ML20154G065

Requests Meeting in Rockville,Md to Discuss Longstanding Safety Issues for Closure.Formal Closure to Be Documented in Meeting Minutes.Specific Issues & Associated Concerns Encl

ML20154G065
Person / Time
Site:	Arkansas Nuclear
Issue date:	09/12/1988
From:	Calvo J Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Tison Campbell ARKANSAS POWER & LIGHT CO.
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• t September 12, 1988 Dock'et Nos. 50-313 and 50-368 Mr. T. Gene Campbell -

Vice President, Nuclear Operations Arkansas Power & Light Company Post Office Box 551 Little Rock, Arkansas 7??03

SUBJECT:

PROPOSED MEETING TO DISCUSS A NUMBER OF LONGSTANDING SAFETY ISSUES FOR CLOSURE A number of longstanding safety issues for your facility rerain open due to .

staff concerns that possibly lend themselves to resolution in a reeting situa-tion, better_than through additional correspondence. Therefore we propose to hold a meeting in the near 'uture, at Rockt file, Maryland, between members ,

of your staff and the NRC staff responsible for the issues to be discussed.

The specific issues and the associated concerns that rust be resolved to close them out are described in the Enclosure.

Closecut vill be based on (1) acceptance of your response by the NRC staff, or

(?) a ccrmitment by AP&L to corplete some action at a future date acceptable to the NRC staff. Fonnal closure will be docunented in the neeting minutes.

Please contact Craig Harouck to arrange for the specific date and to finalize the agenda for the meeting, j Sincerely, l ORIGINAL SIGNED BY JOSE A. CALVO Jose A. Calvo, Director Project Directorate - !Y

Division of Reactor Projects - III, IV, V and Special Projects

Enclosure:

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Docket Nos. 50-313 and 50-368 Mr. T. Gene Campbell Vice President, Nuclear Operations Arkansas Power & Light Corpany Post Office Box 551 Little Rock, Arkansas 72203

SUBJECT:

PROPOSED MEETING TO DISCUSS A NUMBER OF LONGSTAN G SAFETY ISSUES FOR CLOSURE  ;

A number of longstanding safety issues for your 'acility re in open due to ,

staff concerns that possibly lend themselves to resolutio in a meeting situa-tien, better than through additional correspondence. The efore we propose to hold a neeting in the near future, at Rockville, Par land, between members of your staff and the NRC staff responsible for the i Ues to be discussed.

The specific issues and the assc,ciated concerns tha must be resolved to close them out are described in the Enclosure.

Closecut will be based on (1) acceptance of you response by the NRC staff, or (2) a conmitment by APll to complete sorre acti n at a future date acceptable to the NRC staff. Fontal closure will be docung ted in the meeting minutes. W i W aly that ;cac ef the i m as diecue ed7 @ill cent'nue to 7:m:1 cr r efter the :::tirs hnwevar +be dialegue en th: 0 rcerris shculd be productive.-__

4 Please contact Craig Farbuck to arrange 'for the specific date and to finalize the agenda for the meeting.

Sincerely.

Jose A. Calvo, Director Project Directorate - IV '

Divisien of Reactor Projects - III, IV, V and Special Projects i

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and 50-368 Mr. T. Gene Campbell Vice President, Nuclear Operations Arkansas Power & Light Company 4

Post Office Box 551 Little Rock, Arkansas 72703

SUBJECT:

PROPOSED HEETING TO DISCUSS A NUMBER OF LONGSTANDING SAFETY ISSUES FOR CLOSURE A nurber of longstanding safety issues for your facility renain open due to staff concerns that pessibly lend themselves to restslution in a neeting situa-tien, better than through additional correspondence. Therefore we propose to hold a neeting in the near future, at Rockville, Meryland, between nerbers -

of your staff and the NRC staff responsible for the issues to be discussed.

The specific issues and the acsociated concerns that rust be resolved to close them out are described in the Enclosure.

Closecut will be based on (1) acceptance of your respense by the NRC staff, or (2) a cornitment by APtL to complete sone action at a future date acceptable tc the NRC staff. Formal closure will be docunented in the meeting minutes.

Pleast contact Craig Harbuck to arrange for the specific date and to finalire l the agenda for the meeting, l Sincerely,

'4, [m[W Jose A. Calvo Director Project Directorate - IV Division of Reactor Projects - !!!,

IV, V and Special Projects

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t' Mr. T. Gene Campbe~ll Arkansas Nuclear One Arkansas Power & Light Company Unit Nos. 1 and 2 cc:

Mr. Dan R. Howard, Manager Mr. Charles B. Brinkman, Manager Licensing Washington Nuclear Operations Arkansas Nuclear One C-E Power Systems P. O. Box 608 7910 Woer%ont Avenue Russellville, Arkansas 72801 Suite 1310 Mr. James M. Levine, Executive Director Site Nuclear Operations Mr. Frank Wilson, Director Arkansas Nuclear One Division of Environmental Health P. O. Box 608 Protection Russellville, Arkansas 72801 Department of Health Arcansas Department of Health .

Nicholas S. Reynolds, Esq. 4815 Vest Markham Street Bishop Libeman, Cook, Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 Purcell A Reynolds 1200 Seventeenth Street, N.W. Honorable William Abernathy Suite 700 County Judge of Pope County Washington, D.C. 20036 Pope County Courthouse Russe 1ville, Arkansas 72801 Regional Administrator, Region IV U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comissien Office of Executive Director for Operations 611 Ryan Plaza Drive Suite 1000 Arlington, Texas 76011 Senior Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission 1 Nuclear Plant Road Pussellville, Arkansas 72801 Vs. Greta Dieus, Director Division of Environmental Health ,

Protection i Arkansas Departrient of Pealth 4815 West Markam Street Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 Mr. Robert B. Borsum Iabcock & Wilcox Nuclear Power Generation Division  !'

Suite 220 1700 Rockville Pike, Suite 525 '

Rockville, Maryland 20852

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ENCLOSURE

1. Generic 1.stter53-28 Ite. 1.f .rost Trip Review - Otta and Infonr.ation Capability (TACNos. 53507 & 535C8)

Plert; 6"tevu Jur cur 7ent prog /am with regard to the Technical Evolutti.n Rsport and the Roquest for Additional Infonnation (RAI) dated October 30, 1985.

Item P.I.? - (quipent Cidsstrication and Vendor Interface (Reactor TripSystemCorponents)(TACNos. 52816 & 52017) t Please discuss your current program with regard to the RAI dated April Fa. 1985.

Iten. 2.2.1 & ?.P.2 - Erluipment Classification and Vendor Interface (All Safety - Related Corponents) (TAC Nos. 53650&53651)

Please discuss your current program with regard to the RAls dated March 9, 1987 and July Pl 1987.

l Item 3.2.1 3 3.2.? - Post-MaintenanceTesting(AllSafety-Related Conponents) (' AC Nos. 53733 & 53734)

Please discuss your current program and actions taken in regard to

the RAI dated May 10, 1988.

2. TMI Action Items i t item I.O.? - Safety Parameter Display System (TAC Nos. 51?19 8 51??0)

Please discuss the test results for the isolation devices.

Item II.K.2.16 - seal Autoreinitiationofreactorcoolantpunp(LOOP) cooling following loss of offsite power (TAC No. 56530) (ANO-1 Response to 50.54f ,

i Ictter-RCPSealIssue), j j Please discuss the N-9000 seals being installed during the eighth refueling outage and:

a) address the effects of loss of cooling and themal shock on the stationary carbon face ring (previous submittels typically ,

discussed only the rotating face ring) ,

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s b) discuss how the failure of multiple RCP seals (possible multiple small break LOCA's) is bounded by the ANO-1 Safety Analysis (which assumes a single break),

c) explain the amount of effort needed to modify ANO-1 s'o that sealinjectioncoolingwouldIpeautomaticallyreinitiated followi'g a LOOP.

3. Regulatory Guide 1.97 Safety Evaluation open items (TAC No. 64759)

Please be prepared to discuss the containment surp water temperature inttrunentation (both Units) and the adequacy of the range of the installedreactorcoolantsystempressureinstrumentation(Unit 2only).

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