ML19253B006

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Discusses Containment Purge Valve Operations.Notifies of Potential Mods to Ensure That Valves Will Close Against Containment Pressure Transients.Consultants Will Conduct Studies & Analyses of Potential Mods
ML19253B006
Person / Time
Site: Point Beach  
Issue date: 09/06/1979
From: Fay C
WISCONSIN ELECTRIC POWER CO.
To: Harold Denton, Schwencer A
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
TAC-44877, TAC-44878, NUDOCS 7909140347
Download: ML19253B006 (2)


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v WISCONSIN Elecinc m come 231 W. MICHIGAN P.O. BOX 2046, MILWAUKEE, WI 53201 Septem6er 6, 1979 Mr. Harold R. Denton, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation U. S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Washington, D. C.

20555 Attention: Mr. A. Schwencer, Chief Operating Reactor Branch 1 Gentlemen:

DOCKET NOS. 50-266 AND 50-301 OPERATION OF CONTAINMENT PURGE VALVES POINT BEACH NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 Our letter of January 16, 1979 responded to the NRC letter dated November 28, 1978, on the subject of containment purge valve operations.

Our response indicated that we had requested design and aralytical data from the 'ranufacturer of the purge isolation valves and would respond further once these data had been received and evaluated.

On March 28, 1979, we notified the NRC Region III office that data we had received from the ptrge valve manufacturer indicated that the contain-ment purge isolation valves could not be assured of closing from the full open position if subjected to the postulated containment pressure transient following a design basis loss of coolant accident. We made a commitment at that time, and in our 14-Day Licensee Event Report dated April 11, 1979, to prohibit opening of the containment purge isolation valves during power operations, hot shutdown or hot standby conditions.

Suosequent to that time, we have been considering potential modi-fications to ensure that the containment purge valves will close against containment pressure transients. We have recently contracted with consult-cnts to conduct studies and analyses of these potential modifications. Among the alternatives to be considered are partial opening of the purge valves, reinforcement or replacement of the valves and/or valve operators, and limited purge capability at intermediate shutdown conditions.

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Mr. Harold R. Denton, Director September 6, 1979 We shall keep you informed of the results of these studies and our decisions on future purge valve operations.

In the interim, we are maintaining our previous comitment to limit purge veive operations to condi-tions of cold shutdown. Plant administrative prc :edures have been appropriately revised to reflect this comitment.

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