PNO-II-83-081, on 831012,FPL Took Unit Out Svc Because of Failure of One of Two Rhrps.Determined Rhrp Failure on 831011 Was Due to Short Circuit Caused by Water in Terminal Box Which Houses Pump Motor Leads

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PNO-II-83-081:on 831012,FPL Took Unit Out Svc Because of Failure of One of Two Rhrps.Determined Rhrp Failure on 831011 Was Due to Short Circuit Caused by Water in Terminal Box Which Houses Pump Motor Leads
ML20198R316
Person / Time
Site: Turkey Point NextEra Energy icon.png
Issue date: 10/12/1983
From: Dance H, Landis K
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To:
References
PNO-II-83-081, PNO-II-83-81, NUDOCS 9711130235
Download: ML20198R316 (1)


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i NNARY NOTIr1 CATION Or EVENT OR UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE PNO-II-83-81 eliminary notification constitutes EARLY notice of eve ts arTPOSS18tE4salf%ty or pu interest significance. The information is as initia11 'hef61ve~d without verifi-cation or evaluation, and is basically all that is known by t e Region !! staff on this date. g. , ;.c; 5 " 'i n s _ , 51 ED/PECD O l TACitTTY: riorida Power and Light Company Licensee Em**gency riassification l Turkey Point Unf L 4 X Notification of Unusual Event t Docket No. 50-251 Alert l Homestead, Florida . Site Araa Energency General Emeroency Not Applicable IUBJECT: SHUTDOWN GREATER THAN 48 HOURS Florida Power and Light (FPL) took the unit out of service at 11:35 a.m. (EDT) today becsuse of the failure nf one of the two residual heat removal (RRR) pumps. Technical specifications require a shutdown within 24 hou*s if both pumps are not operational.

rPu has efett.rmirica that the RHR pump's f ailure at 11 : 3 5 a .or.. yantarday was rine in a short circuit caused by water in the terminal box which houses the pump motor leads. .

t Unit 4 is expected to remain shut down for several days for evalua+1on and correction of the problem. The NRC resident inspector is reviewing tha event in detail. Unit 3 is t dowr, for refueling.

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The State of Florida has been informed.

inis infcmation is current as of 12:30 p.m. today.

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