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Foley, W.J.; Dean, R.S.; Hennick, A.
Parameter, Inc., Elm Grove, WI (USA)1984
Parameter, Inc., Elm Grove, WI (USA)1984
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[en] IE Bulletin 79-11 was issued May 22, 1979 as a result of information received in April 1979 from Westinghouse and an NRC licensee relating to the potential failure of a circuit breaker in an engineered safety system of a nuclear power plant. The defect of concern was a small hairline crack in the dashpot end cap of one of the three overcurrent trip devices of a Type DB-75 breaker. The Bulletin was also applicable to Type DB-50 breakers, because they use the same type of dashpot end cap. The defective end cap had been installed in 1973 as a replacement, in compliance with IE Bulletin 73-1. Westinghouse Technical Bulletin NSD-TB-79-02 was issued April 17, 1979 to alert utilities to the potential problem, to provide background information, to recommend review of calibration test data and retesting of erratic breakers, to advise visual examination of end caps for cracks and to call for replacement of cracked end caps. Evaluation of utility responses and NRC/IE inspection reports shows that 114 of the 129 current facilities do not use the affected breakers in safety-related systems. Followup items for the five facilities with open status are proposed. The Bulletin has been closed out for the remaining ten facilities with safety-related Westinghouse DB-50 and DB-75 breakers having dashpots, on the basis of acceptable utility responses and NRC/IE regional inspection reports
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Aug 1984; 39 p; Available from NTIS, PC A03/MF A01 - GPO* $4.00 as TI84901883
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