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LER 88-003-01:on 880311,limiting Condition for Operation for ESF Instrumentation Violated.Caused by Highly Restrictive Allowable Values.Tech Spec Change Request Will Be Submitted in Near future.W/880729 Ltr
ML17326B413
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Site: Cook American Electric Power icon.png
Issue date: 07/29/1988
From: BEILMAN T P, SMITH W G
INDIANA MICHIGAN POWER CO. (FORMERLY INDIANA & MICHIG
To:
NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION & RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (ARM)
References
LER-88-003, LER-88-3, NUDOCS 8808110218
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tACCESSIONNBR:8808110218DOC.DATE:88/07/29NOTARIZED:NODOCKETFACIL:50-316DonaldC.CookNuclearPowerPlant,Unit2,Indiana&05000316AUTH.NAMEAUTHORAFFILIATIONBEILMAN,T.P.IndianaMichiganPowerCo.SMITH,W.G.IndianaMichiganPowerCo.RECIP.NAMERECIPIENTAFFILIATION

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'.IRCForm344(943)LICENSEEEVENTREPORT{LER)US.NUCLEARREOULATORYCOMMISSIONAPPROVEDOMSNO.3150410eEXPIRES:4I31ISSFACILITYNAME(I)D.C.COOKNUCLEARPLANT-UNIT2DOCKETNUMBER(2)PAEpsppp3161QFOREPETITIVEVIOLATIONOFESFINSTRUMENTATIONLIMITINGCONDITIONSFOROPERATIONTOLERANCESDUETOHIGHLYRESTRICTIVEALLOWABLEVALUESMONTHOAYYEAREVENTDATE(5)YEARLERNUMBERIS)~+g'EOUENTIALNVMBEriIIEvrerONNUMBERREPORTDATE(7)MONTHOAYYEAROTHERFACILITIESINVOLVED(4)DOCKETNUMBER(s)05000315FACILITYNAMESD.C.COOK-UNIT10311OPERATINOMODEIBI88POWERLEVEL(10)~x.'mptcrI+ryg...Y.cLmo7;,:.ci.jjC4>:n4880030107298820.e02(B)20.405(el(1)(il20.e05(el(1((BI20.e05(el(1)(iii)20A05(eI(1)(ir)20A05(eIll)(r)20A05(cl50.34(e)(1)50.34(cl(2)50.73(el(2)(i)50.73(el(2l(4)50.73(el(2)(iii)LICENSEECONTACTFOR'THISLER(12)50,73(el(2)(Irl50.73(el(2I(r)50.73(e)(2)(rill50.73(el(2l(riii)(Al50.73(eH2)(riB)(S)50.73(eI(2)(r)0THEREQUIREMENTSOF10CFR$;(Cheeponeotmoteofthefoiforllnpl(llTHISREPORT1$SUBMITTEDPURSUANTT0500073.71FBI73.71(clDTHERIspeclfyInAortrectBelowenrfInTent,HIICFormJSEAIT.P.BEILMANINSTRUMENTATIONANDCONTROLDEPARTMENTSUPERINTENDENTTELEPHONENUMBERAREACODE616465-90ICOMPLETEONELINEFOREACHCOMPONENTFAILUREDESCRIBEDINTHISREPORT113)CAUSESYSTEMCOMPONENTMANUFAC1'UREREPORTASLETONPROS"'mp":e@on'4,.g.CAUSESYSTEMCOMPONENTMANUFAC-TUREREPORTASLE1'0NPROS';k.;.,go+j4:3,4VM'(AY%~@~<4Igj,".,)Iggj.SUPPLEMENTALREPORTEXPECTEDIIeiYESllfyer,comprereEXPECTEDSVBMISSIOHOATEINOASSTRACT(Limirtolc00rpecer,Ie.,eppfoeimerelyfifteenrinpte.rpecetyperrnrNnlined(14)MONTHDAYEXPECTEDSUSMISSIONDATEII5)YEARThisrevisionisbeingsubmittedtoreflecttheresultsoftheincreasedfrequencycalibrationchecksperformedtodate.OnMarchll,1988anequipmenttrendinvestigationwasbeingperformedon4KVBusLossofVoltagerelaysandthe4KVBusDegradedVoltagerelays(EIIS/EK-27).The'asfound'onditionoftheserelaysduringpastcali-brationcheckshasgenerallybeenfoundtobebeyondtheTechnicalSpecification(T.S.)allowablevalues.Eachrelayvasadjustedtowithinallowablevaluesatthetimeitwasdiscoveredoutofspecifica-tion.AllrelaysverefunctionalandwouldhaveperformedtheESFfunction,althoughataslightlydifferentvoltagethanspecifiedinT.S.Anengineeringreviewhasdeterminedaplusorminus3percenttolerance(asopposedtothecurrent0.5percent)tobeacceptableforthetwoapplications.ATechnicalSpecificationchangerequestwillbesubmittedinthenearfuture.AsstatedintheoriginalLER,vehaveincreasedthecalibrationfrequencyfromeveryeighteenmonthstomonthly.SSOS1>OV.aS8~pDR>DOCK05O8NRCForm345Innhl NRCForm3SSA(9431LICENSEEEVENTREPORT(LER)TEXTCONTINUATIONU.S.NUCLEARREGULATORYCOMMISSIONAPPROVEDOMBNO.3150&104EXPIRES:8/31/88FACILITYKAMEillD.C.COOKNUCLEARPLANT-UNIT2COCKETNUMBER12)YEARLERNUMBER(6)SEOVSNTIALNVMSSRREVISIONNUMBERPACEl31TEXT//maosPocP11rmF4PSI/,I/PP//I/O44/A'RCFr/mr3//SA3/1IT/00o316880030102QF04Thisrevisionisbeingsubmittedtoreflecttheresultsoftheincreasedfrequencycalibrationchecksperformedtodate.ConditionsPriorToOccurrenceUnit1andUnit2wereoperatingat90percentand80percentreactorthermalpower,respectively,throughouttheevent.Therewerenoinoperativestructures,components,orsystemsthatcontributedtothisevent.DescritionofEventOnMarch11,1988,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,41werefoundtobeoutsideoftheT.S.tolerances.Theamountofdeviationfromtheallowablesetpointbandwaslimitedanddistributionamongtherelayswasrandom,indicatingnoparticularrelaytobedefective.Asurveyofotherutilitieswhichusethistypeofrelayrevealedthattheperformanceofourrelaysisconsistentwiththeirexperienceandwithinmanufacturer'sspecifications.Eachrelaywasreadjustedtowithinallowablevaluesatthetimeitwasdiscoveredoutofspecification.TheLossofVoltagerelaysareinstalledtosensealossofoffsiteornormalauxiliarypowertotheESS4KVbuses.Oncethelossofvoltagehasbeensensedandafteratwo-secondtimedelay,theserelaysina2/3phaseslogicinitiateloadsheddingandemergencydieselgeneratorstarting.TheDegradedBusVoltagerelaysareinstalledtosensedegradedreservepowerfeedtotheESS4KVbusesand,ona2/3phaseslogicwithatwo-minutetimedelay,tripopentheres'ervefeedbreakersandstarttheemergencydieselgenerators.Oncetheemergencydieselgeneratorhasrestoredbusvoltagetonormal,safetyloadsaresequencedontothesafetybuses.TheTechnicalSpecificationsforUnit1and2haveexistingsetpointsof80percent(+.5X,-1.0Z)fortheLossofVoltageand90percent(+1.0Z,-.5X)fortheDegradedGriddetection.Thetoleranceonthesesetpointsarecloserthantherelayscanobtain,andmoreimportantly,closerthanrequiredforperformingtheirintendedfunction,i.e.,sensinglossofnormalvoltage,initiatingloadshedding,anddieselstarting.~sr4Aors~444.rs444.sI14'J%%

oNRCForm3BBA(883)LICENSEEEVENTREPORTILER)TEXTCONTINUATIONU.S.NUCLEARREOULATORYCOMMISSIONAPPROVEOOMBNO3150W104EXPIRES:8/3)/88FACILITYNAME(I)OOCKETNUMBER(21LERNUMBER(BlPACE(3)D.C.COOKNUCLEARPLANT-UNIT205~0003IYEAA88pCArYOhl)SEQUENTIALi~);NuMBBA00AevlsloNNVMBBA0103OF0'4TEXT(/mreo<<>>coJeroeo)BIEr>>oRRI)Or>>INRC%%drm30%43)(17)CauseOfTheEventCalibrationhistoryshowsaperformancerecordinlinewithundervoltagerelaysusedatotherplants.Wehavereviewedtheapplicationofundervoltagerelaysforthisfunctionwithotherutilitiesandvariousrelaymanufacturers.Wehaveconcludedthattheundervoltagerelaysarebeingproperlyappliedinthismodeasaconventionalprotectiverelay.Thisusewouldnotnormallyinvolvehavinganacceptanceband.ManyutilitiesconsultedhadnoTechnicalSpecificationrequiredtolerancesforthisfunctionandothershadbroaderallowancevalueswhichmorecloselyreflectthemanufacturer'sexpectedperformancetolerances.AnalsisOfTheEventAmericanElectricPower'sSystemvoltagestudieshavebeenperformedandindicatethattheworstcasevoltageontheESSbusesatthetheCookNuclearPlantwouldbe87.3percent.WedonotexpecttheESSbusvoltagetodroptoalowervoltagethanthisunlessacompleteplantblackoutconditionoccurred.Underablackoutcondition,theESSbusvoltagewouldquicklydropwellbelowthe80percentundervoltagerelay.setpointandinitiateloadsheddinganddieselstart.Theonlyfunctionofthe80percentvoltagerelaysistosenseatotallossofESSbusvoltage.Therefore,thesetpointdeviationswe'eexperiencedtranslateintoadifferentlinevoltageandtimethantheTechnicalSpecificationcallsfor,butthetimeinvolvedforthisadditionalvoltagedropisinsignificant.Thefunctionofthedegradedbusrelaysaretodisconnecttheplantfromthegridforasustaineddegradedcondition,i.e.,lessthan90percentvoltageforatleasttwominutes.Theyarearmedonlywhentheplantisfedfromoffsitepower.Plantnormalconfigurationistobefedfromthegeneratorauxiliarytransformersexceptforshortperiodsduringstartupandshutdown.Therefore,theserelaysarenotnormallyactiveduringunitoperation.Again,relatingtooursystemstudies,wedonotbelievetheslightoutoftolerancetobeasafetyproblemforthedegradedbusrelays.Ourstudiesindicatethatthelowestpossibleoffsitevoltagetoourbuseswouldbe93.3percentexceptfortheshortperiodduringReactorCoolantPump(RCP)starting,whichislessthanoneminute.DuringRCPstarting,thebusvoltagecandipto87.3percent,however,weareprotectedfromanun-necessarytripbythetwo-minutetimedelayonthiscircuit.Aplusorminus3percenttolerance(asopposedtothecurrent0.5percent)hasbeendeterminedtobeacceptablebyengineeringreview.Mostofthecalibrationhistorydataiswithin3percentoftherequiredsetpoint.Thefewexceptionsareconsiderednormalrandomfailures.~~4AOAInoo,h.AO~,414>>$4 NRCForm388A(S43lLICENSEEEVENTREPORT(LER)TEXTCONTINUATIONU.S.NUCLEARREGULATORYCOMMISSIONAPPROVEOOMBNO.3150M104EXPIRES:8/31/88FACILITYNAME(IlD.C.COOKNUCLEARPLANT-UNIT2OOCKETNUMBER(2IYEARI.ERNUMBER(SISEQUENTIALNr/MBE/IAEYIS/ONNUMSEAI'AGEI3)TEXT/8'mmeapace/s/l//kror/Irwedi&onslNRC%%dr/38843/(IT)3168800301040F04Basedontheabove,ithasbeenconcludedthatthereisnojeopardytothehealthandsafetyofthepublicasaresultofthisevent.CorrectiveActionEquivalentrelayswithlessdrifthavenotbeenidentifiedasavailableintheindustry.Therelayswererecalibratedtowithintheallowablevaluesatthetimeofdiscoveryduringthecalibration.Inaddition,alloftherelayswererecalibratedfromApril7-9,1988.Outofthe36relaysforUnits1and2,elevenwerefoundoutofspecification.Unit1'swerelastcalibratedinJuly1987andUnit2'swerecalibratedinFebruary1988.Anengineeringreviewhasdeterminedaplusorminus3percenttolerancetobeacceptablefortheapplicationswheretheserelaysarebeingused.ATechnicalSpecificationchangerequestwillbesubmittedinthenearfuture.AsstatedintheoriginalLER,wehaveincreasedthecalibrationfrequencyfromeveryeighteenmonthstomonthlyuntilthetrendindicatesadifferentfrequencyisjustified.Monthlycalibrationcheckshaveyieldedthefollowingresultstodate:4KVLossofVoltage-48calibrations6failures4KVDegradedVoltage-24calibrations8failuresFailedComonentIdentificationNone.PreviousSimilarEventsLER316/81-015LER315/81-017LER315/82-051LER315/82-059LER316/82-100LER316/82-108LER315/83<<069LER315/83-094~~~o<<So<<<<<<ooo.r<<.rroo.A1R<<AAC IndianaMichiganPo~r(orCompanyCookihuclearPiant~P.O.Box458Bndgman,iMI491066I6>>655901July29,88UnitedStatesNuclearRegulatoryCommissionDocumentControlDeskWashington,D.C.20555OperatingLicenseDPR-58DocketNo.50-316DocumentControlManager:Inaccordancewiththecriteriaestablishedby10CFR50.73entitledLicenseeEventReortinSstem,thefollowingreportisbeingsubmitted:88-003-01Sincerely,W.G.Smith,JPlantManagerWGS:clwAttachmentcc:D.H.Williams,Jr.A.B.Davis,RegionIIIM.P.AlexichP.A.BarrettJ.E.BorggrenR.F.EroegerNRCResidentInspectorJ.F.Stang,NRCR.C.CallenG.Charnoff,Esq.DottieSherman,ANILibraryD.HahnINPOPkJSRCA.A.BlindS.J.Brewer/B.P.Lauzau