Headquarters Daily report NOVEMBER 14, 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 - REGION II NOVEMBER 14, 1994 Licensee/Facility: Notification: MR Number: 2-94-0097 Scrap Dealer Date: 11/13/94 Watauga,Tennessee License No: None Subject: Cylinders marked as having cesium found in scrap Reportable Event Number: N/A Discussion: A scrap dealer located at Watauga, Tennessee (near Knoxville) reported having found two twenty-six inch cylinders with a cesium marking. The scrap was received from the University of Tennessee which has a broad license issued by the State of Tennessee, Radiation Control Program. The dealer notified the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) and the NRC Operations Officer on Sunday, November 13, 1994. TEMA responded by sending a person to the site and the cylinders were monitored for radiation. No radiation was found. TEMA also coordinated the action with the Tennessee Radiation Control Program (TRCP) Duty Officer. TRCP is in the process of confirming the actions taken by TEMA and the status and disposition of the cylinders. Regional Action: Region II contacted the TEMA duty officer and the TRCP duty officer and offered NRC assistance is needed. None was requested. Contact: R. L. Woodruff (404)331-5553 PRIORITY ATTENTION REQUIRED MORNING REPORT - REGION III NOVEMBER 14, 1994 Licensee/Facility: Notification: Detroit Edison Co. MR Number: 3-94-0213 Fermi 2 Date: 11/14/94 Newport,Michigan RESIDENT INSPECTOR TELECON Dockets: 50-341 BWR/GE-4 Subject: LOSS OF SHUTDOWN COOLING AT FERMI 2 FOR 37 MINUTES Reportable Event Number: 28022 Discussion: ON NOVEMBER 11, 1994, AT 4:57 PM (EST) SHUTDOWN COOLING (SDC) WAS LOST DURING THE PERFORMANCE OF THE RHR SDC HIGH PRESSURE CUT-IN PERMISSIVE SURVEILLANCE WHEN THE INBOARD RHR ISOLATION VALVE (E11-F009) CLOSED, REMOVING THE SUCTION PATH FROM THE REACTOR TO THE RUNNING RHR PUMP. THE OPERATORS HAD RELEASED THE SURVEILLANCE FOR IMPLEMENTATION WITHOUT NOTING THAT THE SURVEILLANCE CONTAINED CLEAR CAUTIONS THAT ITS PERFORMANCE WOULD RESULT IN THE CLOSURE OF THE "RHR SHUTDOWN COOLING INBOARD ISOLATION VALVE"; HOWEVER, THE OPERATORS FAILED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS MEANT REGARDING SHUTDOWN COOLING. ALL EQUIPMENT AND LOGIC FUNCTIONED AS EXPECTED. RHR WAS RESTORED TO THE SDC MODE AFTER 37 MINUTES, AND REACTOR COOLANT TEMPERATURE RISE WAS LESS THAN 1 DEGREE FARENHEIT. OPERATORS COULD HAVE PERFORMED THE SURVEILLANCE AND CONTINUED SDC IF THEY HAD REMOVED POWER TO THE ISOLATION VALVE WHILE IT WAS OPEN PRIOR TO PERFORMING THE TEST, THEREBY PREVENTING THE LOGIC FROM CLOSING THE VALVE. HOWEVER, THIS METHODOLOGY WAS NOT SPECIFIED IN THE PROCEDURE. Regional Action: THE SENIOR RESIDENT RESPONDED TO THE SITE AND WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOWUP ON THE LICENSEE'S CORRECTIVE ACTIONS. Contact: M. PHILLIPS (708)829-9637