ML19312E630
| ML19312E630 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 05/22/1980 |
| From: | Ellen Brown NRC OFFICE FOR ANALYSIS & EVALUATION OF OPERATIONAL DATA (AEOD) |
| To: | Kovacevic V GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. |
| References | |
| IEB-79-17, NUDOCS 8006050424 | |
| Download: ML19312E630 (1) | |
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COMMITTEE CORRESPONDENCE SOCIETY / COMMITTEE:
ADDRESS CORRESPONDENCE TO:
AS'2E Section XI, llorking Group Earl J. Brown on Inspecticn of Class 2 Systcas Office for Analysis and Evali.ation of Operational Data
SUBJECT:
U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION PIPE CRACKS Ifi STAG:!A!!T BCRATED ',lATER SYSTEMS AT PWR PLANTS.
WASHINGTON, D.C.
20555 AGENDAITEM: 6 on 5/6/30 Agenda FILE NO.: Section XI-80-1 DATE: May 22, 1900 TO:
Victor Kovacevic Genera' Electric Company 175 Curtner Avenue
- 1C 632 San Jose, California 95125
Dear Vic:
The following is a sumnary of information submitted to :RC in response to IE Bulletin 79-17 that I verbally reported at our !iay 6,19S0 acetieg in Los Angeles:
There are approxirnately 41 plants (excluding Ti!I 1 & 2; covered by IE Culletin 79-17, and 14 plants have completed inspection of the required 10% sampleoof ucidnents (sone have inspected up to 23% of the veldaents) and most have not found indications of cracks. Up to May 2, 1980, the only indications found are in the containment spray lines in one plant (these lines had previous problers up to late 1973) and one plant with OD cracks in piping exposed to a seacoast environment. The inspections ucre c:ade with a dual eleacnt transducer developed by EPRI.
l The remaining plant inspections are to be cc:::pleted by :oveaber 1080.
S Earl J. Brown tiember Distribution:
M ntral File AE00 Reading File AE00 Chron. File l
EBrown, AE00 8006050424 l
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