ML17325A269

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Part 21 Rept Re Metallic Beads Discovered in Reliance Electric Co motor-operated Valves Installed on Limitorque SMB-000 Valve Operators.Initially Reported on 870821.Caused by Abrasive Cleaning Process.Limitorque Refurbished Motors
ML17325A269
Person / Time
Site: Cook  American Electric Power icon.png
Issue date: 08/26/1987
From: ALEXICH M P
INDIANA MICHIGAN POWER CO. (FORMERLY INDIANA & MICHIG
To: MURLEY T E
NRC, NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION & RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (ARM)
References
REF-PT21-87, REF-PT21-87-155-000 AEP:NRC:0971C, AEP:NRC:971C, PT21-87-155, PT21-87-155-000, NUDOCS 8709040409
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ACCESSION NBRFACIL:50-315!50-316AUTH.NAMEALEXICH(M.P~RECIP.NAMEllURLEY(T.E.REQULATQP

'NFORMATION DISTRIBUTION TEM(RIDB)8709040409 DOC.DATE'7/08/26 NOTARIZED:

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SUBJECT:

Part21reptreDISTRIBUTION CODE:IEIVDCQPIESRECEIVED:

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LTTR27ENCLSate 0'Ilntl1I,1g INDIANA8MICHIGANELECTRICCOMPANYP.O.BOX16631COLUMBUS, OHIO43216August26,1987AEP:NRC:0971C DonaldC.CookNuclearPlantUnits1and2DocketNos.50-315and50-316LicenseNos.DPR-58andDPR-7410CFR21NOTIFICATION:

BEADSFOUNDINVALVEMOTORSU.S.NuclearRegulatory Commission Attn:DocumentControlDeskWashington, D.C.20555Attn:T.E.Murley

DearDr.Murley:

Pursuantto10CFR21,thisletterisbeingsubmitted toprovidewrittennotification oftheexistence ofadefectassociated withmotor-operatedvalves(MOVs)suppliedtotheD.C.CookNuclearPlantbyHammel-Dahl 6Jamesbury ControlsCompany,Inc.throughMidwestControlsCompany,Inc.Initialnotification wasmadeinatelephone conversation be'tweenrepresentatives oftheAmericanElectricPowerServiceCorporation andMr.D.C.DiIannioftheNRCOfficeofNuclearReactorRegulation onAugust21,1987.OnAugust13,1987,duringtheinstallation offourmotor-operated valvesintheAuxiliary Feedwater SystemattheD.C.CookNuclearPlant,metallicbeadswerefoundinthevalvemotorcasings.Thebeadsappearedtobeofthetypeassociated withanabrasivecleaningprocess.Thebeadswerefoundinoneofthemotorsduringinstallation ofT-drainfittingsforthemotorcasings.Noisebeingmadebytheva"vemotorduringMOVATS(motor-operated valveanalysisandtestsystem)testingprompteddisassembly ofthatmotor.Duringthesubsequent investigation fortheremaining Unit1ACmotors,beadswerefoundintwoofthethreemotors.Thevalvemotors(575VAC)weremanufactured byRelianceElectricCompanyandsenttoLimitorque Corporation tobeinstalled onvalveoperators (Limitorque SMB-000).

Theentiremotor-operator assemblies werethenshippedtoHammel-Dahl

&Jamesbury ControlsCompany,Inc.,wheretheyweremountedtothevalves.Thevalves,withthemotoroperators

attached, werereceivedbytheplantinMay1987andinstalled duringthecurrentoutage.Aftertheproblemwasdiscovered, itwasanalyzedbyAmericanElectricPowerpersonnel, andonAugust21,1987,itwasconcluded thatthebeadsfoundinthevalvemotorsoftheMOVsweresufficient toL8709040009 870826PDRADOCK05000315IiPDR

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Thisconclusion wasbasedonthefactthatwedetermined that:tKhbeadQPcM3ld haveeitheraffectedthemechanical rotationofthemotororcreatedthepossibility ofthebeadswearingintothewindinginsulation, thuscausingfailureofthemotorsandtheelectrical inoperability ofsafety-related valves'similarproblemexistswithatleastoneofthevalvemotorspurchased butnotinstalled forUnit2(theUnit2valveswerescheduled tobeinstalled duringthenextrefueling outage).Sixofthedefective motorshavebeenreturnedtoLimitorque viaRelianceElectricCompany.Theremaining twohavebeenreturneddirectlytotheLimitorque Corporation.

Wehavereceivedsixrefuibished motorsfromLimitorque andarepresently installing fouroftheseonUnit1.Wearenotawareofotherfacilities oractivities subjectto10CFR21forwhichthesevalvemotorshavebeensupplied.

Thisdocumenthasbeenpreparedfollowing Corporate procedures whichincorporate areasonable setofcontrolstoinsureitsaccuracyandcompleteness priorto;signature bytheundersigned.

Verytrulyyours,P.AexicVicePresidntcmcc:JohnE.DolanW.G.Smith,Jr.-BridgmanR.C.CallenG.Bruchmann G.CharnoffNRCResidentInspector

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