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DESCRIPTION Historical Background This issue is identified in Appendix D of NUREG-0572 [1] and is one of the key observations made after the ACRS requested its members and consultants to make comprehensive reviews of all Licensee Event Reports (LERs) …
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DESCRIPTION Background This issue was identified [1] after a review of LERs involving the failure or degraded performance of essential equipment that resulted from the failure of protective devices such as fuses and circuit breakers. The affected systems …
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DESCRIPTION Historical Background This issue is identified in Appendix D of NUREG-0572 [1] and is one of the key observations made after the ACRS requested its members and consultants to make comprehensive reviews of all LERs issued during the years 1976, …
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DESCRIPTION Historical Background The exact scope of this issue is unclear and SPEB has used the following interpretation in its evaluation. Based on an ACRS-sponsored review of LERs, [1] it was concluded that the criteria used for setting up equipment …
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DESCRIPTION The concern of this issue involves the requirement for verification that the balance-of-plant equipment satisfies the design intent. This issue was identified in NUREG-0705. [1] CONCLUSION Task I.F in NUREG-0660, [2] the TMI Action Plan, is a …
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DESCRIPTION BWRs are operated in such a manner as to attempt to produce an axial power distribution with as little peaking as possible. When the reactor moderator is not boiling (e.g., during startup and heatup), the axial flux distribution is much more …
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DESCRIPTION Background Flow-induced vibrations caused by vortex shedding resulting from rapid area change, buffeting due to random flow turbulence, fluid structures interaction instability, leakage excitation, steady operation of positive displacement …
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DESCRIPTION Historical Background This concern was identified by the ACRS as a result of their review [1] of LERs covering a period from 1976 through 1978 and, subsequently, a comprehensive review of the problem was completed which covered the LERs and …
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DESCRIPTION Under the scope of the TMI Action Plan Item II.K.3 in NUREG-0660, [1] the NRC Bulletin and Orders Task Force conducted generic reviews of the loss-of-feedwater and small-break loss-of-coolant events on all operating reactors. These reviews …
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DESCRIPTION Historical Background This issue apparently originated as a DOR proposal and was discussed in SECY-80-325. [1] The issue as previously evaluated [2] is whether periodic replacement of the squib charges and circuit checks of the traveling …
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DESCRIPTION This issue which is identified in NUREG-0705 [1] was raised because of the discovery of stress corrosion cracking in the low pressure discs of Westinghouse-designed turbines. CONCLUSION This issue is not by itself a distinct generic issue but …
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DESCRIPTION Historical Background A memorandum [1] from AEOD to NRR dated May 23, 1980 drew attention to the generic issue of BWR jet pump integrity. The concern that motivated the AEOD memo was a February 1980 jet pump failure at Dresden Unit 3, together …
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DESCRIPTION Historical Background This is an ACRS concern raised by the Subcommittee on TMI-2 Implications in October 1979. This issue centers around the possibility of a breach in the reactor coolant system boundary caused by the failure of nonsafety …
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DESCRIPTION Historical Background Cracking has occurred in PWR piping systems as a result of stress corrosion, vibratory and thermal fatigue, and dynamic loading. However, as of February 1981, no cracking had been experienced in the primary system piping …
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DESCRIPTION Historical Background This issue addressed the potential problem of radiation embrittlement of reactor vessel support structures (RVSS). It was originally identified as a Candidate USI in NUREG-0705 [1] where it was recommended for further …
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DESCRIPTION This issue involves a potential deficiency in the ability to control leakage past the main steam isolation valves (MSIV) in BWR plants. Requirements for MSIV leakage control systems outlined in Regulatory Guide 1.96 [1] were developed as a …
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DESCRIPTION Historical Background In the event of a LOCA in which offsite power remains available, the reactor operator may choose to shut down the emergency diesel generators shortly after the LOCA. If, after the diesels are shut down, offsite power is …
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DESCRIPTION Historical Background This issue effects all PWR-type reactors (Westinghouse, CE, B&W). The issue as described, [1] , [2] , [3] concerns postulated accidents resulting from a steam line break which consequentially results in a steam generator …
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DESCRIPTION On November 10, 1979, an event occurred at the Oconee Power Station, Unit 3, that resulted in loss of power to a non-Class 1E 120-volt AC single-phase power panel that supplied power to the integrated control system (ICS) and the nonnuclear …
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DESCRIPTION Historical Background This concern was raised [1] because of the potential for a high-altitude nuclear weapon detonation causing a large electromagnetic pulse (EMP) which subsequently could induce large currents and voltages in electrical …
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DESCRIPTION This issue originated from NUREG-0572 [1] where the ACRS identified vibration-induced equipment failures resulting from various loading conditions; it was later included in the initial list [2] of new issues that were identified for …
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DESCRIPTION Historical Background Many PWRs have no positive means of detecting boron dilution during cold shutdown. [1] Some operations carried out during outages (e.g., steam generator decontamination) reduce the RCS volume thereby speeding up dilution. …
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DESCRIPTION Background This issue addressed the high rate of reactor coolant pump (RCP) seal failures that challenge the makeup capacity of the ECCS in PWRs. At the time this issue was identified [1] in 1980, RCP seal failures in BWRs occurred at a …
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DESCRIPTION Historical Background This issue was raised by the staff following a review [1] , [2] of operating events that indicated a significant number of ECCS spurious actuations, particularly, the four events that occurred at Davis-Besse during 1980. …
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DESCRIPTION This issue concerns the slow loss of control air pressure in the scram system of BWRs. [1] Air pressure dropping at a certain rate will first allow some of the CRD scram outlet valves to open slightly, thus filling the scram discharge volume …
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