ML20126F815

Forwards Partial Review, Equipment Evaluation Rept by Ofc of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Equipment Qualification Branch for AL Power Co Jm Farley Unit 1. Written Response Required within Ten Days of Receipt of Ltr

ML20126F815
Person / Time
Site:	Farley
Issue date:	02/13/1981
From:	Novak T Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Clayton F ALABAMA POWER CO.
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• UNITED STATES ,

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Dear Mr. Clayton:

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SUBJECT:

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALIFICATION OF SAFETY-RELATED ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT RE: Joseph M. Farley, Unit No.1, License No. NPF-2 .

Refereni:e: Order for Modification of License Concerning the Environmental Oualification of Safety-Related Elec rical Equipment, October 24 - ,

1990. ,

t Tnis letter transmits the ::reliminary results of our review of environmental ,

cualifications' of safety-related electrical equicment at your facility.

Inis evaluation was based On your submittals received over the past months.

The facility license was modified by the referenced Order of October 24, 1980, c eauire that all safecy-related electrical eauipment be cualified to scecFied recuiremen .s net later than June 30,19E2. In addi-ion, the Order no ec :nat a licensee is coligated to codify or -eplace inadequate equipment '

promptly.

The staff's review of your submittals has resulted in our identifying a number of potential equipment deficiencies involving a lack of proper documentation, inadequate justification of assumed environmental conditions folif: wing an accident, and/or inadecuate environmental testing of equipment, such that conformance to the DDR guidelines, as recuired by the Order, cannot be demonstrated. You are requested to review our identified defi-ciencies, and their ramifications, and provide us your overall finding regarding continued safe operation of your . facility.

• Accordingly, in order to determine whether your license should be modified or suspended, you are required pursuant to 10 CFR 50.54(f), to. provide'within 10 days of receipt of this. letter, a written statement, signed under oath or affirmation sup-

. porting the safe operation of your facility, .that takes into account the i

. MRC staff's preliminary list of deficiencies.

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' The purpose of this statement is to provide the NRC with needed assurance. -

by the . licensee, regarding the continued safsty of the facility until you can ' provide an item-by-item reevaluation in a detailed documented manner at a later date. A negative finding on your part concerning the safety of continued operation would result in a unit shutdown, and should be reported as a. Licensee Event Report (LER) within twenty-four (24) hours of the deter-mination to the appropriate NRC Regional Office. Include'in the LER the .

. actions you have taken for the immediate resolution o' the matter. A copy of any such LER should be sent to the Director, Division of Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

Please submit a copy of your reply to us via telecopy. -

Sincerely, ,

b Thomas M. Novak, Assistant Director for Operating Reac ors Division of Licensin; E c'esu e:

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cc: Mr. W. O. Whitt Executive Vice President -

Alabama Power Company '

, Post Office Box 2641 Birmingham.. Alabama. 35291 '

P.uble A. Thomas, Vice President l Southern Company Services, Inc.

Post Office Box 2625 Birmingham, Alabama 35202 9

George F. Trowbridge, Esquire Shaw, Pittman, Potts and Trowbridge 1800 M Street, N.W. i Washington, D. C. 20036 ,

j Mr. Robert A. Buettner, Esquire  :

Balch, Bingham, Baker, Hawthorne,  !

• Williams and Ward P os: Office Box 306 Eirmingham, Alabama 35201 George S. Houston Memorial Library 212 W. Burdeshaw Street ,

Dothan, Alabama 36303 Resident Inspector ^

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Post Office Box 2a-Route 2 Columbia, Alabama 36319 1

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