ML20141K382

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Believes That Analysis Should Be Made & Design Justified Concerning Reactor Vessel Repair at Facility
ML20141K382
Person / Time
Site: Oyster Creek, Three Mile Island
Issue date: 12/20/1967
From: Etherington H
US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC)
To: Fraley R
Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards
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FOIA-91-282 NUDOCS 9203190089
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i Deeember 20, 1961 i $$j 6 3 46, lM.! !

unemuse To .R. F. Fraley, guecutive secretary ACR$

pros t M. stherington Subj ec t: OYSTak CREEK REACTOR YES$st REPAIR I am concerned that the applicant may have been preoccupied with the l aetallurgical character of the stub-tube fatture, to the emelmeten of any attempt to analyse the stresses. The followtas illustretton and j

discueston suggest that stresses say be high.

I think an analysts should be mode, and the destsa justified, before aerely grinding out and repairing erecks. Perhaps such en smalysts is -

under way, but the problee might be worth discussing at the Josuary ACR8 meeting. Also If we are runnlag out of time, you may want to ask the staf f what is being done.

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Illustrations several cases should be explored. A staple and optimistic l model to used here to support the contention that stresses in the stub tube may be high.

I The followtas assumptieas are modes

1. The through tube (thtable) and the stub tube are both long. This gives maxinum fleuthtlity and probably a highly favorable stress ,

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2. Contreettoa of the weld between the thimble end the stub shaf t eenses L

i e relative radial displacement of 0.001 La. at the weld, t.o., the thimble if stretched radially and the stub tube te pulled radially la for a combined movement of 0.001 in. at the weld. For other displace-weats, stresses are directly proportteaal to displetaseat.

3. The weld contractice enerts no bending soment, i.e. the sad of the stub tube la displaced by inward rotation. This is one liattlag sese.

l- Amether would asswee estal votetton comfornias to that of the thimbne.

t' The probable condition lies between these two outremes, but eleser ta the second. 9

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