U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 04/18/95 - 04/19/95 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 28662 28700 28701 !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 28662 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: DUANE ARNOLD REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/11/95 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: IA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 04:07 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 04/11/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 00:40[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DAVID SCHUSSLER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 04/18/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOSEPH SEBROSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |CLAYTON 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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | DURING LOSS OF OFFSITE POWER (LOOP)/LOSS OF COOLANT ACCIDENT (LOCA) TESTING | | THE 'A' EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATOR (EDG) FAILED TO LOAD ONTO THE EMERGENCY | | BUS. | | | | THE EDG STARTED DURING THE TEST BUT DID NOT LOAD ONTO THE BUS. THE LICENSEE | | IS CONTINUING TO INVESTIGATE THE PROBLEM. AT THIS TIME THE CAUSE OF THE | | PROBLEM APPEARS TO BE BAD CONTACTS IN THE EDG UNDERVOLTAGE CIRCUIT THAT | | SENSES IF THE EMERGENCY BUS IS DEENERGIZED BEFORE IT ALLOWS THE EDG OUTPUT | | BREAKER TO CLOSE. THE TEST WAS LAST SUCCESSFULLY PERFORMED ON THE 'A' EDG | | DURING THE LAST REFUELING OUTAGE. THE 'B' EDG LOOP/LOCA TEST WAS | | SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED YESTERDAY. THE LICENSEE IS NOT CURRENTLY IN ANY | | TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION ACTION STATEMENT DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS INFORMED THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | * * * UPDATE 1022 4/18/95 FROM CURTLAND TAKEN BY STRANSKY * * * | | | | THE LICENSEE IS RETRACTING THIS NOTIFICATION. THE LICENSEE HAS TRACED THE | | FAILURE TO LOAD PROBLEM TO A CONTACT ON THE BUS UNDERVOLTAGE RELAY. THE | | UNDERVOLTAGE RELAY WAS LAST TESTED SATISFACTORILY DURING THE PERFORMANCE OF | | THIS DIESEL GENERATOR LOAD TEST DURING THE LAST REFUELING OUTAGE. THE | | RELAY HAS SINCE TESTED SATISFACTORILY. SINCE NO MAINTENANCE WAS PERFORMED | | ON THE RELAY, THE LICENSEE IS ASSUMING THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED AT THE | | TIME OF THE TEST. THEREFORE, THERE IS NO REASONABLE EVIDENCE THAT THE EDG | | WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO LOAD TO THE BUS. THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR | | WILL BE INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE. NOTIFIED R3DO (MADERA). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 28700 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: PROTECHNIQUES INTL, HOUSTON, TX |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/18/95 | | CITY: HOUSTON REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:11 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: TX |EVENT DATE: 04/18/95 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 03:00[CDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 04/18/95 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |CHARLES CAIN RDO | | |LARRY CAMPER, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+DENNIS SOLLENBERGER OSP | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: SAMMONS, USCG NAT RES CTR | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NTRA TRANSPORTATION EVENT | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - OVERTURNED TRUCK SPILLED SMALL AMOUNT OF IRIDIUM-192 ONTO THE GROUND - | | | | USCG NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER REPORTED THAT AT 0300 (MDT) ON 04/18/95, A | | PROTECHNIQUES INTERNATIONAL COMPANY PICKUP TRUCK CARRYING AN OVERPACKAGE | | OVERTURNED ON A SLICK HIGHWAY CAUSING THE OVERPACKAGE TO BREAK OPEN. THE | | OVERPACKAGE CONTAINED 3 DOT #7A PACKAGES WHICH CONTAINED 8 SMALL LEAD PIGS | | CONTAINING 160 MILLICURIES OF IRIDIUM-192, 1 LARGE LEAD SHIELD CONTAINING | | 40 MILLICURIES OF SCANDIUM-46, AND A SEALED PIECE OF PCV PIPE WHICH WAS 8 | | INCHES LONG AND 4 INCHES IN DIAMETER. THE PIPE CONTAINED A LIQUID MIXTURE | | WHICH INCLUDED IRIDIUM-192 SOLID PARTICLES. THE OVERPACKAGE AND THE PCV | | PIPE BROKE OPEN AND SPILLED LESS THAN 100 MICROCURIES ONTO THE GROUND. | | COMPANY WORKERS REMOVED APPROXIMATELY 4 TO 5 GALLONS OF CONTAMINATED SOIL | | FOR DISPOSAL. THE LEAD CONTAINERS WERE NOT DAMAGED. | | | | THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON I-80, WEST BOUND, MILE MARKER #138, NEAR | | ROCKSPRINGS, WY. THE PICKUP TRUCK DRIVER WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL | | AND TREATED FOR A BRUISED ARM AND RELEASED. | | | | THE LICENSEE (LARRY STEPHENSON) NOTIFIED NRC REGION 4 (BOB BROWN), DOT, AND | | LOCAL OFFICIALS. THE USCG NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER NOTIFIED DOT, EPA, AND | | DOE. | | | | A LOCAL NEWS REPORTER TOOK A PICTURE OF THE DAMAGED TRUCK. | | | | THE USCG NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER INCIDENT REPORT NUMBER IS #287518. | | | | SEE HOO LOG FOR LICENSEE ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 28701 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: BEAVER VALLEY REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/19/95 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: PA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 00:46 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-3-LP,[2] W-3-LP |EVENT DATE: 04/18/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 23:57[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JEFFERY SHIPE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 04/19/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: | | |AESF 50.72(b)(2)(ii) ESF ACTUATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | A REACTOR OPERATOR INADVERTENTLY SECURED THE WRONG PUMP. | | | | THE UNIT HAS A SUB-ATMOSPHERIC CONTAINMENT WITH TWO SMALL VACUUM PUMPS TO | | MAINTAIN CONTAINMENT VACUUM, AND THE LICENSEE HAS A LOG REQUIREMENT THAT A | | NON-OPERATING VACUUM PUMP WILL BE RUN FOR 15 MINUTES EVERY MIDNIGHT SHIFT. | | AT THE END OF A 15 MINUTE RUN OF THE B CONTAINMENT VACUUM PUMP (CVP1B), A | | REACTOR OPERATOR INADVERTENTLY SECURED THE OPERATING RIVER WATER PUMP | | (WRP1B) WHILE INTENDING TO SECURE CONTAINMENT VACUUM PUMP CVP1B. STANDBY | | RIVER WATER PUMP WRP1A AUTOMATICALLY STARTED AS DESIGNED. THE REACTOR | | OPERATOR IMMEDIATELY RESTARTED RIVER WATER PUMP WRP1B AND SECURED STANDBY | | RIVER WATER PUMP WRP1A. THE SYSTEM WAS RESTORED TO NORMAL SYSTEM | | ARRANGEMENT AND ALL PARAMETERS WERE NORMAL. | | | | THE LICENSEE STATED THAT THE SWITCHES FOR THE B CONTAINMENT VACUUM PUMP AND | | RIVER WATER PUMP WRP1B WERE LOCATED BESIDE EACH OTHER AND THAT THE RIVER | | WATER PUMPS WERE CONSIDERED TO BE ESF EQUIPMENT. | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO NOTIFY THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+