Headquarters Daily Report
JULY 11, 2000
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PRIORITY ATTENTION REQUIRED MORNING REPORT - HEADQUARTERS JULY 11, 2000
Licensee/Facility: Notification:
Part 21 Database MR Number: H-00-0041
Swagelok Date: 07/11/00
Subject: Supplement to Morning Report H-99-0093 dated November 1, 1999 -
Part 21 - Potential Crack in Tube Fitting Seat
Discussion:
In addition to the plants identified in our original Morning Report,
H-99-0093 dated November 1, 1999, Swagelok Company has noted that Florida
Power and Light Company received the identified parts and that the
Susquehanna, North Anna, Duane Arnold and San Onofre plants are also
affected.
Contact: Robert Benedict, NRR
301-415-1157
Email: rab1@nrc.gov
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HEADQUARTERS MORNING REPORT PAGE 2 JULY 11, 2000
Licensee/Facility: Notification:
Part 21 Database MR Number: H-00-0042
Peco Power Labs Date: 07/11/00
Coatesville,Pennsylvania
Subject: Part 21 - Improper calibration of VOTES clamps
Discussion:
VENDOR: PECO Power Labs PT21 FILE NO: mm-16-0
DATE OF DOCUMENT: 05/26/00 ACCESSION NUMBER: ml003719593
SOURCE DOCUMENT: LETTER REVIEWER: REXB, D. Skeen
The valve testing vendor, PECO Power Labs, a subsidiary of PECO Energy
Company, reported a deviation within their operations regarding the
calibration of instrumentation for measuring valve stem deflection as
part of the Valve Operation Test and Evaluation System (VOTES).
Calibration of the VOTES clamp, performed by a specific technician, was
not completed in accordance with prescribed calibration requirements. The
calibration process requires that 30 test points be measured during
simulated application of load using the calibration fixture. The
technician measured only 10 of 30 test points for as-found data.
Consequently, the sensitivity of the VOTES clamp was based on an average
of 10 test point readings rather than the required 30 test points.
The vendor evaluated the adequacy of taking 10 readings instead of 30 and
determined that 30 readings provide an increased confidence level but
would not assure greater accuracy. As long as the 10 readings are within
tolerance for the subject clamp, the accuracy of the system is within
tolerance. The calibrations performed by the technician were determined
to be acceptable after the vendor re-calibrated a random sample of some
of the clamps calibrated by the technician and found them to be within
tolerance.
The vendor notified the two potentially affected plants, Indian Point 3
and Fitzpatrick, whose clamps were calibrated by the technician, and
offered to re-calibrate the VOTES clamps at no charge.
The NRC will post ensuing reports on this subject on its website at
http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/PUBLIC/PART21/2000.
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REGION II MORNING REPORT PAGE 3 JULY 11, 2000
Licensee/Facility: Notification:
MR Number: 2-00-0013
Westinghouse Electric Corporation Date: 07/11/00
Columbia,South Carolina
Dockets: 07001151 License No: SNM-1107
URANIUM FUEL FABRICATION
Subject: NEW PLANT MANAGER
Discussion:
On July 7, 2000, Westinghouse corporate management appointed
Mr. Robert Monley plant manager of the Columbia Fuel Fabrication
Facility. This appointment follows a reorganization in February 2000
that named former plant manager Mr. Jack Allen as Vice President of
U. S. Manufacturing. Since the reorganization, Mr. Allen had been
serving as acting plant manager and Mr. Monley had been Deputy Plant
Manager.
Contact: D. Ayres (404)562-4718
