ML20155G231

Informs That Licensee 880526 Response to Generic Ltr 88-03, Steam Binding of Auxiliary Feedwater Pumps, for Facility Satisfactory

ML20155G231
Person / Time
Site:	Mcguire, McGuire
Issue date:	06/08/1988
From:	Hood D Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Tucker H DUKE POWER CO.
References
GL-88-03, GL-88-3, TAC-67246, TAC-67247, NUDOCS 8806170216
Download: ML20155G231 (3)

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June 8, 1988 Docket Nos.: 50-369/370 Mr. H. 8. Tucker, Vice President Nuclear Production Department Duke Power Company 422 South Church Street Charlotte, North Carolina 28242

SUBJECT:

GENERIC LETTER 88-03, "STEAM BINDING OF AUXILIARY FEEDWATER PUMPS,"

MCGUIRE NUCLEAR STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 (TAC NOS 67246 AND 67247)

On February 17, 1988, Generic Letter 88-03 was issued and requested all licensees of operating PWRs and holders of construction permits for PWRs toconfirmthatappropriateproceduresareinplace,andwillbemaintained) to minimize the occurrence of steam binding of the auxiliary feedwater (AFW pumps. The procedures require monitoring fluid conditions within the AFW.

system each shift during times when the system is required to be operable, and recognizing steam binding and restoring the AFW system to operable status should steam binding occur.

Your response for the McGuire Nuclear Station, dated May 26, 1988, confirmed that you have in place, and will maintain, the necessary procedures, roundsheets, Operator Aid Computer (OAC) alarms 0AC graphics, and temperature monitoring thermocouples. Thus, your response to Generic Letter 88-03 is satisfactory. 1 Sincerely,  !

Original signed by:

Darl S. Hood, Project Manager  !

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SUBJECT:

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(AFW pumps. The procedures require monitoring fluid conditions within the AFW system each shift during times when the system is required to be operable, and recognizing steam binding and restoring the AFW system to operable status should steam binding occur.

Your response for the McGuire Nuclear Station, dated May 26, 1988, confirmed that you have in place, and will maintain, the necessary procedures, roundsheets, Operator Aid Computer (OAC) alarms, 0AC graphics, and temperature monitoring thermocouples. Thus, your response to Generic Letter 88-03 is satisfactory.

Sincerely, Original signed by:

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l'r. A.V. Carr, Esq. Dr. John M. Barry l Duke Power Company Department of Environmental Health P. O. Box 33189 Mecklenburg County 422 South Church Street 1200 Blythe Boulevard Charlotte, North Carolina 28242 Charlotte, North Carolina 28203 County Manager of flecklenburg County Mr. Dayne H. Brown, Chief 720 East Fourth Street Radiation Protection Branch Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 Division of Facility Services Department of Human Resources 701 Barbour Drive Mr. Robert Gill Raleigh, North Carolina 27603-2008 Duke Power Company Nuclear Production Department P. 0. Box 33189 Charlotte, North Carolina 28242 J. Michael McGarry, III, Esq.

Bishop, Liberman, Cook, Purcell and Reynolds 1200 Seventeenth Street, N.W.

Washington, D. C. 20036 Senior Resident Inspector c/o U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Route 4, Box 529 Hunterville, North Carolina 28078 Regional Administrator, Region II U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 101 Marietta Street, N.W., Suite 2900 Atlanta, Georgia 30323 i S. S. Kilborn Area Manager, flid-South Area ESSD Projects Westinghouse Electric Corporation MNC West Tower - Bay 239 P. O. Box 355 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15230