U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 10/13/94 - 10/14/94 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 27894 27895 27896 27897 27898 27899 +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 27894 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: MONTICELLO REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/13/94 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: MN |NOTIFICATION TIME: 03:45 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-3 |EVENT DATE: 10/13/94 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 00:08[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: COX |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/13/94 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DOUG WEAVER +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |RONALD GARDNER RDO | |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 N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | ESF ACTUATION CAUSED BY LOSS OF 120 VAC UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SUPPLY (UPS) | | | | WHILE RESTORING THE NORMAL POWER SUPPLY TO THE 120 VAC UPS DIVISION II, THE | | SUPPLY BREAKER FROM THE ALTERNATE SOURCE TRIPPED. THIS CAUSED A LOSS OF | | THE POWER SUPPLY TO THE LOGIC FOR THE GROUP II ISOLATION FOR SHUTDOWN | | COOLING. SHUTDOWN COOLING ISOLATED AS EXPECTED. SHUTDOWN COOLING WAS NOT | | IN SERVICE DURING THIS EVENT. REACTOR TEMPERATURE IS 90 DEGREES F. | | | | THE ALTERNATE POWER SUPPLY BREAKER AND GROUP II ISOLATION LOGIC WERE RESET. | | ALL VALVES WERE RETURNED TO THEIR ORIGINAL POSITION. THE CAUSE OF THE | | BREAKER TRIP IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 27895 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: MCGUIRE REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/13/94 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: NC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 09:18 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 10/13/94 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 06:30[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: CASHION |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/13/94 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |CAUDLE JULIAN 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 N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - STATE & LOCAL OFFICIALS NOTIFIED OF 2 QUART ETHYLENE GLYCOL SPILL - | | | | A PLANT EMPLOYEE DROVE HIS PERSONAL VEHICLE INTO A UTILITY POLE IN A PLANT | | PARKING LOT OUTSIDE THE PLANT PROTECTED AREA RUPTURING THE VEHICLE RADIATOR | | SPILLING APPROXIMATELY 2 POUNDS (APP 2 QUARTS) OF ETHYLENE GLYCOL - WATER | | MIXTURE ONTO THE GROUND AND INTO THE NEARBY STORM DRAIN AND ONTO THE | | STANDBY NUCLEAR SERVICE WATER POND. THE LICENSEE SPILL LIMIT IS 1 POUND. | | | | LICENSEE CLEANED UP THE SPILL AND NOTIFIED THE NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER | | (REPORT #265105), NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH, AND | | NATURAL RESOURCES (MOORESVILLE OFFICE), MECKLENBURG COUNTY LOCAL EMERGENCY | | PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 27896 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PALISADES REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/13/94 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: MI |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:16 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] CE |EVENT DATE: 10/13/94 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 09:25[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: ROBERT VINCENT |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/13/94 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DOUG WEAVER +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |RONALD GARDNER RDO | |HFIT 26.73 FITNESS FOR DUTY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 NON LICENSED EMPLOYEE WAS DETERMINED TO BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE ON AN | | ILLEGAL DRUG DURING FOLLOWUP TESTING. THE EMPLOYEE'S ACCESS TO THE PLANT | | HAS BEEN TERMINATED. SEE HOO LOG FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 27897 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: BRAIDWOOD REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/13/94 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:46 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 10/13/94 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 08:55[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: HIGINBOTHAM |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/13/94 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DOUG WEAVER +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: UNUSUAL EVENT +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |RONALD GARDNER RDO | |AAEC 50.72(a)(1)(i) EMERGENCY DECLARED |AL CHAFFEE EO | | |WRIGHT FEMA | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | TRANSPORTATION OF A POTENTIALLY CONTAMINATED MAN OFF SITE | | | | AN UNUSUAL EVENT WAS DECLARED AT 0855 CDT WHEN A POTENTIALLY CONTAMINATED | | COMED EMPLOYEE WAS TRANSFERRED TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL. THE MAN INJURED HIS | | FINGER WHILE WORKING IN A RADIOLOGICALLY CONTROLLED AREA (RCA). THE INITIAL | | REPORT TO THE CONTROL ROOM INDICATED THAT THE MAN WOULD NOT BE | | DECONTAMINATED ON SITE BECAUSE OF THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE INJURY. HIS FINGER | | WAS ALMOST SEVERED. | | | | THE UNUSUAL EVENT WAS TERMINATED AT 0921 CDT WHEN IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT | | THE INDIVIDUAL WAS ACTUALLY DECONTAMINATED PRIOR TO LEAVING THE SITE. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 27898 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: MONTICELLO REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/13/94 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: MN |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:06 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-3 |EVENT DATE: 10/13/94 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 14:40[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: PETERSON |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/13/94 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |GARDNER RDO | |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 N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | REACTOR BUILDING VENTILATION ISOLATION AND STANDBY GAS TREATMENT SYSTEM | | START DUE TO PERSONNEL ERROR. | | | | WHILE TRANSFERRING REACTOR PROTECTION SYSTEM BUS B FROM ITS MOTOR-GENERATOR | | SET TO THE ALTERNATE POWER SUPPLY, POWER TO THE FUEL POOL AND REACTOR | | BUILDING VENTILATION RADIATION MONITORS WAS MOMENTARILY LOST. THIS CAUSED | | THE REACTOR BUILDING VENTILATION SYSTEM AND CONTAINMENT SAMPLE VALVES TO | | ISOLATE, AND THE SGTS TO START. THE LICENSEE ATTRIBUTED THE EVENT TO | | PERSONNEL ERROR IN THE FAILURE TO BYPASS THESE ACTUATIONS IN ACCORDANCE | | WITH PLANT PROCEDURES. THE SGTS WAS SECURED, AND THE REACTOR BUILDING | | VENTILATION SYSTEM WAS RETURNED TO ITS NORMAL LINEUP. RI WILL BE INFORMED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 27899 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: BIG ROCK POINT REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/14/94 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: MI |NOTIFICATION TIME: 02:26 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-1 |EVENT DATE: 10/14/94 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 01:33[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: CSER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/14/94 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DOUG WEAVER +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |RONALD GARDNER RDO | |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 N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | DIESEL FIRE PUMP AUTO STARTED DUE TO OPERATOR ERROR | | | | DURING A POST MAINTENANCE SURVEILLANCE TEST THE DIESEL FIRE PUMP | | AUTOMATICALLY STARTED WHEN THE CONTROL SWITCH WAS PLACED IN THE "AUTO" | | POSITION. PLACING THE SWITCH IN THE "AUTO" POSITION WAS A PREREQUISITE FOR | | THE TEST, BUT WAS NOT EXPECTED TO START THE DIESEL. THE DIESEL STARTED | | BECAUSE THE ACTUATION CABINET FOR THE RAPID DEPRESSURIZATION SYSTEM (RDS) | | HAD BEEN DEENERGIZED PRIOR TO THE SURVEILLANCE. (THE DIESEL FIRE PUMP | | SERVES AS A PORTION OF THE LOW HEAD INJECTION SYSTEM AT THIS PLANT.) NO | | WATER WAS INJECTED INTO THE VESSEL. THE VESSEL IS CURRENTLY DEFUELED. | | | | THE LICENSEE INTENDS TO RESTORE POWER TO THE RDS ACTUATION CABINET AND | | CONTINUE WITH THE DIESEL SURVEILLANCE. THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC | | RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+