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LER 98-004-01:on 980302,TS Required LSFT of Level 8 Trip of Main Turbine Was Missed.Caused by Knowledge Deficiency of EHC Sys.Revised Applicable LSFT Procedures Prior to Refueling Outage 6.W/980604 Ltr
ML18040A345
Person / Time
Site: Nine Mile Point Constellation icon.png
Issue date: 06/04/1998
From: DAHLBERG K A, WARD K D
NIAGARA MOHAWK POWER CORP.
To:
NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
References
LER-98-004, LER-98-4, NMP2L-1788, NUDOCS 9806160140
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NIAGARAMOHAWKGENERATIONBUSINESSGROUPNINEMILEPOINTNUCLEARSTATION/lAKE ROAD,P.O.BOX63,LYCOMING, NEWYORK13093dune4,1998'NNP2L1788UnitedStatesNuclearRegulatory Commission Attn:DocumentControlDeskWashington, DC20555RE:DocketNo.50-410LER98-04,Supplement 1Gentlemen:

Inaccordance with10CFR50.73 (a)(2)(i)(B),

wearesubmitting LER98-04,Supplement 1,"MissedTechnical Specification RequiredLSFTofLevel8TripofMainTurbine."

Thissupplement istoclarifyactionstakentocorrectthecauseofknowledge deficiency.

Verytrulyyours,KimA.Dahlberg, PlantManager-NhG?2KAD/GJG/kap Attachment xc:Mr.H.J.Miller,RegionalAdministrator, RegionIMr.B.S.Norris,SeniorResidentInspector RecordsManagement 9806ihoi40 50004iePDRADQCK0S 0

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JJ>>cc)06)OnMarch2,1998,NiagaraMohawkPowerCorporation (NMPC)determined thattheNineMilePointUnit2(MMP2)LogicSystemFunctional Tests(LSFT)forthemainturbinetriponhighreactorvessellevel(Level8)failedtoverifytheentirecircuit.Thisisaviolation ofTechnical Specification Surveillance Requirement (TSSR)4.3.9.2whichisrequiredtobeperformed atleastonceper18months.Thecauseofthiseventhasbeendetermined tobeanapparentknowledge deficiency oftheElectroHydraulic Control(EHC)systemcombinedwithpoorworkpractices, whichledtheLSFTprocedure developers toconcludethattheEHCpanelwastheactuateddevice.Contributing tothiseventwastheomissionofrelevantinformation whentheLSFTprocedure fortheLevel8turbinetripwasdeveloped.

ThecircuitdiagramsfortheLevel8turbinetripshowtheEHCpanelasacircuittermination.

Theapplicable LSFTprocedures willberevisedpriortorefueling outage6(RFO6).Thiseventhasbeendiscussed withpersonnel performing theGenericLetter96-01procedure reviews.

0 NRCFORM366AFACILIIYNAME(I)REGULATORY COMMISSION LICENSEEEVENTREPORT(LER)TEXTCONTINUATION PROVEDOMBNO.3)30010lEXPIRES:ESIIMATED BURDENPERRESPONSETOCOMPLYWmlTlIISDIFORMATION COLLECfION REQUEST:SOA)IBLS.FORWARDCOMMEÃfSREGARDBIG BURDENESIIMATETOTIIERECORDSANDREMRTSMANAGEMENI'RANCII (M30),US.NUCLEARREGULATORY COMMISSION WASIENGfON>>

DC3OSSStANDTOTHEPAPERWORK REDUCflON PROJECfOISOOIOQ, OFHCEOFMANAGEMENI'ND BUDGEf,WASIIINGTON, DC20303.PAGEO)NineMilePointUnit205000410YEAR$9804REVISIONNUMBER0102OF04TE)ffQnsarvtPttttltttyket,sr@ofdMasdNRCionaSSSI's)PDOnMarch2,1998,NiagaraMohawkPowerCorporation (NMPC)determined thattheNineMilePointUnit2(NMP2)LogicSystemFunctional Tests(LSFT)forthemainturbinetriponhighreactorvessellevel(Level8)failedtoverifytheentirecircuit.Thisisaviolation ofTechnical Specification Surveillance Requirement (TSSR)4.3.9.2whichisrequiredtobeperformed atleastonceper18months.Thisdeficiency wasidentified inresponsetoaquestionfromanotherlicenseeconcerning LSFTtestingoftheElectroHydraulic Control(EHC)system.TheEHCsystemengineerreviewedtheLSFTdrawingsanddetermined thattheEHCcircuithadbeentestedfromtheLevel8transmitter toanEHCpanelinaccordance withanLSFTprocedure whichreferences TS4.3.9.2.Thecircuitry fromthemastertripbuswithintheEHCpaneltotheturbinestopandcontrolvalveswastestedinaccordance withanInstrument andControlsurveillance procedure whichdidnotspecifically reference TS4.3.9.2.However,thecircuitry fromtheEHCpanelinputterminals tothemastertripbuswasnottestedineitheroftheLSFTprocedures.

Afterfurtherreview,itwasfoundthattheEHCpanelcircuitry fromtheinputterminals tothemastertripbushasbeentestedsinceRefueling Outage3inOctober1993,butnotbyanLSFT.Workordershavebeeninitiated withsteptexttoperformthetestingeachrefueling outagesinceRFO3.Therefore, theentirecircuithasbeentestedsinceOctober1993tomeettheLSFTrequirements.

NMPChadperformed twopreviousLSFTreviewsandaninitialreviewofthisLevel8LSFTaspartoftheoverallLSFTreviewforGenericLetter(GL)96-01.Noneofthesereviewsidentified thisdeficiency.

However,theNhP2GL96-01processhasnotbeencompleted.

Aseniorengineerisrequiredtoperformanindependent verification oftheinitialreviewer's work.Thatverification wouldlikelyhaveidentified thisdeficiency.

Thecauseofthiseventhasbeendetermined tobeanapparentknowledge deficiency oftheEHCsystemcombinedwithpoorworkpractices, whichledtheLSFTprocedure developers toconcludethattheEHCpanelwastheactuateddevice.Contributing tothisevent,was theomissionofrelevantinformation whentheLSFTprocedure fortheLevel8turbinetripwasdeveloped.

ThecircuitdiagramsfortheLevel8turbinetripshowtheEHCpanelasacircuittermination.

Thecauseoftheindividual notfindingthisduringtheinitialGL96-01reviewwasagainknowledge deficiency andpoorworkpractice.

Theindividual believedthatsincetheEHC/Turbine Systemisnon-safety related,theactualtripofthemainturbinewassimplyaneconomicissuetopreventturbinedamageandnotforreactorsafety.Basedonthis,theindividual didnotpursuehisreviewbeyondtheEHCpanelinput.

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"anyoperation orcondition prohibited bytheplant'sTechnical Specifications."

Thepurposeoftheturbinetriponhighwaterlevelistocauseareactorscramtolimittheminimumcriticalpowerratio.NMP2UpdatedSafetyAnalysisReport(USAR)Section15.1.2,Feedwater Controller Failure-MaximumDemand,Subsection 15.1.2.2.3, EffectofSingleFailuresandOperatorErrors,states"InTable15.1-3,thefirstsensedeventtoinitiatecorrective actiontothetransient isthevesselhighwaterlevel(L8)trip.MultiplelevelsensorsareusedtosenseanddetectwhenthewaterlevelreachestheL8setpoint.

Atthispointinthelogic,asinglefailurewillnotinitiateorpreventaturbinetripsignal.Turbinetripsignaltransmission, however,isnotbuilttosingle-failure criterion.

Theresultofafailureatthispointwouldhavetheeffectofdelayingthepressurization "signature."

However,highmoisturelevelsenteringtheturbinewillbedetectedbyhighlevelsintheturbinesmoistureseparators, resulting inatripoftheunit."Inaddition, excessive moistureenteringtheturbinewillcausevibration tothepointwhereittoowilltriptheunit."Basedupontheseotherturbinetripsignalsandassociated reactorscram,theimpactofnothavingthisLevel8tripisnegligible.

Therefore, thiseventdidnotposeathreattopublichealthandsafetyortoplantpersonnel.

Theapplicable LSFTprocedures willberevisedpriortonextuse.2.Thiseventhasbeenreviewedandexpectations reinforced withthepersonnel performing theGL96-01procedure reviews.Thepurposeofthisreviewwastoassurethatpersonnel clearlyunderstand thatanLSFTisrequiredtotestfrominitiating devicetotheactuateddevice.Theverification processforGL96-01willspecifically addresstheLSFTcircuitscopeaspartoftheverification review.Theverification reviewsarescheduled forcompletion bytheendofRFO6.Sincethepersonnel whooriginally developed theEHC-LSFTprocedures arenolongeremployedatNMPC,andCorrective Action2assuredathoroughreview,noadditional trainingiswarranted.

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