ML17252A984

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Letter Confirming a 04/23/1973 Conversation Concerning a Loss of Secondary Containment Integrity for Approximately 6 Hours on 04/19/1973 - Dresden Unit 3
ML17252A984
Person / Time
Site: Dresden 
Issue date: 04/23/1973
From: Worden W
Commonwealth Edison Co
To: Anthony Giambusso
US Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
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R B TWX 90f USAEC HQS GTWN WU WSH 50-249 TLXA195 WAD159C171~)(1-023762Cll3)PD 04/23/73 1711

!CS IPMVEIA MVN 01185 tDVE MORRIS ILL 161. 04-23 344P CST PMS MR A GIAMBUSSO, DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR REACTOR PROJECT DIRECTORATE OF LICENSING,U S ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION.

WUX-WASH DC 20545 SUBJECT DPR-25 DRESDEN NUCLEAR POW~R STATION UNIT 3.

THIS WILL CONFIRM A CONVERSATJO~ WITH MR HUGH DANCE OF YODR OFFICE AT 1300 ~OURS THIS DATE CONCERNI~G A LOSS OF SECONDARY CONTAINMENT INTEGRITY FOR A PERIOD OF APPROXIMATELY 6 HOURS~

ON APRIL 19, 1973 AT APPROXIMATELY 1600 HOURS UNir 3' MAIN STEAM ISOLATION VALVE CMS IV) 3-203-28 W,AS OPE NED FOR INSPECT I ON OF VAL VE I NT ER NA L _S

  • S I N CE T HE U N I T 3 T UR i;H NE.ST,0 PP ED VAL \\JES t*J ERE AL S 0 DISASSEMBLED AT THE TIME, A FLOW PASS EXISTED FROM THE TURBINE BUILDING tHROUGH STEAM LINES 3-30018-24 INCH AND THE DISA~SEMBLED 28 MSIV, INTO THE UNIT 3 MAIN'STEAM LINE TUNNEL WHICH IS A PART OF

~~CONDARY CONTAINMENT.

THE THIS CONDITION EXISTED UNTIL APPROXIMATELY 2200 HOURS ON APRIL 19, 19 73 WHEN A BLIND FLANGE WAS CONTAINMENT INTEGRITY.

CHANGE WILL BE ISSUE TO REOCCUR'*! NG INSTALLED ON 28 MSIV RESTORfNG SECONDARY.

A MAINTANENCE PROCEDURE PREVENT THIS TYPE OF INCIDENT FROM W P WORDEN SUPERINTE~DENT DRESDEN NUCLEA POWER STATION COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY ROUTE 1 MORRIS ILLINOIS 632P 04-3-73 USAEC. HQS GTWN 2671-

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