U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 07/13/94 - 07/14/94 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 27437 27526 27527 27528 27529 !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 27437 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: COOK REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/23/94 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: MI |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:59 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 06/23/94 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 10:00[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MUTZ |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/13/94 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: THOMAS ANDREWS +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MARTIN FARBER RDO | |DDDD 73.71 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 99 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | DISCOVERY OF CRIMINAL ACT INVOLVING INDIVIDUAL GRANTED ACCESS. SEE HOO LOG | | FOR DETAILS. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1243 ON 7/13/94 BY PTACEK TAKEN BY WEAVER * * * | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS RETRACTED THIS EVENT BASED ON THE FOLLOWING. THE EVENT | | WAS OF AN HISTORIC NATURE AND DID NOT MEET THE 1 HOUR REPORTING CRITERIA. | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. HOO NOTIFIED RDO | | (PEDERSON). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 27526 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: LIMERICK REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/13/94 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: PA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:36 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4,[2] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 07/13/94 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 11:30[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: WILLIAMS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/13/94 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DOUG WEAVER +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MOHAMED SHANBAKY 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 Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | OFFSITE NOTIFICATION OF AN ETHYLENE GLYCOL SPILL | | | | "ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 1994, AT APPROXIMATELY 1130 IT WAS DETERMINED THAT | | A CHEMICAL SPILL (CLAM-TROL CT-1) THAT TOOK PLACE OUTSIDE THE SPRAY POND | | PUMPHOUSE AREA CONTAINED APPROXIMATELY 39 POUNDS OF ETHYLENE GLYCOL. THE | | REPORTABLE LIMIT FOR ETHYLENE GLYCOL IS 1 POUND. THE LEAK WAS INTO THE | | SOIL AND IT WAS IMMEDIATELY CONTAINED AND AN ABSORBENT WAS USED TO CLEAN UP | | THE SPILL FOLLOWING THE ISOLATION OF THE LEAK. THE LEAK WAS FROM A | | RUPTURED HOSE LEADING FROM THE CLAM-TROL TANK. THE HAZMAT GROUP AND | | CHEMISTRY CENTER AND THE DER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE EVENT. VERIFIED NO | | FURTHER LEACHING OF CHEMICAL INTO THE SOIL." | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS NOTIFIED THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 27527 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: LIMERICK REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/13/94 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: PA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:39 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4,[2] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 07/13/94 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 13:15[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: WILLIAMS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/13/94 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DOUG WEAVER +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MOHAMED SHANBAKY RDO | |NINF INFORMATION ONLY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | INFORMATION ONLY CALL ABOUT A FIRE IN THE OFFSITE TRAINING FACILITY. | | | | THE NORTH WALL OF THE TRAINING CENTER IS ON FIRE AND THE LOCAL FIRE | | DEPARTMENT HAS RESPONDED. THE TRAINING CENTER IS LOCATED ABOUT ONE HALF | | MILE FROM THE SITE AND THE LICENSEE BELIEVES THERE IS NO DANGER TO THE | | PLANT. THE FIRE WAS STARTED IN SOME CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS IN THE BUILDING. | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 27528 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: DRESDEN REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/13/94 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [3] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:47 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-1,[2] GE-3,[3] GE-3 |EVENT DATE: 07/13/94 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 17:00[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: LIZALEK |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/13/94 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DOUG WEAVER +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |CYNTHIA PEDERSON RDO | |APRE 50.72(b)(2)(vi) OFFSITE NOTIFICATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | 3 | N N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | PRESS RELEASE CONCERNING THE PRESENCE OF SLIGHTLY CONTAMINATED WATER BEING | | FOUND IN A SAMPLE TAKEN NEAR THE CONTAMINATED STORAGE TANKS | | | | "AT 1700 ON 7/13/94 IT WAS DETERMINED THAT COMMONWEALTH EDISON WOULD ISSUE | | A PRESS RELEASE REGARDING THE PRESENCE OF SLIGHTLY CONTAMINATED WATER BEING | | FOUND IN A SAMPLE TAKEN NEAR THE CONTAMINATED STORAGE TANKS LOCATED OUTSIDE | | THE UNIT 2 REACTOR BUILDING. THE SAMPLE WAS TAKEN IN A BRANCH OF THE | | STATION STORM DRAIN SYSTEM. THIS WATER POSES NO DANGER TO PUBLIC OR | | AQUATIC LIFE. SAMPLE TAKEN AT OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE STORM SEWER SYSTEM | | INDICATES SIGNIFICANT DILUTION PRIOR TO DISCHARGE INTO THE STATION INTAKE | | CANAL WHICH EVENTUALLY LEADS BACK INTO THE KANKAKEE RIVER. PLANS ARE | | UNDERWAY TO ISOLATE THE STORAGE TANKS AND TO INSPECT UNDERGROUND PIPING IN | | THE AREA." | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 27529 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: COOPER REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/13/94 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NE |NOTIFICATION TIME: 20:40 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 07/13/94 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 19:00[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DAVE KUSER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/13/94 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DOUG WEAVER +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |BLAINE MURRAY 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 N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | HPCI NOT OPERABLE BETWEEN 113 PSIG AND 127 PSIG STEAM LINE PRESSURE AS | | REQUIRED BY THE PLANT'S DESIGN BASIS. | | | | DURING A REVIEW OF DESIGN BASIS VERSUS TESTING REQUIREMENTS IT WAS | | DISCOVERED THAT THE STEAM LINE LOW PRESSURE ISOLATION SWITCHES WERE SET TO | | ISOLATE AT A PRESSURE OF 127 PSIG (ON HPCI). TECH SPEC 3.5.C.1 REQUIRES | | THAT HPCI BE OPERABLE AT AND ABOVE A REACTOR PRESSURE OF 113 PSIG. THUS | | FOR PRESSURES BETWEEN 113 PSIG AND 127 PSIG HPCI WOULD NOT BE OPERABLE AS | | REQUIRED BY TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+