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DESCRIPTION Historical Background This issue was identified in a May 1986 DSI memorandum [1] in which 21 instances of BWR vessel draining through various paths in the RHR system piping were described. Later, in August 1986, AEOD/E609 [2] was issued …
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DESCRIPTION Historical Background This issue was identified as an alternative approach to the Finding 15 recommendation [1] discussed in Issue 125.I.5, "Safety Systems Tested in All Conditions Required by DBA," which states that "[t]horough integrated …
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DESCRIPTION Historical Background This issue was identified [1] by NRR when concerns were expressed that the seismic loading on equipment and pipe-mounted components may have been underestimated. These concerns could be divided into two sub- issues: …
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DESCRIPTION Historical Background This issue was identified [1] by DSIR/RES following ACRS concerns raised during the review of the resolution of Issue 87, "Failure of HPCI Steam Line Without Isolation," which addressed the design bases for those MOVs …
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DESCRIPTION Historical Background The reliability of essential service water (ESW) systems and related problems have been an ongoing staff concern which has been documented in NUREG/CR-2797, [1] IE Bulletins 80-24 [2] and 81-03, [3] Generic Letter No. …
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DESCRIPTION In 1977, the NRC initiated the Systematic Evaluation Program (SEP) to review the designs of 51 older, operating nuclear power plants. The SEP was divided into 2 phases. In Phase I, the staff defined 137 issues for which regulatory requirements …
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DESCRIPTION Historical Background This issue was identified [1] by NRR after reactor operating experience and research results on MOVs, SOVs, AOVs, and HOVs indicated that testing under static conditions did not always reveal how these valves would …
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DESCRIPTION Historical Background This issue was identified [1] by NRR and addressed concerns involving centrifugal pumps operating at some point below the best efficiency point (BEP) on their characteristic curves that could cause hydraulic instability …
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DESCRIPTION Historical Background This issue was identified [1] by NRR as a result of a diagnostic evaluation team inspection of the SWS at Zion, a multiplant site. The inspection identified the potential for some additional shared systems to have an …
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DESCRIPTION Historical Background This issue was identified [1] by NRR when it was found that, on a number of occasions, licensees reported that spring-actuated safety and relief valves failed to meet setpoint criteria within the desired tolerance. Other …
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DESCRIPTION Historical Background This issue was identified [1] by NRR following a request from Region I to review GE SIL 477 which identified the possibility of early containment bypass in a BWR, if any one of the MSIVs inside containment should fail to …
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DESCRIPTION Historical Background This issue was identified [1] , [2] by a Region III inspector and addressed the possible failure of low pressure emergency core cooling systems due to unanticipated, large quantities of entrained gas in the suction piping …
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DESCRIPTION Historical Background Beginning in the early-1980s, the NRC sponsored the development of a Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis (PSHA) methodology by LLNL. For the purpose of conducting a systematic evaluation of the licensing criteria for …
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DESCRIPTION On May 26, 2005, the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR), Division of Engineering, recommended that issues related to closed Generic Issue (GI)-194, "Implications of Updated Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Estimates," dated September 23, …
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DESCRIPTION On May 26, 2005, the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR), Division of Engineering, recommended that issues related to closed Generic Issue (GI)-194, "Implications of Updated Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Estimates," dated September 23, …
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