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Advises that anomalies found in Boraflex neutron absorbing matl used in spent fuel pools at Point Beach & Quad Cities plants.Request for addl info re planned use of Boraflex in proposed modified racks at facilities encl.

Accession Number: ML16341E271

Date Released: Sunday, November 8, 2020

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• ML16341E270 - Advises that anomalies found in Boraflex neutron absorbing matl used in spent fuel pools at Point Beach & Quad Cities plants.Request for addl info re planned use of Boraflex in proposed modified racks at facilities encl. (12 page(s), 6/2/1987)
• ML16342B337 - Forwards Rev 0 to NET-042-01, "Preliminary Assessment of Boraflex Performance in Quad Cities Spent Fuel Storage Racks." NETCO hypothized that Boraflex shrinkage caused by irradiation results in tensile stress causing breakage. (2 page(s), 5/5/1987)
• ML16342C341 - "Preliminary Assessment of Boraflex Performance in Quad Cities Spent Fuel Storage Racks." (98 page(s), 4/10/1987)