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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555 February 26, 1992 NRC INFORMATION

NOTICE 92-17: NRC INSPECTIONS

OF PROGRAMS BEING DEVELOPED AT NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS IN RESPONSE TO GENERIC LETTER 89-10

Addressees

All holders of operating

licenses or construction

permits for nuclear power reactors.

Purpose

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC) is issuing this information

notice to alert addressees

to the general conclusions

derived from the NRC inspections

of the programs being developed

at nuclear power plants in response to Generic Letter (GL) 89-10, "Safety-Related

Motor-Operated

Valve Testing and Surveillance." It is expected that recipients

will review the information

for applicability

to their facilities

and consider actions, as appropriate, to avoid similar problems.

However, suggestions

contained

in this information

notice are not NRC requirements;

therefore, no specific action or written response is required.Background

In GL 89-10 (June 28, 1989), the NRC staff requested

that holders of nuclear power plant operating

licenses and construction

permits ensure the capability

of motor-operated

valves (MOVs) in safety-related

systems by reviewing

MOV design bases, verifying

MOV switch settings initially

and periodically, testing MOYs under design basis conditions

where practicable, improving

evaluations

of MOV failures and necessary

corrective

action, and determining

trends of MOV problems.

The NRC staff requested

that licensees

complete the GL 89-10 program by the end of the third refueling

outage or 5 years from the issuance of the generic letter, whichever

is later. On June 13, 1990, the NRC staff issued Supplement

1 to GL 89-10 to provide detailed information

on the results of public workshops

held to discuss the generic letter. On August 3, 1990, the NRC staff issued Supplement

2 to GL 89-10 to allow licensees

additional

time to review and to incorporate

the information

provided in Supplement

1 into their programs in response to the generic letter. Upon reviewing

the results of NRC-sponsored

MOV tests, the NRC staff issued Supplement

3 to GL 89-10 on October 25, 1990, which requested

licensees

of boiling water reactor (BWR)nuclear plants to take action in advance of the GL 89-10 schedule to resolve concerns about the capability

of MOYs used for containment

isolation

in the steam supply line of the high pressure coolant injection

and reactor core isolation

cooling systems, in the supply line of the reactor water cleanup system, and in other systems directly connected

to the 'reactor vessel. In ek219371 4 t= v dsO]- qWog Xe

IN 92-17 February 26, 1992 Supplement

4 to GL 89-10, the NRC staff indicated

that BWR licensees

need not address inadvertent

MOY operation

in their GL 89-10 programs.

The NRC staff is considering

whether or not similar actions should be taken regarding

the need for licensees

of pressurized-water

reactor (PWR) nuclear plants to address the inadvertent

operation

of MOVs in their programs to respond to GL 89-10.Description

of Circumstances

The NRC staff has conducted

inspections

at more than 30 nuclear power plant sites of programs being developed

by, licensees

in response to GL 89-10. The reports of those inspections

are available

in the NRC Public Document Room. In performing

the inspections, the NRC staff has followed Temporary

Instruction (TI) 2515/109 of January 14, 1991, Inspection

Requirements

for Generic Letter 89-10, Safety-Related

Motor-Operated

Valve Testing and Sur-veillance.'

Part 1 of TI 2515/109 provides guidance for reviewing

the program being established.by

theLlicensee.

in response to GL 89-10, and.Part 2 provides guidance for reviewing

program implementation.

The NRC has focused these inspections

on reviewing

the GL 89-10 programs (Part 1 of TI 2515/109).

The staff is issuing this information

notice to provide the more significant

results of those NRC inspections.

In GL 89-10, the NRC staff requested

that licensees

prepare descriptions

of their programs established

in response to GL 89-10 within 1 year after the generic letter was issued or by the first refueling

outage after December 28, 1989, whichever

was later. The NRC staff's response to Question 44 in Supplement

1 to GL 89-10 provided guidance on information

expected in the program descriptions.

The NRC inspectors

found-some

licensees to have program descriptions

that are thorough while other licensees

did not.Attachment

1 Is a discussion

of the inspection

findings pertaining

to the recommendations

of GL 89-10.Related Generic Communications

In addition to NRC Generic Letter 89-10, "Safety-Related

Motor-Operated

Valve Testing and Surveillance," and its supplements, the NRC has addressed.this

and related topics in NRC Information

Notices.89-88, "Recent NRC-Sponsored

Testing of Motor-Operated

Valves;" 90-40,."Results

of NRC-Sponsored

Testing of Motor-Operated

Valves;" 90-72, "Testing of Parallel Disc Gate Valves in Europe;" and 91-61, "Preliminary

Results of Validation

Testing of Motor-Operated Valve Diagnostic

Equipment.".

IN 92X17 February 26, 1992 This information

notice requires no specific action or written response.

If you have any questions

about the Information

in this notice, please contact the technical

contact listed below or the appropriate

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR) project manager.arIes E. Ross D rec o Division of Operational

Events Assessment

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Technical

contact: Thomas G. Scarbrough, NRR (301) 504-2794 Attachments:

1. Inspection

Findings Pertaining

to the Recommendations

Contained

In Generic Letter 89-10 2. List of Recently Issued NRC Information

Notices

Attachment

1 IN 92-17 February 26, 1992 INSPECTION

FINDINGS PERTAINING

TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS

CONTAINED

IN GENERIC LETTER 89-10 Administration

Some licensees

have not ensured adequate management

oversight

and direction

for the motor-operated

valve (MOY) program. One licensee had contracted

an internal audit that revealed problems with the MOY program similar to those found subsequently

during the NRC inspection, but the licensee had not taken action to correct the deficiencies.

The safety significance

of the MOV program and the extensive

resources

needed to develop and implement

the program make it imperative

that licensee's

management

closely monitor its staff's activities.

Scope In issuirng Generic Letter (GL) 89-10, the NRC staff intended that the scope include all safety-related

MOVs and other MOVs in safety-related

systems. In Supplement

1 to GL 89-10, the NRC staff limited the scope of GL 89-10 to safety-related

MOYs and other MOVs that are position-changeable

in safety-related piping systems, as well as safety-related

MOVs that might be in nonsafety-related

piping systems. The NRC staff's response to Questions

3-13 in Supplement

1 to GL 89-10 provided further guidance on the scope of GL 89-10.For example, in the NRC staff's response to Question 4 in Supplement

1, the staff defined "position-changeable" as any MOV in a safety-related

piping system that is not blocked from inadvertent

operation

from the control room.In Supplement

4 to GL 89-10, the NRC staff indicated

that licensees

for boiling water reactor (BWR) plants need not address inadvertent

MOV operation

in their GL 89-10 programs.

The NRC staff is considering

whether or not similar actions should be taken regarding

the need for the licensees

of pressurized-water

reactor (PWR) plants to address inadvertent

MOV operation

in their programs to respond to GL 89-10.The NRC inspectors

found most licensees

to be establishing

the scope of their GL 89-10 programs consistent

with the recommendations

of the generic letter.However, some licensees

needed to improve the documentation

of their justifi-cation for excluding

particular

MOVs from the GL 89-10 program.Design-Basis

Reviews In recommended

action "a" of GL 89-10, the NRC staff requested

the licensees

to review and document the design basis for operating

each MOV within the generic letter program to determine

the maximum differential

pressure and flow (and other factors) expected for both normal operations

and abnormal conditions.

The NRC staff's response to Questions

14 to 18 and 36 in Supplement

1 to GL 89-10 provides guidance on performing

design-basis

reviews under GL 89-10.Many licensees

are appropriately

reviewing

plant documentation

such as the final safety analysis report and the technical

specifications

as part of their design-basis

reviews. However, some licensees

had failed to identify worst-case

conditions

for various design-basis

scenarios.

Some licensees

have

's.- Attachment

1 IN 92-17 February 26, 1992 assumed nominal reactor pressure for differential

pressure across MOVs in lines directly connected

to the reactor vessel without evaluating

whether this differential

pressure bounds the worst-case

MOV design-basis

differential

pressure.

At certain facilities, the licensee found errors in the previous design basis determinations

for many MOVs that would have affected the cap-ability of the MOVs to perform their safety function if called upon under design-basis

conditions.

Some licensees

focused on differential

pressure and had not adequately

ad-dressed other design-basis

parameters

such as flow, fluid temperature, ambient temperature, and the effects of seismic and dynamic events. Although differen-tial pressure is the primary design-basis

parameter

used to predict the thrust requirements

in the industry's

equations, the other design-basis

parameters

are needed to ensure that the test results demonstrate

that the MOV would operate under design-basis

conditions.

Some licensees

have not ensured that generic studies of design-basis

differential

pressure apply to specific plants.MOY Sizing and Switch Settings In recommended

action "b" of GL 89-10, the NRC staff requested

licensees

to review and revise, as necessary, the methods for selecting

and setting all MOV switches.

The NRC staff's response to Questions

19-21 in Supplement

1 to GL 89-10 provides guidance on selecting

and setting MOV switches.The recommendations

of GL 89-10 for selecting

and setting MOV switches apply to switches for torque, torque bypass, limit, and thermal overload.

The licensees are using various methods to determine

the proper size of MOVs and their appropriate

torque switch settings.

Some licensees

have increased

the valve factors assumed in the industry's

equations

used to predict the thrust required to operate the valves to reflect experience

throughout

the industry and at their specific plant. However, other licensees

continue to use old guidance from valve vendors and manufacturers

in estimating

the thrust requirements

that may be found inadequate

during design-basis

tests.The NRC inspectors

found that licensees

for various facilities

had not done the following

when establishing

methods to size MOVs and set their switches: (1) Provide justification

for assumptions

regarding

stem friction coefficients

and changes in stem friction over the lubrication

interval (2) Consider effects that can reduce the thrust delivered

by the motor opera-tor under high differential

pressure and flow conditions

in relation to the thrust delivered

under no-load conditions

(3) Consider the effects of ambient temperature

on motor output and thermal overload sizing (4) Demonstrate

applicability

of industry's

databases

in predicting

thrust requirements

(5) Consider inertia in establishing

the maximum settings for torque switches

Attachment

1 IN 92-17 February 26, 1992 (6) Demonstrate

applicability

of contractors'

studies of actuator capability

(7) Demonstrate

applicability

of generic motor curves for specific motors (8) Provide justification

for removing conservatisms (such as the application

factor) from the industry's

standard sizing calculations

(9) Consider torque switch repeatability

(10) Consider uncertainties

regarding

the accuracy of MOV diagnostic

equipment.

Some licensees

have had problems in performing

MOV sizing and switch setting calculations

because of (1) incorrect

spring packs installed

in MOVs, (2) incorrect

MOV data on the motor or actuator nameplates

and in the procure-ment documents

from the vendor, and (3) spring packs with different

performance

characteristics

from different

manufacturers, but with the same part number.One licensee determined

that the MOV sizing and switch setting activities

to establish

motor operator capability

had not adequately

addressed

the effect of those activities

on other MOY safety functions.

These activities

had hindered the ability of the clutch of certain MOYs to be released to enable the MOV to be manually operated in the event of an evacuation

of the control room.Many licensees

are updating their degraded voltage studies to ensure that the worst-case

minimum voltage available

at the motor has been determined

for each MOV. Some licensees

had not ensured that their assumptions

of minimum voltage available

at the MOYs were consistent

with their licensing

commitments

in safety analyses.

Some licensees

did not justify the assumptions

for the starting point for the degraded voltage calculations, current used to calculate cable losses, losses caused by the resistance

of thermal overload devices in the circuit, or the effects on MOV stroke time under degraded voltage condi-tions. Of particular

significance, the inspectors

found one licensee to be assuming an excessively

small locked-rotor

power factor (0.2) in the motor for use in the calculation

of voltage drop from the motor control center to the MOV. The licensee's

selection

of this power factor was based on guidance in an Institute

of Electrical

and Electronics

Engineers'

standard that was not applicable

to the size of motors typically

used to operate valves in nuclear power plants. The assumption

of an excessively

small power factor causes an underestimation

of the cable voltage drop and may result in the overestimation

of MOV capability

under design-basis

conditions.

Licensees

are improving

their documentation

of current and required MOV switch settings, but some weaknesses

remain. For example, one licensee had simplified

its control over changes to torque switch settings to expedite the process but, In so doing, caused the concern that the quality assurance

department

may not participate

adequately

in accepting

those changes. Some of the weakness in documenting

torque switch settings appears to result from the difficulty

in reading the switches.

Some licensees

have raised torque switch settings for MOVs above the manufacturer's

maximum specified

value without performing

an adequate safety analysis in accordance

with the requirements

of 10 CFR 50.59.

-'- Attachment

1 IN 92-17 February 26, 1992 Design-Basis

Differential

Pressure and Flow Testing In recommended

action "c" of GL 89-10, the NRC staff requested

licensees

to test MOVs within the generic letter program in situ under their design-basis

differential

pressure and flow conditions.

The NRC staff allows alternate methods to be used to demonstrate

the capability

of the MOV if testing in situ under those conditions

is not practicable.

The NRC staff suggested

that the licensees

follow a two-stage

approach for a situation

in which design-basis

testing in situ is not practicable

and the licensees

could not justify an alternate

method of demonstrating

MOV capability.

In performing

the two-stage approach, a licensee would evaluate the capability

of the MOV using the best data available

and then would obtain applicable

test data within the schedule of the generic letter. The NRC staff's response to Questions

22-32 and 37 in Supplement

1 to GL 89-10 provides guidance on design-basis

testing and the two-stage

approach.Many licensees

have committed

to test MOVs within the scope of their GL 89-10 program under design-basis

conditions, where practicable.

Some licensees

have indicated

that most MOVs can be tested at or near design-basis

conditions.

Other licensees (primarily

those of BWR plants) estimate that a much smaller percentage

of MOVs can be tested at or near design-basis

conditions.

These licensees

have not thoroughly

evaluated

the dbility to conduct MOV tests under design-basis

or maximum achievable

conditions.

Licensees

who have begun differential

pressure and flow testing have found some MOYs to require more thrust to operate than predicted

by the industry's

stan-dard equation with typical valve factors (such as 0.3 for flexible wedge gate valves) assumed in the pdst. For example, the Alabama Power Company, the licensee of the Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant, found less than half of the 55 flexible wedge gate valves tested under differential

pressure and flow conditions

to have their thrust requirements

bounded by the industry's

standard equation with a 0.3 valve factor. The industry's

test results confirm the conclusions

of NRC-sponsored

MOV research that the industry's

past methods of determining

the size of MOYs and setting their torque switches were inadequate

for some MOVs.The NRC staff has found weaknesses

in the licensees'

procedures

for conducting

the differential

pressure and flow tests, the acceptance

criteria for the tests in evaluating

the capability

of the MOV to perform its safety function under design-basis

conditions, and the process for incorporating

the test results into the methodology

used by the licensee in predicting

MOY thrust require-ments. The NRC regulations

and the plant's technical

specifications (TS)establish

requirements

for licensees'

actions and reporting

when safety-related

equipment

is determined

to be, or has been, unable to perform its safety functions.

Some licensees

did not appear aware of their obligations

to address MOV operability

following

testing performed

under their programs established

in response to GL 89-10. For example, some licensees

have not been evaluating

the results of MOV tests to verify the capability

of the tested MOYs to perform their safety functions

under design-basis

conditions

and to evaluate the adequacy of their methodology

to size and set other MOYs. Some licensees appeared to discard test data as suspect without careful evaluation.

The NRC

Attachment

1 IN 92-17 February 26, 1992 staff has also found a lack of coordination

among licensees

in disseminating

and using MOV test data. For example, some licensees

are not considering

tests conducted

by other licensees

which might reflect on the adequacy of their assumptions

in predicting

thrust requirements.

For MOVs that cannot be tested under design-basis

differential

pressure and flow conditions, the NRC inspectors

have found that some licensees

are not following

their commitments

to the two-stage

approach (discussed

in Supplement

1 to GL 89-10) to test those MOVs at the maximum differential

pressure and flow achievable.

If the test pressure and flow are near to the design-basis

conditions, the licensee may be able to Justify extrapolating

from the test results to demonstrate

the capability

of the MOY to perform its safety function under design-basis

conditions.

Where the MOV cannot be tested near design-basis

conditions, the licensee can use the results of the test at maximum achievable

conditions

to help confirm valve factor assumptions

in its sizing and switch setting methodology

and to set the MOV using the best avail-able data. The licensee may also find TS actions and reporting

requirements

that take effect as a result of tests of MOVs at less than full design-basis

differential

pressure and flow conditions

if those tests reveal that the MOYs could not perform their safety functions

under design-basis

conditions.

Testing MOVs at maximum achievable

conditions

is especially

helpful in estab-lishing a plant-specific

database if the licensee estimates

that only a small percentage

of 14OVs can be tested at or near design-basis

conditions.

Some licensees

who, in their initial response to GL 89-10, committed

to imple-ment the recommendations

of GL 89-10 to test MOYs where practicable

have indicated

an interest in grouping certain MOVs to reduce the amount of testing (although

testing of those MOVs would be practicable).

Item 1. of GL 89-10 states that licensees

shall submit any changes to scheduled

commitments, and that revised schedules

or alternative

actions may be implemented

without NRC approval with justification

retained on site.In their initial responses

to GL 89-10, some licensees

stated that they would attempt to group MOVs to limit the extent of design-basis

testing. The prelim-inary results of design-basis

tests at several plants (for example, Catawba, Farley, Oconee and Surry) Indicated

that apparently

identical

MOYs performed significantly

different

uider high differential

pressure and flow conditions.

This could cause difficulty

in grouping MOVs in such a manner that a small sample of MOV tests can be used to demonstrate

that all MOVs can perform their safety functions

under design-basis

conditions.

The motor operators

for most gate valves are set to close on torque to provide adequate leakage control. Licensees

are attempting

to develop a method to ensure that MOVs closed using the limit switch meet the requisite

leakage limitations

in safety analyses without causing an MOV overstress

condition.

Periodic Verification

of MOV Capability

In recommended

action 'Id" of GL 89-10, the NRC staff requested

that licensees prepare or revise procedures

to ensure that adequate MOV switch settings are

Attachment

1 IN 92-17 February 26, 1992 determined

and maintained

throughout

the life of the plant. In paragraph "ij of GL 89-10, the NRC staff recommended

that the surveillance

interval be based on (1) the safety importance

and (2) the maintenance

and performance

history of the MOV, but that the interval not exceed 5 years or 3 refueling

outages, whichever

is later. Further, the staff stated that the capability

of the MOY should be verified if the MOV Is replaced, modified, or overhauled

to an extent that the existing test results do not represent

the MOV. The NRC staff's response to Questions

33-35 and 38 in Supplement

1 to GL 89-10 provides guidance on periodically

verifying

MOY switches and performing

tests after completing

maintenance.

The recommendation

of GL 89-10 for verifying

periodically

the adequacy of MOV switch settings includes torque, torque bypass, limit, and thermal overloads.

Many licensees

have stdted that they will attempt to use tests of MOVs with diagnostic

equipment

under zero differential

pressure and flow conditions (static conditions)

to demonstrate

the adequacy of torque switch settings and the continued

capability

of MOYs to perform their safety functions

under design-basis

conditions.

However, to date, none of those licensees

have pro-vided justification

for applying the results of tests conducted

under static conditions

to demonstrate

design-basis

capability.

These licensees

appear to be waiting on yet to be developed

generic justification

for static or low differential

pressure and flow testing.At least one licensee indicated

an intent to clean and lubricate

the valve stem before performing

periodic verification

testing. This would be inconsistent

with demonstrating

that the MOV had been set adequately

and was capable of performing

its function at the end of the test interval.In GL 89-10, the NRC staff stated that testing at design-basis

conditions

need not be repeated unless the MOV is replaced, modified, or overhauled

to the extent that the licensee considers

that the existing test results are not representative

of the MOV in its modified configuration.

Many licensees

are improving

their methods to demonstrate

that the MOVs are capable of performing

their safety functions

under design-basis

conditions

following

maintenance.

MOV Failures, Corrective

Actions, and Trending In recommended

action "h" of GL 89-10, the NRC staff requested

that licensees analyze or justify each MOV failure and corrective

action. The staff also requested

that the documentation

include the results and history of each as-found deteriorated

condition, malfunction, test, inspection, analysis, repair, or alteration.

The staff noted that the licensee must retain and report all documentation

in accordance

with the plant's requirements.

The staff also suggested

that the material be examined every 2 years or after each refueling

outage after the program is Implemented

as part of the monitoring

and feedback effort to establish

trends of MOV operability.

These trends could provide the basis on which the licensee can revise the testing frequency established

to verify periodically

that the MOV has adequate capability.

The NRC staff indicated

that the system should be well-structured

and should track, capture, and share history datd on individual

components.

The NRC staff's response to Questions

39 and 40 in Supplement

1 to GL 89-10 provides guidance on identifying

trends of MOV problems.

Attachment

1 IN 92-17 February 26, 1992 The NRC inspectors

have found some licensees

to have weaknesses

in evaluating

MOV failures and deficiencies (such as the operability

effects of spring pack relaxation).

Some licensees

have not been thorough in performing

root cause analyses of MOY problems.

Most licensees

are attempting

to improve their methods for identifying

trends in MOY problems.Schedule In GL 89-10, the NRC staff requested

that, by June 28, 1994, or by the third refueling

outage after December 28, 1989, whichever

is later, licensees

com-plete all design-basis

reviews, analyses, verifications, tests, and inspections

that were initiated

in order to satisfy the actions recommended

in the generic letter. The NRC staff's response to Question 41 in Supplement

1 to GL 89-10 provides guidance on the schedule for implementing

these actions specified

in GL 89-10.Some licensees

have not made adequate progress for resolving

the MOV issue for their facilities

within the recommended

schedule of GL 89-10. The findings of licensees

as they begin to initiate their programs in response to GL 89-10 and the results of the NRC inspections

of GL 89-10 programs reinforce

the impor-tance of promptly resolving

this safety-significant

issue. The NRC staff has accepted limited extensions

of the GL 89-10 schedule for particular

licensees who have provided Justification.

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IN 92-17 February 26, 1992 This information

notice requires no specific action or written response.

If you have any questions

about the information

in this notice, please contact the technical

contact listed below or the appropriate

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR) project manager.Charles E. Rossi, Director Division of Operational

Events Assessment

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Technical

contact: Thomas G. Scarbrough, NRR (301) 504-2794 Attachments:

1. Inspection

Findings Pertaining

to the Recommendations

Contained

In Generic Letter 89-10 2. List of Recently Issued NRC Information

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Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR) project manager.Charles E. Rossi, Director Division of Operational

Events Assessment

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Technical

contact: Thomas G. Scarbrough, NRR (301) 504-2794 Attachments:

1. Inspection

Findings Pertaining

to the Recommendations

Contained

In Generic Letter 89-10 2. Inspection

Findings Pertaining

to Other MOY Areas 3. List of Recently Issued NRC Information

Notices Document Name: GL 89-10 INSPECTION

RESULTS IN*SEE PREVIOUS CONCURRENCES

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01/09/92 IN 92-XX January xx, 1992 This information

notice requires no specific action or written response.

If you have any questions

about the information

in this notice, please contact the technical

contact listed below or the appropriate

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR) project manager.Charles E. Rossi, Director Division of Operational

Events Assessment

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Technical

contact: Thomas G. Scarbrough, NRR (301) 504-2794 Attachments:

1. Inspection

Findings Pertaining

to the Recommendations

Contained

In Generic Letter 89-10 2. Inspection

Findings Pertaining

to Other MOV Areas 3. List of Recently Issued NRC Information

Notices Document Name: GL 89-10 INSPECTION

RESULTS IN*SEE PREVIOUS CONCURRENCES


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Events Assessment

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Technical

contact: Thomas G. Scarbrough, NRR (301) 504-2794 Attachments:

1. Inspection

Findings Pertaining

to the Recommendations

Contained

In Generic Letter 89-10 2. Inspection

Findings Pertaining

to Other MOV Areas 3. List of Recently Issued NRC Information

Notices Document Name: GL 89-10 INSPECTION

RESULTS IN D/DOEA:NRR

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JANorberg 01/ /92 Charles E. Rossi, Director Division of Operational

Events Assessment

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Technical

contact: Thomas G. Scarbrough, NRR (301) 504-2794 Attachments:

1. Inspection

Findings Pertaining

to the Recommendations

Contained

In Generic Letter 89-10 2. Inspection

Findings Pertaining

to Other MOV Areas 3. List of Recently Issued NRC Information

Notices Document Name: GL 89-10 INSPECTION

RESULTS IN D/DOEA:NRR

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