ENS 56257
ENS Event | |
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16:00 Dec 3, 2022 | |
Title | Degraded Condition Discovered on Shutdown Cooling Test Line |
Event Description | The following information was provided by the licensee via email:
On 12/2/2022 at 2330 [CST] during the planned F311 outage on Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Unit 3, personnel entered the Unit 3 drywell for leak identification. Personnel discovered a through-wall piping leak on a 0.75 inch test line between the two test line isolation valves. This 0.75 inch test line is located on the residual heat removal (RHR) loop 1 shutdown cooling and RHR return line to the reactor vessel. On 12/3/2022 at 1000 CST, Engineering determined this location is classified as ASME Code Class 1 piping. This constitutes an 8-hour NRC notification in accordance with 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(ii)(A) - Any event or condition that results in the condition of the nuclear power plant, including its principal safety barriers, being seriously degraded. The NRC Resident Inspector has been notified. |
Where | |
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Browns Ferry ![]() Alabama (NRC Region 2) | |
Reporting | |
10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(ii)(A), Seriously Degraded | |
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+-2.92 h-0.122 days <br />-0.0174 weeks <br />-0.004 months <br />) | |
Opened: | Mark Moebes 13:05 Dec 3, 2022 |
NRC Officer: | Bill Gott |
Last Updated: | Dec 3, 2022 |
56257 - NRC Website
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Unit 3 | |
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Reactor critical | Not Critical |
Scram | No |
Before | Cold Shutdown (0 %) |
After | Cold Shutdown (0 %) |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 564112023-03-15T03:57:00015 March 2023 03:57:00
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