U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 10/14/94 - 10/17/94 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 27899 27900 27901 27902 27903 27904 27905 27906 27907 27908 27909 27910 !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |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. | | | | *** RETRACTION FROM BOURASSA TO WEAVER AT 1054 EDT ON 10/14/94 *** | | THE LICENSEE IS RETRACTING THIS EVENT BECAUSE THE ACTUATION SIGNAL WAS | | INVALID AND THE SYSTEM WAS PROPERLY REMOVED FROM SERVICE FOR SURVEILLANCE | | TESTING. THE SIGNAL WAS A RESULT OF THE DEENERGIZED RDS CABINET WHICH WAS | | IN THIS CONFIGURATION DUE TO MAINTENANCE WORK TO SUPPORT THE ONGOING | | REFUELING OUTAGE. THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND R3DO(GARDNER) HAVE BEEN | | INFORMED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 27900 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: JAWORSKI GEOTECH |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/14/94 | | CITY: MANCHESTER REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:00 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: NH |EVENT DATE: 10/13/94 | |LICENSE#: 28-30018-01 AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 16:20[EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/14/94 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |MICHAEL MODES RDO | | | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: GARY JAWORSKI | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DOUG WEAVER | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NINF INFORMATION ONLY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | STOLEN TROXLER DENSITY GAUGE | | | | A DENSITY GAUGE WAS REPORTEDLY STOLEN AT APPROXIMATELY 1620 ON 10/13/94 | | FROM A WORK SITE IN BRISTOL, CONNECTICUT. THE GAUGE CONTAINED A MAXIMUM | | ACTIVITY OF 9 mCi OF Cs-137 AND 50 mCi OF Am-241. A CONTACT PHONE NUMBER | | IS CONTAINED IN THE HOO LOG. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 27901 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PILGRIM REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/14/94 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: MA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:10 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-3 |EVENT DATE: 10/14/94 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 09:45[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: FRED DUCRUSTIFARO |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/14/94 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DOUG WEAVER +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MICHAEL MODES RDO | |ADAS 50.72(b)(2)(i) DEG/UNANALYZED COND | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | A SHIELD WALL AROUND THE RECIRCULATION SUCTION PIPING HAS SEVERAL MOUNTING | | BOLTS MISSING. THIS RESULTED IN A DEGRADED STRUCTURAL CONDITION OF THE | | SHIELD WALL. A FAILURE OF THIS WALL DURING A DBA WOULD RESULT IN THE | | POTENTIAL FOR MISSILE HAZARDS IN THE DRYWELL. THE LICENSEE HAS INITIATED | | CORRECTIVE ACTION TO REPLACE THE BOLTS. THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC | | RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 27902 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: SOR, INC |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/14/94 | | CITY: LENEXA REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:43 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: KS |EVENT DATE: 10/14/94 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 00:00[CDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/14/94 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: C. TURNEY | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |CCCC 21.21 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | SOR, INC. MADE NOTIFICATION CONCERNING A POTENTIAL DEFECT IN SOR | | NUCLEAR-QUALIFIED PRESSURE, VACUUM AND TEMPERATURE SWITCHES. | | | | THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXTRACT FROM THE FACSIMILE RECEIVED FROM THE VENDOR: | | | | "THE EPOXY USED TO POT THE LEAD WIRES INTO THE CONDUIT SEAL HAS BEEN FOUND | | ON THE WIRE INSULATION OF THE DEFECTIVE SWITCHES. WHEN THE WIRES ARE BENT, | | THE EPOXY ON THE INSULATION CRACKS AT ONE LOCATION, CONCENTRATING THE POINT | | AT WHICH THE WIRE IS BENT, AND THEREBY TEARING THE INSULATION. FACTORY | | TESTS HAVE SHOWN THAT THE SEVERITY OF THE CRACKING OR TEARING IS DEPENDENT | | ON THE THICKNESS OF THE EPOXY ON THE WIRE, THE BEND RADIUS OF THE WIRE, AND | | THE NUMBER OF TIMES THE WIRE IS FLEXED. IF THERE IS NO EPOXY ON THE | | INSULATION, THE WIRE MAY BE SUBJECTED TO THE RECOMMENDED MINIMUM BEND | | RADIUS WITH NO DETRIMENTAL EFFECT." | | | | ACCORDING TO THE VENDOR, PLANTS WHICH MAY HAVE PURCHASED SWITCHES FROM THE | | SUBJECT LOTS ARE: QUAD CITIES, LASALLE, HADDAM NECK, MILLSTONE, INDIAN | | POINT, OCONEE, MCGUIRE, RIVER BEND, FORT CALHOUN, WNP-2, COOPER, AND | | FERMI-2. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 27903 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: VERMONT YANKEE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/14/94 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: VT |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:58 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 10/14/94 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 15:12[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BROOKS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/14/94 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: UNUSUAL EVENT +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MODES RDO | |ASHU 50.72(b)(1)(i)(A) PLANT S/D REQD BY TS |CALVO EO | |AAEC 50.72(a)(1)(i) EMERGENCY DECLARED |WITSBERGER 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 | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | PLANT ENTERED A 24 HOUR LIMITING CONDITION FOR OPERATION DUE TO A SMALL | | SERVICE WATER LEAK. | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS DISCOVERED A SMALL LEAK ON THE SHELL DRAIN LINE OF ONE OF | | THE REACTOR BUILDING CLOSED COOLING WATER (RBCCW) HEAT EXCHANGERS. THE | | LEAK CANNOT BE ISOLATED BECAUSE A BYPASS VALVE ON THE HEAT EXCHANGER | | SERVICE WATER OUTLET LINE HAS BECOME BOUND AND WILL NOT CLOSE COMPLETELY. | | THIS PLACES THE UNIT IN A 24 HOUR TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION LCO (3.5.D.4) TO | | REPAIR THE LEAK OR TO SHUT THE UNIT DOWN. | | | | THE LICENSEE IS CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING ALTERNATE METHODS FOR ISOLATING THE | | RBCCW HEAT EXCHANGER TO EFFECT REPAIRS. IF A PLANT SHUTDOWN IS INITIATED, | | THE LICENSEE WILL DECLARE AN UNUSUAL EVENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR | | EMERGENCY PLAN. THE RI WILL BE INFORMED. | | | | *** UPDATE 1937 EDT 10/14/94 FROM BROOKS BY STRANSKY *** | | | | LICENSEE DECLARED AN UNUSUAL EVENT DUE TO DECISION TO PLACE THE UNIT IN | | COLD SHUTDOWN TO REPAIR THE STUCK VALVE AND LEAKING HEAT EXCHANGER. THE | | LICENSEE WILL NOTIFY STATE GOVERNMENTS, AND A PRESS RELEASE IS EXPECTED. RI | | WILL BE INFORMED. NOTIFIED R1DO (MODES), EO (CALVO), FEMA (WITSBERGER). | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 0843 ON 10/15/94 BY DOANE ENTERED BY HOO JOLLIFFE * * * | | | | WITH THE PLANT IN CONDITION 3 (HOT SHUTDOWN), LICENSEE REMOVED THE 4 INCH | | MANUAL GLOBE BYPASS VALVE TO THE 'B' RBCCW HEAT EXCHANGER AND INSTALLED | | BLANK FLANGES IN PLACE OF THE VALVE WHICH ISOLATED THE HEAT EXCHANGER AND | | THE LEAK. | | | | A 1 INCH DIAMETER X 6 INCH LONG PIECE OF BAR STOCK LODGED INSIDE THE VALVE | | CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE VALVE WHEN CONTROL ROOM OPERATORS ATTEMPTED TO | | MANUALLY CLOSE THE VALVE. | | | | THE 100% CAPACITY 'A' RBCCW HEAT EXCHANGER IS OPERABLE AND IN SERVICE. | | | | AT 0825 ON 10/15/94, LICENSEE EXITED THE LCO AND TERMINATED THE UE. | | LICENSEE NOTIFIED NH, MA, AND VT OFFICIALS AND WILL NOTIFY THE NRC RESIDENT | | INSPECTOR. | | | | LICENSEE IS INVESTIGATING THE SITUATION AND PLANS TO RESTART THE PLANT | | LATER TODAY WITH THE BLANK FLANGES INSTALLED. | | | | HOO NOTIFIED R1DO MODES, NRR EO CALVO, AND FEMA LOUZONIS OF THE TERMINATION | | OF THE UE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 27904 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: COMANCHE PEAK REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/14/94 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: TX |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:33 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 10/14/94 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 14:15[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: CERNEY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/14/94 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: | | |AESF 50.72(b)(2)(ii) ESF ACTUATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 2 | N N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | CONTAINMENT PURGE ISOLATION DUE TO PERSONNEL ERROR. | | | | "CONTAINMENT VENTILATION ISOLATION SIGNAL OCCURRED WHEN CLEARANCE 2-94-1313 | | WAS HUNG ON INSTRUMENT INVERTER 1V2C3. THE REQUIRED BYPASS POWER WAS | | CONCURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE DUE TO A SCHEDULED BUS OUTAGE. WHEN NORMAL POWER | | WAS DEENERGIZED, A RELAY WAS DEENERGIZED CAUSING A CONTAINMENT VENTILATION | | ISOLATION TO OCCUR WHICH SECURED THE CONTAINMENT PURGE SYSTEM WHICH WAS IN | | OPERATION. THE RELAY SENSED A HIGH RADIATION SIGNAL WHEN AN ACTUAL HIGH | | RADIATION CONDITION DID NOT EXIST. UPON REALIZING BACKUP POWER DID NOT | | EXIST, NORMAL POWER WAS RESTORED." | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS RESET THE ISOLATION SIGNAL AND PLACED THE CONTAINMENT | | PURGE SYSTEM BACK INTO SERVICE. THE RI HAS BEEN INFORMED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 27905 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: MAINE YANKEE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/15/94 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: ME |NOTIFICATION TIME: 09:55 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] CE |EVENT DATE: 10/11/94 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 11:00[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: McDOUGOLD |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/15/94 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MICHAEL MODES RDO | |APRE 50.72(b)(2)(vi) OFFSITE NOTIFICATION |JOSE CALVO EO | | |ERNIE ROSSI AEOD | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - NEWS REPORTS OF 5 UNIVERSITY STUDENTS CONTAMINATED DURING A PLANT TOUR - | | | | AT 1100 ON 10/11/94, LICENSEE WAS CONDUCTING A TOUR OF MAINE YANKEE FOR | | UNIVERSITY OF MAINE CHEMISTRY STUDENTS. WHILE THE STUDENTS WERE STANDING | | NEAR THE SPENT FUEL POOL, A RESIN SLUICING OPERATION WAS BEING PERFORMED | | NEARBY AND RADIOACTIVE INERT GAS WAS INADVERTENTLY RELEASED INSIDE THE | | PRIMARY AUXILIARY BUILDING. FIVE STUDENTS SET OFF PORTAL MONITORS WHEN | | THEY TRIED TO EXIT THE PRIMARY SIDE OF THE PLANT. THESE STUDENTS WERE | | WHOLE BODY COUNTED WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS. THESE STUDENTS WERE ABLE TO | | CLEAR THE PORTAL MONITORS AFTER WAITING FOR 30 MINUTES. | | | | THIS INCIDENT WAS REPORTED ON THE STATE TV EVENING NEWS CHANNELS ON | | 10/14/94 AND THE INCIDENT WAS DESCRIBED IN THE STATE MORNING NEWSPAPER ON | | 10/15/94. THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS AWARE OF THIS INCIDENT EARLIER | | IN THE WEEK AND WAS QUOTED IN THE NEWSPAPER. | | | | LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR OF THIS EVENT. | | | | LICENSEE REPORTED THIS EVENT TO THE NRC AS AN OFFSITE NOTIFICATION EVEN | | THOUGH NO RELEASE LIMITS WERE EXCEEDED AND NO OFFSITE AGENCIES WERE | | NOTIFIED. | | | | R1DO WILL NOTIFY R1PAO. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 27906 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: MONTICELLO REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/15/94 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: MN |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:13 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-3 |EVENT DATE: 10/15/94 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 09:40[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: PEDERSON |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/15/94 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ 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 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - SHUTDOWN COOLING LOST FOR 30 MINUTES; RCS TEMP INCREASED 1 F DEGREE - | | | | AT 0940 (CDT), WITH THE PLANT IN CONDITION 4 (COLD SHUTDOWN), LICENSEE WAS | | PERFORMING A TECH SPEC SURVEILLANCE TEST OF THE POWER TRANSFER FROM THE | | #Y-81 UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SUPPLY TO THE ALTERNATE POWER SOURCE WHEN THE | | ALTERNATE POWER SUPPLY BREAKER (#4482) FAILED TO CLOSE TO PICK UP THE LOAD. | | | | THIS CAUSED A GROUP II ISOLATION SIGNAL WHICH CLOSED THE SHUTDOWN COOLING | | SYSTEM SUCTION VALVES. | | | | AT 1010 (CDT), ALL SYSTEMS WERE RESTORED TO NORMAL. RCS TEMPERATURE | | INCREASED 1 F DEGREE. | | | | LICENSEE IS INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE. | | | | LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | NOTE: SEE EVENT #27894 FOR A SIMILAR EVENT. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 27907 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/16/94 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM HEXAFLUORIDE PRODUCTION |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:32 [ET]| |COMMENTS: UF6 CONVERSION (DRY PROCESS) |EVENT DATE: 10/16/94 | | |EVENT TIME: 08:00[CDT]| | |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/16/94 | | CITY: METROPOLIS REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: MASSAC STATE: IL |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: SUB-526 AGREEMENT: Y |RONALD GARDNER RDO | | DOCKET: 04003392 |JOE HOLONICH EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: POWERS(AS) & MANGONI(NRC) | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |KBBF 70.50(b)(2)(ii) EQUIP DISABLED/FAILS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - YELLOW CAKE SPILLED ONTO A CONCRETE PAD WHEN A CALCINER SEAL FAILED - | | | | SHELLY STEWART-POWERS OF ALLIED SIGNAL AND MST2 MANGONI OF THE USCG | | NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER REPORTED THAT 1250 POUNDS OF DRY URANIUM ORE | | CONCENTRATE (YELLOW CAKE) SPILLED ONTO THE CONCRETE PAD BELOW A CALCINER | | AT THE ALLIED SIGNAL UF6 CONVERSION PLANT IN METROPOLIS, ILLINOIS WHEN | | ONE OF THE CALCITE SEALS FAILED. THE RELEASE (0.38 CURIES TOTAL) WAS | | SECURED AND CLEANUP WAS COMPLETED BY 0915 (CDT). | | | | THERE WERE NO EQUIPMENT DAMAGES, RELEASES TO THE ENVIRONMENT, PERSONNEL | | EXPOSURES, PERSONNEL EVACUATIONS, PERSONNEL INJURIES, OR FATALITIES. | | | | LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE ILLINOIS STATE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, EPA | | REGION V, AND USCG NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER (WHO NOTIFIED DOE). | | | | THIS EVENT IS USCG NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER INCIDENT REPORT #265536. | | | | SEE HOO LOG FOR TELEPHONE NUMBERS. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 27908 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SALEM REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/16/94 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: NJ |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:43 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 10/16/94 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 13:20[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: SAUER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/16/94 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MODES 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 N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LICENSEE NOTIFIED NEW JERSEY STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION | | OF RELEASE OF WATER CONTAINING HYDRAZINE INTO THE DELAWARE RIVER. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NJ DEP OF THE RELEASE OF 300,000 GALLONS OF WATER | | CONTAINING HYDRAZINE (APPROXIMATELY 3/4 LB TOTAL WEIGHT) INTO THE DELAWARE | | RIVER OVER A 24 HOUR PERIOD. THE LICENSEE STATED THAT THE RELEASE WAS DUE | | TO THE DRAINING OF CONDENSATE INTO THE TURBINE BUILDING SUMP WITHOUT | | CHEMICALLY SAMPLING THE CONDENSATE. THE RELEASE HAS BEEN TERMINATED. THE | | RI HAS BEEN INFORMED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 27909 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: BYRON REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/16/94 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:09 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 10/16/94 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 14:15[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: M. ROBERT |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/16/94 | |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | AUTOMATIC START OF AFW PUMP AUXILIARY LUBE OIL PUMP DUE TO PROCEDURAL | | INADEQUACY. | | | | "THE 1B AUXILIARY FEEDWATER PUMP AUXILIARY LUBE OIL PUMP AUTOSTARTED WHEN | | THE 480 FEED BREAKER FOR THE AUX LUBE OIL PUMP WAS CLOSED. THE AUTO START | | SIGNAL WAS GENERATED BECAUSE 2/4 REACTOR COOLANT PUMP 6.9 KV BUSES WERE | | DEENERGIZED FOR MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES. LEADS FOR THE AUTOSTART OF THE 1B | | AFW PUMP, AND THE 1B AFW PUMP GEARBOX LUBE OIL PUMP WERE LIFTED PRIOR TO | | THIS EVENT UNDER A NUCLEAR WORK REQUEST (NWR) TO PREVENT AN AUTOSTART OF | | THE ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT. THE NWR DID NOT INCLUDE LIFTING THE LEAD FOR THE | | 1B AFW PUMP AUX LUBE OIL PUMP. THERE WAS NO EFFECT ON PLANT OPERATION." | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED OF THIS EVENT. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 27910 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: MILLSTONE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/17/94 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: CT |NOTIFICATION TIME: 05:07 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-3,[2] CE,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 10/17/94 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 04:14[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DUBAY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/17/94 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MICHAEL MODES RDO | |AUNA 50.72(b)(1)(ii)(A) UNANALYZED COND OP | | |AINC 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(C) POT UNCNTRL RAD REL | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 2 | N N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - CONTAINMENT PURGE ISOLATION VALVE DRIFTED OPEN AND WOULD NOT CLOSE - | | | | WITH UNIT 2 IN A REFUELING OUTAGE AND CORE ALTERATIONS (UNCOUPLING CONTROL | | RODS) IN PROGRESS, THE AIR OPERATED OUTER CONTAINMENT PURGE ISOLATION VALVE | | (#2-AC-7) DRIFTED OPEN. CONTROL ROOM OPERATORS IMMEDIATELY ATTEMPTED TO | | CLOSE THE VALVE FROM THE CONTROL ROOM WITH THE HAND SWITCH, BUT IT DID NOT | | CLOSE. LICENSEE SUSPENDED ALL CORE ALTERATIONS. CONTROL ROOM OPERATORS | | THEN ATTEMPTED TO CLOSE THE VALVE WITH A TEST HIGH RADIATION SIGNAL AND | | IT DID NOT CLOSE. | | | | APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES LATER, CONTROL ROOM OPERATORS CLOSED THE VALVE BY | | BOTH A HAND SWITCH SIGNAL AND A TEST HIGH RADIATION SIGNAL AND THEN FAILED | | THE VALVE CLOSED BY ISOLATING ITS AIR SUPPLY. | | | | THE INNER CONTAINMENT PURGE ISOLATION VALVE (#2-AC-6) IN SERIES WITH THIS | | VALVE FAILED ITS LOCAL LEAK RATE TEST ON 10/13/94 AND HAS BEEN CLOSED SINCE | | THAT TIME. ALSO 2 NON-SAFETY RELATED VALVES DOWNSTREAM OF 2-AC-7 HAVE BEEN | | MAINTAINED CLOSED. | | | | LICENSEE IS INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE. | | | | LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+