U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 08/23/94 - 08/24/94 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 27696 27697 27698 27699 27700 27701 +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 27696 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: QUAD CITIES REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/23/94 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 12:02 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-3,[2] GE-3 |EVENT DATE: 08/23/94 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 08:27[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BRAD WILLIAMS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/23/94 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DOUG WEAVER +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MIKE MCCANN RDO | |ARPS 50.72(b)(2)(ii) RPS ACTUATION | | |AESF 50.72(b)(2)(ii) ESF ACTUATION | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 2 | A/R Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 0 HOT SHUTDOWN | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | REACTOR SCRAM ON MSIV CLOSURE | | | | AT 0827 CDT UNIT 2 SCRAMMED DUE TO THE MSIVs GOING SHUT. PRELIMINARY | | INVESTIGATION HAS REVEALED A MAIN STEAM LINE HIGH FLOW SIGNAL, WHICH | | APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN SPURIOUS, CLOSED THE MSIVs. AT THE SAME TIME A | | CHANNEL 'A' 1/2 SCRAM SIGNAL WAS PRESENT DUE TO A SURVEILLANCE PROCEDURE ON | | THE APRMs. REACTOR WATER LEVEL LOWERED TO +8" CAUSING FULL GROUP II AND | | GROUP III ISOLATIONS (RX BUILDING, SBGT AUTO START, CONTAINMENT VENT | | ISOLATION). THIS IS EXPECTED DURING A SCRAM. | | | | THE 'B' RELIEF VALVE LIFTED AUTOMATICALLY ONCE TO CONTROL PRESSURE AND HAS | | RESEATED. THE MSIVs WERE REOPENED MANUALLY AND THE MAIN CONDENSER BYPASS | | VALVES WERE USED TO CONTROL PRESSURE. THE PLANT IS STABLE WITH A COOLDOWN | | IN PROGRESS. ALL ISOLATIONS HAVE BEEN RESET. THE INVESTIGATION IS | | CONTINUING TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE SPURIOUS GROUP I (MSIV) ISOLATION. | | | | DURING THE EVENT THE SOUTH SCRAM DISCHARGE VOLUME INSTRUMENT VOLUME DRAIN | | VALVE #2-0302-22C CLOSED TO A DUAL INDICATION POSITION. THIS VALVE IS IN | | LINE WITH THE #22D VALVE WHICH FULLY CLOSED. THE #22C VALVE WAS CYCLED AND | | VERIFIED CLOSED WITH EACH CYCLE. | | | | ALL RODS FULLY INSERTED. REACTOR WATER LEVEL IS NORMAL. THE REACTOR IS | | BEING FED WITH THE MAIN FEED SYSTEM AND DECAY HEAT IS BEING REJECTED TO THE | | MAIN CONDENSER AS NECESSARY TO CONTROL PRESSURE. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 27697 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: NORTHERN INDIANA PUBLIC SERVICE CO |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/23/94 | | CITY: WHEATFIELD REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:35 [ET]| | COUNTY: JASPER STATE: IN |EVENT DATE: 08/22/94 | |LICENSE#: 13-14984-01 AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 09:00[EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/23/94 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |MIKE MCCANN RDO | | | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MARK SMALL |RICHARD BANGART SP | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DOUG WEAVER | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |BAB2 20.2201(a)(1)(ii) LOST/STOLEN LNM>10X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LOST 20 MILLICURIE CS-137 SOURCE | | | | A 20 mCi CS-137 SOURCE WHICH WAS BEING USED AS A SWITCH AT A COAL FIRED | | GENERATING STATION WAS LOST IN JUNE 1994. THE PLANT IS LOCATED IN | | WHEATFIELD, IN. THE LOSS OCCURRED WHEN THE SYSTEM TO WHICH IT WAS ATTACHED | | WAS SENT TO THE SCRAP YARD. THE SOURCE IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN SENT TO | | THE US STEEL GARY WORKS PLANT IN GARY, IN. | | | | THE LOSS WAS DISCOVERED ON 8/22/94 AT APPROXIMATELY 0900 CDT. A CONTACT | | PHONE NUMBER IS AVAILABLE IN THE HOO LOG. | | | | THE LICENSEE CONTACTED THE REGION DIRECTLY WHEN THE SOURCE WAS DISCOVERED | | TO BE MISSING ON 8/22/94. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 27698 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: WATERFORD REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/23/94 | |UNIT: [3] [ ] [ ] STATE: LA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 12:28 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [3] CE |EVENT DATE: 08/23/94 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 10:55[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DOUGLAS ORTEGA |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/23/94 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DOUG WEAVER +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |LAWRENCE YANDELL 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 | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 3 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | CONTROLLED VENTILATION AREA SYSTEM (CVAS) TRAINS 'A' AND 'B' DECLARED | | INOPERABLE DUE TO A LEAKING HIGH PRESSURE SAFETY INJECTION (HPSI) PUMP | | DISCHARGE RELIEF VALVE. | | | | A HPSI PUMP 'A' DISCHARGE RELIEF VALVE (#SI-214A) WAS FOUND LEAKING | | (APPROXIMATELY 500 ML PER MINUTE) TO THE HPSI PUMP ROOM SUMP. THIS LEAKAGE | | IS IN EXCESS OF THE DESIGN BASIS LEAKAGE FOR THE CVAS. CVAS TRAINS 'A' & | | 'B' WERE DECLARED INOPERABLE & T/S LCO 3.0.3 WAS ENTERED AT 1055. HPSI | | PUMP 'A' WAS ISOLATED AND TAGGED OUT AT 1114 AND DECLARED INOPERABLE. | | ISOLATING THE HPSI PUMP ALSO ISOLATED THE LEAKING RELIEF VALVE. THEREFORE, | | T/S 3.0.3 WAS EXITED AT 1114. BOTH CVAS TRAINS ARE NOW OPERABLE. THE HPSI | | T/S LCO (3.5.2) IS A 72 HOUR LCO. | | | | THE LICENSEE INTENDS TO GAG THE RELIEF VALVE. FURTHER ACTION IS UNDER | | EVALUATION. THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM REGION IV IN LIEU OF THE NRC RESIDENT | | INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |TRANSPORTATION EVENT | |EVENT NUMBER: 27699 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: DEL-MED INC |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/23/94 | | CITY: PITTSBURGH REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:04 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: PA |EVENT DATE: 08/23/94 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 07:30[EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/23/94 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |JOHN KINNEMAN RDO | | | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER |BANGART SP | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DOUG WEAVER | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NTRA TRANSPORTATION EVENT | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | REPORT OF DAMAGED RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL SHIPPING CONTAINER. | | | | THE NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER REPORTED THAT A RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL SHIPPING | | CONTAINER WAS FOUND DAMAGED AT THE PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THE | | MATERIAL WAS A TYPE 'A' PACKAGE OF MEDICAL SUPPLIES (55 MILLICURIES OF | | CHROMIUM-51 IN LIQUID FORM). THE MATERIAL ORIGINATED FROM DEL-MED, INC., | | LOCATED IN SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ. THE MATERIAL WAS BEING SHIPPED TO THE | | TRI-STATE AREA NUCLEAR PHARMACY IN HUNTINGTON, WV. | | | | THE SHIPPING CONTAINER WAS APPARENTLY LEFT OUTSIDE ON A LOADING DOCK AT THE | | AIRPORT OVERNIGHT AND WAS RAINED ON. THE CONTAINER OVERPACK BECAME SOGGY | | AND WAS SOMEHOW DAMAGED WHEN MOVED. THE SHIPPER (DEL-MED) WAS CALLED AND | | SENT A REPRESENTATIVE TO THE AIRPORT. THE CONTAINER WAS SURVEYED AND | | EXAMINED AND NO RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION WAS FOUND. THE ONLY DAMAGE WAS TO | | THE SHIPPING CONTAINER OVERPACK. | | | | THE SHIPPER HAS TAKEN CUSTODY OF THE PACKAGE AND IS RETURNING TO NEW JERSEY | | WITH IT. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 27700 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: BROWNS FERRY REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/23/94 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [3] STATE: AL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:57 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4,[2] GE-4,[3] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 08/23/94 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 14:57[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MACHON |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/23/94 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DOUG WEAVER +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: | | |CDEF 21.21(b)(2) DEFECTS/NONCOMPLIANCE | | | |WALTER HAASS NRR | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N N 0 | 0 | | | | | | 3 | N N 0 | 0 | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | FOUR 25 TON SAFETY RELATED WATER COOLED AIR CONDITIONING UNITS (ACUs) | | HAVE CONDENSERS DESIGNED FOR A LOWER PRESSURE THAN THE SYSTEM OPERATING | | PRESSURE. THE DESIGN PRESSURE IS 150 PSIG AND THE OPERATING PRESSURE IS | | 277 PSIG (300 PSIG FOR POST ACCIDENT CONDITIONS). | | | | THE UNITS WERE MANUFACTURED BY ELLIS AND WATTS. SINCE THE UNITS WERE | | CUSTOM DESIGNED FOR THIS APPLICATION, THIS PROBLEM IS NOT BELIEVED TO | | AFFECT OTHER PLANTS. THE UNIT 2 ACUs ARE OF A DIFFERENT DESIGN AND ARE | | NOT AFFECTED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 27701 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: GRAND GULF REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/24/94 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: MS |NOTIFICATION TIME: 02:57 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-6 |EVENT DATE: 08/24/94 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 00:24[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: EHRHARDT |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/24/94 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JACK CRLENJAK 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 | A/R Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 0 HOT SHUTDOWN | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - MANUAL Rx SCRAM DUE TO INCREASED MAIN T/G EXCITER BEARING VIBRATION - | | | | THE VIBRATION ON THE MAIN TURBINE GENERATOR EXCITER FRONT BEARING #11 | | INCREASED FROM 2.1 MILS TO 8.0 MILS FOR UNKNOWN REASONS. | | | | CONTROL ROOM OPERATORS MANUALLY SCRAMMED THE REACTOR FROM 100% POWER TO | | REMOVE THE MAIN TURBINE GENERATOR FROM SERVICE. | | | | ALL CONTROL RODS INSERTED COMPLETELY. STEAM IS BEING DUMPED TO THE MAIN | | CONDENSER. | | | | THE PLANT IS STABLE IN CONDITION 3 (HOT SHUTDOWN). | | | | LICENSEE IS INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF THE INCREASED VIBRATION. | | | | LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+