U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 10/06/94 - 10/07/94 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 27860 27870 27871 27872 27873 27874 27875 +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 27860 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: CAMMENGA ASSOCIATES |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/04/94 | | CITY: HOLLAND REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:58 [ET]| | COUNTY: ALLEGAN STATE: MI |EVENT DATE: 10/04/94 | |LICENSE#: 21-26460-01 AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 11:45[EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/06/94 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |BRUCE BURGES RDO | | |BILL BRACH (NMSS) EO | +------------------------------------------------+JOHN DAVIDSON (IAT) NMSS | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JOHN STUEDEMANN | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |BAB1 20.2201(a)(1)(i) LOST/STOLEN LNM>1000X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | DURING MONTHLY INVENTORY OF SOURCES LICENSEE DISCOVERED THAT AT LEAST 950 | | VIALS (.375" LONG BY .25" WIDE) EACH CONTAINING 50 MILLICURIES (50mCi) MAY | | HAVE BEEN STOLEN BY A FORMER EMPLOYEE OF CAMMENGA ASSOCIATES LOCATED IN | | HOLLAND, MI. | | | | RADIATION SAFETY OFFICER (RSO) SAID THAT DURING THEIR MONTHLY INVENTORY OF | | SOURCES (REQUIRED PER THEIR LICENSE) THEY DETERMINED THAT 950 TRITIUM | | SOURCES EACH CONTAINING 50mCi ARE MISSING AND THEY BELIEVE THAT THEY MAY | | HAVE BEEN STOLEN BY A FORMER EMPLOYEE. RADIATION SAFETY OFFICER SAID THAT | | AFTER QUESTIONING PLANT EMPLOYEES THEY BELIEVE THAT A FORMER EMPLOYEE MAY | | HAVE STOLEN THE TRITIUM SOURCES AND HE MAY BE PASSING THEM OUT TO OTHER | | PEOPLE. THESE TRITIUM SOURCES ARE USED AS LIGHT SOURCES IN UNITED STATES | | ARMY COMPASSES. AS LONG AS THE TRITIUM REMAINS IN THE VIALS IT POSES NO | | RADIATION HAZARD TO INDIVIDUALS (TRITIUM IS A WEAK BETA EMITTER). TRITIUM | | IS AN INTERNAL HAZARD ONLY. LAST INVENTORY WAS PERFORMED AT THE END OF | | AUGUST AND NO RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL WAS MISSING. RSO DID NOT BELIEVE THAT | | LICENSEE HAD NOTIFIED LAW OFFICIALS OF THE MISSING TRITIUM SOURCES. | | | | ***UPDATE 10/04/94 1230ET BY JOHN STUEDEMANN TAKEN BY DOUG WEAVER*** | | RSO SAID THAT 943 VIALS (50mCi), 59 VIALS (25mCi), & 97 VIALS (5mCi) OF | | TRITIUM WERE MISSING AND SOME OF THE MISSING TRITIUM MAY ALREADY BE IN | | COMPASSES. | | | | ***COMMISSIONERS ASSISTANTS BRIEFING AT 1600 EDT ON 10/6/94*** | | CONDUCTED BY GROBE OF RG III. PARTICIPANTS WERE PUBLIC AFFAIRS(BEECHER); | | STATE PROGRAMS(SOLIMAN); IP(UPSHAW); EDO-MATERIALS(STABLEIN); AEOD | | (BROCKMAN); CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS(CALLAHAN); SELIN'S ASSISTANT(McCONNELL); | | DE PLANQUE'S ASSISTANT (LUBENAU); NMSS (COMBS/YARDUMIAN). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 27870 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: ITT FLUID TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/06/94 | | CITY: INDUSTRY REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 07:12 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: CA |EVENT DATE: 08/03/94 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 00:01[PDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/06/94 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: FACSIMILE | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: WILLIAM HUFFMAN | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |CDEG 21.21(c)(3)(i) DEFECTS/NONCOMPLIANCE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | PART 21 REPORT CONCERNING RELAYS USED IN INDICATING SWITCHES MANUFACTURED | | BY ITT BARTON OF INDUSTRY, CALIFORNIA. | | | | ITT BARTON IS A SUPPLIER OF BASIC COMPONENTS TO THE NUCLEAR POWER INDUSTRY. | | RELAYS USED IN THE ITT BARTON MODEL 288 INDICATING SWITCH HAVE BEEN | | DETERMINED TO BE NOT THE SAME AS THOSE QUALIFIED FOR SEISMIC APPLICATION. | | RELAYS THAT WERE SUPPLIED IN JANUARY OF 1994 WERE INTERCHANGEABLE IN FIT, | | MATERIAL, AND FUNCTION, BUT DIFFERENT IN FORM THAN THE ORIGINALLY QUALIFIED | | SEISMIC RELAYS. INVESTIGATION HAS REVEALED THAT OTHER UNQUALIFIED RELAYS | | MAY HAVE BEEN SUPPLIED BETWEEN 1975 AND 1984. | | | | THE UNQUALIFIED RELAYS ARE GOING TO BE PLACED THROUGH A SEISMIC TESTING | | EVALUATION PROGRAM TO ASSESS THE POTENTIAL FOR FAILURE UNDER SEISMIC | | CONDITIONS. FINAL ACTIONS AND NOTIFICATIONS WILL BE MADE DEPENDING ON THE | | RESULTS OF THE SEISMIC TESTING. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 27871 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SEQUOYAH REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/06/94 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: TN |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:43 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 10/05/94 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 15:15[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: WALT HASS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/06/94 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: WILLIAM HUFFMAN +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |PAUL FREDRICKSON 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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 900 GALLON HYDRAZINE SPILL INTO PLANT DRAINAGE SYSTEM. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER, THE TENNESSEE EMERGENCY | | MANAGEMENT AGENCY, AND THE HAMILTON COUNTY EMERGENCY AGENCY OF A HYDRAZINE | | SPILL. APPROXIMATELY 900 GALLONS OF WATER CONTAINING 2800 PPM HYDRAZINE WAS | | INADVERTENTLY DRAINED FROM A STEAM GENERATOR THROUGH A FEEDWATER DRAIN LINE | | ONTO THE SITE GROUNDS AND INTO THE YARD DRAINAGE SYSTEM. | | | | THE YARD DRAINAGE SYSTEM DRAINS INTO THE YARD DRAINAGE POND (7 MILLION | | GALLONS) WHICH DRAINS INTO A DIFFUSER POND WHERE THE EFFLUENT IS MIXED WITH | | 600,000 GALLONS PER MINUTE OF COOLING WATER. THERE HAS BEEN NO DETECTABLE | | QUANTITY OF HYDRAZINE DISCHARGED TO THE TENNESSEE RIVER. NO RADIOACTIVITY | | WAS RELEASED. | | | | THE LICENSEE STATES THAT THE EVENT WAS NOT DETERMINED TO BE REPORTABLE | | UNTIL 1200 EDT ON 10/6/94 | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE NOTIFIED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 27872 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: CATAWBA REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/06/94 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: SC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:53 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 10/06/94 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 17:20[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: SONNY TRUESDALE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/06/94 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: WILLIAM HUFFMAN +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |PAUL FREDRICKSON RDO | |AENS 50.72(b)(1)(v) ENS INOPERABLE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LOSS OF FTS AND MOST COMMERCIAL TELEPHONE LINES TO PLANT. | | | | THE LICENSEE REPORTED THAT THE FTS TELEPHONE SYSTEM AS WELL AS MOST | | COMMERCIAL CIRCUITS TO THE PLANT SITE ARE INOPERABLE. THE LICENSEE WAS ABLE | | TO PLACE A CALL TO THE NRC OPERATIONS CENTER VIA THE BACKUP LINE FROM ONE | | OF THE OPERABLE CIRCUITS ONSITE. IT WAS ALSO VERIFIED THE THE LICENSEE | | COULD CONTACT THE NRC THROUGH THE LOAD DISPATCHER AND THE PLANT SWITCHBOARD | | OPERATOR. THERE IS AN INDICATION THAT A TELEPHONE CABLE MAY HAVE BEEN CUT | | FROM CONSTRUCTION IN PROGRESS ALONG A HIGHWAY NEAR THE SITE. | | | | THE LICENSEE AGREED TO HOURLY COMMUNICATIONS CHECKS UNTIL THE PHONE SYSTEM | | WAS RESTORED TO NORMAL. THE PHONE SYSTEM FOR CONTACTING STATE AND LOCAL | | AUTHORITIES IS STILL OPERATIONAL. NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE NOTIFIED. | | THE NRC OPERATIONS OFFICER REPORTED THE CONDITION TO THE FTS TROUBLE | | TRACKING NETWORK. | | | | *** UPDATE AT 2043 EDT ON 10/6/94 *** | | FTS SERVICE WAS RESTORED TO THE LICENSEE AT 2043 EDT. THE NRC RESIDENT WILL | | BE NOTIFIED. R2DO (FREDRICKSON) HAS BEEN INFORMED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 27873 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: BYRON REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/06/94 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 19:46 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 10/06/94 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 18:20[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MATT ROBERT |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/06/94 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: WILLIAM HUFFMAN +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |GEOFFREY WRIGHT 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 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | DEGRADED STEAM GENERATOR TUBES FOUND DURING SHUTDOWN INSPECTION. | | | | THE FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF A FACSIMILE PROVIDED BY THE LICENSEE REPORTING | | THE EVENT: | | "IN ACCORDANCE WITH 10CFR50.72(b)(2)(i), BYRON STATION IS NOTIFYING THE NRC | | OF A DEGRADED CONDITION WHILE SHUTDOWN. DURING THE STEAM GENERATOR | | INSPECTION [HOO NOTE: EDDY CURRENT INSPECTION USING A BOBBIN COIL PROBE] | | CONDUCTED FOR THE CURRENT REFUELING OUTAGE, B1R06, AN INITIAL SAMPLE | | CONSISTING OF 100% OF THE SG TUBES WAS INSPECTED OVER THE FULL LENGTH OF | | THE TUBES. MORE THAN 1% OF THE INSPECTED TUBES WERE FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE | | IN THAT THEY CONTAINED IMPERFECTIONS WHICH EXCEEDED THE PLUGGING OR REPAIR | | LIMIT. IN ACCORDANCE WITH BYRON TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 4.4.5.2, THESE | | INSPECTION RESULTS CORRESPOND TO A C-3 CLASSIFICATION, REQUIRING | | NOTIFICATION. DEFECTIVE TUBES WILL BE PLUGGED OR REPAIRED." | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 27874 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SOUTH TEXAS REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/06/94 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: TX |NOTIFICATION TIME: 20:05 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 10/06/94 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 16:36[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MIKE SICARD |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/06/94 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: WILLIAM HUFFMAN +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |LINDA KASNER 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 Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | HYDRAZINE SPILL REPORTED OFFSITE. | | | | 50 GALLONS OF 35% HYDRAZINE WAS RELEASED TO THE GROUND FROM A HYDRAZINE | | STORAGE TANK. THE HYDRAZINE SOMEHOW ESCAPED FROM THE TANK AND PASSED | | THROUGH A DRAIN VALVE IN THE BERM AROUND THE TANK. THE SOURCE OF THE LEAK | | FROM THE TANK AND THE REASON THE BERM DRAIN VALVE WAS OPEN ARE UNDER | | INVESTIGATION. | | | | THE GROUND WHERE THE HYDRAZINE SPILLED IS BEING DUG UP AND STORED IN | | BARRELS. | | | | THE NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER AND THE EPA WERE NOTIFIED OF THE LEAK. THE NRC | | RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS ALSO BEEN INFORMED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 27875 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: COOPER REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/06/94 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NE |NOTIFICATION TIME: 20:19 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 10/06/94 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 16:55[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: RATZLAFF |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/06/94 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: WILLIAM HUFFMAN +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |LINDA KASNER 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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | APPENDIX R CONCERN REGARDING LOCATION OF CO2 FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM | | PRESSURE SWITCHES. | | | | THE CO2 FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM PRESSURE SWITCHES FOR THE EMERGENCY DIESEL | | GENERATORS CAUSE THE EDG HVAC SYSTEM TO SHUTDOWN AFTER ACTIVATION OF CO2 | | DURING A FIRE. THE LICENSEE HAS FOUND THE PRESSURE SWITCHES FOR THIS SYSTEM | | ARE BOTH LOCATED IN THE SAME FIRE AREA (FIRE AREA 8) OUTSIDE OF EITHER OF | | THE EDG GENERATOR ROOMS. THE LICENSEE STATES THAT A FIRE IN VICINITY OF THE | | PRESSURE SWITCHES COULD CAUSE BOTH EDG HVAC UNITS TO BE RENDERED INOPERABLE | | BY DISABLING CONTROL POWER TO THE HVAC FAN MOTORS. IF THE EDG'S WERE | | RUNNING, THIS COULD EVENTUALLY CAUSE THEM TO OVERHEAT AND BE RENDERED | | INOPERABLE AS WELL. THIS IS IN VIOLATION OF APPENDIX R SEPARATION | | REQUIREMENTS AND IS NOT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PLANT'S DESIGN BASIS | | DOCUMENTS. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+