Friday, June 24, 2016

Indian Point Junk

They just finished big old outage and they got a crack in the 20 inch service water system. Any dummy can tell they don't have a process to keep their service water system pipes clean of dangerous cracks and flaws. it become a patchwork process of dealing with one crack at a time and not a system of making the piping system durable enough to not interrupt plant operations.

I wonder if they didn't have the baffle bolt problem would they even shutdown. 

Remember the snap back from Brexit?
Facility: INDIAN POINT
Region: 1 State: NY
Unit: [2] [ ] [ ]
RX Type: [2] W-4-LP,[3] W-4-LP
NRC Notified By: JUSTIN MACDONALD
HQ OPS Officer: BETHANY CECERE
Notification Date: 06/24/2016
Notification Time: 04:05 [ET]
Event Date: 06/24/2016
Event Time: 04:00 [EDT]
Last Update Date: 06/24/2016
Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY
10 CFR Section:
50.72(b)(2)(i) - PLANT S/D REQD BY TS
Person (Organization):
GLENN DENTEL (R1DO)
CHRIS MILLER (NRR)
WILLIAM GOTT (IRD)

UnitSCRAM CodeRX CRITInitial PWRInitial RX ModeCurrent PWRCurrent RX Mode
2NY93Power Operation92Power Operation
Event Text
TS REQUIRED SHUTDOWN DUE TO LEAKING SERVICE WATER WELD ON CCW HX

"At 0400 (EDT) on June 24, 2016, Indian Point Unit 2 initiated actions to commence reactor shutdown to comply with Technical Specification (TS) LCO 3.7.7, Condition B. TS LCO 3.7.7, Condition A had been entered at 0230 on June 21, 2016 in order to repair a leaking weld on the 20 inch service water pipe to nozzle weld on the 21 Component Cooling Water Heat Exchanger (CCW HX). Condition A allows 72 hours to restore the inoperable CCW train to service or Condition B is entered which requires the plant to be in Mode 3 in 6 hours and Mode 4 in 12 hours.

"The initiation of a nuclear plant shutdown required by TS requires a 4-hour report in accordance with 50.72(b)(2)(i) which is being made by this notification."

The licensee notified the New York Independent System Operator and the New York Public Service Commission.

The licensee notified the NRC Resident Inspector.

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