ML20245A855

Forwards SER Supporting Util 831104 & 850422 Responses to Generic Ltr 83-28,Item 4.5.3, Reactor Trip Sys Reliability for All Domestic Operating Reactors

ML20245A855
Person / Time
Site:	Farley
Issue date:	06/13/1989
From:	Reeves E Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Hairston W ALABAMA POWER CO.
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ML20245A858	List: ML20245A855 ML20245A860
References
GL-83-28, TAC-53980, TAC-53981, NUDOCS 8906220223
Download: ML20245A855 (3)

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a June 13, 1989 Docket Nos. 50-348 DISTRIBUTION 50-364 See next page

.Mr. W. G. Hairston, III Senior Vice President Alabama Power Company Post Office Box-2641 Birmingham, Alabama. 27602

SUBJECT:

SAFETY EVALUATION FOR GENERIC LETTER 83-28 ITEM 4.5.3, REACTOR TRIP RELIABILITY - ON-LINE FUNCTIONAL TESTING OF THE REACTOR TRIP SYSTEM FOR JOSEPH M. FARLEY NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 j (TAC.NOS. 53980/53981)

Generic Letter 83-28, Item 4.5.3, required confirmation from all licensees and applicants that on-line functional testing.of the reactor trip system, including independent testing of the diverse trip feature, was being performed.

By letter dated November 4,1983 and April 22, 1985, you submitted responses to Generic Letter 83-28, Item 4.5.3. Therein you indicated your endorsement of .

Westinghouse Owners' Groups Report WCAP-10271, Supplement 1, as being applicable' i to Farley Units I and 2. The NRC staff, with the assistance of our contractor, :j Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, has reviewed your responses and the ' 1 Westinghouse Owners Group's report. We conclude that the existing intervals J for on-line functional testing at Farley are const? stent with achieving high.

reactor trip system availability.

The enclosed safety evaluation and contractor's report (EGG-NTA 8341) provide the details and basis for our conclusion. Therefore, we consider Generic Letter 83-28, Item 4.5.3 to be complete.

This completes all staff activities related to TAC Nos. 53980 and 53981.

Sincerely, Edward A. Reeves, Senior Project Manager 8906220223 e90613 Project Directorate II-1 DR ADOCK 05000348 Division of Reactor Projects -1/II p

PDC , Office of Nuclear Reactor. Regulation l

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Mr. R. P. Mcdonald Resident Inspector Executive Vice President U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission Alabama Power Company P. O. Box 24 - Route 2 P. O. Box 2641 Columbia, Alabama 36319 Birmingham, Alabama 35291-0400 Mr. Bill M. Guthrie D. Biard MacGuineas, Esquire Executive Vice President Volpe, Boskey and Lyons Alabama Power Company 918 16th Street, N.W.

P. O. Box 2641 Washington, D.C. 20006  !

Birmingham, Alabama 35291-0400 Mr. Louis B. Long, General Manager Mr. Charles R. Lowman  ;

Southern Company Services, Inc. Alabama Electric Corporation 1 P. O. Bo.x 2625 P. O. Box 550 Birmingham, Alabama 35202 Andalusia, Alabame 35420 Chairman Regional Administrator, Region II Houston County Comission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission Dothan, Alabama 36301 101 Marietta Street, Suite 2900 l Atlanta, Georgia 30323 l Ernest L. Blake, Jr., Esquire

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Shaw, Pittman, Potts and Trowbridge Claude Earl' Fox, M.D.

2300 N. Street, N.W. State Health Officer Washington, DC 20037 State Department of Public Health State Office Building Montgomery, Alabama 36130 Robert A. Buettner, Esquire Balch, Bingham, Baker, Hawthorne, Mr. D. N. Morey Williams and Ward General Manager - Farley Nuclear Plant P. O. Box 306 P. O. Box 470 Birmingham, Alabama 35201 Ashford, Alabama 36312 1

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