U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 03/17/95 - 03/20/95 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 28546 28547 28548 28549 28550 28551 28552 28553 28554 28555 28556 28557 28558 28559 !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 28546 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: KEWAUNEE REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/16/95 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: WI |NOTIFICATION TIME: 19:43 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-2-LP |EVENT DATE: 03/16/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 15:29[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JAY DRESSEN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/17/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOSEPH SEBROSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |BRUCE JORGENSEN 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 | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 88 POWER OPERATION | 88 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE 'B' TRAIN OF SAFETY INJECTION AND THE 'A' TRAIN COMPONENT COOLING PUMP | | WERE OUT OF SERVICE AT THE SAME TIME. | | | | THE FOLLOWING IS A TEXT OF A FACSIMILE FROM THE LICENSEE: | | "ON MARCH 16, 1995 WHILE COASTING DOWN IN POWER FOR THE 1995 REFUELING | | OUTAGE THE 'B' TRAIN SAFETY INJECTION PUMP WAS STARTED TO REFILL THE 'B' | | TRAIN SI ACCUMULATOR DUE TO LOW PRESSURE. THE PUMP WAS STOPPED AT 14:10. A | | SECURITY GUARD PERFORMING HIS NORMAL PLANT ROUNDS NOTICED AN ACRID SMELL BY | | THE SAFEGUARDS BUS 6 WHICH IS THE POWER SUPPLY FOR THE 'B' SAFETY INJECTION | | PUMP. A NUCLEAR AUXILIARY OPERATOR WAS DISPATCHED AND DISCOVERED THE | | BREAKER WAS NOT CHARGED FOR SUBSEQUENT STARTS. | | | | THE 'B' SI PUMP WAS DECLARED OUT OF SERVICE AT 14:10. DURING THIS EVENT | | THE 'A' TRAIN COMPONENT COOLING WATER PUMP BREAKER WAS RACKED OUT FOR | | MAINTENANCE FROM 15:29 TO 15:40. DURING THIS TIME A LOSS OF EITHER | | EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATOR WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN A LOSS OF THE SAFETY | | INJECTION FUNCTION. THE BREAKER FOR THE 'B' SI PUMP WAS REPLACED AND | | RETURNED TO SERVICE AT 16:42." END OF TEXT. | | | | OPERATORS IN THE CONTROL ROOM BECAME AWARE OF THE PROBLEM WITH THE 'B' SI | | PUMP AT APPROXIMATELY 15:00 (CST) WHEN THE REPORT FROM THE AUXILIARY | | OPERATOR WAS RECEIVED. THE LICENSEE IS INVESTIGATING WHY THE 'A' TRAIN | | COMPONENT COOLING WATER PUMP BREAKER MAINTENANCE WAS ALLOWED TO START AT | | 15:29 (CST) WITH THE 'B' SI PUMP OUT OF SERVICE. THE COMPONENT COOLING | | WATER SYSTEM SUPPLIES COOLING TO THE SI PUMPS. THE LICENSEE RECOGNIZED THE | | VULNERABILITY WITH THE 'B' SI PUMP AND THE 'A' COMPONENT COOLING WATER PUMP | | BEING OUT OF SERVICE AT APPROXIMATELY 16:00 (CST). THE LICENSEE HAS | | INFORMED THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | * * * UPDATE 15:03 3/17/95 FROM HARRINGTON TAKEN BY SEBROSKY * * * | | THE LICENSEE IS RETRACTING THIS EVENT BECAUSE BASED ON FURTHER REVIEW IT | | WAS DETERMINED THAT IT DID NOT MEET THE REPORTABILITY REQUIREMENTS. THE | | LICENSEE ALSO CLARIFIED WHEN THE 'B' SI PUMP WAS DECLARED INOPERABLE. THE | | 'B' SI PUMP WAS DECLARED INOPERABLE AT 15:30 APPROXIMATELY 1 MINUTE AFTER | | THE MAINTENANCE ON THE 'A' COMPONENT COOLING WATER PUMP HAD STARTED. FOR | | PURPOSES OF THE LCO THE LICENSEE HAD TO ENTER IT AT 15:30 AND DETERMINED | | THAT 14:10 WOULD BE THE START TIME FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE LCO FOR THE 'B' | | SI PUMP. | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS NOTIFIED THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR. HOO NOTIFIED | | R3DO(JORGENSEN). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 28547 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: ARKANSAS NUCLEAR REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/17/95 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: AR |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:11 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] B&W-L-LP,[2] CE |EVENT DATE: 03/17/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 07:00[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BENNETT |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/17/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOSEPH SEBROSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |BLAINE MURRAY RDO | |NINF INFORMATION ONLY | | | | | | |JOHN KOPECK PA | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | A REPORT APPEARED IN A LOCAL NEWSPAPER ON AN EXPOSURE EVENT THAT OCCURRED | | ON MARCH 9, 1995. | | | | THE FOLLOWING IS A TEXT OF A FACSIMILE FROM THE LICENSEE: | | | | "ON MARCH 9, 1995, ANO WAS RETURNING THE CORE SUPPORT ASSEMBLY (CSA) TO THE | | REACTOR VESSEL THROUGH THE FUEL TRANSFER CANAL. A PORTION OF THE CSA THAT | | HAD A HIGHER RADIATION LEVEL WAS UNCOVERED FROM THE WATER AND RESULTED IN | | AN INCREASED EXPOSURE TO ATTENDANT WORKERS IN THE AREA OF THE ACTIVITY. THE | | RESULTING ADDITIONAL EXPOSURES WERE WELL WITHIN THE ANO ADMINISTRATIVE AND | | NRC EXPOSURE LIMITS. THE NRC REGION CONDUCTED AN INSPECTION OF THE | | OCCURRENCE ON MARCH 13 AND 14, 1995. ON THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1995 AN AREA | | NEWSPAPER (ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT GAZETTE FROM LITTLE ROCK) CONTACTED ANO TO | | OBTAIN INFORMATION OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES FOR A NEWS ARTICLE. THE ARTICLE | | APPEARED IN THE FRIDAY MORNING PAPER DATED MARCH 17, 1995. ANO DID NOT | | MAKE A PRESS RELEASE ON THE EVENT. A COURTESY CALL IS BEING MADE TO THE | | OPERATIONS SUPPORT CENTER TO NOTIFY THE NRC OF THE ARTICLE. THE NRC | | RESIDENTS OFFICE ONSITE AND REGION IV HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE ARTICLE." | | END OF TEXT. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 28548 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: FARLEY REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/17/95 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: AL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:25 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-3-LP,[2] W-3-LP |EVENT DATE: 03/17/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 09:39[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: GRISSETTE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/17/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOSEPH SEBROSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |TOM DECKER RDO | |AMED 50.72(b)(2)(v) OFFSITE MEDICAL | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 2 | N N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | NOTIFICATION MADE TO OFFSITE MEDICAL FACILITY FOR ASSISTANCE. | | | | CONTRACT MAINTENANCE PERSON (RAYTHEON) FELL FROM THE REFUELING CRANE TO THE | | FLOOR OF THE REACTOR CAVITY (APPROXIMATELY 40 TO 50 FEET) DURING | | PERFORMANCE OF MAINTENANCE ON THE REFUELING CRANE. THE INJURED CONTAMINATED | | PERSON WAS TRANSPORTED IN AN AMBULANCE TO AN OFFSITE MEDICAL FACILITY. | | TWO HEALTH PHYSICISTS ACCOMPANIED THE INJURED CONTAMINATED PERSON (PERSON | | HAS SKIN CONTAMINATION LEVELS OF 5 millirem/hr). EXTENT OF INJURIES TO THE | | INDIVIDUAL ARE UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. | | | | RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE. | | | | ***UPDATE 3/17/95 @ 15:20 FROM ROSS (SENIOR RESIDENT INSPECTOR) TAKEN BY | | SEBROSKY*** | | THE SRI HAS CONFIRMED THAT THE LICENSEE CLASSIFED THE EVENT APPROPRIATELY. | | THE LICENSEE HAS RECENTLY CHANGED THEIR EMERGENCY PLAN REGARDING | | CLASSIFYING EVENTS. IF THE EVENT HAD OCCURRED A WEEK EARLIER IT WOULD HAVE | | BEEN CLASSIFIED AS AN UNUSUAL EVENT. THE INDIVIDUAL IS IN STABLE CONDITION | | WITH A PELVIC INJURY. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 28549 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: BROWNS FERRY REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/17/95 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [3] STATE: AL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:04 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4,[2] GE-4,[3] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 03/17/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 09:33[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: RALPH THOMPSON |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/17/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOSEPH SEBROSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |THOMAS DECKER RDO | |HFIT 26.73 FITNESS FOR DUTY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | 3 | N N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | A NON-LICENSED SUPERVISOR TESTED POSITIVE FOR ALCOHOL DURING A RANDOM TEST. | | THE EMPLOYEE'S ACCESS HAS BEEN TERMINATED AND THE INDIVIDUAL HAS BEEN | | REFERRED TO THE LICENSEE'S EMPLOYEE'S ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. THE LICENSEE IS | | REVIEWING THE WORK OF THE INDIVIDUAL. | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS INFORMED THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 28550 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: HADDAM NECK REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/17/95 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: CT |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:12 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 03/17/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 15:30[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: ROY BROWN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/17/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOSEPH SEBROSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MICHAEL MODES 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 | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | A NEW ANALYSIS SHOWS A HIGHER PEAK TEMPERATURE FOR CONTAINMENT FOR A MAIN | | STEAM LINE BREAK THAN PREVIOUSLY CALCULATED. | | | | A NEW CONTAINMENT MAIN STEAM LINE BREAK ANALYSIS HAS SHOWN THAT THE PEAK | | TEMPERATURE FOR CONTAINMENT WOULD EXCEED THE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALIFIED PEAK | | TEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE POWER CABLES THAT GO TO THE CONTAINMENT AIR | | RECIRCULATION FANS. ALL OTHER EQUIPMENT IN CONTAINMENT REMAINS QUALIFIED | | FOR THE NEW CALCULATED VALUE. THE ENGINEERING GROUP AT THE PLANT IS | | RECOMMENDING THAT THE POWER CABLES FOR THE CONTAINMENT AIR RECIRCULATION | | FANS BE REPLACED PRIOR TO RESTARTING THE UNIT. | | | | THE LICENSEE REPORTED PREVIOUSLY (SEE EVENT # 28435) THAT PRELIMINARY | | RESULTS SHOWED THERE COULD BE A PROBLEM WITH THE CALCULATED PEAK | | TEMPERATURE IN CONTAINMENT. THE RESULTS HAVE NOW BEEN VERIFIED. THE NEW | | ANALYSIS RESULTS IN A CALCULATED PEAK CONTAINMENT TEMPERATURE OF 367 | | DEGREES F. THE PREVIOUS PEAK TEMPERATURE FOR CONTAINMENT FOR THIS ACCIDENT | | WAS 280 DEGREES F. THE NEW ANALYSIS WAS DONE BECAUSE THE LICENSEE | | DETERMINED THAT ASSUMPTIONS USED IN THE ORIGINAL ANALYSIS WERE NOT | | CONSERVATIVE. ONE OF THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT WAS NOT CONSERVATIVE INVOLVED | | THE METAL MASS IN CONTAINMENT. | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS INFORMED THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 28551 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: SD MEYERS INC. |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/17/95 | | CITY: TALLMADGE REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:50 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: OH |EVENT DATE: 02/14/95 | |LICENSE#: 34-17546-01 AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 00:00[EST]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/17/95 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |BRUCE JORGENSEN RDO | | | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JOSEPH KELLY | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOSEPH SEBROSKY | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |BAB2 20.2201(a)(1)(ii) LOST/STOLEN LNM>10X | | |IBAD 30.50(b)(1)(ii) MATL >5X LOWEST LIMIT | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | SD MEYERS INC. OF TALLMADGE, OHIO CALLED TO REPORT A MISSING SOURCE IN | | ACCORDANCE WITH 10 CFR 30.50 REQUIREMENTS. | | | | THE SOURCE IS A 10 MILLICURIE NICKEL-63 SOURCE USED IN A GAS CHROMOTAGRAPH. | | THE SOURCE WAS LAST SEEN ON 12/1/95 WHEN A WIPE TEST OF IT WAS DONE. ON | | 2/14/95 THE SOURCE WAS DISCOVERED TO BE MISSING. THE LICENSEE STARTED A | | SEARCH ON THAT DATE. THE LICENSEE HAS BEEN UNABLE TO LOCATE THE SOURCE AND | | BELIEVES THAT IT MAY BE IN A LAND FILL. THE SOURCE IS APPROXIMATELY 1.5 | | INCHES IN DIAMETER AND .5 INCHES THICK. | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS DISCUSSED THIS EVENT WITH REGION III(WIEDEMAN). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |RESEARCH REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 28552 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: UNIV OF WASHINGTON |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/17/95 | | RXTYPE: 100 KW ARGONAUT |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:29 [ET]| |COMMENTS: |EVENT DATE: 01/11/95 | | |EVENT TIME: 00:00[PST]| | |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/17/95 | | CITY: SEATTLE REGION: 4 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: KING STATE: WA |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: R-73 AGREEMENT: Y |BLAINE MURRAY RDO | | DOCKET: 05000139 | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: GERALD TRIPARD | | |HQ OPS OFFICER JOSEPH SEBROSKY | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |BAE2 20.2202(b)(2) EXCESSIVE RELEASE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE LICENSEE IS MAKING THIS REPORT DUE TO EXCEEDING THE SEWER LIMIT RELEASE | | OF 10 CFR PART 20 APPENDIX B LIMITS. | | | | ON JANUARY 11, THE FACILITY'S LIQUID WASTE TANK WAS SAMPLED, ANALYZED AND | | DISCHARGED TO THE SEWER SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH PROCEDURES. SINCE THE | | CALCULATED ACTIVITY OF THE TANK CONTENTS WAS 1.65E-7 ęCi/ml WHICH WAS | | GREATER THAN THE 10 CFR 20 LIMIT OF 2.O E-8 ęCi/ml, THE REACTOR TECHNICIAN | | DISCHARGED THE WASTE TANK USING THE EDUCTOR DILUTION SYSTEM. THE EDUCTOR | | SYSTEM GIVES AN AVERAGE DILUTION FACTOR OF 0.25 WHICH WOULD YIELD AN | | AVERAGE DISCHARGE CONCENTRATION OF 4.2 E-8 ęCi/ml, WHICH IS GREATER THAN | | THE 10 CFR PART 20 LIMIT. THE CONCENTRATION ACTIVITY DOES NOT TAKE INTO | | ACCOUNT THE DILUTION FACTOR FROM THE REST OF CAMPUS OR THE CITY OF PULLMAN. | | | | AN OPERATOR THOUGHT BY THROTTLING A VALVE A LARGER DILUTION FACTOR COULD BE | | ACHIEVED. IT WAS DISCOVERED AFTER THE DISCHARGE TO THE SEWER THAT THE | | THROTTLING OF THE VALVE HAD NO AFFECT ON DILUTION. A TOTAL OF 3.69 ęCi AT | | A CONCENTRATION OF 4.2 E-8 ęCi/ml WAS RELEASED TO THE SEWER. | | | | THE LICENSEE DID ANALYZE THE CONTENTS OF THE TANK AT THE TIME OF THE | | DISCHARGE. A GERMANIUM LITHIUM (GeLi) DETECTOR WAS USED AND IT SHOWED NO | | GAMMA PEAKS OR LEVELS ABOVE NORMAL BACKGROUND. AT THE TIME OF THE | | DISCHARGE THE REACTOR SUPERVISOR MADE A NOTE THAT THE ACTIVITY MAY BE DUE | | TO A PURE BETA EMITTER. | | | | THE LICENSEE IS INVESTIGATING THE SOURCE OF THE ACTIVITY AND AT THIS TIME | | DOES NOT SUSPECT THAT THE SOURCE IS FROM THE REACTOR BECAUSE THE GeLi | | DETECTOR RESULTS DID NOT INDICATE THIS. THE LICENSEE SUSPECTS THAT THE | | SOURCE MAY BE CAUSED FROM RADIOACTIVE WASTE THAT IS HANDLED IN A SHED IN | | THE BACK OF THE FACILITY. THE SHED'S DRAIN GOES TO THE LIQUID WASTE TANK. | | | | THE LICENSEE DISCOVERED THAT THE EVENT SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPORTED DURING A | | RECENT RECORDS REVIEW. THE LICENSEE HAS DISCUSSED THIS EVENT WITH THE | | REGION (MURRAY). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 28553 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: HONOLULU RESOURCE RECOVERY VENTURE |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/17/95 | | CITY: HONOLULU REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 19:18 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: HI |EVENT DATE: 03/17/95 | |LICENSE#: 53-23-291-01 AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 00:00[AH ]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/17/95 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |BLAINE MURRAY RDO | | | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: GLENN MURATA | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOSEPH SEBROSKY | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NINF INFORMATION ONLY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | A SHUTTER MECHANISM FOR A LEVEL DETECTOR HAS BEEN NOTICED TO CLOSE WITHOUT | | OPERATOR ACTION. | | | | THE LEVEL DETECTOR IS A K-RAY MODEL 4800 (HOUSING 7062-BP) WITH A 50 | | MILLICURIE CS-137 SOURCE. THE LICENSEE IS A MUNICIPAL WASTE COMBUSTOR AND | | THE DETECTOR IS USED IN A BAGHOUSE. THE LICENSEE NOTICED THE PROBLEM WITH | | THE SHUTTER MECHANISM BECAUSE WHEN THE SHUTTER CLOSED THEY RECEIVED A | | BAGHOUSE LEVEL HIGH ALARM DUE TO THE ATTENUATION FROM THE SHUTTER. | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS WIRED THE MANUAL SHUTTER MECHANISM OPENED TO PREVENT THE | | SHUTTER MECHANISM FROM CLOSING. THE LICENSEE HAS NOT YET TALKED TO THE | | MANUFACTURER ABOUT THE PROBLEM. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 28554 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: WATERFORD REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/17/95 | |UNIT: [3] [ ] [ ] STATE: LA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 19:19 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [3] CE |EVENT DATE: 03/17/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 17:50[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: TERRY SCHRECKENGAST |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/17/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOSEPH SEBROSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |BLAINE MURRAY RDO | |DDDD 73.71 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 3 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | A BOTTLE OF NON-ALCOHOLIC WHITE WINE WAS DISCOVERED IN THE CONTROL ROOM. | | | | A PLANT OPERATOR DISCOVERED A BOTTLE OF NON-ALCOHOLIC WHITE WINE LABELED | | ST. REGIS VINEYARDS OF CALIFORNIA BLANC IN AN UNMARKED LOCKER IN THE BACK | | OF THE CONTROL ROOM. THE LABEL READ THAT THE ALCOHOL HAD BEEN REMOVED AND | | THAT ITS ALCOHOL CONTENT WAS LESS THAN 0.5 PERCENT. THE BOTTLE HAD | | APPROXIMATELY 1/2 CUP MISSING. THE BOTTLE WAS DISCOVERED DURING A SEARCH | | FOR VALVE LOCKS, AND THE ONLY OTHER THING IN THE LOCKER WAS SOME MODESTY | | CLOTHING. | | | | THE BOTTLE IS NOW IN THE SECURITY DEPARTMENT'S EVIDENCE ROOM AND IT IS | | SEALED. THE LICENSEE HAS INFORMED THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 28555 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: MAINE YANKEE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/17/95 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: ME |NOTIFICATION TIME: 19:38 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] CE |EVENT DATE: 03/17/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 16:12[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DAN MCDOUGOLD |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/17/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOSEPH SEBROSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MICHAEL MODES 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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | A SAFEGUARDS ACTUATION SIGNAL OCCURRED DURING TESTING. NO COMPONENTS | | ACTUATED BECAUSE EITHER THEY HAD ALL BEEN PREVIOUSLY DEENERGIZED FOR | | MAINTENANCE, OR THE LOGIC FOR ACTUATION HAD NOT BEEN COMPLETED. | | | | WHILE SHUTDOWN WITH THE REACTOR DEFUELED A PARTIAL INADVERTENT SAFEGUARDS | | ACTUATION OCCURRED WITHOUT A PUMP START, VALVE MOVEMENT OR WATER FLOW. THE | | CAVITY LEVEL REMAINED CONSTANT. INSTRUMENT AND CONTROLS (I&C) TECHNICIANS | | WERE TESTING THE ACTUATION CIRCUITRY WITH THE ACTUATION CIRCUITRY IN | | 'BLOCK'. THE SAFEGUARDS ACTUATION WAS UNEXPECTED. THE REASON THAT | | COMPONENTS DID NOT ACTUATE IS BECAUSE THEY WERE ALL DEENERGIZED AND TAGGED | | FOR MAINTENANCE OR THEIR LOGIC HAD NOT BEEN COMPLETED. | | | | THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM APPEARS TO BE A BAD CONTACT ON ONE 'BLOCK RELAY' | | SUCH THAT IT CAUSED ONE TRAIN OF SAFETY INJECTION AND CONTAINMENT INTEGRITY | | TO ACTUATE DURING THE TESTING. THE CONTAINMENT SPRAY SIGNAL DID NOT | | ACTUATE SINCE THE PRECURSOR OF 20 PSIG IN CONTAINMENT WAS NOT MET. | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS INFORMED THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 28556 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: INDIAN POINT REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/17/95 | |UNIT: [2] [ ] [ ] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 23:10 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] W-4-LP,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 03/17/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 22:10[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: PHIL SANTINI |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/17/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOSEPH SEBROSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MICHAEL MODES 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 N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LOSS OF POWER TO A 480 VOLT VITAL BUS CAUSED ALL 3 EDGS TO START. THE | | REACTOR IS DEFUELED AND SPENT FUEL POOL COOLING WAS LOST FOR LESS THAN A | | MINUTE. | | | | AT 22:10 THE 13.8KV POWER SUPPLY TO 6.9KV BUS 6 VIA BREAKER GT-26 WAS LOST | | WITH A RESULTING UNDERVOLTAGE ON 480 VOLT BUS 6A. THIS CAUSED AN | | AUTO-START SIGNAL TO THE EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATORS (EDG). ALL THREE EDGS | | AUTO-STARTED AND BUS 6A AND BUS 3A 480 VOLT LOADS (INCLUDING SPENT FUEL | | POOL COOLING) ARE BEING SUPPLIED BY THE #23 EDG. THE #21 AND #22 EDG ARE | | CURRENTLY RUNNING BUT ARE NOT CARRYING ANY LOAD. | | | | OFFSITE POWER TO BUSSES 5 AND 6 CAN BE RECEIVED THROUGH A 138 KV | | TRANSFORMER, WHICH IS NORMAL DURING POWER OPERATION, OR THROUGH A 13.8 KV | | TRANSFORMER. THE NORMAL 138 KV POWER SUPPLY IS OUT OF SERVICE. NON-VITAL | | BUS #5 AND VITAL 480 BUSSES #5A AND #2A CONTINUE TO BE SUPPLIED POWER BY | | THE 13.8 KV POWER SUPPLY. ALL AUTOMATIC FUNCTION REQUIRED OCCURRED AS | | EXPECTED. THE CAUSE OF POWER LOSS TO BUS 6 IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. THE | | LICENSEE PLANS TO CONTINUE TO RUN THE #23 EDG UNTIL A CAUSE FOR THE GT-26 | | BREAKER TRIP HAS BEEN DETERMINED. | | | | THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 28557 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: HOPE CREEK REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/18/95 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NJ |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:55 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 03/18/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 13:00[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: RANDY RIDDLE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/18/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOSEPH SEBROSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MICHAEL MODES RDO | |NINF INFORMATION ONLY |STEVEN VARGA EO | | |HENRY BAILEY AEOD | | |WILLIAM BEECHER PAO | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 60 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE LICENSEE IS MAKING A COURTESY NOTIFICATION DUE TO A BRUSH FIRE IN THE | | AREA. | | | | THE FIRE IS APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES NORTH OF THE PLANT IN A MARSHY AREA, AND | | IS APPROXIMATELY 200 TO 300 YARDS WIDE. THE FIRE IS IN THE VICINITY OF THE | | FREEDOM TRANSMISSION LINES. AS A PRECAUTION THE LICENSEE TOOK THE FREEDOM | | LINE OUT OF SERVICE. THIS LINE BEING OUT OF SERVICE CAUSED THE LICENSEE TO | | REDUCE POWER AT HOPE CREEK, SALEM 1 AND 2 BECAUSE THE REMAINING | | TRANSMISSION LINES ARE UNABLE TO CARRY THE POWER FROM ALL THREE UNITS | | RUNNING AT 100% POWER. | | | | PRIOR TO THE EVENT HOPE CREEK 1 AND SALEM 1 WERE AT 100% POWER. SALEM UNIT | | 2 WAS AT 80% POWER DUE TO SOME CIRCULATORS BEING OUT OF SERVICE BECAUSE OF | | GRASS CLOGGING. CURRENTLY HOPE CREEK IS AT 60%, AND SALEM UNIT 1 AND 2 ARE | | AT 70% POWER. | | | | WINDS ARE OUT OF THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 9 MILES AN HOUR. THE FIRE IS | | SLOWLY MOVING TOWARDS THE RIVER. THE FIRE DOES NOT AFFECT ACCESS TO THE | | SITE. NONE OF THE UNITS ARE IN A TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION ACTION STATEMENT | | DUE TO THE FREEDOM TRANSMISSION LINE BEING OUT OF SERVICE. | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS INFORMED THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 28558 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: MAINE YANKEE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/19/95 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: ME |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:04 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] CE |EVENT DATE: 03/19/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 16:30[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: PETE EBERT |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/19/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOSEPH SEBROSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ 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 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | MORE THAN 1% OF THE TUBES IN A STEAM GENERATOR WERE DETERMINED TO BE | | DEFECTIVE DURING EDDY CURRENT TESTING. | | | | THE FOLLOWING IS A TEXT OF A FACSIMILE FROM THE LICENSEE: | | | | "RESULTS OF EDDY CURRENT TESTING OF #1 STEAM GENERATOR TUBES WERE | | CLASSIFIED AS CATEGORY 'C-3' BECAUSE GREATER THAN 1% OF THE SAMPLE WERE | | DEFECTIVE (58 OF THE 5472 ACTIVE TUBES). THE DEFECTIVE TUBES CONTAINED | | IMPERFECTIONS WHICH EXCEEDED THE PLUGGING LIMIT DEPTH OF 40% OF NORMAL WALL | | THICKNESS. STEAM GENERATORS #2 AND #3 WERE PREVIOUSLY REPORTED AS HAVING | | EXCEEDED THE 1% DEFECTIVE LIMIT ON 3/10/95 AND 3/13/95 (EVENT REPORTS | | #28513 AND #28517) RESPECTIVELY." | | | | STEAM GENERATOR #2 HAD 64 OF 5608 DEFECTIVE TUBES AND STEAM GENERATOR # 3 | | HAD 55 OUT OF 5461 DEFECTIVE TUBES. THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE RESIDENT | | INSPECTOR. | | | | NOTE: ALSO SEE EVENT #28482 FOR A RELATED EVENT. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 28559 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: INDIAN POINT REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/20/95 | |UNIT: [ ] [3] [ ] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 02:28 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] W-4-LP,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 03/20/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 01:30[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: HOLDAM |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/20/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MODES RDO | |DDDD 73.71 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 3 | N N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | SAFEGUARDS SYSTEM DEGRADATION RELATED TO POWER SUPPLY FUNCTIONS. NOT | | IMMEDIATELY COMPENSATED ON DISCOVERY BUT COMPENSATED NOW. SEE HOO LOG FOR | | DETAILS. NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE INFORMED BY LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+