ML20128L028

Forwards Response to 850613 Request for Addl Info on Generic Ltr 83-28,Item 3.2.2 Re Review to Ensure Vendor & Engineering Test Guidance Included in Procedures or Tech Specs.Item Adequately Addressed

ML20128L028
Person / Time
Site:	Farley
Issue date:	07/17/1985
From:	Mcdonald R ALABAMA POWER CO.
To:	Varga S Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
GL-83-28, NUDOCS 8507240278
Download: ML20128L028 (3)

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M:lling Address Alabima Power Company 600 ?Jorth 18th Street Post Office Box 2641 Birmingham Alabama 35291 Telephone 205 783-6090 R. P. Mcdonald Senior Vice President Flintndge Building AlabamaPower r ,. :x: x. e .c c s ~

July 17, 1985 Docket Nos. 50-348 50-364 Director, Nuclear Reactor Regulation U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Attention: Mr. S. A. Varga Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant - Units 1 and 2 Response to Request for Additional Information Generic Letter 83-28, Item 3.2.2 Gentlemen:

By letter dated June 13, 1985, the NRC requested Alabama Power Company to provide additional information regarding Item 3.2.2 of Generic. Letter 83-28. Attached is the Alabama Power Company response to this request.

If there are any questions, please advise.

R. P. Mcdonald RPM /RGW:ddb-D28 Attachment cc: Mr. L. B. Long Dr. D. N. Grace Mr. E. A. Reeves Mr. W. H. Bradford 8507240278 850717 PDR ADOCK 05000348 p PDR.

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Attachment NRC Request - Item 3.2.2

""The licensee has not performed a review of vendor and engineering reconnendations as required by Generic Letter.(GL) 83-28. This review is to ensure.that appropriate vendor and engineering test guidance is included in the test and maintenance procedures or the Technical-Specifications. The licensee needs to perform the above review as required by GL 83-28 and submit a statement confirming that Action 3.2.2 has been implemented."

APCo Response - Item 3.2.2 Adequate assurance currently exists that appropriate vendor and engineering test guidance is included in test and maintenance procedures or Technical Specifications. It is therefore Alabama Power Company's

( APCo) belief that the intent of Item 3.2.2 is satisfied without the completion of a specific review of vendor and engineering recommendations at a particular point in time for the sole purpose of responding .to. Generic Letter 83-28. APCo's belief in this regard is based on the following:

1. As stated in the Alabama Power Company ( APCo) responses dated November 4,1983 and February 15, 1984, vendor and engineering recommendations were considered in the initial development of test and maintenance procedures currently in use at Farley Nuclear Plant (FNP).

2. APCo has, over the course of plant life, reviewed significant reconnendations and incorporated these into plant procedures as appropriate.

3. APCo has reviewed all recommendations issued by Westinghouse Electric Corporation, the NSSS supplier for FNP, and General Electric Corporation, the major supplier of electrical equipment at FNP.

4. A vendor contact program has been established with Colt Industries, the diesel generator supplier, to upgrade all existing diesel generator manuals.

5. A formal vendor contact program has been established with Westinghouse, General Electric and Colt Industries for receipt of vendor and engineering recommendations from these organizations.

Attachment Page 2 APCo Response - Item 3.2.2 (continued)

6. Procedures have been . established and are currently in place at FNP which require a formal review be conducted whenever vendor and engineering recommendations are received to determine their applicability to equipment at FNP.

7. APCo believes that the current procedures in use at FNP, which require appropriate operability testing prior to returning equipment to service, coupled with surveillance requirements, demonstrate that equipment is capable of performing its safety-related function.

APCo considers these actions to adequately address the concerns regarding vendor and engineering recommendations as stated in Item 3.2.2 of Generic Letter 83-28.

RGW/D28

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