ML17264A846
| ML17264A846 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Ginna  |
| Issue date: | 05/14/1996 |
| From: | MECREDY R C ROCHESTER GAS & ELECTRIC CORP. |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9704020118 | |
| Download: ML17264A846 (5) | |
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CATEGORY,j.lj,REGULATINFORMATIONDISTRIBUTION~TEM(RIDS)ACCESSIONNBR:9704020118DOC.DATE:96/05/14NOTARIZED:NODOCKETFACIAL50-244RobertEmmetGinnaNuclearPlant,Unit1,RochesterG05000244AUTH.NAME'AUTHORAFFILIATIONMECREDY,R.C.'ochesterGas&ElectricCorp.RECIP;NAMERECIPIENTAFFILIATIONRegion1(Post820201)
SUBJECT:
Discussesdifferences&documentsutilpositionconcerningreportabilityofmissedsgrveillanceson960224ofTSaISTatGinnaStationperAmend61.'DISTRIBUTIONCODE:IEOIDCOPIESRECEIVED:LTR~ENCL0SIZE:TITLE:General(50Dkt)-InspRept/NoticeofViolationResponseNOTES:LicenseExpdateinaccordancewith10CFR2;2.109(9/19/72).'AT05000244RECIPIENTIDCODE/NAMEPDl-lPDINTERNAL:AEOD/SPD/RABDEDRONRR/DISP/PIPBNRR/DRPM/PECBNUDOCS-ABSTRACTOGC/HDS3COPIESLTTRENCL111111RECIPIENTIDCODE/NAMEVISSING,G..BQihjCCZgFILECENFBNRR/DRPM/PERBOEDIRRGN1FILE01COPIESLTTRENCLEXTERNAL:LITCOBRYCE,JH1NRCPDR1NOACNUDOCSFULLTEXTDNOTETOALL"RIDS"RECIPIENTS:PLEASEHELPUSTOREDUCEWASTE.TOHAVEYOURNAMEORORGANIZATIONREMOVEDFROMDISTRIBUTIONLISTS'ORREDUCETHE'UMBEROFCOPIESRECEIVEDBYYOUORYOURORGANIZATION,CONTACTTHEDOCUMENTCONTROLDESK(DCD)ONEXTENSION415-2083TOTALNUMBEROFCOPIESREQUIRED:ITTR18ENCL N-R-27-199789:15FRONR.G.KE.DOCLNENTCONTROLTO913814152182P.82~~gQQNQKRGA$AIVDEIECNICCORPORALiS9EASTMAN'/AVE,ROCHESlEIi'NY.Qdl90(X((AREACCOE7IdSC&27%ROBERTC.hLECQEOYVriPwu&htHadstOpetol'en'.S.Nuc!carRegulatoryCommissionRegionI475AUendaleRoadKingofPrussia,PA19406
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May14,1996KHERRg~'RRReportability'ofMissedTechnicalSpecificationandInscaiccTestingSurvciHanccsRochester.GaskElectricCorporationR.E.GinnaNuclearPowerPlantDocketNo.50-244Gentlemen,'nPebruary24,1996,RGB'mplementedtheImprove'dStandardTechnicalSpecifications{ISTS)atGinnaStationperAmendmentNo.61.Asarmltofthisconversion,anissuehasbeenraisedwitiiicspc<<ttot!icicpoitabilityofiiiis~cdtccliu;vulspa;ifi<<ationaudinscivicotating(IST)survciGanccspcr'0CPR50.73.ThisissueisductothcfactthatpreviousNRCguidanceinthisarea(NUIT-1022)doesnotspecificaHyapplytotheISTSinseveralareas.ThepurposeofthisletteristodiscussthesedifferencesanddocumentRGkEspositionconcerninSreportabiiityofthesemissedsurvcillanccs.In1994,theNRCpublishedascconddraft,revision1toNUREG-1022.ThcpurposeofN"REG-1022wastoconsolidateNRCreportingguidelineswithrespectto.10CFR50.72and50.73intoonedocumenttohelpachicvoconsistencyvithia,thc'nuclearpowerindustry.MJREG-10~Mw(isdevelopedusingstandardtcchnicalspecifications(STS)whichprecededtheISTS.ThereareseveraldifferencesbetweenthesetwoversionsoftechnicalspcciGcationswhichcrcatcdiscrepancieswhenattemptingtousetheguidanceofMJRECv-1022,.especiallyforthereportabilitynfmissedtechniiml.specificationsandISTsurvei0ances.Thesedifferencesarediscussedindetailbelow.InSTS,therelevantspecificationsinquestionare4.0.1and4.0.3.Theseareresta>Mbelowfordiscussionpurposes:4.0.1SurvciHanceRequirementsshallbemetduringtheOPEBATIONAI.MODES.or'therconditionsspecifiedforindividualI.imitingConditionsforQperauonunle:sotherwiscstatedinanindividualSurveillanceRequirement,'7704020118960514PDRADOCK05000244P~PDRt~.Q~'Q(ou2~
l%R-27-199789:1SFPR.G.KE.DOCUMENTCONTROL$0~9139141S2182P.83'14.0.3Failure'toperformaSurveillanceRequirementwithintheallowedsurveillsni<interval;de6ncdbySpeciQcation4.0.2,shallconstitutenoncompliancewiththeOPERABILITYrequiretnentsforaLimitinaConditionforOperation.ThetimelimitsoftheACTIONrequirementsareapplicableatthetiineitisidentifiedthataSurvciUanceRequirementhasnotbeenperformed.TheACTIONrequirementsmaybedelayedforupto24hourstopermitthecompli.tionofthesurveBIancewhentheallowableoutagetimelimitsoftheACTIONrequirementsarelessthan24hours.SurvciHancoRequixcmcntsdoiiothavetvbcperformedorinopersblcequipment.Insummary,pcrSpecifications4.0.1and4.0,3,ifthesurveiBancefrequency,foracomponentisexceeded,thesubjectcomponentmtistbedeclaredinoperableandthelimitingconditionfor'peration(LCO)entered;howcvcr,adelayperiodofupto24hoursisprovidedbeforetheassociatedACTIONSmustbcperformed.Kithrespecttoreportability,thebasesforSpecification4.0.3statethat"thefailuretoperformasurveillancc~thintheprovisionsofSpecification4.0.2isaviolationofaTcchnicalSpccUicatioii~requirementandis,therefore,areportableeventundertherequirementsof10CFR50.73{a)(2)(i)(B)becauseitisaconditionprohibitedbythepla'nt'sTechnicalSpecifications."&HAG-1022furtherexpandsonthisbystatingthatamissedtechnicalspecificationorTATmirveillanccinustbereportedwhen"enoughtimehaselapsedthat,aseresultofthemissedsurveillance,aTScontrolledsystemmustbcdcchucdinopcrablcandthcLCOactionsuiiciiicuthasbeenexceeded."Thatis,anLEEisrequiredifthetimeperiodbetweenthelasttestandthctestbeingperformedis.greaterthanthespeciGcdtestinginterval(multipliedby1.25'perSpecification'4.0.2)plusthccompletiontimeforrestoringthe~R'ectedcomponenttooperablestatus.Jnthisinstance,theaKectcdcomponentmaybeinoperableforalongerperiodoftiincthantheSTSwouldallow(i.e.,theplantisinacondition.piohibitcdbytechnicalspecifications).lnISTS,therearcsignificantdifferencesfromSpecifications4.0.Iand.4.0.3.ThenewversionsoftheseSpecificationsarcrc8tatcdbelowfromtheGinnaStationtc"hnical,spccilicutions:IISk3.0.1SRshallbcmetduringthcMODESorotherspecifiedconditionsintheApplicabilityforindivirhislI.COs,unlessotherwisestatedintheSR.Failure.tomeetaSR,whcthcrsuchfailureisexpmencedduringtheperformanceofiliaSuivcillanccorbetweenperformancesofthcSurveillance,shall'beFailuretomeetthcLCO:FailuretoperformaSurveillancewithinthespecifiedFrequencyshaH'bcfailuretomeettheLCOexceptasprovidedinSR.3.0.3.Surveillancedonothavetobeperformedoninopcrablccquipmcnt,orvariablesoutsidespecifiedlimits.
NAR-27-199789:39FRQ'lR~6.KE.DOCUNENTCONTROLTO913814152182P.82~~'R3.0.3IfitisdiscoveredthataSurveillancewasnotperformedwithinitsspecifiedFiequcncy,thencompliancewiththerequirementtodeclaretheLCOnotmetmaybedelayed,&omthetimeof'discovery,upto24hoursoruptothelirrrilofthespecifiedFrequency,whicheverisless.ThisdelayispermittedtoallowperformanceoftheSurveillance,Ifthe'Surveillanceisnotperformedwithinthedelayperiod,theLCOmustimmediatelybcdeclarednotmet,andtheapplicableCondition(s)mustbeentered.Tlicrefore,pcrSR3.0.1and3,0,3,ifasurveillancefrequencyisexceeded,adelayperiodofupto24hoursisprovidedinordertopaformthesurveillancepriortodeclaringanycomponentinoperablcandtheLCOnotmet.ThisisasignificantrliffexencefromSTSinwhichthecoinponentisfirstdeclaredinoperablcandthena24hourdelayisprovidedpriortoper&rmingthcrequiredactions.Knaddition,withrespecttorepuitabilityofamissedsurvcHlance,thereisnolongeranydiscussioninthebasesforSR3.0,3.1VBasedonthesedifFcreneee,it'isRQkB'spositionthata.missedsurveillancetestisnotarcportabioevent(i.c.,LER)pertheISTS.Atnotimeistheplantoutsidetheta:hnicalspecificationsinthisinstancesiirccnoequlpmcmlsdeclaredinoperableuntilthcalloweddelayperiodfromtimeofdiscoveryhasbeenexceeded(e.g,24hours)orthesurveillanceisfaileduponitspcrfnrmanr.e.Theseactionsarespeci6caHypiovidedbySR3.0.3vhichispartofthetechnicalspecifications'per10CPR50.36.Inaddition,amissedsurvciHancetatypicallyinadrnioistiativeissuethatdoesnotdirectlyaffectplantoperationunlessthcaffectedcomponentisfailed.Therefore,ifuponpeforinanceofthemissedsurveillancea'requitedcomponentisdiscoveredinoperable,anLBRwillbegeneratedinaccoahnccwiththeguidanceprovidedinhKG~-1022sincethocomponerrtmrryhavebeeninoperableforalongerperiodoftimethanaHovIcdbytheISTS.Itisnotedthatifamissedsurveillancetestindicatesasubstantialbreakdowninthesurveillancetestingprogrun(e.gsurveillancetesthasneverbeenperformef},itvmuldbereportedper10CFR.50.73(a)(%Xi)(B).Thisis.consistentwithNUREG102guidancoforrcportabilityofadruiriisu'aiivccontrolreIatederrors.SincetheISTprogrammpircmcritsareintheadministrativecontrolssectioninISTS(versusSpecification4.0.5perSTS),thisguidancewouldalsoapplytoraisscdordeficientISTprogramrequirements.Therefore,eFcctr'voFebruary24,1996,ROBOMBwillonlygenerateanLERper10CFR50./3upon'missedtechnicalspecificationorISTsurveillanceif:Acomponentniustbedeclarediirnlr~sableandthetimeperiodbetweentworrucccssfulsurveHIMicctestsisgreater'than1.25timethespecifiedfrequencyplusthecompletiontimeforrestoringthecomporrerriiooperable.status;or.4(2)Vhcmissedsurveillance(s)indicateasubstantialbreakdowninthesurveillancetestingprogram, NAR-27-199789:39FROMR.G.&E.DOClNENTCONTROLTO913814152182P.83~~~4PlebecontactGeorgeWrobef,ManagerofNuclearSafetyandLicensingat(7l6)724-8070ifyourequireanyfurtherinformation.RGEcBwouldliketosuggestthattheNRCconsidertheseissuesinanyfuturerevisionsofMJRFG-1022Verlyyours,MDE845RobertCMecredyXC:U.S.NuclearRegulatoryCommissionMr.GuyVissing(MailStnp1467)PWRProjectDirectorateI-jWashington,D.C.20555U.S.NuclearRegulatoryCommissionMr.ChrisGrimes(MailStopi1222)Chief,TechnicalSpecificationsBranchWashington,D.C.Z0555GinnaSeniorResidenthspectorTOTALP.83