ML20149H819

Third Partial Response to FOIA Request for Documents. Documents Listed in App a Being Released in Entirety.Copies of Records 11-15 May Be Purchased from Government Printing Office

ML20149H819
Person / Time
Site:	Palo Verde
Issue date:	07/14/1997
From:	Racquel Powell NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION (ADM)
To:	Fowler C AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED
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ML20147E427	List: ML20147E422 ML20147E430 ML20149H819
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FOIA-97-177 NUDOCS 9707250200
Download: ML20149H819 (3)

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U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION NRC FOIA (.EQUEST NUMBER (S) g\ FOIA 177 Dh

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INFORMATION A * (FOIA) REQUEST oATE

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REQUESTEA Catherine Fowler PART l.-AGENCY RECORDS RELEASED OR NOT LOCATED (See checkedboxes/

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N3 agency records subject to the request have been located.

Na additional agency records subject to the request have been located.

X Requested records are available through another public distribution program. See Comments section,

• Agency records subject to the request that are identified in Appendix {es) are alread va vailable for public inspection and copying at the NRC Public Document Room,2120 L Street, N.W., Washington, DC.

Agency records subject to the request that are identified in Appendix (es) F are being made available for public inspection and copying X

at the NRC Public Document Room,2120 L Street, N.W., Washington, DC,in a folder under this FOIA number.

The nonproprietary version of the proposal (s) that you agreed to accept in a telephone conversation with a member of n y staff is now being made available for public inspection and copying at the N RC Public Document Room,2120 L Street, N.W., Washington, DC, in a folder under this FOIA number.

Agency records subject to the request that ere identified in Appendix (es) may be inspected and copied at the NRC Local Public Document Room identified in the Comments section.

Enclosed is information on how you may obtain access to and the c! arges for copying records located at the NRC Public Document Room,2120 L Street, NM , Washington, DC.

X Agency records subject to the request are enclosed. Records E 1-10 Records subject to the request have been referred to anoti er Federal agency (ies) for review and direct response to you Fees You will be billed by the NRC for fees totaling 5 You wift receive a refund from the NRC in the amount of $ l in view of N RC's response to this request, no further actio i is being taken ori appeal letter dated , No.

PART 11. A-INFORMATION WITHHELD FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE Certain information in the requested records is being withheld from public disclosure pursuant to the exemptions described ',n and for the reasons stated in Part 11, B, C, and D. Any released portions of the documents for which only part of the record is being withheld are being made available for public inspection and copying in the NRC Public Document Room,2120 L Street, N.W., Washington, DC in a folder under this FOI A number.

COMMENTS

• Copies of records 11 through 15 may be purchased from the Government Printing Office.

The address is:

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Washington, DC 20402-9328 _

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Re: FOIA-97-0177 l A'PPENDIX E RECORDS BEING RELEASCD IN-THEIR ENTIRETY l l

, HQ2 DATE DESCRIPTION /(PAGE COUNT) j 1- 4/23/93 Letter report entitled, " Review of Monitoring and Diagnostic Methods for Check Valves, ORNL/NRC/LTR-93/6 (35 pages) 2 8/31/94 Letter report entitled, " Evaluation of' Inspection Reports from NRC Temporary ]

Instruction 2515/110, " Performance of '

Safety-Related Check Valves",

ORNL/NRC/LTR-94-03 (41 pages) 3 8/31/95 Letter report entitled, "An Evaluation of PWR-Safety Injection Accumulator Tark Discharge Check Valve Performance",  !

ORNL/NRC/LTR-95/22 (53 pages) 4 6/28/96 Letter report entitled, "A Characterization l of Check Valve Degradation and Failure '

Experience in the Nuclear Power Industry --

1992 Failures", ORNL/NRC/LTR-96/11 (40 pages) 5 10/31/96 Letter report entitled, "A Study of the Most Populous Check Valve Types Installed in Nuclear Power Plants" ORNL/NRC/L-96-29 (11 pages) 6 11/11/96 Letter to Jerry E. Jackson from A. B. Poole, ORNL.

Subject:

Palo Verde Check Valves (15 p;ges) 7 1/9/97 Letter to Jerry E. Jackson from A. B. Poole, ORNL,

Subject:

Comanche Peak Check Valves (15 pages) 8 1/16/97 Letter to Jerry E. Jackson from K. L. McElhaney, ORNL,

Subject:

Check Valves and MOVs (26 pages) l 9 2/6/97 Letter to Jerry E. Jackson fron.

Karen L. McElhaney, ORNL,

Subject:

Draft Copy of an Article Entitled "An Analysis of Nuclear Check Valve Performance by Valve Type" (13 pages)

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Draft of technical paper entitled, Performance Characteristic of Check Valves Based on Specific Valve Type" by K. L. McElhaney, ORNL (14 pages) 11 ---

• NUREG/CR-5583, " Prediction of Check Valve Performance and Degradation in the Nuclear Power Plant Systems-Wear Impact Tests" 12 ---

• NUREG/CR-4302, " Aging and Service Wear of Check Valves Used in Engineered Safety-Feature Systems of Nuclear Power Plants" Vols. 1 and 2 13 ---

• NUREG/CR-5159, " Predication Check Valve Performance and Degradation in Nuclear Power Plant Systems" 14 ---

• NUREG/CR-5944, "A Characterization of Check Valve Degradation and Failure Experience in the Nuclear Power Industry" 15 ---

• NUREG/CR-5944, "A Characterization of Check Valve Degradation and Failure Experience in the Nuclear Power Industry -

1991 Failures", Vol. 2 3

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SCOTT, IIULSE, MARSIIALL, FEUILLE, FINGER, & THURMOND, P.C.

ATIORNEYS AT LAW TEXAS COMMERCE BANK BLDO.

Catherine L. Fovder, CLA 11TH FLOOH Louis A. SCOTT Co,tified Legal Asement EL PASO. TEXA8 79901 (1896 1974)

TELEPHONE (916) 633 2493 JAMES F. HULSE TELECOPIER iS16) 64&S333 (190619e9)

PLEASE ADORESS FRM May 6,1997 ATTw: wanta i wanta's omECT TILEfHONE: l (915) 546-8316 i U.S. MAIL M .

Nuclear Regulatory Commission GeseNo: 97-/77 l Public Document Room DeleRetAt 5-/ #- 9 7 . _ i 2120 L Street, N.W. AcdonOff: An / i

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Washington, D.C., 20555-001 RE: OPEN RECORDS REQUEST

Dear Sirs:

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act,5 U.S.C. 5552 et. seq., this is to request the following records:

1. All notices provided to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) pursuant to 10 C.F.R. part 21, et seq. concerning any defects in swing or ti't check valves.

2. Correspondence to and from the NRC and internal NRC memoranda pertaining to any failure of a Crane Co. check valve.

3. Any NRC bulletins, circulars, information notices or inspection and investigation notices pertaining or referring to any check valve failures.

4. Any licensee event reports, vendor reports and correspondence, relating to or pertaining to any check valve failure.

5. Any NRC papers or papers commissioned by the NRC pertaining to check valve failures.

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6. Any documents, including investigative reports, correspondence to or l

from Southern California Edison, and correspondence to and from any check valve vendor pertaining to the 1985 check valve failure at the San Onofre nuclear power pisnt.

Please let me know if there is a charge for copies of these items and forward the above materials to:

l Catherine L. Fowler, C.L.A.

l Scott & Hulse, P.C.

11th Floor, Texas Commerce Bank Bldg.

201 East Main St.

l El Paso, Texas 79901 l

l Should you need any further information, please call me at (915) 546-8316.

! Your help in this matter is greatly appreciated.

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n Sincerely, l

h I Catherine L. Fowler Certified Legal Assistant l

I to Benjamin A. Escobar i

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