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PNO-79-419:unit Is Being Shut Down to Repair Leak in Nuclear Portion of Svc Water Sys on Inside Radius of Concrete Lined Carbon Steel 30 to 20-inch Reducing Elbow
ML19256C646
Person / Time
Site: Brunswick Duke Energy icon.png
Issue date: 09/12/1979
From: Klinger G, Mckee P
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE)
To:
References
PNO-79-419, NUDOCS 7910110627
Download: ML19256C646 (1)


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September 12, 1979 C

PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE--PNO-79-419 This preliminary notification constitutes EARLY notice of events of POSSIBLE safety or public interest significance.

The information presented is as initially received without veiification or evaluation and is basically all that is known by IE staff on this date.

FACILITY:

Carol'na Power and Light Company Brunswick, Unit No. 2 Docket No. 50-324 Southport, North Carolina

SUBJECT:

SHUTDOWN CAUSED BY NUCLEAR SERVICE WATER LEAK l

The unit is being shut down to repair a leak in the nuclear portion of the Service Water System; a salt water system.

The leak is on the inside radius of a concrete lined carbon steel 30 to 20-inch reducing elbow.

The leaking elbow is located in the Reactor Building.

The leak was isolated and the conventional portion of the Service Water System has been cross connected to the nuclear portion of the Service Water System to provide component cooling.

The duration of the outage is not known at this time.

Media interest is not expectedc Neither the licensee nor the NRC plans to issue a news release.

The State of North Carolina has been informed.

Region II (Atlanta) received notification of this occurrence by telephone from the IE Resident Inspector at 1:30 p.m. on September 12, 1979.

Contact:

PMcKee, IE x28019 GKlingler, IE x28019 Distribution:

Transmitted H St Chairman Hendrie Commissioner Bradford S. J. Chilk, SECY Commissioner Kennedy Commissioner Ahearne C. C. Kammerer, CA Commissioner Gilinsky ACRS (For Distribution)

Transmitted: MNBB P. Bldg V. Stello, IE L. V. Gossick, EDO H. R. Denton, NRR Region H. L. Ornstein, EDO R. C. DeYoung, NRR J. J. Fouchard, PA R. J. Mattson, NRR Landow N. M. Haller, MPA D. Vassallo, NRR J. J. Cummings, OIA R. G. Ryan, OSP D. Eisenhut, NRR H. K. Shapar, ELD SS Bldg (MAIL)

W. J. Dircks, NMSS R. Minogue, SD S. Levine, RES PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION 4g 7910110 M /

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