Headquarters Daily report SEPTEMBER 27, 1994 *************************************************************************** REPORT NEGATIVE NO INPUT ATTACHED INPUT RECEIVED RECEIVED HEADQUARTERS X REGION I X REGION II X REGION III X REGION IV X *************************************************************************** PRIORITY ATTENTION REQUIRED MORNING REPORT - HEADQUARTERS SEP. 27, 1994 MR Number: H-94-0088 NRR DAILY REPORT ITEM GENERIC COMMUNICATIONS BRANCH/EVENTS ASSESSMENT BRANCH DIVISION OF OPERATING REACTOR SUPPORT OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION Subject: N/A NRC Information Notice 94-68, "Safety-Related Equipment Failures Caused by Faulted Indicating Lamps," to be issued September 27, 1994. The NRC is issuing this information notice to alert addressees to the possibility that indicating lamp failures in safety-related circuits could cause safety-related equipment to become inoperable. Technical contact: D. Nguyen, NRR (301) 504-3202 PRIORITY ATTENTION REQUIRED MORNING REPORT - REGION II SEPTEMBER 27, 1994 Licensee/Facility: Notification: Virginia Power Co. MR Number: 2-94-0082 Surry 1 2 Date: 09/27/94 Surry,Virginia Dockets: 50-280,50-281 PWR/W-3-LP,PWR/W-3-LP Subject: FOREIGN VISITORS Reportable Event Number: N/A Discussion: On September 29, 1994, a group of Russian utility executives will visit the Surry facility. The group, sponsored by the Agency of International Development, is touring U. S. nuclear, fossil and cogeneration plants. Primary areas of interest are training, operations, management structure and employee relations. On October 5, 1994, a group of Taiwanese engineers including representatives from the Department of Energy and various state agencies will tour Surry's independent spent fuel storage installation and meet with the licensee to discuss dry cask storage. A tour of the nuclear plant is also planned. Regional Action: Issued for information only. Contact: L. Garner (404)331-4663 PRIORITY ATTENTION REQUIRED MORNING REPORT - REGION III SEPTEMBER 27, 1994 Licensee/Facility: Notification: Wisconsin Electric Power Co. MR Number: 3-94-0168 Point Beach 2 Date: 09/24/94 Two Rivers,Wisconsin sri Dockets: 50-301 PWR/W-2-LP Subject: UNIT 2 REFUELING SHUTDOWN Reportable Event Number: N/A Discussion: Unit 2 was shut down for refueling outage number 20 on September 24. Major activities scheduled for this 38-day outage include a complete core offload, tie-in of a new emergency diesel generator, eddy current inspection of both steam generators, installation of a reactor head shield and molded case circuit breaker replacement. Regional Action: Routine resident inspector followup. Contact: M.J. FARBER (708)829-9605 PRIORITY ATTENTION REQUIRED MORNING REPORT - REGION III SEPTEMBER 27, 1994 Licensee/Facility: Notification: Applied Soil Mechanics MR Number: 3-94-0169 Applied Soil Mechanics Date: 09/26/94 Naperville,Illinois TELECON FROM IDNS License No: 86-01473-01 Subject: STOLEN MOISTURE/DENSITY GAUGE Reportable Event Number: N/A Discussion: The Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety reported that Applied Soil Mechanics, Inc. had a moisture/density gauge stolen when an employee's automobile, containing the gauge, was stolen in Richton Park, Illinois. The gauge is a Campbell-Pacific, Model MC-1, containing 10 millicurie cesium-137 and 50 millicurie americium-241 sealed sources. Several other vehicles were also stolen in the same area. Local and State Police were notified of the incident. Regional Action: The Region 3 State Agreements Officer is monitoring State response to the situation. NMSS and OSP have been notified of this incident. Contact: J.L. LYNCH (708)829-9818 PRIORITY ATTENTION REQUIRED MORNING REPORT - REGION III SEPTEMBER 27, 1994 Licensee/Facility: Notification: Wisconsin Electric Power Co. MR Number: 3-94-0170 Point Beach 2 Date: 09/27/94 Two Rivers,Wisconsin SRI Dockets: 50-301 PWR/W-2-LP Subject: UNIT 2 REFUELING SHUTDOWN Reportable Event Number: N/A Discussion: Degraded Voltage to Unit 2 Safeguards Buses. At 02:20 a.m. on 9/27/94, a degraded voltage signal on the plant's Unit 2 4160 volt safeguards buses (2A05 and 2A06) caused tripping of the normal supply breakers to these buses. This resulted in the starting of the plant EDG's (G01 and G02) and their supplying power to the Unit's safeguards buses. Unit 2 was in a refueling shutdown (RCS at approximately 110 degrees; atmospheric pressure; and pressurizer level at 6%). Unit 1 remained at power and was not effected by the event. To facilitate electrical modifications of the 2X04 transformer, Unit 2 electrical loads were being transferred from offsite power to the gas turbine generator (G05). When offsite power was intentionally disconnected from Unit 2, degraded voltage was sensed at the safeguards buses. This caused the emergency diesel generators (EDG) to start and load. As a result of the power interruption, the operating residual heat removal pump (2F-10A) was lost. It was manually restarted approximately 2 minutes later (supplied through the EDG). A temperature increase of approximately 6