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Forwards Insp Rept 50-456/96-17 on 961021-25 & 1105-26.No Violations Noted
ML20132D399
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Site: Braidwood Constellation icon.png
Issue date: 12/09/1996
From: Grant G
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To: Stanley H
COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO.
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See also: IR 05000456/1996017

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December 9, 1996

Mr. H. G. Stanley

Site Vice President

Braidwood Nuclear Power Station

Commonwealth Edison Company

R.R. #1, Box 84

Braceville, IL 60407

SUBJECT: NRC INSPECTION REPORT NO. 50-456/96017(DRS)

Dear Mr. Stanley:

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This refers to the inspection conducted by Mr. M. Holmberg on October 21-25, 1996, i

November 5,1996 and November 26,1996. The inspection included a review of l

activities perta!ning to the examination of steam generator tubes for your Braidwood Unit

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1 facility during a mid-cycle outage. At the conclusion of the inspection, the findings were l

discussed with those members of your staff identified in the enclosed report. I

The indications identified during eddy current examination of the Unit 1 steam generator -

tubes were predominantly single circumferentially oriented indications located in the tube l

roll transition region. These indications are indicative of outside diameter stress corrosion I

cracking. Your efforts to evaluate tube integrity by assessing growth rates for this type of  !

cracks by historical eddy current data reviews / comparisons and in-situ pressure testing

was indicative of an aggressive program. However, the inspector had concerns with eddy

current indications detected this outage which were present but not identified during prior

outages.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the Commission's regulations, a copy of this letter

and the enclosed inspection report will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room.

We will gladly discuss any questions you have concerning these inspections.

Sincerely,

Geoffrey E. Grant, Director

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket No. 50-456

Enclosure: Inspection Report

No. 50-456/96017(DRS)

See Attached Distribution

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H. G. Stanley 2

cc w/enci: T. J. Maiman, Senior Vice President

Nuclear Operations Division

D. A. Sager, Vice Presiderat,

Generation Support

H. W. Keiser, Chief Nuclear >

Operating Officer

T. Tulon, Station Manager

T. Simpkin, Regulatory

Assurance Supervisor

I. Johnson, Acting Nuclear

Regulatory Services Manager

Richard Hubbard

Nathan Schloss, Economist

Office of the Attorney General

State Liaison Officer

Chairman, Illinois Commerce 1

Commission

Document Control Desk-Licensing

Distribution:

Docket File w/enci Rill PRR w/enci W. L. Axelson, Rlll w/enct

PUBLIC IE-01 w/enct SRis, Braidwood, Byron, Enf. Coordinator, Rlll w/enci

OC/LFDCB w/ encl Zion w/enct RAC1 w/ encl (E-mail)

DRP w/enci LPM, NRR w/enct CAA1 w/enci(E-mail)

DRS w/enct A. B. Beach, Rlll w/ encl

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