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LER 89-004-00:on 890715,discovered That Reactor Containment Fan Coolers Had Filter Media in Place During Power Operations.Caused by Inadequate Maint Instructions.Filters Removed & Maint Instructions revised.W/890814 Ltr
ML17223A288
Person / Time
Site: Saint Lucie NextEra Energy icon.png
Issue date: 08/14/1989
From: SNYDER M J, WOODY C O
FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT CO.
To:
NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
References
L-89-299, LER-89-004-03, LER-89-4-3, NUDOCS 8908220121
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gcczlERATED DISI+3UTION DEMONSTRA'gN SYSTEMREGULATORY INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM(RIDS)ACCESSION NBR:8908220121 DOC.DATE:

89/08/14NOTARIZED:

NOFACIL:50-335 St.LuciePlant,Unit1,FloridaPower&LightCo.AUTH.NAMEAUTHORAFFILIATION SNYDER,M.J.

FloridaPower&LightCo.WOODY,C.O.

FloridaPower&LightCo.RECIP.NAME RECIPIENT AFFILIATION DOCKET05000335R

SUBJECT:

LER89-004-00:on 890715,containment fancoolerfiltersleftinplaceduringunitpoweroperation duetoIP.W/8ltr.DISTRIBUTION CODE:IE22TCOPIESRECEIVED:LTR ENCL/SIZE:TITLE:50.73/50.9 LicenseeEventReport(LER),ncidentRpt,etc.NOTES:RECIPIENT IDCODE/NAME PD2-2LANORRIS,JINTERNAL:

ACRSMICHELSON ACRSWYLIEAEOD/DSP/TPABDEDRONRR/DEST/CEB 8HNRR/DEST/ICSB 7NRR/DEST/MTB 9HNRR/DEST/RSB 8ENRR/DLPQ/HFB 10NRR/DOEA/EAB 11NUDOCS-ABSTRACT RES/DSIR/EIB EXTERNALEG&GWILLIAMSESLSTLOBBYWARDNRCPDRNSICMURPHY,G.A COPIESLTTRENCL111111111111111111111111111144111111RECIPIENT IDCODE/NAME PD2-2PDACRSMOELLERAEOD/DOAAEOD/ROAB/DSP IRM/DCTS/DAB NRR/DEST/ESB 8DNRR/DEST/MEB 9HNRR/DEST/PSB 8DNRR/DEST/SGB 8DNRR/DLPQ/PEB 10PB10REGFILE02GN2ILE01FORDBLDGHOY,ALPDRNSICMAYS,GCOPIESLTTRENCL1122112211111111111.1221111111111hRID/hFULLTEXTCONVERSION REQUIREDTOTALNUMBEROFCOPIESREQUIRED:

LTTR40ENCL40 P.O.Box14000, JunoBeach,FL33408-0420

@PLAUGUSTj14198gL-89'-299 U.S.NuclearRegulatory Commission Attn:DocumentControlDeskWashington, D.C.20555Gentlemen:

Re:St.LucieUnit1DocketNo.50-335Reportable Event:89-04DateofEvent:July15,1989Containment FanCoolerFiltersLeftinPlaceDuringUnitPover0erationDuetoInadeateProcedures Theattachedvoluntary LicenseeEventReportisbeingsubmitted toprovidenotification ofthesubjectevent.Verytrulyyours,C.0.WoodyActingSeniorVicePresident

-NuclearCOW/JRH/cm

'ttachments cc:StewartD.Ebneter,RegionalAdministrator, RegionII,USNRCSeniorResidentInspector, USNRC,St.LuciePlantan'f'r.Groupcompany NAC)erin$44195$1LICENSEEEVENTREPORTILER)U.S.NUCLEAAREGULATORY COMMISSION APPAOVEOOMBNO2'1100104 EXPIRES4-$1BSFACILITYNAME111DOCKETNUMBERIllPASt.Lucie,UnitOne0500033510FO CONTAINMENT FANCOOLERFILTERSLEFTINPLACEDURINGUNITPOVEROPERATION DUETOINADEQUATE PROCEDURES EVENTDATEISILERNUMBER(41REPORTDATE171OTHERFACILITIE5INVOLVEDISIMONTHOAYYEARYEAR140Ij44TIAL4VM44IMOIIITHNIMofreOAYYEARiACII.ITY VAMESN/AOOCKFTNVMBERISI 05000071589840008148N/A05000OPERATINO MODE(~)5POWERLEYEL000~i20.402(oi 20405(~)Ill(il20.40541(I)iii120.405(~IllI(iiil20.405(~l(l)(ivl20,405(~1111(vI20.405(cl 50.$4(cl(ll50.$4(el(2)50.7$(eI(2)Ii)50.7$(~l(ll(iilS0.7l(el(2)(iiil LICENSEECONTACTFORTHISLER(12)50.7l(~I(2l(ivi50.72(~)(21(vI50,77(4)(21(riiI507$N)(ll(niil(AI 50.7$(~l(21(riillIBI S0.7l(~I(2)(e)THISREPORTISSUBMITTED PURSUANTT0tHEREOUIREMENTS of10cfA():IcnrceonroirnrNroImrIoooiiinpl (117$.71(4)7$.7)(c)DTHEAlsorcirrinAorrrectoiio>>rod.nTerr.rVIICfor<<<<$54AIVoluntary 4AMEMichaelJ.Snyder,ShiftTechnical AdvisorTELEPIrONE 4VMBERAREACODE407465"3550COMPLE'Tf ONfLINEfOAEACHCOMPONENT FAILUREDESCRIBED INTHISREPORT1121CAUSESYSTEMCOMPO454T MANLPAC.Ti,'AfREPOA-ABLE TO4PRDSCAVSESYSTEMCOMPONENT 4IANVFAC.

TVREREPORTABLf TOherrDSSUPPLEMENTAL AEPOATEXPECTED(141EXPECTEDSV5MISSIONDATE(151MO47viDAYvfARYESII'nCOMP~rrEXPECTEDSVSMrSSiOiV OATEI4OAssTRAcTILinvrrorepCroicrrir,roorov.i<<rrr II'Irri<<e<<prrroke~trorn<<rrin I.<<nl1141On15July,1989,whileSt.LucieUnitOnewasshutdown, itwasdiscovered thattheReactorContainment FanCoolers(RCFC)hadfiltermediainplaceduringpoweroperations.

TheRCFCfiltersreducefoulingofthesystem'scoolingcoilswhentheunitisshutdown.

Filterswereinstalled duringtheFebruary1987refueling outage,werereplacedduringtheJuly1988refueling outageandleftinstalled untilJuly,1989.Thecauseofthiseventwasduetoinadequate maintenance instructions.

Thefilterswereremoved,andanEngineering evaluation isbeingpreparedtoverifyfilterperformance underaccidentconditions.

St.LucieUnitTwoRCFCwereverifiedtohavefiltersremoved,maintenance instructions willberevised,andothersafetyrelatedcomponents werecheckedforimproperly installed filters.Thiseventwasdetermined nottobereportable under10CFR50.72 or50.73andisbeingsubmitted forinformational purposes.

NACperi<<$44195$1 NRCfeIAI388AWQI~LICENSEEEVE:TREPORT(LER)TEXTCONTINUATI U.S.NUCLEARREGULATORY COMMISSION APPROVEOOM8NO.3150WI04EXPIRES:8/31/NlfACILITYNAMEIlIOOCKETNUMSER121YEARLERNUMSER18)+SI55OVENTIAL r@INVM58AEVI5IONNVM5APAGELSISt.Lucie,UnitOneTOIT/8'AMleNMCP8/59VIREV5444RRMA4/H/IC hem3/5348/(Itl0500033502OFDESCRIPTION OFEVENT:On15July,1989,whileSt.LucieUnitOne(PSLl)wasshutdownforaSteamGenerator (EIISIAB) tubeplugreplacement outage,aninspection oftheReactorContainment FanCoolers(EIISIBK)

(RCFC)showedthattheprefilter mediaforthesecoolerswasexcessively discolored.

ThesystemTechnical ManualfortheRCFCimpliesthattheprefilter mediashouldonlybeusedduringshutdownmodesofoperation toreducefoulingofthecoolingcoilsduringconstruction ormaintenance.

Theprefilters wereinstalled duringtheFebruary1987refueling

.outageandremainedinplaceuntilthenextrefueling outageofJuly,1988.Newfiltersinstalled duringtheJuly1988outagewereleftinplaceuntilJuly1989.Thelengthoftimethesefilterswereinstalled promptedutilitypersonnel toinitiateanoperability assessment onpastsystemperformance.

CAUSEOFTHEEVENT:Thecauseofallowingprefilter mediatoremaininplaceduringpoweroperation wasduetomaintenance instructions notstatingthatthefiltershouldbeusedonlyduringoutageperiods.ANALYSISOFEVENT:Technical, Specification 3/4.6.2.3 addresses thesurveillance requirements andthebasesforthecontainment coolingsystem.Theoperability oftheRCFCensuresthat1)thecontainment airtemperature willbemaintained withinlimitsduringnormaloperation, and2)adequateheatremovalcapacityisavailable whenoperatedinconjunction withtheContainment SpraySystemsduringpostulated lossofcoolantaccidentconditions.

Thesurveillance requirements fortheRCFCweremetunderpastsystemperformance.

Thebasesofsystemoperation weresatisfied asfollows:1)Normalcontainment airtemperature wasmaintained withinthelimitssetbyPSL1Technical Specification 3/4.6.1.5.

Also,theRCFCmanufacturer, Westinghouse, analyzedtheresultsofdifferential pressure(dp)measurements takenoneachofthefourcoolingfansanddetermined thattheasfoundfilterresistance wasnotaproblemduringnormalandpostulated accidentmodeoperation.

Themeasureddpwaslessthanthemaximumdpfortherecommended filters.Therefore, theminimum"airflowrequirement fortheRCFCwasneverviolatedunderpastsystemperformance.

NRCPOAM545Ar4USGPOII9880824538/455 NRCform388A(Q4)3)LICENSEEEVEREPORT{LER)TEXTCONTINUATIO)

U.S.NUCLEARREOULATORY COMMISSION APPROVEOOMSNO.3150-0104 EXPIRES:8/3'I/88FACILITYNAMEII)DOCKETNUMBERll)LERNUMBERIS)PACE(3)St.Lucie,UnitOneTEitT/SRSNoCfoco/4oqulor/Uoo/aP/N/one////)C

%%dnR38SA'4)IIT)05000335YEARrPPv.SEOUENTIAL NUMSERREVISIONNUMSER03OF2)Section6.2ofthePSL1FUSARdescribes thedesignbasesandminimumrequirements forcontainment heatremovalsystems.Anyoneofthefollowing threesubsystems willprovideatleastminimumheatremovalcapability necessary tolimitandreducethepostaccidentcontainment pressureandtemperature:

allfourcontainment fancoolers(100percentcapacity),

eitherofthetwocontainment spraytrains(EIISIBE)

(100percentcapacityforeachsubsystem).

Evenassumingtheworstcase,noRCFCavailable andasingleactivefailureinoneofthetwocontainment spraytrains,thesafetyfunctionofcontainment heatremovalwouldhavebeenmetwiththeremaining operablecontainment spraysubsystem.

Basedontheabove,itcanbeconcluded thatthehealthandsafetyofthepublicwerenotaffectedatanytimewiththecontinuous installation ofprefilters intheRCFC.Thiseventisnotdeemedreportable aspertherequirements of10CFR50.73,orofanyoperation orcondition prohibited bySt.LuciePlant'sTechnical Specifications.

However,thisreportisbeingsubmitted forinformational purposes.

CORRECTIVE ACTIONS:1.St.LucieUnitTwo'sRCFCsystemTechnical Manualexplicitly statesthattheprefilter mediashouldberemovedpriortopoweroperation.

Aninspection ofUnitTwo'sRCFCon15Julyconfirmed thatalloftheRCFCprefilter mediawasremovedbeforetheunitbeganpoweroperations.

2.TestswereruntomeasurethedpacrosseachfilterandcoolingunitforPSL1.Thesetestrunsweremadetoaddresspossibleoperability concernsoverapotentially highfilterdp.Apreliminary Engineering evaluation deter'mined thattheRCFCwereoperablewithprefilters installed duringpoweroperation.

3.Theprefilters wereremovedfromthePSLlRCFCandwillnotbeusedduringpoweroperations.

r4.AnEngineering safetyevaluation isbeingperformed to,determine theenvironmental qualification ofthefiltermediaandtheperformance ofthesefiltersunderpostulated accidentconditions.

ContactwithWestinghouse, FloridaFilters(supplier ofthefiltermedialastused),andothermaterialmanufacturers hasbeenestablished inordertoassesspastperformance capabilities oftheRCFC.NRCCORM344A)8831oU.S.GPO:I9880.824538/~55 kllCPocMS44AIbbb>LICENSEETREPORT(LER)TEXTCONTINUAV$IIVCLEAII AEGVLATOIIY COMMIS'PPIIOVEO OMbIIOSISO&104EXPIIIE$.b/SIIEEIPACILITYNAMEillSt.Lucie,UnitOneTEXT(/vere4S444b14EMPSKE444~iVIICAsmJXA'4)(17lOOCKETIIUMSESI(SS05000335YSAALEllRUMSEAlblSSGVCHT<AL

~NUMSAASM+IQHMMM4ApPAGEulpgOF5,PSL1'sTechnical ManualonRCFCwillbechangedtoexplicitly prohibitleavingfiltermediaonthefansduringpoweroperation.

6.Othersafety-related components werecheckedtoverifythatnoothercomponents haveunanalyzed filtersinstalled.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

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