ML20209F510

FOIA Request for All Records Re Significant Vibration in Auxiliary Water Cooling Sys at Facility on 870311,per Encl Newspaper Article

ML20209F510
Person / Time
Site:	South Texas
Issue date:	04/10/1987
From:	Bauman L GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT
To:	NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION (ADM)
References
FOIA-87-216 NUDOCS 8704300304
Download: ML20209F510 (3)

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GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTADILITY PROJECT 1555 Connecticut Avenue. N.W.. Suite 202 Wadiingron. D.C. 20036 (202)232-6550 MIDWEST OFFICE 104 E. WISCONSIN AVENUE APPLETON, WISCONSIN 54915-8605 April 10, 1987 FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUEST FREEI)0M OF INFORMATION Director Office of Administration NM U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20210

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,p TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552, the Government Accountability Project (GAP) requests copies of any and all agency records and information, including but not limited to notes, letters, memoranda, drafts, minutes, diaries, logs, calenders, tapes, transcripts, summaries, interview reports, procedures, instructions, engineering analyses, drawings, files, graphs, charts, maps, photographs, cgreements, hadnwritten notes, studies, data sheets, notebooks, books, telephones messages, computations, voice recordings, computer runoffs, and any other data compilations, interim and/or final reports, status rc: ports, in an and any auxiliary and water all other cooling records concerning.the "significant vibratior system, on Wednesday, March 11, at the South Texas Project, Unit 1, 13, 1987. 1987, as reported in the Daily Tribune or, Friday A copy of the article is enclosed for your reference.

This request includes all agency records as defined in 10 C.F.R. 9.3a(b) cnd the NRC Octcber 8, Manual, Appendix 0211, Parts 1.A.2 and A.3 (approved 1980) whether they currently exist in the NRC offical, " working" invrstigative or other files, or at any other location, including private racidences.

If Eny records as defined in 10 C.F.R. 9.3a(b) and the NRC Manual, supra, cnd covered by this request have been destroyed and/or removed after this rcquest, please provide all surrounding records, including but not limited to o list of all records w hich have been or are destroyed and/or removed, o dascription of the action (s) taken relevant to, generated in connecticn end/or issued in order to implement the action (s). s 8704300304 870410 PDR FOIA BAUMANB7-216 PDR

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CAP requests that fees be waived, because " finding the information can be considered as primarily benefiting the general public," 5 U.S.C. 552 (a) (4) (a). GAP is a non profit, non-partisan public interest organization concerned with honest and open government.

Through public outreach, the Project promotes whistleblowers as agents of government accountability. Through it Enviromental Whistleblower Clinic, GAP offers assistance to local public interest and citizens groups and intervenors in the concern for safety at nuglear power plants.

We are regnesting this information as part of an ongoing monitoring project of the NRC's efforts to protect public health and safety at and near nuclear processing plants and radioactive waste facilities.

For any documents or portions that you deny due to a specific FOIA exemption, please provide an index itemizing The and index describing should the provide documents or portions of documents withheld.

e datalled justification of your grounds for claiming each exemption, explaining why each exemtion is relevant to the document or portion of the document withheld. This index is required under Vaughn il 977 Ros%n (1), 484 F2d 820 (D.C. Cir. 1973), cert. denied, 415 U.S.

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We look forward to your response to this request within ten (10) working days.

Sincerely, duk&@f

• Linda Bauman FOIA Coordinator Midwest Office

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R sponses to this request should be mailed to 104 E. Wisconsin Avenue Appleton, Wisconsin 54915-8605

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'poss'ble, with the unit scheduled to go on line in December.

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' wisne, . iso a ise viaent v>b,ation. which a hot ,pe tera hammer occurs

,d then quickiy when steam condenses sack to sforms ii- inside be knocked lease pipe holders and sent over 20 quid state due to a sudden reduction in

{a of, NRC"A'tspokesman this point Clyde I understand t i is not Wisner. "but passsible."

all that said wo6kers home late Wednesday night, was an temperaturt, according to STP informatio

, likely. They will have to assess the damage. There

• with the sys*-m. operator error and was not caused by a problem David Hoop r.

A "shrruficant vibration"in an auxiliarv. / will certainly be some repuirs needed and some "I don't vant to say it's not a serious problem.

coohns, svstem Wednesda y at the South Teias Prv retraining will be necessary." As pres'sure and temperature of superheated, because it cc ald be s serious problem - but it could ject's Umt I could affect ihe fuelloading schedule Since January Unit I has been undergoing hot ' pressurizedsteamir.thecoolingsystemwerebeing be a minor ; oblem." said Walker. He equated the reduced at about 11 p.in. Wednesday, a very loud problem wi; i the rattle of hot water pipes in a home at the facihtv. a Nuclear spokesman said today. llegulatory Commission function testing, a required step in the N RC licens- knocking sound referred to as a " water hammer" - but on a i trer scale.

ing pme,ess. Fuel loading at Unit I is set for June occurred, said llL&P spokesman Glen Walker.

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Wisnersaid hedidn t think the incident would af- reactor was heated to 567 degrees and gw id feet the status of t he test because workers "werein to 2.235 pounds per square inch.

the process of wrappmgit up." The pipes affected by the water hammer werein a .

Engmeerssupervismg the cool-down pha se of the %e loop of coohng water not passing directly through I

! reactor.

i hot-function test remamed at the site that night A trial amount of electricity wa s generated by the and continued wrong. to try Walker sand. and figure out what had gone plant Martirl as the culmir.ation el the test.

The knocking - supposed to be caused by too- Though originally slated to be completed by late February, the revised test schedule would have a

rapidcoolingof for about 30 nunutes, thestemminthepipes-continued he said. completed the hot function test Sunday, said

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Wisner said the vibration was tikely caused when Theinci lent marks the second setback in Unit t's the operetn,d

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- down ph" overlooked of the hot fune-hot functionatesting, couple of began which steps."Jan.10.

j tion test remains on hold at 350 degrees while thein- On Jan. 27 a faulty gasket around a temperature cident remams under investigation said Walker. gauge caused a steam leak which was was termed a minor problem by Central Power & Laght. A fter t!.e At Ll'e paak of the test, water passing through the leak was repaired the test continued.

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