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| Entered date | Event description | |
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| ENS 52309 | 20 October 2016 00:09:00 | While performing a scheduled inservice inspection on a section of safety injection system piping, a flaw was identified in a circumferential weld on the 14 inch safety injection line from the 2A safety injection tank to the 2A reactor coolant loop. Examination results indicate that the flaw constitutes a welding defect that cannot be found acceptable under ASME Section XI, IWB-3600, or Table IWB-3410-1. Further analysis is being conducted. The unit had been shutdown for its 19th refueling outage (3R19) on October 8, 2016, at 0000. The NRC Resident Inspectors have been informed of this condition. This piping is required to be operable in modes one through four.
Subsequent engineering examination of the weld on the 14" safety injection line from the 2A safety injection tank to the 2A reactor coolant loop using enhanced examination techniques concluded the indication in the circumferential weld does not represent a flaw constituting a weld defect. The indication was the result of a metallurgical weld interface in the area of a previously documented weld repair. Therefore, the indication is acceptable under ASME Section XI with no further analysis required. Based on the above information, PVNGS has determined the indication does not represent a degraded condition of a principal safety barrier as defined by 10CFR 50.72(b)(3)(ii)(A) and event notification #52309 is retracted. The NRC Resident Inspectors have been notified. Notified R4DO (Campbell). |
| ENS 51844 | 2 April 2016 03:50:00 | The following event description is based on information currently available. If through subsequent reviews of this event additional information is identified that is pertinent to this event or alters the information being provided at this time a follow-up notification will be made via the ENS or under the reporting requirements of 10CFR50.73. At approximately 2229 (MST) on April 1, 2016, Arizona Public Service Company completed an offsite notification to the Environmental Protection Agency's National Response Center to report a spill of approximately 8000 gallons of sodium hypochlorite (8% solution) in the vicinity of the Unit 3 cooling towers at the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station (PVNGS). Additional notifications were made to Arizona State and Maricopa County environmental authorities. The Unit 3 cooling towers are located in the Security Owner Controlled Area at PVNGS and are outside of the protected area. The leak, which resulted from a failed hose on the main hypochlorite distribution header, was stopped by closing a valve to isolate the header. The immediate area has been barricaded. The quantity released exceeded the Reportable Quantity for sodium hypochlorite (RQ of 100 pounds) and was therefore reported. There was no impact to the operation of the PVNGS units or personnel onsite or offsite. The NRC Senior Resident has been notified. |