ML19210E684

First Interim Deficiency Rept Re Damaged Tubes in Containment Spray Heat Exchanger.Caused by Improper Design of Tube Bundle Supports,Resulting in Flow Induced Vibration. Full Flow Vibration Test Scheduled

ML19210E684
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Site:	Sequoyah
Issue date:	11/23/1979
From:	TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
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ML19210E680	List: ML19210E679 ML19210E684
References
NCR-16P, NUDOCS 7912050530
Download: ML19210E684 (1)

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- 1 ENCLOSURE SEQUOYAH NUCLEAR PLANT UNITS 1 AND 2 DAMAGED TUBES IN CONTAINMENT SPRAY HEAT EXCHANGERS NCR 16P 10 CFR 50.55(e)

FIRST INTM REPORT Description of Condition While draining containment spray heat exchanger 1B, it was discovered that a significant amount of leakage was occurring across the heat exchanger.

When t's lower heat 1.

exchangers were disassembled, tube fragments were found in the using ,

The tubes of both unit I heat exchangers were then examined addy current probe. This examination revealed that several tubes in containment spray heat exchangers lA and 1B were damaged. The apparent cause of the damage was flow induced vibration, which is a result of improper design of the tube bundle supports by the vendor.

The manufacturer of the heat exchangers is now gone cut of business.

Industrial Process Engineers Inc., a company which has Safety Implications Had this have condition gone uncorrected, an intolerable number of tubes could failed.

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safety inhibit the containment spray system from perform-During a LOCA, this condition could have led to excessive leakage across the heat exchanger and thus the possibility of releasing (ERCW) System.radioactive water through the Essential Raw Cooling Water Corrective System Approximately 5.6 percent of the tubes in the 1B heat exchanger and 0.9 percent of the tubes in the LA heat exchanger will need to be plugged. This includes all of the tubes with defects having 50 percent or more wall loss.

To prevent further tube wear, the tubes will be staked. The plugging and staking of the unit 1 heat exchangers will be completed before initial criticality.

_cause o# It has been determined that the reduced heat transfer area o f tl.e system.Lhe plugged tubes will not adversely affect the functioning The unit 2 heat exchangers, which have not been operated, will be staked in order to prevent vibration induced tube wear. The unit 2 heat exchangers will be staked before fuel loading of unit 2.

A further review has determined that the Component Cooling System (CCS) teat exchangers were also manufactured by Industrial Process Engineers Inc. TCee wear was also found in the CCS beat exchangers.

There are 1950 tubes in ea h of the three CCS heat exchangers. Of these, all tubes having defects with wall losses of greater than 30 percent will be plugged. The actual number of tubes that will be plugged is 36, 7, and 3 in the A, B, and C heat

• exchangers, respectively.

A full flow vibration test is scheduled to be performed on the CCS heat exchangers to determine if excessive vibration is occurring. This test, the plugging, and any additional corrective action will be completed before initial criticality.

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