U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 03/20/95 - 03/21/95 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 28479 28486 28559 28560 28561 28562 28563 !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 28479 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PEACH BOTTOM REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/04/95 | |UNIT: [2] [ ] [ ] STATE: PA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:52 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] GE-4,[3] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 03/04/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 15:58[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: LEWIS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/21/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |HAROLD GRAY 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 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | HIGH PRESSURE CORE INJECTION (HPCI) DECLARED INOPERABLE DURING PERFORMANCE | | OF HPCI QUARTERLY PUMP & VALVE FLOW SURVEILLANCE TEST. | | | | DURING PERFORMANCE OF HPCI QUARTERLY PUMP & VALVE FLOW SURVEILLANCE TEST | | HPCI PUMP DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE FAILED TO FALL INTO ITS ACCEPTABLE RANGE | | (1246psid - 1259psid). HPCI PUMP DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE WAS 1272psid. | | LICENSEE DECLARED HPCI INOPERABLE AND ENTERED TECH SPEC 3.5.C.i (7 DAYS TO | | GET HPCI BACK OR SHUTDOWN). REACTOR CORE ISOLATION COOLING PUMP (RCIC) AND | | ALL OTHER EMERGENCY CORE COOLING SYSTEMS ARE FULLY OPERABLE. THE ELECTRICAL | | GRID IS STABLE AND THEIR EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATORS ARE FULLY OPERABLE. | | LICENSEE THINKS THAT HPCI PUMP DISCHARGE PRESSURE GAGE IS OUT OF | | CALIBRATION. LICENSEE IS HAVING THE GAGE RECALIBRATED. AFTER THE GAGE IS | | RECALIBRATED LICENSEE WILL REPERFORM THE HPCI PUMP DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE | | PART OF THE SURVEILLANCE TEST PROCEDURE. | | | | RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE OF THIS EVENT. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1032 ON 03/20/95 BY FOSS ENTERED BY HOO JOLLIFFE * * * | | | | LICENSEE DESIRES TO RETRACT THIS EVENT SINCE THEY DETERMINED THAT THE GAUGE | | WAS READING HIGH. LICENSEE RECALIBRATED THE GAUGE AND SATISFACTORILY | | REPERFORMED THE TEST. LICENSEE WILL NOT SUBMIT AN LER TO THE NRC ON THIS | | EVENT. LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. HOO NOTIFIED R1DO | | CLIFF ANDERSON. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 28486 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SAN ONOFRE REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/05/95 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [3] STATE: CA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 19:15 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-3-LP,[2] CE,[3] CE |EVENT DATE: 03/05/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 15:37[PST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: STANLEY PLEWA |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/20/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |DALE POWERS RDO | |DCTB 73.71(b)(1) CONTRABAND |CECIL THOMAS EO | | |GENE MCPEEK (IAT) NRR | | |JOHN DAVIDSON (IAT) NRR | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 2 | N N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | 3 | N Y 97 POWER OPERATION | 97 POWER OPERATION | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | ATTEMPTED INTRODUCTION OF A WEAPON INTO THE PROTECTED AREA. | | | | A SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON EMPLOYEE WHILE ENTERING THE PROTECTED AREA WAS | | FOUND TO HAVE A WEAPON. IMMEDIATE COMPENSATORY MEASURES WERE TAKEN ON | | DISCOVERY. LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE LOCAL FBI OF THIS INCIDENT. | | | | RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE. | | | | **** SEE HOO LOG BOOK FOR FURTHER DETAILS**** | | | | * UPDATE DATE/TIME: 3/20/95 @ 1700 EST *FROM LICENSEE: CHAMPION BY:McGINTY* | | THE LICENSEE IS RETRACTING THIS EVENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH NUREG 1304, | | 2.2.23.e. THE INVESTIGATION HAS DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS NO MALEVOLENT | | INTENT, AND THUS THE EVENT HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO A 24 HOUR SAFEGUARDS | | LOGGABLE EVENT. THE LICENSEE HAS DISCUSSED THIS EVENT RETRACTION WITH MR. | | SCHAEFER OF R4. THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | HOO NOTIFIED R4DO STETKA. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |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. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 28560 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: HOPE CREEK REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/20/95 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NJ |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:09 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 03/20/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 08:53[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: POWELL |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/20/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |ANDERSON 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 58 POWER OPERATION | 0 HOT SHUTDOWN | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | MANUAL REACTOR SCRAM FROM 58% POWER DUE TO TRIPPING OF BOTH REACTOR | | RECIRCULATION PUMPS | | | | AT 0853, CONTROL ROOM OPERATORS MANUALLY SCRAMMED THE PLANT FROM 58% POWER | | WHEN THEY RECEIVED INDICATION THAT BOTH REACTOR RECIRCULATION PUMPS HAD | | TRIPPED. FOLLOWING THE MANUAL SCRAM, ALL CONTROL RODS INSERTED PROPERLY, | | AND ALL SYSTEMS FUNCTIONED AS EXPECTED, EXCEPT THAT THE "A" CONTROL ROD | | DRIVE (CRD) PUMP TRIPPED ON LOW SUCTION PRESSURE IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE | | SCRAM. PRIOR TO THE SCRAM, THE PLANT HAD BEEN OPERATING AT A REDUCED POWER | | LEVEL DUE TO A FAULT ON THE AX501 STATION POWER TRANSFORMER. THE LICENSEE | | HAD TRANSFERRED LOADS FROM THIS TRANSFORMER TO THE BX501 TRANSFORMER. | | | | THE CAUSE OF THE TRIPPING OF THE RECIRCULATION PUMPS IS STILL UNDER | | INVESTIGATION, BUT THE LICENSEE STATED THAT A PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE | | PROCEDURE WAS BEING PERFORMED IN THE OPTICAL ISOLATOR CABINET WHICH FEEDS | | THE RECIRCULATION PUMP TRIP LOGIC MATRIX. A TECHNICIAN WAS MEASURING | | VOLTAGES IN THE CABINET AT THE TIME OF THE RECIRCULATION PUMP TRIP. THE | | LICENSEE HAS DETERMINED THAT THE CRD PUMP TRIPPED DUE TO HIGH DIFFERENTIAL | | PRESSURE ACROSS THE SUCTION STRAINER CAUSED BY PARTIAL CLOGGING OF THE | | STRAINER, COMBINED WITH HIGH SYSTEM FLOW RATES NORMALLY EXPERIENCED | | FOLLOWING A REACTOR SCRAM. THE LICENSEE ANTICIPATES THAT THE UNIT WILL | | REMAIN SHUT DOWN FOR AT LEAST SEVEN DAYS. THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS | | BEEN NOTIFIED OF THIS EVENT BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 28561 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: SYNCOR INTERNATIONAL |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/20/95 | | CITY: SWARTZ CREEK REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:46 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: MI |EVENT DATE: 03/20/95 | |LICENSE#: 21-21141-01MD AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 02:00[EST]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/20/95 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |WAYNE KROPP RDO | | | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DOMITER | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: TIM McGINTY | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |IBBF 30.50(b)(2)(ii) EQUIP DISABLED/FAILS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | A SYNCOR INTERNATIONAL CORP. RADIOPHARMACY, LOCATED IN SWARTZ CREEK, | | MICHIGAN, REPORTED AN INOPERABLE FUME HOOD. | | | | ON MARCH 20th, AT 0200 EST, THE FUME HOOD AT THE SWARTZ CREEK, MI, | | RADIOPHARMACY BECAME INOPERABLE. THE LICENSEE HAS DETERMINED THAT THE | | MOTOR FOR THE FUME HOOD NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THE LICENSEE WILL RECEIVE | | THE APPROPRIATE PARTS TOMORROW, AND ESTIMATES THE RETURN OF THE FUME HOOD | | TO OPERATION BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. | | | | THE TWO ISOTOPES STORED UNDER THE FUME HOOD ARE IODINE-131 (300 mCi, | | VOLATILE SOLUTION) AND XENON-133 (52 mCi, GASEOUS). THE AIR SAMPLE RESULTS | | (VICINITY OF HOOD AND FUME HOOD EXHAUST STACK) INDICATE THE CONCENTRATIONS | | DO NOT EXCEED REGULATORY LIMITS. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 28562 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: INDIAN POINT REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/20/95 | |UNIT: [ ] [3] [ ] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:25 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] W-4-LP,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 03/20/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 17:05[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: WOLLEY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/20/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: TIM McGINTY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |CLIFFORD ANDERSON 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 | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 3 | N N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | APPENDIX R REVIEW IDENTIFIED APPROXIMATELY 60 ISSUES OF POTENTIAL AND | | ACTUAL NONCOMPLIANCE. | | | | NEW YORK POWER AUTHORITY (NYPA) HAS RE-EVALUATED THE REQUIREMENTS 10 CFR 50 | | APPENDIX R AS DISCUSSED IN NYPA LETTER "IPN 94-115, DATED 9/9/94" AND HAS | | IDENTIFIED APPROXIMATELY 60 ISSUES (57 CONFIRMED TO DATE) OF AREAS OF | | POTENTIAL AND ACTUAL NONCOMPLIANCE. | | | | BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF ISSUES, FIRE PROTECTION ENGINEERING CONSERVATIVELY | | CONCLUDED THAT THE PLANT WAS IN AN UNANALYZED CONDITION THAT, HAD THEY BEEN | | FOUND WHILE THE REACTOR WAS IN OPERATION, COULD HAVE COMPROMISED PLANT | | SAFETY. | | | | ALTHOUGH NYPA HAS CONCLUDED THAT NO SINGLE ISSUE IDENTIFIED WOULD HAVE | | SIGNIFICANTLY COMPROMISED PLANT SAFETY, A FOUR HOUR REPORT IS BEING MADE ON | | THE BASIS THAT THE ISSUES, IN AGGREGATE, COULD HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY | | COMPROMISED PLANT SAFETY. CORRECTIVE ACTION TO ADDRESS INDIVIDUAL ISSUES | | HAS BEEN AND IS BEING TAKEN, AND ARE NOT EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE RESTART. | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS INFORMED THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 28563 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: LASALLE REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/20/95 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 19:27 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-5,[2] GE-5 |EVENT DATE: 03/20/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 16:00[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: WASHKO |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/20/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: TIM McGINTY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |WAYNE KROPP 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 | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 2 | N N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | DRYWELL EQUIPMENT DRAIN SUMP SYSTEM VALVES FAILED LEAK RATE TEST. | | | | WHILE UNIT 2 REACTOR WAS DEFUELED, BOTH CONTAINMENT ISOLATION SUCTION | | VALVES FOR THE DRYWELL EQUIPMENT DRAIN SUMP SYSTEM FAILED THEIR LEAKAGE | | RATE TEST. THE LEAKAGE RATE THROUGH THESE VALVES IS EXTENSIVE ENOUGH THAT | | THE REQUIRED OVERALL INTEGRATED LEAKAGE RATE FROM THE PRIMARY CONTAINMENT | | CANNOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF TECH SPEC 3.6.1.2 (.6 La). | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR. THE CONDITION WILL BE | | REPAIRED PRIOR TO RESTART. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+