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Morning Report for December 13, 2000
Headquarters Daily Report DECEMBER 13, 2000 *************************************************************************** REPORT NEGATIVE NO INPUT ATTACHED INPUT RECEIVED RECEIVED HEADQUARTERS X REGION I X REGION II X REGION III X REGION IV X PRIORITY ATTENTION REQUIRED MORNING REPORT - HEADQUARTERS DEC. 13, 2000 MR Number: H-00-0075 NRR DAILY REPORT ITEM GENERIC COMMUNICATIONS Subject: Issuance of Information Notice 2000-20 NRC Information Notice 2000-20: Potential Loss of Redundant Safety- Related Equipment Because of the Lack of High-Energy Line Break Barriers Dated December 11, 2000 The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission issue this information notice to alert addressees to the discovery of several high-energy line break concerns about redundant safety-related equipment at D. C. Cook Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2. Technical contacts: S. D. Weerakkody, RES Y. C. Li, NRR 301-415-6374 301-415-2772 E-mail: sdw1@nrc.gov E-mail: ycl@nrc.gov C. D. Petrone, NRR 301-415-1027 E-mail: cdp@nrc.gov Accession No. ML003760571 _ HEADQUARTERS MORNING REPORT PAGE 2 DECEMBER 13, 2000 Licensee/Facility: Notification: Tennessee Valley Authority MR Number: H-00-0076 Sequoyah 2 Date: 12/13/00 Soddy-Daisy,Tennessee Dockets: 50-328 PWR/W-4-LP Subject: Fuel Assembly Leakage at Sequoyah Discussion: The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) determined, during the Sequoyah Unit 2 October 2000 refueling outage, that one fuel rod in one of four lead test assemblies (LTAs) containing fuel pellets made with blended-down highly enriched uranium (HEU) had been leaking during the last operating cycle. The LTAs were manufactured by Framatome Cogema Fuels (FCF) as part of a Department of Energy (DOE)-sponsored program to use HEU as fuel in one or more of the TVA nuclear reactors. There are 264 fuel rods in each of the four LTAs, or 1056 rods total. The LTAs had been in the core since the last refueling outage in April 1999 and had burnup of approximately 24,000 mwd/mtu. TVA discovered the leakage while conducting In-Mast fuel assembly sipping during core off-load activities. The licensee sipped all 193 fuel assemblies and also found a non-HEU fuel assembly, manufactured by Westinghouse, that had several leaking rods. The Westinghouse assembly had been in the reactor core for three operating cycles. The licensee removed the leaking LTA from the core, as well as the other three assemblies. FCF performed ultrasonic testing on the LTAs to determine the extent of the problem and determined that only a single fuel rod in the LTA had been leaking. FCF was unable to observe the defect using fiber optic visual inspection. They did observe, however, that the defective fuel rod had elongated by about 0.5 inch. FCF also performed high magnification visual testing to look for other indications of possible failure mechanisms such as bad welds, presence of foreign material, or other manufacturing defects. FCF is presently reviewing the LTA manufacturing records for evidence of a possible manufacturing error. Both TVA and FCF are in the process of attempting to determine the root cause of the defect and FCF will publish a report by the end of January 2001 with the results of its root cause analysis. Currently, TVA sees no correlation between the subject rod developing a leak and the fact that the rod contains HEU. The staff has preliminarily concluded that there is no safety issue related to this failure. During the operating cycle, reactor coolant system radioactivity level remained below 50 percent of the Sequoyah Technical Specification limit for Dose Equivalent Iodine-131, which is 0.35 microcuries per gram. TVA believes that this rod failure will have no long-term programmatic effect on the DOE plan to use HEU as reactor fuel in one or more TVA reactors, which may start as early as 2005. Contacts: Ronald W. Hernan, NRR Project Manager (301) 415-2010 Russell A. Gibbs, Senior Resident Inspector (423) 842-8001 Eric J. Benner, NRR Events Assessment (301) 415-1171 HEADQUARTERS MORNING REPORT PAGE 3 DECEMBER 13, 2000 MR Number: H-00-0076 (cont.) _ REGION III MORNING REPORT PAGE 3 DECEMBER 13, 2000 Licensee/Facility: Notification: Commonwealth Edison Co. MR Number: 3-00-0044 Braidwood 1 2 Date: 12/11/00 Braceville,Illinois by Exelon Press Release Dockets: 50-456,50-457 PWR/W-4-LP,PWR/W-4-LP Subject: EXELON NAMES NEW SITE VICE PRESIDENTS AND PLANT MANAGERS Discussion: Exelon named four new Site Vice Presidents (SVPs) on Monday, December 11, 2000. Joel Dimmette, currently SVP at Quad Cities Generating Station, becomes Vice President Operational Projects at corporate office in Downers Grove at the beginning of the new year. Tim Tulon, currently SVP at Braidwood Generating Station, becomes SVP at Quad Cities Generating Station at the beginning of the new year. Jim von Suskil, currently SVP at Limerick Generating Station, becomes SVP at Braidwood Generating Station towards the end of first quarter of 2001. Bill Levis, currently SVP at Byron Generating Station, becomes SVP at Limerick Generating Station towards the end of first quarter of 2001. Rich Lopriore, currently plant manager at Byron Generating Station, becomes SVP at Byron Generating Station towards the end of first quarter of 2001. Exelon named new plant managers: Mark Schiavoni, currently maintenance manager at LaSalle Generating Station becomes LaSalle plant manager at the beginning of the new year. Ernie Harkness, currently director of work management at Limerick Generating Station, becomes Oyster Creek plant manager at the beginning of the new year. Steve Kuczynski, currently maintenance manager at Byron Generating Station, becomes Byron plant manager towards the end of first quarter 2001. Contact: Michael Jordan (630)829-9637 _ REGION III MORNING REPORT PAGE 4 DECEMBER 13, 2000 Licensee/Facility: Notification: Commonwealth Edison Co. MR Number: 3-00-0045 Byron 1 2 Date: 12/11/00 Byron,Illinois by Exelon Press Release Dockets: 50-454,50-455 PWR/W-4-LP,PWR/W-4-LP Subject: EXELON NAMES NEW SITE VICE PRESIDENTS AND PLANT MANAGERS Discussion: Exelon named four new Site Vice Presidents (SVPs) on Monday, December 11, 2000. Joel Dimmette, currently SVP at Quad Cities Generating Station, becomes Vice President Operational Projects at corporate office in Downers Grove at the beginning of the new year. Tim Tulon, currently SVP at Braidwood Generating Station, becomes SVP at Quad Cities Generating Station at the beginning of the new year. Jim von Suskil, currently SVP at Limerick Generating Station, becomes SVP at Braidwood Generating Station towards the end of first quarter of 2001. Bill Levis, currently SVP at Byron Generating Station, becomes SVP at Limerick Generating Station towards the end of first quarter of 2001. Rich Lopriore, currently plant manager at Byron Generating Station, becomes SVP at Byron Generating Station towards the end of first quarter of 2001. Exelon named new plant managers: Mark Schiavoni, currently maintenance manager at LaSalle Generating Station becomes LaSalle plant manager at the beginning of the new year. Ernie Harkness, currently director of work management at Limerick Generating Station, becomes Oyster Creek plant manager at the beginning of the new year. Steve Kuczynski, currently maintenance manager at Byron Generating Station, becomes Byron plant manager towards the end of first quarter 2001. Contact: Michael Jordan (630)829-9637 _ REGION III MORNING REPORT PAGE 5 DECEMBER 13, 2000 Licensee/Facility: Notification: Commonwealth Edison Co. MR Number: 3-00-0046 La Salle 1 2 Date: 12/11/00 Marseilles,Illinois by Exelon Press Release Dockets: 50-373,50-374 BWR/GE-5,BWR/GE-5 Subject: EXELON NAMES NEW SITE VICE PRESIDENTS AND PLANT MANAGERS Discussion: Exelon named four new Site Vice Presidents (SVPs) on Monday, December 11, 2000. Joel Dimmette, currently SVP at Quad Cities Generating Station, becomes Vice President Operational Projects at corporate office in Downers Grove at the beginning of the new year. Tim Tulon, currently SVP at Braidwood Generating Station, becomes SVP at Quad Cities Generating Station at the beginning of the new year. Jim von Suskil, currently SVP at Limerick Generating Station, becomes SVP at Braidwood Generating Station towards the end of first quarter of 2001. Bill Levis, currently SVP at Byron Generating Station, becomes SVP at Limerick Generating Station towards the end of first quarter of 2001. Rich Lopriore, currently plant manager at Byron Generating Station, becomes SVP at Byron Generating Station towards the end of first quarter of 2001. Exelon named new plant managers: Mark Schiavoni, currently maintenance manager at LaSalle Generating Station becomes LaSalle plant manager at the beginning of the new year. Ernie Harkness, currently director of work management at Limerick Generating Station, becomes Oyster Creek plant manager at the beginning of the new year. Steve Kuczynski, currently maintenance manager at Byron Generating Station, becomes Byron plant manager towards the end of first quarter 2001. Contact: Bruce Burgess (630)829-9629 _ REGION III MORNING REPORT PAGE 6 DECEMBER 13, 2000 Licensee/Facility: Notification: Commonwealth Edison Co. MR Number: 3-00-0047 Quad Cities 1 2 Date: 12/11/00 Cordova,Illinois by Exelon Press Release Dockets: 50-254,50-265 BWR/GE-3,BWR/GE-3 Subject: EXELON NAMES NEW SITE VICE PRESIDENTS AND PLANT MANAGERS Discussion: Exelon named four new Site Vice Presidents (SVPs) on Monday, December 11, 2000. Joel Dimmette, currently SVP at Quad Cities Generating Station, becomes Vice President Operational Projects at corporate office in Downers Grove at the beginning of the new year. Tim Tulon, currently SVP at Braidwood Generating Station, becomes SVP at Quad Cities Generating Station at the beginning of the new year. Jim von Suskil, currently SVP at Limerick Generating Station, becomes SVP at Braidwood Generating Station towards the end of first quarter of 2001. Bill Levis, currently SVP at Byron Generating Station, becomes SVP at Limerick Generating Station towards the end of first quarter of 2001. Rich Lopriore, currently plant manager at Byron Generating Station, becomes SVP at Byron Generating Station towards the end of first quarter of 2001. Exelon named new plant managers: Mark Schiavoni, currently maintenance manager at LaSalle Generating Station becomes LaSalle plant manager at the beginning of the new year. Ernie Harkness, currently director of work management at Limerick Generating Station, becomes Oyster Creek plant manager at the beginning of the new year. Steve Kuczynski, currently maintenance manager at Byron Generating Station, becomes Byron plant manager towards the end of first quarter 2001. Contact: Mark Ring (630)829-9703 _
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