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Ro:On 860416,dose Equivalent I-131 Activity Exceeded 1.0 Uci/G & Remained Above Level All Day.Letdown Flow Increased Upon Reactor Shut Down in Order to Increase Coolant Cleanup & Reduce I-131 Level
ML20198R305
Person / Time
Site: Maine Yankee
Issue date: 05/20/1986
From: Whittier G
Maine Yankee
To: Murley T
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
References
7544L-SDE, GDW-86-123, MN-86-70, NUDOCS 8606090494
Download: ML20198R305 (3)


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l MAME HARHEE ATOMMPOWER00MPARUe avaugray,?,lg o?,'"a's a l h May 20, 1986 (207) 623-3521 O MN-86-70 GDH-86-123 l 1

Region I United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Inspection and Enforcement 631 Park Avenue King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406 Attention: Dr. Thomas E. Murley, Regional Administrator i l

References:

(a) License No. DPR-36 (Docket No. 50-309)

Subject:

Primary Coolant System Iodine Spike on April 16, 1986 Gentlemen:

1 The following report on the primary coolant system iodine spike is l submitted pursuant to Maine Yankee Technical Specification 3.2.C.

1 On April 15, 1986 at 1700 hours0.0197 days <br />0.472 hours <br />0.00281 weeks <br />6.4685e-4 months <br /> the plant began a controlled shutdown to balance the turbine generator. At 0111 hours0.00128 days <br />0.0308 hours <br />1.835317e-4 weeks <br />4.22355e-5 months <br /> on April 16, 1986 Dose l Equivalent Iodine-131 (DEI-131) activ.ty exceeded 1.0 uC1/ gram and remained above this level until 1900 hours0.022 days <br />0.528 hours <br />0.00314 weeks <br />7.2295e-4 months <br /> the same day. Letdown flow was increased ,

upon reactor shutdown in order to increase coolant cleanup, and reduce DEI-131 l below 1.0 uCi/ gram. i l

The DEI-131 activity, along with plant operating characteristics, and the fuel burnup by core region, are presented in Tables 1 and 2, respectively.

I Please contact us if you have any questions.

Very truly yours, MAINE YANKEE ATOMIC POWER COMPANY ,,

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G. D. Whittier, Manager Nuclear Engineering and Licensing GDW/bjp Enclosures cc: Mr. Ashok C. Thadant Mr. Pat Sears

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1,, . M AINE YANKEE ATOMIC POWER COMPANY TABLE 1. Time History of Dose Equivalent I-131 (DEI-131) Activity and Plant Operating Characteristics, April 14-16, 1986 LETDOHN DOSE EQUIV. REACTOR FLOH RATE "A" DEGASSIFIER DAIE TIME (EST) I-131 (uC)/a) POWER % (com) OPERATION 04/14/86 0430 1.08E-1 99 78 0 0926 1.12E-1 99 77 1806 1.39E-1 99 79 04/15/86 0435 1.5'E-1 99 78 2120 gal.

0930 1.33E-1 99 78 1705 1.32E-1 98.7 81 2115 1.84E-1 46 90 04/16/86 0113 1.20 0 90 2060 gal.

0316 2.42 0 116 0414 2.48 0 96 0516 2.54 0 113 0634 2.48 0 80 0800 2.46 0 129 0920 2.36 0 149 1115 1.99 0 149 1305 1.67 0 150 1500 1.34 0 159 1700 1.08 0 157 1900 8.66E-1 0 151 2100 7.49E-1 6 157 7544L-SDE i

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i TABLE 2. FUEL BURNUP BY CORE REGION T

CYCLE BURNUP (MHD/MT) TOTAL BURNUP (MHD/MT)

. REGION 04/10/86 04/24/86 04/10/86 04/24/86 E16 3930 4239 24364 24673

! LO 3333 3588 24658 24914 L4 4265 4593 31862 32189 L8 2791 3004 29278 29492 L12 3958 4262 33118 33422 MO 5272 5665 17172 17564 M4 4401 4734 17337 17670 M8 5047 5430 20517 20900

l NO 4729 5079 4729 5079 i N4 4512 4854 4512 4854 i N8 5344 5757 5344 5757 CORE 4360 4692 17586 17918  :
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