ML18110A609

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LER 1976-006-00 for St. Lucie Unit 1, Technical Specification Time Limit Exceeded During Transition from Shutdown Cooling Pumps to Reactor Coolant Pumps
ML18110A609
Person / Time
Site: Saint Lucie NextEra Energy icon.png
Issue date: 04/26/1976
From: Schmidt A
Florida Power & Light Co
To: Moseley N
NRC/IE, NRC/RGN-II
References
PRN-LI-76-98 LER 1976-006-00
Download: ML18110A609 (6)


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Dear Mr. Moseley:

REPORTABLE OCCURRENCE 335-76-6

'ST. LUCIE UNIT 1 DATE OF OCCURRENCE: MARCH 26, 1976 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION TIME LIMIT EXCEEDED DURING TRANSITION FROM SHUTDONN COOLING PUMPS TO REACTOR COOLANT PUMPS 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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Vice President Power Resources MAS/cpc Attachment cc: Jack R. Newman, Esquire Director, Office of Inspection and Enforcement (30)

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(PLEASE PRINT AI.L REQUIRED INFORMATION) 1 UCFNSEE LICENSE EVENT NAME UCENSE NUMBER TYPE TYPE F L S L S 1 4 1 1 LoOJ

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OOCKET NUMBER EVENT OATE REPORT DATE I001] CON'7 ~L ~L 0 5 0 0 2 7 8 57 58 59

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~0 3 ressurizer. When reactor coolant s stem ressure was about 268 sia the Low-Pressure 89 80 f74 Safet In ection LPSI um s were sto ed because the maximum re u o utd 7 8 9 80

~0 5 coolin (SDC) o eration is 268 sia. The transition from SDC o eration to reactor 7 8 9 80 Qp g coolant pump (RCP) operation took a roximatel 35 minutes. Technical S ecification 7 8 9 SYSTEM CAUSE PRME COMPONENT COMPONENT (cont.d')

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[ODg The cause of this occurrence was that more than 15 minutes was needed to verif that a 7 8 9 80 tOOI ressurizer bubble had been drawn and that RC Le erature and 7 8 9 80 a ro riate limits before ener izin RCP's. 15 minutes is considered insufficient time 7 89 FACIUTY 80 METHOO OF STATUS 96 POWER OTHER STATUS OSCOVERY OISCOVERY OESCRIPTION 7

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Reportable Occurrence 3 76-6 Licensee Event Report Page Two Event Descri tion (continued) 3.4.1 permits operation in Modes 3, 4, and 5 for a maximum of 15 minutes with no shutdown cooling (LPSI) pump or RCP in operation. This was the first occurrence of this type. (335-76-6).

Cause Descri tion continued) to perform the transition from SDC 3 operation to RCP operation. Followup action will be to submit a request to amend the Technical Specifications to extend the time limit for transition from SDC operation to RCP operation in Modes 3, 4, and 5.