During the fall 2006 refuel outage, multiple FAC-induced holes were discovered in three of the four 10th Stage Extraction Steam piping inside the Condenser. A summary of the event written by the Station FAC Program Owner is available here. Pictures of the failure are available below.
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-3.jpg "Component MS-271")
-1.JPG "Component MS-273")
-2.JPG "Component MS-273")
Please note that the CHECWORKS User's Group (CHUG) provides very useful FAC resources on their website at: http://teams.eprisolutions.com/CHUG (CHUG membership required for access).
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