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While reducing power in response to expect … While reducing power in response to expected severe weather conditions from hurricane Frances, the reactor was manually tripped from 21% reactor power. The reactor was tripped because of significant swings in the 'B' Steam Generator level caused by erratic operation of the 'B' Feedwater Regulating Valve (FRV). All Control Element Assemblies fully inserted. Decay heat is currently being removed by Main Feedwater using the low power FRV bypass valves and Steam Bypass Control System (SBCS), maintaining RCS temperature at 532 degrees Fahrenheit. The unit will be maintained in a shutdown condition until repairs to the FRV are completed and the severe weather from Hurricane Frances abates.</br>All primary and secondary systems performed as expected with the exception of the SBCS. The SBCS consists of five pressure control valves, PCV-8801 through PCV-8805 with PCV-8801 a larger capacity valve and designed to open first. The remaining valves are designed to open in series with overlap through their operating ranges. PCV-8801 failed to open and PCV-8802, 8803, and 8804 did not appear to properly control RCS temperature. PCV-8805 was operated in manual to control (steam generator) pressure.</br>The Licensee notified the NRC Resident Inspector.</br>* * * RETRACTION FROM K. FREHAFER TO W. GOTT AT 1549 EDT ON 9/17/04 * * *</br>Florida Power and Light (FPL) is retracting this notification because the feedwater issues during the shutdown were not causal to the manual reactor trip. The St. Lucie Emergency Plan, requires that the units be taken offline prior to the onset of hurricane force winds onsite. In accordance with these requirements, St. Lucie Unit 2 was being taken offline prior to the arrival of hurricane Frances. Although automatic feedwater issues occurred during the downpower, the operators successfully took manual control of the main feedwater system. A reactor trip was not necessary to mitigate the condition, and continued operation and on-line troubleshooting would have been practical had the plant not been required to be shutdown for the approaching hurricane. The main feedwater control issues were not relevant factors during the planned plant shutdown/manual reactor trip. Therefore FPL is retracting this notification.</br>The licensee notified the NRC Resident Inspector.</br>Notified R2DO(Boland).Resident Inspector.
Notified R2DO(Boland).
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While reducing power in response to expect … While reducing power in response to expected severe weather conditions from hurricane Frances, the reactor was manually tripped from 21% reactor power. The reactor was tripped because of significant swings in the 'B' Steam Generator level caused by erratic operation of the 'B' Feedwater Regulating Valve (FRV). All Control Element Assemblies fully inserted. Decay heat is currently being removed by Main Feedwater using the low power FRV bypass valves and Steam Bypass Control System (SBCS), maintaining RCS temperature at 532 degrees Fahrenheit. The unit will be maintained in a shutdown condition until repairs to the FRV are completed and the severe weather from Hurricane Frances abates.</br>All primary and secondary systems performed as expected with the exception of the SBCS. The SBCS consists of five pressure control valves, PCV-8801 through PCV-8805 with PCV-8801 a larger capacity valve and designed to open first. The remaining valves are designed to open in series with overlap through their operating ranges. PCV-8801 failed to open and PCV-8802, 8803, and 8804 did not appear to properly control RCS temperature. PCV-8805 was operated in manual to control (steam generator) pressure.</br>The Licensee notified the NRC Resident Inspector.</br>* * * RETRACTION FROM K. FREHAFER TO W. GOTT AT 1549 EDT ON 9/17/04 * * *</br>Florida Power and Light (FPL) is retracting this notification because the feedwater issues during the shutdown were not causal to the manual reactor trip. The St. Lucie Emergency Plan, requires that the units be taken offline prior to the onset of hurricane force winds onsite. In accordance with these requirements, St. Lucie Unit 2 was being taken offline prior to the arrival of hurricane Frances. Although automatic feedwater issues occurred during the downpower, the operators successfully took manual control of the main feedwater system. A reactor trip was not necessary to mitigate the condition, and continued operation and on-line troubleshooting would have been practical had the plant not been required to be shutdown for the approaching hurricane. The main feedwater control issues were not relevant factors during the planned plant shutdown/manual reactor trip. Therefore FPL is retracting this notification.</br>The licensee notified the NRC Resident Inspector.</br>Notified R2DO(Boland).Resident Inspector.
Notified R2DO(Boland).
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