U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 01/06/95 - 01/09/95 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 28212 28213 28214 28215 28216 28217 28218 28219 28220 28221 28222 28223 +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 28212 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: CLINTON REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/06/95 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 01:37 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-6 |EVENT DATE: 01/05/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 22:33[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: SHORT |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/06/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: TIM McGINTY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MARTIN FARBER 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 | M/R Y 79 POWER OPERATION | 0 HOT SHUTDOWN | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | MANUAL REACTOR SCRAM FROM 79% POWER DUE TO FEEDWATER HEATER PROBLEMS. | | | | THE REACTOR WAS MANUALLY SCRAMMED FROM 79% POWER DUE TO FEEDWATER HEATER | | PROBLEMS. ALL RODS FULLY INSERTED ON THE SCRAM. THERE WERE NO ABNORMAL | | LEVEL OR PRESSURE TRANSIENTS FOLLOWING THE SCRAM. | | | | PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED TUBE LEAKS ON THE "5B" FEEDWATER (FW) HEATER WORSENED | | TO THE POINT THAT IT WAS NECESSARY TO REMOVE THE HEATER STRING (2B THROUGH | | 5B) FROM SERVICE. POWER WAS REDUCED TO 70% AND EXTRACTION STEAM WAS | | ISOLATED TO THE HEATER STRING. WHILE SLOWLY OPENING THE HEATER STRING | | BYPASS VALVE, OSCILLATIONS BEGAN TO OCCUR IN THE "6A" FW HEATER AS WELL AS | | THE "A" SIDE REHEATER DRAIN TANK. DUE TO ALREADY HAVING ONE FW HEATER | | STRING OUT OF SERVICE AND PROBLEMS DEVELOPING ON THE OTHER, THE SHIFT | | SUPERVISOR MADE THE DECISION TO SCRAM THE REACTOR (BASED ON DECREASING | | FEEDWATER TEMPERATURES). | | | | THE ONLY OTHER PROBLEM IDENTIFIED AT THIS POINT IS THAT THE MAIN GENERATOR | | FAILED TO TRIP AS DESIGNED ON REVERSE POWER. OPERATORS MANUALLY | | TRANSFERRED ALL ELECTRICAL BUSES FROM IN-HOUSE POWER TO OFF-SITE POWER AND | | THEN TRIPPED THE GENERATOR BY OPENING THE MAIN OUTPUT BREAKERS. | | | | A REPAIR/INSPECTION PLAN IS UNDERWAY FOR THE "5B" HEATER, AND THE ASPECTS | | OF THE EVENT ON THE "6A" FEEDWATER HEATER AND THE REVERSE POWER TRIP WILL | | ALSO BE INVESTIGATED. ALL ECCS's AND EDG's ARE OPERATIONAL, AND NO SRV's | | OPERATED IN RESPONSE TO THE TRANSIENT. THE UNIT IS STABLE IN HOT SHUTDOWN, | | AND WILL BE MAINTAINED IN MODE 3 ALTHOUGH A RESTART DATE IS PENDING THE | | RESULTS OF THE INVESTIGATION. THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE RESIDENT | | INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 28213 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: ZION REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/06/95 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 05:39 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 01/06/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 00:48[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: WULF |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/06/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: TIM McGINTY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MARTIN FARBER RDO | |AINA 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(A) POT UNABLE TO SAFE SD | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 2 | M/R Y 2 STARTUP | 0 HOT STANDBY | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | TWO RODS FAILED TO INDICATE FULLY INSERTED AFTER THE MANUAL SCRAM TO ENTER | | THE REFUELING OUTAGE. | | | | UNIT 2 WAS SHUTTING DOWN FOR THE UPCOMING REFUELING OUTAGE. TWO CONTROL | | RODS FAILED TO FULLY INSERT ON THE PLANNED MANUAL REACTOR TRIP FROM 2%. | | RODS "K-14" ON CONTROL BANK "B" AND "M-12" ON CONTROL BANK "D" DID NOT | | INDICATE FULLY INSERTED (VIA THE LVDT INDICATING LIGHT). A PREVIOUS WORK | | REQUEST HAD BEEN ISSUED ON ROD "K-14" ON 12/27/94, DUE TO NO RPI's LIT WITH | | THE ROD AT 214 STEPS. | | | | ROD "M-12" LATER DID PROVIDE AN INDICATION OF BEING FULLY INSERTED (AT | | ABOUT 0147 CST) WITHOUT ANY MANUAL ACTION. WHEN THE TWO RODS DID NOT | | INDICATE FULLY INSERTED IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE TRIP, AN EMERGENCY BORATION | | OF 100 ppm WAS INITIATED AS REQUIRED BY ABNORMAL OPERATING PROCEDURE. | | | | TECH SPEC 3.2 SPECIFIES AN EMERGENCY BORATION OF 100 ppm PER ROD GREATER | | THAN ONE NOT FULLY INSERTED. THE EMERGENCY BORATION WAS TERMINATED WHEN | | THE "M-12" ROD LATER INDICATED FULLY INSERTED. THE LICENSEE WILL BE | | INVESTIGATING THE ROD POSITION INDICATION PROBLEMS, AND HAS INFORMED THE | | RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | ** UPDATE DATE/TIME: 1/6/94 @ 1052 EST **FROM:OBEREMPT BY:McGINTY** | | THE LICENSEE IS RETRACTING THIS EVENT AFTER FURTHER REVIEW DETERMINED THAT | | THE TWO CONTROL RODS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED AS HAVING FAILED TO FULLY INSERT, | | DID IN FACT, FULLY INSERT. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS AN | | INDICATION ONLY PROBLEM WITH THE ROD POSITION INDICATION. THEREFORE, THIS | | CONDITION COULD NOT HAVE ALONE PREVENTED THE FULFILLMENT OF A SAFETY | | FUNCTION. A BAD MODULE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY FOUND AND REPLACED FOR THE "K-14" | | RPI. THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR. HOO NOTIFIED THE R3DO | | (FARBER). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 28214 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: ZION REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/06/95 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 05:39 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 01/06/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 01:16[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: WULF |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/06/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: TIM McGINTY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MARTIN FARBER RDO | |AINA 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(A) POT UNABLE TO SAFE SD | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 2 | N N 0 HOT STANDBY | 0 HOT STANDBY | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | BOTH SOURCE RANGE NI's LOST DETECTOR VOLTAGE ABOUT A HALF-HOUR AFTER | | TRIPPING TO ENTER A REFUELING OUTAGE. | | | | AT O116 CST, ABOUT A HALF-HOUR AFTER THE SCRAM TO ENTER THE UPCOMING | | REFUELING OUTAGE, BOTH UNIT 2 SOURCE RANGE NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS EXPERIENCED | | A LOSS OF DETECTOR VOLTAGE. THE CAUSE IS UNKNOWN AND BEING INVESTIGATED. | | THIS RESULTS IN THE INABILITY TO MONITOR THE REACTOR IN A SHUTDOWN | | CONDITION, AND IT CANNOT BE VERIFIED THAT THE REACTOR SHUTDOWN IS BEING | | MAINTAINED UNTIL THE FLUX REACHES THE INTERMEDIATE RANGE INSTRUMENTS. | | | | THE LICENSEE IS INITIATING WORK TO GET A SOURCE RANGE OPERABLE. TECH SPEC | | 3.1 ALLOWS 24 HOURS TO GET A SOURCE RANGE OPERABLE WHILE IN HOT SHUTDOWN, | | AND THEN AN ADDITIONAL 24 HOURS TO GET TO COLD SHUTDOWN. THE SOURCE RANGE | | DETECTORS WERE WORKING FINE FOR ABOUT 1/2 HOUR AFTER THE TRIP, AT WHICH | | TIME THE LOSS OF DETECTOR VOLTAGE ANNUNCIATOR WAS RECEIVED. THE LICENSEE | | IS INVESTIGATING THE POSSIBLE SOURCE AS THE PROTECTIVE LOGIC WHICH | | AUTOMATICALLY DE-ENERGIZES SOURCE RANGE NI's BASED ON INTERMEDIATE RANGE | | NI's (A SOURCE RANGE DETECTOR PROTECTIVE FUNCTION FOR START-UPS). | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 28215 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: INDIAN POINT REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/06/95 | |UNIT: [2] [ ] [ ] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 05:49 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] W-4-LP,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 01/06/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 02:15[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: CORMAX |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/06/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: TIM McGINTY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOHN WHITE 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 89 POWER OPERATION | 89 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 100 GALLON FUEL OIL SPILL IN THE TURBINE BUILDING. | | | | AN OIL SPILL INSIDE THE MAIN TURBINE BUILDING OCCURRED AT 0215 EST. | | APPROXIMATELY 100 GALLONS OF NO.2 FUEL OIL WAS SPILLED. THE SPILL WAS | | CONTAINED, DID NOT REACH ANY DRAINS OR SEWERS AND DID NOT REACH THE LAND OR | | WATER. THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL | | CONSERVATION. THE CLEANUP WAS COMPLETED AT 0500 EST. | | | | THE OIL IS USED TO SUPPLY THE HOUSE SERVICE BOILERS (HEATING UNITS). A | | PRESSURE GAGE ON THE DISCHARGE SIDE OF THE SUPPLY PUMPS BLEW OUT, CAUSING | | THE SPILL. THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 28216 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SALEM REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/06/95 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NJ |NOTIFICATION TIME: 09:26 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 01/06/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 09:13[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: KASANTARIS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/06/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOHN WHITE RDO | |ASHU 50.72(b)(1)(i)(A) PLANT S/D REQD BY TS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 95 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - PLANT SHUTDOWN DUE TO FAILED SAFEGUARDS EQUIPMENT CABINET POWER SUPPLY - | | | | AT 0313, THE AUTO TEST FAULT ALARMED IN THE CONTROL ROOM. LICENSEE | | DECLARED THE #1A SAFEGUARDS EQUIPMENT CABINET INOPERABLE AND BEGAN | | TROUBLESHOOTING THE CABINET. TECHNICIANS IDENTIFIED A DEFECTIVE 24 VDC | | POWER SUPPLY. | | | | TECH SPEC LCO A/S 3.3.2.1, ACTION B-13, REQUIRES LICENSEE TO RESTORE THE | | CABINET TO OPERABLE STATUS WITHIN 6 HOURS OR TO PLACE UNIT 1 IN AT LEAST | | HOT STANDBY MODE WITHIN THE NEXT 6 HOURS AND COLD SHUTDOWN MODE WITHIN THE | | FOLLOWING 30 HOURS. | | | | AT 0913, LICENSEE BEGAN SHUTTING THE PLANT DOWN AND IS PRESENTLY AT 95% | | POWER. | | | | LICENSEE EXPECTS TO REPLACE THE POWER SUPPLY AND RESTORE IT TO OPERABLE | | STATUS WITHIN 4 HOURS. | | | | LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 28217 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: LIMERICK REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/06/95 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: PA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:23 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4,[2] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 01/06/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 15:30[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: FORST |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/06/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |LAZARUS RDO | |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 Y 62 POWER OPERATION | 62 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | PARTIAL PRIMARY CONTAINMENT GROUP 6C ISOLATION DUE TO FAILED 20 VDC POWER | | SUPPLY. | | | | THE FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF A FACSIMILE SUBMITTED BY THE LICENSEE: | | | | "ON JANUARY 6, 1995 AT 1530 A 20 VOLT DC POWER SUPPLY THAT FEEDS ESF | | INSTRUMENTATION WAS LOST. THIS CAUSED A PARTIAL 6C ISOLATION (B | | RECOMBINER, INSTRUMENT GAS BARRIER BLOCK AND VENTS, NITROGEN SUPPLY VALVES | | AND CONTAINMENT SAMPLE VALVES). THE 20 VOLT POWER SUPPLY (E/SX-M1-2RS1D) | | WAS RESET AND ALL SYSTEMS RETURNED TO NORMAL (ISOLATION RESET) WITHIN 90 | | MINUTES. CAUSE OF THE INITIAL LOSS OF POWER TO THE 20 VOLT POWER SUPPLY IS | | STILL BEING INVESTIGATED." END OF TEXT | | | | THE LICENSEE STATED THAT WHEN POWER WAS REMOVED FROM THE POWER SUPPLY AND | | THEN RESUPPLIED, THE POWER SUPPLY APPARENTLY RESET AND WAS FUNCTIONING | | PROPERLY. THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 28218 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: HONOLULU RESOURCE RECOVERY VENTURE |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/06/95 | | CITY: KAPOLEI REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 19:34 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: HI |EVENT DATE: 01/06/95 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 11:30[AH ]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/06/95 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |SANBORN RDO | | | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: GLENN MURATA | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NINF INFORMATION ONLY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | REMOTE SHUTTER CABLE FOR A 120 mCi SEALED LEVEL SOURCE BECAME BROKEN. | | | | MR. MURATA FROM THE HONOLULU RESOURCE RECOVERY VENTURE CALLED TO REPORT | | THAT A REMOTE SHUTTER OPERATION CABLE FOR AN OMART MODEL 4F6S LEVEL SOURCE | | BROKE WHILE THE SHUTTER WAS IN THE CLOSED (SAFE) POSITION. THE LICENSEE IS | | GOING TO CONTACT THE VENDOR THE DETERMINE WHAT WILL BE NECESSARY TO REPAIR | | THE SOURCE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 28219 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: INDIAN POINT REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/06/95 | |UNIT: [2] [ ] [ ] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 20:23 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] W-4-LP,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 01/06/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 15:00[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: CORNAX |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/06/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |LAZARUS 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 89 POWER OPERATION | 89 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LICENSEE NOTIFIED OFFSITE AGENCIES OF AN OIL SHEEN DETECTED IN THE PLANT | | DISCHARGE CANAL. | | | | AT 1500, INDIAN POINT UNIT 2 WAS NOTIFIED BY UNIT 3 OF AN OIL SHEEN LOCATED | | IN THE UNIT DISCHARGE CANAL. AN OIL BOOM WAS DEPLOYED TO CONTAIN THE OIL | | WITHIN THE DISCHARGE CANAL. THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED VARIOUS GOVERNMENT | | AGENCIES OF THE OIL SHEEN, INCLUDING THE NY STATE DEPARTMENT OF | | ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, THE US DOT NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER, THE | | WESTCHESTER DEPARTMENT OF HARBORS, AND THE US COAST GUARD. | | | | THE LICENSEE REPORTED THAT THE OIL HAS BEEN CONTAINED TO THE DISCHARGE | | CANAL, AND NO OIL REACHED THE HUDSON RIVER. A CONTRACTOR HAS BEEN CALLED | | IN TO CLEAN UP THE OIL SPILL. THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE INFORMED | | BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 28220 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: DRESDEN REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/07/95 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 12:01 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-1,[2] GE-3,[3] GE-3 |EVENT DATE: 01/07/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 09:30[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: KLIMEK |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/07/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |FARBER 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 Y 98 POWER OPERATION | 98 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | ENGINEERING EVALUATION DETERMINED THAT THERMAL OVERLOADS ON HVAC FANS ARE | | SET TOO LOW. | | | | THE FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF A FACSIMILE SUBMITTED BY THE LICENSEE: | | | | "WHILE PERFORMING A SURVEILLANCE ON CONTROL ROOM HVAC, THE "A" AFU (AIR | | FILTRATION UNIT) BOOSTER FAN TRIPPED. THE FAN WAS PLACED IN THE DEGRADED | | EQUIPMENT LOG ON 1/3/95 @ 2300. AN ENGINEERING EVALUATION DELIVERED TO OPS | | ON 1/7/95 @ 0930, SAID THE REASON FOR THE TRIP WAS THE OVERLOAD BEING SET | | TOO LOW. THE LETTER FURTHER STATES THAT THE "B" FAN IS DEGRADED IN THE SAME | | MANNER. BOTH FANS HAVE NOW BEEN DECLARED INOPERABLE, BACKDATED TO THE | | ORIGINAL DATE. PLANS ARE TO REPLACE THE THERMAL OVERLOADS TO PREVENT TRIPS | | AT NORMAL RUNNING CURRENT." END OF TEXT | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED OF THIS EVENT BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 28221 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: RIVER BEND REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/08/95 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: LA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 04:32 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-6 |EVENT DATE: 01/08/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 02:35[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: TURNER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/08/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |GARY SANBORN RDO | |DDDD 73.71 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE LICENSEE REPORTED THE COMPROMISE OF SAFEGUARDS INFORMATION. | | COMPENSATORY MEASURES WERE TAKEN. SEE HOO LOG FOR DETAILS. THE RI WILL BE | | NOTIFIED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 28222 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SOUTH TEXAS REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/08/95 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: TX |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:08 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 01/07/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 18:51[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BERRENS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/08/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |SANBORN RDO | |NINF INFORMATION ONLY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 58 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LICENSEE MADE COURTESY CALL TO NOTIFY NRC OF POWER REDUCTION TO REPAIR | | SMALL REACTOR COOLANT SYSTEM BOUNDARY LEAK. | | | | AT 1508 ON 1/7/95, THE LICENSEE NOTED AN INCREASE IN CONTAINMENT BUILDING | | PARTICULATE RADIOACTIVITY LEVELS. CONTAINMENT SECONDARY SUMP LEVELS WERE | | ALSO INCREASING SLIGHTLY (MORE THAN NORMAL). LICENSEE PERSONNEL ENTERED | | THE CONTAINMENT AND AT 1720, THEY DETERMINED THAT LEAKAGE WAS COMING FROM | | THE VICINITY OF THE "D" RCS LOOP FLOW INSTRUMENTS. THE LICENSEE INITIALLY | | CALCULATED THE LEAK RATE TO BE APPROXIMATELY 0.2 GPM, AND IT HAS REMAINED | | CONSTANT. AT 2255, THE LICENSEE VERIFIED USING A CAMERA THAT THE LEAKAGE | | WAS COMING FROM THE FLOW INSTRUMENTS. | | | | THIS MORNING, THE LICENSEE USED A REMOTELY OPERATED ROBOT WITH A HIGHER | | RESOLUTION CAMERA TO DETERMINE THE EXACT LOCATION OF THE LEAKAGE. THE | | LICENSEE STATED THAT THE LEAKAGE IS COMING FROM A LOOP FLOW TRANSMITTER | | LOCATED DOWNSTREAM OF A MANUAL ISOLATION VALVE, AND IS ISOLABLE. THE | | LICENSEE BEGAN REDUCING POWER AT 1349 1/8/95, AND INTENDS TO DECREASE POWER | | TO 20% IN ORDER TO PERMIT WORKERS TO ENTER THE CONTAINMENT AND ATTEMPT | | REPAIRS TO THE TRANSMITTER, OR, IF REPAIRS ARE UNSUCCESSFUL, TO ISOLATE THE | | LEAK. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. NO PRESS RELEASE IS PLANNED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 28223 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SURRY REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/08/95 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: VA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:56 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-3-LP,[2] W-3-LP |EVENT DATE: 01/08/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 15:54[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: HART |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/08/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |SKINNER 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 | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | A/R Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 0 HOT STANDBY | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | AUTOMATIC REACTOR TRIP FROM 74% POWER DUE TO TRIP OF "B" MAIN FEEDWATER | | PUMP. | | | | THE FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF A FACSIMILE SUBMITTED BY THE LICENSEE: | | | | "AT 1554 HOURS ON JANUARY 8, 1995, SURRY POWER STATION UNIT 1 EXPERIENCED | | AN AUTOMATIC REACTOR TRIP FROM APPROXIMATELY 74% POWER DUE TO LOW-LOW STEAM | | GENERATOR LEVEL FOLLOWING THE TRIP OF THE "B" MAIN FEEDWATER PUMP. | | IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE REACTOR TRIP, THE OPERATORS WERE IMPLEMENTING THE | | ABNORMAL PROCEDURE ASSOCIATED WITH A LOSS OF FEEDWATER, AND WERE RAMPING | | UNIT 1 FROM 100% POWER. THE "A" MAIN FEEDWATER PUMP REMAINED OPERATING | | DURING THE EVENT. ALL RODS INSERTED INTO THE CORE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF | | ROD K-2, WHICH HAS A PREVIOUSLY EXISTING INOPERABLE ROD POSITION INDICATOR. | | THE TURBINE AND GENERATOR TRIPPED AS DESIGNED. THE TURBINE DRIVEN | | AUXILIARY FEEDWATER PUMP RECEIVED AN AUTO START SIGNAL AS DESIGNED, AND | | AUTO STARTED, BUT SUBSEQUENTLY TRIPPED. THE CAUSE OF THE TURBINE DRIVEN | | AUXILIARY FEEDWATER PUMP TRIP IS BEING INVESTIGATED. THE STEAM GENERATORS | | WERE INITIALLY BEING FED BY THE AUXILIARY FEEDWATER SYSTEM VIA THE MOTOR | | DRIVEN AUXILIARY FEEDWATER PUMPS, AND ARE NOW BEING FED BY THE MAIN | | FEEDWATER SYSTEM. DECAY HEAT IS BEING REMOVED BY THE STEAM DUMPS VIA THE | | MAIN CONDENSER. NO PRIMARY SAFETY VALVES OR PORVs OR SECONDARY SAFETIES | | OPENED ON THE TRIP. ALL ELECTRICAL BUSES TRANSFERRED PROPERLY AND ALL | | EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATORS ARE OPERABLE. PRIMARY TEMPERATURE IS AT ITS | | NO-LOAD VALUE OF 547 DEGREES F. NO PERSONNEL INJURIES OR RADIATION RELEASE | | RESULTED DURING THIS EVENT." | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+