ML20148F407
| ML20148F407 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Yankee Rowe |
| Issue date: | 11/17/1972 |
| From: | Skovholt D US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC) |
| To: | Heider L YANKEE ATOMIC ELECTRIC CO. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8011050619 | |
| Download: ML20148F407 (2) | |
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' Gentlenen:
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By letter dated September 5,1972, you submitted a mport entitled t:
"thrch 1972 Inservice Examination of Yankee-Ibwe Atomic Power Plant".
'Ihis mport documents the msults of the inservice inspection pro-g fram carried out by the Southwest Ibsearch Institute during the
- IV spring 1972 refueling outage.
We have reviewed your report and have ccnclutbd that the tests and e
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examinations performed in March 1972 comply with Secticn XI of the q.f N
l ASE Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, with certain exceptions allow-able for Yankee where access to inspection areas is not practical.
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%k tion program as described in your letter dated August 30, 1971, that MN this program is acceptable and that it provides for inspections to l$'
Policy State:mnt, " Criteria for Fmergency' Core Cooling Systets for
@jF be made on an accelerated schedule jn co n11ance with the Interim y?N Light Water Power Peactorsj dated June 29, 1971.
l Our review has identified the following two items on which we requiru Q
additional information:
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Yankee's final disposition to cormet the code rejectable d
l area in the 2-inch charging, line weld (CH-5) described on pa:'n 18 in your mport, and 4
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During the previous inservice inspection in Novenber W
1970, cladding cracks in th3 pressurizer were vismily QF inspected by neans of a closed circuit television Qi
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Your mport does not indicate that a similar inspec-tion was ma&r in March 1972, nor what specific plars Yankee has to monitor potential 1crig-terin. changes in
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the condition of the pmssurizer cladding.
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.Please provide your msponse within thirty days finn the date of this letter.
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