ML22300A082

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Special Report 2022-03, Non-Functionality of Loose-Part Detection System Channel for Greater than 30 Days
ML22300A082
Person / Time
Site: Callaway Ameren icon.png
Issue date: 10/27/2022
From:
Ameren Missouri, Union Electric Co
To:
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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ML22300A080 List:
References
ULNRC-06775
Download: ML22300A082 (1)


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Enclosure ULNRC-06775 Page 1 of 1 Special Report 2022-03 Requirement Callaway Plant's Final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR), Section 16.3.3.5, contains requirements for reactor coolant system (RCS) Loose-Parts Detection System. The Limiting Condition for Operation (LCO) specified per FSAR 16.3.3.5 requires the Loose-Parts Detection System to be Functional in MODES 1 and 2. With a required channel non-functional for more than 30 days, Action A applies. It states, "With one or more Loose-Part Detection System channels non-functional for more than 30 days, prepare and submit a Special Report to the Commission within the next 10 days outlining the cause of the malfunction and the plans for restoring the channel(s) to OPERABLE status."

Cause of the Loose-Part Detection System Non-Functionality Channel 7 of the Loose-Parts Detection System was declared inoperable and removed from service on September 28, 2022, due to excessive nuisance alarms. Operators have verified that no actual loose parts issue exists.

Plans for Restoring the Channel to Functional Status Restoration of Channel 7 will require the vendor to collect and analyze data from the Loose-Parts Detection System and based on that analysis provide recommended updates to the alarm setpoints for the loose-part detection instrumentation. Callaway will then update those setpoints, likely via the plant modification process, and then re-enable Channel 3 (previously reported per Ameren Missouri letter ULNRC-06708 dated January 11, 2022) and Channel 7, thereby returning the Loose-Parts Detection System to full functionality. It is expected that the system will be restored to functionality in Refuel 26 which is scheduled to begin September 30, 2023.