U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 08/01/95 - 08/02/95 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 29050 29137 29138 29141 29142 29143 29144 29145 29146 29147 29148 !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29050 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SALEM REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/11/95 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: NJ |NOTIFICATION TIME: 20:32 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 07/11/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 17:25[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BRIAN HAMILTON |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/01/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOHN KINNEMAN RDO | |ADAS 50.72(b)(2)(i) DEG/UNANALYZED COND | | |NLCO TECH SPEC LCO A/S | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | -ALL 6 UNIT 1 & 2 EDGs INOPERABLE BUT FUNCTIONAL DUE TO TEST INADEQUACIES- | | | | WITH UNIT 1 AND UNIT 2 IN MODE 5 (COLD SHUTDOWN) IN MAINTENANCE OUTAGES, | | LICENSEE DETERMINED THAT THE TEST RESULTS FOR THE MONTHLY SURVEILLANCE | | TESTS OF THE START OF THE EDGs TO A SIMULATED SAFETY INJECTION SIGNAL DID | | NOT INCLUDE ALL THE PROPER DATA. | | | | SPECIFICALLY, THE EDGs ARE REQUIRED TO START IN RESPONSE TO A SIMULATED | | SAFETY INJECTION SIGNAL AND PROVIDE A VOLTAGE OF 3950 TO 4850 VOLTS AND | | A FREQUENCY OF 60 +/- 1.2 Hz WITHIN 13 SECONDS AND TO MAINTAIN OUTPUT | | WITHIN THIS RANGE FOR THE NEXT 5 MINUTES. THE TEST RESULTS DATA DID NOT | | STATE WHETHER THE PROPER OUTPUT RANGE HAD BEEN MAINTAINED DURING THE | | REQUIRED 5 MINUTE PERIOD. | | | | THUS, LICENSEE DETERMINED THAT IT HAD NOT SATISFACTORILY COMPLIED WITH THE | | REQUIREMENTS OF THE TECH SPEC SURVEILLANCE TEST. THIS DATA IS FROM RESULTS | | OF MONTHLY TESTS THAT WERE PERFORMED OVER THE LAST 18 MONTHS ON UNIT 1 AND | | THE LAST 2 MONTHS ON UNIT 2. | | | | LICENSEE ADMINISTRATIVELY DECLARED 3 OF 3 UNIT 1 EDGs AND 3 OF 3 UNIT 2 | | EDGs INOPERABLE EVEN THOUGH ALL 6 EDGs ARE FUNCTIONAL. OFFSITE POWER IS | | AVAILABLE TO UNITS 1 AND 2. | | | | TECH SPEC 4.0.3 REQUIRES LICENSEE TO SATISFACTORILY COMPLETE THE | | SURVEILLANCE TEST AND DOCUMENT THE TEST RESULTS WITHIN 24 HOURS OR | | ESTABLISH PRIMARY CONTAINMENT INTEGRITY WITHIN THE FOLLOWING 8 HOURS. | | | | LICENSEE WILL NOTIFY THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND LOCAL OFFICIALS. | | | | ***UPDATE @ 1712 ON 8/1/95 FROM LICENSEE: HAMILTON BY:McGINTY *** | | THE LICENSEE IS RETRACTING THIS EVENT BASED ON EFFECTIVELY RESULTING IN | | ONLY A MISSED SURVEILLANCE. THE LICENSEE INITIALLY EVALUATED THAT A LACK | | OF ADEQUATE DOCUMENTATION OF SURVEILLANCE TESTING REQUIRED THE DIESELS TO | | BE DECLARED ADMINISTRATIVELY INOPERABLE. SUBSEQUENT SATISFACTORY TESTING | | VERIFIED THAT DIESEL OPERABILITY WAS MET, AND THUS THE CONDITION WAS IN | | FACT A MISSED SURVEILLANCE. THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE RESIDENT | | INSPECTOR. HOO NOTIFIED THE R1DO (DURR). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29137 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: TURKEY POINT REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/31/95 | |UNIT: [3] [4] [ ] STATE: FL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:45 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [3] W-3-LP,[4] W-3-LP |EVENT DATE: 07/31/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 11:25[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: RICK ADAMSON |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/01/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOSEPH SEBROSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: UNUSUAL EVENT +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |THOMAS PEEBLES RDO | |AAEC 50.72(a)(1)(i) EMERGENCY DECLARED |AL CHAFFEE EO | | |AUSTIN FEMA | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 3 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | 4 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | UNUSUAL EVENT DECLARED DUE TO A HURRICANE WARNING BEING POSTED FOR THE | | AREA. | | | | ALL EMERGENCY CORE COOLING SYSTEMS AND EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATORS (EDGs) | | ARE OPERABLE. THE LICENSEE PLANS TO TEST THE EDGs LATER TODAY DUE TO THE | | HURRICANE. THE LICENSEE WILL EXIT THE UNUSUAL EVENT WHEN THE HURRICANE | | WARNING FOR THEIR AREA IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS INFORMED THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR, STATE OFFICIALS, AND | | LOCAL OFFICIALS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR EMERGENCY PLAN. | | | | NOTE: SEE EVENT #29138 FOR A RELATED EVENT. | | | | *** UPDATE @ 2101 EDT ON 8/1/95 FROM:MATUSZEWSKI BY:McGINTY *** | | THE LICENSEE TERMINATED THE UNUSUAL EVENT AT 2101 EDT ON 8/1/95, BASED ON | | THE HURRICANE WARNING BEING LIFTED FOR DADE COUNTY. THE LICENSEE INFORMED | | THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR. HOO NOTIFIED THE R2DO (CASTO), EO (BOGER) AND FEMA | | (STEINDRUFF). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29138 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SAINT LUCIE REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/31/95 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: FL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:48 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] CE,[2] CE |EVENT DATE: 07/31/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 11:28[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: SCISCENTE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/02/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: UNUSUAL EVENT +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |THOMAS PEEBLES RDO | |AAEC 50.72(a)(1)(i) EMERGENCY DECLARED |AL CHAFFEE, NRR EO | | |AUSTIN FEMA | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - UNUSUAL EVENT DECLARED DUE TO HURRICANE WARNING (TROPICAL STORM ERIN) - | | | | LICENSEE HAS DECLARED AN UNUSUAL EVENT DUE TO A CONFIRMED HURRICANE WARNING | | FOR THE EAST COAST OF FLORIDA FROM SEBASTIAN INLET SOUTHWARD THROUGHOUT THE | | FLORIDA KEYS DUE TO TROPICAL STORM ERIN (PRESENTLY LOCATED APPROXIMATELY | | 400 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF FLORIDA) AND IS IMPLEMENTING THEIR SEVERE | | WEATHER PREPARATION PROCEDURE. | | | | ALL EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATORS AND ALL EMERGENCY CORE COOLING SYSTEMS | | ARE OPERABLE ON BOTH UNITS. | | | | LICENSEE NOTIFIED STATE OFFICIALS AND THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND WILL | | NOTIFY OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND LOCAL OFFICIALS AND WILL ISSUE A PRESS | | RELEASE. | | | | NOTE: SEE EVENT #29137 FOR A RELATED EVENT. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 0918 ON 08/01/95 BY SCISCENTE ENTERED BY HOO JOLLIFFE * * * | | | | AT 0805 ON 08/01/95, LICENSEE BEGAN TO SHUT UNIT 2 DOWN FROM 100% POWER | | AT 20% PER HOUR IN ANTICIPATION OF THE ARRIVAL OF HURRICANE ERIN. | | | | LICENSEE NOTIFIED STATE OFFICIALS AND THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND | | WILL NOTIFY OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND LOCAL OFFICIALS AND WILL | | ISSUE A PRESS RELEASE. | | | | HOO NOTIFIED R2DO PEEBLES, NRR EO CHAFFEE, AND AEOD ROSS. | | | | *** UPDATE @ 1201 EDT ON 8/1/95 FROM: SCISCENTE BY:McGINTY *** | | AS OF 1150 EDT, THE LICENSEE HAS COMPLETED SHUTTING DOWN UNIT 2, AND HAS | | COMMENCED A SHUTDOWN OF UNIT 1 FROM 100% POWER, AT 20% PER HOUR. NEITHER | | UNIT HAS EXPERIENCED ANY OPERATIONAL DIFFICULTIES. THE LICENSEE INFORMED | | THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR. HOO NOTIFIED THE R2DO (PEEBLES), NRR EO (CHAFFEE) | | AND AEOD (ROSS/BAILEY). | | | | *** UPDATE @ 2100 EDT ON 8/1/95 BY:McGINTY *** | | THE NRC HAS ENTERED THE MONITORING PHASE OF NORMAL MODE, EFFECTIVE AT 2100 | | EDT ON 8/1/95. THE DECISION WAS MADE DURING A CONFERENCE CALL WITH AEOD | | (ROSS/CONGEL), R2 (REYES), AND EO (CHAFFEE). HOO NOTIFIED R2DO (CASTO) AND | | THE RCT (SCARFO) FOR REMAINING FED NOTIFICATIONS. | | | | * * * UPDATE 0546 8/2/95 FROM FIELDS TAKEN BY STRANSKY * * * | | | | THE LICENSEE TERMINATED THE UNUSUAL EVENT AT 0542. THE HURRICANE WAS | | DOWNGRADED TO A TROPICAL STORM AT 0500. THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS | | BEEN INFORMED. THE LICENSEE IS CURRENTLY PERFORMING A SITE WALKDOWN AND | | INSPECTIONS OF EMERGENCY EVACUATION ROUTES. NOTIFIED R2 (MERSCHOFF), EO | | (BOGER), FEMA (EARL). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29141 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: FERMI REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/01/95 | |UNIT: [2] [ ] [ ] STATE: MI |NOTIFICATION TIME: 04:42 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 08/01/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 00:50[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DALE HOSKINS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/01/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JIM MCCORMICKBARGER 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 Y 95 POWER OPERATION | 95 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - 0.5 GPM LEAK FROM Rx RECIRC CONDUCTIVITY SAMPLING SYSTEM FLOW INDICATOR - | | | | FERMI-2 EXPERIENCED A 0.5 GPM LEAK FROM A FAILED FLOW INDICATOR IN THE | | REACTOR RECIRCULATION CONDUCTIVITY SAMPLING SYSTEM. | | | | CONTROL ROOM OPERATORS STOPPED THE LEAK BY MANUALLY CLOSING THE REACTOR | | RECIRCULATION WATER SAMPLE LINE PRIMARY CONTAINMENT ISOLATION VALVES | | #B31F-019 AND #B31F-020 TO ISOLATE THE SYSTEM. CONTROL ROOM OPERATORS | | CLOSED THESE VALVES BECAUSE THE LOCAL MANUAL ISOLATION VALVE WAS TOO CLOSE | | TO THE LEAKING INSTRUMENT. | | | | THE ACTUATION SIGNALS WHICH CAUSE THESE TWO PCIS GROUP 2 ISOLATION VALVES | | TO AUTOMATICALLY CLOSE ARE REACTOR PRESSURE VESSEL WATER LEVEL 2, | | HIGH DRYWELL PRESSURE, AND HIGH MAIN STEAM LINE RADIATION LEVEL. | | THERE WERE NO CHANGES IN THESE THREE PARAMETERS WHICH COULD LEAD TO | | AN AUTOMATIC PCIS GROUP 2 ISOLATION. | | | | LICENSEE IS REPAIRING THE FAILED FLOW INDICATOR. | | | | LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29142 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SOUTH TEXAS REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/01/95 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: TX |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:06 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 07/31/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 04:25[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DAVE SCHULKER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/01/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOHN PELLET 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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | RCS FLOW TRANSMITTER ON LOOP 'D' WAS INOPERABLE ON 7/27/95. | | | | ON 07/31/95, A LICENSEE REVIEW OF HISTORICAL COMPUTER DATA REVEALED THAT AT | | 2225 (CDT) ON 07/27/95, REACTOR COOLANT SYSTEM FLOW TRANSMITTER #FT-0447 ON | | LOOP 'D' EXCEEDED THE TOTAL ALLOWANCE LIMIT, THEREBY RENDERING THE CHANNEL | | INOPERABLE. CONTROL ROOM PERSONNEL WERE UNAWARE THAT FT-0447 HAD EXCEEDED | | THE TOTAL ALLOWANCE LIMIT, AND AS A RESULT, THE INOPERABLE CHANNEL WAS NOT | | PLACED IN THE TRIPPED CONDITION WITHIN 6 HOURS, AS REQUIRED BY TECHNICAL | | TABLE 3.3-1, ACTION 6. | | | | CONTROL ROOM PERSONNEL SUBSEQUENTLY DETERMINED THAT FT-0447 WAS INOPERABLE | | DURING THE PERFORMANCE OF THE OPERATOR LOGS TAKEN AT APPROXIMATELY 1300 | | HOURS ON JULY 28, 1995. THIS DETERMINATION WAS BASED ON EXCEEDANCE OF THE | | ESTABLISHED CHANNEL CHECK THRESHOLD FOR REACTOR COOLANT LOOP FLOW. THE | | APPROPRIATE BISTABLE WAS PLACED IN THE TRIPPED CONDITION AT 1457 CDT ON | | 7/28/95. THE LICENSEE WILL CALIBRATE/REPAIR THE FLOW TRANSMITTER, AS | | NECESSARY. | | | | THIS IS BEING REPORTED AS A VIOLATION OF THE FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. | | NPF-76 (2G) SECTION 2.C.(2), AS A 24 HOUR REPORT. THE LICENSEE INFORMED | | THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |HOSPITAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 29143 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: NEW ENGLAND MEDICAL CENTER |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/01/95 | | CITY: BOSTON REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:32 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: MA |EVENT DATE: 11/10/93 | |LICENSE#: 200385706 AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 00:00[EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/01/95 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: THOMAS MCMAHON | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOSEPH SEBROSKY | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |LADM 35.33(a) MED MISADMINISTRATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE NEW ENGLAND MEDICAL CENTER OF BOSTON, MA CALLED TO REPORT A MEDICAL | | MISADMINISTRATION. | | | | THE MEDICAL MISADMINISTRATION OCCURRED ON 11/10/93 AND AT THE TIME WAS NOT | | CONSIDERED TO BE A MISADMINISTRATION BY THE LICENSEE. DURING AN INSPECTION | | DONE ON APRIL 11, 1995 BY NRC REGION 1 THE INCIDENT WAS REVIEWED. BASED ON | | THIS REVIEW THE INCIDENT IS NOW CONSIDERED TO BE A MISADMINISTRATION BY | | REGION 1 AND THEREFORE THE LICENSEE IS MAKING THE REPORT. | | | | THE INCIDENT INVOLVED A PATIENT WHO HAD A CESIUM SOURCE PLACED INTO HER | | CERVIX WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY FELL OUT. THE SOURCE WAS DISCOVERED BY A NURSE | | WHO USED TONGS TO REMOVE THE SOURCE FROM THE PATIENT'S BED. THE PATIENT | | WAS RELOADED WITH A CESIUM SOURCE AND THE TREATMENT CONTINUED. THE | | PATIENT'S DOCTOR AND THE PATIENT WERE INFORMED, AND A DETAILED DOSE | | CALCULATION WAS PERFORMED AT THE TIME OF THE EVENT. THERE ARE NO ADVERSE | | EFFECTS EXPECTED TO THE PATIENT. | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS DISCUSSED THIS EVENT WITH REGION 1 (JOHANSEN). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29144 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: WOLF CREEK REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/01/95 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: KS |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:08 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 08/01/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 12:35[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: LUTZE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/01/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: TIM McGINTY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOHN PELLET RDO | |DDDD 73.71 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | DISCOVERY OF A FALSIFIED APPLICATION REGARDING CRIMINAL HISTORY INVOLVING A | | CONTRACTOR WHO HAD RECENTLY BEEN GRANTED ACCESS. THE LICENSEE TOOK | | IMMEDIATE COMPENSATORY ACTIONS UPON DISCOVERY. THE LICENSEE WILL NOTIFY | | THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR. SEE HOO LOG FOR DETAILS. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 29145 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: CORNING COMPANY |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/01/95 | | CITY: WILMINGTON REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:49 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: NC |EVENT DATE: 08/01/95 | |LICENSE#: GL-065-0542 AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 09:00[EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/01/95 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |CHARLES CASTO RDO | | |LARRY CAMPER EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: J. JAMES (NC RAD PROT) |BANGART OSP | |HQ OPS OFFICER: TIM McGINTY | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | MR. JAMES JONES, OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA (RADIATION PROTECTION | | DIVISION) REPORTED A POTENTIAL LOST SOURCE FROM A MANUFACTURING FACILITY | | (CORNING) IN WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA. | | | | THE CORNING COMPANY HAS BEEN UNABLE TO LOCATE A POLONIUM-210 STATIC | | ELIMINATOR SOURCE. THE SOURCE STRENGTH WAS ORIGINALLY 21.4 milli-curies, | | AND THE STATE IS TRYING TO ASCERTAIN HOW OLD THE SOURCE IS (138 DAY | | HALF-LIFE). THE LICENSEE THINKS THE SOURCE MAY HAVE BEEN SENT TO A | | LANDFILL, AND THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA WAS INFORMING THE NRC FOR | | INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES. THE MISSING SOURCE IS NOT CONSIDERED TO BE A | | SIGNIFICANT HEALTH HAZARD TO THE PUBLIC. THE LICENSEE AND THE STATE WILL | | BE FURTHER EVALUATING THE SITUATION. THE STATE ALSO WILL INFORM THE EPA. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29146 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: VERMONT YANKEE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/01/95 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: VT |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:19 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 08/01/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 16:50[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: WISNIEWSKI |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/01/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: TIM McGINTY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JACK DURR 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 | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE LICENSEE HAS RECEIVED NEW INFORMATION REGARDING AN APPENDIX 'R' FIRE | | ISSUE. | | | | AS A FOLLOWUP TO TWO PREVIOUS EVENT REPORTS (SEE #'s 29106 & 29126) | | REGARDING APPENDIX 'R' ISSUES, AN ADDITIONAL PROBLEM WITH THE APPENDIX R | | ANALYSIS WAS DISCOVERED WHILE INVESTIGATING THE PREVIOUS OCCURRENCES. | | | | FOR A FIRE IN REACTOR BUILDING AREA RB-3, THE SAFE SHUTDOWN CAPABILITY | | ANALYSIS (SSCA) RELIES ON THE USE OF RCIC IN THE ALTERNATE SHUTDOWN MODE. | | IN PURSUING THE PREVIOUS EVENTS IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE CONTROL CABLE | | FOR THE RCIC '15' VALVE IS ROUTED WITHIN FIRE AREA RB-3, IN THE AREA ABOVE | | THE DOOR FROM THE RADWASTE HALLWAY. THIS CABLE/CONDUIT IS NOT PROTECTED BY | | A 3-HOUR RATED FIRE BARRIER AS REQUIRED BY APPENDIX R. | | | | THE CONDITION POTENTIALLY RENDERS THE PLANT OUTSIDE DESIGN BASIS IN THAT IT | | IS NOT ENVELOPED BY THE PRESENT APPENDIX 'R' ANALYSIS. RCIC IS RELIED ON | | FOR HOT SHUTDOWN IN THE SSCA. THE ISSUE WAS REVIEWED AND IT WAS DETERMINED | | ACCEPTABLE TO ESTABLISH SHORT TERM COMPENSATORY ACTIONS BY INCLUDING THIS | | WITHIN THE AREA PRESENTLY UNDER SURVEILLANCE BY A CONTINUOUS FIRE WATCH | | WITHIN RB-3. THE CONDITION WAS RECOGNIZED TO BE SIGNIFICANT AND ADDITIONAL | | EVALUATION AND CORRECTIVE ACTIONS WILL BE PROMPTLY INITIATED. THE LICENSEE | | WILL INFORM THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND THE STATE. | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29147 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SOUTH TEXAS REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/01/95 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: TX |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:56 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 08/01/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 15:05[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: CRAIN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/01/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: TIM McGINTY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOHN PELLET 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 Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | TRAIN 'A' ESF DIESEL GENERATOR '21' AUTOMATICALLY STARTED IN THE NORMAL | | MODE OF OPERATION. THE DIESEL GENERATOR DID NOT LOAD ONTO THE BUS, AS NO | | ESF SIGNAL WAS PRESENT. ALL SUPPORT SYSTEMS FUNCTIONED AS DESIGNED. THE | | OTHER TWO EDG's REMAIN OPERABLE AND IN STANDBY. | | | | AT 1538, THE EDG WAS PLACED IN COOLDOWN. AFTER THE 5 MINUTE COOLDOWN, THE | | EDG COASTED TO APPROXIMATELY 150 rpm, WITH A RETURN TO NORMAL OPERATING | | SPEED (AS DESIGNED). THE EDG REMAINS RUNNING IN THE NORMAL MODE (LOADED TO | | 60%), WITH A PLAN OF ACTION BEING PUT IN PLACE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE. THE | | EDG REMAINS OPERABLE AND CAPABLE OF PERFORMING THE INTENDED SAFETY | | FUNCTION. | | | | ADDITIONALLY, STP-2 IS CURRENTLY IN A 'B' TRAIN LCO. THE 'B' TRAIN CCW | | PUMP, CONTROL ROOM HVAC AND FUEL HANDLING BUILDING HVAC ARE OUT OF SERVICE | | FOR PRE-PLANNED MAINTENANCE. WHILE THE 'A' TRAIN EDG REMAINS RUNNING, THE | | LICENSEE WILL BE DEVELOPING A PLAN OF ACTION FOR SECURING IT AND WILL BE | | PURSUING THE RETURN OF THE 'B' TRAIN EQUIPMENT. | | | | THE CAUSE OF THE START SIGNAL FOR THE 'A' EDG IS UNKNOWN AND BEING | | INVESTIGATED. THE CAUSE MAY BE RELATED TO "NOISE" IN THE FIBER OPTIC | | STARTING SYSTEM. | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS INFORMED THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29148 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SAINT LUCIE REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/01/95 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: FL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 23:36 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] CE,[2] CE |EVENT DATE: 08/01/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 23:23[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: WOLAVER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/01/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: TIM McGINTY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |REYES RDO | |DDDD 73.71 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N N 0 HOT STANDBY | 0 HOT STANDBY | | 2 | N N 0 HOT STANDBY | 0 HOT STANDBY | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE LICENSEE REPORTED A PARTIAL SUSPENSION OF SAFEGUARDS DUE TO THE | | HURRICANE AND CONCERNS FOR PERSONNEL SAFETY. THE HOO LOG CONTAINS | | ADDITIONAL DETAILS REGARDING THE REPORT. THE LICENSEE WILL RE-ESTABLISH | | FULL CAPABILITY AS SOON AS CONDITIONS ALLOW. THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS | | BEEN INFORMED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+