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Forwards Safety Insp Rept 50-029/90-03 on 900205-09.No Violations Noted.Understands That at End of Next Refueling Outage,Util Plans to Remove Matl Samples to Determine Cause of Cracking in Safety Injection Storage Tank
ML20012B381
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Site: Yankee Rowe
Issue date: 03/06/1990
From: Hodges M
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To: Kadak A
YANKEE ATOMIC ELECTRIC CO.
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See also: IR 05000029/1990003

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MAR 0 41990

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. Docket No. 50-29

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ATTN: Dr. Andrew C. Kadak

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President and Chief Operating Officer

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Gentlemen:

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2 Subject: ' Inspection Report No. 50-29/90-03

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This letter: refers to.the routine safety inspection conducted by

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R.~ A.-McBrearty and A. Lohmeier of this office on February 5-9, 1990 at

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the Yankee Rowe nuclear plant'in-Rowe,' Massachusetts. . Mr. McBrearty discussed -

-the findings of the inspection with Mr. N. St. Laurent of your staff at the

conclusion of the inspection..

Thisiinspectionfocusedonintegrity'ofthesafetyinjectionstoragetank.

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lit is our understanding, based on discussions with members of your staff

during the inspection, that at the next-refueling outage you plan.to remove

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material samples to. determine the cause of observed cracking in the tank and

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to perform inspections of the tank's inside surface to determine the extent of

degradation; -We encourage these actions and believe they will provide important

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._information upon.which to determine if the tank is acceptable for continued-

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-Within the scope of this inspection, no violations were observed.

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No reply to this letter is required.

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Original Signed By:

Marvin W. Hodges

Marvin W. Hodges, Director

Division of Reactor Safety

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