Headquarters Daily Report

                         JULY 07, 1998

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PRIORITY ATTENTION REQUIRED  MORNING REPORT - REGION III  JULY  7, 1998

Licensee/Facility:                     Notification:

Toledo Edison Co.                      MR Number: 3-98-0051
Davis Besse 1                          Date: 07/07/98
Oak Harbor,Ohio                        SRI via PC                         
Dockets: 50-346
PWR/B&W-R-LP                          

Subject: DAVIS-BESSE RESTART AND LOADING ON THE ELECTRICAL GRID          

Discussion:

On July 7, 1998, the operators closed the main generator output breaker  
to supply electrical power to the grid following repairs to switchyard   
electrical circuits damaged from a tornado that stuck the switchyard on  
June 25, 1998. The damaged switchyard circuits caused an automatic       
shutdown of the reactor and cut off the offsite power supply to the      
plant.                                                                   
                                                                         
The plant was placed on-line with two (Ohio Edison and Lemoyne) of the   
three offsite transmission lines available. Eleven transmission towers   
near the plant that supported (Bayshore) transmission lines were damaged 
by the tornado making these lines unavailable for supplying electrical   
power. Repairs to these transmission lines are expected to be completed  
within 2 weeks.                                                          
                                                                         
A plant restart from this forced outage was delayed due to difficulty in 
lowering higher than normal sulfate concentrations in the steam          
generators. The inlet and outlet valves for the condensate polishers,    
used to remove impurities from the feedwater system, and the             
recirculation valves for the condensate pumps failed open when the plant 
lost power. A back flow of feedwater through these opened valves allowed 
the resin from the polishers to enter the condenser hot well. Steam      
generator sulfate concentrations increased when the resin from the hot   
well entered the feedwater system with the polishers bypassed as the     
operators placed the condensate system in service on June 28, 1998.      
Repetitive filling, soaking and draining of the steam generators was     
unsuccessful at lowering sulfate concentrations below administrative     
limits. A future plant shutdown to continue evolutions to reduce sulfate 
concentrations is being considered.                                      

Regional Action:

Resident Inspector observed the startup on the site.                     

Contact:  Stevie DuPont              (630)829-9608
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