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DESCRIPTION Historical Background The SRVs of a BWR plant provide protection against overpressurization of the reactor primary system. During normal operation, the SRVs which are mounted in the main steam lines open on high pressure permitting steam to …
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DESCRIPTION This issue was raised in November 1981 by the Materials Engineering Branch (MTEB), DE/NRR, and was based on the concern that NRC provides no control regulations or guides for bolting other than for the reactor vessel head. CONCLUSION In …
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DESCRIPTION Historical Background BWRs are required to be operated within set thermal limits to maintain the integrity of the fuel cladding during postulated events. One of the established thermal limits is the minimum critical power ratio (MCPR). The …
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DESCRIPTION Historical Background Protection systems in nuclear power plants are required to meet the design criteria of IEEE-279, "Criteria for Protection Systems for Nuclear Power Generating Stations." [1] One of the criteria of IEEE-279 requires that …
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DESCRIPTION Historical Background Increasing attention has recently been focused on the integrity of RCP seals due to loss of cooling to the seals both in connection with PRA studies which are currently under review and from operating experience. [1] , …
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DESCRIPTION Historical Background Following the steam generator tube rupture (SGTR) event at Ginna in January 1982, [1] the staff proceeded to develop generic steam generator requirements which would help mitigate or reduce steam generator tube …
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DESCRIPTION Following the SGTR event at Ginna on January 25, 1982, increased staff effort was placed on developing means to mitigate and reduce steam generator tube degradations and ruptures. To meet these objectives, two steps were taken. The first step …
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DESCRIPTION Historical Background In an evaluation of INPO/NSAC Significant Operating Experience Report 81-17, [1] the operators at Fort Calhoun determined that the configuration of their plant made it susceptible to the possibility that all AFW supply …
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DESCRIPTION Historical Background Cracks were found in the normal make-up high pressure injection (MU/HPI) nozzles of several B&W plants following an inspection of the 8 B&W plants licensed to operate. These cracks appeared to be directly related to loose …
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DESCRIPTION Historical Background PORVs and block valves were originally designed as non-safety components in the reactor pressure control system for use only when plants are in operation. The block valves were installed because of expected leakage from …
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DESCRIPTION Historical Background This issue was raised [1] by DSI/NRR in August 1982 [2] following a search of LERs which suggested that additional licensing attention was needed for certain ancillary power plant equipment. The available information …
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DESCRIPTION Background This issue was raised in Board Notification No. 82-81 [1] and addressed the failure of control rod drive (CRD) guide tube support pins in W reactors. The first pin failure at a U.S. plant occurred at North Anna 1 in 1982 where a …
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DESCRIPTION Historical Background During the period 1978 to 1980, there were reports of fatigue failure of thermal sleeve assemblies in the piping systems of both PWRs and BWRs. The BWR problem was addressed by GE in NEDO-21821 and was resolved with a …
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DESCRIPTION Historical Background This issue was raised [1] by DSI in June 1983 and addresses the concern that several operating PWRs and BWRs either lack iodine coolant activity LCOs or have inadequate LCOs such that accidents involving the release of …
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DESCRIPTION Historical Background On two occasions (February 22 and 25, 1983), Salem Unit 1 failed to scram automatically due to failure of both reactor trip breakers to open on receipt of an actuation signal. In both cases, the unit was successfully …
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DESCRIPTION Historical Background This issue was identified [1] when a number of concerns regarding DC power systems were raised during the review of the proposed resolution of Issue A-30, "Adequacy of Safety-Related DC Power Supplies." The main concerns …
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DESCRIPTION Historical Background On November 11, 1981, the DAILY REPORT-REGION I carried a "prompt report" from Calvert Cliffs Units 1 and 2 indicating the licensee had been notified that the water tight integrity of the service water pump rooms in both …
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DESCRIPTION Historical Background STS for newer OLs require licensees to keep account of the number of transient occurrences to ensure that transient limits, based on design assumptions, are not exceeded. However, a number of older plants for which …
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DESCRIPTION Historical Background On March 18, 1983, B&W expressed [1] concern for unanalyzed reactor vessel thermal stress that could occur during natural convection cooldown of PWRs. The concern emerged from a preliminary B&W evaluation of a voiding …
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DESCRIPTION Historical Background This issue was identified by the ACRS in 1978 during the operating license reviews of some BWRs. The ACRS posed questions concerning the likelihood and effects of a LOCA which could cause interactions with the CRD …
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DESCRIPTION Historical Background In October 1982, the Executive Director for Operations appointed the Committee to Review Safety Requirements at Power Reactors (CRSRPR) to review U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) security requirements at nuclear …
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DESCRIPTION Historical Background The risks of beyond design basis accidents in the spent fuel storage pool were examined in WASH-1400 [1] (App. I, pp. I-96ff). It was concluded that these risks were orders of magnitude below those involving the reactor …
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DESCRIPTION Historical Background On August 18, 1982, the ACRS issued a letter [1] to the Commission which: (1) identified deficiencies in the maintenance and testing of engineered safety features designed to maintain control room habitability; (2) …
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DESCRIPTION This issue was raised by the ACRS in a memorandum [1] to the Commission in October 1983. Following the TMI-2 accident, the purpose and use of PORVs had been the subject of considerable analyses and discussion. The original purpose for which …
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DESCRIPTION Historical Background In BWRs, SRVs are mounted on the main steam line inside the drywell. Each SRV discharge is piped through its own discharge line (tailpipe) to a point below the minimum water level in the primary containment suppression …
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