ML17265A318

Part 21 Rept Re Receipt of Refurbished DB-25 Circuit Breaker W/Missing Part from W Replacement Components Svcs on 980608. Spare DB-25 Circuit Breaker Was Inspected,Tested & Installed to Restore B Swp to Svc

ML17265A318
Person / Time
Site:	Ginna
Issue date:	06/08/1998
From:	WIDAY J A ROCHESTER GAS & ELECTRIC CORP.
To:	NRC
References
REF-PT21-98 NUDOCS 9806110219
Download: ML17265A318 (10)

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CATEGORY1REGULATOIINFORMATIONDISTRIBUTIOAOYSTEM(RIDE)ACCESSIONNBR:9806110219DOC.DATE:98/06/08NOTARIZED:NOFACIL:50-244RobertEmmetGinnaNuclearPlant,Unit1,RochesterGAUTH.NAME,AUTHORAFFILIATIONWIDAY,J.A.'ochesterGas5ElectricCorp.RECIP.NAMEsRECIPIENTAFFILIATIONNRC-NoDetailedAffiliationGivenDOCKET05000244

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Part21reptrereceiptofrefurbishedDB-25circuitbreakerw/missingpartfromWReplacementComponentsSvcson98060DISTRIBUTIONCODE:IE19T'COPIESRECEIVED:LTR1ENCL1SIZE:TITLE:Part21Rept(50DKT)C'OTES:LicenseExpdateinaccordancewith10CFR2,2.109(9/19/72).05000244ERECIPIENTIDCODE/NAMEPD1-1PDINTERNA:FILECENTERDRPM/PECB/BRES/DET/EIBRGN2RGN4COPIESLTTRENCL111111111111RECIPIENTIDCODE/NAMEVISSING,G.NRR/DRPM/PECBPDRWARD,M.RGN1RGN3COPIESLTTRENCL11111111110EXTERNAL:INPORECORDCTRNRCPDR1111NOACSILVER,ENUDOCSFULLTXT1,111D0UNOTETOALLNRIDS"RECIPIENTS:PLEASEHELPUSTOREDUCEWASTE.TOHAVEYOURNAMEORORGANIZATIONREMOVEDFROMDISTRIBUTIONLISTSORREDUCETHENUMBEROFCOPIESRECEIVEDBYYOUORYOURORGANIZATION,CONTACTTHEDOCUMENTCONTROLDESK(DCD)ONEXTENSION415-2083FULLTEXTCONVERSIONREQUIREDTOTALNUMBEROFCOPIESREQUIRED:LTTR15ENCL15

~IP4i~/fJy.'iply~>>I.',~q*'p'ygit POWERREACTOREVENTNUMBER:34363FACILITY:GINNAUNIT:[1][][]RXTYPE:[1]W-2-LPNRCNOTIFIEDBY:WHITEHQOPSOFFICER:CHAUNCEYGOULDREGION:1STATE:NYNOTIFICATIONDATE:NOTIFICATIONTIME:EVENTDATE:EVENTTIME:LASTUPDATEDATE:06/08/9811:49[ET]06/08/9800:00[EDT]06/08/98UNSPECIFIEDPARAGRAPHEMERGENCYCLASS:NOTAPPLICABLE10CFRSECTION:CCCC21.21NOTIFICATXONSRICHARDBARKLEYHODGERDONRRUNITSCRAMCODERXCRITINITPWRINITRXMODECURRPWRCURRRXMODENY100POWEROPERATION100POWEROPERATIONEVENTTEXTTHISPART21INVOLVESRECEIVINGAREFURBISHEDDB-25CIRCUITBREAKERWITHAMISSINGPART.THELICENSEERECEIVEDAREFURBISHEDDB-25CIRCUITBREAKER(REFURBISHEDIN1992')FROMWESTINGHOUSEREPLACEMENTCOMPONENTSSERVICESIMONROEVILLEPATHEREFURBISHEDBREAKERWASRETURNEDTOTHELICENSEEWITHAMISSINGPININTHEOPERATINGMECHANISM.THEABSENCEOFTHXSPINISBELIEVEDTOHAVECONTRIBUTEDTOTHEFAILUREOFTHE"SWP1B"CIRCUITBREAKERTOCLOSEONAMANUALSIGNALFROMTHEMAINCONTROLBOARD.THISALSOIMPLIESTHATTHEPOTENTIALEXISTSFORTHEBREAKERNOTTOCLOSEONANAUTOMATICDEMANDANDTHEREFORENOTBEAVAXLABLETOPERFORMXTSSAFETYFUNCTIONS.THEREARE41PERMANENTLYXNSTALLEDDB-25BREAKERSINTHESCREENHOUSEANDTURBINEBUILDINGSATTHESXTE.ALLOFTHEREMAINXNGBREAKERSWEREVISUALLYINSPECTEDTOVERIFYTHEPININQUESTIONWASINSTALLED.NOOTHERBREAKERSWEREFOUNDTOBEMISSINGTHEPIN.THERESIDENTINSPECTORWASNOTIFIED.98061102i9980608PDRADOCK050002448PDR

CPV4'lROCHESTERGASANDELECTRlCCORPORATION88EASTAVENUE,JOS6PHA,WIOAYPhrsMonocotGbnoNuclearPkre4'i~3Q~....eWlROCHESTER,H.Y.14649-0001TCLKPHONKAREACCOKTM848'2700June8,1998U.S.NuclearRegulatoryCommissionOperationsCenterFacsimileNumber301-816-5151TelephoneNumber301-816-5100

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InitialNotificationof10CFRPart21DefectR.E.GinnaNuclearPowerPlantDocketNo.50-244Xnaccordancewith10CFRPart21,ReportingofDefectsandNoncompliance,Section21(d)(3)(i),whichrequires"Initialnotificationbyfacsimile",theenclosedinitialnotificationisprovided.Writtennotification,inaccordancewith10CFRPazt21,Section21(d)(3)(ii),willbeprovidedbyJuly2,1998.'erytrulyyours,a.dsehA.WidayEnclosures

Page1,10CFR21INITIALFACSIMILENOTIFXCATIONNAMEANDADDRESSOFTHEINDIVZDUALINFORMINGTHECOMMISSZONiNAME:ADDRESS:JosephA.WidayRochesterGasaElectric,Corporation89EastAvenueRochester,NewYork14649IDENTIFICATIONOFTHEFACILITY,THEACTIVITY,ORTHEBASXCCOMPONENTSUPPLXEDFORSUCHFACILXTYWHICHFAILSTOCOMPLYORCONTAINSADEFECTSThefacilityistheR.E.GinnaNuclearPowerPlant.ThebasiccomponentisaWestinghouseDB-25circuitbreaker.ThiscomponentwasinstalledatGinnaStatio'ninaClass1ESafetyRelated480VoltACbus.Thebreakerwasthepowersupplyfeedbreakerforthe"B"ServiceWaterPump(52/SWPlB).IDENTIFICATZONOFTHEFIRMCONSTRUCTINGTHEFACILITYORSUPPLYXNGTHEBASiCCOMPONENTWHICHFAILSTOCOMPLYORCONTAINSADEFECT:TheDB-25circuitbreakerwererefurbishedby:WestinghouseReplacementComponentServicesWestinghouseElectricCorporationNuclearServicesDivisionHaymakerandNorthernPikeRoadMonroeville,PA15146Thecurrentrefurbishmentsiteis:WestinghouseElectricCorporationAssembly5.TestFacilityCheswickSite2000CheswickAvenueCheswick,PA15024-1358NATUREOFTHEDEFECTORFAILURETOCOMPLYANDTHESAFETYHAZARDWHICHISCREATEDORCOULDBECREATEDBYSUCHDEFECTORFAILURETOCOMPLY:TherefurbishedDB-25circuitbreakerwasreturnedtoGinnaStationwithamissingpinintheoperatingmechanism.TheabsenceofthispinisbelievedtohavecontributedtothefailureoftheSWP1BcircuitbreakertocloseonamanualsignalfromtheMainControlBoard.Thisimpliesthatthepotentialexiststhatthebreakerwouldnotcloseonanautodemandandthereforenotbeavailabletoperformitssafetyfunction(s).

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JVI'0CPUiPPVi4~~4~~~~~~~page2VI.'VII.THEDATEONWHICHTHEINFORMATIONOFSUCHDEFECTORFAILURETOCOMPLYWASOBTAINED~'TheinformationwasobtainedonMay3.3,1998.Anattemptwasmadetostartthe"B"ServiceWaterPumpduringtestinganditfailedtocloseonamanualsignalfromtheMainContxolBoard.Duringthetroubleshootingthemissingpartwasdiscovered..IHTHECASEOFABASICCOMPONENTWHICHCONTAINSADEFECTORFAILSTOCOMPLY,THENUMBERANDLOCATION.OFALLSUCHCOMPONENTSINUSEAT,SUPPLIEDFOR,ORBEINGSUPPLIEDFORGINNASTATXON-Thereareforty-one,permanentlyinstalledDB-25bxeakersintheScreenHouseandTurbineBuildingsatGinnaStation.Ofthese,elevenbxeakersaxeClasslESafetyRelated.THECORRECTIVEACTIONWHICHHASBEEN,ISBEING,ORWILLBETAKEN;THENAMEOFTHEINDIVIDUALORORGANIZATIONRESPONSIBLEFORTHEACTION;ANDTHELENGTHOFTIMETHATHASBEENORWILLBETAKENTOCOMPLETETHEACTION:AspareDB-25circuitbreakerwasinspected,testedandinstalledtorestorethe"B"ServiceWaterPumptoservice.AllofthexemainingDB-25breakerswerevisuallyinspectedtoverifythatthepininquestionwasinstalled.Nootherbreakerswerefoundtobemissingthepin.ANYADVICERELATEDTOTHEDEFECTORFAILURETOCOMPLYABOUTTHEFACILITY,ACTIVITY,ORBASICCOMPONENTTHATHASBEEN,ISBEINGSORWILLBEGIVENTOPURCHASERSORLXCENSEES:Bothin-serviceandreceiptinspectionscanverifythepresenceofthepininquestion.Xtshouldbenotedthatthe"B"ServiceHaterPumpbreakerwasrefurbishedin1992.TOTALP.83