U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 06/08/94 - 06/09/94 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 27262 27368 27369 27370 27371 27372 !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 27262 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: FERMI REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/17/94 | |UNIT: [2] [ ] [ ] STATE: MI |NOTIFICATION TIME: 03:37 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 05/17/94 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 02:29[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: STEVE PETERMAN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 06/08/94 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JIM MCCORMICKBARGER RDO | |AINC 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(C) POT UNCNTRL RAD REL | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 2 | N N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | COMBINED LEAKAGE OF ALL FOUR MAIN STEAM LINES EXCEEDED TS ALLOWED LIMIT. | | | | "THE RESULTS OF THE LOCAL LEAK RATE TEST (LLRT) OF THE COMBINED LEAKAGE OF | | ALL FOUR MAIN STEAM LINES WAS 137.3 SCFH. FERMI-2 TECH SPEC SECTION | | 3.6.1.2.C STATES "PRIMARY CONTAINMENT LEAKAGE RATES SHALL BE LIMITED TO | | LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO 100 SCFH FOR ALL FOUR MAIN STEAM LINES". INDIVIDUAL | | MAIN STEAM LINE ISOLATION VALVES WILL BE LEAKRATE TESTED TO DETERMINE THE | | NECESSARY REPAIRS. A FULL REPORT WILL BE PROVIDED PER 10CFR50.73." | | | | THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE NRC REGION3(MONTE PHILLIPS). | | | | ***UPDATE AT 11:37 @ 6/8/94 BY HOSKINS TO GOULD*** THE LICENSEE IS | | RETRACTING THIS EVENT SINCE SUBSEQUENT TESTING OF THE INDIVIDUAL MSIV LINES | | YIELDED A COMBINED TEST RESULT OF 80.3 SCFH. AN ENGINEERING ANALYSIS WAS | | PERFORMED TO EVALUATE TEST METHODOLOGY AND RESULTS. IT CONCLUDED THAT THIS | | WAS AN ACCEPTABLE TEST, THEREFORE, THEY ARE RETRACTING THIS EVENT. THE RI | | WILL BE INFORMED. (PHILLIPS WAS NOTIFIED) | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 27368 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: UNITED STATES ARMY |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/08/94 | | CITY: ROCK ISLAND REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 12:16 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: IL |EVENT DATE: 06/07/94 | |LICENSE#: BML12-00722-6 AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 12:00[CDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 06/08/94 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |BRUCE JORGENSEN RDO | | |DR. CARL PAPERIELLO EO | +------------------------------------------------+KENNETH BARR R2DO | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JEFF HAVENNER |PAUL LOHAUS SP | |HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NINF INFORMATION ONLY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | MR. JEFF HAVENNER OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY ARMAMENT, MUNITIONS, AND | | CHEMICAL COMMAND (AMCCOM) [CONTACT 309-782-2965] REPORTED THAT A MUZZLE | | REFERENCE SENSOR CONTAINING 10 CURIES OF TRITIUM WAS DISCOVERED IN A | | WRECKED VEHICLE IN AN AUTO SALVAGE YARD NEAR FORT BRAGG, NC. | | | | ON 5/26/94 THE OWNER OF AN AUTO SALVAGE YARD DISCOVERED A PIECE OF | | EQUIPMENT MARKED GOVERNMENT PROPERTY. HE WRAPPED IT IN PLASTIC AND SET IT | | ASIDE FOR STORAGE. ON 5/30/94 THE OWNER TURNED THE DEVICE OVER TO A SOLDIER | | FROM FORT BRAGG. THE SOLDIER SUBSEQUENTLY RETURNED THE DEVICE TO THE POST | | ON 5/31/94 WHERE IT WAS PLACED ON A TABLE IN THE EXPLOSIVE ORDINANCE | | DISPOSAL ARMS ROOM. THE POST RADIATION PROTECTION OFFICER WAS CONTACTED. HE | | PERFORMED SWIPES OF THE SOLDIERS VEHICLE (PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR), THE ARMS | | ROOM TABLE TOP AND THE DEVICE ITSELF. THE RESULTS OF THE SWIPES AS MEASURED | | BY THE HOSPITAL SCINTILLATION COUNTER WERE 48,000 DPM DEVICE, 1500 DPM | | TABLE TOP AND 148 DPM VEHICLE. THE DEVICE, AN M1A1 COLLIMATOR, WHICH | | CONTAINS THE 10 CURIE TRITIUM SOURCE, HAD A CRACKED HOUSING. THE RADIATION | | PROTECTION OFFICER HAD AN ADDITIONAL WRAPPING APPLIED AND RELOCATED THE | | DEVICE OUTSIDE FOR STORAGE. ALTHOUGH IT'S BEEN A WEEK SINCE THE SOLDIER | | INVOLVED TRANSPORTED THE DEVICE BACK TO THE POST, HE HAS BEEN SENT TO THE | | HOSPITAL FOR A BIOASSAY. THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DIVISION IS CONDUCTING | | AN INVESTIGATION. | | | | * * * UPDATE 1330EDT 6/6/94 FROM HAVENNER TO S.SANDIN * * * | | THE INSTRUMENT USED FOR THE SWIPE COUNT WAS A WALLAC MODEL #1214 RACKIT | | BETA. THE OWNER OF THE SALVAGE YARD IS MR. SCOTT RAY MOORE [960-488-2230]. | | BUSINESS ADDRESS: K & S SALVAGE, INC. | | SOLOCOMB ROAD | | FAYETTEVILLE, NC | | | | NOTIFIED R2DO (BARR). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 27369 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: MONTICELLO REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/08/94 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: MN |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:44 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-3 |EVENT DATE: 06/08/94 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 11:30[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: LINDA REILLY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 06/08/94 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |BRUCE JORGENSEN RDO | |ADAS 50.72(b)(2)(i) DEG/UNANALYZED COND | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | "THE AIR LINE TO THE "A" SRV WAS FOUND DISCONNECTED DURING A DRYWELL | | INSPECTION. THIS CAUSES THE ADS FUNCTION AND MANUAL FUNCTION TO BE | | INOPERABLE." | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 27370 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: WOLF CREEK REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/08/94 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: KS |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:48 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 06/08/94 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 14:30[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: KOPECKY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 06/08/94 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |GARY SANBORN RDO | |AINA 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(A) POT UNABLE TO SAFE SD | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LICENSEE DETERMINED THAT TESTING OF "B" TRAIN CONTAINMENT SPRAY HAD | | OCCURRED DURING PERIOD OF TIME WHEN "A" EDG WAS INOPERABLE DUE TO | | INOPERABLE "A" TRAIN ESSENTIAL SERVICE WATER (ESW). | | | | "AT OO36CDT THE "A" ESW SELF CLEANING STRAINER TRIPPED WHEN THE ESW PUMP | | WAS STARTED, ON THERMAL OVERLOADS. IT WAS INITIALLY DETERMINED THAT THE | | STRAINER WAS OPERABLE AFTER THE OVERLOADS RESET AND THE STRAINER STARTED. | | AT 1430CDT AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED SOMETHING IS | | CAUSING AMPS TO SHARPLY INCREASE FROM 3 AMPS TO APPROXIMATELY 8.9 AMPS AND | | THE THERMAL OVERLOADS TO TRIP, SO DECLARING THE "A" TRAIN ESW INOPERABLE AS | | OF 0036CDT. THE "A" ESW BEING INOPERABLE CAUSES THE "A" D/G TO BE | | INOPERABLE AND DURING THE PERIOD OF 0944CDT TO 1447CDT, THE "B" TRAIN | | CONTAINMENT SPRAY SYSTEM WAS BEING TESTED AND WAS INOPERABLE. WITH THE "B" | | TRAIN SPRAY INOPERABLE WE UNINTENTIONALLY ENTERED INTO A 6 HOUR ACTION | | STATEMENT PER TECH SPEC 3.8.1.1.d WHICH REQUIRES ALL EQUIPMENT ON THE | | OPPOSITE TRAIN TO BE OPERABLE. PRESENTLY WE ARE IN FULL COMPLIANCE WITH | | TECH SPEC 3.7.4 ON "A" TRAIN ESW WHICH IS A 72 HOUR TECH SPEC. THE TESTING | | IN PROGRESS ON "B" TRAIN CONTAINMENT SPRAY WAS "STS EN-100B" AND "STS | | PE-045B"." | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 27371 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: DRESDEN REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/08/94 | |UNIT: [ ] [ ] [3] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 22:35 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-1,[2] GE-3,[3] GE-3 |EVENT DATE: 06/08/94 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 19:13[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: STEPHEN KUCZYNSKI |LAST UPDATE DATE: 06/08/94 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: | | |AESF 50.72(b)(2)(ii) ESF ACTUATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | | | | | 3 | N N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | AUTOSTART OF STANDBY GAS TREATMENT SYSTEM AND RPS HALF SCRAM DUE TO | | UNEXPECTED TRIP OF 480VAC SUPPLY BREAKER. | | | | "AT 1913CDT 6/8/94 THE FEED BREAKER FROM BUS #39 TO MCC #3902 OPENED. THIS | | CAUSED THE LOSS OF THE FOLLOWING EQUIPMENT: | | | | 1. THE "B" REACTOR PROTECTION SYSTEM MG SET RESULTING IN A UNIT 3 HALF | | SCRAM. | | | | 2. THE UNIT 3 DIESEL GENERATOR VENT FAN AND COOLING WATER PUMP WHICH | | RESULTED IN THE TRIP OF THE UNIT 3 GENERATOR WHILE IT WAS ON FOR A | | MAINTENANCE RUN. | | | | 3. THE "B" STANDBY GAS TREATMENT SYSTEM TRIPPED. THE "A" STANDBY GAS | | TREATMENT TRAIN STARTED DUE TO THE LOSS OF THE "B" STANDBY GAS | | TREATMENT TRAIN. | | | | 4. THE 125VDC AND THE 250VDC OPERATING BATTERY CHARGERS LOST POWER AND | | STANDBY CHARGERS WERE THEN PLACED IN SERVICE. | | | | NO VISIBLE DAMAGE WAS FOUND AND THE MCC WAS RECOVERED. AN INVESTIGATION HAS | | BEGUN TO IDENTIFY THE CAUSE OF THE TRIP. FUEL MOVEMENT WAS SUSPENDED WHEN | | THE EVENT OCCURRED." | | | | ALL SYSTEMS HAVE BEEN RESET AND RESTORED TO STANDBY AS OF 2040CDT. THE | | LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 27372 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: DUANE ARNOLD REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/09/94 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: IA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 03:25 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 06/09/94 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 01:09[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: SCHUSSLER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 06/09/94 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: | | |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 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE PLANT HAD A TRIP OF AN EXCESS FLOW CHECK VALVE DUE TO A LEAK ON A | | PRESSURE DIFFERENTIAL TRANSMITTER. | | | | THIS ESF ACTUATION OCCURRED WHEN THE CONTROL ROD DRIVE DRIVE PRESSURE | | TRANSMITTER STARTED LEAKING IN THE REACTOR BUILDING. THE LEAK WAS ISOLATED, | | THE FLOW CHECK VALVE WAS RESET AND THE REMAINING INSTRUMENTS WERE RETURNED | | TO SERVICE ALL WITHIN 15 MINS. THE RI WAS INFORMED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+