05000395/LER-1982-055, Forwards LER 82-055/03L-0.Detailed Event Analysis Encl

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Forwards LER 82-055/03L-0.Detailed Event Analysis Encl
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Site: Summer South Carolina Electric & Gas Company icon.png
Issue date: 01/07/1983
From: Dixon O
SOUTH CAROLINA ELECTRIC & GAS CO.
To: James O'Reilly
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
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.s SOUTH CAROLINA ELECTRIC & GAS COMPANY POST OPPsCE 764 COLuusiA. south CAROUNA 29218 O. W, DixoN. JR.

VICE PRE SIDENT uuCu.. o.f ariO~. January 7, 1983 N

Mr. James P. O'Reilly, Director o U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission {E ,

Region II, Suite 3100 " ,

n 101 Marietta Street, N.W. -

Atlanta, Georgia 30303 7

SUBJECT:

Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station Docket No. 50/395 to Operating License No. NPF-12 ' -

Thirty Day Written Report LER 82-055

Dear Mr. O'Reilly:

Please find attached Licensee Event Report #82-055 for Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station. This Thirty Day Report is required by Technical Specification 6.9.1.13.(b) as a result of entry into Action Statement (b) of Technical Specification 3.4.6.2,

" Reactor Coolant System Operational Leakage," on December 8, 1982.

Should there be any questions, please call us at your convenience.

Very truly yours,

! 0. W. ixon, Jr.

ARK:0WD:dwr Attachment ec: V. C. Summer A. R. Koon T. C. Nichols, Jr. G. D. Moffatt i

G. H. Fischer Site QA O. W. Dixon, Jr. C. L. Ligon (NSRC)

H. N. Cyrus G. J. Braddick H. T. Babb J. L. Skolds D. A. Nauman J. B. Knotts, Jr.

) M. B. Whitaker, Jr. B. A. Bursey 3

W. A. Williams, Jr. I&E (Washington)

O. S. Bradham Document Management Branch R. B. Clary INPO Records Center _ g.,

M. N. Browne NPCF File ,g N @. 7 8301170530 830107 gDRADOCK 05000395 PDR

< - - i Mr. James P. O'Reilly LER No.82-055 Page Two January 7, 1983 DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EVENT At approximately 0445 hours0.00515 days <br />0.124 hours <br />7.357804e-4 weeks <br />1.693225e-4 months <br /> on December 8, 1982, with the Plant in Mode 1, plant operators noticed frequent automatic makeup to the Volume Control Tank of Chemical Volume and Control System (CVCS).

The Plant was stabilized in preparation for Surveillance Test Procedure (STP) 114.002, " Operational Leak Test". STP-ll4.002 was completed at 0635 hours0.00735 days <br />0.176 hours <br />0.00105 weeks <br />2.416175e-4 months <br />, resulting in a calculated leak of 1.56 gpm. Technical Specification 3.4.6.2.(b) requires that RCS leakage be limited to one (1) gpm unidentified leakage.

PROBABLE CONSEQUENCES The Plant routinely monitors the Reactor Coolant System (RCS) and subsystems for leakage. The Licensee considers this event to be an expected occurrence due to the high pressure at which the RCS and associated systems operate. Due to the low leak rate resulting from this event, there were no adverse consequences. The Technical Specification Ac'. ion Statement was met.

CAUSE(S) OF THE OCCURRENCE Seal Injection Filter Drain Valve (XVT-8386B) was leaking approximately 0.7 gpm due to valve seat / disk degradation.

IMMEDIATE CORRECTIVE ACTIONS TAKEN Upon discovery of makeup to the RCS, the following actions were taken:

a. The Plant was stabilized in order to perform the RCS leak rate test (STP-ll4.002).
b. STP-114.002 was completed at 0635 hours0.00735 days <br />0.176 hours <br />0.00105 weeks <br />2.416175e-4 months <br />, resulting in a calculated leak of 1.56 gpm. At this time the Technical Specification Action Statement (b) was entered.
c. A Plant checkout was initiated to identify the leakage s ou rce .
d. The previously acknowledged (but not quantified) leaking i

Seal Injection Filter Drain Valve (XVT-8386B) was torqued closed. This effort reduced the RCS leakage to within the Technical Specification limits.

e. STP-ll4.002 was completed at 1010 hours0.0117 days <br />0.281 hours <br />0.00167 weeks <br />3.84305e-4 months <br /> with results of 0.95 gpm.

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i I Mr. James P. O'Reilly

LER No.82-055 Page Three i January 7, 1983 i -

t ACTION TAKEN TO PREVENT RECURRENCE i

As a temporary measure, a second isolation valve was installed in series in the seal injection filter "B" drain line. This reduced

! 'the leakage to nearly zero. Furthermore, an engineering effort was initiated to determine if the Seal Injection Filters' vents and drains require additional isolation valves or pipe caps.

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