ML20207G460

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PNO-77-221:on 771213,cracks Found in Control Element Assembly Guide Tubes of Three Fuel Assemblies During Plant Refueling Outage.Licensee Awaiting Recommendations from Fuel Vendor (Combustion Engineering) as to C/A
ML20207G460
Person / Time
Site: Millstone Dominion icon.png
Issue date: 12/14/1977
From: Klingler G, Nolan F, Sniezek J
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE)
To:
References
PNO-77-221, NUDOCS 9903120080
Download: ML20207G460 (1)


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PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION December 14, 1977

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PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR U

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Millstone Point Unit No. 2 (DN 50-336) 4: CRACKS IN CONTROL ELEMENTTUBES ASSEMBLY GUIDE i; fuel assemblies on December 13 Cracks es were of found in th in ,

Fuel handling operations were s,uspend d1977,tage. during a pla i five guide tubes of one fuel assembly.e when cracks were found in all i

vided structural support for the fuel assemblies.The one-inch guide tub The cracks cracks have observed been observed have in fuelbeen assembly axialguide . withtubes No smalw been used for control element assembly locations guide tubes has not been observedThis atcracking other ofCombustion the i .

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Engineering) as to corrective actions. ombustionAll fue

'itW F element will assemblies be inspected. will be removed from the reactor ng control es and t

i. Fuel handling operations will not resume until a plan of action has been formulated based upon fuel vendo t

Plant startup is being delayed until corrective n.actionons. is take i

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