Press Release-II-07-044, - NRC Sends Special Inspection Team to McGuire Nuclear Plant to Assess Incorrect Installation of Equipment

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Press Release-II-07-044 - NRC Sends Special Inspection Team to McGuire Nuclear Plant to Assess Incorrect Installation of Equipment
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Issue date: 09/11/2007
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NRC NEWS U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Office of Public Affairs, Region II 61 Forsyth Street SW, Atlanta GA 30303 Web Site: www.nrc.gov No: II-07-044 September 11, 2007 CONTACT: Ken Clark (404)562-4416 E-mail: OPA2@nrc.gov Roger Hannah (404)562-4417 NRC SENDS SPECIAL INSPECTION TEAM TO McGUIRE NUCLEAR PLANT TO ASSESS INCORRECT INSTALLATION OF EQUIPMENT The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is sending a Special Inspection Team to the McGuire nuclear power plant, operated by Duke Energy near Huntersville, N.C. to assess the circumstances surrounding the discovery of some metal caps on oil coolers that had been improperly installed. Those caps, called endbells, are designed to direct the flow of water back through the coolers associated with the plants centrifugal charging pumps. The endbells were found to have been rotated either 45 or 90 degrees when installed, reducing the flow of water through the oil coolers.

The NRCs two-person Special Inspection Team will develop a sequence of events; review the companys response to the issue; assess the plant staffs analysis, maintenance and corrective actions; assess the extent of condition at Duke Energys Catawba plant near York, S.C.; and assess the previous performance of the coolers.

The special inspection is expected to take about a week and a half, and the NRC will issue a report within 30 days after the inspection.

News releases are available through a free listserv subscription at the following Web address:

http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/listserver.html. The NRC homepage at www.nrc.gov also offers a SUBSCRIBE link. E-mail notifications are sent to subscribers when news releases are posted to NRC's Web site.

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