U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 09/02/94 - 09/06/94 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 27669 27743 27744 27745 27746 27747 27748 27749 !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 27669 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: MILLSTONE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/14/94 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: CT |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:40 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-3,[2] CE,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 08/14/94 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 12:00[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: TED DUBAY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/02/94 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DOUG WEAVER +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |RICHARD KEIMIG RDO | |AIND 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(D) ACCIDENT MITIGATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 2 | N N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | ONE TRAIN OF CONTROL ROOM HABITABILITY SYSTEM INOPERABLE | | | | ONE TRAIN OF THE CONTROL ROOM HABITABILITY SYSTEM WAS DECLARED INOPERABLE | | BECAUSE IT COULD NOT BE PLACED FULLY INTO THE RECIRC MODE. ONE DAMPER | | CANNOT BE FULLY REPOSITIONED TO THE RECIRC MODE, THEREFORE SOME OF THE AIR | | FLOW IS NOT BEING DIRECTED THROUGH THE FILTERING SYSTEM. THIS LOWERED THE | | POTENTIAL EFFECTIVENESS OF THE TRAIN AND IT WAS DECLARED INOPERABLE. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS AND THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | *** RETRACTION FROM RESETOR TO HUFFMAN AT 10:52 EDT ON 9/2/94 *** | | THE FOLLOW IS THE TEXT OF A FACSIMILE RETRACTING THIS EVENT: | | "THIS CALL IS BEING MADE FOR RETRACTION OF A MILLSTONE 2 REPORT MADE ON | | AUGUST 14, 1994 AT 1200 HOURS WHICH IDENTIFIED THAT THE FACILITY 2 CONTROL | | ROOM AIR CONDITIONING EXHAUST FAN WAS ROTATING BACKWARD WHILE FACILITY 1 | | SYSTEM WAS IN OPERATION. | | | | THIS REPORT WAS MADE CONSERVATIVELY BASED ON AN EVALUATION MADE THAT | | ASSUMED THAT THERE WOULD BE INCREASED (IODINE) EXPOSURE TO CONTROL ROOM | | STAFF IF AN ACCIDENT WOULD OCCUR. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION IDENTIFIED THAT | | THE DISCHARGE DAMPER OF THE FAN WAS CLOSED BUT NOT COMPLETELY SEATED. THIS | | ALLOWED FOR THE FAN TO ROTATE IN REVERSE AT SUCH A SLOW SPEED THAT THE FLOW | | RATE WAS IMMEASURABLE. THIS CONDITION WOULD NOT HAVE DEGRADED THE EMERGENCY | | CLEANUP SYSTEM FROM PERFORMING ITS SAFETY FUNCTION. THEREFORE, THIS EVENT | | IS NOT REPORTABLE." END OF TEXT | | | | THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND R1DO (COSTELLO) HAVE BEEN INFORMED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 27743 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SEABROOK REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/02/94 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NH |NOTIFICATION TIME: 12:51 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 09/02/94 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 12:20[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: FRITZ |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/02/94 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: GREG SCARFO +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |FRANK COSTELLO RDO | |NLCO TECH SPEC LCO A/S | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | A PORTABLE MAKEUP PUMP TO THE AUXILIARY COOLING TOWER WAS DECLARED | | INOPERABLE DUE TO A FUEL OIL LEAK. | | | | DURING A SURVEILLANCE TEST OF THE PORTABLE COOLING TOWER MAKEUP PUMP, | | IT STALLED DUE TO A FUEL OIL LEAK FROM THE FUEL FILTER. THE PUMP WAS | | DECLARED INOPERABLE AND TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION ACTION STATEMENT 3.7.5.D | | WAS ENTERED. PER THE ACTION STATEMENT, THE FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEM | | (TWO DIESEL-DRIVEN PUMPS AND ONE MOTOR-DRIVEN PUMP) WAS ALIGNED TO SUPPLY | | THE AUXILIARY COOLING TOWER (THE ULTIMATE HEAT SINK AFTER A DESIGN BASIS | | SEISMIC EVENT). | | | | REPAIRS TO THE MAKEUP PUMP SHOULD BE COMPLETED WITHIN THE HOUR. | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | * * * UPDATE 09/02/94 1339EDT FROM: MORRISSEY BY: SCARFO * * * | | | | THE ACTION STATEMENT WAS EXITED AT 13:30 UPON THE COMPLETION OF THE | | SURVEILLANCE TEST. THE RI WAS INFORMED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 27744 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/02/94 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM FUEL FABRICATION |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:10 [ET]| |COMMENTS: LEU CONVERSION (UF6 TO UO2) |EVENT DATE: 09/02/94 | | LEU FABRICATION |EVENT TIME: 02:30[EDT]| | LWR COMMERICAL FUEL |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/02/94 | | CITY: WILMINGTON REGION: 2 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: NEW HANOVER STATE: NC |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: SNM-1097 AGREEMENT: Y |DOUGLAS COLLINS RDO | | DOCKET: 07001113 | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JIM KLAPPROTH | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NBNL RESPONSE-BULLETIN | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LICENSEE IS MAKING A 91-01 BULLETIN NOTIFICATION FOR A LOSS OF MODERATION | | CONTROL. | | | | "TODAY AT APPROXIMATELY 2:30 AM, A FLANGE ON A 12 NORMAL NITRIC ACID LINE | | DEVELOPED A LEAK SPRAYING ACID ON SEVERAL 5 GALLON METAL CANS CONTAINING | | URANIUM POWDER. AN OPERATOR IN THE AREA STOPPED THE LEAK AND INITIATED | | CORRECTIVE ACTIONS, BUT NOT BEFORE THE ACID ENTERED INTO THREE CANS. EACH | | OF THESE CANS CONTAINED APPROXIMATELY 32 KGS OF 1.7% ENRICHED UO2 POWDER." | | | | "WE ARE REPORTING THIS CONDITION PURSUANT TO BULLETIN 91-01 BECAUSE OF THE | | LOSS OF MODERATION CONTROL. THE MASS CONTROL WAS NOT DEGRADED. ALL CONTROL | | WERE RE-ESTABLISHED WITHIN 4 HOURS AND THE URANIUM POWDER WAS INSPECTED AND | | TRANSFERRED INTO NEW CONTAINERS. SIMILAR ACID LINES HAVE BEEN INSPECTED FOR | | DEGRADATION AND FOUND TO BE ACCEPTABLE. ADDITIONAL CORRECTIVE ACTIONS ARE | | BEING DEVELOPED." | | | | THE AMOUNT OF ACID SPILLED FROM THE OVERHEAD NITRIC ACID LINE IN THE | | FMO/FMOX PORTION OF THE PLANT WAS APPROXIMATELY 2-3 GALLONS. THERE WERE NO | | PERSONNEL INJURIES. THE LICENSEE DID NOT INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR | | AND WILL INFORM THE STATE AND LOCAL AGENCIES. NO PRESS RELEASE IS PLANNED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 27745 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PALISADES REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/02/94 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: MI |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:54 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] CE |EVENT DATE: 09/02/94 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 15:10[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BENSON |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/02/94 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: GREG SCARFO +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |WAYNE KROPP RDO | |AOUT 50.72(b)(1)(ii)(B) OUTSIDE DESIGN BASIS | | |NLCO TECH SPEC LCO A/S | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 99 POWER OPERATION | 99 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | BOTH EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATORS (EDG) MAY HAVE BEEN OUT OF SERVICE DURING | | THE LAST MONTH. | | | | ON 7/19/94, A TEST OF EDG "1-1" DISCOVERED THAT THE EDG COULD NOT OUTPUT | | THE SPECIFIED 2500KW NECESSARY TO SUPPLY THE ASSOCIATED EMERGENCY LOADS. | | AFTER PERFORMING TROUBLESHOOTING AND MAKING ADJUSTMENTS TO THE "SPEED | | DROOP" SETTING, A SUBSEQUENT TEST WAS PERFORMED AND THE EDG COULD NOT | | ACHIEVE THE REQUIRED OUTPUT. ON 08/30/93 AT 0630EDT, EDG "1-1" WAS | | DECLARED INOPERABLE AND TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION (T/S) ACTION STATEMENT | | (A/S) 3.7.2 WAS ENTERED. THIS ACTION STATEMENT PROVIDES SEVEN DAYS FOR | | REPAIR OF THE EDG OR THE UNIT MUST INITIATE A PLANT SHUTDOWN. | | | | HOWEVER, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THIS EDG WAS INOPERABLE FROM ITS INITIAL TEST | | DATE OF 07/19/94. SINCE THAT TIME, EDG "1-2" HAS BEEN OUT OF SERVICE FOR | | MAINTENANCE AND SURVEILLANCE TESTING AT VARIOUS TIMES. DURING THESE TIMES, | | BOTH EDGs OUT OF SERVICE AND THE UNIT WAS IN A CONDITION OUTSIDE OF ITS | | DESIGN BASIS. AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE EXACT TIMES IS BEING CONDUCTED. | | | | CURRENTLY, EDG "1-2" IS OPERABLE. EDG "1-1" REMAINS INOPERABLE AND THE T/S | | A/S IS STILL IN EFFECT. AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE REASON FOR THE EDG | | PROBLEM IS BEING CONDUCTED. CORRECTIVE ACTIONS WILL BE DETERMINED AT THAT | | TIME. THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 27746 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/02/94 | | CITY: WELLSVILLE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:52 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: NY |EVENT DATE: 07/29/94 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 12:00[EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/02/94 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: SAUNDERS | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: GREG SCARFO | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |CCCC 21.21 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | ACCELERATED CORROSION OCCURRENCE IN REPLACEMENT AUXILIARY FEEDWATER (AFW) | | PUMP TURBINE GOVERNOR VALVE STEMS AND SPACERS SUPPLIED BY DRESSER-RAND | | STEAM TURBINES, MOTORS AND GENERATOR DIVISION. | | | | MR. R.F. SAUNDERS OF VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY REPORTED THAT | | CORROSION AND MINERAL DEPOSITS HAVE ACCUMULATED FASTER THAN EXPECTED ON | | REPLACEMENT GOVERNOR VALVE STEMS AND GRAPHITE SPACERS (LATE 1993 AND EARLY | | 1994 AT THE SURRY AND NORTH ANNA UNITS) SUPPLIED BY DRESSER-RAND STEAM | | TURBINES (MOTORS AND GENERATOR DIVISION) FOR THE AFW PUMP TURBINE. THIS | | ACCUMULATION MAY NOT ALLOW THE GOVERNOR TO MOVE IN THE CLOSED DIRECTION | | AFTER THE START OF THE TURBINE. THE TURBINE WOULD THEN OVERSPEED AND TRIP, | | RENDERING THE AUXILIARY FEEDWATER PUMP INOPERABLE. THIS CORROSION OCCURRED | | DESPITE IMPLEMENTING THE VENDOR-RECOMMENDED MAINTENANCE PRACTICES SUGGESTED | | IN AN DRESSER-RAND INFORMATION LETTER OF MARCH 24, 1993. | | | | AN INITIAL INVESTIGATION CONCLUDED THAT THE CORROSION PRODUCTS ARE FORMED | | DUE TO GALVANIC CORROSION, CREVICE CORROSION, AND PITTING CORROSION. THE | | GRAPHITE (CARBON) SPACERS RECEIVED FROM DRESSER-RAND HAVE APPROXIMATELY | | 1.29% SULFUR AS A CONTAMINANT. IT IS BELIEVED THAT THIS SULFUR MAY HAVE | | CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCELERATED CORROSION PROCESS. | | | | THIS PART 21 COVERS THE TWO AFW PUMPS AT THE SURRY POWER STATION AND ONE | | AFW PUMP AT NORTH ANNA UNIT 2. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 27747 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: COOPER REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/03/94 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NE |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:46 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 09/03/94 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 16:30[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: HITZEL |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/03/94 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: GREG SCARFO +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |BLAINE MURRAY RDO | |AINC 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(C) POT UNCNTRL RAD REL | | |AIND 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(D) ACCIDENT MITIGATION | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | NON-CLASS 1E TIMERS WERE FOUND WITHIN CLASS 1E ELECTRICAL CONTROL CIRCUITRY | | WHOSE FAILURE COULD PREVENT THE CONTROL ROOM EMERGENCY BYPASS FILTER SYSTEM | | (CREBFS) AND THE STANDBY GAS TREATMENT SYSTEM (SGTS) FROM PERFORMING THEIR | | SAFETY FUNCTIONS. | | | | THE FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF A FACSIMILE SUBMITTED BY THE LICENSEE: | | "DURING DESIGN CRITERIA DOCUMENT DEVELOPMENT, A REVIEW OF OPEN ITEMS | | ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONTROL ROOM VENTILATION SYSTEM REVEALED THAT AN | | ELAPSED TIME METER (ETM) WHICH HAD BEEN PURCHASED NON-ESSENTIAL AND | | INSTALLED IN 1975, WAS INSTALLED IN THE ESSENTIAL FAN CONTROL LOGIC | | CIRCUIT. THE ETM IS WIRED IN PARALLEL WITH THE FAN MOTOR AND SHOULD | | IT FAIL, THE CONTROL POWER FUSE FOR THE FAN WOULD BLOW, PREVENTING FAN | | START OR CAUSING FAN TRIP. A REVIEW OF THE DESIGN CHANGE REVEALED THAT | | IDENTICAL ETMs WERE INSTALLED IN AN IDENTICAL FASHION IN THE SGTG FAN | | CONTROL LOGIC CIRCUITS. THEIR FAILURE WOULD HAVE A SIMILAR RESULT. | | | | THIS CONDITION WAS DISCOVERED ON 09/01/94. AN OPERABILITY EVALUATION OF | | THE CONDITION WAS SUBSEQUENTLY INITIATED. ON 09/03/94, ENGINEERING | | DETERMINED THAT THE ETMs COULD NOT BE QUALIFIED. BASED ON THIS ASSESSMENT, | | AT APPROXIMATELY 1600, THE SHIFT SUPERVISOR WAS ADVISED BY MANAGEMENT THAT | | THE ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS SHOULD BE DECLARED INOPERABLE. AT 1630, THE CREBFS | | AND THE SGTS WERE DECLARED INOPERABLE. | | | | DUE TO THE PLANT BEING IN A COLD SHUTDOWN CONDITION, INOPERABILITY OF | | THESE SYSTEMS HAS NO SAFETY-RELATED IMPACT. ACTION HAS BEEN INITIATED | | TO DISCONNECT THE ETMs AND RESTORE THE RESPECTIVE SYSTEMS TO SERVICE. | | AN EVALUATION OF THE CONTINUED USE OF THE ETMs IN A MODIFIED CIRCUIT | | WILL BE PURSUED." THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 27748 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: VERMONT YANKEE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/04/94 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: VT |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:12 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 09/04/94 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 11:04[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: McKENNEY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/04/94 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |FRANK COSTELLO 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 80 POWER OPERATION | 80 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | AT 1104, LICENSEE WAS NOTIFIED THAT THEIR NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND | | ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION (NOAA) TRANSMITTER WAS INOPERABLE. | | | | REPAIRS ARE BEING MADE. | | | | LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1259 FROM McKENNEY TAKEN BY SCARFO * * * | | | | THE NOAA TRANSMITTER HAS BEEN RETURNED TO SERVICE. | | | | LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | HOO NOTIFIED R1DO COSTELLO. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 27749 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: VERMONT YANKEE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/05/94 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: VT |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:19 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 09/05/94 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 14:00[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DENNIS MAY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/05/94 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |FRANK COSTELLO 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 80 POWER OPERATION | 80 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | MAJOR LOSS OF EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION TO THE PUBLIC. | | | | THE LICENSEE WAS NOTIFIED THAT THEIR AMES HILL EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION | | TRANSMITTER WAS LOST FOR UNKNOWN REASONS. REPAIR PERSONNEL HAVE BEEN | | DISPATCHED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. UNTIL THE REPAIRS ARE COMPLETED | | EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION WILL BE BY SIRENS AND OTHER MEANS. THE LICENSEE HAS | | NOT INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1508 EDT FROM BROOKS TAKEN BY KARSCH * * * | | AMES HILL TRANSMITTER RESTORED AT 1502 EDT. R1DO (COSTELLO) NOTIFIED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+