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Preliminary AO-50-219/75-01:on 750108,during Surveillance Test,Vacuum Breaker V-26-16 Failed to Demonstrate Orerability.Caused by Improper Valve Linkage Adjustment. Valve Linkage Adjusted
ML20090D834
Person / Time
Site: Oyster Creek
Issue date: 01/09/1975
From: Carroll J
JERSEY CENTRAL POWER & LIGHT CO.
To: James O'Reilly
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
References
AO-50-219-75-01, AO-50-219-75-1, NUDOCS 8303030032
Download: ML20090D834 (3)


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1/9/75 Occurrence:

1240 OYSTER CREEK NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION FORKED RIVER, NEW JERSEY 08731 Abnomal Occurrence Report No. 50-219/75/ 1 IDENTIFICATION Failure of one reactor building to torus vacuum breaker valve OF OCCURRENCE:

to demonstrate operability during quarterly surveillance test-ing.

This event is considered to be an abnormal occurrence es de-fined in the Technical Specifications, paragraph 1.15D.

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Steady State Power Routine Shutdown

'lV OCCURRENCE:

Hot Standby Operation Cold Shutdown Load Changes During Refueling Shutdown Routine Power Operation Routine Startup Other (Specify)

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Core, 1916 MWt ii Electric, 674 Mh'e b

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Recirc., 15.5 X 104 gpm Feed., 7.6 X 106 lb/hr h

Stack Gas: 27,575 pCi/sec h

DESCRIPTION On Wednesday, January 8, 1975, at approximately 1240, while

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OF OCCURRENCE:

If performing quarterly surveillance testing on the two air-g

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l was found that vacuum breaker V-26-16 failed to demonstrate 1

ik operability. V-26-16 failed to unseat as an increasing differ-1 ential pressure was applied to differential pressure switch i

4 DPS66A. Testing was terminated when the maximum allowable i

opening differential pressure-(0.5 psid) was reached.

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APPARENT CAUSE Design Procedure j

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Inc. Environmental lI Construction Component Failure Other (Specify)

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i This failure is attributed to improper valve linkage adjustment I.ll' which resulted in valve overtravel in the previous closin'g I

motion. This overtravel caused the valve disc to jam against the seat.

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s ANALYSIS OF Since the reactor building to torus vacuum relief system is a OCCURRENCE:

i' redundant system and full capacity is available through either I

air-operated valve (V-26-16 or V-26-18), the safety significance of this event is the los:: of redundancy.

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l CORRECTIVE Corrective action involved valve linkage adjustment to climinate l

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