ML19331C962
| ML19331C962 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Callaway  |
| Issue date: | 07/24/1980 |
| From: | James Keppler NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
| To: | Bryan J UNION ELECTRIC CO. |
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| NUDOCS 8008200529 | |
| Download: ML19331C962 (1) | |
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Docket No. % ',83 Docket No. 50-486
~Union Electric Company ATTN:
Mr. John K. Bryan Vice President - Nuclear P. O. Box 149 St. Louis, MO 63166 Gentlemen:
The enclosed IE Bulletin No. 80-18 is forwarded to you for your information. Although no written response is required at this time, these concerns will be addressed as part of the licensing process for your plant.
If you desire additional information regarding this matter, please contact this office.
Sincerely,
.S-g Jatnes G. Keppler Director
Enclosure:
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Mr. W. H. Weber, Manager, Nuclear Construction 6
i Central Files Director, NRR/DPM Director, NRR/ DOR PDR Local PDR NSIC TIC Region I & IV Ms. K. Drey Mr. Ronald Fluegge, Utility Division, Missouri Public Service Commission
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UNITED STATES 8005050062 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COWilSSION OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555 July 24,1980
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IE Bulletin No. 80-18 MAINTENANCE OF ADEQUATE MINIMUM FLOW THRU CENTRIFUGAL CHARGING PU FOLLOWING SECONDARY SIDE HIGH ENERGY LINE RUPTURE Description of Circumstances:
Letters similar to the May 8, 1980 notification made pursuant to Title 10 CFR Part 21 (enclosure) were sent from Westinghouse to a number of operating plants and plants under construction (list, within enclosure) in early May, 1980.
The letters and the enclosed "Part 21" letter contain a complete description of the potential problem sunmarized below. The letters indicated that under certain conditions the centrifugal charging pumps (CCPs) could be damaged due to lack of minimum flow before presently applicable safety injection (SI) termination criteria are met. The particular circumstances that could result in damage vary someWaat from plant to plant, but involve unavail-ability of the pressurizer power operated relief valves (PORVs), with operation of one or more CCPs repressurizing the reactor during SI following a secondary system high energy line break. Since the SI signal automatically isolates the CCP mini-flow return line, the flow through the CCPs is determined by the individual pump characteristic head vs. flow curve, the pressurizer safety valve setpoint, and the flow resistances and pressure losses in the piping and in the reactor core, That minimum flow may not be before current SI termination criteria are met.
Westinghouse recommends that plant specific calculations outlined in the letter (enclosure) be performed to determine if adequate minimum flow is assured under all conditions. If adequate minimum flow is not assured, Westinghouse recommends specific equipment and procedure modifications I
which will result in adequate minimum flow. The recommended modifications assure availability of the necessary minimum flow by assuring that the mini-flow bypass line will be open when needed, but will be closed at lower pressures when the extra flow resulting from bypass line closure might be necessary for core cooling.
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