U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 06/20/95 - 06/21/95 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 28965 28966 28967 28968 28969 28970 28971 +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 28965 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: CRYSTAL RIVER REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/20/95 | |UNIT: [3] [ ] [ ] STATE: FL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:11 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [3] B&W-L-LP |EVENT DATE: 06/20/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 01:50[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: SWEENEY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 06/20/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |DOUG COLLINS RDO | |AOUT 50.72(b)(1)(ii)(B) OUTSIDE DESIGN BASIS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | WHEN "A" HIGH PRESSURE INJECTION (HPI) PUMP IS ALIGNED TO ITS ALTERNATE | | COOLING WATER SOURCE ITS COOLING WATER FLOW RATE IS LESS THAN ITS DESIGN | | BASIS VALUE. | | | | WHEN "A" HPI PUMP IS ALIGNED TO ITS ALTERNATE COOLING WATER SOURCE THE | | COOLING WATER FLOW RATE IS 32 gpm WHICH IS LESS THAN ITS DESIGN BASIS VALUE | | WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO BE 50 gpm. THIS PUMP IS INOPERABLE FOR EMERGENCY | | SAFEGUARDS FUNCTION WHEN ALIGNED TO ITS ALTERNATE COOLING SOURCE. NORMALLY | | "A" HPI IS NOT AN EMERGENCY SAFEGUARDS SELECTED PUMP OR ALIGNED TO ITS | | ALTERNATE COOLING WATER SOURCE. HPI PUMPS "B" & "C" ARE THE NORMALLY | | SELECTED PUMPS. LICENSEE SUSPECTS THAT THIS EVENT IS A DESIGN BASIS ISSUE. | | ENGINEERING IS INVESTIGATING THIS EVENT. THIS PROBLEM WAS DISCOVERED DURING | | A SCHEDULED SYSTEM OUTAGE. | | | | RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 28966 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: BETHLEHEM STEEL |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/20/95 | | CITY: CHESTERTON REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:12 [ET]| | COUNTY: PORTER STATE: IN |EVENT DATE: 06/15/95 | |LICENSE#: 37-01861-05 AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 10:00[EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 06/20/95 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |CURTIS COWGILL RDO | | | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: TONY LAMASTRA | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |BAD1 20.2202(a)(1) PERS OVEREXPOSURE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | BETHLEHEM STEEL; BURNS HARBOR PLANT; CHESTERTON, INDIANA. | | EXPOSURE TO NON-RADIATION WORKERS. | | | | THE LICENSEE WAS RUNNING CALIBRATION TESTS ON A THICKNESS GAGE WHEN THREE | | WELDERS WANDERED INTO THE ROOM. THE ROOM WAS IDENTIFIED AS A HIGH RADIATION | | AREA. THE SOURCE, 50 CURIES OF Cs 137, COULD CAUSE A WORST CASE EXPOSURE | | OF 120 mR FOR THE TWO MINUTES THE SOURCE WAS OUTSIDE THE SHIELD. | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS TAKEN THE FOLLOWING CORRECTIVE ACTIONS: THE WARNING LIGHT | | AT THE DOOR HAS BEEN MOVED TO A MORE VISIBLE LOCATION; THE DOOR LOCKING | | PROCEDURE HAS BEEN MADE MORE STRICT; THE WORKERS WERE COUNSELLED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 28967 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: POINT BEACH REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/20/95 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: WI |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:08 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-2-LP,[2] W-2-LP |EVENT DATE: 06/20/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 16:45[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: CAPT SCHWALBE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 06/20/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOHN JACOBSON RDO | |DUNE 73.71(b)(1) UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | ENTRY INTO THE PROTECTED AREA BY AN EMPLOYEE WHOSE ACCESS HAD BEEN | | TERMINATED. | | | | AN EMPLOYEE HAD HIS ACCESS TO THE PROTECTED AREA CANCELED ON JUNE 16, 1995. | | DUE TO A MIS-COMMUNICATION HIS BADGE WAS NOT REMOVED FROM THE RACK OF | | ACTIVE BADGES. ON JUNE 18, 1995, IN VIOLATION OF INSTRUCTIONS FROM HIS | | SUPERVISOR, HE ENTERED THE PROTECTED AREA TO CLEAN OUT HIS DESK. THE | | LICENSEE CONSIDERS THIS AN UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY. THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 28968 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: ROBINSON REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/20/95 | |UNIT: [2] [ ] [ ] STATE: SC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:35 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] W-3-LP |EVENT DATE: 06/20/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 18:03[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MARTIN ARNOLD |LAST UPDATE DATE: 06/20/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: ALERT +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOHN POTTER RDO | |AAEC 50.72(a)(1)(i) EMERGENCY DECLARED |STEVEN VARGA EO | |NLCO TECH SPEC LCO A/S |BELCHER FEMA | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 2 | N Y 0 STARTUP | 0 STARTUP | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | ALERT DECLARED AND TERMINATED AT 1803 EDT DUE TO REACTOR COOLANT SYSTEM | | LEAKAGE IN EXCESS OF 50 GALLONS PER MINUTE DUE TO A FAILED CHARGING PUMP | | RELIEF VALVE. | | | | AT 1735 EDT A CHARGING PUMP RELIEF VALVE WENT FULLY OPEN CAUSING A REACTOR | | COOLANT LEAK OF 75 GALLONS PER MINUTE. AT 1750 EDT THE LEAK WAS STOPPED BY | | ISOLATING PUMP "A". ABOUT 1125 GALLONS OF PRIMARY COOLANT WERE RELEASED | | VIA THE 3/4 INCH RELIEF LINE TO A DRAIN TO A LIQUID RAD WASTE HOLD UP TANK. | | PRESSURIZER LEVEL FLUCTUATED SLIGHTLY (BETWEEN 10 TO 15%) BUT WAS | | CONTROLLED WITH ADDITIONAL CHARGING FROM PUMPS "B" AND "C" AND BY REDUCING | | LETDOWN. THE LEAK EXCEEDED THE TECH SPEC 3.1.5.1 LIMIT OF 1 GALLON PER | | MINUTE. | | | | THE PLANT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF RESTART FOLLOWING A REFUELING OUTAGE. | | CONSEQUENTLY ACTIVITY WAS LOW. GROSS ACTIVITY WAS MEASURED AT 1.15 EXP -3 | | MICRO-CURIES PER CUBIC CENTIMETER DUE TO MIXED NUCLIDES. NO PERSONNEL WERE | | EXPOSED. | | | | THE LICENSEE WILL REPAIR OR REPLACE THE FAILED VALVE AND CONTINUE WITH | | PLANT RESTART. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND THE STATE AND THREE | | LOCAL COUNTY WARNING POINTS. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 28969 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: SYNCOR |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/20/95 | | CITY: SHARON HILL REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 19:19 [ET]| | COUNTY: DELAWARE STATE: PA |EVENT DATE: 06/20/95 | |LICENSE#: 37-18461-01MD AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 12:10[EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 06/20/95 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |LAWRENCE DOERFLEIN RDO | | | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: TARA DOMITER |ELMO COLLINS R4DO | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |IBBF 30.50(b)(2)(ii) EQUIP DISABLED/FAILS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LOCATION: SYNCOR, AT 650 ELMWOOD AVE, SHARON HILL, PA. NOTIFICATION BY | | CORPORATE OFFICE IN CHATSWORTH, CA. | | | | A FUME HOOD FAILURE WILL CAUSE WORK STOPPAGE IN EXCESS OF 24 HOURS. THE | | FUME HOOD WAS USED FOR THE STORAGE OF SEALED RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS (I 131 | | AND Xe 133). AIR SAMPLING OF THE EXHAUST STACK SHOWED NO EFFLUENT RELEASE | | AND ACTIVITY BELOW REGULATORY LIMITS. THE CAUSE OF THE FUME HOOD FAILURE | | (BLOWER MOTOR FAILED) IS NOT KNOWN. NO ONE WAS IN THE ROOM AT THE TIME THE | | FUME HOOD FAILED. NO PERSONNEL WERE EXPOSED TO RADIATION. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 28970 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: ARKANSAS NUCLEAR REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/20/95 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: AR |NOTIFICATION TIME: 21:04 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] B&W-L-LP,[2] CE |EVENT DATE: 06/20/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 17:50[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: REX KNIGHT |LAST UPDATE DATE: 06/20/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |ELMO COLLINS RDO | |APRE 50.72(b)(2)(vi) OFFSITE NOTIFICATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 99 POWER OPERATION | 99 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH NOTIFIED THAT AN EMPLOYEE WAS TRANSPORTED TO | | A HOSPITAL DUE TO A MEDICAL EMERGENCY. | | | | A CONTRACTOR EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF CHEST PAINS. AN AMBULANCE WAS CALLED, | | BUT THE EMPLOYEE ELECTED TO HAVE HER SUPERVISOR DRIVE HER TO DARDENELLE | | HOSPITAL. NO CONTAMINATION WAS INVOLVED. THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC | | RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 28971 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: FITZPATRICK REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/20/95 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 21:09 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 06/20/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 18:15[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: KERRY ALLEN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 06/20/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |LAWRENCE DOERFLEIN RDO | |AIND 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(D) ACCIDENT MITIGATION | | |NLCO TECH SPEC LCO A/S | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | HIGH PRESSURE COOLANT INJECTION (HPCI) DECLARED INOPERABLE DUE TO HIGH PUMP | | VIBRATION. | | | | DURING THE PERFORMANCE OF "HPCI FLOW RATE AND INSERVICE TEST" THE HPCI MAIN | | PUMP VERTICAL VIBRATION MEASUREMENT EXCEEDED THE TEST IST ACCEPTANCE | | CRITERIA. THE LICENSEE DECLARED THE TEST UNSATISFACTORY AND DECLARED THE | | HPCI SYSTEM INOPERABLE. THE LICENSEE IS CURRENTLY IN DAY ONE OF THE SEVEN | | DAY LCO, FOR TECH SPEC 3.5.C.1, AND IS DETERMINING THE OPERABILITY OF ADS, | | RHR, AND CORE SPRAY. RCIC IS OPERABLE. THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC | | RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+