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Forwards IE Info Notice 79-28, Overloading of Structural Elements Due to Pipe Support Loads. No Response Required
ML19260B505
Person / Time
Site: Trojan File:Portland General Electric icon.png
Issue date: 11/16/1979
From: Engelken R
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION V)
To: Goodwin C
PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.
References
TAC-12369, NUDOCS 7912100278
Download: ML19260B505 (1)


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,,a WALNUT CRE E K, CALIFORNIA 94596 November 16, 1979 Docket tio. 50-344 Portland General Electric Company 121 S. W. Salmon Street Portland, Oregon 97204 Attention: Mr. Charles Goedwin, Jr.

Assistant Vice President Gentlemen:

The enclosed IE Information flotice No. 79-28 provides information on the overloading of structural elements due to pipe support loads.

Sincerely,

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R. H. Engelken

()4 Director

Enclosures:

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IE Information flotice, flo. 79-28 2.

Recently Issued IE Informction flotices cc w/ enc:

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20555 flovember IS,1979 IE Information Notice No. 79-28 OVERLOADING OF STRUCTURAL ELE"ENTS DUE TO PIPE SUPPORT LOADS Descriotion of Circumstances:

Recently, the NPC was infomed that, in the course of the inspections pursuant to IE Bulletin No. 79-02 and 79-14 by the Portland General Flectric Co. (PGE) at the Trojan Nuclear Plant, some walls were found which did not have adecuate structural strength to sustain the required succort reactions.

Eechtel Corocration was the Architect Enaineer for the plant. These structural inadequacies were recorted to be attributable to two deficiencies:

1) Apparent lack of a final check of certain nice support locations and reactions to ensure that the suoportino structural elenents possessed adequate structural integrity to sustain the recuired loads.

2)

Inadenuate design criteria for the reactions from succorts anchored into the face of concrete block walls; e.g., relying on the corbined strenath of double concrete block walls without easitive connection between the two walls by means other than the bond provided by a layer of arout between them.

The NRC is currently pursuing these issues in detail for the Trojan Nuclear Plant to detemine the extent of these deficiencies and the generic implications for other Bechtel facilities.

This Information Notice is provided as an early notification of a oossible signif-icant matter.

It is expected that recipients will review the infomation for oossible acplicability to their facilities and the actions being perforced under IE Bulletin No. 79-02. Specific action is beinq requested relating to the adecuacy of attachnents to concrete block walls under IE Bulletin No. 79-02, Revision 2, item 5.c.

No soecific actions are reauested in resconse to this Information Notice.

If NRC evaluations so indicate, further licensee actions may be reauested or recuired.

If you have any questions regarding this matter, please cortact the Director of the acoropriate NRC Regional Office.

No written resconse to this IE Infomation ?!atice is required.

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IE Information Notice No. 79-28 Enclosure November 16, 1979 QECENTLY ISSUED IE INF0F?!ATION NOTICES Information Subject Date Issued To Notice No.

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