IR 05000333/1985008

Insp Rept 50-333/85-08 on 850409-12.No Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Containment Leakage Testing,Including Review of Containment Integrated Leak Rate Test & Local Leak Rate Test Procedures

ML20127J532
Person / Time
Site:	FitzPatrick
Issue date:	05/29/1985
From:	Bettenhausen L, Hodson J, Kucharski S, Vito D NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
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U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION I

Report N /85-08 Docket N . License No. DPR-59 Priority --

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. Licensee: New York Power Authority P.O. Box 41 Lycoming, New York 13093 Facility Name: James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant Inspection At: Scriba, New York Inspection Conducted: April 9-12, 1985 Inspectors: //47/) D D' J.' Vito[ Reactor Engineer /cfate \ Mhm ods Reac 'r Engineer 5lso{1s-date 5 -

</nk S. Kucharski Reactor Engineer / dat'e Approved by: .,

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Operations Branch, DRS Inspection Summary:

Inspection on April 9-12, 1985 (Inspection Report No. 50-333/85-08)

Areas Inspected: Routine, unannounced ir:spection of the containment leakage testing including procedure review of CILRT & LLRT procedures, LLRT test results review, containment volume and volume fractions calculations, and general tours of the facility. The inspection involved '75 hours8.680556e-4 days <br />0.0208 hours <br />1.240079e-4 weeks <br />2.85375e-5 months <br /> onsite by three-region based inspector Results: No violations were identifie PDR ADOCK 05000333 G PDR

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DETAILS 1.0 Persons Contacted New York Power Authority B. Carlson I&C Supervisor

• R. Converse Superintendent of Power

• W. Fernandez Operations Superintendent

• H. Glovier Resident Manager

• J. Greene Operating Experience Engineer, Asst. ILRT Test Director

• D. Johnson LLRT Supervisor L. Johnson QA Supervisor

• H. Keith I&C Superintendent

• R. Patch QA Superintendent J. Prokrop QA Inspector

• P. Swinburne Performance Engineer, ILRT Test Director

• V. Walz Senior Plant Technical Services Engineer NRC

• L. Doerflein, Senior Resident Inspector

• Denotes those present at exit meeting on 4/12/8 . Containment Local Leak Rate Testing 2.1 Documents Reviewed

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Procedure F-ST-398, Type "B" and "C" LLRT of Containment Penetrations, Revision 14, March 20, 198 .

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Procedure F-ST-39A, Type "B" Leak Rate Test (Air Locks),

Revision 8, September 9, 198 Calibration Records for LLRT Test Boxes (IC215 and IC216).

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Selected Piping and Instrument Drawings 2.2 Scope of Review The inspector reviewed the above listed documents to determine com-pliance with the regulatory requirements of Appendix J to 10 CFR 50, Technical Specifications and applicable industry standards and with station administrative guideline The inspector held discussions with the licensee regarding the documentation of test result, the

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repair and retesting following failed tests, and the relationship of these items to the "As-Found" and "As-Left" conditions of containment as applied to CILRT result Further details are discussed belo I .

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2.3 Procedure Review The procedures reviewed were technically accurate and in conformance

.with the regulatory requirements of Appendix J to 10 CFR 50 and ap-plicable industry standard The LLRT coordinator and associated licensee personnel have made a concerted effort via plant system walk downs to assure that the valve line ups used for local leak rate testing are accurate and in accordance with leakage testing require-ments. No unacceptable conditions were identifie .4 LLRT Instrument Calibration The inspector reviewed the calibration records for the Volumetric LLRT test boxes IC215 and IC216. The calibrations were current and traceable to the National Bureau of Standards. The instruments were marked with current calibration stickers. However, during a tour of the reactor building the inspector noticed that the Volumetrics cali-bration seals of both test boxes were broken. The licensee had broken the seals to check out. problems that had developed. IC215 had problems with a flow orifice for the high range mete After the problem was corrected the instrument was checked for flow accuracy by station procedures. The licensee notified Volumetrics of what they had done and Volumetrics sent a letter stating that it should not have changed the calibration. For IC216, a problem was discovered in the high range flow meter itself. The licensee has taken the hign-range flow meter out of service but lacks verification from the vendor stating the fact that the calibration was not changed by the 11-censee's actio The licensee agreed to acquire similar authoriza- !

tion for the use of the low and mid-range neters of IC216 from Volumetrics. This will be verified during the ILRT inspectio No other unacceptable conditions were identifie .5 Test Results The inspector reviewed portions of the LLRT results for those tests completed at the time of the inspectio The inspector also dis-cussed analysis of the test results and the status of repairs and retest with the licensee. The "As Found" and "As Left" leak rate for every test done on each penetration isolation valve are documented by the licensee in the LLRT running leakage total. The complete LLRT results will be reviewed during the ILRT inspection. No unacceptable conditions were identifie .0 Containment Integrated Leak Rate Test 3.1 Documents Reviewed

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Procedure F-ST-39F Type "A" (60 psia)

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Primary Containment Integrated Leak Rate Test, Revision 4, 3/27/85

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Containment Volume and Volume Fraction Calculations, Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation, 8/12/7 CILRT Computer Program

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Selected Piping and Instrument Drawings 3.2 Scope of Review The inspector reviewed the above listed documents for technical adequacy and to determine compliance with the regulatory requirements of Appendix J to 10 CFR 50, Technical Specifications and applicable industry standard .3 Procedure Review Review of the CILRT procedure indicated that it was technically adequate and generally in compliance with the regulatory requirements of Appendix J, the Technical Specifications, and appropriate industry standard The inspector noted, however, that a "10 minute averaging" of test data was considered for input to the leak rate calculation. The in-spector expressed concern over this method of inputting data and re-quested that instantaneous mass data points at ten minute intervals be used in the leak rate calculatio The license agreed to change the procedure accordingl The inspector also reaffirmed the following items concerning the CILRT:

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The CILRT should be restarted after any leaks are isolate The licensee should perform, in addition to the as-left CILRT calculation, an as-found calculation using data from the in-dividual local leak rate test The results from this calcula-tion should be compared to 1.0 La. This requirement is reflected in 10 CFR 50, Appendix J, Section III.A.1 and ANSI N45.4-1972, Section The licensee acknowledged these items which will be verified during the CILRT inspectio No unacceptable conditions were identifie .4 CILRT Volume Fractions / Instrumentation Prior to this inspection, the licensee requested approval for the use of more accurate information for the volume fractions used in the leakage rate calculation. This information is supported by the Stone and Webster calculation listed in Section The inspector reviewed the Stone and Webster document and verified that the

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5 calculations were accurate. The inspector noted that the use of new volume fractions for leakage rate calculations would be incorporated into the licensee's computer code, MASS The inspector was unable to review the calibration records for the CILRT instrumentation because the information was not available during this inspectio The inspector will review the calibration records during the CILRT inspectio .0 Independent Calculations The inspector performed independent calculations of the containment volume and volume fractions as presented by Stone and Webster for the license Details are included in Section 3.4 of this repor .0 QA/QC Involvement The integrated leak rate testing activity is being monitored by plant QA/QC personnel. The inspector verified this by discussions with the QA/QC audit personne The inspector concluded that coverage is adequately planned for the ILRT activity. For the LLRT activity, there was no QA/QC coverag The last audit performed by QA/QC was in 198 The inspector requested that some LLRT surveillances be performed before the ILRT. The licensee agreed to do so. This will be verified by the inspector during the CILRT inspection. No unacceptable conditions were identifie .0 Tours The inspector toured the reactor building and other areas of the facility to observe containment leakage testing activities, component tagging, other work in progress, and general housekeeping. No unacceptable conditions were identifie .0 Exit Meeting A meeting was held on April 12, 1985, to discuss the scope and findings of the inspection as delineated in this report. At no time during this inspection was written information provided to the license _