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UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 December 30, 1997 NRC INFORMATION NOTICE 97-90: USE OF NONCONSERVATIVE ACCEPTANCE
CRITERIA IN SAFETY-RELATED PUMP
SURVEILLANCE TESTS
Addressees
All holders of operating licenses for nuclear power reactors except those who have ceased
operations and have certified that fuel has been permanently removed from the vessel.
Purpose
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing this information notice to alert
addressees to potential problems associated with safety-related pump surveillance testing. It is
expected that recipients will review the information for applicability to their facilities and consider
actions, as appropriate, to avoid similar problems. However, suggestions contained in this
information notice are not NRC requirements; therefore, no specific action or written response
is required.
Background
Several recent inspections in the area of safety-related pump performance have resulted in the
issuance of Notices of Violation of Appendix B, Criterion Xi, "Test Control," of Part 50 of Title 10
of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR Part 50) because licensees have concentrated on
inservice testing (IST) requirements without ensuring that design requirements were met.
There are two applicable primary requirements for safety-related pump testing: (1) to ensure
that Criterion Xl is met in that each safety-related pump achieves its minimum design-required
performance and (2) to ensure that each safety-related pump meets the requirements of
Section Xl, "Inservice Testing,' of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Boiler and
Pressure Vessel Code (ASME Code). Criterion Xi of Appendix B to 10 CFR Part 50 requires
that a test program be established with written test procedures that incorporate the
requirements and acceptance limits contained in applicable design documents. Although
licensees have established IST acceptance criteria that meet the requirements specified in the
ASME Code, the criteria at some plants allowed safety-related pumps to degrade below the
performance assumed in the accident analyses.
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IN 97-90
December 30, 1997
Description of Circumstances
In June 1996, the NRC staff found that the licensee for the Point Beach Nuclear Plant had failed
to ensure that the safety-related pump tests for several pumps had acceptance criteria that
incorporated the acceptance limits from applicable design documents (Inspection Report
50-266/96-06 and 50-301/96-06, dated September 5, 1996 [Accession 9609170044]). These
tests were used to ensure operability of the pumps, but the acceptance criteria were based only
on the ASME Code requirements. The NRC staff found that the average performance of the
service water pumps documented as acceptable by IST tests was 12.4 percent below the
average performance assumed in the large-break, loss of coolant accident (LOCA) analysis.
The NRC staff also noted that the IST-based acceptance criterion of 10-percent degradation
would have allowed the safety injection (SI) pumps to degrade more than the 5 percent
specified in the final safety analysis report (FSAR) small-break LOCA analysis. The NRC staff
found that other pumps would also have been allowed to degrade below minimum
requirements.
In December 1996, a system operational performance inspection (SOPI) at the Donald C. Cook
Nuclear Power Plant revealed a similar situation (Inspection Report 50-315/96-13 and
50-316/96-13, dated February 4, 1997 [Accession 9702070476]). NRC inspectors reviewed the
ability of the centrifugal charging pumps (CCPs) to satisfy design requirements. One of these
requirements, as specified in the plants technical specifications, was the ability to provide
adequate reactor coolant system boration from the refueling water storage tank (RWST).
During this inspection, the licensee performed a charging system flow calculation and
determined that the allowable CCP degradation to ensure adequate reactor coolant system
boration from the RWST was 8.5 percent for Unit 1 and 2.5 percent for Unit 2, rather than the
10-percent degradation limit specified by the ASME Code. The ASME Code acceptance limits
would have allowed the CCP performance to degrade to less than the technical specification
requirements.
In January 1997, a SOPI at the Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant identified inadequate auxiliary
feedwater (AFW) and residual heat removal (RHR) pump surveillance testing (Inspection
Report 50-305/97-02, dated March 28, 1997 [Accession 9704040065]). In the AFW instance, the licensee was using an IST acceptance limit of 160 gallons per minute (gpm) delivered to the
steam generator for each of the pumps, although the license-basis requirement was 200 gpm
(not including 40 gpm of recirculation flow). The surveillance procedure used the original
vendor's pump performance curve with an acceptance criterion of 10-percent degradation from
IN 97-90
December 30, 1997 these curves. When this criterion was applied to the AFW pumps, it was determined that all
AFW pumps were performing below license-basis requirements. This situation resulted in the
plant being outside of its accident analysis and requiring an operability determination for the
AFW pumps. For the RHR pumps, the IST lower band acceptance limit was 1330 gpm, which
was below the accident analysis required flow of 1400 gpm. In this case, the pumps were
shown to be operating right at the accident analysis limit.
In March 1997, an inspection at Grand Gulf Nuclear Station determined that the surveillance
test procedure acceptance criterion for one of the standby service water (SSW) pumps and the
high-pressure core-spray (HPCS) service water pump did not ensure that they were capable of
meeting their accident analysis criterion (Inspection Report 50-416/97-05, dated May 29. 1997
[Accession 9706030042]). The reference values for the surveillance test procedure acceptance
criterion for the SSW pumps were based on initial preoperational testing because this testing
demonstrated better performance than predicted by the vendor curves [124 pound per square
inch differential (psid) at 10,500 gpm]. The accident analysis was based on the vendor curves.
The SSW pumps were rebuilt in April 1996. Post-maintenance testing of the "A" pump revealed
hydraulic performance of 131.9 psid at 10,500 gpm, which was 5 percent below the previous
reference value. The licensee established this performance point as the new reference value.
With the ASME Code allowable degradation of 10 percent, the new minimum ASME Code
acceptance criterion at 10,500 gpm was 118.8 psid, which was below the value on the vendor's
curve. The accident analysis criterion for the HPCS service water pump of 83.8 psid at
700 gpm was based on the vendor's pump curves. The surveillance test procedure acceptance
criterion for this pump considered a developed head of 81.9 psid acceptable. Therefore, both
surveillance procedures would have considered their respective pumps to be operable, even
though their performance did not satisfy the accident analysis criterion.
In April 1997, an inspection at Fort Calhoun Station determined that the surveillance test
procedure acceptance criteria for pumps in five safety-related systems did not ensure that they
were capable of meeting their accident analysis performance criteria (Inspection Report
50-285/97-06, dated June 27,1997 [Accession 9707010011]). These pumps were the AFW
pumps, the high- and low-pressure Si pumps, the containment spray pumps, and the raw water
pumps. In particular, the motor-driven AFW pump's minimum performance criterion for delivery
to the steam generators was 1033 psid at 200 gpm. Since this analysis did not account for the
errors due to main steam safety valve set point tolerance and accumulation, the errors changed
the minimum performance requirements to 1079 psid at 200 gpm. However, using the
degradation of 10 percent allowed by the ASME Code, the surveillance test procedure
acceptance criterion considered the pump to be operable with 990 psid at 200 gpm.
Subsequent to these inspection findings, the licensee initiated a review of all safety-related
pumps in its IST program. Four other pumps were found to have surveillance procedure
minimum performance acceptance criteria lower than the criteria specified in their respective
accident analyses.
IN 97-90
December 30, 1997 In May 1997, a SOPI at the Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant found that the lower
acceptance limits for the IST for the AFW pumps were below the most limiting accident analysis
value specified in the updated FSAR (Inspection Report 50-282/97-08 and 50-306/97-08, dated
July 16, 1997 [Accession 9707220149]). The maximum degradation allowed by design from
the reference pump curve was about 4 percent, whereas the IST acceptance criteria allowed
10-percent degradation. Because the AFW pumps appeared to be operating close to the
accident analysis limit (200.8 gpm vs. 200 gpm), a specific evaluation had to be performed to
ensure operability.
Discussion
These examples identify inadequacies in surveillance test procedure acceptance criteria that
had the potential for, and in some cases did result in, pumps not meeting their accident analysis
acceptance criteria. IST is intended to monitor degradation of components. The ASME Code
does not require that pumps be tested at design-basis conditions. Many licensees use the
ASME test to verify compliance with the ASME Code and the pump design requirements
contained in plant design-basis documentation such as the FSAR. The ASME Code allows a
specific percentage of degradation of pump hydraulic performance from an established
reference value before action must be taken. If the minimum design performance as specified
in the plant design documentation is more stringent than the ASME Code acceptance criteria, then the test acceptance criteria must be adjusted to avoid the actual pump performance being
allowed to degrade below the minimum acceptable design performance. In addition, licensees
need to ensure that original plant design-basis calculations, or revisions to these calculations, are properly integrated into surveillance test procedure acceptance criteria. The NRC
published guidance on this issue in NUREG-1482, "Guidelines for Inservice Testing at Nuclear
Power Plants." Section 5.6, "Operability Limits of Pumps," states that operability limits must
always meet, or be consistent with, licensing-basis assumptions in a plant's safety analysis.
Related guidance can also be found in ASME OM-SG-1997, Part 15, "Standard for
Performance Testing of Emergency Core Cooling Systems in Pressurized Water Reactor Plants
(OM Part 15)," which will be published in late 1997. A similar standard for boiling-water
reactors (OM Part 20) is scheduled to be published in 1998.
IN 97-90
December 30, 1997 This information notice requires no specific action or written response. However, recipients are
reminded that they are required to consider industry-wide operating experience (including NRC
information notices) where practical, when setting goals and performing periodic evaluations
under Section 50.65, "Requirement for monitoring the effectiveness of maintenance at nuclear
power plants," to Part 50 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations. If you have any
questions about the information in this notice, please contact one of the technical contacts listed
below or the appropriate Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR) project manager.
W. T-
/Jkck W. Roe, Acting Director
ivision of Reactor Program Management
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Technical contacts: Eric R. Duncan, Rill Robert M. Lerch, Rill
(630) 829-9739 (630) 829-9759 E-mail: erd@nrc.gov E-mail: rml5@nrc.gov
Gerard F. O'Dwyer, Rill Thomas F. Stetka, RIV
(630) 829-9624 (817) 860-8247 E-mail: gfo~nrc.gov E-mail: tfs@nrc.gov
Joseph Colaccino, NRR
301-415-2753 E-mail: jxcl@nrc.gov
Attachment: List of Recently Issued NRC Info ces
K-,--, Attachment
IN 97-90
December 30, 1997 Page 1 of I
LIST OF RECENTLY ISSUED
NRC INFORMATION NOTICES
Information Date of
Notice No. Subject Issuance Issued to
97-89 Distribution of Sources and 12/29/97 All sealed source and device
Devices Without Authorization manufacturers and distributors
97-88 Experiences During Recent 12116/97 All holders of OLs for pressurized- Steam Generator Inspections water reactors except those who
have permanently ceased
operations and have certified that
fuel has been permanently
removed from the reactor
97-87 Second Retrofit to 12/12197 All industrial radiography
Industrial Nuclear Company licensees
IR 100 Radiography Camera, to Correct Inconsistency in
10 CFR Part 34 Compatibility
97-86 Additional Controls for 12/12/97 Registered users of the Model
Transport of the Amersham No. 660 series packages, and
Model No. 660 Series Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Radiographic Exposure Devices industrial radiography licensees
97-85 Effects of Crud Buildup 12111/97 All holders of OLs for pressurized- and Boron Deposition on water reactors, except those
Power Distribution and licensees who have permanently
Shutdown Margin ceased operations and have
certified that the fuel has been
permanently removed from the
reactor vessel
97-84 Rupture in Extraction 12/11/97 All holders of OLs for nuclear
Steam Piping as a power reactors except those
Result of Flow-Accelerated who have permanently ceased
Corrosion operations and have certified
that fuel has been permanently
removed from the reactor vessel
95-49, Seismic Adequacy of 12/10/97 All holders of OLs for nuclear
Sup. 1 Thermo-Lag Panels power reactors
OL = Operating License
CP = Construction Permit
IN 97-90
December 30, 1997 This information notice requires no specific action or written response. However, recipients are
reminded that they are required to consider industry-wide operating experience (including NRC
information notices) where practical, when setting goals and performing periodic evaluations
under Section 50.65, "Requirement for monitoring the effectiveness of maintenance at nuclear
power plants," to Part 50 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations. If you have any
questions about the information in this notice, please contact one of the technical contacts listed
below or the appropriate Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR) project manager.
original signed by
Jack W. Roe, Acting Director
Division of Reactor Program Management
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Technical contacts: Eric R. Duncan, Rill Robert M. Lerch, Rill
(630)829-9739 (630) 829-9759 E-mail: erd@nrc.gov E-mail: rml5@nrc.gov
Gerard F. O'Dwyer, Rill Thomas F. Stetka, RIV
(630) 829-9624 (817) 860-8247 E-mail: gfo@nrc.gov E-mail: ffsenrc.gov
Joseph Colaccino, NRR
301-415-2753 E-mail: jxcl@nrc.gov
Attachment: List of Recently Issued NRC Information Notices
OFC PECB:DRPM* TECH ED* RII/DRS* RIII/DRS l
NAME T. Greene R. Sander P. Pelke M. Ring
DATE 12/11 /97 111/25/97 j 11/26 /97 12/ 1 /97 OFC I EMEB:DE* SC/EMEB:DE* C/EMEB:DE* RIV/DRS*
NAME J. Colaccino D. Terao R. Wessman T. Stetka
DA 12/ 10 /97 12/ 12 /97 12/ 15 / 97 11/ 26 /97
OFC SC/PECB:DRPM C/PECB:DRPM D/DRPM
NAME R. Dennig* S. Richards* J. Roe*
DATE 12/ 16 /97 12 / 22 /97 112/ 22 /97
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[OFFICIAL RECORD COPY]
DOCUMENT NAME: 97-90.IN
IN 97-XX
December XX, 1997 This information notice requires no specific action or written response. However, recipients are
reminded that they are required to consider industry-wide operating experience (including NRC
information notices) where practical, when setting goals and performing periodic evaluations
under Section 50.65, "Requirement for monitoring the effectiveness of maintenance at nuclear
power plants," to Part 50 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations. If you have any
questions about the information in this notice, please contact one of the technical contacts listed
below or the appropriate Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR) project manager.
Jack W. Roe, Acting Director
Division of Reactor Program Management
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Technical contacts: Eric R. Duncan, Rill Robert M. Lerch, Rill
(630)829-9739 (630) 829-9759 E-mail: erd@nrc.gov E-mail: rml5@nrc.gov
Gerard F. O'Dwyer, Rill Thomas F. Stetka, RIV
(630) 829-9624 (817) 860-8247 E-mail: gfo~nrc.gov E-mail: tfs@nrc.gov
Joseph Colaccino, NRR
301-415-2753 E-mail: jxcl@nrc.gov
Attachment: List of Recently Issued NRC Information Notices
OFC PECB:DRPM* TECH ED* RIII/DRS* RIll/DRS*
NAME T. Greene R. Sander P. Pelke M. Ring
DATE 12/11 /97 11/25/97 11/26 /97 12/ 1 /97 OFC EMEB:DE* SC/EMEB:DE* C/EMEB:DE* RIV/DRS*
NAME J. Colaccino D. Terao R. Wessman T. Stetka
DATE 12/ 10 /97 12/ 12 /97 12/ 15 / 97 11/ 26 /97 OFC SC/PECB:DRPM C/PECB:DRPM D/DRPM
NAME R. Dennig* S. Richards J. oe
DATE 112/ 16 / 97 1 2-/ 4V7
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cncurenc
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[OFFICIAL RECORD COPY]
DOCUMENT NAME: G:\TAG\INIST
2IN 97-XX
December XX, 1997 This information notice requires no specific action or written response. However, recipients
are reminded that they are required to consider industry-wide operating experience (including
NRC information notices) where practical, when setting goals and performing periodic
evaluations under Section 50.65, "Requirement for monitoring the effectiveness of
maintenance at nuclear power plants," to Part 50 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations. If you have any questions about the information in this notice, please contact
one of the technical contacts listed below or the appropriate Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation (NRR) project manager.
Jack W. Roe, Acting Director
Division of Reactor Program Management
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Technical contacts: Eric R. Duncan, Rill Robert M. Lerch, Rill
630-829-9739 630-829-9759 E-mail: erd@nrc.gov E-mail: rml5@nrc.gov
Gerard F. O'Dwyer, RilI Thomas F. Stetka, RIV
630-829-9624 817-860-8247 E-mail: gfo@nrc.gov E-mail: ffs@nrc.gov
Joseph Colaccino, NRR
301-415-2753 E-mail: jxcl@nrc.gov
Attachment: List of Recently Issued NRC Information Notices
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OFC PECB:DRPM* TECH ED* RIII/DRS* RIII/DRS*
NAME T. Greene R. Sander P. Pelke M. Ring
DATE [ 12/11 /97 11/25/97 11/26 /97 12/ 1 /97 l
OFC l EMEB:DE* SC/EMEB:DE* C/EMEB:DE* RIV/DRS*
NAME J. Colaccino D. Terao R. Wessman T. Stetka
DATE l 12/ 10 /97 l 12/ 12 /97 12/ 15 / 97 l 11 /26 /97
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OFC SC)~ggowM C/PECB:DRPM D/DRPM
NAME R.ti4endig S. Richards J. Roe
DATE I -- / (v / 97 I / 97 I /97 I - bee previous concurrence
[OFFICIAL RECORD COPY]
DOCUMENT NAME: G:\TAG\INIST
K-i- S~ 97-XX
December XX, 1997 This information notice requires no specific action or written response. If you have any
questions about the information in this notice, please contact one of the technical contacts
listed below or the appropriate Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR) project manager.
Jack W. Roe, Acting Director
Division of Reactor Program Management
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Technical contacts: Eric R. Duncan, Rill Robert M. Lerch, Rill
630-829-9739 630-829-9759 E-mail: erdenrc.gov E-mail: rml5@nrc.gov
Gerard F. O'Dwyer, Rill Thomas F. Stetka, RIV
630-829-9624 817-860-8247 E-mail: gfo@nrc.gov E-mail: ffs@nrc.gov
Joseph Colaccino, NRR
301-415-2753 E-mail: jxclnrc.gov
Attachment: List of Recently Issued NRC Information Notices
[OFC PECB:DRPM TECH ED* RIII/DRS* RIII/DRS*
NAME T. Greene (Q) R. Sander P. Pelke M. Ring
l DATE
_ 12/11 /97 111/25/97 11/26 /97 J12/ / 97 l OFC EMEB:DE SC/EMEB:DE C/EMEB:DE) RIV/DRS*
NAME J. Colaccino 7i
D. Terao R. W an J T. Stetka
lDATE _la_ _ _ /97 fN Z-f 97 l A/ 1s / 97 l 11 / 26 /97 OFC SC/PECB:DRPM C/PECB:DRPM DIDRPM
NAME R. Dennig S. Richards J. Roe
DATE I_____ I /97 1 / /97 J
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[OFFICIAL RECORD COPY]
DOCUMENT NAME: G:kTAG\INIST
(301) 41' 3 E-mail: jxcl@nrc.gov
Attachment: List of Recently Issued NRC Information Notices
OFC PECB:DRPM TECH EDITOR RIII/DRS RIII/DRS
NAME T. Greene M!svW~ M. Ring P. Pelke
DATE I 197 /(/1 197 I /97 I /97 OFC IRillIDRS EMEB:DE SLIEMEB:DE CIEMEB:DE
NAME jJ. Colaccino T. Derao JR. Dennig R.Wessman
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list | - Information Notice 1997-01, Improper Electrical Grounding Results in Simultaneous Fires in the Control Room and the Safe-Shutdown Equipment Room (8 January 1997, Topic: Safe Shutdown, Emergency Lighting)
- Information Notice 1997-02, Cracks Found in Jet Pump Riser Assembly Elbows at Boiling Water Reactors (6 February 1997, Topic: Intergranular Stress Corrosion Cracking)
- Information Notice 1997-03, Defacing of Labels to Comply with 10 CFR 20.1904(b) (20 February 1997)
- Information Notice 1997-04, Implementation of a New Constraint on Radioactive Air Effluents (24 February 1997, Topic: Backfit)
- Information Notice 1997-05, Offsite Notification Capabilities (27 February 1997, Topic: Earthquake)
- Information Notice 1997-06, Weaknesses in Plant-Specific Emergency Operating Procedures for Refilling the Secondary Side of Dry Once-Through Steam Generators (4 March 1997)
- Information Notice 1997-07, Problems Identified During Generic Letter 89-10 Closeout Inspections (6 March 1997, Topic: Hot Short, Safe Shutdown, Weak link)
- Information Notice 1997-08, Potential Failures of General Electric Magne-Blast Circuit Breaker Subcomponents (12 March 1997, Topic: Coatings, Weak link)
- Information Notice 1997-09, Inadequate Main Steam Safety Valve (MSSV) Setpoints and Performance Issues Associated with Long MSSV Inlet Piping (12 March 1997)
- Information Notice 1997-10, Liner Plate Corrosion in Concrete Containments (13 March 1997)
- Information Notice 1997-11, Cement Erosion from Containment Subfoundations at Nuclear Power Plants (21 March 1997)
- Information Notice 1997-12, Potential Armature Binding in General Electric Type Hga Relays (24 March 1997)
- Information Notice 1997-13, Deficient Conditions Associated with Protective Coatings at Nuclear Power Plants (24 March 1997, Topic: Coatings)
- Information Notice 1997-14, Assessment of Spent Fuel Pool Cooling (28 March 1997, Topic: Time to boil, Coatings)
- Information Notice 1997-15, Reporting of Errors and Changes in Large-Break Loss-of-Coolant Accident Evaluation Models of Fuel Vendors and Compliance with 10 CFR 50. 46(a)(3) (4 April 1997, Topic: Coatings, Fuel cladding)
- Information Notice 1997-16, Preconditioning of Plant Structures, Systems, and Components Before ASME Code Inservice Testing or Technical Specification Surveillance Testing (4 April 1997, Topic: Stroke time, Coatings)
- Information Notice 1997-17, Cracking of Vertical Welds in the Core Shroud and Degraded Repair (4 April 1997, Topic: Coatings, Intergranular Stress Corrosion Cracking)
- Information Notice 1997-18, Problems Identified During Maintenance Rule Baseline Inspections (14 April 1997, Topic: Probabilistic Risk Assessment, Coatings, Emergency Lighting)
- Information Notice 1997-19, Safety Injection System Weld Flaw at Sequcyah Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 2 (18 April 1997, Topic: Boric Acid, Thermal fatigue)
- Information Notice 1997-20, Identification of Certain Uranium Hexafluoride Cylinders That Do Not Comply with ANSI N14.1 Fabrication Standards (17 April 1997, Topic: Uranium Hexafluoride)
- Information Notice 1997-21, Availability of Alternate AC Power Source Designed for Station Blackout Event (18 April 1997, Topic: Main transformer failure)
- Information Notice 1997-22, Failure of Welded-Steel Moment Resisting Frames During Northridge Earthquake (25 April 1997, Topic: Earthquake)
- Information Notice 1997-23, Evaluation and Reporting of Fires and Unplanned Chemical Reaction Events at Fuel Cycle Facilities (7 May 1997, Topic: Earthquake, Uranium Hexafluoride)
- Information Notice 1997-24, Failure of Packing Nuts on One-Inch Uranium Hexafluoride Cylinder Valves (8 May 1997, Topic: Eddy Current Testing, Uranium Hexafluoride)
- Information Notice 1997-25, Dynamic Range Uncertainties in the Reactor Vessel Level Instrumentation (9 May 1997, Topic: Earthquake)
- Information Notice 1997-26, Degradation in Small-Radius U-Bend Regions of Steam Generator Tubes (19 May 1997, Topic: Eddy Current Testing, Earthquake)
- Information Notice 1997-27, Effect of Incorrect Strainer Pressure Drop on Available Net Positive Suction Head (16 May 1997, Topic: Earthquake)
- Information Notice 1997-28, Elimination of Instrument Response Time Testing Under the Requirements of 10 CFR 50.59 (30 May 1997, Topic: Enforcement Discretion)
- Information Notice 1997-29, Containment Inspection Rule (30 May 1997)
- Information Notice 1997-30, Control of Licensed Material During Reorganizations, Employee-Management Disagreements, and Financial Crises (3 June 1997, Topic: Uranium Hexafluoride)
- Information Notice 1997-31, Failures of Reactor Coolant Pump Thermal Barriers and Check Valves in Foreign Plants (3 June 1997)
- Information Notice 1997-32, Defective Worm Shaft Clutch Gears in Limitorque Motor-Operated Valve Actuators (10 June 1997)
- Information Notice 1997-33, Unanticipated Effect of Ventilation System on Tank Level Indications and Engineering Safety Features Actuation System Setpoint (11 June 1997)
- Information Notice 1997-34, Deficiencies in Licensee Submittals Regarding Terminology for Radiological Emergency Action Levels in Accordance with the New Part 20 (12 June 1997, Topic: Deep Dose Equivalent)
- Information Notice 1997-34, Deficiencies in Licensee Submittals Regarding Terminology for Radiological Emergency Action Levels In Accordance with the New Part 20 (12 June 1997, Topic: Deep Dose Equivalent)
- Information Notice 1997-35, Retrofit to Industrial Nuclear Company (Inc) IR100 Radiography Camera to Correct Inconsistency in 10 CFR Part 34 Compatibility (18 June 1997, Topic: Uranium Hexafluoride)
- Information Notice 1997-35, Retrofit to Industrial Nuclear Company (INC) Ir100 Radiography Camera to Correct Inconsistency in 10 CFR Part 34 Compatibility (18 June 1997)
- Information Notice 1997-36, Unplanned Intakes by Worker of Transuranic Airborne Radioactive Materials and External Exposure Due to Inadequate Control of Work (20 June 1997, Topic: Overexposure)
- Information Notice 1997-37, Main Transformer Fault with Ensuing Oil Spill Into Turbine Building (20 June 1997)
- Information Notice 1997-38, Level-Sensing System Initiates Common-Mode Faulure of High-Pressure-Injection Pumps (24 June 1997, Topic: Hydrostatic)
- Information Notice 1997-39, Inadequate 10 CFR 72.48 Safety Evaluations of Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installations (26 June 1997, Topic: Uranium Hexafluoride)
- Information Notice 1997-40, Potential Nitrogen Accumulation Resulting from Backleakage from Safety Injection Tanks (26 June 1997)
- Information Notice 1997-41, Revised - Potentially Undersized Emergency Diesel Generator (EDG) Oil Coolers (27 June 1997)
- Information Notice 1997-42, Management Weaknesses Resulting in Failure to Comply with Shipping Requirements for Special Nuclear Material (27 June 1997, Topic: Uranium Hexafluoride)
- Information Notice 1997-43, License Condition Compliance (1 July 1997, Topic: Ultimate heat sink)
- Information Notice 1997-44, Failures of Gamma Metrics Wide-Range Linear Neutron Flux Channels (1 July 1997)
- Information Notice 1997-45, Environmental Qualification Deficiency for Cables & Containment Penetration Pigtails (2 July 1997)
- Information Notice 1997-46, Unisolable Crack in High-Pressure Injection Piping (9 July 1997, Topic: Flow Induced Vibration)
- Information Notice 1997-47, Inadequate Puncture Tests for Type B Packages Under 10 CFR 71.73(c)(3) (27 June 1997)
- Information Notice 1997-48, Inadequate or Inappropriate Interim Fire Protection Compensatory Measures (9 July 1997, Topic: Safe Shutdown, Unanalyzed Condition, Fire Barrier, Emergency Lighting, Operability Determination, Continuous fire watch, Fire Protection Program, Fire Watch)
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