W3P81-2344, Responds to NRC 810624 & 0930 Ltrs Re 10CFR50,App R Licensing Requirement & Implementation of Fire Protection Features.Amend to Fsar,Identifying Exceptions to App R Fire Protection Program,Will Be Provided by 811215
| ML20032D207 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Waterford  |
| Issue date: | 11/10/1981 |
| From: | Maurin L LOUISIANA POWER & LIGHT CO. |
| To: | Eisenhut D Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| W3P81-2344, NUDOCS 8111130503 | |
| Download: ML20032D207 (2) | |
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L.V. MAURIN Asst. Vice President Nuclear Operations November 10, 1981 W3P81-2344 g
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-Mr. Darrell G.~Eisenhut Es, anan,,uye, Director for Licensing Division of Licensing
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g' Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Q' < ' y. A g U S Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 RE: WATERFORD 3 SES DOCKET No. 50-382 10 CFR PART S0 APPENDIX R A3 A LICENSING REQUIREMER REF:
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R. L. Tedesco (US NRC) letter to L. V. Maurin (LP&L) dated June 24, 1981 2)
D. G. Eisenhut (US NRC) letter to L. V. Maurin (LP6L) dated September 30, 1981
Dear Sir:
forth in Reference (1) indicated that " compliance with the requirements set Appendix R as modified with accepted exceptions" will be made a licensing condition for Waterford 3.
?.lthough 10CFR50 Appendix R is a rule which applies strictly to nuclear power facilities operating prior to January 1, 1979, we have been discussing actively with NRC staff the Appendix R guiuance criteria used in their review of the fire These protection program and fire protection system at our Waterford 3 plant.
discussions have consisted of numerous telephone conversations with the NRC staff, meetings in NRC's Bethesda offices in June, July, August and October, We have also and a site audit /walkdown on September 9-10 of this calendar year.
informally submitted a proposed draft FSAR Appendix 9.5A, which indicates, via a Safe Shutdown Analysis, how Appendix R criteria are met by either the present WSES-3 design or by proposed design changes. We appreciate the dialogue provided by NRC in their attempts to clarify and resolve this item.
1 and based Therefore, in response to the Notification enclosed with reference on our past and ongoing discussions, we intend to comply with the " requirements" We will forth in Appendix R to 10CFR50, as modified by accepted exceptions.
set forth below.
formally document this commitment in two parts as set
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' Mr. Darrell G. Eisenhut Page 2 On November 15, 1981 we will submit to the. staff our proposed plan.for providing-
, fire barriers in.and on ventilation duct work which passes through fire zones.
On December 15, we will submit as an Amendment to the FSAR, the Waterford.3 safe shutdown analysis, and identify any_ exceptions the WSES-3 fire protection program takes-to Appendix R as well as Branch. Technical Position 9.5-1, and a description of-proposed alternatives for providing an equivalent level of fire protection.
Reference 2 states that all. fire protection features be implemented prior to fuel loading scheduled.for October'1982. It is our intention to identify any.
fire protection features that may not be implemented by October 1982,-as soon as possible after final staff review and approval of our fire protection plan
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as discussed in FSAR Section 9.5.1 and the above described submittals.
Yours very truly,
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Ek' L. V Maurin LVM/RMF/jmt I
cc:
E. L. Blake S. Black (NRC)
P. Sears (NRC)
'R. L. Tedesco (NRC)
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