ML17309A580

Initial Part 21 Rept Re air-operated Butterfly Valve Mfg by Fisher Controls Co.Actuator Lever Altered

ML17309A580
Person / Time
Site:	Ginna
Issue date:	06/16/1995
From:	WIDAY J A ROCHESTER GAS & ELECTRIC CORP.
To:	NRC
References
REF-PT21-95 NUDOCS 9506200302
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~NEASTAVEHUE,ROCHESTER, N.Y.1d849<001 TELE'MHEARCACOOfTic546.2700TOiLLT~TtJune16,1995U.S.NuclearRegulatory Connnission Operations CenterFacsimile Number301-816-5151 Telephone Number301-816-5100

Subject:

InitialNotification of10CFRPart21DefectR.E.GinnaNuclearPowerPlantDocketNo.50-244Inaccordance with10CFRPart21,Reporting ofDefectsandNoncompliance, Section21(c)(3)(i),whichrequires"Initialnotification byfacsimile",

theenclosedinitialnotification isprovided.

Writtennotification, inaccordance with10CFRPart21,Section21(c)(3)(ii),willbeprovidedbyJuly14,1995.Verytrulyyours,adA.fridayEnclosure

'SUN-16-1995 18:25GINNASTATIONt3155244469P.82PAGEZ10CFR21INITIALFACSIMILE NOTIFICATION NAMEANDADDRESSOFTHEINDIVIDUAL INFORhlING THECOMMISSION:

NAME:JosephA.WidayPlantManagerADDRESS:Rochester Gas&ElectricCorporation 89EastAvenueRochester, NewYork14645II.IDENTIFICATION OFTHEFACILITY,

'QiEACTIVITY, ORTHEBASICCOMPONENT SUPPLIEDFORSUCHFACILI'IY'HICH FAILSTOCOMPLYORCONTAINSADEFECT:ThefacilityistheR.E.GinnaNuclearPowerPlant.Thebasiccomponent istheServiceWateroutletvalveAOVP561(FisherSeries7600valve)fortheContainment Recirculation FanCoolers.Thisisanai--operated butterfly valve.III.IDENTIFICATION OFTHEFIRMCONSTRUCTING THEFACILITYORSUPPLYING THEBASICCOMPONENT WHICHFAILSTOCOMPLYORCONTAINSADEFECT:Thebutterfly valvewasmanufactured by:FisherControlsCo.c/oNortheast ControlsInc.60JohnGlennDr.Suite104Amherst,NY14228Thisvalvewaspurchased commercial-grade andcommercially-dedicated byRochester Gas&ElectricIV.NATURE;OF THEDEFECTORFAILURETOCOMPLYANDTHESAFETY8~i'WHICH ISCREATEDORCOULDBECREATEDBYSUCHDEFECTORFAILURETOCOMPLY:Thevalvewassuppliedasan"air-open" valveinsteadofan"air-uw:lose" valve.(Note:theoriginalair-actuator wasnotreplaced.)

ThesafetyhazardthatcouldbecreatedbysuchadefectisthelossofServiceWatertotheContaimnent Recirculation FanCoolers.

<'UN-16-1995 18:26GINNRSTRTIONt3155244469P.83PAGE3V.THEDATEONWHICHTHEINFORMATION OFSUCHDEFECTORFAILURETOCOMPLYWASOBTAINED:

Theinformation wasobtainedonApril18,199S.VI.INTHECASEOFABASICCOMPONENT WHICHCONTAINSADEFECTORFAILSTOCOMPLY,THENUMBERANDLOCATIONOFALLSUCHCOMPONENTS INUSEAT,SUPPLIEDFOR,ORBEINGSUPPLIEDFORGINNASTATION:Therewasonevalve(AOVC561)

procured, andthisvalvewastheninstalled intheInter-mediateBuildingatGinnaStation.VII.THECORRECTIVE ACIIONWHICHHASBEEN,ISBEING,ORWILLBETAIWAN;THENAMEOFTHEINDIVIDUAL ORORGANIZATION RESPONSIBLE FORTHEACTLON;ANDTHELENGTHCFTINSTHATHASBEENORWILLBETAKENTOCOMPLETETHEACTION:Corrective actioniscomplete.

Thisactionrequiredalteringtheactuatorleverwhichresultedinthevalvefunctioning correctly.

Rochester Gas&Electricmaintenance department wasresponsible fortheseactions.VIII.ANYADVICERELATEDTOTHEDEFECTORFAILURETOCOMPLYABOUTTHEFACILITY,

ACTIVITY, ORBASICCOMPONENT THATHASBEEN,ISBEING,ORWILLBEGIVENTOPURCHASERS ORLICENSEES:

Thisvalvewaspurchased asareplacement foraspecificserialnumbereditem.Theoriginalengineering requirements stipuhted "air-to-close" operation.

Thecommercial-dedication criticalcharacteristics didnotverify"air-t~lose" operation.

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+EMPOWERREACTOR+IEVENTNUMBER28955IFACILITY:

GINNAUNIT:[1][]['JRXTYPE:[1]W-2-LPNRCNOTIFIEDBY:WIDAYHQOPSOFFICER:CHAUNCEYGOULDREGION:1STATE:NYNOTIFICATION DATE:NOTIFICATION TIME:EVENTDATE:+EVENTTIME:ILASTUPDATEDATE06/16/910:25[06/16/900:00[E06/16/9EMERGENCY CLASS:NOTAPPLICABLE 10CFRSECTION:CCCC21.21UNSPECIFZEDPARAGRAPH HODGENOTIFICATIONS NRRlUNITISCRAMCODEIRXCRITIINIT PWRIINITRXMODEICURRPWRICURRRXMODENY97POWEROPERATION 97POWEROPERATIOEVENTTEXTTHELICENSEEREPORTEDTHATTHEBUTTERFLY VALVEMANUFACTURED BYFISHERCONTROLSWASSUPPLIEDASANAIR-TO-OPEN VALVEINSTEADOFANAIR-TO-CLOSE VALVE.THISVALVEISABASICCOMPONENT INTHESERVICEWATEROUTLETFORCONTAINMENTRECIRCULATIONFANCOOLERSiASAFETYHAZARDCOULDBECREATEDBYSUCHADEFECTiWHICHWOULDCAUSETHELOSSOFSERVICEWATERTOTHEFANCOOLERS.CORRECTIVE ACTIONWASCOMPLETED WHENTHEYALTEREDTHEACTUATORLEVERWHICHRESULTEDINTHEVALVEFUNCTIONING CORRECTLY.

THISVALVEWASPURCHASED ASAREPLACEMENT FORASPECIFICSERIALNUMBEREDITEM.THEORIGINALENGINEERING REQUIREMENTS FORTHISVALVESTIPULATED AIR-TO-CLOSE OPERATION.