U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 08/18/94 - 08/19/94 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 27686 27687 27688 +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 27686 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: VERMONT YANKEE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/18/94 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: VT |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:11 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 08/18/94 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 11:00[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MIKE McKENNEY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/18/94 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: WILLIAM HUFFMAN +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |RICHARD KEIMIG RDO | |AARC 50.72(b)(1)(v) OTHER ASMT/COMM INOP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION BROADCAST TRANSMITTER INOPERABLE. | | | | THE LICENSEE STATES THAT THE AMES HILL NOAA EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION | | BROADCAST TRANSMITTER WAS DISCOVERED TO BE INOPERABLE. THE SERVICE | | CONTRACTOR, ALLCOMM, IS IN THE PROCESS OF AFFECTING REPAIRS. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. STATE AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES | | WILL BE CONTACTED. | | | | * * * UPDATE @ 16:47 8/18/94 FROM MAY TAKEN BY SEBROSKY * * * | | THE TRANSMITTER WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE AT 16:30 ON 8/18/94. THE LICENSEE | | WILL INFORM THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR. HOO NOTIFIED R1DO(KEIMIG). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 27687 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: DIABLO CANYON REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/18/94 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: CA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:20 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 08/18/94 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 11:40[PDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: GARY ANDERSON |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/18/94 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |CAIN RDO | |AOUT 50.72(b)(1)(ii)(B) OUTSIDE DESIGN BASIS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | ON 8/18/94, THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT WAS NOTIFIED OF THE UNSATISFACTORY | | RESULT OF A CHARCOAL FILTER TEST PERFORMED ON FILTER MATERIAL REMOVED FROM | | FUEL HANDLING BUILDING VENTILATION FILTER E-5. THE TEST HAD BEEN PERFORMED | | ON FILTER MATERIAL WHICH HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM THE FILTER ON 8/2/94 AND | | REPLACED WITH FRESH MATERIAL. THE FILTER WAS TESTED SATISFACTORILY ON | | 8/3/94. | | | | THE LICENSEE REPORTED THAT THE TEST OF THE FILTER MATERIAL HAD BEEN | | PERFORMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASTM-B3803-1989, ALTHOUGH THE PLANT HAD BEEN | | LICENSED TO THE 1979 VERSION OF THE ASTM STANDARD. THE LICENSEE STATED | | THAT ALTHOUGH THE FILTER MATERIAL FAILED THE TEST USING THE 1989 CRITERIA, | | IT WOULD HAVE PASSED THE 1979 CRITERIA. THE RI HAS BEEN INFORMED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 27688 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: INDIAN POINT REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/18/94 | |UNIT: [2] [ ] [ ] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:31 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] W-4-LP,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 08/18/94 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 12:39[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: PHIL SANTINI |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/18/94 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOSEPH SEBROSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |RICHARD KEIMIG RDO | |NLTR LICENSEE 24 HR REPORT | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 2 | N Y 90 POWER OPERATION | 90 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LICENSEE IS MAKING A 24 HOUR REPORT DUE TO HAVING 2 OF THE 3 FIRE PUMPS OUT | | OF SERVICE FOR A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. | | | | TECH SPEC 3.13.A.3 REQUIRES THE LICENSEE TO INFORM THE NRC ANYTIME 2 OUT OF | | 3 FIRE PUMPS ARE UNAVAILABLE. THE LICENSEE HAS 2 MOTOR DRIVEN FIRE PUMPS | | AND A DIESEL DRIVEN FIRE PUMP. ONE OF THE MOTOR DRIVEN PUMPS WAS OUT OF | | SERVICE FOR MAINTENANCE WHEN THE WEEKLY AND MONTHLY SURVEILLANCE TEST CAME | | DUE FOR THE DIESEL DRIVEN FIRE PUMP. DURING THE TIME THAT THE SURVEILLANCE | | TEST WAS BEING PERFORMED ON THE DIESEL DRIVEN FIRE PUMP (FROM 12:39 TO | | 13:10) IT WAS INOPERABLE. AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE SURVEILLANCE TEST THE | | DIESEL DRIVEN FIRE PUMP WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. | | | | THE LICENSEE DETERMINED THAT THEY HAD ENTERED TECH SPEC 3.13.A.3 AFTER THE | | TEST ON THE DIESEL DRIVEN FIRE PUMP HAD BEEN COMPLETED. HAD THE LICENSEE | | IDENTIFIED THE TECH SPEC PRIOR TO THE TEST THE LICENSEE WOULD HAVE TRIED TO | | DELAY THE DIESEL DRIVEN FIRE PUMP TEST UNTIL AFTER THE MOTOR DRIVEN PUMP | | HAD BEEN RETURNED TO SERVICE. | | | | THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+