ML19325F182

LER 89-012-00:on 891010,in-core Instrumentation Guide Thimble Tubes Identified W/Degradation in Excess of 60% Wall Thickness.Caused by Mechanical Wear of Thimbles Against Reactor Vessel Internals.Tubes isolated.W/891108 Ltr

ML19325F182
Person / Time
Site:	Beaver Valley
Issue date:	11/08/1989
From:	Noonan T DUQUESNE LIGHT CO.
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
References
LER-89-012-01, LER-89-12-1, ND3MNO:1987, NUDOCS 8911150226
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LER 89-012-00, 10 CFR 50.73.a.2.ii, "Incore Instrumentation Thimble Tube Wear".

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Finite element analysis has determined that, based on ASME Code allowable stress limits, tube degradation of up to 60% is acceptable. The nine tubes with degradation beyond specified lim.tts were removed from service and isolated to prevent leakage.

The nine tubes with projected degradations in excess of 60% were repositioned to prevent unacceptable wall thinning. There were no safety implications due to this event. Failure of a guide thimble tube is bounded by Beaver Valley Unit 1 UFSAR Analysis section 14.3, " Loss of Coolant Accident."

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Ceventh refueling outage, eddy current test results identified a ]

total of nine incore nuclear instrumentation guide thimble tubes  ;

with degradation in excess of 50% of their initial wall thickness. The degraded tubes were located in core positions J15, l B05, B10, F08, Di{, EOS, H06, LO4 and J05. (The tube at J15 had i been identified as degraded during the previous refueling outage )

and had been isolated during the entire last fuel cycle.)  ;

l Additionally, there were nine tubes which had less than 50%

degradation but which the analysis projected would have in excess )

of 60% degradation by the end of the next fuel cycle. The tubes i with projected degradations of greater than 60% were located Lt ,

core positions C08, B08, G14, G09, N12, LO6, J07, N07 and N05.  !

Cause of Event The guide tube wall thinning is apparently due to mechanical wear induced by reactor coolant flow characteristics. Turbulent coolant flow through the reactor vessel caused guide thir.ble tube ,

vibration. The mechanical wear resulted when the vibrating tube  !

contacted the vessel internals. l l

Corrective Actions l All tubes with degradation in excess of 50% were removed from cervice and isolated to prevent leakage in the event of a tube failure. The tubes with a projected 60% degradation were  ;

repositioned in order to-prevent additional wear in the locations where the wall thinning was occurring.

I Er.evious Similar Events j There has been one previous similar event (LER 88-010-00) )

involving guide thimble degradation. This report documents the I cupplemental report identifiod in LER 88-010-00. ]

Safety Analysis There were no safety implications due to this event. Failure of a )

guide thimble tube is bounded by Beaver Valley Unit 1 UFSAR Analysis section 14.3, " Loss of Coolant Accident." Westinghouse J cnalysis has shown that a tube with up to 60% degradation is l structurally acceptable. I i

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