SUMMER: DEGRADED CONDITION DUE TO REACTOR HEAD VESSEL PENETRATION INDICATIONS
On October 23, 2012, V. C. Summer Station Unit 1 (VCSNS) identified two reactor vessel head penetrations (19 and 52) that did not meet the requirements of 10CFR50.55a(g)(6)(ii)(D) and ASME Code Case N-729-1. The station is in a refueling outage (RF20) and the plant is currently shutdown and in Mode 6. The reactor vessel head (RVH) contains a total of 66 penetrations and inspection efforts are approximately 50% percent complete.
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