U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 04/14/94 - 04/15/94 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 27071 27092 27093 27094 27095 27096 27097 +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 27071 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: DRESDEN REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/11/94 | |UNIT: [ ] [ ] [3] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:46 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-1,[2] GE-3,[3] GE-3 |EVENT DATE: 04/11/94 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 08:15[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: VERCELLI |LAST UPDATE DATE: 04/14/94 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |ROY CANIANO RDO | |AIND 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(D) ACCIDENT MITIGATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | | | | | 3 | N N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LICENSEE DISCOVERED THAT THE DEGRADED VOLTAGE RELAYS' TRIP SETTINGS FOR | | EMERGENCY BUS "34-1" WERE LESS THAN THE FSAR SPECIFIED SETPOINT OF 110.4V. | | | | "WHILE PERFORMING AS FOUND SETTINGS FOR SECOND LEVEL DEGRADED VOLTAGE | | RELAYS ON EMERGENCY BUS "34-1", THE TRIP SETTINGS WERE FOUND TO BE LOWER | | THAN THE REQUIRED SETTING AS SPECIFIED IN THE FSAR. RELAYS WERE REPLACED | | AND ARE NOW WITHIN THE REQUIRED SPECIFICATION." | | | | DURING PERFORMANCE OF ANNUAL SURVEILLANCE "DOS 6600-9" (TESTING OF ECCS | | UNDERVOLTAGE AND DEGRADED VOLTAGE), BOTH ABB RELAYS MODEL #1TE-27N TESTED | | AT 109.46V AND 109.43V, RESPECTIVELY, WHICH IS LESS THAN THE FSAR SETPOINT. | | THIS WOULD RESULT IN 2 LPCI & 1 CORE SPRAY PUMP FAILING IF OPERATION WAS | | REQUIRED IN A DEGRADED VOLTAGE CONDITION LESS THAN THE FSAR SETPOINT BUT | | GREATER THAN THE AS FOUND TRIP SETTINGS. THE LICENSEE HAS REPLACED THE | | RELAYS ASSOCIATED WITH EMERGENCY BUS "34-1" AND WILL PERFORM TESTING FOR | | EMERGENCY BUS "33-1" NEXT WEEK. LICENSEE INFORMED THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 0957 ON 04/14/94 BY VERCELLI ENTERED BY WEAVER * * * | | | | AT 0741 (CDT) ON 04/14/94, WHILE PERFORMING AS-FOUND RELAY SETTINGS FOR | | SECOND LEVEL DEGRADED VOLTAGE RELAYS ON EMERGENCY BUS "33-1", THE TRIP | | SETTINGS WERE FOUND TO BE LOWER THAN THE REQUIRED SETTING AS SPECIFIED | | IN THE FSAR. RELAYS WERE REPLACED AND ARE NOW WITHIN THE REQUIRED | | SPECIFICATIONS. | | | | LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. NOTIFIED R3DO CANIANO. | | | | NOTE: SEE EVENT #27090 FOR A RELATED EVENT ON UNIT 2. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 27092 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SALEM REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/14/94 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: NJ |NOTIFICATION TIME: 12:05 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 04/14/94 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 10:52[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MIKE GWIRTZ |LAST UPDATE DATE: 04/14/94 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |WILLIAM LAZARUS RDO | |APRE 50.72(b)(2)(vi) OFFSITE NOTIFICATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | 2 | N Y 56 POWER OPERATION | 56 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY AND LAC TOWNSHIP OF A 1oz | | DISCHARGE OF HYDRAZINE TO THE DELAWARE RIVER. | | | | "AT 1052EDT ON 4/14/94 THE NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL | | PROTECTION AND ENERGY (NJDEPE) WAS NOTIFIED OF A DISCHARGE OF HYDRAZINE TO | | THE DELAWARE RIVER. THE DISCHARGE WAS TERMINATED AT 0100EDT ON 4/14/94. | | TOTAL DISCHARGE WAS ABOUT 1oz OF HYDRAZINE." | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS THE CAUSE OF THE DISCHARGE UNDER INVESTIGATION. THE | | LICENSEE INFORMED NJDEPE, LAC TOWNSHIP AND THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 27093 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: FERMI REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/14/94 | |UNIT: [2] [ ] [ ] STATE: MI |NOTIFICATION TIME: 12:35 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 04/14/94 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 10:15[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: THOMAS RHEA |LAST UPDATE DATE: 04/14/94 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |ROY CANIANO RDO | |APRE 50.72(b)(2)(vi) OFFSITE NOTIFICATION | | | |BANGART SP | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 2 | N N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LICENSEE ISSUED A PRESS RELEASE OF A PLANNED DISCHARGE OF SLIGHTLY | | RADIOACTIVE WATER TO LAKE ERIE ON 4/15/94. | | | | "ON APRIL 14, 1994 AT 1015 HOURS DETROIT EDISON ISSUED A PRESS RELEASE | | STATING IT'S PLAN TO DISCHARGE UP TO 550,000 GALS OF SLIGHTLY RADIOACTIVE | | WATER FROM FERMI 2 POWER PLANT INTO LAKE ERIE ON FRIDAY APRIL 15, 1994. | | THIS IS THE LAST OF THREE DISCHARGES TOTALING APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILLION | | GALS. THIS EXCESS WATER ACCUMULATED DECEMBER 25TH, 1993 DURING THE | | TURBINE-GENERATOR FAILURE. THE WATER TO BE DISCHARGED IS WELL BELOW STATE | | AND FEDERAL DISCHARGE LIMITS AND WILL BE SAMPLED AND TESTED PRIOR TO | | RELEASE BY THE NRC AT THEIR REGION 3 LABORATORIES IN LISLE, ILL." | | | | LICENSEE INFORMED MONROE COUNTY, CITY OF MONROE, FRENCHTOWN TOWNSHIP, | | ONTARIO OFFICIALS AND REGION 3 PAO(DAUGINAS). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 27094 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: MAINE YANKEE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/14/94 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: ME |NOTIFICATION TIME: 12:42 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] CE |EVENT DATE: 04/14/94 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 12:15[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: PETE EBERT |LAST UPDATE DATE: 04/14/94 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |WILLIAM LAZARUS RDO | |DDDD 73.71 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | UNACCOUNTED FOR SECURITY ACCESS KEYS. NOT FULLY COMPENSATED. SEE HOO LOG | | FOR DETAILS. THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 27095 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PALO VERDE REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/14/94 | |UNIT: [ ] [ ] [3] STATE: AZ |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:53 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] CE,[2] CE,[3] CE |EVENT DATE: 04/13/94 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 19:39[MST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: CLYDE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 04/14/94 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |TOM STETKA RDO | |HFIT 26.73 FITNESS FOR DUTY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | | | | | 3 | N N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE LICENSEE REPORTED THAT A REACTOR OPERATOR WAS TESTED POSITIVE FOR | | ALCOHOL. | | | | THIS OCCURRED FOLLOWING AN OBSERVED BEHAVIOR INDICATING POSSIBLE SUBSTANCE | | ABUSE AND SUBSEQUENT TEST FOR CAUSE. A POSITIVE AND CONFIRMATORY TEST FOR | | ALCOHOL INDICATED THAT THE OPERATOR HAD A BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL OF 0.042% BAC | | (THE LICENSEES CUT OFF LEVEL IS 0.04%). THE INDIVIDUAL DECLINED THE BLOOD | | CONFIRMATORY TEST AND WAS ESCORTED OFF SITE. THE OPERATOR STATED THAT HE | | DID NOT VIOLATE THEIR 5 HR ABSTENTION POLICY. THE OPERATOR HAS BEEN | | SUSPENDED W/O PAY FOR 40 CONSECUTIVE STRAIGHT TIME HOURS AND WAS ALSO | | SUSPENDED FROM UNESCORTED ACCESS WITH THE KEY CARD BEING EXPIRED. THE | | OPERATOR WAS IN THE PROTECTED AREA AT THE TIME THE CONDITION WAS | | DETERMINED, BUT THAT OCCURRED DURING SHIFT TURNOVER AND NO LICENSED DUTIES | | WHERE PERFORMED. THE SUSPENSION IS PENDING THE OUTCOME OF A SUBSTANCE ABUSE | | EVALUATION AND/OR REHABILITATION. THE OPERATOR WAS REFERRED TO THE EMPLOYEE | | ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. THE RI WAS INFORMED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 27096 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: CALVERT CLIFFS REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/14/94 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: MD |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:05 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] CE,[2] CE |EVENT DATE: 04/14/94 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 13:53[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BURGER/SHUMAKER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 04/14/94 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: UNUSUAL EVENT +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |WILLIAM LAZARUS RDO | |AAEC 50.72(a)(1)(i) EMERGENCY DECLARED |AL CHAFFEE EO | | |BERNICE CARR FEMA | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LICENSEE DECLARED AN UNUSUAL EVENT DUE TO THE METEOROLOGICAL TOWER BEING | | OUT OF SERVICE. | | | | AFTER COMPLETING PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE ON THE MET TOWER WIND SPEED AND | | DIRECTION INSTRUMENTATION, THE LICENSEE WAS USING A PULLEY SYSTEM TO | | REPOSITION THE INDICATOR WHEN A BEARING IN THE PULLEY SYSTEM FAILED. THE | | LICENSEE ESTIMATES THAT REPAIRS WILL BE COMPLETED BY 1200EDT ON 4/15/94 AT | | WHICH TIME THE UNUSUAL EVENT WILL BE TERMINATED. DURING THE PERIOD OF TIME | | THAT THE MET TOWER IS OUT OF SERVICE, THE LICENSEE WILL USE MET DATA FROM | | THE PATUXENT NAVAL AIR STATION. THE LICENSEE INFORMED ALL STATE/LOCAL | | AGENCIES PER THEIR EMERGENCY PLAN AND THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 27097 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PERRY REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/14/94 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: OH |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:48 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-6 |EVENT DATE: 04/14/94 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 13:03[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: ALAN RABENHOLD |LAST UPDATE DATE: 04/14/94 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |ROY CANIANO RDO | |AESF 50.72(b)(2)(ii) ESF ACTUATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | UNIT EXPERIENCED AN UNEXPECTED AUTO START OF EMERGENCY SERVICE WATER (ESW) | | LOOP "A" AND EMERGENCY CLOSED COOLING (ECC) LOOP "A" WHEN DEENERGIZING | | DIVISION 2 DC BUSES FOR PLANNED OUTAGE. | | | | "WHILE DEENERGIZING DIVISION 2 DC BUSES FOR A PLANNED OUTAGE. A BREAKER | | "ED1B08" DISCONNECT #5 WAS OPENED, IT CAUSED AN AUTO START OF EMERGENCY | | SERVICE WATER LOOP "A" AND EMERGENCY CLOSED COOLING LOOP "A". INVESTIGATION | | REVEALED THAT WHEN DOWN POWERING THE LEVEL TRANSMITTERS IT CAUSED AN AUTO | | REACTOR COOLANT ISOLATION COOLING (RCIC) INITIATION SIGNAL WHICH GAVE THE | | AUTO START SIGNAL TO EMERGENCY SERVICE WATER LOOP "A" AND EMERGENCY CLOSED | | COOLING LOOP "A". THIS WAS NOT IDENTIFIED IN THE PROCEDURE." | | | | THE PROCEDURE REFERENCED IS SOI R42 DIV 2 SECTION 6.1 (DEENERGIZING BUS | | "ED1B"). THE ESW AND ECC SYSTEM REMAIN IN OPERATION FOR OUTAGE WORK, | | HOWEVER THE RCIC SIGNAL HAS BEEN RESET. THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC | | RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | * * * UPDATE 1650EDT 4/14/94 FROM RABENHOLD BY S.SANDIN * * * | | THE PROCEDURE WAS LAST REVISED ON 1/30/89 AND HAD BEEN PERFORMED ON 4/20/89 | | FOR BUS CLEANING WITH NO INDICATION THAT AUTO START OF THE ABOVE SYSTEMS | | HAD OCCURRED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+