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| number = ML20054D279
| issue date = 04/13/1982
| title = Updated LER 82-020/04T-0:on 820401,unplanned Gas Release Detected by Elevated Vent Stack Gaseous Monitor (R-26) Reading.Caused by Small Leak from Seal on East Centrifugal Charging Pump.Coolant Filter Changed
| author name = Palmer R
| author affiliation = INDIANA MICHIGAN POWER CO. (FORMERLY INDIANA &amp; MICHIG
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| addressee affiliation = NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION &amp; ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
| docket = 05000316
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| document report number = LER-82-020-04T, LER-82-20-4T, NUDOCS 8204220517
| package number = ML20054D278
| document type = LICENSEE EVENT REPORT (SEE ALSO AO RO), TEXT-SAFETY REPORT
| page count = 3
}}
{{LER
| Title = Updated LER 82-020/04T-0:on 820401,unplanned Gas Release Detected by Elevated Vent Stack Gaseous Monitor (R-26) Reading.Caused by Small Leak from Seal on East Centrifugal Charging Pump.Coolant Filter Changed
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| Docket = 05000316
| LER year = 2082
| LER number = 20
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     ,oi3i i STACK GASE0US MONITOR (R-26) READING. THIS EVENT CONTINUED FOR SEVERAL DAYS WITH                                                                                g ITTT1 I LOW LEVEL GASE0US RELEASES BEING DETECTED BY BOTH R-26 IN UNIT 1 AND UNITDURING                                                                         2.      l io,3i i THIS TIME PERIOD, A TOTAL OF 118.0 Ci WERE RELEASED AT A RATE OF 2.23 E-4 Ci/Sec.,                                                                              ;
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ATTACHMENT TO LER#82- 020/04T-0 SUPPLEMENT TO CAUSE DESCRIPTION ON APRIL 1, 1982 AT 2100 HOURS, UNIT 2 VENT STACK GASE0US MONITOR (2-R/26)
INCREASED RAPIDLY. INVESTIGATION IDENTIFIED A SMALL LEAK ON THE UNIT 2 EAST CENTRIFUGAL CHARGING PUMP SEAL. THE PUMP WAS ISOLATED AT 1900 HOURS ON APRIL 2. AT THIS TIME THE GASE0US RELEASE RATE DECREASED AS SEEN ON 2-R/26 BUT DID NOT CAUSE THE MONITOR TO RETURN TO ITS NORMAL BACKGROUND.
INVESTIGATION CONTINUED BY CHECKING ALL LIQUID DRAIN VALVES. THIS WAS DONE BECAUSE THE LIQUID 0FF-GAS MONITOR (R/22) WAS PERIODICALLY INDICATING HIGH RADIOGAS ACTIVITIES IN THE WASTE HOLDUP TANKS AND SUMP TANKS.
ON APRIL 7, i982 AT 0855 HOURS, THE UNIT 2 REACTOR COOLANT FILTER WAS ISOLATED TO CHANGE THE FILTER CARTRIDGE. SHORTLY AFTER THE FILTER WAS ISOLATED R/22 AND R/26 IN BOTH UNITS RETURNED TO NORMAL BACKGROUND. AFTER THE FILTER WAS REPLACED AND RETURNED TO SERVICE GASE0US ACTIVITIES AT R/22 AND R/26 IN BOTH UNITS AGAIN WERE ELEVATED. THE FILTER WAS AGAIN ISOLATED AND ALL MONITORS RETURNED TO NORMAL.
EXAMINATION AT THE UNIT 2 REACTOR COOLANT FILTER DRAIN VALVE (2-CS-381) SHOWED
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THAT THE VALVE STEM HAD BEEN TWISTED AND THE DIAPHRAM WAS TORN. THIS CAUSED LIOUID TO LEAK PAST THE VALVE SEAT TO THE CLEAN SUMP TANK AND ALSO TO ATMOSPHERE AT THE FILTER. THESE LEAKS CREATED RADIOGASEOUS ACTIVITY AT R/26 IN BOTH UNITS AND R/22.
VALVE 2-CS-381 IS SUSPECTED OF HAVING BEEN DAMAGED ON A PREVIOUS FILTER CHANGE WHICH TOOK PLACE ON MARCH 30, 1982.
VALVE 2-CS-381 HAD BEEN CHECKED TO BE IN THE CLOSED POSITION EARLIER IN THE INVESTIGATION BY INSURING THAT THE REACH R00 FOR THE VALVE WAS NOT PARTIALLY OPEN. THIS TYPE OF CHECK WOULD NOT HAVE IDENTIFIED THAT THE VALVE HAD FAILED; THEREFORE, THE FAILURE REMAINED UNDETECTED UNTIL THE FILTER WAS REMOVED FROM SERVICE. DISASSEMBLY OF THE VALVE CONFIRMED THE FAILURE.
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THE TOTAL RELEASE DURING THIS TIME PERIOD FROM BOTH SOURCES: THE 2-EAST' CENTRIFUGAL CHARGING PUMP AS WELL AS THE REACTOR COOLANT FILTER DRAIN VALVE FAILURE WAS:
TOTAL 1.18 E2       Ci of Xe-133 2.28 E-4      Ci/Sec 3.82 E-1      % Technical Specification THE MAXIMUM RELEASE RATE DURING THIS PERIOD WAS:
2.25 E-3      Ci/Sec 3.78 E0       % Technical Specification e
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