Part 21 Report - 1995-157

95157 MCGUIRE 1 2                    29016 07-03-95 POW
LICENSEE: DUKE POWER CO.
SITE: .MCGUIRE 1 2                   .        EN NUMBER:29016
DOCKET: 05000369 05000370                EVENT DATE: 07-03-95
RX TYPE: PWR PWR                         EVENT TIME: 14:02
VENDORS: W-4-LP W-4-LP                  NOTIFY DATE: 07-03-95
EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A  REGION: 2 STATE: NC      TIME: 14:08
OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE
10 CFR SECTION: CDEG  21.21(c)(3)(i)      DEFECTS/NONCOMPLIANCE
UNIT  SCRAM   RX   INIT  INITIAL MODE     CURR   CURRENT MODE
      CODE   CRIT  PWR                    PWR
 1    N       N      0   HOT STANDBY        0   HOT STANDBY
 2    N       Y    100   POWER OPERATION  100   POWER OPERATION

10 CFR PART 21 NOTIFICATION REGARDING THE FAILURE OF EMERGENCY
DIESEL GENERATOR MODEL VTR 500 TURBOCHARGERS SUPPLIED BY ABB
TURBO SYSTEMS, LTD.
                                                                 
ON JULY 2, 1995, THE LICENSEE DETERMINED THAT FATIGUE FAILURE OF
THE COMPRESSOR WHEEL CAN OCCUR WHEN USING A 17-HOLE JET ASSIST
PLATE IF THE TURBOCHARGER IS OPERATED AT SPEEDS WHICH CAN PRODUCE
RESONANCE.  THE LICENSEE HAS EXPERIENCED TWO FAILURES OF MODEL
VTR 500 TURBOCHARGERS SUPPLIED BY ABB TURBO SYSTEMS, LTD.  (REFER
TO EVENT NUMBER 28997.)
THESE TURBOCHARGERS WERE DEDICATED AS COMMERCIAL GRADE ITEMS
AND
WERE APPROVED AND INSTALLED AS AN ACCEPTABLE SUBSTITUTE ON ALL
FOUR MNS NORDBERG EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATORS.  FAILURE OF THE
TURBOCHARGER RENDERS THE ASSOCIATED EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATOR
INCAPABLE OF PROVIDING THE RATED OUTPUT.
                                                                 
IN ORDER TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM, THE LICENSEE REPLACED THE
17-HOLE JET ASSIST WALL PLATES WITH WALL PLATES OF EITHER A
SLOTTED OR BLANK CONFIGURATION.  THE LICENSEE ALSO REPLACED THE
COMPRESSOR WHEELS IN ALL FOUR EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATORS.
                                                                 
THE ONLY INSTALLED MODEL VTR 500 TURBOCHARGERS KNOWN TO THE
LICENSEE ARE
AT THE D. C. COOK PLANT.  ONE ADDITIONAL UNIT IS ON ORDER FOR USE
AT THE BRUNSWICK PLANT.  BOTH PLANTS HAVE BEEN VERBALLY NOTIFIED
BY THE LICENSEE. BECAUSE THE TURBOCHARGERS IN QUESTION WERE
INSTALLED AS COMMERCIALLY DEDICATED PARTS, OTHER EXAMPLES MAY
EXIST WITHIN THE INDUSTRY.
                                                                 
THE LICENSEE WILL NOTIFY THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR.