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LER 88-003-08:on 880111,repetitive Violation of ESF Instrumentation Limiting Condition for Operation Tolerances Occurred.Caused by Highly Restrictive Allowable Values. Calibr Frequencies Increased to monthly.W/900622 Ltr
ML17328A301
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Site: Cook American Electric Power icon.png
Issue date: 06/22/1990
From: BEILMAN T P, BLIND A A
INDIANA MICHIGAN POWER CO. (FORMERLY INDIANA & MICHIG
To:
NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
References
LER-88-003, LER-88-3, NUDOCS 9007020032
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ACCELERATEDUTIONDEMONS'ATIONSYSTEMREGULATORYINFORMATIONDISTRIBUTIONSYSTEM(RIDS)ACCESSIONNBR:9007020032DOC.DATE:90/06/22NOTARIZED:NODOCKETFACIL:50-316DonaldC.CookNuclearPowerPlant,Unit2,Indiana&05000316AUTH.NAMEAUTHORAFFILIATIONBEILMAN,T.P.IndianaMichiganPowerCo.(formerlyIndiana&MichiganEleBLIND,A.A.IndianaMichiganPowerCo.(formerlyIndiana&MichiganEleRECIP.NAMERECIPIENTAFFILIATION

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LER88-003-08:on880111,repetitiveviolationofESFinstrumentationLCOtolerancesduetohighlyRAvalues.W/9DISTRIBUTIONCODE:IE22TCOPIESRECEIVED:LTRENCLSIZE:TITLE:50.73/50.9LicenseeEventReport(LER),IncidentRpt,etc.NOTES:RECIPIENTIDCODE/NAMEPD3-1LAGIITTER,J.INTERNAL:ACNWAEOD/DSP/TPABDEDRONRR/DET/EMEB9H3NRR/DLPQ/LPEB10NRR/DREP/PRPB11NRR/DST/SICB7ENRR/DST/SRXB8ERES/DSIR/EIBEXTERNAL:EG&GSTUART,V.ALPDRNSICMAYS,GNUDOCSFULLTXTCOPIESLTTRENCL11'122111111112211111144111111RECIPIENTIDCODE/NAMEPD3-1PDAEOD/DOAAEOD/ROAB/DSPNRR/DET/ECMB9HNRR/DLPQ/LHFB11NRR/DOEA/OEAB11NRR/DST/SELB8DLB8D1EGFILE0201LSTLOBBYWARDNRCPDRNSICMURPHY,G.ACOPIESLTTRENCL111'2211111111111111111111NOTETOALL"RIDS"RECIPIENTS:PLEASEHELPUSTOREDUCEWASTE!CONTACTTHEDOCUMENTCONTROLDESK,ROOMPl-37(EXT.20079)TOELIMINATEYOURNAMEFROMDISTRIBUTIONLISTSFORDOCUMENTSYOUDON'TNEEDFULLTEXTCONVERSIONREQUIREDTOTALNUMBEROFCOPIESREQUIRED:LTTR34ENCL34 IndianaMichiganPowerCompanyCookNuclearPlantP.O.Box458Bridgman.Ml491066164655901INDIANANfCHIGiANPOWERJune22,1990UnitedStatesNuclearRegulatoryCommissionDocumentControlDeskRockville,Maryland20852OperatingLicensesDPR-58DocketNo.50-316DocumentControlManager:Inaccordancewiththecriteriaestablishedby10CFR50.73entitledLicenseeEventReortinSstem,thefollowingreportisbeingsubmitted:88-003-08Sincerely,~~A.A.BlindPlantManagerAAB:clwAttachmentCC9OO/O2QQiI-Di~D.H.Williams,Jr.A.B.Davis,RegionIIIM.P.AlexichP.A.BarrettJ.E.BorggrenR.F.KroegerB.Walters-Ft.WayneNRCResidentInspectorJ.G.Giitter,NRCJ.G.KepplerM.R.PadgettG.Charnoff,Esp.DottieSherman,ANILibraryD.HahnINPOS.J.Brewer/B.P.Lauzau9t.Cyr'..";<)"i(iC)O>>jqqW(pgII NRCFORM366(569)V.S.NUCLEARREGULATORYCOMMISSIONLICENSEEEVENTREPORTILER)APPROVEDOMBNO,31500104EXPIRES:4/30/92ESTIMATEDBURDENPERRESPONSETOCOMPLYWTHTHISINFORMATIONCOLLECTIONREQUESTt500HRS.FORWARDCOMMENTSREGARDINGBURDENESTIMATETOTHF.RECORDSANOREPORTSMANAGEMENTBRANCH(F630>,U.S.NUCLEARREGULATORYCOMMISSION,WASHINGTON.OC20555,ANDTOTHEPAPERWORKREDUCTIONPROJECT(31500104).OFFICEOFMANAGEMENTANOBUDGET,WASHINGTON,OC20503.FACILITYNAME(I)D.C.COOKNUCLEARPLANT-UNIT2DOCKETNUMBER(llPA050003]61OF0REPETITIVEVIOLATIONOFESFINSTRUMENTATIONLIMITINGCONDITIONSFOROPERATIONTOLERANCESDUETOHIGHLYRESTRICTIVEALLOWABLEVALUESEVENTDATE(5)LERNUMBER(6)REPORTDATE(TIOTHERFACILITIESINVOLVED(SlMOIITHOAYYEARYKARSEOUENTIAINVMBEII:rvor','EVtSKMON'THOAYYEARNUMBEIIFACILITYNAMES.C.COOK-UNIT1DOCKETNUMBER(5)05000018800006229005000THISREPORTISSUBMITTEDPURSUANTT0THERLQUIREMENTSOF10CFR():(CheckOneormoreotthetorrorrino>(11OPERATINGMODK(9)120.405(c)60.36(c)(Il50.36(c)(2>X5073(~l(2)R)50.73(c>12)lii)64.73(cI(2)(ii(I20.402(tr>10.405(~l(1III)20.405(el(1)(ii)20405(~l(1l(iiil20.406(c)(I1(iv)10.405(~Illl(vlPOWERLEVEL050.73(e)(2)(>v)50.73(c)(2)(v)50.73(~)(2)(v9)50.73(el(21(viii)(A)50.73(c)(2>(vi(1)(6)50.73(~)(2>(c)73.71(II)73.71(c)OTHER(SoecitytnAOttrectOererr~ndIn7eefhtRCForm366A)LICENSKKCONTACTFORTHISLER(12)*T.P.BEILMANMAINTENANCEDEPARTMENTSUPERINTENDENTTELEPHONENUMBERAREACODE61665-591COMPLETE.ONELINEFOREACHCOMPONE)4TPAILVREDESCRIBEDIHTHISREPORT(13)CAUSESYSTEMCOMPONENTMANUFAC.TVRERTOHFROSIy",~gg@r'Pk>FWmCp~CAUSESYSTEMCOMPONENTPereIrrpr,";.-:iPNMAHUItAC.TVREREPORTABLETONPRDSa>pWPP~,i~lyP~SUPPLEMENTALREPORTEXPEC'TED(14)MONTHDAYYEARYESIityn,COmnretefXPfCyfDSVSMISSIOtyOATfINOEXPECTEDSUBMISSI0NDATE(15)ABSTRACTILrmtttote(k>tercet.r,~,,eooroeimetelyAfteentinpretoecetyoerrrrttenhnetl(16)Thisrevisionisbeingsubmittedtoreflectanupdateontheresultsoftheincreasedfrequency(monthly)calibrationchecksperformedtodate.OnMarch11,1988anequipmenttrendinvestigationwasbeingperformedon4KVBusLossofVoltagerelaysandthe4KVBusDegradedVoltagerelays(EIIS/EK-27).The'asfound'onditionoftheserelays.duringpastcalibrationcheckshasgenerallybeenfoundtobebeyondtheTechnicalSpecification(T.S.)allowablevalues.Eachrelaywasadjustedtowithinallowablevaluesatthetimeitwasdiscoveredoutofspecification.AllrelayswerefunctionalandwouldhaveperformedtheESFfunction,althoughataslightlydifferentvoltagethanspecifiedinT.S.Anengineeringreviewhasdeterminedaplusorminus3percenttolerance(asopposedtothecurrent0.5percent)tobeacceptablefortheLossofVoltageapplication.TheDegradedVoltageapplicationwillacceptaplusorminus1.5percenttoleranceandwillr'equireinstallationofmoreaccurateundervoltagerelays(DesignChangecurrentlyunderway),AT.S.changerequesthasbeensubmitted.AsstatedintheoriginalLER,wehaveincreasedthecalibrationfrequencyfromeveryeighteenmonthstomonthly.NRCForm366(64)91 NRCFORM366A)669)US.NUCLEARREGULA'TORYCOMMISSIONLICENSEEEVENTREPORT(LERITEXTCONTINUATIONAPPROVEOOMBNO.31500104EXPIRESI4/30/62ESTIMATEDBURDENPEARESPONSETOCOMPLYWTHTHISINFORMATIONCOLLECTIONREQUEST;500HRS.FORWARDCOMMEN'TSREGARDINGBURDENESTIMATETOTHERECORDSANDREPOATSMANAGEMENTBRANCH(P.530).U.S,NUCLEARREGULATORYCOMMISSION,WASHINGTON.DC20555,ANDTO1HEPAPERWORKREDUCTIONPROJECT13')500)04),OFFICEOFMANAGEMFNTANDBUDGET,WASHINGTON,DC20503.FACILITYNAME11)D.C.COOKNUCLEARPLANT"UNIT2DOCKETNUMBER12)YEARLERNUMBERLS).'<."ISEQUENTIALNUMSRIll45VISIONNI/M64PAGE13)TEXTl///44/4SPPCeJI/PFVPPd.I/>>Pdd/Pe/M//YRCFP//4366A3/l)Tlosooo31688-030802oFOThisrevisionisbeingsubmittedtoreflectanupdateontheresultsoftheincreasedfrequency(monthly)calibrationchecksperformedtodate.ConditionsPriortoOccurrenceUnit1andUnit2wereoperatingat90percentand80percentreactorthermalpower,respectively,throughouttheevent.Therewerenoinoperativestruc-tures,components,orsystemsthatcontributedtothisevent.DescritionofEventOnMarchll,1988,anequipmenttrendinvestigationwasbeingperformedonthe4KVBusLossofVoltagerelays(EIIS/EK-27)andthe4KVBusDegradedVoltagerelays(EIIS/EK-27).ThesetpointsfortheserelayshavebeenfoundtobeoutsideoftheTechnicalSpecification(T.S.)allowablevalues(T.S.3.3.2.1Table3.3-4,items8aand8b).Of144individualcalibrationsonthelossofvoltagerelaysoverasevenyearperiod,68werefoundtobeoutsideoftheT.S.tolerances.Ofthe66individualcalibrationsperformedonthedegradedvoltagerelaysoverasevenyearperiod,41'erefoundtobeoutsideoftheT.S.tolerances.Theamountofdeviationfromtheallowablesetpointbandwaslimitedanddistributionamongtherelayswasrandom,indicatingnoparticularrelaytobedefective.Asurveyofotherutilitieswhichusethistypeofrelayrevealedthattheperformanceofourrelaysisconsistentwiththeirexperienceandwithinmanufacturer'sspecifications.Eachrelaywasreadjustedtowithinallowablevaluesatthetimeitwasdiscoveredoutofspecification.TheLossofVoltagerelaysareinstalledtosensealossofoffsiteornormalauxiliarypowertotheESS4KVbuses.Oncethelossofvoltagehasbeensensedandafteratwo-secondtimedelay,theserelaysina2/3phaseslogicinitiateloadsheddingandemergencydieselgeneratorstarting.TheDegradedBusVoltagerelaysareinstalledtosensedegradedreservepowerfeedtotheESS4KVbusesand,ona2/3phaseslogicwithatwo-minutetimedelay,tripopenthereserveSeedbreakersandstarttheemergencydieselgenerators.Oncetheemergencydieselgeneratorhasrestoredbusvoltagetonormal,safetyloadsaresequencedontothesafetybuses.TheTechnicalSpecificationsforUnits1and2haveexistingsetpointsof80percent(+.5%,-1.0%)fortheLossofVoltageand90percent(+1.0%,-.5%)fortheDegradedGriddetection.Thetoleranceonthesesetpointsaretighterthantherelayscanobtain,andmoreimportantly,tighterthanrequiredforperformingtheirintendedfunction,i.e.,sensinglossofnormalvoltage,initiatingloadshedding,anddieselstarting.NRCFon4366A168S)

NRCFORMS66A(689(V.S,NUCI.EARREGULATORYCOMMISSIONLlCENSEEEVENTREPORT(LER)TEXTCONTINUATIONAPPROVEDOMB'NO,S(50010<EXPIRES;ol50(99EST(MA'TEOBUROFNPERRESPONSETOCOMPLYWTHTHISINFORMATIONCOLLECTIONREQUEST.'00HRS.FORWARDCOMMENTSREGARDINGBURDEN'ESTIMATETOTHERECORDSANDREPORTSMANAGEMENTBRANCH(P5501.U.S.NUCLEARREGV(.ATORYCOMMISSION.WASHINGTON.DC90555,ANDTO1HEPAPERWORKREDUCTIONPROJECTIS(500(OOI.OFFICEOFMANAGEMENTANDBUDGET,WASHINGTON,DC90509.FACILITYNAIAE(11D.C.COOKNUCLEARPLANT"UNIT2TEXTillmoroAoocolo(ouuwod.uppoddidooollVRCFounJESA'Jl(IT)DOCKETNVMBER(EIYEARosooo3188LERNUMBERL61SEQUENTIALNUMOER03ggSREVISIONouNVMSSR08PAGE(Sl030F04CauseofEventCalibrationhistoryshowsaperformancerecordinlinewithundervoltagerelaysusedatotherplants.Wehavereviewedtheapplicationofundervoltagerelaysforthisfunctionwithotherutilitiesandvariousrelaymanufacturers.Wehaveconcludedthattheundervoltagerelaysarebeingproperlyappliedinthismodeasaconventionalprotectiverelay.Thisusewouldnotnormallyinvolvehavinganacceptanceband.HanyutilitiesconsultedhadnoTechnicalSpecificationrequiredtolerancesforthisfunctionandothershadbroaderallowancevalueswhichmorecloselyreflectthemanufacturer'sexpectedperformancetolerances.AnalsisofEventAmericanElectricPower'sSystemvoltagestudieshavebeenperformedandindicatethattheworstcasevoltageontheESSbusesattheCookNuclearPlantwouldbe87.3percent.WedonotexpecttheESSbusvoltagetodroptoalowervoltagethanthisunlessacompleteplantblackoutconditionoccurred.Underablackoutcondition,theESSbusvoltagewouldquicklydropwellbelowthe80percentundervoltagerelaysetpointandinitiateloadsheddinganddieselstart.ESSusvTheonlyfunctionofthe80percentvoltagerelaysistosemeatotallfoss0busvoltage.Therefore,thesetpointdeviationswe'eexperiencedtranslateintoadifferentlinevoltageandtimethantheTechnicalSpecificationcallsfor,butthetimeinvolvedforthisadditionalvoltagedropisinsignificant.Thefunctionofthedegradedbusrelaysaretodisconnecttheplantfromthegridforasustaineddegradedcondition,i.e.,lessthan90percent.voltageforatleast.twominutes.Theyarearmedonlywhentheplantisfedfromoffsite.power.Plantnormalconfigurationistobefedfromthegeneratorauxiliarytransformersexceptforshortperiodsduringstartupandshutdown.Therefore,theserelaysarenotnormallyactiveduringunitoperation.Again,relatingtooursystemstudies,wedonotbelievetheshiftoutoftolerancetobeasafetyproblemforthedegradedbusrelays.Ourstudiesindicatethatthelowestpossibleoffsitevoltagetoourbuseswouldbe93.3percentexceptfortheshortperiodduringReactorCoolantPump(RCP)starting,whichislessthanoneminute.DuringRCPstarting,thebusvoltagecandipto87.3percent,however,weareprotectedfromanunnecessarytripbythetwo-minutetimedelayonthiscircuit.N8CFounS66A(6$91 NRCFORM366A(689IV.S.NUCLEARREGULATORYCOMMISSIONLICENSEEEVENTREPORT(LER)TEXTCONTINUATIONAPPROVEDOM8NO,3I500106EXPIRES:A/30/93ESTIMATED8VRDENPERRESPONSETOCOMPLYWTHTHISINFORMATIONCOLLECTIONREOVEST-,500HRS.FORWARDCOMMENTSREGARDING8URDENESTIMATETOTHERECORDSANDREPORTSMANAGEMENTBRANCHIP630).U.S.NUCLEARREGULATORYCOMMISSION.WASHINGTON.DC30555,ANDTo1HEPAPERWORKREDUCTIONPROJECTI31504104I,OFFICEOFMANAGEMENTAND8VDGET,WASHINGTON,DC30503,FACILITYNAMEIIID.C.COOKNUCLEARPLANT-UNIT2DOCKETNUMBERI2/LERNUMBERIEIYEAR':966QUENNAL'".n<Y'6ŽNUM668r'NUM6nPAGEIS)TEXT/llnuuppnpco/FPuquuud,upppddnenp//YRC%%d366A9/IITI050003188-03080Anengineeringreviewhasdeterminedaplusorminus3percenttolerance(asopposedtothecurrent0.5percent)tobeacceptablefortheLossofVoltageapplication.Mostofthecalibrationhistorydataiswithin3percentoftherequiredsetpoint.Thefewexceptionsareconsiderednqrmalrandomfailures.TheDegradedVoltageapplicationwillacceptaplusorminus1.5percenttolerance.Thisvalueissuitablefortheinstallationofmoreaccurateundervoltagerelays.Basedontheabove,ithasbeenconcludedthatthereisnojeopazdytothehealthandsafetyofthepublicasaresultofthisevent.CorrectiveActionTherelayswererecalibratedtowithintheallowablevaluesatthetimeofdiscoveryduringthecalibration.Anengineeringreviewhasdeterminedaplusorminus3percenttolerancetobeacceptablefortheLossofVoltageapplicationandaplusorminus1.5percenttolerancefortheDegradedVoltageapplication.ATechnicalSpecificationchangerequesthasbeensubmitted.Inaddition,aDesignChangeregardingthereplacementofthecurrentlyinstalledDegradedVoltagerelayswithmoreaccuraterelaysisscheduledtobecompletedatthenextrefuelingoutagesforbothunits.AsstatedintheoriginalLER,wehaveincreasedthecalibrationfrequencyfromeveryeighteenmonthstomonthlyuntilthetrendindicatesadifferentfrequencyisjustified.Monthlycalibrationcheckshaveyieldedthefollowingresultstodate:4KVLossofVoltage-528calibrations65failures12.3percent4KVDegradedVoltage-264calibrations41failures15.5percentFailedComonentIdentificationNone.PreviousSimilarEventsLER316/81-015LER315/81-017LER315/82-051LER315/82-059LER316/82-100LER316/82-108LER315/83-069L'ER315/83-094NRCForm366AI669)