05000272/LER-1981-018, Forwards LER 81-018/03X-1.Detailed Event Analysis Encl

Forwards LER 81-018/03X-1.Detailed Event Analysis Encl

ML18086A479
Person / Time
Site:	Salem
Issue date:	05/04/1981
From:	Uderitz R Public Service Enterprise Group
To:	Grier B NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
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ML18086A480	List: 05000272/LER-1981-018, Forwards LER 81-018/03X-1.Detailed Event Analysis Encl 05000272/LER-1981-018-03, /03X-1:on 810214,diesel Generator 1A Was Declared Inoperable Due to Cooling Water Leak.Caused by Cracked & Leaking Nipple Connecting Jacket Water Valve 1DA45A & Jacket Water Pipe.Nipple Replaced
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LER-1981-018, Forwards LER 81-018/03X-1.Detailed Event Analysis Encl

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PS~G Public Service Electric and Gas Company 80 Park Place Newark. N.J. 07101 Phone 201 430-7000 Mr. Boyce H. Grier Director of USNRC May 4, 1981 Office of Inspection.and Enforcement Region 1 631 Park Avenue King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406

Dear Mr. Grier:

LICENSE NO. DPR-70 DOCKET NO. 50-272 REPORTABLE OCCURRENCE_81-18/03X-l SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT Pursuant to the requirements of Salem Generating Station Unit No. 1 Technical Specifications, Section 6.9.1, we are submitting supple-mental Licensee Event Report for Reportable Occurrence 81-18/03X-l.

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e Report Number:

81-18/03X-l Report Date:

May 4, 1981 Occurrence Date:

2/14/81 Facility:

Salem Generating Station, Unit 1 Public Service Electric & Gas Company Hancocks Bridge, New Jersey 08038 IDENTIFICATION OF OCCURRENCE:

Diesel Generator Inoperable (lA)

Cooling Water Leak CONDITIONS PRIOR TO OCCURRENCE:

Mode 1 -

Rx Power 100% - Unit Load 1130 MW DESCRIPTION OF OCCURRENCE:

During normal operation on February 14, 1981, Diesel Generator lA was declared inoperable because of a cooling water leak.

Action Statement 3.8.1.1.a was entered at 2233 hours0.0258 days <br />0.62 hours <br />0.00369 weeks <br />8.496565e-4 months <br />.

The Action State-ment requires that the inoperable diesel be restored to operable status within 72 hours8.333333e-4 days <br />0.02 hours <br />1.190476e-4 weeks <br />2.7396e-5 months <br /> or be in hot shutdown within the next six hours and in cold shutdown within the following thirty hours.

DESIGNATION OF APPARENT CAUSE OF OCCURRENCE:

Equipment Failure -

The nipple connecting Jacket Water Valve 1DA45A and the Jacket Water Pipe was cracked and leaking.

ANALYSIS OF OCCURRENCE:

No explanation can be found for the nipple's cracking.

CORRECTIVE ACTION

The nipple was replaced in kind.

The Action Statement was terminated at 2137 hours0.0247 days <br />0.594 hours <br />0.00353 weeks <br />8.131285e-4 months <br /> on February 15, 1981.

FAILURE DATA:

3/8" Nipple, 1-1/2" Long Prepared By W. J. Steele SORC Meeting No.

81-23