criteria when | |||
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two CFCs are running." | |||
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The inspector noted that the bases for TS 3.6.2.2 states: | |||
"The systems (containment spray and containment cooling) also reduce the | |||
containment pressure by a factor of two from its postaccident peak within | |||
24 hours, resulting in lower containment leakage rates and lower offsite dose | |||
rates." | |||
The inspector concluded that the change of the acceptable CCW flow rates to the | |||
CFCs from 1350 to 1100 gpm resulted in a reduction in the margin of safety as | |||
defined in the bases of TS 3.6.2.2 and, therefore, represented an unreviewed safety | |||
question. The inspector also concluded that by extension the operability evaluation | |||
conducted under CR 95-0955, which originally established the 1100 gpm CCW | |||
flow acceptance criteria, resulted in an unreviewed safety question. | |||
The licensee's position was that an unreviewed safety question did not exist for the | |||
degraded CCW flows because 10 CFR 50.59 does not apply to | |||
operable-but-degraded situations, when there is an intention of eventually restoring | |||
the equipment. Additionally, the licensee stated that there was no specific time | |||
limit for equipment being unable to meet a design basis assumption (i.e.,1350 gpm) | |||
before it became a "de facto" change to the facility. This approach was consistent | |||
with the licensee's intention to wait 18 months before performing another flow | |||
balance test without a 10 CFR 50.59 evaluation. However, it should have been | |||
apparent from test results that the design basis requirement of 1350 gpm through | |||
each CFC could not be " restored" since the CFCs have been unable to consistently | |||
achieve this flow rate under full flow conditions, including preoperational startup | |||
testing. The failure to implement corrective actions to either restore the design | |||
basis required CFC flows, or change the design basis in accordance with regulatory | |||
requirements,is identified as an apparent violation of Criterion XVI of Appendix B to | |||
10 CFR Part 50(50-382/9703-04). | |||
On February 11,1997, the licensee changed the design basis regarding CCW flow | |||
through the CFCs from 1350 to 1100 gpm via the 10 CFR 50.59 process. The | |||
licensee performed a reanalysis of the LOCA and MSLB events using the same | |||
computer code (Contemp Lt-26) described in the UFSAR, which had been previously | |||
approved by the NRC. However,in order to achieve acceptable results with the | |||
lower flows, the licensee had to assume additional CFCs were in operation than | |||
were originally assumed. The licensee recognized that the new CFC assumptions | |||
(2 vs 1 for LOCA, and 4 vs 2 for MSLB) were nonconservative relative to the TS | |||
requirements in affect. In order to account for the nonconservative requirements of | |||
the TS, the licensee issued Standing Instruction 97-02, which administratively | |||
required all four CFCs to be operable or entry into a 72-hour action be performed to | |||
either restore the equipment to operable status or be in Hot Shutdown within the | |||
following 6 hours. The licensee felt that this was acceptable interim action until | |||
TS 3.6.2.2 could be formally changed. | |||
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c. Conclusions | |||
* The licensee inappropriately utilized the maximum vendor specified flow | |||
through the CFCs as the minimum assumed flow in the design basis and | |||
accident analyses. Full flow tests consistently demonstrated the inability to | |||
achieve these flows. The inspector concluded that the licensee failed to | |||
establish or maintain adequate design control for the CCS. The failure to | |||
maintain adequate design control for the CCS is an apparent violation of | |||
Criterion 111 of Appendix B to 10 CFR Part 50. | |||
* The test procedure that verified the 1325 gpm TS 4.6.2.2.b.2 required CCW | |||
flow through each CFC did not ensure that test conditions verified the | |||
system could supply sufficient flow in a postaccident alignment. The failure | |||
to establish an adequate test procedure to implement TS 4.6.2.2.b.2 is an | |||
apparent violation of Criterion XI of Appendix B to 10 CFR Part 50. | |||
* A special CCW flow balance test revealed that all four CFCs had CCW flow | |||
less than the 1325 gpm required by TS 4.6.2.2.b.2, and the licensee failed | |||
to recognize that the degraded flows rendered the CFCs inoperable. The | |||
failure to maintain at least one CFC operable in each train for approximately | |||
10 months is an apparent violation of TS 3.6.2.2. | |||
* After full flow testing in August 1996 demonstrated the inability to achieve | |||
design basis CFC flows, the licensee failed to implement appropriate | |||
corrective actions to either restore the design basis or change the design | |||
basis in accordance with regulatory requirements. The failure to implement | |||
adequate corrective action is an apparent violation of Criterion XVI of | |||
Appendix B to 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B to 10 CFR Part 50. | |||
E.2.1 Review of Facility and Eauioment Conformance to UFSAR Descriotion | |||
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A recent discovery of a licensee operating a facility in a manner contrary to the | |||
UFSAR description highlighted the need for a special focused review that compares | |||
plant practices, procedures and/or parameters to the UFSAR descriptions. While | |||
performing the inspections discussed in this report, the inspector reviewed the | |||
applicable portions of the UFSAR that related to the areas inspected. The following | |||
inconsistencies were noted between the wording of the UFSAR and the plant | |||
practices, procedures and/or parameters observed by the inspectors: | |||
* UFSAR page 6.2-11 specified that the MSLB analyses assumes two CFCs | |||
are running. However, the accident analysis of record assumed three CFCs | |||
were running. | |||
* UFSAR Tables 6.2-21 and 7.5 3 specified that the CCW flow through the | |||
CFCs during accident conditions was 1350 gpm. However, full flow testing | |||
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E8 Miscellaneous Engineering issues (92903) | |||
E8.1 (Closed) Unresolved item 50 382/9611-04: compliance with TS Surveillance | |||
Requirement 4.6.2.2.b.2 and adequacy of 1325 gpm value. The concerns , | |||
associated with this unresolved item resulted in this special report. The ' | |||
enforcement items identified in this report supersede this item and therefore this | |||
item is closed. | |||
V. Manaaement Meetinas - | |||
X1 Exit Meeting Summary | |||
The inspector presented the inspection results to members of licensee management | |||
at the conclusion of the inspection on February 28,1997. The licensee | |||
acknowledged the findings presented. | |||
The inspector asked ti e licensee whether any materials examined during the | |||
inspection should be considered proprietary. No propriotary information was | |||
identified. | |||
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PARTIAL LIST OF PERSONS CONTACTEQ | |||
Licensee | |||
R. G. Azzarello, Manager, Maintenance | |||
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C. M. Dugger, Vice-President, Operations | |||
T. J. Gaudet, Manager, Licensing | |||
T. R. Leonard, General Manager, Plant Operations | |||
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D. W. Vinci, Superintendent, System Engineering | |||
A. J. Wrape, Director, Design Engineering | |||
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Updated Final Safety Analysis Report (UFSAR) Section 6.2, " Containment Systems" | |||
UFSAR, Chapter 6, LOCA and MSLB Containment Ana!yses | |||
Ebasco CFC Specification LOU-1564.745 | |||
CR 97-0281,96-1331,-1328,-1266,-1250, and 95-0955 | |||
STP 01150154, Revision 0, "CCW System Flow Balance" | |||
STP 01140557, Revision 0, "RFO 7 CCW Flow Balance Test" | |||
Startup CCW Flow Balance Test SPO-36-002 | |||
TS Change Request NPF-38-81 | |||
Surveillance Procedure OP-903-029, Revision 6, " Safety injection Actuation Signal | |||
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Engineering Calculation EC-195-004, Revision 0, "CCW Flow from CFC Coils | |||
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Issue date: | 03/07/1997 |
From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
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U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION IV
Docket No.: 50-382
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Licensee: Entergy Operations, Inc. i
Facility: Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3
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Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3
NRC Inspection Report 50-382/97-03
This special inspection reviewed the circumstances regarding whether the licensee
operated outside the Technical Specifications (TS) requirement for component cooling
water (CCW) flow through the containment fan coolers (CFC), and included aspects of
surveillance testing and engineering evaluations.
Results
The licensee failed to establish or maintain adequate design control for the
containment cooling system (CCS). Specifically, the licensee: (1) f ailed to utilize
appropriate CCW flow values through the CFCs in the containment loss-of-coolant
accident (LOCA) and main steamline break (MSLB) analyses and TS Surveillance
Requirement 4.6.2.2.b.2, and (2) credited three CFCs in the MSLB analysis while
TS only requires two CFCs. The failure to establish and maintain adequate design
control for the CCS is an apparent violation of Criterion lli of Appendix B to
10 CFR Part 50 (Section E1.2.b.1).
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Requirement 4.6.2.2.b.2 to verify 1325 gpm CCW flow through each CFC was I
inadequate. The procedure did not account for the fact that testing conditions were
not representative of the system alignment during accident conditions. The failure
to establish an adequate test procedure to implement TS Surveillance i
Requirement 4.6.2.2.b.2is an apparent violation of Criterion XI of Appendix B to 10 l
CFR P srt 50 (Section E1.2.b.2). j
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revealed that all four CFCs had CCW flow less than the 1325 gpm required by TS -J
Surveillance Requirement 4.6.2.2.b.2. The licensee failed to recognize the
applicability of the TS requirement to the degraded CCW flows and therefore started
up from a refueling outage and operated for approximately 10 months with all four
CFCs inoperable. The failure to maintain at least one CFC operable per train from
October 31,1995, until August 23,1996,is an apparent violation of TS 3.6.2.2
(Section E1.2.b.3).
- After full flow testing in August 1996 demonstrated the inability to achieve design
basis CFC flows, the licensee failed to implement appropriate corrective actions to
either restore the system to the design basis requirements or change the design )
basis in accordance with regulatory requirements. The failure to implement
adequate corrective action is an apparent violation of Criterion XVI of Appendix B to
10 CFR Part 50 (Section E1.2.b.4). I
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E1.1 CFC System Information
a. Backaround Information
On August 12,1996, a licensee self-assessment team questioned the low flow
results obtained during a CCW flow balance test performed during Refueling
Outage 7, which occurred from September to October 1995, and the potential
impact on the system operability with respect to the TS 4.6.2.2.b.2 flow
requirement of 1325 gpm. In response to the self-assessment team's concern, the
licensee performed an operability evaluation to address the flow rates to the CFC
and determined that the coolers remained operable, even though it did not appear
that the TS surveillance requirement value had been obtained. The basis for the
licensee's position was that the value of 1325 gpm, provided in TS Surveillance
Requirement 4.6.2.2.b.2, was not the required flow with CCW aligned in the
accident response mode, but was intended to be an indication that the flow control
valve for the cooler was fully opened in response to a safety injection actuation
signal (SIAS). The licensee's position was forwarded to the Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation (NRR) for a determination of compliance with the TS. This issue
is fully discussed in NRC Inspection Report 50-382/96-11 as Unresolved >
ltem 50-382/9611-04.
On January 29,1997, NRR concluded that Waterford, Unit 3, was in violation of TS
Limiting Condition for Operation 3.6.2.2 from October 1995, when Mode 4 was
entered, until August 23,1996, when the coolers were cleaned, retested, and it
was determined that at least one cooler in each train satisfied the minimum flow
requirement, as specified in TS Surveillance Requirement 4.6.2.2.b.2.
b. System Descriotion
The function of the containment heat removal systems under accident conditions is
to remove heat from the containment atmosphere such that containment pressure
and temperature limits are not exceeded. The two containment heat removal g
systems are the CCS and the containment spray system. The CCS consists of two
trains, each of which contains two CFCs, a ducted air distribution system, and
associated instrumentation Each of the four CFCs consists of a structural steel
housing, cooling coils and a two-speed vane axial fan. Three CFCs operate in fast ]
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speed during normal conditions. Upon receipt of a SIAS, the remaining fan starts in j
slow speed with the fans that were already running shifting to slow speed. Each of
the CFCs is cooled by CCW. CCW flow rate through each train is determined by a i
control valve (CC-835A or CC-835B) located on a common CCW return line. l
Valve CC-835A controls CCW flow through CFC A and C (Train A) while I
Valve CC-835B controls flow through CFC B and D (Train B). Normal CCW flow l
through each cooler is 670 gpm, while pot.taccident flow is assumed by the UFSAR i
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a. inspection Scoce (92903. 61726)
The inspector reviewed various design-basis documents, testing procedures, and
survei!!ance test results related to CCW flow through the CFCs. Additiona:ly, the
inspector reviewed the licensee's operability analysis and 10 CFR 50.59 evaluation I
regarding degraded CCW flows through the CFCs and interviewed selected
personnel. Specific documents reviewed are listed in Attachment 2.
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b.1 Desian Control issues
TS Surveillance Requirement 4.6.2.2.b.2 states that each group of containment
cooling fans shall be demonstrated operable at least once per 18 months by i
verifying a cooling water flow rate of greater than or equal to 1325 gpm to each !
cooler. The inspector determined that the 1325 gpm value was based on the j
UFSAR value of 1350 gpm listed in Table 6.2-21, " Design Data for Containment 1
Fan Coolers." The design flow came from the Architect / Engineer (Ebasco)
Specification 1564-745,which lists the design cooling water flow through each
cooler as:
Normal Operating Conditions 670 gpm
Design Basis Accident Condition 1350 gpm
Clean Tube Accident Condition 1350 gpm
The 1350 gpm value for CCW flow through the CFCs was used in the LOCA and
MSLB containment analyses, even though this number was nonconservative with v
respect to TS requirements (1325 gpm) and did not account for any possible
degradation of flow. The following table of CCW flow balance tests demonstrates
that actual CCW flow through the CFCs under design-basis conditions has been
consistently less than containment analysis assumptions, even without accounting
for instrument uncertainties:
CFC Stanuo Test October 1995 Aunust 1996
A 1350 gpm 1300 gpm 1340 gpm
B 1289 gpm 1200 gpm 1250 gpm
C 1358 gpm 1310 gpm 1310 gpm
D 1426 gpm 1290 gpm 1370 gpm
NOTE: The CCW system was cleaned in the first quarter of 1996
The licensee was unable to determine why the equipment specification value of
1350 gpm was used rather than an appropriate, more conservative flow value, but
believed there was margin within the containment analysis to use substantially
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lower CCW flow assumptiens. The failure to utilize appropriate, conservative CCW
flow values through the CFCs in the containment LOCA and MSLB analyses and TS
Surveillance Requirement 4.6.2.2.b.2 is the first example of an apparent violation of
Criterion lil of Appendix B to 10 CFR Part 50(50-382/9703-01, Example 1).
On February 3,1997, the inspector requested a copy of the containment LOCA and
MSLB analyses in order to verify the assumptions used for the parameten: of the
CFCs. On February 5, prior to providing the analyses to the inspector, the licensee
initiated CR 97-0281 that documented that the MSLB analysis of record was
performed with the assumption that three CFCs were in operation. However,
TS 3.6.2.2 states, in part, that two independent groups of containment cooling fans
shall be operable with one fan to each group, in order to be consistent with respect
to TS 3.6.2.2, the MSLB analysis should have only credited two CFCs.
Additionally, UFSAR page 6.2-11 states, in part, that only two CFCs are assumed
to be running in the MSLB analysis, which is an error. The failure to credit the
appropriate number of CFCs in the MSLB analysis is a second example of an
apparent violation of Criterion 111 of Appendix B to 10 CFR Part 50
(50-382/9703-01, Example 2).
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Subsequent to the identification of this anomoly, the licensee reperformed the MSLB
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appropriate design basis requirements,
b.2 TS Surveillance Reauirement 4.6.2.2.b.2 Test Procedure
The licensee used Procedure OP-903-029, Revision 6, " Safety injection Actuation
Signal Test," to implement the requirements of TS Surveillance
Requirement 4.6.2.2.b 2. Tests conducted under Procedure OP-903-029 have
always resulted in flows through the coolers greater than 1500 gpm. However,
these tests were always conducted with CCW in a nonaccident alignment and
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be expected during a design-basis accident system alignment. For example, during
an accident, the CCW trains isolate from each other (one CCW pump per train), l
flow is established through the emergency diesel generators, and flow increases i
through the shutdown cooling heat exchanger. In contrast, Procedure OP-903-029
establishes a valve lineup that cross-connects the CCW headers with normal l
Mode 5 loads. This has the effect of forcing more flow through the CFCs during
the surveillance test than would exist during an accident system alignment. The j
inspector concluded that Procedure OP-903-029 established nonrepresentative
testing conditions and was therefore inadequate. The failure to establish an l
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an apparent violation of Criterion XI of Appendix B to 10 CFR Part 50 1
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in October 1995, the licensee performed a special flow balance test for CCW in
accordance with Special Test Procedure (STP) 01140557,"RFO7 CCW Flow
Balance Test," Revision O. The licensee generated CR 95-0955 to document and
evaluate that CCW flow through the CFCs during this test was less than the UFSAR
value of 1350 gpm. The flow through the coolers was:
Train A CFC A: 1300 gpm
CFC C: 1320 gpm
Train B CFC B: 1200 gpm
CFC D: 1290 gpm
CR 95-0955 and its attached engineering analysis concluded that the CFCs
remained operable as long as CCW flow was greater than 1100 gpm; however, the ,
CR did not address the applicability of TS Surveillance Requirement 4.6.2.2.b.2. l
CR 95-0955 determined the apparent cause of the degraded CCW flows was !
increased flow resistance through the dry cooling towers (DCT) as a result of
fouling. The CR concluded that as long as flow through the CFCs exceeded
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expectation that the DCT tubes would be cleaned during planned system outages j
and the CCW full-flow test would be reperformed during the next refueling outage,
scheduled for the spring of 1997. The DCT cleaning was completed in
March 1996.
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On August 12, a licensee self-assessment team reviewed the STP 01140557 '
results and questioned whether the test, with CCW flows less than 1325 gpm to
each CFC, indicated that all four CFCs were inoperable. In response to the
self-assessment team's concern, tha %ensee performed an assessment of the CC'N
flows through the coolers under accident conditions and determined that the coolers ;
remained operable and were in compliance with the TS operability requirements. j
The basis for the licensee's position was that the value of 1325 gpm, as specified I
in the TS, was not intended as a minimum flow requirement through the CFCs, but
was to verify that the flow control valve for the cooler was fully open in response to ,
a SIAS. The licensee's position and background information was forwarded to NRR !
by NRC Region IV for a determination of.the intent of Surveillance
Requirement 4.6.2.2.b.2 and licensee compliance with the TS. l
On January 29,1997, NRR,in a letter to NRC Region IV, concluded that the intent
of TS Surveillance Requirement 4.6.2.2.b.2 was to verify CCW flows through the
CFCs were consistent with the design basis and accident analysis assumptions (i.e.,
each cooler was required to have a flow of 1325 gpm). Therefore, Waterford 3 l
was in violation of TS Limiting Condition for Operation 3.6.2.2 from October 1995, l
when Mode 4 was entered, until the coolers were retested and at least one cooler in j
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On August 23,1996, the licensee performed a CCW full-flow test at 100 percent
power in accordance with STP 01150154,"CCW System Flow Balance Test,"
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the effectiveness of the DCT cleaning. The results of the August 23 test were: '
Train A CFC A: 1340 gpm
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until August 23,1996,is an apparent violation of TS 3.6.2.2(50-382/9703-03).
b.4 Corrective Action issues
As a result of concerns regarding CCW flow through the CFCs, the licensee
conducted a special CCW flow balance test in accordance with STP 01150154,on
August 23,1996. The test results indicated that one cooler in each train met the
TS-required 1325 gpm; however, the test also demonstrated the inability of three of
- ie four CFCs to meet the design basis 1350 gpm flow. A 10 CFR 50.59 safety
evaluation was prepared for STP 01150154. The 1100 gpm CCW flow through the
CFCs acceptance criteria established in the CR 95-0955 operability evaluation was
endorsed by this 10 CFR 50.59 evaluation. This evaluation determined that CCW
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safety as defined in the basis of any TS. The supporting documentation for this
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"New analyses have been performed for the design-basis accidents with
lower flow rates to the CFCs (1100 gpm vs 1350 gpm) and to the shutdown
cooling heat exchanger (2600 gpm vs 3000 gpm). The lower flow rates are
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slightly greater than 50 percent of the calculated peak at 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> after the
, accident. However since this is only used as an input to the LOCA offsite
- dose calculation, the impact of the higher pressure is negligible.
Conservatisms in the existing dose calculation more than offset this impact.
Furthermore, since both CFCs on each train are normally operable, the
containment pressure is expected to be below the 50 percent criteria when
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"The systems (containment spray and containment cooling) also reduce the
containment pressure by a factor of two from its postaccident peak within
24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br />, resulting in lower containment leakage rates and lower offsite dose
rates."
The inspector concluded that the change of the acceptable CCW flow rates to the
CFCs from 1350 to 1100 gpm resulted in a reduction in the margin of safety as
defined in the bases of TS 3.6.2.2 and, therefore, represented an unreviewed safety
question. The inspector also concluded that by extension the operability evaluation
conducted under CR 95-0955, which originally established the 1100 gpm CCW
flow acceptance criteria, resulted in an unreviewed safety question.
The licensee's position was that an unreviewed safety question did not exist for the
degraded CCW flows because 10 CFR 50.59 does not apply to
operable-but-degraded situations, when there is an intention of eventually restoring
the equipment. Additionally, the licensee stated that there was no specific time
limit for equipment being unable to meet a design basis assumption (i.e.,1350 gpm)
before it became a "de facto" change to the facility. This approach was consistent
with the licensee's intention to wait 18 months before performing another flow
balance test without a 10 CFR 50.59 evaluation. However, it should have been
apparent from test results that the design basis requirement of 1350 gpm through
each CFC could not be " restored" since the CFCs have been unable to consistently
achieve this flow rate under full flow conditions, including preoperational startup
testing. The failure to implement corrective actions to either restore the design
basis required CFC flows, or change the design basis in accordance with regulatory
requirements,is identified as an apparent violation of Criterion XVI of Appendix B to
10 CFR Part 50(50-382/9703-04).
On February 11,1997, the licensee changed the design basis regarding CCW flow
through the CFCs from 1350 to 1100 gpm via the 10 CFR 50.59 process. The
licensee performed a reanalysis of the LOCA and MSLB events using the same
computer code (Contemp Lt-26) described in the UFSAR, which had been previously
approved by the NRC. However,in order to achieve acceptable results with the
lower flows, the licensee had to assume additional CFCs were in operation than
were originally assumed. The licensee recognized that the new CFC assumptions
(2 vs 1 for LOCA, and 4 vs 2 for MSLB) were nonconservative relative to the TS
requirements in affect. In order to account for the nonconservative requirements of
the TS, the licensee issued Standing Instruction 97-02, which administratively
required all four CFCs to be operable or entry into a 72-hour action be performed to
either restore the equipment to operable status or be in Hot Shutdown within the
following 6 hours6.944444e-5 days <br />0.00167 hours <br />9.920635e-6 weeks <br />2.283e-6 months <br />. The licensee felt that this was acceptable interim action until
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- The licensee inappropriately utilized the maximum vendor specified flow
through the CFCs as the minimum assumed flow in the design basis and
accident analyses. Full flow tests consistently demonstrated the inability to
achieve these flows. The inspector concluded that the licensee failed to
establish or maintain adequate design control for the CCS. The failure to
maintain adequate design control for the CCS is an apparent violation of
Criterion 111 of Appendix B to 10 CFR Part 50.
- The test procedure that verified the 1325 gpm TS 4.6.2.2.b.2 required CCW
flow through each CFC did not ensure that test conditions verified the
system could supply sufficient flow in a postaccident alignment. The failure
to establish an adequate test procedure to implement TS 4.6.2.2.b.2 is an
apparent violation of Criterion XI of Appendix B to 10 CFR Part 50.
less than the 1325 gpm required by TS 4.6.2.2.b.2, and the licensee failed
to recognize that the degraded flows rendered the CFCs inoperable. The
failure to maintain at least one CFC operable in each train for approximately
10 months is an apparent violation of TS 3.6.2.2.
- After full flow testing in August 1996 demonstrated the inability to achieve
design basis CFC flows, the licensee failed to implement appropriate
corrective actions to either restore the design basis or change the design
basis in accordance with regulatory requirements. The failure to implement
adequate corrective action is an apparent violation of Criterion XVI of
Appendix B to 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B to 10 CFR Part 50.
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UFSAR description highlighted the need for a special focused review that compares
plant practices, procedures and/or parameters to the UFSAR descriptions. While
performing the inspections discussed in this report, the inspector reviewed the
applicable portions of the UFSAR that related to the areas inspected. The following
inconsistencies were noted between the wording of the UFSAR and the plant
practices, procedures and/or parameters observed by the inspectors:
are running. However, the accident analysis of record assumed three CFCs
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E8.1 (Closed) Unresolved item 50 382/9611-04: compliance with TS Surveillance
Requirement 4.6.2.2.b.2 and adequacy of 1325 gpm value. The concerns ,
associated with this unresolved item resulted in this special report. The '
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The inspector presented the inspection results to members of licensee management
at the conclusion of the inspection on February 28,1997. The licensee
acknowledged the findings presented.
The inspector asked ti e licensee whether any materials examined during the
inspection should be considered proprietary. No propriotary information was
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PARTIAL LIST OF PERSONS CONTACTEQ
Licensee
R. G. Azzarello, Manager, Maintenance
C. M. Dugger, Vice-President, Operations
T. J. Gaudet, Manager, Licensing
T. R. Leonard, General Manager, Plant Operations
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A. J. Wrape, Director, Design Engineering
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50-382/9703-01 eel An apparent violation of Criterion lli with two examples
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regarding failure to maintain adequate design control for the
CCS (Section E1.2.b.1)
- 50-382/9703-02 eel An apparent violation of Criterion XI regarding the failure to
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requirements of TS Surveillance Requirement 4.6.2.2.b.2
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(Section E1.2.b.2)
- 50 382/9703-03 eel An apparent violation of TS 3.6.2.2 regarding the failure to
maintain at least one CFC operable per train
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(Section E1.2.b.3)
50-382/9703-04 eel An apparent violation of Criterion XVI regarding the failure
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to implement adequate corrective actions for inability to
meet CFC design basis (Section E1.2.b.4)
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50 382/9611-04 URI Compliance with TS Surveillance Requirement A 6.2.2.b.2
- and adequacy of 1325 gpm value (Section E8.1)
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LIST OF ACRONYMS USED
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CCW Component Coo ing Water
CFC Containment Fan Coolers
CFR Code of Federal Regulations
CR Condition Report l
DCT Dry Cooling Tower ,
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LOCA Loss Of Coolant Accid 1 -
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NRR Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
psig pounds per square inch gauge
SlAS Safety injection Actuation Signal i
STP Special Test Procedure
TS Technical Specification
UFSAR Updated Final Safety Analysis Report
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LIST OF DOCUMENTS REVIEWED
Updated Final Safety Analysis Report (UFSAR) Section 6.2, " Containment Systems"
UFSAR, Chapter 6, LOCA and MSLB Containment Ana!yses
Ebasco CFC Specification LOU-1564.745
CR 97-0281,96-1331,-1328,-1266,-1250, and 95-0955
STP 01150154, Revision 0, "CCW System Flow Balance"
STP 01140557, Revision 0, "RFO 7 CCW Flow Balance Test"
Startup CCW Flow Balance Test SPO-36-002
TS Change Request NPF-38-81
Surveillance Procedure OP-903-029, Revision 6, " Safety injection Actuation Signal
Test" ;
Engineering Calculation EC-195-004, Revision 0, "CCW Flow from CFC Coils
Instrumentation Loop Uncertainty Calculation"
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