ML19290B980

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Forwards IE Bulletin 79-02,Revision 2, Pipe Support Base Plate Designs Using Concrete Expansion Anchor Bolts. Action Required
ML19290B980
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Site: Fort Saint Vrain Xcel Energy icon.png
Issue date: 11/08/1979
From: Seyfrit K
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
To: Millen C
PUBLIC SERVICE CO. OF COLORADO
References
IEB-79-02, IEB-79-2, NUDOCS 8001090007
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Docket No. 50-267 Public Service Company of Colorado ATTN:

Mr. C. K. Millen Senior Vice President P. O. Box 840 Denver, Colorado 80201 Gentlemen:

Enclosed is IE Bulletin No. 79-02, Revision No. 2 which requires action by you with regard to your power reactor facility with an operating license or a construction permit.-

Should you have any questions regarding this Bulletin Revision or the actions required by you, please contact this office.

Sincerely, fh&0N Y

Karl V. Seyfrit Director

Enclosures:

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IE Bulletin No. 79-02, Revision No. 2 2.

List of IE Bulletins Issued in Last Si:c Months cc:

D. W. Warembourg, Nuclear Production Manager Fort St. Vrain Nuclear Station P. O. Box 368 Platteville, Colorado 80651 g

L. Brey, Manager, Quality Assurance 8001090 60%

UNITED STATES SSINS No.:

6820 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Accession No.:

OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT 7908220136 WASHINGTON, D.C.

20555 IE Bulletin No. 79-02 Revision 2 Date:

November 8, 1979 Page 1 of 7 PIPE SUPPORT BASE PLATE DESIGNS USING CONCRETE EXPANSION Ah? HOR BOLTS Description of Circumstances:

Inspection experiences and the review of licensee response have identified several R2 areas where the Bulletin intent has not been adequately addressed by licensees.

R2 Revision No. 2 of the Bulletin is intended to clarify the intent of the Bulletin R2 and establish the NRC positions on minimum factors of safety, anchor bolt preload, R2 and the expected date of completion for certain Bulletin actions.

R2 Since the issuance of IE Bulletin No. 79-02 on March 8,1979, IE inspection R1 experience and many inquiries from licensees indicate that additional informa-R1 tion and clarification is needed. This revision is intended to serve that R1 purpose. None of the requirements of the original Bulletin have been deleted, R1 and the due date for completion of the requested actions (July 6, 1979) has R1 not been changed.

The following text supersedes the text of Bulletin No. 79-02.

R1 Changes # rom the original text are identified by R1, R2 in the margin. The pur-R2 pose of this revision is to identify acceptable ways of satisfying the Bulletin R1 requirements.

R1 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 percent of the base plates could not 1e 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.

1730 350 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 an are toward more rigorous controls an bolts.

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