ML20249B939

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PNO-76-143:on 760814,auxiliary Bldg Vent Gaseous Effluent Monitor Approached TS Instantaneous Release Limit & Was Identified as Cover Gas.Licensee Isolated Tank Terminating Release.Press Release to Be Issued & State of Il Informed
ML20249B939
Person / Time
Site: Zion  File:ZionSolutions icon.png
Issue date: 08/16/1976
From: Roy G, Thompson D, Warnick R
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE)
To:
References
PNO-76-143, NUDOCS 9806250075
Download: ML20249B939 (1)


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Auguot 16, 1976 PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE--PNO-7 This preliminary notification constitutes EARLY notice of an event of POSSIBLE safety or public interest significance. The information presented is as initially received without verification or evaluation

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1 Facility: i Zion Station Units 1 and 2 (DN 50-295 & 50-304)  !

Commonwealth Edison Company

Subject:

I UNPLANNED GASEOUS RELEASE ABOVE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION LIMIT l 1

Commonwealth Edison Company notified Region III (Chicago) that at about 9:30 a.m. on August 14 the Auxiliary Building vent gaseous effluent monitor approached the technical specification instantaneous release limit.

The gaseous effluent release was identified as cover gas from a leaking manually operated Grinnel-Saunders diaphragm valve, the inlet valve to holdup tank 0 in the ' tdown system. The licensee isolated the tank terminating the relt e A grab sample was obtained during the release and the maximum release rate was subsequently calculated to be about 82,000 uCi/sec, with a total release duration of about 15 j minutes.

  • f The Technical Specification limit for instantaneous gaseous release is 60,000 uci/sec.

Since this rate (if it exists continuously) is based on limiting exposures to people in unrestricted areas to 500 mrem per year or less, the short 15-minute release at the level reported would not contribute significantly to an individual's annual exposure.

The reactors were not shut down as a result of this release. Region III plans to issue a press release. The State of Illinois has been informed.

' Region III received notification of this occurrence by telephone from Commonwealth Edison at 11:00 a.m. on August 15, 1976 and was informed at 8:00 a.m. on August 16, 1976 that the release had exceeded the Technical Specification limit.

Contact:

RFWarnick, IE x27261 CWRoy, IE x27261 DThompson, IE x27541 Distribution: '

f.b' Chairman Rowden Commissioner Mason S. J. Chilk, SECY $

Commissioner Gilinsky C. C. Kammerer, CA G. F. Murphy, JCAE $ "

Commissioner Kennedy

L. V. Gossick, EDO E. Volgenau, OIE B. C. Rusche, NRR J. A. Harris, PA l H. K. Shapar, ELD T. J. McTiernan, AIA K. R. Chapman, NMSS R. G. Ryan,'OSP Transmitted: PBldg h ; H St [ MNBB 7 a  ; Luge p  ;

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