U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 04/21/95 - 04/24/95 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 28572 28710 28711 28712 28713 28714 28715 28716 28717 28718 !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 28572 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: MILLSTONE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/22/95 | |UNIT: [ ] [ ] [3] STATE: CT |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:29 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-3,[2] CE,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 03/22/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 10:08[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: LANGAN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 04/21/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |CLIFFORD ANDERSON 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 | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | | | | | 3 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE LICENSEE DISCOVERED THAT THEY COULD HAVE A MALFUNCTION WITH THEIR | | SUPPLEMENTAL LEAK COLLECTION AND RELEASE FILTERS AND THE CONTROL ROOM | | FILTERS. | | | | THIS PROBLEM WAS DISCOVERED DURING AN ENGINEERING REVIEW OF A CONDITION FOR | | WHICH HISTORICAL BREACHES OF THE CONTROL ROOM BOUNDARY MAY HAVE RENDERED | | THE CONTROL ROOM FILTERS INCAPABLE OF PERFORMING THEIR SAFETY FUNCTION OF | | MAINTAINING POSITIVE PRESSURE IN THE CONTROL ROOM. THIS CONDITION COULD | | HAVE EXISTED SINCE 1986. THERE WILL BE AN ENGINEERING EVALUATION TO | | DETERMINE THE REQUIRED ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN. | | | | THE RI, STATE AND LOCAL AGENCIES HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. | | | | ***UPDATE 3/24/94 @ 0953 FROM KULTERMAN TAKEN BY SEBROSKY *** | | DUE TO THE INVESTIGATION DONE BECAUSE OF THIS EVENT THE LICENSEE HAS | | IDENTIFIED THAT BREACHES IN THE SECONDARY BOUNDARY COULD RENDER THE | | SUPPLEMENTAL LEAK COLLECTION AND RELEASE SYSTEM INOPERABLE. THE LICENSEE | | HAS ISSUED A SEPARATE REPORT FOR THIS PROBLEM (SEE EVENT # 28582). THE | | LICENSEE HAS INFORMED THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR. HOO NOTIFIED R1DO(ANDERSON). | | | | ***UPDATE @ 1846 4/21/95 FROM PINKOWITZ TAKEN BY SEBROSKY *** | | THE LICENSEE IS RETRACTING THIS REPORT BASED ON PERFORMING AN ENGINEERING | | EVALUATION THAT HAS DETERMINED THAT THE HISTORICAL BREACHES DID NOT RESULT | | IN A LOSS OF SAFETY FUNCTION. THE LICENSEE IS NOT RETRACTING REPORT 28582. | | HOO NOTIFIED R1DO(RULAND). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 28710 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: COOPER ENERGY SERVICES |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/21/95 | | CITY: GROVE CITY REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:02 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: PA |EVENT DATE: 04/21/95 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 13:02[EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 04/21/95 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MOWERY |VERN HODGE NRR | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOSEPH SEBROSKY | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |CCCC 21.21 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | COOPER ENERGY SERVICES OF GROVE CITY, PA IS ISSUING A 10 CFR PART 21 REPORT | | DUE TO A POTENTIAL DESIGN DEFECT OF THE KSV EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATOR | | (EDG) SYSTEM. | | | | THE PROBLEM WAS FIRST REPORTED AT NINE MILE POINT UNIT 2 AND CONCERNS A | | POTENTIAL DEFECT WITH THE COOLING WATER SYSTEM FOR THE MECHANICAL GOVERNOR. | | ON JANUARY 29, 1995 UNIT 2 EXPERIENCED A GOVERNOR FAILURE OF THE DIVISION 1 | | EDG DUE TO OVERHEATING OF THE GOVERNOR. TESTING OF THE FAILED MECHANICAL | | GOVERNOR REVEALED THAT THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE FAILURES WAS: 1) A LOW OR NO | | FLOW CONDITION DURING LOW COOLING WATER FLOW CONDITIONS, 2) TOO SMALL | | AND/OR LONG WATER TUBING RUNS, 3) LOW DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE ACROSS THE | | INTERCOOLERS (THE SOURCE OF COOLING WATER FOR THE GOVERNOR COOLING SYSTEM). | | | | THE COOLING SYSTEM FOR THE MECHANICAL GOVERNOR WAS DESIGNED AND SUPPLIED BY | | COOPER-BESSEMER. THE PLANTS THAT ARE AFFECTED ARE NINE MILE POINT UNIT 2, | | AND BYRON UNITS 1 AND 2. | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 28711 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SOUTH TEXAS REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/21/95 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: TX |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:01 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 04/20/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 17:00[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JAIRO PINZON |LAST UPDATE DATE: 04/21/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOSEPH SEBROSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |CHARLES CAIN RDO | |NLTR LICENSEE 24 HR REPORT | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION REQUIRED SURVEILLANCE WAS MISSED ON A HYDROGEN | | RECOMBINER. | | | | THE FOLLOWING IS A TEXT OF A FACSIMILE FROM THE LICENSEE: | | | | "ON APRIL 20, 1995 A REPORTABILITY REVIEW WAS COMPLETED WHICH DETERMINED | | THAT THE REQUIREMENTS OF TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 3.6.4.2 WERE NOT MET DUE | | TO NOT PERFORMING THE SURVEILLANCE REQUIREMENTS ON THE CONTAINMENT HYDROGEN | | RECOMBINER 1B IN JULY, 1992. | | | | IT WAS DETERMINED THAT ON MAY 8, 1992, A REQUIRED SURVEILLANCE ON HYDROGEN | | RECOMBINER 1B WAS PERFORMED ON HYDROGEN RECOMBINER 1A. THE SURVEILLANCE | | INTERVAL EXPIRED ON JULY 6, 1992. THIS EVENT CONSTITUTED A FAILURE TO | | PERFORM THE SURVEILLANCE ON HYDROGEN RECOMBINER 1B WITHIN THE ALLOWED | | SURVEILLANCE INTERVAL AS DEFINED BY TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS. | | | | FROM JULY 6, 1992 UNTIL SEPTEMBER 19, 1992, WHEN UNIT 1 WAS NO LONGER IN | | MODES 1 OR 2, HYDROGEN RECOMBINER 1B WAS FUNCTIONAL BUT TECHNICALLY | | INOPERABLE. SUBSEQUENTLY, HYDROGEN RECOMBINER 1B WAS FUNCTIONALLY TESTED | | ON DECEMBER 8, 1992. | | | | THIS CONDITION WAS DISCOVERED BY A SYSTEM ENGINEER WHO WAS PERFORMING | | TRENDING ANALYSIS AS PART OF THE STATION'S SYSTEM HEALTH EVALUATION | | PROGRAM. THIS IS BEING REPORTED AS A VIOLATION OF THE PLANT OPERATING | | LICENSE NO. NPF-76(2G) SECTION 2.C(2)(24 HOUR REPORT)." END OF TEXT. | | | | THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 28712 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: UCLA |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/21/95 | | CITY: WESTWOOD REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:48 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: CA |EVENT DATE: 04/20/95 | |LICENSE#: 1335-70 AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 16:30[PDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 04/21/95 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |CHARLES CAIN RDO | | |LARRY CAMPER EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DONALD BUNN (STATE OF CA) | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOSEPH SEBROSKY | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA CALLED TO REPORT A POSSIBLE FILM BADGE PROBLEM FOR | | ONE OF THEIR LICENSEES. | | | | A FILM BADGE FOR A WOMEN WORKING AT A UCLA LAB WAS PROCESSED YESTERDAY AT | | 16:30 (PT) AND SHOWED A QUARTERLY EXPOSURE OF 724 REM. THE INDIVIDUAL HAS | | BEEN SEEN BY A PHYSICIAN AT UCLA AND SHOWS NO SIGNS OF RADIOACTIVE | | EXPOSURE. (THERE WAS NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE AS TO WHETHER OF NOT THE | | INDIVIDUAL WAS PREGNANT). AT THIS TIME THE LICENSEE BELIEVES THAT THE FILM | | BADGE READING IS IN ERROR. THE PERSON INVOLVED WORKS WITH P-32 IN ONE OF | | THE CAMPUS LABS. | | | | THE LICENSEE IS CONTINUING TO INVESTIGATE THE PROBLEM AND THE STATE PLANS | | TO SEND AN INSPECTOR TO THE LOCATION. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 28713 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SUSQUEHANNA REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/22/95 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: PA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 04:41 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4,[2] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 04/22/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 01:36[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DAN BOYLE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 04/22/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DOUG WEAVER +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |WILLIAM RULAND 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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | ESF ACTUATION - ISOLATION OF INBOARD MSIVs | | | | DURING PERFORMANCE OF SEMI-ANNUAL RPS ELECTRICAL PROTECTION ASSEMBLY | | BREAKER FUNCTIONAL TESTING, AN INVALID ESF ACTUATION OF THE INBOARD MSIVs | | OCCURRED. THE ACTUATION WAS CAUSED BY OPERATOR ERROR. THE TEST WAS FIRST | | PERFORMED ON DIVISION 1 EQUIPMENT AND THE ISOLATION LOGIC WAS NOT RESET AT | | THE CONCLUSION OF THE TEST. WHEN THE TESTING COMMENCED ON DIVISION 2 THE | | MSIV ISOLATION WAS RECEIVED. | | | | THE OUTBOARD MSIVs WERE ALREADY CLOSED AND REMOVED FROM SERVICE, | | ADDITIONALLY, THE MAIN STEAM LINES WERE OUT OF SERVICE WITH THE MAIN STEAM | | LINE PLUGS INSTALLED. THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT | | INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 28714 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/22/95 | | CITY: ANN ARBOR REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 12:33 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: MI |EVENT DATE: 04/20/95 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 12:00[EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 04/22/95 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |JOHN MADERA RDO | | |LARRY CAMPER EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MARK DRISCOLL |RICHARD BANGART SP | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOSEPH SEBROSKY |KEN BROCKMAN AEOD | +------------------------------------------------+DON COOL NMSS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NINF INFORMATION ONLY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN IN ANN ARBOR, IS MAKING A REPORT DUE TO | | CONTAMINATION BEING FOUND IN AND AROUND A LABORATORY. | | | | THE LAB WHERE THE LICENSEE FEELS THE SPILL ORIGINATED IS IN THE KRESGE-2 | | BUILDING WHERE MEDICAL RESEARCH IS DONE. THE LAB HAD BEEN WORKING WITH 70 | | MICROCURIES OF PHOSPHORUS-32, HOWEVER, AT THIS TIME THE LICENSEE IS UNSURE | | HOW MUCH OF THIS AMOUNT WAS ACTUALLY SPILLED. THE LICENSEE WAS FIRST | | ALERTED TO THE SPILL ON FRIDAY MORNING BUT BELIEVES THAT THE SPILL ACTUALLY | | OCCURRED ON THURSDAY. THE LICENSEE HAS DONE, AND IS CONTINUING TO DO | | EXTENSIVE SURVEYS OF THE AREA WITH THE FOLLOWING RESULTS TO DATE: | | | | THE LAB ITSELF SHOWS DISCRETE AREAS OF CONTAMINATION WITH A MAXIMUM | | CONTAMINATION OF 900,000 DPM PER 100 SQUARE CENTIMETERS. AREAS IN THE | | HALLWAY OUTSIDE THE LAB SHOWED DISCRETE CONTAMINATION LEVELS OF UP TO | | 30,000 DPM PER 100 SQUARE CENTIMETERS. THERE WAS ALSO ONE AREA OUTSIDE THE | | BUILDING THAT SHOWED A CONTAMINATION LEVEL OF 45,000 DPM PER 100 SQUARE | | CENTIMETERS. | | | | IN ADDITION, SEVERAL PEOPLE HAD EXTERNAL CONTAMINATION. THERE HAPPENED TO | | BE A FILM CREW VIDEOTAPING A PROFESSOR IN THE LAB ROOM WHERE THE SPILL | | OCCURRED ON THURSDAY. THE PROFESSOR WAS BEING VIDEO TAPED REGARDING | | RESEARCH SHE WAS DOING CONCERNING ARTHRITIS. THE CAMERA CREW WAS FROM | | ATLANTA AND THE LICENSEE WAS ABLE TO STOP THE INDIVIDUALS AT THE AIRPORT ON | | FRIDAY BEFORE THEY LEFT TOWN. THE THREE MEMBERS HAD FIXED CONTAMINATION ON | | THEIR SHOES. THEIR RENTAL VAN WAS SURVEYED AND IT HAD CONTAMINATION ON THE | | FLOOR MATS. THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HAS LEASED THE VAN AND IS IN THE | | PROCESS OF DECONTAMINATING IT. THEIR HOTEL WAS SURVEYED AND SHOWED NO SIGNS | | OF CONTAMINATION. | | | | THE DIRECTOR OF THE MICHIGAN ARTHRITIS SOCIETY HAD SLIGHT CONTAMINATION ON | | HIS SHOES AS WELL AS ON A COAT THAT HE HAD LAID DOWN ON THE FLOOR WHILE THE | | VIDEOTAPING WAS BEING DONE. A MEMBER OF THE FILM CREW THAT LIVES IN THE | | AREA HAD CONTAMINATION ON THE KNEE AREA OF HIS JEANS AND ON HIS CAR | | FLOOR MAT. THE HOMES OF THESE INDIVIDUALS SHOWED NO SIGN OF CONTAMINATION. | | THREE PEOPLE THAT WORKED IN THE LAB WERE ALSO CHECKED. THERE WAS SLIGHT | | CONTAMINATION THAT WAS FOUND ON THE SHOES OF THESE INDIVIDUALS, ON THEIR | | CAR FLOOR MATS, AND AREAS IN THEIR HOMES. | | | | THE LICENSEE IS INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF THE SPILL AND IS CONTINUING TO | | DO SURVEYS. TO DATE THE HIGHEST LEVEL FOUND ON A CAR FLOOR MAT WAS 25,000 | | DPM PER 100 SQUARE CENTIMETERS. THE AREA OUTSIDE THE BUILDING THAT SHOWED | | A CONTAMINATION LEVEL OF 45,000 DPM PER 100 SQUARE CENTIMETERS IS NEAR A | | CAMPUS BUS STOP. THE LICENSEE HAS SURVEYED 25 CAMPUS BUSES AND HAS FOUND NO | | CONTAMINATION IN THE BUSES. | | | | THE LICENSEE EXPECTS TO ISSUE A PRESS RELEASE. IN ADDITION TO THE PEOPLE | | LISTED ABOVE CYNTHIA PEDERSON (RIII), JAMES LYNCH (RIII) AND JOHN | | KOPECK(PAO) HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE EVENT. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 28715 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: INDIAN POINT REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/22/95 | |UNIT: [2] [ ] [ ] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:16 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] W-4-LP,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 04/22/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 18:15[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DEIRDRE MURPHY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 04/22/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOSEPH SEBROSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |WILLIAM RULAND 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 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | A HYDROGEN RECOMBINER FAILED A SURVEILLANCE TEST. | | | | DURING THE PERFORMANCE OF QUARTERLY SURVEILLANCE ON THE '22' HYDROGEN | | RECOMBINER, THREE VALVES FAILED TO OPERATE PROPERLY. TWO VALVES FAILED TO | | CLOSE, AND ONE VALVE FAILED TO OPEN. THE VALVES THAT FAILED TO CLOSE ARE | | THE BLEED VALVES FROM THE RECOMBINER, AND THE VALVE THAT FAILED TO OPEN IS | | THE BLOCK VALVE IN THE MAIN COMBUSTION LINE. WITH THE RECOMBINER IN | | STANDBY THESE VALVES ARE NORMALLY IN A POSITION TO PREVENT A BUILDUP OF | | HYDROGEN IN THE UNIT. THE VALVES ARE REQUIRED TO REPOSITION ONCE THE UNIT | | IS STARTED. | | | | THE TEST HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY PERFORMED ON THE OTHER HYDROGEN RECOMBINER. | | THE LICENSEE IS NOT CURRENTLY IN A TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION ACTION STATEMENT | | BECAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. THE LICENSEE IS PREVENTED FROM ENTERING THE | | STARTUP MODE UNTIL THE PROBLEM WITH THE RECOMBINER IS SOLVED. | | | | THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 28716 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: BEAVER VALLEY REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/23/95 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: PA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 19:00 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-3-LP,[2] W-3-LP |EVENT DATE: 04/23/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 17:11[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: WAHLENMEYER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 04/23/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: GREG SCARFO +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |WILLIAM RULAND 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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | AN INVALID CONTAINMENT ISOLATION SIGNAL WAS ISSUED DURING PREPARATION FOR A | | RECIRCULATION SPRAY PUMP TEST DUE TO AN OPERATOR ERROR. | | | | WHILE PREPARING FOR A "RECIRCULATION SPRAY PUMP DRY BUMP" TEST, A | | TECHNICIAN INADVERTENTLY PLACED THE "MULTIPLEXER TEST" SWITCH TO THE | | "INHIBIT" POSITION WHILE RETURNING TRAIN "B" OF THE SOLID STATE PROTECTION | | (SSP) SYSTEM TO SERVICE INSTEAD OF THE "OUTPUT ERROR INHIBIT" SWITCH. THIS | | RESULTED IN THE ISSUANCE OF A TRAIN "B" SAFETY INJECTION SIGNAL AND AN | | ASSOCIATED CONTAINMENT ISOLATION SIGNAL, FEEDWATER ISOLATION SIGNAL (FWIS), | | AND MAIN STEAM LINE (MSL) ISOLATION SIGNAL. THESE ESF ACTUATION SIGNALS | | RESULTED IN THE CLOSURE OF A SERVICE WATER ISOLATION VALVE, THE CLOSURE OF | | TWO SAFETY INJECTION VALVES, AND THE ACTUATION OF A VENTILATION FAN. ALL | | OTHER EQUIPMENT REMAINED IN ITS PRE-ESF, SHUTDOWN CONFIGURATION. NO WATER | | WAS INJECTED OR PUMPS WERE ACTUATED. | | | | THE AFFECTED EQUIPMENT WAS RETURNED TO ITS ORIGINAL CONFIGURATION AND THE | | ESF LOGIC RESET. THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |IRRETRIEVABLE WELL LOGGING SOURCE | |EVENT NUMBER: 28717 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: SPERRY SUN DRILLING SERVICES |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/23/95 | | CITY: HOUSTON REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:50 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: TX |EVENT DATE: 04/23/95 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 18:50[CDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 04/23/95 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |GENE BATES RDO | | | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BECNELL | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: GREG SCARFO | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |EIRR 39.77(c) WELL LOGGING SOURCE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | COASTAL OIL & GAS COMPANY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS, REPORTED THE ABANDONMENT OF A | | WELL-LOGGING SOURCE AT A WELL IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. | | | | COASTAL OIL & GAS COMPANY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS, REPORTED THE ABANDONMENT OF A | | WELL-LOGGING SOURCE AT A WELL LOCATED IN BLOCK "WEST CAMERON 504", OCSG# | | 2006 (OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF GULF). THE WELL-LOGGING SOURCE IS OWNED BY | | SPERRY-SUN DRILLING SERVICES AND THE OWNER OF THE WELL IS ANR PRODUCTION | | COMPANY. THE LOGGING SOURCE CONTAINS THREE (3) CURIES OF AM-241/BE AND TWO | | (2) CURIES OF CS-137. PERSONNEL OF COASTAL OIL ATTEMPTED TO RETRIEVE THE | | SOURCE FOR APPROXIMATELY FOUR DAYS. | | | | TODAY, THE WELL BEGAN TO COLLAPSE AND THE DECISION TO ABANDON THE SOURCE | | WAS MADE. THE WELL WILL BE SEALED BETWEEN 0400 AND 0600 ON 4/24. REGION | | IV WILL BE NOTIFIED BY THE LICENSEE TOMORROW. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 28718 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: BRUNSWICK REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/24/95 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 05:41 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4,[2] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 04/24/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 01:45[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: GLENN LONG |LAST UPDATE DATE: 04/24/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DOUG WEAVER +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |CAUDLE JULIAN 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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | ESF ACTUATION - PARTIAL PRIMARY CONTAINMENT ISOLATION OF GROUPS 2,6 & 8 | | | | AT 0145 A DIVISION II GROUP 2 (OUTBOARD FLOOR DRAIN AND EQUIPMENT DRAIN), A | | DIVISION II GROUP 6 (CONTAINMENT ATMOSPHERE CONTROL) & A DIVISION II GROUP | | 8 (SHUTDOWN COOLING) ISOLATION OCCURRED. THE ISOLATION SIGNAL WAS | | INITIATED DUE TO AN EXISTING CLEARANCE WHICH HAD DEENERGIZED THE REACTOR | | VESSEL WATER LOW LEVEL CHANNEL A2 INPUT TO THE PCIS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE | | DEENERGIZATION OF CHANNEL B2 TO SUPPORT RESTORATION FROM THE VESSEL | | DRAINDOWN. THE REACTOR IS DEFUELED. | | | | ALTHOUGH THE CLEARANCE CAUTIONED THAT A PARTIAL TRIP WOULD BE RECEIVED, | | MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL FAILED TO RECOGNIZE THE EFFECT OF BOTH ACTIVITIES AT | | THE SAME TIME. ALL APPROPRIATE ISOLATION VALVES CLOSED WITH THE EXCEPTION | | OF THOSE CLOSED OR UNDER EQUIPMENT CLEARANCE. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+