Worn blades may have caused turbine failure
Detroit Edison Co.`s decision not to replace eighth-stage blades in low-pressure turbine number three may have caused the event that damaged the turbine, generator, and exciter at Fermi-2 on December 25, 1993. This finding is included in the February 7 report of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission`s Augmented Inspection Teams (AIT). GEC Turbine Generations Ltd. of England, manufacturer of the turbine, had recommended replacing the blades during the plant`s third refueling outage in September 1992. Detroit Edison chose not to do so, stating in its report, {open_quotes}This wear is of the same magnitude as that noticed in RF01 [refueling outage 1] and it is not necessary to record this wear since all blades will be changed in RF04 [refueling outage 4].{close_quotes}
- OSTI ID:
- 508480
- Journal Information:
- Nuclear News, Vol. 37, Issue 5; Other Information: PBD: Apr 1994
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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