ML20209F510
| ML20209F510 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| 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 NM Office of Administration U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission gg Washington, D.C.
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,p TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C.
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i Fue - oading delay 'poss'ble, not likW STPofficialsprobe signih* cant vibration s
y with the unit scheduled to go on line in December.
a hot, ter hammer occurs when steam forms inside A wa wisne,. iso a ise viaent v>b,ation. which pe a,d then quickiy condenses sack to s ii-knocked lease pipe holders and sent over 20 quid state due to a sudden reduction in
{a of, be "A't this point I understand i is passsible." said wo6kers home late Wednesday night, was an temperaturt, according to STP information t
NRC spokesman Clyde Wisner. "but not all that 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.
"I don't vant to say it's not a serious problem.
A "shrruficant vibration"in an auxiliarv.
/ will certainly be some repuirs needed and some As pres'sure and temperature of superheated, because it cc ald be s serious problem - but it could coohns, svstem Wednesda y at the South Teias Prv retraining will be necessary."
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 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.
spokesman said today.
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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 loop of coohng water not passing directly through Engmeerssupervismg the cool-down pha se of the I
%e reactor.
i hot-function test remamed at the site that night A trial amount of electricity wa s generated by the and continued to try and figure out what had gone plant Martirl as the culmir.ation el the test.
wrong. Walker sand.
The knocking - supposed to be caused by too-Though originally slated to be completed by late February, the revised test schedule would have rapidcoolingof thestemminthepipes-continued completed the hot function test Sunday, said for about 30 nunutes, he 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 the cool down ph" overlooked a couple of steps."
hot function testing, which began Jan.10.
% a'ker sai ase of the hot fune-tion test remains on hold at 350 degrees while thein-On Jan. 27 a faulty gasket around a temperature j
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.