ML19261C811
| ML19261C811 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Maine Yankee |
| Issue date: | 03/08/1979 |
| From: | Grier B NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Groce R Maine Yankee |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 7904040365 | |
| Download: ML19261C811 (1) | |
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.f KING OF PRUS$1 A, PENNSYLVANI A 19404 March 8, 1979 Docket No. 50-309 Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company ATTN: Mr. Robert H. Groce Licensing Engineer 20 Turnpike Road Westborough, Massachusetts 01581 Gentlemen:
The enclosed IE Bulletin No. 79-02 is forwarded to you for action.
A written response is required.
If you desire additional information regarding this matter, please contact this office.
Sincerely, W/d w
Boyce H. Grier
~~ Director
Enclosures:
1.
Listing of IE Bulletins Issued in Last Twelve Months cc w/encls:
E. Wood, Plant Superintendent E. W. Thurlow, President 790404 0 '3 6
UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT WASHINGTON, D.C.
20555 IE Bulletin No. 79-02 Date: March 8, 1979 Page 1 of 3 PIPE SUPPORT BASE PLATE DESIGNS USING CONCRETE EXPANSION ANCHOR BOLTS Description of Circumstances:
While performing inservice inspections during a March-April 1978 refueling outage at Millstone Unit 1, structural failures of piping supports for safety equipment were observed by the licensee.
Subsequent licensee inspections of undamaged supports showed a large percentage of the concrete anchor bolts were not tightened properly.
Deficiency reports, in accordance with 10 CFR 50.55(e), filed by Long Island Lighting Company on Shoreham, indicate that design of base plates using rigid plate assumptions has resulted in underestimation of loads on some anchor bolts.
Initial investigation indicated that nearly fifty percent of the base plates could not be assumed to behave as rigid plates.
In addition, licensee inspection of anchor bolt installations at Shoreham has shown over fifty percent of the bolt installations to be deficient.
Vendor Inspection Audits by NRC at Architect Engineering firms have shown a wide range of design practices and installation procedures which have been employed for the use of concrete expansion anchors.
The current trends in the industry are toward more rigorous controls and verification of the installation of the bolts.
The data available on dynamic testing of the concrete e' pansion anchors show fatigue failures can occur at loads substantially below the bolt static capacities due to material imperfections or notch type stress risers. The data also show low cycle dynamic failures at loads below the bolt static capacities due to joint slippage.
Action to be Taken by Licensees and Permit Holders:
For pipe support base plates that use concrete expansion anchor belts in Seismic Category I systems as defined by Regulatory Guide 1.29, " Seismic Design Classificatior." Revision 1, dated August 1973 or as defined in the applicable FSAR.
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Verify that pipe support base plate flexibility was accounted for in the ca'iculation of anchor bolt loads.
In lieu of supporting analysi; justifying the assumption of rigidity, the base plates 1903140038