Does anyone have Carbon Steel Piping where the header interfaces with the buildings? Do you have corrosion/leak issues with these lines? If yes, what have you done to identify and combat the issue?
Does anyone have Carbon Steel Piping where the header interfaces with the buildings? Do you have corrosion/leak issues with these lines? If yes, what have you done to identify and combat the issue?
Farley
Hatch
Vogtle
Watts Bar - no issues with interface
Sequoyah - Same as WBN
Browns Ferry - Same, no issues with interface
Turkey Point -
North Anna - Installed, no issues.
Surry - Same as North Anna
St. Lucie - Carbon Steel, no interface issues. TB is all outdoors. Working on metalized coating. Type of coating system that is blasted on and dual flame and makes a coating that prevents corrosion.
McGuire - No issues
Brunswick - had an issue. coating was degraded beneath a slab. had to excavate the flooring, was in the worst possible location.
Recommended internal scoping and inspection to determine risk. Lake water is source.
Oconee -
Harris -
Catawba - No issues.
HB Robinson - No issues.
VC Summer - yes Carbon steel
Farley - No issues so far
Hatch - We have such piping interfaces and had one leak in the past 4 years. No known historical failures of this type
Watts Bar - have them installed but have not had issues so far
Sequoia - have them installed but have not had issues so far
Browns Ferry - have them installed but have not had issues so far
North Anna - have them installed but have not had issues so far
Surry - have them installed but have not had issues so far
St. Lucie - have them installed but have not had issues so far. Installing metalized (aluminum) coating to limit exterior corrosion. Will reply to this post with this info
Mcguire - have them installed but have not had issues so far
Brunswick - One issue with pinhole leak due to exterior coating failure, cut out 6 ft section and replaced
Oconee - have them installed but have not had issues so far
Harris - No comment
Catawba - have them installed but have not had issues so far
Robinson - have them installed but have not had issues so far
VC Summer - have them installed but have not had issues so far
Wolf Creek does. We have cathodic protection on these lines and they were originally externally coated with bitomastic. We have not had leaks as of yet.
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