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Notifies That Electromatic Valve 112 Sustained Damage to Disc Retainer Threads & Valve Body Threads.Testing of Valve Revealed Leakage Into Chambers a & C Resulting in Further Damage to Valve Body Threads.Joint Seal Welded
ML20090D491
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Site: Nine Mile Point, 05000000
Issue date: 08/16/1972
From: Perkins T
NIAGARA MOHAWK POWER CORP.
To: Skovholt D
US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC)
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NI AGARA MOHAWK POWER CORPORATION NI AG AR A MOHAWK Nine htile Point Nuclear Station P. O. Box 32 Lycoming, New icik 13093 August 16, 1972 Str. Donald J. Skovholt  ;

Assistant Director for Reactor Operations '

Division of Reactor Licensing United States Atomic Energy Commission Washington, D. C. 20545

Dear 5fr. Skovholt:

Re: Provisional Operating License DPR-17 Docket No.: 50-220 During the annual inspection outage of Nine Stile Point Nuclear Station, Unit # 1 this past spring, a problem with the elect romatic relief valve was discovered and a letter dated June 2,1972, forwarded to your office.

in this letter a repair to all six valves was outlined which would improve the dependability of valve operation. In effect , the repair was to remove the locking screw and lock retainer plate and in their place cut four 1/4" V grooves, 1" long in the joint between the disc retainer and the valve body insert and stitch weld them together.

(See enclosed drawing).

Elect romatic valve #112 on which the disc retainer had backed out and was found in the bott,om of the valve body had sustained damage to the disc retainer threads and valve body threads. A new disc retainer

{y was purchased , installed and stitch welded along the valve body disc re-tainer joint. liowever, the testing of this valve following maintenance revealed that leakage was developed past the disc retainer into Chamber A J- This would be the result of damage to the valve body threads.

fron Chamber C lt was then deened necessary to seal weld instead of stitch weld the entire

[ joint between the disc retainer and the valve body to insure no 'eakage and l

dependable operation of the valve. Sub s',quent testing showed the valve fully h ope rab l e .

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