PNO-II-85-105, on 851106,while Removing Core Internals Upper Guide Structure,One Lifting Rig Attachment Failed.Refueling Operations Halted W/Structure in Apparently Stable Position. NSSS Vendor Being Contacted

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PNO-II-85-105:on 851106,while Removing Core Internals Upper Guide Structure,One Lifting Rig Attachment Failed.Refueling Operations Halted W/Structure in Apparently Stable Position. NSSS Vendor Being Contacted
ML20198E229
Person / Time
Site: Saint Lucie NextEra Energy icon.png
Issue date: 11/06/1985
From: Elrod S, Guenther S
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
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PNO-II-85-105, NUDOCS 8511130216
Download: ML20198E229 (1)


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November 6, 1985 tPRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT'0R UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE PNO-II-85-105 y This preliminary. notification: constitutes EARLY notice of events of POSSIBLE~ safety or spublic1 interest- significance. - The. infonnationxis as initially -received without verifi-f cation -orievaluation.cand is basically all that is known by the Region II: staff on this

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FACILITY: . Florida : Power .and Light Company - Licensee Emergency Classification:

- St.ilucie Unit-1 X Notification of Unusual Event

Docket No. 50-335 - Alert Fort Pierce, Florida . Site Area Emergency General Emergency-Not Applicable

' :SUBJECTi ' CORE INTERNALS UPPER GUIDE STRUCTURE LIFTING RIG FAILURE 10n 1the morning; of1 N ovember 6 while. removing the St. Lucie Unit 1~ co.re internals upper

- guide structure in preparation for fuel movement, one of three lifting rig attachments.gave way. ; This 'placed the upper guide structure in a tilted position.with its full ; weight '

supported by .the . remaining two attachment points. Refueling operations were immediately

- st:pped withlthe Lstructure suspended in an apparently stable position with its bottom at a

" Llevel?approximately even with the reactor. vessel- flange. No fuel damage has occurred and ino abnormal' radiation levels have ~ resulted.- The licensee is contacting the Nuclear Steam LSupply System' Vendor (Combustion Engineering)-to evaluate the situation.

4 Florida Power and' Light (FPL) ' declared an unusual event at 10:45 a.m.. .(EST) in accordance

,with the plant emergency plan.-

Th2 State of Florida >has been; informed.

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Both FPL:and the NRC will respond to media inquiries.

LTh31NRC,JRegion1II received initial notification of this occurrence by telephone from the

'SeniorLResidentL Inspector at 10:00 a.m., (EST) November 6.- FPL notified NRC headquarters-

'ofthis2incidentby-telephoneat-10:45a.m.,(EST) November 6.

sThis information is current as of 2=p.m., today.

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