U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 07/10/95 - 07/11/95 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 28971 29044 29045 29046 29047 !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |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: 07/10/95 | |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. | | | | * * * UPDATE @ 1208 ON 07/10/95 BY ZAREMBA ENTERED BY HOO JOLLIFFE * * * | | | | LICENSEE DESIRES TO RETRACT THIS EVENT SINCE THE VIBRATION MEASUREMENT | | TAKEN DURING THE TEST WAS IN ERROR BECAUSE THE TEST INSTRUMENT USED WAS | | FOUND TO BE FAULTY. | | | | ON 06/21/95, LICENSEE REPERFORMED THE TEST USING A DIFFERENT TEST | | INSTRUMENT WITH SATISFACTORY RESULTS. | | | | LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | HOO NOTIFIED R1DO BILL LAZARUS. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |TRANSPORTATION EVENT | |EVENT NUMBER: 29044 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: SOUTHERN NUCLEAR OPERATING COMPANY |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/10/95 | | CITY: DOTHAN REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:42 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: AL |EVENT DATE: 07/10/95 | |LICENSE#: NPF-2 & NPF-8 AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 10:00[CDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/10/95 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |THOMAS DECKER RDO | | |BILL BRACH, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+DICK BANGART OSP | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: CLIFF BUCK |PEKAR, NAT RESP CTR DOT | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE |WYATT, EMERG OPS CTR DOE | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NTRA TRANSPORTATION EVENT | | |BAB2 20.2201(a)(1)(ii) LOST/STOLEN LNM>10X | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - X-RAY SOURCE LOST AT EMERY WORLDWIDE FACILITY, DAYTON, OHIO - | | | | ON 06/26/95, SOUTHERN NUCLEAR OPERATING COMPANY SHIPPED AN X-RAY SOURCE | | OF NRC LICENSED NUCLEAR MATERIAL (45 MILLICURIES OF Fe-55 AND 5 MILLICURIES | | OF Cd-109) FROM FARLEY NUCLEAR POWER PLANT TO TN TECHNOLOGIES, INC, | | 2555 NORTH I-35, PO BOX 800, ROUND ROCK, TX 78664 (CONTACT: NELSA MEDINA; | | SEE HOO LOG FOR TELEPHONE NUMBER). | | | | THE RADIOACTIVE SOURCE WAS PACKAGED INSIDE A 5 GALLON PAIL, 12 INCHES | | DIAMETER X 14 INCHES HIGH, MARKED "RADIOACTIVE". THE HAZARDOUS RADIOACTIVE | | MATERIAL NORMAL FORM IS SOLID, TYPE 'A', EXCEPTED PACKAGE, LIMITED QUANTITY | | OF MATERIAL, 7, UN-2910, EXEMPT FISSILE CLASS, SHIPMENT NUMBER #RMS 95-45. | | THE PAIL WAS PACKED INSIDE AN OUTER CARDBOARD BOX. THE ENTIRE PACKAGE | | WEIGHS 30 POUNDS. | | | | THE PACKAGE WAS SHIPPED BY COMMON CARRIER, EMERY WORLDWIDE, BY TRUCK TO | | DAYTON, OHIO, AND THEN WAS TO BE SHIPPED BY AIR TO ROUND ROCK, TEXAS. | | CONSIGNEE LICENSEE NUMBER IS #TX-LO3524. | | | | AT 1000 (CDT) ON 07/10/95, LICENSEE WAS NOTIFIED BY EMERY WORLDWIDE THAT | | THE SHIPMENT WAS LOST. LICENSEE REQUESTED THAT EMERY WORLDWIDE CONTINUE TO | | ATTEMPT TO LOCATE THE PACKAGE. | | | | LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND WILL NOTIFY THE STATE OF | | ALABAMA. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29045 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: BROWNS FERRY REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/10/95 | |UNIT: [ ] [ ] [3] STATE: AL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:03 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4,[2] GE-4,[3] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 07/10/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 14:46[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: KNIGHT |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/10/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |THOMAS DECKER RDO | |AESF 50.72(b)(2)(ii) ESF ACTUATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | | | | | 3 | N N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - 3 OF 3 UNIT 3 EDGs STARTED DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL SHORT DURING A TEST - | | | | WHILE PERFORMING A TEST OF THE EDG START LOGIC SYSTEM, ELECTRICIANS LIFTED | | A WIRE WHICH CAUSED AN ELECTRICAL SHORT WHICH CAUSED 3 OF 3 UNIT 3 EDGs | | TO START IN RESPONSE TO A SENSED ACCIDENT SIGNAL. | | | | THE EDGs DID NOT TIE ONTO THE SHUTDOWN BOARD SINCE NORMAL SUPPLY VOLTAGE | | WAS AVAILABLE. | | | | LICENSEE SHUT THE EDGs DOWN AND RETURNED THEM TO STANDBY STATUS. | | | | THIS EVENT HAD NO EFFECT ON UNITS 1 OR 2. | | | | LICENSEE PLANS TO SUBMIT AN LER ON THIS EVENT. | | | | LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29046 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: HATCH REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/11/95 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: GA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 03:31 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4,[2] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 07/11/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 00:55[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: URQUHART |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/11/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: | | |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | HPCI OUTBOARD TURBINE STEAM SUPPLY VALVE FAILED TO CLOSE DURING QUARTERLY | | MOV OPERABILITY TESTING. HPCI DECLARED INOPERABLE AND LICENSEE ENTERED | | TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 3.5 (14 DAY LCO). | | | | LICENSEE WAS PERFORMING QUARTERLY MOV OPERABILITY TESTING OF HPCI OUTBOARD | | TURBINE STEAM SUPPLY VALVE (E41 F003). WHEN LICENSEE PERFORMED THE OPEN | | STROKE TEST OF THE VALVE IT TOOK 54 SECONDS TO OPEN (NORMALLY TAKES 35 | | SECONDS TO OPEN THE VALVE). LICENSEE TRIED TO CYCLE THE VALVE AGAIN BUT IT | | WOULD NOT CLOSE. LICENSEE DECLARED VALVE (E41 F003) INOPERABLE. LICENSEE | | CLOSED HPCI INBOARD TURBINE STEAM SUPPLY VALVE (E41 F002) TO COMPLY WITH | | PRIMARY CONTAINMENT ISOLATION TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. | | ISOLATING HPCI INBOARD TURBINE STEAM SUPPLY VALVE PLACED LICENSEE IN | | TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 3.5 (HPCI INOPERABLE, 14 DAYS TO RESTORE IT TO | | SERVICE). LICENSEE SUSPECTS THAT THE VALVE IS BINDING INTERNALLY. RCIC AND | | ALL THEIR ECCS SYSTEMS ARE FULLY OPERABLE. | | | | RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29047 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PEACH BOTTOM REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/11/95 | |UNIT: [2] [3] [ ] STATE: PA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 04:55 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] GE-4,[3] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 07/11/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 03:55[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: M GRIBBLE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/11/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: | | |AARC 50.72(b)(1)(v) OTHER ASMT/COMM INOP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | 3 | N Y 75 POWER OPERATION | 75 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LIGHTNING STRIKE CAUSED LOSS OF ELECTRICAL POWER TO THEIR TECHNICAL SUPPORT | | CENTER (TSC). | | | | A LIGHTNING STRIKE CAUSED THE LOSS OF THE 351 ELECTRICAL FEED LINE TO THEIR | | TSC. TSC IS LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE PROTECTED AREA BUT IS LOCATED ON THE | | OWNERS PROPERTY. LICENSEE IS TRYING TO RESTORE ELECTRICAL POWER TO THE TSC | | VIA THE 351 ELECTRICAL FEED LINE. | | | | RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+