ML18110A555

LER 1976-008-00 for St. Lucie Unit 1, Two Female Unions Were Improperly Welded Into the Cooling Lines for LPSI Pumps 1A and 1B

ML18110A555
Person / Time
Site:	Saint Lucie
Issue date:	04/27/1976
From:	Schmidt A Florida Power & Light Co
To:	Moseley N NRC/IE, NRC/RGN-II
References
PRN-LI-76-100 LER 1976-008-00
Download: ML18110A555 (6)

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'OCKET U.S. NUCLFAB REGULATORY IISSION NUMOER 50-335 FILE NUMBER NRC DISTRIBUTION FOB PART 60 DOCI(ET MATERIAL INCIDENT REPORT TO F ROh1: DATF OF DOCUMENT

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FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY April 27, 1976 PRN-LI-76-100 Mr. Norman C. Moseley, Director, Region Office of Inspection and Enforcement II Ilfgg(

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Dear Mr. Moseley:

cg REPORTABLE OCCURRENCE ST. LUCIE UNIT 1 335-76-8 'O< 6 DATE OF OCCURRENCE: MARCH 27, 1976 IMPROPER WELDING The attached Licensee Event Report is being submitted in accordance with Technical Specification 6.9 to provide 30-day notification of the subject occurrence.

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9 D. Schmidt Vice President Power Resources et g MAS/cpc //

Attachment cc: Jack R. Newman, Esquire ~97 Director, Office of Inspection and Enforcement (30)

Director, Office of Management, Information and Program Control (3)

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LICENSEE EVENT REPORT CONTROL BLOCK: LEASE PRINT ALL REQUIRED INFORMATION) 1 6 UCENSEE SLS10

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7 89 14 15 25 26 30 31 32 REPORT REPORT CATEGORY TYPE SOURCC DOCKET NUMBER EVENT DATE REPORT DATE

[oOgcom L 1, p 5p p 335 03 27 76 04 27 76 7 8 57 58 59 60 61 68 69 74 75 80 EVENT OESCRIPTION

[oaf On March 27, durin ost-core reo erational testin , two female unions 7 8 9 80 toD3] were improperly welded into the cooling lines for LPSX pumps lA and 1B.

7 89 80 toa4] The welding was not performed in accordance with Criterion XX of 7 8 9 80

[oas] A endix B to 10 CFR .Part 50. The following discrepancies were found 7 8 9 80 Qp 8 during Quality Control surveillance on March 28: (1) the welding 7 8 9 FAME 80 SYSTEM CAUSE COMPONENT COMPONENT CODE CODE COMPONENT CODE SUPPUER MANUFACTURER

~07 [wWBJ ~A P I P E x x A I 0 7 5 N 7 8 9 10 11 12 17 43 44 47 CAUSE OESCRIPTION The lant work order used for this ob did not include weldin and non-.

7 8 9 80 Qg destructive testin instructions. Quality Control review of the work 7 8 9 80

,Qg order did not result in a re uest for additional welding information.

7 89 80 FACIUTY METHOD OF STATUS  % POWER OTHER STATUS DISCOVERY DISCOVERY DESCRIPTION 7

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12 13 NA 44 ualit Control 45 46 Surveillance'OCATION 80 FORM OF ACTIVITY COATENT RELEASEO OF RELEASE AMOUNT OF ACTIVITY OF RELEASE Qg z z NA NA 7 8 9 10 11 44 45 80 PERSONNEL EXPOSURES NUMBER TYPE DESCRIPTION

~<o ~00 0 Z NA 7 8 9 11 12 13 80 PERSONNEL INJURIES

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11 DESCRIPTION 12 NA 80 PRPP~LE CONSEQUENCES NA 7 8 9 80 LOSS OR OAMAGE TO FACILITY TYPE DESCRIPTION

[re[ z NA 7 89 10 80 PUBLICITY NA 7 89 .80 AOOITIONAL FACTORS*

~18 See Pa e Two for continuation of Event: and Cause Descriptions.

7 89 80 7 89 80 M. A. Schoppman PHONE.3 05/552-3779 CPO ddl ~ dd7

REPORTABLE OCCURRENCE 335-76-8 LICENSEE EVENT REPORT PAGE TWO Event Descri tion (continued) procedure was not, qualified, (2) the welder was not qualified, and (3) non-destructive testing (NDT) was not performed. Corrective action was to have a qualified welder cut out and replace the unions according to a qualified procedure, after which the required NDT was conducted. The unions were 3/4 inch steel replacement female unions, Ingersoll-Rand P/N 8, on Drawing V-8x21AL 32lx7-A. This was the first occurrence of this type. (335-76-8).

Cause Descri tion (continued)

Followup corrective action includes a training program to qualify maintenance personnel according to ANSI welding standards and to have Quality Control surveillance precede welding in the future.

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