ML19289C892
| ML19289C892 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Wolf Creek  |
| Issue date: | 12/19/1978 |
| From: | Lange E AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
| To: | NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
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| NUDOCS 7901250369 | |
| Download: ML19289C892 (3) | |
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. _said Rive.s, since '*. -. i, it' h...as happene..d Wolf Creek Generating Station has been ~ before." White measures'are taken to avoid 'I reported by a Topeka television' station and such occurrences. Rives said, occasionally national press service.
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What has been termed a crack by some Rives said the. term " crack" is a "wr,on2
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members of de, media is actually a " void."
word" to describe' the flaw in the' reacter room.w all. calling it sirnpfy an " air pocket."
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I systems services with Kansas Gas and Dectric Co. co-owner of the controversial ' said Rives. It sirnply did not reach all the I
nuclear facility.
The void was discovered late Wednesday, places it was intended to.
The concrete didn't flowinto an area near when workers raised the forms on the reactor room wall la pre;iaration for the the equipment ' hatch. "a hard area to pouring'of another tier er " lift" of concrete." reach." said !!ives. The equipment hatch is, The flaw is part of the sixth lift. 65 feet above a huge holein the reactor room wall which is covered by a door. The hofe a!!ows access to the ground. '..
Rives said the void. which measures about internal components of the power plant.
five feet long.18 inches ~ wide and around The void will probably be filled in with three feet deep. occurred when the wet concrete. said Rives. the same method used j
to repair sirnilar " alt poelets" in other ;
concrete did not flow into all the airspace locations at.the p,lant.: '.
I.A Rives said the fault is being [ reported to surroundin2 the reinforcing bar cin the outside of the reactor room..
the Nuclear Regulatory Commission through The void was nc4 completely unexpected. proper channels..
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- Creek pIst are fancere ta large crack has been foundin ' thir befJ dat 6e 6x-an cite'dofwa3 of the twer :
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wan of the " reactor cenrainer resMents.~ne reports ofpc epali:y c:ute: ids 2:Li M feet long,181nches w Je andstructure." The g.-
more than three f'cer' deep, ac - c!airas and he'p t cording to Robert Rives, pub-o6ers to their ca se. The i-t
-, lic information officer, for. cifents dso wu intemify el Kansas Gas' and 'Electrie ' efforts to bk&deEveryofa Company. Moit pe5ple co'n-nuclear reactor wssel-
- sk!cr a hcde that size 'some,
Despi:e the re'eem prob lems at WolfC4the.nce-
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concrete.
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