U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 08/09/95 - 08/10/95 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 29165 29169 29172 29173 29174 29175 29176 29177 29178 29179 !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29165 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: BYRON REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/07/95 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:08 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 08/07/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 09:20[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MAT ROBERT |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/09/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MICHAEL J. JORDAN RDO | |DDDD 73.71 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 99 POWER OPERATION | 99 POWER OPERATION | | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | PERIMETER SECURITY ZONES INOPERABLE AND UNCOMPENSATED FOR. | | | | ON 8/4/95, SIXTEEN PERIMETER SECURITY ZONES WERE INOPERABLE BETWEEN 1629 | | AND 1759 CDT DUE TO LIGHTNING STORMS. COMPENSATORY MEASURES WERE NOT MET | | WITHIN TEN MINUTES AS REQUIRED. THIS CONDITION WAS NOT DISCOVERED UNTIL | | 8/7/95 AT 0920 CDT. THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | * * * UPDATE 1238 8/9/95 FROM KNARR TAKEN BY STRANSKY * * * | | | | THE LICENSEE IS RETRACTING THIS NOTIFICATION. A REVIEW OF SECURITY LOGS | | INDICATED THAT ALL PROPER COMPENSATORY MEASURES HAD BEEN TAKEN. THE NRC | | RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE INFORMED. NOTIFIED R3DO (JORDAN). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29169 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: MILLSTONE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/08/95 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: CT |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:29 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-3,[2] CE,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 08/08/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 14:53[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BAIN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/09/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOYNER RDO | |ARPS 50.72(b)(2)(ii) RPS ACTUATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 2 | M/R Y 62 POWER OPERATION | 0 HOT STANDBY | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | MANUAL REACTOR TRIP DUE TO STEAM LEAK IN TURBINE BUILDING. | | | | CONTROL ROOM OPERATORS MANUALLY TRIPPED THE REACTOR FOLLOWING THE RUPTURE | | OF A MAIN STEAM HEATER DRAIN LINE, WHICH CAUSED A LARGE STEAM LEAK IN THE | | TURBINE BUILDING. ALL CONTROL RODS INSERTED PROPERLY, AND UNIT POST-TRIP | | RESPONSE WAS NORMAL. THE LICENSEE STATED THAT NO PERSONNEL WERE INJURED | | DUE TO THE STEAM LEAK. | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO INVESTIGATE THE CAUSE OF THE DRAIN LINE RUPTURE. THE | | NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE. | | | | *** UPDATE @ 0415 EDT ON 8/9/95 TAKEN BY McGINTY DURING MORNING STATUS *** | | THE RUPTURE OCCURRED ON THE RECIRC LINE (JUST DOWNSTREAM OF THE ISOLATION | | VALVE) OFF OF THE 'B' HEATER DRAIN PUMP. OPERATORS SHUT THE MSIV's AND | | HEATER DRAINS AND SECURED THE CONDENSATE SYSTEM DURING POST-TRIP RESPONSE | | TO THE STEAM LEAK. THE RUPTURED LINE IS A 6 OR 8 INCH LINE. THE RUPTURE | | WAS DESCRIBED AS A SPLIT IN THE PIPE, OF AT LEAST APPROXIMATELY A TWELVE | | INCH LENGTH. THE LICENSEE WAS PREVIOUSLY HAVING SOME PROBLEMS WITH THE | | SEALS OF THE HEATER DRAIN PUMPS, AND WERE REDUCED IN POWER FOR WORK ON THE | | 'A' HEATER DRAIN PUMP. WHEN THE RUPTURE OCCURRED, POWER WAS BEING REDUCED | | TO ALSO REMOVE THE 'B' HEATER DRAIN PUMP FROM SERVICE. WHEN THE 'B'HEATER | | DRAIN PUMP WAS SECURED, THE STEAM LEAK OCCURRED. THE LICENSEE WILL BE | | INVESTIGATING THE PROBLEM. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29172 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: MILLSTONE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/09/95 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: CT |NOTIFICATION TIME: 05:35 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-3,[2] CE,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 08/09/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 04:24[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BAIN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/09/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: TIM McGINTY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JAMES JOYNER RDO | |ARPS 50.72(b)(2)(ii) RPS ACTUATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 2 | A N 0 HOT STANDBY | 0 HOT STANDBY | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | AUTOMATIC REACTOR TRIP SIGNAL GENERATED ON LOW STEAM GENERATOR LEVEL WHEN | | AN ATMOSPHERIC DUMP FAILED OPEN WHILE IN HOT STANDBY. | | | | THE LICENSEE REPORTED AN AUTOMATIC REACTOR PROTECTION SYSTEM ACTUATION. THE | | TRIP WAS ON LOW STEAM GENERATOR LEVEL IN THE #2 STEAM GENERATOR, CAUSED BY | | AN UNCONTROLLED COOLDOWN FROM THE #2 STEAM GENERATOR. UNIT 2 WAS ALREADY | | SHUTDOWN DUE TO THE REACTOR TRIP REPORTED IN EVENT #29169. ALL RODS | | REMAINED FULLY INSERTED. | | | | THE CAUSE OF THE UNCONTROLLED COOLDOWN WAS THAT THE ATMOSPHERIC DUMP OFF OF | | THE #2 STEAM GENERATOR FAILED OPEN. OPERATORS MANUALLY TRIPPED THE PLANT | | PER PROCEDURE (UNCONTROLLED STEAM DEMAND) UPON RECEIVING THE LOW #2 STEAM | | GENERATOR LEVEL ALARM, HOWEVER A VALID AUTOMATIC REACTOR TRIP SIGNAL WAS | | ALSO GENERATED. THE CAUSE OF THE ATMOSPHERIC DUMP VALVE OPENING IS UNKNOWN | | AND BEING INVESTIGATED. THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND | | LOCAL OFFICIALS. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29173 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: FERMI REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/09/95 | |UNIT: [2] [ ] [ ] STATE: MI |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:25 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 08/09/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 09:30[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: STEHULAK |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/09/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: TIM McGINTY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MICHAEL J. JORDAN RDO | |NINF INFORMATION ONLY |CHAFFEE EO | | | | | |WARREN IAT | | |ERVIN IAT | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | GREENPEACE INDIVIDUALS ENTERED THE OWNER CONTROLLED AREA. | | | | THREE GREENPEACE INDIVIDUALS HAVE ENTERED THE OWNER CONTROLLED AREA. | | ADDITIONAL GREENPEACE MEMBERS ARE ON COMPANY PROPERTY. TWO INDIVIDUALS | | HAVE CLIMBED UP THE ACCESS LADDER ON THE NORTH COOLING TOWER. THE THIRD | | INDIVIDUAL HAS BEEN DETAINED AT THE BASE OF THE TOWER. THE COOLING TOWERS | | ARE OUTSIDE THE PROTECTED AREA. THESE INDIVIDUALS APPEAR TO HAVE ENTERED | | THE OWNER CONTROLLED AREA FROM BOATS VIA A GREENPEACE SHIP OFF-SHORE. LOCAL | | LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ARE RESPONDING. THERE APPEARS TO BE NO THREAT TO | | THE PLANT AT THIS TIME. THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR, | | LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ANTICIPATES ISSUING A PRESS RELEASE. | | | | * * * UPDATE 1821 8/9/95 FROM FULWEBER TAKEN BY STRANSKY * * * | | | | THE DEMONSTRATORS CLIMBED OFF OF THE COOLING TOWER AT 1715, AND WERE TAKEN | | OFFSITE BY THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AT 1740. MINOR DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE | | COOLING TOWER BY THE CLIMBING TOOLS. THE LICENSEE REPORTED THAT | | TELEVISION, RADIO, AND PRESS HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN THE EVENT. THE NRC | | RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE. NOTIFIED R3DO | | (JORDAN). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29174 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PEACH BOTTOM REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/09/95 | |UNIT: [2] [3] [ ] STATE: PA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:29 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] GE-4,[3] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 08/09/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 10:26[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: LEWIS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/09/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: TIM McGINTY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: UNUSUAL EVENT +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JAMES JOYNER RDO | |AAEC 50.72(a)(1)(i) EMERGENCY DECLARED |CHAFFEE EO | | |BAGWELL 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 | | 3 | N Y 69 POWER OPERATION | 69 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | UE DECLARED DUE TO TRANSPORTING A POTENTIALLY CONTAMINATED INDIVIDUAL TO | | THE HOSPITAL. | | | | THE LICENSEE DECLARED AN UNUSUAL EVENT DUE TO TRANSPORTING A POTENTIALLY | | CONTAMINATED WORKER TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL. THE WORKER WAS INJURED IN A | | CONTAMINATED AREA, AND THE LICENSEE WAS UNABLE TO PROVE THAT THE INDIVIDUAL | | WAS NOT CONTAMINATED PRIOR TO GOING TO THE HOSPITAL. THE INDIVIDUAL WAS | | TRANSFERRED TO HARTFORD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN MARYLAND. THE INDIVIDUAL | | SUSTAINED AN ANKLE INJURY, WITH POSSIBLE NECK AND BACK INJURIES. THE | | LICENSEE INFORMED THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR, STATE AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES, AND | | ANTICIPATES A PRESS RELEASE. | | | | * * * UPDATE 1217 8/9/95 FROM CLARK TAKEN BY McGINTY * * * | | | | THE UNUSUAL EVENT HAS BEEN TERMINATED. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE HOSPITAL, THE | | INJURED INDIVIDUAL WAS FOUND TO HAVE SLIGHT CONTAMINATION OF HIS CLOTHING | | (ABOUT 200 CPM), BUT HIS SKIN WAS NOT CONTAMINATED. AN EMT WHO ACCOMPANIED | | THE INDIVIDUAL TO THE HOSPITAL ALSO HAD CONTAMINATED CLOTHING (ABOUT 1,000 | | CPM), BUT HAD NO SKIN CONTAMINATION. THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE | | INFORMED. NOTIFIED R1DO (JOYNER), EO (CHAFFEE), FEMA (BAGWELL). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 29175 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: CHAMPION INTERNATIONAL |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/09/95 | | CITY: HAMILTON REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:57 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: OH |EVENT DATE: 08/09/95 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 09:00[EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/09/95 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |MICHAEL J. JORDAN RDO | | |DONALD COOL EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: HOFF |BANGART OSP | |HQ OPS OFFICER: TIM McGINTY | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |BAB1 20.2201(a)(1)(i) LOST/STOLEN LNM>1000X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LOST KR-85 SOURCE AT CHAMPION INTERNATIONAL, LOCATED IN HAMILTON, OH. | | | | MR. HOFF, OF CHAMPION INTERNATIONAL LOCATED IN HAMILTON, OHIO, REPORTED A | | LOST SOURCE. THE SOURCE IS A KR-85 SOURCE (50 mCi) USED ON PAPER MACHINES | | AT CHAMPION INTERNATIONAL. THE SOURCE SHOULD BE ENCAPSULATED, ENCLOSED IN | | A CASE WITH A SHUDDER. THE MANUFACTURER OF THE SOURCE (SERIAL #RT-103) IS | | AVIONIC INC. | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS HAD CONTACT EARLIER THIS WEEK WITH REGION 3 REGARDING | | ANOTHER KR-85 SOURCE (190 mCi ORIGINALLY, MANUFACTURED BY TAYLOR) THAT WAS | | FOUND AT A SCRAP FACILITY. AS PART OF THE FOLLOWUP TO THAT EVENT, THE | | LICENSEE CONTACTED THE VENDORS THAT SUPPLIED SOURCES TO CHAMPION | | INTERNATIONAL. THE LICENSEE FOUND THE 50mCi KR-85 SOURCE WAS MISSING, AND | | THEY DO NOT HAVE A DISPOSAL FORM FOR IT. THE LICENSEE ALSO CONTACTED ALL | | THE COMPANIES THAT ARE USED FOR DISPOSAL, AND HAS DETERMINED THAT THEY ALSO | | HAVE NO RECORD OF THE SOURCE. | | | | THE ONLY RECORD OF THE SOURCE WAS FROM AVIONIC INC., WHICH LAST HAD SWIPE | | (TAKEN AT CHAMPION) RECORDS OF THE SOURCE ON 9/28/83. THUS, THE SOURCE WAS | | LOST SOMETIME BETWEEN 1983 AND THE PRESENT. THE LICENSEE CONSIDERS THAT | | THE SOURCE DOES NOT REPRESENT A SIGNIFICANT HEALTH HAZARD TO THE PUBLIC. | | THE LICENSEE CONTINUES TO INVESTIGATE THE LOST SOURCE, AND WILL FOLLOW-UP | | WITH A WRITTEN REPORT. THE LICENSEE WILL ALSO INFORM THE STATE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 29176 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/09/95 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM FUEL FABRICATION |NOTIFICATION TIME: 12:54 [ET]| |COMMENTS: LEU CONVERSION (UF6 TO UO2) |EVENT DATE: 08/09/95 | | LEU FABRICATION |EVENT TIME: 09:00[EDT]| | LWR COMMERICAL FUEL |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/09/95 | | CITY: WILMINGTON REGION: 2 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: NEW HANOVER STATE: NC |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: SNM-1097 AGREEMENT: Y |BLAKE RDO | | DOCKET: 07001113 |COOL EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: PAULSON | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NBNL RESPONSE-BULLETIN | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | NRC BULLETIN 91-01 FOUR HOUR REPORTABLE EVENT. | | | | THE FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF A FACSIMILE SUBMITTED BY THE LICENSEE: | | | | "AT APPROXIMATELY 9:00 AM ON AUGUST 9, 1995, URANYL NITRATE WHICH HAD | | PENETRATED INTO THE COROCRETE DRAINAGE BERM MATERIAL UNDERNEATH THE URU | | CROSS FLOW FILTERS WAS OBSERVED. PRELIMINARY SAMPLE ANALYSIS INDICATED AS | | MUCH AS 9.3% BY WEIGHT URANIUM. THE MATERIAL APPEARED BRIGHT YELLOW AND | | HAD APPARENTLY ABSORBED INTO THE BERM MATERIAL OVER SEVERAL YEARS, AND WAS | | DISCOVERED BY WORKERS PERFORMING AN UNRELATED FLOOR RESURFACING. THE TOTAL | | "FOOTPRINT" AREA BENEATH EACH AFFECTED SAFE GEOMETRY CROSS FLOW FILTER UNIT | | (3 TOTAL) WAS APPROXIMATELY 3.5' WIDE x 40' IN LENGTH. IT IS ESTIMATED | | THAT LESS THAN 75 KG U WAS PRESENT IN THE MOST AFFECTED FOOTPRINT. AVERAGE | | THICKNESS IS ESTIMATED AT 2.5". THIS IS LESS THAN THAN AN INFINITE SAFE | | SLAB THICKNESS OF 3.6" FOR 5.0% ENRICHED (HETEROGENEOUS) MATERIAL. [HOO | | NOTE: THE MATERIAL IN QUESTION IS 3.5% ENRICHED.] | | | | WE ARE REPORTING THIS CONDITION PURSUANT TO NRC BULLETIN 91-01. THIS | | REPORT IS REQUIRED WITHIN 4 HOURS DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE MATERIAL | | PENETRATION INTO THE COROCRETE MATRIX IS CONSIDERED AN UNANALYZED | | CONDITION. ALL SIGNIFICANTLY CONTAMINATED MATERIAL HAS BEEN PLACED INTO A | | SAFE GEOMETRY CONFIGURATION AND CONTROLS REESTABLISHED. ADDITIONAL | | CORRECTIVE ACTIONS ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED." | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS CONTACTED NRC REGION 2 (BASSETT). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29177 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: WOLF CREEK REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/09/95 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: KS |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:52 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 07/31/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 16:26[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: KOPECKY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/09/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |HARRELL 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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LICENSEE 24 HOUR REPORT DUE TO INOPERABLE EDG LUBE OIL KEEP WARM PUMP. | | | | THE FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF A FACSIMILE SUBMITTED BY THE LICENSEE: | | | | "ON 7/27/95 THE "A" EDG LUBE OIL KEEP WARM PUMP FAILED. ON 7/28/95, SINCE | | AN ASME QUALIFIED REPLACEMENT PUMP COULDN'T BE OBTAINED, WCNOC REQUESTED | | ENFORCEMENT DISCRETION AND AN EMERGENCY LICENSE AMENDMENT TO DELETE LICENSE | | CONDITION 2.C.(1), ATTACHMENT 1, OF OPERATING LICENSE NPF-42. THIS LICENSE | | CONDITION REQUIRED THE EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATOR LUBE OIL KEEP WARM PUMP | | TO BE ASME SECTION III, CLASS 3. VERBAL ENFORCEMENT DISCRETION AND | | APPROVAL WAS GRANTED BY THE NRC ON 7/28/95. | | | | ON 7/31/95 AT 1626 A NON-ASME REPLACEMENT PUMP WAS INSTALLED AND THE "A" | | EDG DECLARED OPERABLE. ON 8/3/95 THE NRC ISSUED LICENSE AMENDMENT #88 TO | | THE FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. NPF-42 WHICH DELETED LICENSE CONDITION | | 2.C.(1), ATTACHMENT 1. DURING THE TIME FRAME FROM 7/31/95 TO 8/3/95 WCNOC | | WAS IN VIOLATION OF LICENSE CONDITION 2.C.(1), ATTACHMENT 1." | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29178 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SAINT LUCIE REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/10/95 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: FL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 00:20 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] CE,[2] CE |EVENT DATE: 08/09/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 19:17[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: HURCHALLA |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/10/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: TIM McGINTY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JEROME BLAKE RDO | |NINF INFORMATION ONLY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N N 0 HOT SHUTDOWN | 0 HOT SHUTDOWN | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | PRESSURIZER PORV's DECLARED INOPERABLE AFTER STROKE TIME TESTING IN MODE 4. | | | | ST. LUCIE UNIT 1 IS RETURNING TO MODE 5 (COLD SHUTDOWN) AFTER ENTERING MODE | | 4 (HOT SHUTDOWN) EARLIER IN THE DAY. DURING PRESSURIZER POWER OPERATED | | RELIEF VALVE (PORV) STROKE TIME TESTING, IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO VERIFY | | OPERABILITY. UNIT 1 WILL BE MAINTAINED IN MODE 5 UNTIL THIS ISSUE CAN BE | | RESOLVED. | | | | THE STROKE TIME TESTING INVOLVES CHECKING FLOW AS INDICATED BY ACOUSTIC | | MONITORS. THE APPROPRIATE LED LIGHT INDICATIONS ON THE ACOUSTIC MONITORS | | WERE UNABLE TO BE VERIFIED. THERE ARE OTHER INDICATIONS THAT THE PORV's | | WERE INDEED OPENING, BUT THEY DECIDED TO RETURN TO MODE 5 TO BE ABLE TO | | TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE OPERABILITY. THE LICENSEE HAS DECLARED THE | | PRESSURIZER PORV's INOPERABLE, AND IS PREPARING TO COOL DOWN TO MODE 5. | | UNIT 1 IS IN A 24 HOUR TS LCO TO ENTER MODE 5 AND ESTABLISH AN RCS VENT. | | UNIT 1 IS CURRENTLY AT 260 PSIA AND 275øF. THE LICENSEE HAS INFORMED THE | | RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29179 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: ZION REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/10/95 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 03:50 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 08/09/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 23:01[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: WINTERS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/10/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: TIM McGINTY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: | | |AINA 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(A) POT UNABLE TO SAFE SD | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | BRIEF INOPERABILITY OF SAFETY EQUIPMENT DURING THE PERFORMANCE OF A GROUND | | CHECKING PROCEDURE. | | | | THE '1A' SAFETY INJECTION (SI) PUMP WAS OUT OF SERVICE FOR A PLANNED | | MAINTENANCE OUTAGE. THE LICENSEE WAS PERFORMING GROUND CHECKS IN | | ACCORDANCE WITH APPROVED PROCEDURES, AND WITH A TECH SPEC INTERPRETATION | | ALLOWING THE PERFORMANCE OF GROUND CHECKING ON ESSENTIAL EQUIPMENT. DURING | | THE COURSE OF THE GROUND CHECKING, THE DC FEED TO THE '1A' DIESEL GENERATOR | | WAS OPENED UP FOR APPROXIMATELY 5 SECONDS, THIS MADE THE EMERGENCY POWER | | SUPPLY TO THE '1B' SI PUMP INOPERABLE, THEREFORE THERE WERE NO SAFETY | | INJECTION PUMPS AVAILABLE FOR APPROXIMATELY 5 SECONDS. | | | | ALSO IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GROUND CHECKING PROCEDURE, THE DC CONTROL POWER | | TO AN ESSENTIAL SAFEGUARDS BUS (#148) WAS OPENED, WHICH MADE ALL THE | | BREAKERS AND COMPONENTS SUPPLIED BY THAT BUS INOPERABLE. THIS INCLUDED THE | | BRIEF INOPERABILITY (5 SECONDS) OF THE '1B' SI PUMP, THE '1B' CONTAINMENT | | SPRAY PUMP, THE '1B' AUX FEEDWATER PUMP, THE '1B' RHR PUMP, THE 'OD' | | COMPONENT COOLING PUMP, THE '1B' SERVICE WATER PUMP AND THE '1A' & '1D' | | REACTOR CONTAINMENT FAN COOLERS. | | | | THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR. ALL AFFECTED SYSTEMS HAVE | | BEEN RESTORED TO OPERABILITY. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+