ML17238A745

Dresden Power Station Unit 3 - Letter Regarding a Wiring Error Uncovered in the LPCI Logic to Spray the Containment Under Accident Conditions

ML17238A745
Person / Time
Site:	Dresden
Issue date:	03/13/1972
From:	Worden W P Commonwealth Edison Co
To:	Morris P A US Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
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• • MSG.NR 330 TLXA290 PC209 50-249 Q NNC447 CCH 073NN130447>PD WU JOL ZCZC 2*NL PD TDJL MORRIS ILL 13 0742P EST03/13/72 DR PETER A MORRIS DIRECTOR DIVN ON REACTOR LICENSING US ATOMIC ENERGY COMM WASHDC 20545 BT . DPR-25 DRESDEN NUCLEAR POWER UNIT 3 . THIS WILL CONFIRM CONVERSATION AT 16:00 HRS. THIS DATE WITH H. DANCE, VOF REGION 3 COMP(IANCE REGARDING A WIRING ERROR UNCOVERED IN THE LPtI LOGIC TO SPRAY.tHr CONTAINMENT UNDER ACCODENT CONDITIONS.

, . .* .). ',, ' . . ' "THE WIRING ERROR 15:00 HRS. ON WHILE .CONDUCT!

NG A 'MONTHLY SURVEILLANCE TEST. ERROR WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN NOTED EXCEPT THAT *-AT THE TIME OF THE SURVEILLANCE A LPCI SYSTEM LOW-FLOW

.SWITCH WJS ALSO* OUT OF CALIBRATION.-

THIS SET-UP A CONDITION I.,,,,...

• 'DIFFERENT THAT THAT NORMALLY FOUND DURING TH SURVEILLANCE TEST. THE WIRING ERROR WAS CORRECTED ON 3/8/72. -THIS INCIDENT WAS* NOT REPORTED SOONER BECAUSE WHEN THE STATION REVIEWED THE PROOLEM IT FELT TO BE A 30-DAY NOTIFICATION BECAUSE THE LPdI SUB-SYSTEM WAS ALWAYS TH EFFECT OF THIS WIRING ERROR WAS ONLY TO PROHIBIT PERMISSIVE TO BNEX . ,,._ .

$WITCH . -, SPRAY THE DRY WELL WITH GREATER THAN 2/3RDSr1CORE HEIGHTH.

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