U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 07/19/95 - 07/20/95 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 29084 29085 29086 29087 +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 29084 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: NASA, KENNEDY SPACE CENTER |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/19/95 | | CITY: CAPE KENNEDY REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:58 [ET]| | COUNTY: BREVARD STATE: FL |EVENT DATE: 07/19/95 | |LICENSE#: 09-11149-03 AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 13:00[EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/19/95 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |STEVEN VIAS RDO | | | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: GEORGE MARMARO | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NINF INFORMATION ONLY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, CAPE KENNEDY, FLORIDA. MISSING TRITIUM EXIT SIGNS | | | | TWO TRITIUM EXIT SIGNS INSTALLED IN A CONTRACTOR'S BUILDING IN 1984 ARE | | MISSING. EXTENSIVE SEARCHING HAS NOT TURNED THEM UP. THE SIGNS CONTAIN 21 | | CURIES EACH OF TRITIUM. THE LICENSEE HAS REPORTED THE MISSING SIGNS TO | | REGION 2. | | | | HOO NOTE: THE CALLER EMPHASIZED THAT THESE SIGNS WERE NOT PURCHASED UNDER | | THEIR LICENSE. THEY WERE INSTALLED BY THE CONTRACTOR IN NASA'S BUILDING, | | AND PRESUMABLY REMOVED BY THAT SAME CONTRACTOR AT SOME TIME IN THE PAST. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29085 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SOUTH TEXAS REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/19/95 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: TX |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:40 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 07/19/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 08:40[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MIKE BERRENS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/19/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |TOM STETKA 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 | | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LICENSEE 24 HOUR NOTIFICATION OF A TECH SPEC VIOLATION. SEISMIC MONITORING | | INSTRUMENT INOPERABLE FOR MORE THAT 30 DAYS. | | | | A SEISMIC ACCELERAGRAPH LOCATED ON THE UNIT 1 SPENT FUEL POOL HEAT | | EXCHANGER 1B INLET LINE FAILS WHEN THE COMPONENT COOLING WATER (CCW) SUPPLY | | VALVE IS CLOSED. THE PIPING ACCELERATIONS FROM CYCLING THE VALVE EXCEED 5 | | G's, WHICH OVER RANGES THE ACCELERAGRAPH. ONCE THE ACCELERAGRAPH IS OVER | | RANGED IT CAN NO LONGER RECORD THE EFFECTS OF AN EARTHQUAKE. THE | | ACCELERAGRAPHS ARE CHECKED ON AN EIGHTEEN MONTH CYCLE AND THE CCW SUPPLY | | VALVE IS CYCLED EVERY FOUR MONTHS FOR SURVEILLANCE TESTING. DEPENDING ON | | HOW THE SURVEILLANCE INTERVALS FOR THE TWO PIECES OF EQUIPMENT OVERLAP, THE | | SEISMIC MONITOR COULD BE OUT OF COMMISSION FOR AS LONG AS EIGHTEEN MONTHS. | | THIS EXCEEDS THE 30 DAYS ALLOWED BY TECH SPECS. THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE | | NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29086 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: ARKANSAS NUCLEAR REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/19/95 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: AR |NOTIFICATION TIME: 21:39 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] B&W-L-LP,[2] CE |EVENT DATE: 07/19/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 20:10[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JIM SUTTERFIELD |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/19/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |TOM STETKA RDO | |AOUT 50.72(b)(1)(ii)(B) OUTSIDE DESIGN BASIS | | |NLCO TECH SPEC LCO A/S | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 2 | N Y 98 POWER OPERATION | 98 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | DURING A PROCEDURE VALIDATION ON THEIR SIMULATOR, THE LICENSEE FOUND A | | SINGLE FAILURE THAT COULD TAKE OUT BOTH TRAINS OF EMERGENCY FEED WATER | | (EFW). | | | | A LOSS OF DC POWER DOWNSTREAM OF THE BATTERY/BATTERY CHARGER TRANSFER | | SWITCH WOULD CAUSE FAILURE OF CONTROL POWER TO THE TURBINE DRIVEN EFW PUMP | | AND TRIP OF THE PUMP (FAILURE OF THE GREEN TRAIN). IN ADDITION THIS LOSS | | OF CONTROL POWER MIGHT CAUSE THE TWO GREEN TRAIN INJECTION VALVES IN SERIES | | WITH TWO RED TRAIN VALVES FOR THE MOTOR DRIVEN EFW PUMP TO CLOSE, DUE TO A | | LENGTHY SERIES OF EVENTS INVOLVING LOSS OF CONTROL POWER FOR THE MAIN | | TURBINE AND GENERATOR, COAST DOWN TIME FOR THE MAIN GENERATOR, AND EVENTUAL | | LOCK OUT OF THE MAIN GENERATOR ON ANTI-MOTORING. THESE INJECTION VALVES | | WOULD NOT REOPEN UNTIL AC POWER IS MANUALLY TRANSFERRED TO START UP | | TRANSFORMER "3". | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS DECLARED THE MOTOR DRIVEN EFW PUMP INOPERABLE AND HAS | | ENTERED A 72 HOUR ACTION STATEMENT PER TECH SPEC 3.7.1.2. SHORT TERM | | CORRECTIVE ACTION, WHICH WILL CLEAR THE ACTION STATEMENT, IS TO POWER THE | | INJECTION VALVES FROM START UP TRANSFORMER "3". LONG TERM CORRECTIVE | | ACTION WILL BE DETERMINED BY THE LICENSEE PRIOR TO THEIR SEPTEMBER OUTAGE. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 29087 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: BABCOCK & WILCOX CO. |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/20/95 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM FUEL FABRICATION |NOTIFICATION TIME: 01:06 [ET]| |COMMENTS: HEU FABRICATION & SCRAP RECOVERY |EVENT DATE: 07/20/95 | | NAVAL REACTOR FUEL |EVENT TIME: 00:15[EDT]| | |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/20/95 | | CITY: LYNCHBURG REGION: 2 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: CAMPBELL STATE: VA |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: SNM-42 AGREEMENT: N |STEVEN VIAS RDO | | DOCKET: 07000027 |FRED COMBS, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+CHUCK BAGWELL FEMA | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: COFFEY / SCHILTHELM | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: ALERT | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |AAEC 50.72(a)(1)(i) EMERGENCY DECLARED | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - ALERT DECLARED DUE TO EVACUATION FROM PLANT BUILDING DUE TO ACID SPILL - | | | | AT 0015, LICENSEE DECLARED AN ALERT DUE TO AN EVACUATION OF PLANT PERSONNEL | | FROM THE URANIUM RECOVERY BUILDING DUE TO A SPILL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIAL. | | | | THE CONTENTS OF A 30 GALLON NITRIC ACID STORAGE DAY TANK LEAKED THROUGH | | A CRACKED VALVE IN THE TANK DISCHARGE LINE TO THE DISSOLVER TRAYS ONTO | | THE URANIUM RECOVERY BUILDING FLOOR AND OUT OF THE BUILDING ONTO A CLEAN, | | UNRESTRICTED, OWNER CONTROLLED AREA. | | | | EACH OF 6 TRAYS IN 6 BANKS OF TRAYS CONTAINS A MAXIMUM OF 500 GRAMS OF | | U-235 POWDER. THE ACID DID NOT LEAK INTO THE DISSOLVER TRAYS AND NO | | NUCLEAR CRITICALITY SAFETY CONCERN EXISTS IN THIS EVENT. | | | | THERE HAS BEEN NO RELEASE OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL FROM THE PLANT AND | | NONE IS EXPECTED. | | | | LICENSEE EVACUATED PLANT PERSONNEL FROM THE URANIUM RECOVERY BUILDING | | DUE TO PERSONNEL SAFETY CONCERNS AND IS REMOVING THE LIQUID ACID FROM | | THE BUILDING FLOOR. | | | | LICENSEE STAFFED THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER AT THE PLANT. | | | | LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR MARK ELLIOTT, AND STATE AND | | LOCAL OFFICIALS. | | | | HOO NOTIFIED R2 DOUG COLLINS, JERRY TROUP, BRUCE MALLETT, ED McALPINE; | | NMSS JERRY ROTH; AND AEOD RICH BARRETT. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 0330 FROM OLSEN TAKEN BY HOO JOLLIFFE * * * | | | | AT 0320, LICENSEE TERMINATED THE ALERT AFTER THE LIQUID ACID HAD BEEN | | REMOVED FROM THE URANIUM RECOVERY BUILDING FLOOR. A HAZARD NO LONGER | | EXISTS TO PERSONNEL OR THE PLANT. THERE WERE NO PERSONNEL INJURIES DURING | | THIS EVENT. | | | | LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND WILL NOTIFY STATE AND | | LOCAL OFFICIALS. | | | | HOO NOTIFIED R2DO STEVE VIAS, R2 DOUG COLLINS, NMSS EO FRED COMBS, | | NMSS JERRY ROTH, AND FEMA CHUCK BAGWELL OF THE TERMINATION OF THE ALERT. | | | | HOO NOTIFIED DOE CHUCK CLAUS, EPA JIM McLAUGHLIN, HHS KENT GREY, USDA | | GEORGE BICKERTON, AEOD ED JORDAN & FRANK CONGEL, AND HQ PAO BILL BEECHER OF | | BOTH THE DECLARATION AND TERMINATION OF THE ALERT. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+