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Ro:On 720812,during Verification of Mod 201-2-72,timer 2-1705-23 in Offgas Sys Discovered Inoperable.Caused by Loose Drive Gear for Timer Motor Armature.New Timer Installed
ML20084J458
Person / Time
Site: Quad Cities Constellation icon.png
Issue date: 08/17/1972
From: Palmer F
COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO.
To: Oleary J
US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC)
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FAP-72-158, NUDOCS 8305120638
Download: ML20084J458 (2)


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Mr. J.F. O' Leary Director, Directorate of Licensing U.S. Atomic Energy Commission Washington, D. C.

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Dear Mr. O' Leary:

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Quad-Cities Nuclear Powei Station Unit 2 - DPR-30 Appendix A Sections 1.0.A.2, 3.2.D.1 and 6.6.A.3 The purpose of this letter is to inform you of the details regarding the failure of timer 2-1705-23 in the off-gas systen at Ouad-Cities Station Unit 2.

This incident occurred on August 12, 1972.

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Descriotion of Incident The incident occurred during a Unit 2 outage with the reactor subcritical.

While trying to verify modification #201-2-72 7 f3 it was discovered that timer 2-1705-23 in the off-gas system

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The timer is designed to be energized on high off-gas radiation to automatically close off-gas isola-tion valve AO-2-5406 and condensate isolation valve AO-2-5408 i

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Investigation and Corrective Action Investigation indicated that one of the drive gears for

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functionally tested to operate properly.

Timer 2-1705-23 was declared operable at 2 P.M., August 12, 1972.

p Very truly yours, COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY Quad-Cities Nuclear Power Station f>W F.A. Palmer Superintendent FAP/dct a%e 4

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