L-83-577, Responds to IE Bulletin 83-06, Nonconforming Matls Supplied by Tube-Line Corp Facilities .... Two 4-inch Nv Elbows Installed in St Lucie Unit 2 Shield Bldg Ventilation Sys.Justification for Continued Operation Provided
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| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Saint Lucie, Turkey Point, 05000000 |
| Issue date: | 12/06/1983 |
| From: | Williams J FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT CO. |
| To: | James O'Reilly NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
| References | |
| REF-SSINS-6820 IEB-83-06, IEB-83-6, L-83-577, NUDOCS 8312160097 | |
| Download: ML20082T692 (10) | |
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P. O. BOX 14000, JUNO DE ACH, F L 33408 FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY December 6,1983 L-83-577 Mr. James P. O'Reilly Regional Administrator, Region II U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 101 Marietta Street NW, Suite 2900 Atlanta, Georgia 30303
Dear Mr. O'Reilly:
Re:
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Docket Nos. 50-250, 50-251, 50-335, 50-389 IE Bulletin 83-06 Florida Power & Light has reviewed IE Bulletin 83-06 (Nonconforming Materials Supplied by Tube-Line Corporation Facilities at Long Island City, New York; Houston, Texas; and Carol Stream, Illinois) as it applies to Turkey Point Units 3 and 4 and St. Lucie Units 1 and 2.
Our responses to the action items of the bulletin are attached.
Should you or your staff have any questions on this information, please contact us.
Very truly yours,
& /he J. W. Wibms, Jrl.
Vice President Nuclear Energy Department JWW/PLP/js Attachment cc:
U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Document Control Desk Harold F. Reis, Esquire PNS-LI-83-709 8312160097 831206 PDR ADOCK 05000250 G
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Turkey Point' Units 3 & 4 St. Lucie Units 1 & 2 Docket Nos. 50,250, 50-251, 50-335, 50-389 IE Bulletin 83-06 FPL RESPONSES TO BULLETIN ACTION ITEMS Action Itan 1 Review the lists of purchasing and receiving companies given in Attachments 2 and 3 (of the Bulletin) and determine if any T-L supplied ASME Code materials have been furnished to your facility. The lists of purchasing and receiving companies given in Attachments 2 and 3 have been developed based on correspondence from T-L and inspections at T-L; however, NRC has not verified the completeness of these lists.
Response
FPL has reviewed the lists of purchasing a' d receiving companies given in n
the attachments. Our review has provided the following information concerning purchases from 1981 to present:
1.
Direct purchases: According to our historical files, Tube-Line has neither been listed on the FPL QA Approved Suppliers List (ASL) nor has been specially authorized by QA letter to supply QL-1, QC Required, or QL-2 materials. Under FPL's QA Program controls, this indicates FPL has never directly..porchased pressure retaining materials that were properly classified as QL-1, QC Required, or QL-2 for use in safety-related applications.
2.
Indirect purchases: A comparison of the IEB 83-06 Table 1 and 2 listing and our historical records iridicates that FPL could have indirectly purchased pressure retaining QC Required, QL-1 or QL-2 materials from the purchasers or receiving companies listed in Attachment B.
These suppliers were sent an inquiry letter to determine whether any Tube-Line materials were supplied to FPL during the period under review.
Our files do not show any indirect purchases from Tube-Line, except as noted in 2a, b, and c below.
Responses have been received from 24 of 25 suppliers indicating that no Tube-Line materials beyond those identified below were supplied to FPL during the period under review. We have followed up on and are awaiting a response from Benjamin F. Shaw Company of Wilmington, Delaware.
Thus far, only three FPL purchases involving materials supplied by Tube-Line have been identified.
Purchased from Capitol Pipe & Steel, some of these materials were delivered and installed at Turkey Point Units 3 & 4.
Another order purchased by Ebasco through B. F. Shaw was delivered and installed at St. Lucie Unit 2.
f ATTACHMENT Page 2 Re: Turkey Point Units 3 & 4 St. Lucie' Units 1 & 2 Docket Nos. 50,250, 50-251, 50-335, 50-389 IE Bulletin 83-06 l
a) P0 #15046-25133C:
Seven four-inch elbows delivered to Turkey Point Units 3 & 4 were determined acceptable through review of destructive tests performed on a spare elbow from the sane heat.
These items were dispositioned as satisf actory by Turkey Point NCR-292-83 on May 6, 1983.
1 b)
P0 #43967-39930C, DWA #387128: Twelve pipe caps were delivered to Turkey Point Units 3 & 4 from Tube-Line. The status of the pipe caps at present is as follows:
2 caps in the warehouse at PTP Backfit.
6 caps are in the Fabrication Shop, presently used in a boric acid storage tank.
2 caps are installed on Boric Acid Transfer Pump Cooling System.
2 caps cannot be located.
It is believed that these were not installed in the p1 ant.
NCR 473-83 was dispositioned as acceptable for all items installed.
Caps not installed are to be scrapped or' reclassified to nonsafety-related use only.
c) Ebasco P0 #422524/91895:.Two four-inch elbows. supplied by Tube-Line through B. F. Shaw were both-installed' in St. Lucie Unit 2.
This issue was pursued by site QA (as noted in QAC-PSL-83-162 and 83-500) and documented on DFC 3667, and by _NCR 7076R. This iton is currently being reviewed in light of the infonnation in the bulletin and is discussed in Action Item 3 below.
We will also request our architect engineers to determine if there are any other suppliers on Tables 1 and 2 th't they may have used for material for Turkey Point Units 3 and 4 and St. Lucie Units 1 and 2.
A status report on this effort and on the close out of the supplier listed above who has not responded to our inquiry will be provided by January 15, 1984.
Action Item 2 For ASME Code materials furnished by Tube-Line which are either not yet installed in safety-related systems at your f acility or are installed in safety-related systems of pl ants under construction, the following actions are requested:
(perform action a and either action b or c).
a.
Provide a list of Tube-Line supplied materials and identify the systems in which these materi als are/will be installed.
b.
Implement a pr ogran which provides assurance that received materials comply with ASME Coje Section III and applicable procurement specification requirenents, or which demonstrates that such materials are suitable for intended service. This progran should include specific verification that received autenitic stainless steels are in a nonsensitized condition.
ATTACHMENT Page 3 Re:
Turkey Point Units 3 & 4 St. Lucie~ Units 1 ~& 2 Docket Nos. 50,250, 50-251, 50-335, 50-389 IE Bulletin 83-06 c.
Replace fittings and flanges with materials which have been manuf actured in full compliance with ASME Code Section III and the applicable procurenent specification requirsnents.
Response
a.
Tube-Line supplied materials which are not installed in safety-related systems are described in Action Item 1, 2b above. This materi al will be scrapped or reclassified to nonsafety-related use only, b.
Not applicable.
c.
Because the noninstalled materials have been dispositioned as stated in 2b above, no further action is necessary.
Should the last suppliers listed in our response to Action Iten 1 identify Tube-Line materi al supplied to FPL, the materi al will be reviewed and a supplement to this response will be issued.
Action Iten 3 For ASME Code materials furnished by Tub,e,-Line which are installed in safety-related systems in operating pl ants, the following actions are requested:
a.
Provide a list of the Tube-Line supplied materials and identify the systens in which the materials are installed.
b.
Implement a progran as discussed in 2b or 2c above.
c.
Provide a basis for continued plant operation lf the progran requested by Item 3b has not been completed by the time of the bulletin response.
Response
Installed Tube-Line items are discussed in Action Iten 1, 2a, 2b,and 2c above.
The six remaining four-inch elbows at Turkey Point Unit 3 and 4 in 2a are installed within the auxiliary feedwater system. Because their continued use has been dispositioned no further action is planned.
The two installed pipe caps at Turkey Point in 2b have also been dispositioned and no further action is planned.
The two four-inch elbows at St. Lucie Unit 2 are schedule 40 pipe fittings installed in the shield building ventilation system. The disposition of these items is being reviewed in light of the infonnation in the bulletin. The information requested in Action Item 3c is attached.
JUSTIFICATION FOR CONTINUED OPERATION Florida Power & Light Company has determined that the continued operation of St.
Lucie Unit 2 is justified for several reasons:
(A) The two 4-inch elbows in question are both schedule 40 pipe fittings installed in lines I-4-CV-40 and I-4-CV-22.
These pipe lines have a design pressure of less than 1 psi because they are a part of the shield building ventilation system which is a very low pressure (near atmospheric) ventil ation system.
Other portions of this system contains Schedule 10 and 20 pipe and fittings. The use of Schedule 40 pipe fittings greatly exceeds the pressure rating requirements of this low pressure system.
(B) The plant has only recently been licensed for operation and as such has also recently canpleted its construction inspection program. This inspection program would have identified any problems associated with welding attachnents of these fittings to the renainder of this piping systen.
(C) These elbows are in branch connections in the shield building ventilation system and do not have any flow through them during assumed accident conditions.
(D) The shield building ventilation system has recently completed its performance tests as a part of the startup test program. These tests were completed satisf actorily which confirms the proper operation of this ventil ation system.
(E) Operating pressure in these elbows during assumed accident conditions is slightly subatmospheric. Any minor leakage that could result from welding problems would result in a sli'ght in-leakage to this ventilation system. As stated in the St. Lucie Unit 2 F$AR, " Leakage from cracks in the ductwork do not prevent the vent system from performing its safety function."
Based on the above considerations, Florida Power & Light Company has determined that there is adequate justification for the continued operation of St. Lucie Unit 2 until these elbows are repaired or properly dispositioned.
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ATTACHMENT B IEB 83-06: TUBE LINE (VENDORS ON FPL ASL)
BABCOCK & WILCOX POWER GENERATION GROUP, NUCLEAR EQUIPMENT DIV.
91 Stirling Avenue Barberton, OH 44203 E.S. Gaffney, QA Manager BARR-SAUN DERS, INC.
JOLIET DIVISION West Frontage Road I-55 & Rt. 6 Channahon, IL 60410 Robert T. Baxter, QA Dept.
BENJAMIN F.SHAW COMPANY l
Two Mill Road Wilmington, DE 19899 William R. Zeller, Jr., Asst. V.P. Engineering I
BINGHAM-WILLAMETTE COMPANY P. O. Box 10247
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2800 N.W. Front Avenue Portland, OR 97210 Olaf Rove, QA Manager CAPITOL PIPE & STEEL PRODUCTS CO.
DIV. OF BOWLINE CORP.
100 Century Park South Suite 122 Birmingham, AL 35226 Jeff Shaw, District Manager CAPITOL PIPE & STEEL PRODUCTS CO.
DIV. OF BOWLINE CORP.
8200 Henderson Road P. O. Box 26216 Charlotte, NC 28213 Fred H. Duncan, QA Supervisor CAPITOL PIPE & STEEL PRODUCTS CO.
DIV. OF BOWLINE CORP.
301 City Line Avenue Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004 F. P. Fetterolf, Mgr. of Technical Services Edward Naughton, QA Supervisor Page 1
IEB 83-06: TUBE LINE (VENDORS ON FPL ASL)
CAPITOL PIPE & STEEL PRODUCTS CO.
DIV. OF BOWLINE CORP.
4201 Orange Street Pearland, TX 77581 Bobby D. Coker CHICAGO BRIDGE & IRON CO.
1500 N. 50 Street l
Birmingham, AL 35212 W. F. Ricketts, QA Manager CHICAGO TUBE & IRON CO.
2531 West 48 Street Chicago, IL 60632 Tim Graham, QA Manager CONSOLIDATED PIPE & VALVE SUPPLY 1210 N. Willow Street P. O. Box 368 Mishawaka,IN 46544 Rod Hardiman, QA Manager Jerry Polis, President CRANE COMPANY CHEMPUMP DIVISION 175 Titus Avenue Warrington, PA 18976 Terence J. Flynn, QA Manager GULFA LLOY, INC.
P. O. Box 52518 4730 Darien Street Houston, TX 77028 Glenn W. Gross, QA ?
GUYON ALLOYS,INC.
5501 Executive Center Drive Suite 231 Charlotte, NC 28212 John Zelinski, District Manager Page 2
IEB 83-06: TUBE LINE (VENDORS ON FPL ASL)
GUYON ALLOYS,INC.
950 South Fourth Street Harrison, NY 07029 Robert A. Orr, Jr., Asst. QA Manager GUYON ALLOYS,INC.
3400 Rogerdale Road Houston, TX 77042 William Obergfell, QA Manager
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ENERGY & PROCESS DIV.
2146 Flintstone Drive P. O. Box 125 Tucker, GA 30084 Mitch Williams, QA Manager Martin Smith, V.P. & Gen. Mgr.
JOLIET VALVES, INC.
P. O. Box 400 South Ridge Road Minooks,IL 60447 Janet Swank, QA Manager LIQUID CARBONICS CORP.
2910 Stirling Road Hollywood, FL 33020 Anthony W. Fisher, Manager LIQUID CARBONICS CORP.
9950 Chemical Road Hcuston, TX 77058 Robert Daniels, Lab Manager LOUIS P. CANUSO, INC.
Cedar & Spruce Streets P. O. Box 378 Deptford, NJ 08096 Dale H. Richards, ??
Louis P. Canuso, President Page 3
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IEB R3-06: TUBE LINE (VENDORS ON FPL ASL)
MAGNETROL INTERNATIONAL, INC.
DIV. OF SCHAUB ENGINEERING 5300 Belmont Road Downers Grove, IL 60515 R. T. Stibbe, QA Supervisor METAL BELLOWS CORP.
20960 Knapp Street Chatsworth, CA 91311 Jan Shafer, QA Manager James Solheim, V.P. of Operations & Gen. Mgr.
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RICHMOND ENGINEERING RECO INDUSTRIES, INC.
Seventh & Hospital Streets Richmond, VA 23219 C. H. Massengill, QA Manager TUBECO, INC.
123 Varick Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11237 S. J. Travella, QA Manager William Goldsmith, President e
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