ML20080P185
| ML20080P185 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Seabrook  |
| Issue date: | 09/28/1983 |
| From: | Devincentis J PUBLIC SERVICE CO. OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, YANKEE ATOMIC ELECTRIC CO. |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| References | |
| REF-PT21-83-018-000 PT21-83-018-000, PT21-83-18, SBN-568, NUDOCS 8310060343 | |
| Download: ML20080P185 (4) | |
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e PENHI Public Service of New Hampshire September 28, 1983 SBN - 568 T.F.
Q2.2.2 Q2.2.3 Director, Region I Office of Inspection and Enforcement U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 631 Park Avenue King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406
Reference:
(a) Construction Permit CPPR-135 and CPPR-136, Docket Nos. 50-443 and 50-444 (b) Telecon of September 23, 1983, V. L. Killpack (PSNH) to W. J. Lazarus (NRC Region I)
Subject:
Potentially Reportable 10CFR21 Item; Gould Unitized Starters
Dear Sir:
This is to inform you of a defect relating to Gould unitized starters supplied as spare-parts for Seabrook Station. We are providing this interim 10CFR21 report to assure that the Commission has been adequately informed. A final report will be filed by November 30, 1983.
Details of our report are attached.
Very truly yours, YANKEE ATOMIC ELECTRIC COMPANY 6
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John DeVincentis Project Manager JD/SDF/mc Attachment cc: Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Service List cc:
Director, Office of Inspection and Enforcement U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C.
20555 8310060343 G30928 NN PDR ADOCK 05000443 S
PDR 1000ElmSt.,P.O. Box 330. Manchester NH03105 Telephone (603)669-4000 TWX7102207595 Il
POTENTI ALLY REPORTABLE 10 CFR 21 (i)
NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE INDIVIDUAL OR INDIVIDUALS INFORMING THE COMMISSION.
Mr. V. L. Killpack Nuclear Quality Manager Public Service Company of New Hampshire 1000 Elm Street, PO Box 330 Manchester, New Hampshire 03105 (ii)
IDENTIFICATION OF THE FACILITY, THE ACTIVITY, OR THE BASIC COMPONENT SUPPLIED FOR SUCH FACILITY OR SUCH ACTIVITY WITHIN THE UNITED STATES WHICH FAILS TO COMPLY OR CONTAIN A DEFECT.
Public Service Company of New Hampshire, Seabrook Station Quantity Description 3
Starter, Gould Unitized - P/N A822C148Al-S Combination with "AMPCAC" Motor Circuit Protector, FVR, 480 volt line, 120 volt coil, size 1 class A822 with integral handle.
1 Starter, Gould Unitized - P/N A822D148Al-S Combination with "AMPCAC" Motor Circuit Protector, FVR, 480 volt line, 120 volt coil, size 2 class A822 with integral handle.
(iii)
IDENTIFICATION OF THE FIRM CONSTRUCTING THE FACILITY OR SUPPLYING THE BASIC COMPONENT WHICH FAILS TO COMPLY OR CONTAINS A DEFECT.
Brown Boveri Electric, Inc.
160 Old Derby Street Hingham, Massachusetts 02043 (iv)
NATURE OF THE DEFECT OR FAILURE TO COMPLY AND THE SAFETY HAZARD WHICH IS CREATED OR COULD BE CREATED BY SUCH DEFECT OR FAILURE TO COMPLY.
Supplied items are not qualified, contrary to certification, to IEEE-323-1974 and IEEE-344-1975 since they have 60*C wire and compression clamp type terminations. These components could have been used in e Class 1E application and, therefore, under certain adverse conditions may have failed to perform their intended func-tion.
(v)
THE DATE ON WHICH THE INFORMATION OF SUCH DEFECT OR FAILURE TO COMPLY WAS OBTAINED.
September 9, 1983 l
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(vi)
IN THE CASE OF A BASIC COMPONENT WHICH CONTAINS A DEFECT OR FAILS TO COMPLY, THE NUMBER AND LOCATION OF ALL SUCH COMPONENTS IN USE AT, SUPPLIED FOR, OR BEING SUPPLIED FOR ONE OR MORE FACILITIES OR ACTIVITIES SUBJECT TO THE REGULATIONS IN THIS PART.
Three of the four items having a defect are tagged and segregated from other materials in the warehouse. The fourth unit, Gould P/N A822C148Al-S, was issued to Yankee Atemic Electric Company for use in a non-safety system and is being controlled by a Yankee Atomic Electric Company Nonconformance/ Limited Work Authorization Report.
(vii)
THE CORRECTIVE ACTION WHICH HAS BEEN, IS BEING, OR WILL BE. TAKEN; THE NAME OF THE INDIVIDUAL OR ORGANIZATION RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACTION; AND THE LENGTH OF TIME THAT HAS BEEN OR WILL BE TAKEN TO COMPLETE THE ACTION.
Brown Boveri will rewire the starters with qualified 90*C wire with ring tongue terminations. Completion of this action has been set for November 30, 1983.
_(viii) ANY ADVICE RELATED TO THE DEFECT OR FAILURE TO COMPLY ABOUT THE FACILITY, ACTIVITY, OR BASIC COMPONENT THAT HAS BEEN, IS BEING, OR WILL BE GIVEN TO PURCHASERS OR LICENSEES.
All Gould spare starters have been checked for the referenced defect. The defect has been isolated to the four (4) reversing starters purchased under P.O. #180512.
The defect is an isolated case and no further action is required.
1 William S. Jordan, III, Esquire Brentwocd Board of Selectmen Harmon & Weiss RED Dalton Road 1725 I Street, N.W. Suite 506 Brentwood, New Hampshire 03833 Washington, DC 20006 Roy P. Lessy, Jr., Esquire Office of the Executive Legal Director Edward F. Meany U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Designated Representative of Washington, DC 20555 the Town of Rye 155 Washington Road Robert A. Backus, Esquire Rye, NH 03870 116 Lowell Street P.O. Box 516 Calvin A. Canney Mancehster, NH 03105 City Manager City Hall Philip Ahrens, Esquire 126 Daniel Street Assistant Attorney General Portsmouth, NH 03801 Department of the Attorney General Augusta, ME 04333 Dana Bisbee, Esquire Assistant Attorney General Mr. John B. Tanzer Office of the Attorney General Designated Representative of 208 State House Annex the Town of Hampton Concord, NH 03842 5 Morningside Drive Hampton, NH 03842 Anne Verge, Chairperson Board of Selectmen Roberta C. Pevear Town Hall Designated Representative of South Hampton, NH 03842 the Town of Hampton Falls Drinkwater Road Patrick J. McKeon Hampton Falls, NH 03844 Selectmen's Office 10 Central Road Mrs. Sandra Gavutis Rye, NH 03870 Designated Representative of the Town of Kensington David R. Lewis, Esquire RFD 1 Atomic Safety and Licensing Board East Kingston, NH 03827 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Jo Ann Shotwell, Esquire Assistant Attorney General Mr. Angie Machiros Environmental Protection Bureau Chairman of the Board of Selectmen Department of the Attorney General Town of Newbury One Ashburton Place, 19th Floor Newbury, MA 01950 Boston, MA 02108 Maynard B. Pearson Senator Gordon J. Humphrey 40 Monroe Street U.S. Senate Amesbury, MA 01913 Washington, DC 20510 (Attn: Tom Burack)
Senator Gordon J. Humphrey 1 Pillsbury Street Diana P. Randall Concord, NH 03301 70 Collins Street (Attn: Herb Boynton)
SEabrook, NH 03874 Richard E. Sullivan, Mayor Donald E. Chick City Hall Town Manager Newburyport, MA 01950 Town of Exeter 10 Front Street Exeter, NH 03833