ML19261E263
| ML19261E263 | |
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| Site: | River Bend  |
| Issue date: | 06/21/1979 |
| From: | Seyfrit K NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
| To: | Weigand J GULF STATES UTILITIES CO. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 7907050483 | |
| Download: ML19261E263 (1) | |
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Gulf States Utilities Attn:
Dr. J. G. Weigand General Manager, Nuclear Projects Post Of fice Box 2951 Beau =ont, Texas 77704 Gentlemen:
Enclosed is IE Bulletin No. 79-02, Revision No. 1, which requires action by you with regard to your power reactor facilities with an operating license or a ccastruction permit.
Should you have any questions regarding this dulletin or the actions required by you, please contag,t,this office.
Sincerely, fa YV.Seyr Director
Enclosures:
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IE Bulletin No. 79-02 Revision No. 1 2.
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT WASHINGTON, D.C.
20555 IE Bulletin No. 79-02
'(Revision No. 1)
Date: June 21, 1979 Page 1 of 6 PIPE SUPPORT BASE PLATE DESIGNS USING CONCRETE EXPANSION ANCHOR BOLTS Description of Circumstances:
Since the issuance of IE Bulletin 79-02 on March 8, 1979, IE inspection experience and many inquiries from licensees indicate that additional informa-tion and clarification is needed. This revision is intended to serve that purpose.
None of the requirements of the original Bulletin have been deleted, and the due date for completion of the requested actions (July 6, 1979) has not been changed. The following text supersedes the text of Bulletin 79-02.
Changes from the original text are identified by lines in the margin.
The purpose of this revision is to identify acceptable ways of satisfying the Bulletin requirements.
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 Unit 1, 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 perceit 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 hTC at Architect Engineering firms have shown a wide range of design practices and installation procedures which have been employed for the use of concrete e.<pansion anchors.
The current trends in the industry are toward more rigorous controls and verification of the instal-lation of the bolts.
The data available on dynamic testing of the concrete expansion anchors show fatigue failures can occur at loads substantially below the bolt static capa-cities due to material imperfection aum a w
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