IR 05000289/1987010

Forwards Sser for Second 10-yr Interval of Inservice Testing of Pumps & Valves Commenced in Sept 1984.SSER Discusses Pair of Valves Noted in Insp Rept 50-289/87-10 Not to Be Included in Inservice Testing Program.Requests Confirmation of Mod

ML20151D546
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Site:	Three Mile Island
Issue date:	03/31/1988
From:	Stolz J Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Hukill H GENERAL PUBLIC UTILITIES CORP.
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). Occket No. 50-289 DISTRIBUTION

< Docket 411e > RPernan NRC & Local PORs OGC-WF S. Varga E. Jordan Mr. Henry D. Fukill, Vice President B. Boger J. Partlow and Director - TMI-1 J. Stolz ACRS (10)

GPU Nuclear Corporation S. Norris Gray File P. O. Box 480 Middletown, Pennsylvania 17057

Dear Mr. Hukill:

SUBJECT: SUPPLEMENTAL' SAFETY EVALUATION FOR SECOND IST INTERVAL The second 10-year interval of inservice testing (IST) of pumps and valves convenced in Septenber,1984 A number of GPU Nuclear proposals and relief requests regarding the content and methods of the second interval IST program have been received and evaluated during the past four years. The NRC staff provided GPU Nuclear with its safety evaluation of these proposals on March 19, 1987. In that safety evaluation we granted relief in sone cases, denied relief in cther cases and offered GPU Nuclear an opportunity to provide additional justification for relief as appropriate. GPU Nuclear has provided additional justification in submittals dated September 17 and November 3,1987. The forner letter dealt with deletion of two valves in the emergency diesel gener-ator starting air system (EG-V17A/B) from the IST program. The latter dealt with periodic disassembly of four sets of check valves (BS-V30 A/B, BS-V52 A/B, DH-V14A/B,MS-V9A/B). This letter transmits a supplenent to our March 19, 1987 safety evaluation which addresses these two recent GPU submittals. In addition, ,

the safety evaluation discusses a pair of valves (EG-V10 A/B) which were noted 1 in NRC Inspection Report No. 87-10 to not be included in the TMI Unit 1 IST ,

program.

l The enclosed safety evaluation supplement nakes the following conclusions:

1. The NRC staff agrees that valves EG-V17 A and B do not perform a safety-related function and nay be excluded from the IST program.

2. The inspection program for disassembly of the check valves listed above as stipulated in our March 19, 1987 safety evaluation is to be naintained

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(i.e., sample inspection during each refueling outage) on the basis that !

relaxation of the inspection frequency to one valve each 10 years has not (and possibly cannot) been justified.

3. GPU Nuclear is requested to add valves EG-V10 A and B to the TMI-1 IST program on the basis that they do provide a safety-related function and should have originally been included in the program.

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-2-Our March 19, 1987 safety evaluation stated that several plant n:odifications needed to allcw inservice testing of various corrponents were planned during the 7R refueling outage. This outage is scheduled to begin in June, 1988 Please provide at least verbal confinnation that each of these n:odifications is in fact scheduled for completion during this outage.

If you have any questions on the enclosed safety evaluation, please contact the Project Manager, Rena'd W. Hernan.

Sincerely,

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John F. Stolz, Director Project Directorate I-4 Division of Reactor Projects I/II Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Enclosure:

Supplemental Safety Evaluation cc w/ enclosure:

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G. Broughton Richard Conte OlM Director, TNI-1 Senior Resident Inspector (TMI-1)

GPV Nuclear Corporation U.S.N.R.C.

Post Office Box 480 Post Office Box 311 Middletown, Pennsylvania 17057 Middletown, Pennsylvania 17057 Richard J. McGoey Manaaer, PWR Licensing Regional Administrator, Region I GPU Nuclear Cnrporation U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Connission 100 Interpace Parkway 475 Allendale Road Parsippany, New Jersey 70754 King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406 C. W. Smyth Robert B. Borsum ,

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Middletown, Pennsylvania 17057 1700 Rockville Pike Rockville, Maryland 20852 Ernest L. Blake, Jr., Esq. Governor's Office of State Planning Shaw, Pittman, Potts A Trowbridge and Development 2300 N Street, N.W. ATTN: Coordinator, Pennsylvania Washington, D.C. 20037 State Clearinghouse l Post Office Box 1323 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120 Larry Hochendoner Thomas M. Gerusky, Director Dauphin County Connissioner Bureau of Radiation Protection Dauphin County Courthouse Pennsylvania Department of Front and Varket Streets Environmental Resources Harrisburg, Pennsylvenia 17120 Pcst Office Box 2063 l Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120 I David D. Maxwell, Chairman Docketing and Service Section Board of Supervisors Office of the Secretary j Londonder;y Township U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission !

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