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LER 88-003-00:on 880311,discovered That Setpoints of Voltage Relays Outside Tech Spec Allowable Values.Tech Spec Change Request Will Be Submitted as Soon as Engineering Review to Evaluate Acceptable Tech Spec Values & Tolerance Completed
ML17325A679
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Site: Cook American Electric Power icon.png
Issue date: 04/11/1988
From: BEILMAN T P, SMITH W G
INDIANA MICHIGAN POWER CO. (FORMERLY INDIANA & MICHIG
To:
NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION & RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (ARM)
References
LER-88-003, LER-88-3, NUDOCS 8804210251
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'ACCELERATEDDIFQIBUTIONDEMONSTRATIONSYSTEM~REGULATORYINFORMATIONDISTRIBUTIONSYSTEM(RIDS)ACCESSIONNBR:8804210251DOC.DATE:88/04/11NOTARIZED:NODOCKETFACIL:50-316DonaldC.CookNuclearPowerPlant,Unit2,Indiana&05000316AUTH.NAMEAUTHORAFFILIATIONBEILMAN,T.P.IndianaMichiganPowerCo.(formerlyIndiana&MichiganEleSMITH,W.G.IndianaMichiganPowerCo.(formerlyIndiana&MichiganEleRECIP.NAMERECIPIENTAFFILIATION

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LER88-003-00:on880311,repetitiveviolationofESFinstrumentationlimitingconditionsnoted.W/8DISTRIBUTIONCODE:IE22DCOPIESRECEIVED:LTRENCLSIZE:TITLE:50.73LicenseeEventReport(LER),IncidentRpt,etc.NOTESRECIPIENTIDCODE/NAMEPD3-3LASTANG,JINTERNAL:ACRSMICHELSONAEOD/DOAAEOD/DSP/ROABARM/DCTS/DABNRR/DEST/ADS7ENRR/DEST/ESB8DNRR/DEST/MEB9HNRR/DEST/PSB8DNRR/DEST/SGB8DNRR/DLPQ/QAB10NRR/DREP/RAB10S/BP/EXSRGN3FILE01EXTERNAL:EG&GGROH,MHSTLOBBYWARDNRCPDRNSICMAYS,GCOPIESLTTRENCL11~11112101111111111RECIPIENTIDCODE/NAMEPD3-3PDACRSMOELLERAEOD/DSP/NASAEOD/DSP/TPABDEDRONRR/DEST/CEB8HNRR/DEST/ICSB7NRR/DEST/MTB9HNRR/DEST/RSB8ENRR/DLPQ/HFB10NRR/DOEA/EAB11NRR/DREP/RPB10NRR/PMAS/ILRB12RESTELFORD,JRES/DRPSDIRFORDBLDGHOY,ALPDRNSICHARRIS,JCOPIESLTTRENCL1122111111.11-111111111122111~111111111ASADTOTALNUMBEROFCOPIESREQUI'RED:.LTTR45ENCL44 NRCForm355(003)LICENSEEEVENTREPORTHLER)UA.NUCL'EARREOULATORYCOMMISSIONAPPROVEDOMSNO.3(50010lEXPIRES:BISIISBFACILITYNAME(IID.C.COOKNUCLEARPLANT-UNIT2DOCKKTNUMSKR(2)PAEo5ooo316toFG4"'EPETITIVEVIOLATION.OFESFINSTRUMENTATIONLIMITINGCONDITIONSFOROPERATIONTOLERANCESDUETOHIGHLYRESTRICTIVEALLOWABLEVALUESEVENTDATE(5(LERNUMBER(5)REPORTDATE(7)OTHERFACILITIKSINVOLVEDIB)MONTHOAYYEARYEARgg'SOUSNTIALcccNUMBERNUMBERRSV~MONTHOAYYEARFACILITYNAMESD.C.COOK-UNIT1DOCKETNUMBER(BI0500031588880030004118805000OPERATINOMODE(5)POWER080(10120A02((r)20.405(~)(I)(020A054I(1)(SI20e05(~l(1)(IQ)20A054)(I)(Ir)20.4054(IlI(r)20.e05(cl50.35(cl(I)50.35(c)(2)X50,734)(2((O5073(eHEI(S)50.734)(2I(IS)LICENSEECONTACTFORTHISLER(12)50.73(el(2)(lr)50.73(e)(2)(c)50.734)(2)(Till50.734)(2)(TIIII(A)50.73(el(2)(Till)(S)50.73(eN2)(xl0THEAECUIREMKNTBoF10cFR(I:IcnecfroneormoreoftnefolloefrnFI(11THISREPORTISSUBMITTEDPURSUANTT73.71OI)73.71(clDTHER(SpecifyInAortrecttrerowemfInText,NRCFormBBQI"""T.P.BEILMANINSTRUMENTATIONANDCONTROLDEPARTMENTSUPERINTENDENTTELEPHONENVMBEAAREACODE61645-590'1COMPLETEONELINEFOREACHCOMPONENTFAILUREDESCRIBEDINTHISREPOAT(13(CAUSESYSTEMCOMPONENTMANUFAC.TVAEREPOATABLETONPRDSSINCAUSESYSTEMCOMPONENTMANUFAC.TUAEAEPOATABLTONPADSN):':"~'>g..aMo(.rN:5%%(ieM53((%5SUPPLEMENTALAEPORTEXPECTEDI(elYESlllyer,completeEXPECTEDSUBMISSIONOATEIXNOABSTRACTILlmlttoICOOtpecee,IA,epproxlmetelyfifteenrlnele.rpccetypewnrtenlintel(15)EXPECTEDSUBMISSIONDATE05)MONTHDAYYEAROnMarchll,1988anequipmenttrendinvestigationwasbeingperformedon4KVBusLossofVoltagerelaysandthe4KVBusDegradedVoltagerelays(EIIS/EK-27).The'asfound'onditionoftheserelaysduringpastcalibra-tioncheckshasgenerallybeenfoundtobebeyondtheTechnicalSpecification(T.S.)allowablevalues.Eachrelaywasadjustedtowithinallowablevaluesatthetimeitwasdiscoveredoutofspecification.Allrelayswerefunc-tionalandwouldhaveperformedtheESFfunction,althoughataslightlydifferentvoltagethanspecifiedinT.S.Asurveyofotherplantsandrelaymanufacturersindicatethatourrelaysarefunctioningconsistentwiththemanufacturer'sspecificationsandthatourT.S;allowablevaluesaretoorestrictiveforthistypeoffunctionandtherelaybeingused.Wehavenotbeenabletolocatereplacementrelayswiththerequiredsetpointsensitivityintheindustry.Anengineeringreviewisinprogresstoevaluatethemaximumallowablevoltagetolerancesforthetwoapplications.ATechnicalSpecificationchangerequestwillbesubmittedassoonasthisevaluationhasbeencom-pleted.Intheinterim,wewillincreasethecalibrationfrequencyfromeveryeighteenmonthstomonthly.880421025138041kPDRADOCK05000316DCDNACForm355rn41~

RCfonII358A(983)LICENSEEEITREPORT(LER)TEXTCONTINVAQNU.SNUCLEARREGULATORYCOMMISSIONAPPROVEDOMBNO.3150-0104EXPIRESI8/31/88fACILITYNAMEl11D.C.COOKNUCLEARPLANT-UNIT2OOCKETNUMBERl2IYEARLERNUMBER(8)SEGVENTIALNVMSERREVISIONNVMSEIIPAGE(3(TEXT/xmasNMcs/4/sSVEsIEs4444UESna/HRCfsmI3554'4/IIT(05000316880030002OF0ConditionsPriorToOccurrenceUnit1andUnit2wereoperatingat90percentand80percentreactorthermalpower,respectively,throughouttheevent.Therewerenoinoperativestructures,components,orsystemsthatcontributedtothisevent.DescritionofEventOnMarchll,1988,anequipmenttrendinvestigationwasbeing.performedonthe4KVBusLossofVoltagerelays(EIIS/EK-27)andthe4KVBusDegradedVoltagerelays(EIIS/EK-27)..ThesetpointsfortheserelayshavebeenfoundtobeoutsideoftheTechnicalSpecification(T.S.)allowablevalues(T.S.3.3.2;1-Table3.3-4,items8aand8b).Of144individualcalibrations~onthelosso'voltagerelaysoverasevenyearperiod,68werefoundtobeoutsideoftheT.S.tolerances.Ofthe66individualcalibrationsperformedonthedegradedvoltagerelaysoverasevenyearperiod,41werefoundtobeoutsideoftheT.S.tolerances.Theamountofdeviationfromtheallowablesetpointbandwaslimitedand'distributionamongtherelayswasrandom,indicatingnoparticularrelaytobe.,defective.Asurveyofotherutilitieswhichusethistypeofrelayrevealed'th'attheperformanceofourrelaysisconsistentwiththeirexperienceandwithinmanufacturer'sspecifications.Eachrelaywasreadjustedtowithinallowablevaluesatthetimeitwasdiscoveredoutofspecification.TheLossofVoltagerelaysareinstalledtosensealossofoffsiteornormalauxiliarypowertotheESS4KVbuses.Oncethelossofvoltagehasbeensensedandafteratwo-secondtimedelay,theserelaysina2/3phaseslogicinitiateloadsheddingandemergencydieselgeneratorstarting.TheDegradedBusVoltagerelaysareinstalledtosensedegradedreservepowerfeedtotheESS4KVbusesand,ona2/3phaseslogicwithatwo-minutetimedelay,tripopenthereservefeedbreakersandstarttheemergencydieselgenerators.Oncetheemergencydieselgeneratorhasrestoredbusvoltageto.normal,safetyloadsaresequencedontothesafetybuses.TheTechnicalSpecificationsforUnit1and2haveexistingsetpointsof80percent(+.5X,-1.0X)fortheLossofVoltageand90percent(+1.0/.,-.5X)fortheDegradedGriddetection.Thetoleranceonthesewetpointsarecloserthantherelayscanobtain,andmoreimportantly,closerthanrequiredforperformingtheir'intendedfunction,i.e.,sensinglossofnormalvoltage,initiatingloadshedding,anddieselstarting.CauseOfTheEventCalibrationhistoryshowsaperformancerecordinlinewithundervoltagerelaysusedatotherplants.Wehavereviewedtheapplicationofundervoltagerelaysforthisfunctionwithotherutilitiesandvariousrelaymanufacturers.NRCEORMESSA~CVOI~USGPO:(988O824538/455 MNRCForm3SBA($83)LICENSEEETREPORT(LER)TEXTCONTINUAU.S.NUCLEARREGULATORYCOMMISSIONAPPROVEOOMBNOi3(50&leiEXPIRES:8/3I/88SAC(LITTNAME(IlD.C.COOKNUCLEARPLANT-UNIT2Tm(T/PmepNMRpi/npuied,vmaSNone/NRCAn/I4548/(IllCOCKETNUMBER(ll0500031YSAII88LERNUMBER(elM~ESSCVSNT/ALQiqREVISIONNVMSSR~~NVMSSR-003-00PACE(3)030F04Wehaveconcludedthattheundervoltagerelaysarebeingproperlyappliedinthismodeasaconventionalprotectiverelay.Thisusewouldnotnormallyinvolvehavinganacceptanceband.ManyutilitiesconsultedhadnoTechnicalSpecificationrequiredtolerancesforthisfunctionandothershadbroaderallowancevalueswhichmorecloselyreflectthemanufacturer'sexpectedperformancetolerances.AnalsisOfTheEventAmericanElectricPower'sSystemvoltagestudieshavebeenperformedandindicatethattheworstcasevoltageontheESSbusesatthetheCookNuclearPlantwouldbe87.3percent.WedonotexpecttheESSbusvoltagetodroptoalowervoltagethanthisunlessacompleteplantblackoutconditionoccurred.Underablackoutcondition,theESSbusvoltagewouldquicklydropwellbelowthe80percentundervoltagerelaysetpointand'nitiateloadsheddinganddieselstart.Theonlyfunctionofthe80percentvoltagerelaysistosenseatotallossofESSbusvoltage.Therefore,thesetpointdeviationswe'eexperiencedtranslat;eintoadifferentlinevoltageandtimethantheTechnicak.S~oitication"callsfor,butthetimeinvolvedforthisadditionalvoltagedropisinsignificant.Thefunctionofthedegradedbusrelaysaretodisconnecttheplantfromthegridforasustaineddegradedcondition,i.e.,lessthan90percentvoltageforatleasttwominutes.Theyarearmedonlywhentheplantisfedfromoffsitepower.Plantnormalconfigurationistobefedfromthegeneratorauxiliarytransformersexceptforshortperiodsduringstartupandshutdown.Therefore,theserelaysarenotnormallyactiveduringunitoperation.Again,relatingtooursystemstudies,wedonotbelievetheslightoutoftolerancetobeasafetyproblemforthedegradedbusrelays.Ourstudiesindicatethatthelowestpossibleoffsitevoltagetoourbuseswouldbe93.3percentexceptfortheshortperiodduringReactorCoolantPump(RCP)starting,whichislessthanoneminute.DuringRCPstarting,thebusvoltagecandipto87.3percent,however,weareprotectedfromanunnecessarytripbythetwo-minutetimedelayonthiscircuit.Basedontheabove,ithasbeenconcludedthatthereisnoJeopardytothehealthandsafetyofthepublicasaresultofthisevent.NRcpoRMSSBAIA4'll*U.S.GPO,IBBe.oe2i538/i55 NRCForm3SSA(BB31LICENSEEIehlT.REPORT(LER)TEXTCONTINU/(INUS.NUCLEARREGULATORYCOMMISSIONAPPROVEDOMBNO.3150-0(04EXPIRES:8/31/88ACIUTYNAME(11D.C.COOKNUCLEARPLANT-UNIT2TEXT/B'I/RESgad/E/dykeyINS//I/ddd/HRCFenn38543/(171DOCKETNUMBER(2(osoooYEAR88LERNUMBER(8(SECUENTIALygNUMBER003REVISIONNUMBER0004PAGE(3)OF04CorrectiveActionEquivalentrelayswithlessdrifthavenotbeenidentifiedasavailableintheindustry.Therelayswererecqlibratedtowithintheallowablevaluesatthetimeofdiscoveryduringthecalibration.Inaddition,alloftherelayswererecalibratedfromApril7-9,1988.Outofthe36relaysforUnits1and2,elevenwerefoundoutofspecification.Unit1'swerelastcalibratedinJuly1987andUnit2'swerecalibratedinFebruary1988.AnengineeringreviewisinprogresstoevaluateacceptableTechnicalSpecifi-cationvaluesandtolerancesforthetype.ofrelayused.ATechnicalSpecificationchangerequestwillbesubmittedassoonasthisevaluationhasbeencompleted.Intheinterim,wewillincreasethecalibrationfrequencyfromeveryeighteenmonthstomonthlyuntilthetrendindicatesadifferentfrequencyis)ustified.FailedComonentIdentificationNone.PreviousSimilarEventsLER316/81-015LER315/81-017LER315/82-051LER315/82-059LER'316/82-100LER316/82-108LER315/83-069LER315/83-094NRCFOAMESSAilllll1'U.S.GPO:1888.0.824538/F55 indianaMichiganPowerCompanyCookNuclearPlant~P.O.Box458Bridgrnan,Ml491066164655901ZINQMNAMCHSG@NPOWERAprilll,1988UnitedStatesNuclearRegulatoryCommissionDocumentControlDeskWashington,D.C.20555OperatingLicenseDPR-58DocketNo.50-316DocumentControlManager:Inaccordancewiththecriteriaestablishedby10CFR50.73entitledLicenseeEventReortinSstem,thefollowingreportisbeingsubmitted:88-003-00Sincerely,W.G.Smith,Jr.PlantManagerWGS:clwAttachmentcc:D.H.Williams,Jr.A.B.Davis,RegionIIIM.P.AlexichR.F.KroegerH.B.BruggerR.W.JurgensenNRCResidentInspectorJ.F.Stang,NRCR.C.CallenG.Charnoff,Esq.DottieSherman,ANILibraryD.HahnINPOPNSRCA.A.BlindP.A.Barrett/P.Lauzau