U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 07/24/95 - 07/25/95 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 28978 29024 29091 29099 29100 29101 29102 29103 29104 !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 28978 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SALEM REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/22/95 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: NJ |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:48 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 06/22/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 15:00[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MIKE HEALY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/24/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |CURTIS COWGILL RDO | |ADAS 50.72(b)(2)(i) DEG/UNANALYZED COND | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | 2 | N N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | ANALYSIS OF A WESTINGHOUSE BULLETIN REGARDING THE USE OF RIVER WATER AS A | | POTENTIAL BACKUP SOURCE FOR THE STEAM GENERATORS RESULTED IN THE | | DETERMINATION THAT BOTH UNITS PREVIOUSLY OPERATED IN AN UNANALYZED | | CONDITION. | | | | WESTINGHOUSE BULLETIN 89-02 CHANGED THE DESIGN OF THE STATION SUCH THAT THE | | RECOMMENDATION FOR THE USE OF SERVICE WATER (RIVER WATER) AS A BACKUP | | SOURCE OF COOLING WATER FOR THE STEAM GENERATORS WAS DEEMED NOT | | RECOMMENDED. BOTH UNITS HAD OPERATED SINCE THE ISSUANCE OF THE BULLETIN | | WITHOUT ANY CHANGES TO THE STATION, AND IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT A | | MODIFICATION CHANGE WILL BE REQUIRED PRIOR TO THE STARTUP OF EITHER UNIT. | | THE MODIFICATION (WHICH IS STILL UNDER EVALUATION) WOULD INVOLVE THE USE AN | | ALTERNATE SOURCE OF COOLING WATER AND/OR THE COMPLETION OF AN ANALYSIS THAT | | WOULD RECOMMEND THE USE OF RIVER WATER. | | | | THE BULLETIN RESCINDED A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE INITIAL DESIGN FOR ALLOWING | | USE OF THE RIVER WATER, BUT IT HAD A STIPULATION ALLOWING THE USE OF RIVER | | WATER AT A CERTAIN CHLORIDE CONCENTRATION FOR A CERTAIN LENGTH OF TIME. IF | | AN ACCIDENT (EARTHQUAKE/TORNADO) WERE TO OCCUR IN WHICH THE NORMAL STEAM | | GENERATOR COOLING WATER SUPPLY (AUXILIARY FEEDWATER TANKS) WAS LOST, THE | | BULLETIN STIPULATION WOULD ALLOW THE USE OF RIVER WATER FOR ONLY A CERTAIN | | AMOUNT OF TIME IN ORDER TO COOL DOWN. ALTHOUGH THERE IS A CAVEAT IN THE | | WESTINGHOUSE BULLETIN THAT ALLOWS THE USE OF RIVER WATER, THE UNITS ARE | | CURRENTLY NOT DESIGNED TO MEET THE WESTINGHOUSE SPECIFICATIONS TO COOL DOWN | | WITHIN THE 24-HOUR PERIOD SPECIFIED IN THE BULLETIN. | | | | THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND LOWER ALLOWAYS CREEK TOWNSHIP WILL BE NOTIFIED | | BY THE LICENSEE. | | | | *** UPDATE RECEIVED AT 0922 ON JULY 24, 1995, FROM HEALY BY TROCINE *** | | | | THE LICENSEE IS RETRACTING THIS EVENT. FURTHER ENGINEERING ASSESSMENT OF | | WESTINGHOUSE BULLETIN 89-02 CONCERNING THE LIMITATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE | | USE OF SERVICE WATER AS A HEAT SINK AFTER THE DESIGN BASIS EVENT INDICATED | | THAT THE INITIAL DATA WAS MISINTERPRETED AND THAT NO DEGRADATION OF STEAM | | GENERATOR TUBES WOULD OCCUR WITHIN 24 HOURS. THE ENGINEERING ASSESSMENT OF | | TUBE DEGRADATION INDICATED THAT NO DEGRADATIONS WOULD BE OBSERVED UNTIL | | APPROXIMATELY ONE WEEK FOLLOWING THE DESIGN BASIS EVENT WHICH IS WELL AFTER | | THE PLANTS WOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO THE COLD SHUTDOWN MODE. | | | | THE LICENSEE WILL NOTIFY THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR. R1DO (KEIMIG) WAS | | NOTIFIED BY THE NRC OPERATIONS CENTER. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29024 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: FERMI REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/05/95 | |UNIT: [2] [ ] [ ] STATE: MI |NOTIFICATION TIME: 08:31 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 07/05/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 07:50[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: ROBERT GAILLIEZ |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/24/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DOUG WEAVER +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |BRUCE BURGESS RDO | |DDDD 73.71 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 2 | N Y 95 POWER OPERATION | 95 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | SAFEGUARDS SYSTEM DEGRADATION RELATED TO THE PROTECTED AREA BOUNDARY | | | | IMMEDIATE COMPENSATORY MEASURES WERE TAKEN UPON DISCOVERY. THE LICENSEE | | INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. SEE HOO LOG FOR DETAILS | | | | *** UPDATE RECEIVED AT 1140 ON JULY 24, 1995, FROM REITH BY TROCINE *** | | | | THE LICENSEE IS RETRACTING THIS EVENT. FURTHER REVIEW BY SECURITY | | PERSONNEL HAS DETERMINED THAT THIS EVENT WAS NOT REPORTABLE DUE TO | | INFORMATION PROVIDED IN GENERIC LETTER 91-03, REPORTING OF SAFEGUARD | | EVENTS. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR. R3DO (BURDICK) WAS NOTIFIED | | BY THE NRC OPERATIONS CENTER. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29091 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: LIMERICK REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/20/95 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: PA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 12:55 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4,[2] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 07/19/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 16:41[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: SOSSON |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/24/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: TIM McGINTY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |FRANK COSTELLO 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 | 97 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | CORE THERMAL POWER EXCEEDED THE 102.5% LICENSE LIMIT FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF | | TIME DUE TO A PERTURBATION ON THE '1B' RECIRCULATION PUMP. | | | | AT 1641 EDT ON 7/19/95, UNIT 1 EXPERIENCED A PERTURBATION ON THE '1B' | | REACTOR RECIRCULATION PUMP THAT RESULTED IN EXCEEDING 102.5% CORE THERMAL | | POWER (CTP). THIS EVENT IS REPORTABLE PER SECTION 2.F OF THE NPF-39 | | FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE AS A CONDITION THAT VIOLATES SECTION 2.C.1, | | MAXIMUM POWER LEVEL OF THE OPERATING LICENSE. | | | | AT 1620 EDT ON 7/19/95, A SPEED DEMAND DECREASE WAS MADE ON THE '1B' MG | | (MOTOR GENERATOR) SET. AT 1641 EDT, THE '1B' MG SET POSITIONER BROKE FREE | | FROM ITS ELECTRICAL HIGH SPEED STOP WHEN THE DEVIATION SIGNAL TO THE | | POSITIONER REACHED A SUFFICIENT MAGNITUDE. THIS RESULTED IN A RAPID CHANGE | | IN RECIRCULATION PUMP SPEED. FIRST, THE RECIRCULATION PUMP SPEED DECREASED | | RAPIDLY TO 62% APRM POWER. SPEED THEN RAPIDLY INCREASED TO 111% APRM | | POWER. THE APRMs READ GREATER THAN 100% FOR APPROXIMATELY 9.7 SECONDS. | | APRM POWER WAS GREATER THAN 102.5% FOR APPROXIMATELY 8.7 SECONDS. | | | | POWER WAS CONTROLLED BY THE REACTOR OPERATOR LESS THAN 100% CTP FOLLOWING | | THE PERTURBATION. AN ADMINISTRATIVE LIMIT WAS ESTABLISHED FOR UNIT 1 OF | | 97.5% POWER UNTIL A CONTROL ROD PATTERN ADJUSTMENT CAN BE MADE TO INCREASE | | MARGIN TO THE MG SET ELECTRICAL STOPS. STATION ENGINEERING IS EVALUATING | | PEAK ACTUAL CORE THERMAL POWER AND DURATION OF TIME ABOVE 102.5% AND THE | | OPERATION OF THE '1B' MG SET. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | | | * * * UPDATE 1430 7/24/95 FROM NEFF TAKEN BY STRANSKY * * * | | | | THE LICENSEE CALLED TO CLARIFY THAT THE LICENSED CORE THERMAL POWER LIMIT | | IS 100% BUT THAT NRC REPORTING GUIDANCE DOES NOT REQUIRE NOTIFICATION OF | | THE NRC UNLESS THE POWER LEVEL EXCEEDS 102% OF RATED. THIS CLARIFICATION | | WAS PROMPTED BY QUESTIONS RAISED DURING DISCUSSIONS WITH NRC | | REPRESENTATIVES. | | | | THE NRC OPERATIONS CENTER NOTIFIED THE R1DO (KEIMIG). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29099 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: MILLSTONE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/24/95 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: CT |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:00 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-3,[2] CE,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 07/24/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 09:30[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DENNIS LATZ |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/24/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |RICHARD KEIMIG 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 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - LICENSEE NOTIFIED STATE OF 20 GALLON HYDRAULIC OIL SPILL ONSITE - | | | | LICENSEE NOTIFIED CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION THAT | | THEY ARE CLEANING UP 20 GALLONS OF HYDRAULIC OIL THAT THEY HAD SPILLED | | ONTO THE PAVEMENT INSIDE THE PLANT PROTECTED AREA. | | | | LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29100 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: DIABLO CANYON REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/24/95 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: CA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:18 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 07/24/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 08:40[PDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: GILDER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/24/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |HOWELL 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 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LICENSEE NOTIFIED OFFSITE AGENCIES OF SPILL OF APPROXIMATELY 3700 GALLONS | | OF SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE SOLUTION INTO THE DIABLO CREEK. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED STATE, COUNTY, AND LOCAL AGENCIES AS WELL AS THE | | NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER REGARDING THE RELEASE OF APPROXIMATELY 3700 | | GALLONS OF SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE SOLUTION INTO THE DIABLO CREEK. THE LEAK | | APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY AN EQUIPMENT MALFUNCTION WHICH OCCURRED | | OVERNIGHT DURING A PERIOD IN WHICH THE CONTRACT PERSONNEL WHO OPERATE THE | | EQUIPMENT WERE NOT ONSITE. THE MALFUNCTION CAUSED A 5000 GALLON BULK | | STORAGE TANK TO BE DRAINED TO A SMALLER 100 GALLON DAY TANK, OVERFLOWING | | THE DAY TANK, AND CAUSING A SPILL ONTO THE GROUND WHICH FLOWED TO THE | | CREEK. | | | | THE SPILL DID NOT AFFECT PLANT OPERATIONS OR PERSONNEL SAFETY. THE | | LICENSEE STATED THAT A HAZARDOUS MATERIAL CLEANUP OF THE SPILL IS UNDERWAY. | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO INFORM THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER, BUT NO FORMAL PRESS | | RELEASE IS PLANNED. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29101 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: ROBINSON REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/24/95 | |UNIT: [2] [ ] [ ] STATE: SC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:54 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] W-3-LP |EVENT DATE: 07/24/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 15:33[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: THOMPSON |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/24/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: UNUSUAL EVENT +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |VIAS RDO | |AAEC 50.72(a)(1)(i) EMERGENCY DECLARED |CHAFFEE EO | | |SIMMERS FEMA | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | UNUSUAL EVENT DECLARED DUE TO REACTOR COOLANT SYSTEM (RCS) LEAKAGE IN | | EXCESS OF TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION LIMITS. | | | | THE LICENSEE DECLARED AN UNUSUAL EVENT DUE TO AN INCREASE IN RCS LEAKAGE TO | | 15 GPM, WHICH EXCEEDS THE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION LIMIT OF 10 GPM. THE | | LEAKAGE IS DUE TO SEVERAL SOURCES, AND THE LICENSEE IS IN THE PROCESS OF | | ISOLATING THE LEAKS. ALL ECCS EQUIPMENT IS AVAILABLE IF NECESSARY. | | | | THE LICENSEE STATED THAT THE DISCHARGE RELIEF VALVE FOR THE "C" CHARGING | | PUMP HAD BEEN LEAKING WHEN A LEAK DEVELOPED NEAR A FLANGE ASSOCIATED WITH | | THE DISCHARGE RELIEF VALVE FOR THE "A" CHARGING PUMP. THE "B" CHARGING | | PUMP APPEARS TO BE UNAFFECTED. THE LICENSEE INTENDS TO ISOLATE THE "A" AND | | "C" CHARGING PUMPS TO ISOLATE THE LEAKAGE. THE LICENSEE HAS NOT DETERMINED | | WHETHER A PRESS RELEASE WILL BE MADE. THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN | | INFORMED. | | | | * * * UPDATE 1647 7/24/95 FROM THOMPSON TAKEN BY STRANSKY * * * | | | | THE UNUSUAL EVENT WAS TERMINATED AT 1639 WHEN RCS LEAKAGE WAS REDUCED BELOW | | THE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION LIMIT. THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN | | INFORMED. THE NRC OPERATIONS CENTER NOTIFIED R2DO (VIAS), EO (CHAFFEE), | | AND FEMA (SIMMERS). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29102 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: OCONEE REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/24/95 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [3] STATE: SC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:52 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] B&W-L-LP,[2] B&W-L-LP,[3] B&W-L-LP |EVENT DATE: 07/24/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 00:00[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: NICKS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/24/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |VIAS 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 Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | 3 | N Y 73 POWER OPERATION | 73 POWER OPERATION | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LOW PRESSURE PUMP RUNOUT ANALYSIS USED ASSUMPTION NOT SUPPORTED BY | | MANUFACTURER. | | | | THE LOW PRESSURE INJECTION SYSTEM PUMP RUNOUT ANALYSIS, WHICH ANALYZES THE | | LOW PRESSURE INJECTION SYSTEM FLOW INTO THE REACTOR COOLANT SYSTEM DURING A | | LARGE-BREAK LOSS OF COOLANT ACCIDENT COINCIDENT WITH A LOSS OF OFFSITE | | POWER, USES A COEFFICIENT OF VELOCITY FOR THE LOW PRESSURE INJECTION PUMP | | DISCHARGE VALVES WHICH IS LESS THAN RECENT DATA PROVIDED BY THE VENDOR. | | THIS NEW INFORMATION CREATES A PAST INOPERABILITY OF THE LOW PRESSURE | | INJECTION SYSTEMS DUE TO LOW PRESSURE INJECTION PUMP RUNOUT CONCERNS. | | | | THE LOW PRESSURE INJECTION SYSTEMS ARE PRESENTLY OPERABLE SINCE 1E POWER | | HAS BEEN INSTALLED ON THE SUBJECT VALVES SINCE 1992. CLASS 1E POWER ALLOWS | | IMMEDIATE REMOTE OPERATOR ACTION TO PREVENT PUMP RUNOUT CONDITIONS DURING A | | LARGE-BREAK LOSS OF COOLANT/LOSS OF OFFSITE POWER CONDITION. THE NRC | | RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29103 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: OYSTER CREEK REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/24/95 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NJ |NOTIFICATION TIME: 20:28 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-2 |EVENT DATE: 07/24/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 16:50[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: CIGANIK |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/24/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |KEIMIG 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 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | SEA TURTLE SPOTTED NEAR THE INTAKE STRUCTURE FOR THE PLANT DILUTION SYSTEM. | | | | THE LICENSEE SPOTTED A SEA TURTLE (ENDANGERED SPECIES) NEAR THE INTAKE OF | | BAY 5 OF THE PLANT DILUTION WATER SYSTEM. ATTEMPTS TO CAPTURE THE TURTLE | | WERE UNSUCCESSFUL, AND THE TURTLE ESCAPED. THE LICENSEE IS MONITORING THE | | INTAKE OF THE DILUTION SYSTEM IN CASE THE TURTLE APPROACHES AGAIN. | | | | THE LICENSEE MADE THIS NOTIFICATION BECAUSE OF THE POTENTIAL FOR MEDIA | | INTEREST IN THE EVENT. THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED BY THE | | LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29104 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: OYSTER CREEK REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/25/95 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NJ |NOTIFICATION TIME: 01:52 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-2 |EVENT DATE: 07/24/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 23:45[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: FRANK CIGANIK |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/25/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |RICHARD KEIMIG 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 90 POWER OPERATION | 90 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO NOTIFY THE STATE OF HIGH DISCHARGE CANAL TEMPERATURE | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO MAKE AN ENVIRONMENTAL NOTIFICATION TO THE NEW JERSEY | | DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND ENERGY BECAUSE THE DISCHARGE | | CANAL TEMPERATURE REACHED THE PERMIT REPORTABILITY LEVEL OF 97.7øF AT THE | | BRIDGE MONITORING POINT. THIS TEMPERATURE LEVEL IS NOT A LIMIT. THE | | LICENSEE IS NOT REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN DISCHARGE CANAL TEMPERATURE BELOW THIS | | LEVEL BUT IS REQUIRED TO MAKE AN ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT WITHIN 24 HOURS IF | | THE LEVEL IS EXCEEDED. | | | | THERE ARE TWO DISCHARGE CANAL TEMPERATURE SENSORS. ONE READ 95.5øF, AND | | THE OTHER READ 97.7øF. THE WATER FROM THIS CANAL DISCHARGES INTO THE BAY. | | | | THE LICENSEE WILL ALSO NOTIFY THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+