U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 05/09/94 - 05/10/94 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 27223 27224 27225 27226 27227 +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 27223 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: KEWAUNEE REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/09/94 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: WI |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:18 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-2-LP |EVENT DATE: 05/09/94 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 13:18[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: SCOTT CHERVENY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/09/94 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOHN GROBE 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 Y 35 POWER OPERATION | 35 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | STEAM GENERATOR BLOWDOWN ISOLATION DUE TO A HIGH RADIATION SIGNAL AT THE | | STEAM JET AIR EJECTOR. | | | | A HIGH RADIATION ALARM WAS RECEIVED ON "R-15" (CONDENSER AIR EJECTOR). AS | | A RESULT THE STEAM GENERATOR BLOWDOWN VALVES CLOSED. THE FOLLOWING VALVES | | CLOSED: "BT-2A, 2B, 3A, 3B, 31A, 31B, 32A, AND 32B). THESE VALVES ARE ESF | | EQUIPMENT AND THIS ACTUATION IS REPORTABLE. THE LICENSEE BELIEVES THAT THE | | ACTUATION WAS DUE TO A DETECTOR MALFUNCTION AND NOT A PRIMARY TO SECONDARY | | LEAK. NO OTHER RADIATION MONITORS OR CHEMISTRY SAMPLES WERE ABNORMAL. THE | | LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 27224 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: DRESDEN REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/09/94 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [3] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:48 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-1,[2] GE-3,[3] GE-3 |EVENT DATE: 05/09/94 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 14:00[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: STEPHEN KUCZYNSKI |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/09/94 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOHN GROBE 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 DECOMMISSIONED | 0 DECOMMISSIONED | | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | 3 | N N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE LICENSEE WILL ISSUE A PRESS RELEASE. 50,000 GALLONS OF SLIGHTLY | | RADIOACTIVE WATER WAS DISCHARGED TO THE STORM DRAINS FROM A BROKEN PIPE. | | THE STORM DRAIN FLOWS INTO THE KANKAKEE RIVER. THE LICENSEE IS | | INVESTIGATING WHY THE STEEL PIPE BROKE. THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC | | RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 27225 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: HARRIS REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/09/94 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:07 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-3-LP |EVENT DATE: 05/09/94 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 15:40[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BRYCE MILLER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/09/94 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MARK LESSER RDO | |ARPS 50.72(b)(2)(ii) RPS ACTUATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | M/R N 0 HOT STANDBY | 0 HOT STANDBY | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | MANUAL TRIP DUE TO A DROPPED CONTROL ROD. | | | | THE FOLLOWING FAX WAS RECEIVED: | | "A MANUAL REACTOR TRIP WAS INSERTED DUE TO A DROPPED ROD DURING ROD | | TESTING. THE PLANT WAS IN MODE 3 AT 557 DEGREES F AND 2290 PSIG (RCS | | HYDROSTATIC TEST ALSO IN PROGRESS). EST-724 "SHUTDOWN AND CONTROL ROD DROP | | TEST USING COMPUTER" AND OST-1112 "ROD POSITION INDICATION TEST" WERE BEING | | PERFORMED IN PARALLEL. WHILE WITHDRAWING CONTROL BANK B RODS (8 RODS | | TOTAL), ROD F-4 IN GROUP 1 DROPPED WHEN BANK B REACHED APPROXIMATELY 20 | | STEPS WITHDRAWN. ALL OTHER CONTROL RODS WERE ON THE BOTTOM. ROD F-4 | | DROPPED AT 1540. AN INVESTIGATION ENSUED TO DETERMINE IF THE INDICATION | | WAS DUE TO A ROD POSITION INDICATION PROBLEM. THE ROD WAS DETERMINED TO BE | | DROPPED AND THE REACTOR TRIP BREAKERS WERE MANUALLY OPENED AT 1546. NO | | OBVIOUS CAUSE OF THE ROD DROP WAS FOUND, INVESTIGATION CONTINUING" | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 27226 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SURRY REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/09/94 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: VA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:24 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-3-LP,[2] W-3-LP |EVENT DATE: 05/09/94 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 17:31[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MIKE SMITH |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/09/94 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MARK LESSER RDO | |APRE 50.72(b)(2)(vi) OFFSITE NOTIFICATION | | |NONR OTHER UNSPEC REQMNT | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | 2 | N Y 90 POWER OPERATION | 90 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | OIL DISCHARGE, SOURCE UNKNOWN, TO STATE WATERS. NOTIFICATIONS WERE MADE TO | | THE VIRGINIA WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD AND THE U.S. COAST GUARD. | | | | A SMALL AMOUNT OF OIL WAS DISCHARGED TO THE JAMES RIVER VIA THE PLANT'S | | DISCHARGE CANAL. THE QUANTITY OF THE OIL RELEASED AND ITS SOURCE IS UNDER | | INVESTIGATION. THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 27227 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PERRY REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/10/94 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: OH |NOTIFICATION TIME: 02:33 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-6 |EVENT DATE: 05/10/94 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 03:15[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: NEMECK |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/10/94 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NINF INFORMATION ONLY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NRC THAT AS PART OF TEST PROCEDURES THEY WOULD DO | | A LPSI INJECTION INTO THEIR REACTOR VESSEL. | | | | AS PART OF GENERIC LETTER 89-10 THE LICENSEE WILL PERFORM A DIAGNOSTIC TEST | | ON THE "E-12" LPCI SYSTEM AND WILL INJECT INTO THE REACTOR VESSEL AS PART | | OF THEIR PRE-PLANNED EVOLUTION. THEY DETERMINED THAT THIS SI WILL NOT BE | | REPORTABLE SINCE IT IS PART OF THEIR PRE-PLANNED TESTING. THEY WILL BE | | TESTING THE "1E12F042B"(LPCI "B" INJECTION VALVE). THEY WILL HAVE ECCS | | INJECTION, BUT WILL NOT HAVE THE ECCS LOGIC ACTUATION. THE RI WAS INFORMED. | | | | ***UPDATE AT 05:22 BY RUSSELL TO GOULD*** DUE TO PROCEDURE PROBLEMS THE | | LPCI INJECTION WAS CANCELED. THE RI WAS INFORMED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+