ML20050C198

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Requests Statement of Commission Position Re Conclusions & Recommendations from NUREG/CR-1681
ML20050C198
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Site: 05000000
Issue date: 06/19/1981
From: Udall M
HOUSE OF REP., INTERIOR & INSULAR AFFAIRS
To: Hendrie J
NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
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RTR-NUREG-CR-1681 NUDOCS 8204080265
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The lionorable Joseph IIendrie Chairman, Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20515

Dear Mr. Chairman:

We have recently received a Sandia National Laboratories Report,

" Electrical Insulators in a Reactor Accident Environment,"

NUREG/CR-1681. This report indicates that for small steam breakout accidents, in the absence of " flow retarding breathers,"

electrical terminals mounted in protected boxes, ". . . will show leakage currents, noise, and an approximately 1% breakdown rate." The report concludes that unprotected terminals would experience a significantly higher failure rate than would protected terminals. The report also states that for the design basis LOCA, about 14% of protect'ed terminals are -

expected to break down within the first 10 minutes. The Sandia data suggests, in the face of a design basis LOCA, that up to 30% of unprotected terminals would experience

, electrical breakdowns.

The Sandia report concludes that, " Terminal blocks are apparently the weakest link of the electrical system inside a reactor containment building. The concern for their use in safety related (lE) terminals is absolutely justified."

Finally, the Sandia report makes several recommendations for a substantial number of corrective measures.

I would appreciate your providing me a statement of the Commission's position with regard to the Sandia conclusions and recommendations, and a statement including a schedule for actions to be taken to correct deficiencies of a kind indicated by the Sandia research.

i cerely, MORRIS K. UDALL Chairman 8204000265 820322 PDR ADOCK 05000244 T PDR