ML20040G300

Advises That Maint Crews Painted Characters on Four New Spent Fuel Racks to Document Rack Orientation During Micrometer Tests.Paint Will Not Be Removed Since Paint Does Not Contain Aggressive Matls.Related Correspondence

ML20040G300
Person / Time
Site:	Dresden
Issue date:	02/08/1982
From:	Fitzgibbons R COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO., ISHAM, LINCOLN & BEALE
To:	Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
References
ISSUANCES-SP, NUDOCS 8202120136
Download: ML20040G300 (2)

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Dear Administrative Judges:

s This letter is to inform : an incident which I recently came ,to my attention. Although we believe this incident has no safety significance, we are bringing this ,

incident to your attention pursuant to the tenets of full '

disclosure as articulated in Duke Power Company (William B.

4 McGuire Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2), ALAB-143, 6 AEC 623 (1973).

,In JanuaryMhB1, the maintenance crew conducting micrometer readings of tube dimensions in the new high-

, density storage racks painted small identifying characters l on four of thel,new rackt in' order to document the racks' orientation during the microme,ter tests. None of the four l

painted racks have been installed in the Dresden spent fuel l ' pools. n

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l t Commondealth Edison h s reviewed the composition" l of'the paint. Commonwealth Edison has also consulted with a l

metallurgist and the paint manufacturer. Thel paint does not l l contain any materials considere'd-aggressive to Type 304 stainless steel in the spent fuel pool water environment. i l a" ., f I l l l

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-g Further, the paliit does not exceed Commonwealth Edison's I - limit'for; chlorides, sulfur and heavy metals in materials: to  ;

t be used in c'ontact with stainless steels. Accordingly,

'Commonwdalth Edison has concluded that the paint need not be-54 removed from these four racks. Paint will not be used to L 9 qg / mark an3r; proposed racks in the future.

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