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Special Rept Spr 84-008:on 840522,fire Wall Penetration Seal 1707 Declared Inoperable When Top Layer of five-layer Kaowool Wrap Protecting Penetration Determined Degraded. Caused by Persons Brushing Against Wrap.Wrap Replaced
ML20092M549
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Site: Summer South Carolina Electric & Gas Company icon.png
Issue date: 06/20/1984
From: Dixon O
SOUTH CAROLINA ELECTRIC & GAS CO.
To: James O'Reilly
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
References
SPR-84-008, SPR-84-8, NUDOCS 8407020293
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SUBJECT:

Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station Docket No. 50/395 Operating License No. NPF-12 Special Report (SPR 84-008) i

Dear-Sir:

Please find attachei a Special Report for the Virgil C.

Summer Nuclear Station.

"his Report is required by Technical Specification 6.9.2 as a result of entry into Action Statement (a)

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i EVENT DESCRIPTION'AND CAUSE OF EVENT oOn May 22,-1984,.e.t 1645. hours,-fire wall penetration seal #1707 in Control Building Room CB63-04 was declared. INOPERABLE when the top layer of-the five (5) layer Kaowool wrap protecting the penetraticn was determined to be degraded.

Control Building Room CB63-04 has a fire loading of 182,000 BTU /FT2 and is protected ewith fire detection and fire suppression equipment, which were verified OPERABLE.

Roving one (1) hour fire watch patrols began checking room CB63-04 at 1700 hours0.0197 days <br />0.472 hours <br />0.00281 weeks <br />6.4685e-4 months <br />.

The degraded Kaowool wrap was identified by Operations personnel performing a visual

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' Surveillance inspection and was apparently damaged by persons l

brushing against the wrap.

The probability of a fire propagating

.through the fire wall penetration seal was minimal because of the remaining layers of Kaowool wrap in addition to the-installed fire suppression / fire detection equipment.

ACTION TAKEN The degraded Kaowool wrap was replaced and satisfactorily.

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Fire wall-penetration seal #1707 was declared OPERABLE.

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on May 25,1984, at 1000 hours0.0116 days <br />0.278 hours <br />0.00165 weeks <br />3.805e-4 months <br />.

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