ML19282B459
| ML19282B459 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Perry  |
| Issue date: | 03/08/1979 |
| From: | James Keppler NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
| To: | Davidson D CLEVELAND ELECTRIC ILLUMINATING CO. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 7903150028 | |
| Download: ML19282B459 (1) | |
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799 ROOSEVELT ROAD GLEN ELLYN, ILLINotS 60137 NAR -R 1979 Docket No. 50-440 Docket No. 50-441 The Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company ATTN:
Mr. Dalwyn R. Davidson Vice President - Engineering P. O. Box 5000 Cleveland, OH 44101 Gentlemen:
The enclosed IE Bulletin No. 79-02 is forwarded to you for action. A written response is required.
If you desire additional information regard.ag this matter, please contact this office.
Sincerely, Ana.fg James G. Keppler Director
Enclosures:
1.
IE Bulletin No. 79-02 2.
List of IE Bulletins Issued in Last Twelve Months cc w/encls:
Central Files Director, NRR/DPM Director, NRR/ DOR PDR Local PDR NSIC TIC U. Young Park, Power Siting Commission Mr. Daniel D. Wilt, Attorney 7903150028
U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT REGION III March 8, 1979 IE Bulletin No. 79-02 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 support for safety equipment were observed by the licensee.
Subsequent licensee inspections of undamaged supports showed a large percentage of the concrete anchor beits were not tightened properly.
Deficiency reports, in c cordance 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 underestima-tion of loads on some anchor bolts. Initial investigation indicated that near.ly 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 sNown 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 cot.trols and ve-ification of the installation 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 stat.
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 Holdera:
For pipe support base plates that use concrete expansion anchor bolts in Seismic Category I systems as defined by Regulatory Guide 1.29, " Seismic Design Classification" Revision 1, dated August 1973 or as defined in the applicable FSAR.
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