PNO-III-89-007, on 890130 Unit Taken off-line to Repair Primary to Secondary Tube Leak in B Sg.Caused by Leakage Increase Since 890124 & Reaching Licensee Administrative Limit of 0.1 Gpm.Plans Include Preventive Plugging of Tubes

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PNO-III-89-007:on 890130 Unit Taken off-line to Repair Primary to Secondary Tube Leak in B Sg.Caused by Leakage Increase Since 890124 & Reaching Licensee Administrative Limit of 0.1 Gpm.Plans Include Preventive Plugging of Tubes
ML20198K751
Person / Time
Site: Palisades Entergy icon.png
Issue date: 02/01/1989
From: Axelson W, Burgess B
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To:
References
PNO-III-89-007, PNO-III-89-7, NUDOCS 9710240117
Download: ML20198K751 (1)


'LIMINARY NOTiflCATION Of EVENT OR UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE--PNO-ill-89-07 Dat> fcbruary 1,1989 fl y.,<c Gyy This areliminary notification constitutes EARLY notice of events of POSSIBLE safety r pu>lic interest significance. The information is as initially received without rification or evaluation, and is basically all that is known by the Region !!!

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Facility: Consumers Power Company Licensee Emergency Classification:

Palisades Notification of an Unusual Event Covert, MI 49043 Alert Site Area Energency Docket No. 50-255 General Emergency X Not Applicable p g ,,y f,th N)

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SHUTDOWN TO REPAlR TUDE LEAK At 11:29 a.m. (EST) January 30, 1989, the unit was taken off-line to repair a primary to secondary tube leak in the "B" Steam Generator. The leakage had been increasing since lanuary 24, 1989, and reached the licensee's administrative limit of 0.1 gpm on January 26.

(The technical specification limit is .3 gpm.) The licensee reduced power to 45 percent for testing and evaluation of the leak rate, which subsequently fell to .01 gpm on January 27.

The scope and duration of the outage has not been fonnalized, but it is expected to last about 30 days, and tentative plans include preventive plugging of about 180 steam generator tubes, and other activities.

Region !!! (Chicago) is monitoring the licensee's course of action.

The State of M. ichigan will te notified.

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