NUREG 0933
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DESCRIPTION AEOD issued a memorandum [1] in which a potential safety issue involving combined primary and secondary system LOCAs was raised. The issue was discussed at Commission meetings on October 16, 1980 and on November 10, 1980. NRR informed AEOD of …
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DESCRIPTION Historical Background In response to a 1967 ACRS concern relative to the potential of melting and subsequent disintegration of a portion of a fuel assembly due to inlet orifice flow blockage, GE submitted NEDO-10174 [1] in May 1970. As a …
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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 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 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 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 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 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 March 1982, leaks were detected in the heat-affected zones of the safe-end-to-pipe welds in two of the 28 in. diameter recirculation loop safe ends at Nine Mile Point Unit 1. Subsequent UT revealed extensive cracking …
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DESCRIPTION Historical Background Low temperature overpressurization originally identified in NUREG 0371 [1] as item A-26. This issue later became USI A-26 and was resolved in September 1978 with a revision to SRP [2] Section 5.2. The resolution of USI …
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DESCRIPTION Historical Background This issue was identified during the staff review of the Indian Point 2 and Zion PRAs [1] ; in both of these studies, the dominant interfacing systems LOCA events were estimated to be through the RHR suction valves. The …
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DESCRIPTION Historical Background Once-through steam generators (OTSGs) are a feature unique to B&W reactor designs. Main feedwater is injected from a header, located at approximately mid-elevation of the OTSG, into an annular downcomer region. As the …
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DESCRIPTION In the prioritization of Issue 22, "Inadvertent Boron Dilution," it was found that inadvertent boron dilution events during cold shutdown operation do not constitute a significant risk to the public. Further work by DSI confirmed this …
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DESCRIPTION Historical Background Potential stress corrosion cracking (SCC) of reactor vessel (RV) closure studs was raised as a GSI in December 1984. [1] Concerns were expressed that two contributors to SCC had not been subject to careful research and …
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DESCRIPTION In an August 1983 memorandum, [1] the EDO requested a comprehensive review of NRC requirements in the area of nuclear power plant piping. In response to this request, the NRC Piping Review Committee (PRC) was formed to review and evaluate …
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DESCRIPTION Historical Background Potential seismic interaction involving the movable in-core flux mapping systems was identified as a generic issue in August 1985. [1] This potential interaction exists because portions of the in-core flux mapping system, …
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DESCRIPTION Steam generator overfill and its consequences have received staff and industry attention because of the frequency and severity of overfill events. Over the years, a number of issues have been raised concerning steam generator overfill …
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Issue Identification The NRC identified [1] this issue in June 1992 to address an NRC staff members concern, given in a DPO dated December 3, 1991, [2] and modified March 27, 1992, [3] about the potential for a main steamline break (MSLB) accident to …
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DESCRIPTION To calculate the value of RT PTS as required in 10 CFR 50.61 and 10 CFR 50, Appendix G, licensees must determine the value of the fast neutron fluence on the inside surface of their pressure vessels. Through a number of reviews, NRR found [1] …
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DESCRIPTION The issue of fatigue of metal components was identified in SECY-93-049 [1] following the staff's senior management review of key license renewal issues. The recommendation to treat fatigue of metal components as a generic safety issue was …
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