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| number = ML20153G364 | |||
| issue date = 08/31/1988 | |||
| title = Corrected Ltr Forwarding Insp Rept 50-346/83-16 on 830711-29 & Notice of Violation.Violation Noted:Alternate Shutdown Capability for Fire in Control Room or Cable Spreading Room Did Not Meet App R Requirements | |||
| author name = Davis A | |||
| author affiliation = NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) | |||
| addressee name = Shelton D | |||
| addressee affiliation = TOLEDO EDISON CO. | |||
| docket = 05000346 | |||
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| document report number = EA-83-124, NUDOCS 8809080128 | |||
| package number = ML20153G329 | |||
| document type = CORRESPONDENCE-LETTERS, NRC TO UTILITY, OUTGOING CORRESPONDENCE | |||
| page count = 4 | |||
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See also: [[see also::IR 05000346/1983016]] | |||
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Docket No. 50-346 | |||
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License No. NPF-3 | |||
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Toledo Edison Company | |||
ATTN: Mr. Donald Shelton | |||
Vice President | |||
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Gentlemen: | |||
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION (NRC INSPECTION REPORT NO. 50-346/83-16). | |||
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This refers to a special inspection conducted on July 11-13 and 25-29, 1983 | |||
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and a followup inspection conducted on September 7-9 and 22, 1983 and | |||
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January 9, 1984, at the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, Unit 1, of | |||
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activities authorized by NRC Operating License No. NPF-3. | |||
The inspection was | |||
conducted to review steps taken by you to ensure compliance with 10 CFR 50.48 | |||
and, in particular, Sections III.G, J, and 0 of Appendix R to 10 CFR Part 50, | |||
and of your overall fire protection program implementation. During the | |||
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inspection, violations of these requirements were identified. A copy of the | |||
inspection report was forwarded to you on August 30, 1984. | |||
The results of | |||
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the initial inspection were discussed with you and NRR on August 16, 1983 in | |||
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Bethesda, Maryland. | |||
The results of this inspection and our conclusions were | |||
also discussed on December 1, 1983, during an enforcement conference held at | |||
the NRC Region III office between Mr. W. A. Johnson and other members of your | |||
staff and Mr. James G. Keppler and other members of the NRC staff. | |||
You provided additional responses to our concerns in letters dated December 16 | |||
and 29, 1983. | |||
These letters described two audits that had been performed by | |||
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consultants to determine the degree of compliance with Appendix R requirements, | |||
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However, the audit reports said little about the detailed requirements of | |||
Section III.G of Appendix R, and no mention was made of the 4equirements | |||
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of Sections III.J., III.L. and 111.0. | |||
The root cause of your failure to | |||
comply with Section III.G, J, L and 0 appeared to be inadequate control of | |||
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engineering activities, including: | |||
(1) an inadequate reassessment of plant | |||
conditions regarding the applicable Appendix R requirements and (2) lack of | |||
supervisory reviews to assure technical adequacy of the reassessments. | |||
This | |||
reflected a significant breakdown in the management controls used to ensure | |||
compliance with fire protection requirements. | |||
NRC Generic Letter 81-12, dated | |||
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February 20, 1981, specifically emphasized the need for management to reassess | |||
fire protection features at your facility to ensure compliance with the new | |||
NRC requirements in this area. | |||
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During the August 16, 1983 mee'ing between your staff and the NRC staff in | |||
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Bethesda, Maryland, we stated the seriousness with which we viewed the | |||
findings of the July 11-13 and 25-29, 1983 inspection. | |||
Toledo Edison | |||
committed to develop short and long term programs addressing these problems | |||
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prior to restarting the plant. Mr. Eisenhut's letter, dated August 19, 1983, | |||
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documented that meeting and the commitments made by Toledo Edison. | |||
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letters to the NRC, dated August 26, 31 and September 13, 1983, submitted your | |||
plans for short (prior to plant restart) and long-term corrective action as | |||
well as your evaluation of our inspection findings. We inspected your | |||
short-term corrective actions prior to plant restart. | |||
Mr. Eisenhut, in a | |||
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letter to Toledo Edison, dated September 23, 1983, stated that NRC concluded | |||
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that the actions required to permit plant restart had been satisfactorily | |||
completed. | |||
The staff recognizes that a significant amount of time has elapsed since the | |||
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referenced inspection report was issued. | |||
This is because the NRC has been | |||
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developing the enforcement guidance for Appendix R based on NRC inspections | |||
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and comments from the industry regarding the basis upon which compliance with | |||
Appendix R would be evaluated as well as considering conducting an investigation | |||
into the circumstances surrounding the violations. | |||
It has now been decided given | |||
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the age of the matter not to conduct an investigation. | |||
Therefore, the NRC is | |||
proceeding with enforcement based on the results of the referenced inspection | |||
report. | |||
In accordance with the "General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC | |||
Enforcement Actions," 10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C (1988), the violations in the | |||
enclosed Notice have been evaluated in the aggregate as a Severity Level III | |||
problem. /. civil penalty is considered for a Severity Level III violation or | |||
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problem. However, after consultation with the Deputy Executive Director for | |||
Regional Operatior.s and the Director of the Office of Enforcement, I have been | |||
authorized to issue the enclosed Notice without a civil penalty. | |||
A civil | |||
penalty is not being proposed because of the significant time that has elapsed | |||
since the inspection occurred, the corrective actions you have taken or have | |||
scheduled to take, and the apparent lack of clarity which existed regarding fire | |||
protection requirements at the time. Given these factors, a civil penalty is | |||
not considered warranted. | |||
You are required to respond to this letter and should follow the instructions | |||
specified in the enclosed Notice when preparing your response. | |||
In your | |||
response, you should document the specific actions taken and any additional | |||
actions you plan to prevent recurrence. We recognize that since the | |||
inspection was completed you have taken actions or have scheduled actions to | |||
correct the deficiencies and may have described these corrective actions in | |||
previous correspondence with the NRC. | |||
For that reason, you may reference | |||
previous submittals regarding your corrective actions when responding to this | |||
le+ter. After reviewing your response to this Notice, including your proposed | |||
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rective actions and the results of future inspections, the NRC will determine | |||
wucther further NRC enforcement actions is necessary to ensure compliance with | |||
NRC regulatory requirements. | |||
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In accordance with Section 2.790 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," Part 2, | |||
Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, a copy of this letter and its enclosure | |||
will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room. | |||
The responses directed by this letter and the enclosed Notice are not subject | |||
to the clearance procedures of the Office of Management and Budget as required | |||
by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, Pub. | |||
L., No. 96-511. | |||
Sincerely, | |||
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A. Bert David | |||
Regional Administrator | |||
Enclosures: | |||
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Notice of Violation | |||
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Inspection Report | |||
No. 60-346/83-16(DE) | |||
cc w/ enclosures: | |||
L. Storz, Plant Manager | |||
Resident Inspector, RIII | |||
Harold W. Kohn, Ohio EPA | |||
James W. Harris, State of Ohio | |||
Robert M. Quillin, Ohio | |||
Department of Health | |||
State of Ohio, Public | |||
Utilities Commission | |||
See Attached Distribution | |||
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NOTICE OF VIOLATION | |||
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Docket No. 50-346 | |||
Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station | |||
License No. NPF-3 | |||
Unit 1 | |||
EA 83-124 | |||
A special fire protection inspection conducted at the Davis-Besse Nuclear | |||
, Power Station during the period of July 11-13 and 25-29,1983, and a followup | |||
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inspecti " conducted on September 7-9 and 22, 1983, and January 9, 1984, | |||
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violations of NRC requirements. | |||
In accordance with the "General | |||
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(1988), the violations are set forth below: | |||
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10 CFR 50.48(b) requires that all nuclear power plants licensed to operate | |||
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prior to January 1, 1979, satisfy the applicable requirements of Appendix R | |||
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to 10 CFR Part 50, including, specifically, the requirements of Sections III.G, | |||
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Fire Protection of Safe Shutdown Capability, III.J. Emergency Lighting, III.L, | |||
Alternative and Dedicated Shutdown Capability and III.0, Oil Collection System | |||
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10 CFR 50, Appendix R, Section III.G.1 requires that fire protection | |||
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features shall be provided for structures, systems, and components | |||
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important to safe shutdown. | |||
These features shall be capable of | |||
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limiting fire damage so that: | |||
(a) one train of systems necessary | |||
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to achieve and maintain hot shutdown conditions from either the | |||
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control room or emergency control station is free of fire damage. | |||
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10 CFR 50, Appendix R, Section III.G.2 requires that where redundant | |||
trains of systems necessary to achieve and maintain hot shutdown | |||
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conditions are located in the same fire area outside of primary | |||
containment, one of the following means of ensuring that one of | |||
the redundant trains is free from fire damage be provided: | |||
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Separation of cables and equipment and associated non-safety | |||
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circuits of redundant trains by a fire barrier having a 3-hour | |||
rating. | |||
Structural steel forming a part of or supporting such | |||
fire barriers shall be protected to provide fire resistance | |||
equivalent to that required of the barrier; | |||
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Separation of cables and equipment and associated non-safety | |||
circuits of redundant trains by a horizontal distance of more | |||
than 20 feet with no intervening combustible or fire hazards. | |||
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In addition, fire detectors and an automatic fire suppression | |||
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system shalt be installed in the fire area; or | |||
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Enclosure of cable and equipment and associated non-safety circuits | |||
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of one redundant train in a fire barrier having a 1-hour rating. | |||
In addition, fire detectors and an automatic ;* ire rappression | |||
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system shall be installed in the fire area. | |||
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Notice of Violation | |||
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Contrary to the above, at the time of the inspection a fire in the | |||
auxiliary shutdown panel room could have resulted in the loss of control | |||
and indications for both auxiliary feedwater pumps at both the auxiliary | |||
shutdown panel room and the control room because features were not provided | |||
to ensure that one train of the auxiliary feedwater system which is needed | |||
to maintain hot shutdown was free of fire damage in that they were not | |||
separated by a fire barrier having a 3-hour rating; were not separated by | |||
a horizontal distance of more than 20 feet with no intervening combustible | |||
fire hazards; or were not provided with 1-hour fire barriers. | |||
In addition, | |||
numerous lengths of conduit and junction boxes in the Component Cooling | |||
Water heat exchanger and pump room were not separated by a fire barrier | |||
having a 3-hour rating; were not separated by a horizontal distance of | |||
more than 20 feet with no intervening combustible fire hazards; or were | |||
not provided with 1-hour fire barrier. | |||
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10 CFR 50, Appendix R, Section III.G.3 and III.G.3(a) require that | |||
alternative or dedicated shutdown capability and its associated circuits, | |||
independent of cables, systems or components in the area, room or zone | |||
under consideration, be provided where the protection of systems whose | |||
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function is required for hot shutdown does not satisfy the requirement | |||
of Paragraph G.2 of this section. | |||
10 CFR 50, Appendix R, Section III.L | |||
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provides the requirements for alternative or dedicated shutdown | |||
capability specifying: | |||
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Section III.L.1 requires that alternative or dedicated shutdown | |||
capability provided for a specific fire area be able to achieve | |||
cold shutdown conditions within 72 hours. | |||
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Section III.L.2 requires that process monitoring function for | |||
alternative or dedicated shutdown capability shall be capable | |||
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of providing direct readings of reactivity and reactor coolant | |||
system heat removal funct. ions. | |||
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Section III.L.3 requires that procedures be in effect to implement | |||
the alternative shutdown capability, be independent of the specific | |||
fire area (s) and accommodate postfire conditions where offsite power | |||
is available and where offsite power is not available for 72 hours. | |||
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Section III.L.7 requires that safe shutdown equipment and systems | |||
for each fire area shall be known to be isolated from associated | |||
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non-safety circuits in the fire area so that hot shorts, open | |||
circuits, or shorts to ground in the associated circuits will | |||
not prevent operation of the safe shutdown equipment. | |||
Contrary to the above, at the time of the inspection, alternative | |||
shutdown capability for a fire in the control room or cable spreading | |||
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room did not meet the above requirements in that: | |||
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The capability to achieve cold shutdown within 72 hours was not | |||
provided. | |||
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Alternative or dedicated shutdown system process monitoring | |||
instrumentation was not installed outside the control room and | |||
the cable spreading room to provide direct readings of reactivity | |||
and the cold leg reactor coolant system temperature. | |||
In addition, | |||
the instrument used to measure the hot leg reactor coolant system | |||
temperature was not of adequate range. | |||
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Procedures were not in effect to implement the alternative shutdown | |||
capability assuming a fire in each area, with and without offsite | |||
power available for 72 hours. | |||
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The effect of a fire in each of these areas was not considered | |||
including the possible effects of interaction between associated | |||
circuits. | |||
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10 CFR 50, Appendix R, Section III.G.3 requires that alternative or | |||
dedicated shutdown capability be provided and a fixed fire suppression | |||
system be installed in the area, room, or zone under consideration. | |||
Contrary to the above, at the time of the inspection, a fixed fire | |||
suppression system was not provided in the auxiliary shutdown area. | |||
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10 CFR 50, Appendix R, Section III.J requires that emergency lighting | |||
units with at least an 8-hour battery power supply shall be provided in | |||
all areas needed for operation of safe shutdown equipment and in access | |||
and egress routes thereto. | |||
Contrary to the above, eme gency lighting was not provided for access and | |||
egress routes to the auxiliary feed pump room, condensate storage tank | |||
1evel indicator area, and valves ICS 11A and 11B, which are needed for | |||
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operation of safe shutdown equipment. | |||
In addition, for areas where | |||
emergency lighting was provided, two out of six units tested failed the | |||
eight hour discharge test. | |||
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10 CFR 50. Appendix R, Section 111.0 requires that the reactor coolant | |||
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pump be equipped with an oil collection system. | |||
Leakage shall be | |||
collected and drained to a vented closed container that can hold the | |||
entire lube oil system inventory. | |||
Contrary to the above, at the time of the inspection, the reactor coolant | |||
pump oil collection system was inadequate in that two reactor coolant | |||
pumps, each with a lube oil capacity of approximately 225 gallons, were | |||
connected to drain into a single 250 gallon container. | |||
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Amendment No. 18 of Plant Operating License No. NPF-3 in Paragraph 2.C(4) | |||
requires the licensee to ccmplete those modifications identified in | |||
Section 1 of the Safety Evaluation (SE) dated July 26, 1979, including | |||
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those modifications specified in Table 1 of the SE. | |||
Section B.14 of | |||
Table 1 of the SE requires that the fire protection administrative | |||
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controls be revised to follow the NRC document, "Nuclear Plant Fire | |||
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Protection Functional Responsibilities, Administrative Controls and | |||
Quality Assurance." | |||
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As specified below the specific paragraphs of the attachments to Nuclear | |||
Plant Fire Protection Functional Responsib111 ties, Administrative Controls | |||
and Quality Assurance state the following: | |||
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Paragraph 1.0 of Attachment No. I states in part, "The organizational | |||
responsibilities and lines of communication pertaining to fire | |||
protection should be defined b? tween the various positions through | |||
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the use of organizational charts and functional descriptions of each | |||
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positions responsibilities . . . . | |||
2.0 Qualifications for a Fire | |||
Protection Engineer . | |||
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requirements as a Member in the Society of Fire Protection Engineers." | |||
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Paragraph 1.0.c of Attachment No. 6 states in part that, ". | |||
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plant modifications, including fire protection systems, are reviewed | |||
by qualified personnel to assure inclusion of appropriate fire | |||
protection requirements. | |||
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Paragraph 1.0.d of Attachment No. 6 states in part that, "A | |||
review . . . of the adequacy of fire protection requirements . . . | |||
is performed and documented by qualified personnel. This review | |||
should determine tid fire protection requirements and quality | |||
requirements are correctly stated . . . and . . . are adequate | |||
acceptance and rejection criteria . . . ." | |||
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Paragraph 2.0.b of Attachment No. 6 states in part that, "Activities | |||
such as . . . test . | |||
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and accomplished in accordance with documented . . . procedures | |||
. . . ." Paragraph 1.0.6 of Attachment No. 6 states in part that, | |||
"Quality standards are specified f n the design documents such as | |||
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appropriate fire protection codes and standards . . . . | |||
(c) . . . designs . . . including fire protection systems, are | |||
reviewed . . . to assure inclusion of appropriate fire protection | |||
requirements." | |||
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Specifically for item (d) below, Paragraph 2.0.b of Attachment | |||
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No. I states in part that, "the fire brigade members qualifications | |||
should include satisfactory completion of a physical examination | |||
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for performing strenuous activity . . . ." | |||
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Specifically for item (e) below, Paragraph ' .0.b(3) of Attachment | |||
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No. 4 states in part that, "a fire watch trained and equipped to | |||
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prevent and combat fires is present throughout any operations in | |||
which there is potential for fire that might damage safety related | |||
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Section 9.5.1.1 of the Davis-Besse Final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR) | |||
references a number of the applicable design documents for the fire | |||
protection system stating that, "The fire protection systems are | |||
designed, installed and tested to satisfy the intent of the National | |||
Fire Protection Association (NFPA) codes . . . ." | |||
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(a) Chapter 2-7.2.1 of NFPA 13A (1978) states, "Test alarms by | |||
opening the inspector's test connection and/or the by pass test | |||
connection, in conjunction with making a water-flow test when | |||
facilities and conditions permit." | |||
(b) Chapter 12-1.2 of NFPA 20 states that, "The field acceptance | |||
test results shall be as good as the manufacturer's certified | |||
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shop test characteristic curve for the pump being tested." | |||
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(c) Chapter 3.1 of NFPA 26 (1976) states that, "A systematic weekly | |||
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inspection (or monthly in the case of locked-open valves) of | |||
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each valve should be made and a report form used to record the | |||
condition of each valve." | |||
(d) Chapter 33 of NFPA 77 (1975) states in part that, "minimum | |||
physical requirements should be established . . . ." | |||
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(e) Chapter 431 of NFPA 518 (1977) states in part, "Fire watchers | |||
shall have firt extinguishing equipment readily available and | |||
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be trained in its use, including practice on test fires . . . . | |||
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434. A fire watch shall be maintained for at least a half hour | |||
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af ter completion of cutting and welding operations . . . ." | |||
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(f) Chapter 8-1.1 of NFPA 72E (1978) states in part that, "Each | |||
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automatic detector shall be :ontinuously maintained in reliable | |||
operating condition at all times, and such periodic inspections | |||
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and testb shall be made as are necessary to assure proper | |||
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maintenance as specified." Chapter 8-4.1 of NFPA 72E states | |||
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in part that, ". . . photoelectric smoke detectors may require | |||
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periodic cleaning to remove dust or dirt which has accumulated | |||
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and sensitivity adjustment, shall be attempted only after | |||
consulting the manufacturer's instructions." | |||
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Attachment No. 5 states in part that, "Firefighting procedures | |||
should be established to cover such items as . . . coordination | |||
of firefighting activities with offsite fire departments. | |||
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Paragraph 5.0 of Attachment No. 6 states in part that, | |||
". . . b. Periodic testing | |||
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is tested periodically to assure that the equipment will properly | |||
function and continue to meet the design criteria." Section III.J | |||
of Appendix R to 10 CFR Part 50 requires emergency lighting units | |||
with at least an eight hour battery power supply be provided. | |||
Contrary to the above, the licensee failed to develop and implement | |||
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controls and quality assurance in that: | |||
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The implementation of the staffing qualifications for the fire | |||
protection program was inadequate in that: | |||
the fire protection | |||
coordinator was the only individual who had direct responsibility | |||
for the fire protection program; the licensee's Administrative | |||
Procedure 1810.00 inadequately described the number of individuals | |||
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involved in implementing the fice protection program; and the | |||
licensee's fire protection engineer had not had his qualifications | |||
evaluated to determine acceptability to NRC criteria. | |||
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No procedure was in effect to ensure that modifications that may | |||
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change the fire resistive rating of fire doors were reviewed by | |||
qualified personnel. | |||
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Test procedure ST 5016.11.1 was inadequate in that this procedure | |||
failed to indicate that only one attempt was allowed to close the | |||
damper in determining operability. | |||
Therefore, the test procedure | |||
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acceptance criteria for this test procedure was not satisfactory. | |||
Additionally, the procedure specified that the damper and ductwork | |||
shall be cleaned prior to testing. | |||
This could have affected the | |||
fire damper test results. | |||
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(a) Surveillance Test Procedure ST 5016.07 (Automatic Sprinkler | |||
Systems) was not followed it. 1980, 1981, 1982 and 1983 in | |||
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that alarms were not tested by opening the inspector's test | |||
connection and/or the by pass test connection in conjunction | |||
with making a water flow test on the wet pipe sprinkler systems | |||
as specified by NFPA 13A. | |||
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(b) Surveillance Test Procedures ST 5016.03 and ST 5016.12 (Fire | |||
Pump Testing) were inadequate in that the diesel fire pump | |||
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test results for 1980, 1981, 1982, and 1983 were not compared | |||
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system valve operacility as specified by NFPA 26. | |||
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members as specified by NRC requirements or NFPA 27. | |||
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| ML20153G364 | |
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| Site: | Davis Besse |
| Issue date: | 08/31/1988 |
| From: | Davis A NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
| To: | Shelton D TOLEDO EDISON CO. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20153G329 | List: |
| References | |
| EA-83-124, NUDOCS 8809080128 | |
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Toledo Edison Company
ATTN: Mr. Donald Shelton
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SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION (NRC INSPECTION REPORT NO. 50-346/83-16).
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This refers to a special inspection conducted on July 11-13 and 25-29, 1983
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and a followup inspection conducted on September 7-9 and 22, 1983 and
January 9, 1984, at the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, Unit 1, of
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activities authorized by NRC Operating License No. NPF-3.
The inspection was
conducted to review steps taken by you to ensure compliance with 10 CFR 50.48
and, in particular, Sections III.G, J, and 0 of Appendix R to 10 CFR Part 50,
and of your overall fire protection program implementation. During the
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inspection, violations of these requirements were identified. A copy of the
inspection report was forwarded to you on August 30, 1984.
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the initial inspection were discussed with you and NRR on August 16, 1983 in
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Bethesda, Maryland.
The results of this inspection and our conclusions were
also discussed on December 1, 1983, during an enforcement conference held at
the NRC Region III office between Mr. W. A. Johnson and other members of your
staff and Mr. James G. Keppler and other members of the NRC staff.
You provided additional responses to our concerns in letters dated December 16
and 29, 1983.
These letters described two audits that had been performed by
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consultants to determine the degree of compliance with Appendix R requirements,
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However, the audit reports said little about the detailed requirements of
Section III.G of Appendix R, and no mention was made of the 4equirements
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of Sections III.J., III.L. and 111.0.
The root cause of your failure to
comply with Section III.G, J, L and 0 appeared to be inadequate control of
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engineering activities, including:
(1) an inadequate reassessment of plant
conditions regarding the applicable Appendix R requirements and (2) lack of
supervisory reviews to assure technical adequacy of the reassessments.
This
reflected a significant breakdown in the management controls used to ensure
compliance with fire protection requirements.
NRC Generic Letter 81-12, dated
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fire protection features at your facility to ensure compliance with the new
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During the August 16, 1983 mee'ing between your staff and the NRC staff in
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Bethesda, Maryland, we stated the seriousness with which we viewed the
findings of the July 11-13 and 25-29, 1983 inspection.
Toledo Edison
committed to develop short and long term programs addressing these problems
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prior to restarting the plant. Mr. Eisenhut's letter, dated August 19, 1983,
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documented that meeting and the commitments made by Toledo Edison.
Your
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letters to the NRC, dated August 26, 31 and September 13, 1983, submitted your
plans for short (prior to plant restart) and long-term corrective action as
well as your evaluation of our inspection findings. We inspected your
short-term corrective actions prior to plant restart.
Mr. Eisenhut, in a
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letter to Toledo Edison, dated September 23, 1983, stated that NRC concluded
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that the actions required to permit plant restart had been satisfactorily
completed.
The staff recognizes that a significant amount of time has elapsed since the
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referenced inspection report was issued.
This is because the NRC has been
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developing the enforcement guidance for Appendix R based on NRC inspections
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and comments from the industry regarding the basis upon which compliance with
Appendix R would be evaluated as well as considering conducting an investigation
into the circumstances surrounding the violations.
It has now been decided given
the age of the matter not to conduct an investigation.
Therefore, the NRC is
proceeding with enforcement based on the results of the referenced inspection
report.
In accordance with the "General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC
Enforcement Actions," 10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C (1988), the violations in the
enclosed Notice have been evaluated in the aggregate as a Severity Level III
problem. /. civil penalty is considered for a Severity Level III violation or
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problem. However, after consultation with the Deputy Executive Director for
Regional Operatior.s and the Director of the Office of Enforcement, I have been
authorized to issue the enclosed Notice without a civil penalty.
A civil
penalty is not being proposed because of the significant time that has elapsed
since the inspection occurred, the corrective actions you have taken or have
scheduled to take, and the apparent lack of clarity which existed regarding fire
protection requirements at the time. Given these factors, a civil penalty is
not considered warranted.
You are required to respond to this letter and should follow the instructions
specified in the enclosed Notice when preparing your response.
In your
response, you should document the specific actions taken and any additional
actions you plan to prevent recurrence. We recognize that since the
inspection was completed you have taken actions or have scheduled actions to
correct the deficiencies and may have described these corrective actions in
previous correspondence with the NRC.
For that reason, you may reference
previous submittals regarding your corrective actions when responding to this
le+ter. After reviewing your response to this Notice, including your proposed
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rective actions and the results of future inspections, the NRC will determine
wucther further NRC enforcement actions is necessary to ensure compliance with
NRC regulatory requirements.
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In accordance with Section 2.790 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," Part 2,
Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, a copy of this letter and its enclosure
will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room.
The responses directed by this letter and the enclosed Notice are not subject
to the clearance procedures of the Office of Management and Budget as required
by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, Pub.
L., No.96-511.
Sincerely,
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A. Bert David
Regional Administrator
Enclosures:
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2.
Inspection Report
No. 60-346/83-16(DE)
cc w/ enclosures:
L. Storz, Plant Manager
Resident Inspector, RIII
James W. Harris, State of Ohio
Robert M. Quillin, Ohio
Department of Health
State of Ohio, Public
Utilities Commission
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Docket No. 50-346
Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station
License No. NPF-3
Unit 1
EA 83-124
A special fire protection inspection conducted at the Davis-Besse Nuclear
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inspecti " conducted on September 7-9 and 22, 1983, and January 9, 1984,
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(1988), the violations are set forth below:
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10 CFR 50.48(b) requires that all nuclear power plants licensed to operate
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Fire Protection of Safe Shutdown Capability, III.J. Emergency Lighting, III.L,
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for Reactor Coolant Pump.
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10 CFR 50, Appendix R, Section III.G.1 requires that fire protection
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important to safe shutdown.
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10 CFR 50, Appendix R, Section III.G.2 requires that where redundant
trains of systems necessary to achieve and maintain hot shutdown
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conditions are located in the same fire area outside of primary
containment, one of the following means of ensuring that one of
the redundant trains is free from fire damage be provided:
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Separation of cables and equipment and associated non-safety
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circuits of redundant trains by a fire barrier having a 3-hour
rating.
Structural steel forming a part of or supporting such
fire barriers shall be protected to provide fire resistance
equivalent to that required of the barrier;
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Separation of cables and equipment and associated non-safety
circuits of redundant trains by a horizontal distance of more
than 20 feet with no intervening combustible or fire hazards.
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Enclosure of cable and equipment and associated non-safety circuits
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Contrary to the above, at the time of the inspection a fire in the
auxiliary shutdown panel room could have resulted in the loss of control
and indications for both auxiliary feedwater pumps at both the auxiliary
shutdown panel room and the control room because features were not provided
to ensure that one train of the auxiliary feedwater system which is needed
to maintain hot shutdown was free of fire damage in that they were not
separated by a fire barrier having a 3-hour rating; were not separated by
a horizontal distance of more than 20 feet with no intervening combustible
fire hazards; or were not provided with 1-hour fire barriers.
In addition,
numerous lengths of conduit and junction boxes in the Component Cooling
Water heat exchanger and pump room were not separated by a fire barrier
having a 3-hour rating; were not separated by a horizontal distance of
more than 20 feet with no intervening combustible fire hazards; or were
not provided with 1-hour fire barrier.
B.
10 CFR 50, Appendix R, Section III.G.3 and III.G.3(a) require that
alternative or dedicated shutdown capability and its associated circuits,
independent of cables, systems or components in the area, room or zone
under consideration, be provided where the protection of systems whose
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function is required for hot shutdown does not satisfy the requirement
of Paragraph G.2 of this section.
10 CFR 50, Appendix R, Section III.L
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provides the requirements for alternative or dedicated shutdown
capability specifying:
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Section III.L.1 requires that alternative or dedicated shutdown
capability provided for a specific fire area be able to achieve
cold shutdown conditions within 72 hours8.333333e-4 days <br />0.02 hours <br />1.190476e-4 weeks <br />2.7396e-5 months <br />.
2.
Section III.L.2 requires that process monitoring function for
alternative or dedicated shutdown capability shall be capable
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of providing direct readings of reactivity and reactor coolant
system heat removal funct. ions.
3.
Section III.L.3 requires that procedures be in effect to implement
the alternative shutdown capability, be independent of the specific
fire area (s) and accommodate postfire conditions where offsite power
is available and where offsite power is not available for 72 hours8.333333e-4 days <br />0.02 hours <br />1.190476e-4 weeks <br />2.7396e-5 months <br />.
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Section III.L.7 requires that safe shutdown equipment and systems
for each fire area shall be known to be isolated from associated
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non-safety circuits in the fire area so that hot shorts, open
circuits, or shorts to ground in the associated circuits will
not prevent operation of the safe shutdown equipment.
Contrary to the above, at the time of the inspection, alternative
shutdown capability for a fire in the control room or cable spreading
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The capability to achieve cold shutdown within 72 hours8.333333e-4 days <br />0.02 hours <br />1.190476e-4 weeks <br />2.7396e-5 months <br /> was not
provided.
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Alternative or dedicated shutdown system process monitoring
instrumentation was not installed outside the control room and
the cable spreading room to provide direct readings of reactivity
and the cold leg reactor coolant system temperature.
In addition,
the instrument used to measure the hot leg reactor coolant system
temperature was not of adequate range.
3.
Procedures were not in effect to implement the alternative shutdown
capability assuming a fire in each area, with and without offsite
power available for 72 hours8.333333e-4 days <br />0.02 hours <br />1.190476e-4 weeks <br />2.7396e-5 months <br />.
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The effect of a fire in each of these areas was not considered
including the possible effects of interaction between associated
circuits.
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10 CFR 50, Appendix R, Section III.G.3 requires that alternative or
dedicated shutdown capability be provided and a fixed fire suppression
system be installed in the area, room, or zone under consideration.
Contrary to the above, at the time of the inspection, a fixed fire
suppression system was not provided in the auxiliary shutdown area.
D.
10 CFR 50, Appendix R, Section III.J requires that emergency lighting
units with at least an 8-hour battery power supply shall be provided in
all areas needed for operation of safe shutdown equipment and in access
and egress routes thereto.
Contrary to the above, eme gency lighting was not provided for access and
egress routes to the auxiliary feed pump room, condensate storage tank
1evel indicator area, and valves ICS 11A and 11B, which are needed for
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operation of safe shutdown equipment.
In addition, for areas where
emergency lighting was provided, two out of six units tested failed the
eight hour discharge test.
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10 CFR 50. Appendix R, Section 111.0 requires that the reactor coolant
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pump be equipped with an oil collection system.
Leakage shall be
collected and drained to a vented closed container that can hold the
entire lube oil system inventory.
Contrary to the above, at the time of the inspection, the reactor coolant
pump oil collection system was inadequate in that two reactor coolant
pumps, each with a lube oil capacity of approximately 225 gallons, were
connected to drain into a single 250 gallon container.
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Amendment No. 18 of Plant Operating License No. NPF-3 in Paragraph 2.C(4)
requires the licensee to ccmplete those modifications identified in
Section 1 of the Safety Evaluation (SE) dated July 26, 1979, including
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those modifications specified in Table 1 of the SE.
Section B.14 of
Table 1 of the SE requires that the fire protection administrative
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controls be revised to follow the NRC document, "Nuclear Plant Fire
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Protection Functional Responsibilities, Administrative Controls and
Quality Assurance."
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As specified below the specific paragraphs of the attachments to Nuclear
Plant Fire Protection Functional Responsib111 ties, Administrative Controls
and Quality Assurance state the following:
1.
Paragraph 1.0 of Attachment No. I states in part, "The organizational
responsibilities and lines of communication pertaining to fire
protection should be defined b? tween the various positions through
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the use of organizational charts and functional descriptions of each
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positions responsibilities . . . .
2.0 Qualifications for a Fire
Protection Engineer .
These requirpents are the eligibility
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requirements as a Member in the Society of Fire Protection Engineers."
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Paragraph 1.0.c of Attachment No. 6 states in part that, ".
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plant modifications, including fire protection systems, are reviewed
by qualified personnel to assure inclusion of appropriate fire
protection requirements.
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Paragraph 1.0.d of Attachment No. 6 states in part that, "A
review . . . of the adequacy of fire protection requirements . . .
is performed and documented by qualified personnel. This review
should determine tid fire protection requirements and quality
requirements are correctly stated . . . and . . . are adequate
acceptance and rejection criteria . . . ."
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Paragraph 2.0.b of Attachment No. 6 states in part that, "Activities
such as . . . test .
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and accomplished in accordance with documented . . . procedures
. . . ." Paragraph 1.0.6 of Attachment No. 6 states in part that,
"Quality standards are specified f n the design documents such as
appropriate fire protection codes and standards . . . .
(c) . . . designs . . . including fire protection systems, are
reviewed . . . to assure inclusion of appropriate fire protection
requirements."
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No. I states in part that, "the fire brigade members qualifications
should include satisfactory completion of a physical examination
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prevent and combat fires is present throughout any operations in
which there is potential for fire that might damage safety related
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Section 9.5.1.1 of the Davis-Besse Final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR)
references a number of the applicable design documents for the fire
protection system stating that, "The fire protection systems are
designed, installed and tested to satisfy the intent of the National
Fire Protection Association (NFPA) codes . . . ."
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(a) Chapter 2-7.2.1 of NFPA 13A (1978) states, "Test alarms by
opening the inspector's test connection and/or the by pass test
connection, in conjunction with making a water-flow test when
facilities and conditions permit."
(b) Chapter 12-1.2 of NFPA 20 states that, "The field acceptance
test results shall be as good as the manufacturer's certified
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shop test characteristic curve for the pump being tested."
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each valve should be made and a report form used to record the
condition of each valve."
(d) Chapter 33 of NFPA 77 (1975) states in part that, "minimum
physical requirements should be established . . . ."
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(e) Chapter 431 of NFPA 518 (1977) states in part, "Fire watchers
shall have firt extinguishing equipment readily available and
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(f) Chapter 8-1.1 of NFPA 72E (1978) states in part that, "Each
automatic detector shall be :ontinuously maintained in reliable
operating condition at all times, and such periodic inspections
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maintenance as specified." Chapter 8-4.1 of NFPA 72E states
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periodic cleaning to remove dust or dirt which has accumulated
. . . for each detector, the cleaning, checking, operation
and sensitivity adjustment, shall be attempted only after
consulting the manufacturer's instructions."
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Attachment No. 5 states in part that, "Firefighting procedures
should be established to cover such items as . . . coordination
of firefighting activities with offsite fire departments.
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g. Actions to
be taken that will coordinate firefighting activities with
offsite fire departments, including:
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individual who will direct firefighting activities when aided
by offsite firefighting assistance; . . . ."
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Paragraph 5.0 of Attachment No. 6 states in part that,
". . . b. Periodic testing
. . . emergency lighting equipment
is tested periodically to assure that the equipment will properly
function and continue to meet the design criteria."Section III.J
of Appendix R to 10 CFR Part 50 requires emergency lighting units
with at least an eight hour battery power supply be provided.
Contrary to the above, the licensee failed to develop and implement
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adequate inspection, surveillance test procedures, administrati,ve
controls and quality assurance in that:
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The implementation of the staffing qualifications for the fire
protection program was inadequate in that:
the fire protection
coordinator was the only individual who had direct responsibility
for the fire protection program; the licensee's Administrative
Procedure 1810.00 inadequately described the number of individuals
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involved in implementing the fice protection program; and the
licensee's fire protection engineer had not had his qualifications
evaluated to determine acceptability to NRC criteria.
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No procedure was in effect to ensure that modifications that may
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change the fire resistive rating of fire doors were reviewed by
qualified personnel.
3.
Test procedure ST 5016.11.1 was inadequate in that this procedure
failed to indicate that only one attempt was allowed to close the
damper in determining operability.
Therefore, the test procedure
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acceptance criteria for this test procedure was not satisfactory.
Additionally, the procedure specified that the damper and ductwork
shall be cleaned prior to testing.
This could have affected the
fire damper test results.
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(a) Surveillance Test Procedure ST 5016.07 (Automatic Sprinkler
Systems) was not followed it. 1980, 1981, 1982 and 1983 in
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that alarms were not tested by opening the inspector's test
connection and/or the by pass test connection in conjunction
with making a water flow test on the wet pipe sprinkler systems
as specified by NFPA 13A.
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(b) Surveillance Test Procedures ST 5016.03 and ST 5016.12 (Fire
Pump Testing) were inadequate in that the diesel fire pump
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test results for 1980, 1981, 1982, and 1983 were not compared
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(c) Surveillance Test Procedure ST 5016.09 (Fire Protection Systems
Valve Operability) did not specify verifying fire protection
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system valve operacility as specified by NFPA 26.
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(d) Administrative Procedure AD 1828.20 (Fire Brigade) did not
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specify minimum physical requirements for fire brigade
members as specified by NRC requirements or NFPA 27.
(e) Administrative Procedure AD 1810.01 (Fire Protection Program)
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did not specify that fire watchers be trained on fire
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extinguishing equipment and that a fire watch be maintsined
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for at least a half hour after completion of cutting and
welding operations as specified by NRC requirements or by
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(f) Survo111ance Test procedure ST 5016.06 (Fire Detectors) did not
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specify measurement of detector sensitivity, periodic cleaning,
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maintenance and adjustment of photoelectric fire detectors as
specified by NFPA 72E.
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Administrative Procedures AD 1810.00 and 1828.20 did not specify the
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actions to be taken by offsite fire departments with respect to who
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would direct firefighting activities when the fire brigade was aided
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by off site fire departments.
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Periodic Test Procedure PT 5112.01 (Emergency Lighting) did not
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specify surveillance of errergency lighting snits to assure an
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requirements.
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Technical Specification 3.7.10 requires that with one or more of the
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required penetration fire barr ters nonfunctional, a continuous fire
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watch on at least one side of the affected penetration be established
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within one hour,
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Contrary to the above, a continuous fire watch was not established, or
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th9 dampers closed, until July 28, 1983 and September 8,1983 for two
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penetrations that the licensee found to be nonfunctional on May 12 and
June 7, 1993.
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Level 111 problem (dupplement I).
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Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Davls-Besse is hereby required to
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submit a written statement or explanation to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
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Commit,sion. ATTN: Document Control Desk, Washington, D.C. 20555, with a copy
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U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 799
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Roosevelt Road, Glen Ellyn, Illinois 60137, and a copy to the NRC Resident
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Inspector at Davis-Besse within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting
this Notice.
This reply should be clearly marked as a "Reply to a Notice of
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Violation" and should include for each violation:
(1) the reason for the
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violations, and (4) the date when full compliance will be achieved.
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taken. Conside.ation may be given to extending the response time for good
cause shown,
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FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
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