U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 08/21/95 - 08/22/95 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 29223 29224 29225 +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 29223 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/21/95 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM FUEL FABRICATION |NOTIFICATION TIME: 08:42 [ET]| |COMMENTS: LEU CONVERSION (UF6 TO UO2) |EVENT DATE: 08/20/95 | | LEU FABRICATION |EVENT TIME: 08:52[EDT]| | LWR COMMERICAL FUEL |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/21/95 | | CITY: WILMINGTON REGION: 2 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: NEW HANOVER STATE: NC |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: SNM-1097 AGREEMENT: Y |CHRIS CHRISTENSEN RDO | | DOCKET: 07001113 |DONALD COOL EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: LON PAULSON | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DOUG WEAVER | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NBNL RESPONSE-BULLETIN | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | "AT APPROXIMATELY 0852 ON AUGUST 20, 1995, ONE OF TWO CONTROLS ON INPUT TO | | VESSEL V-106 WAS LOST, DUE TO A MALFUNCTION OF THE INPUT\OUTPUT CONTROL | | MODULE FOR THE PIPE DETECTORS. MASS CONTROL WAS BRIEFLY LOST FOR A PERIOD | | OF APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES. HOWEVER, CONCENTRATION CONTROL WAS MAINTAINED | | THROUGHOUT THE TIME PERIOD. THIS CONDITION WAS INITIATED BY AN ELECTRICAL | | POWER OUTAGE AND IMMEDIATELY DISCOVERED BY OPERATIONS. | | | | A TOTAL OF FOUR SAMPLES AT VARIOUS POINTS INDICATED AN AVERAGE FLUORIDE | | WASTE URANIUM CONTENT OF 47.8 PPM U, WHICH IS BELOW THE DISCHARGE | | CONCENTRATION LIMIT OF 100 PPM U. VESSEL V-106 SAMPLE ANALYSIS INDICATED | | AN AVERAGE URANIUM CONTENT OF 26.3 PPM U, WELL BELOW THE ESTABLISHED MASS | | LIMIT CORRESPONDING TO 114 PPM U FOR THIS VESSEL. AT NO TIME DID THE | | CONCENTRATION CONTROL ON THE FLUORIDE WASTE EFFLUENT EXCEED THE | | CONCENTRATION LIMIT. AT NO TIME DID THE CONCENTRATION OF VESSEL V-106 | | EXCEED ITS CONCENTRATION (TOTAL MASS) LIMIT WITHIN THE VESSEL. THE SECOND | | CONCENTRATION CONTROL ON VESSEL V-106 (MECHANICAL AGITATION) REMAINED IN | | EFFECT." | | | | PROPER CONTROL WAS RE-ESTABLISHED WITHIN 30 MINUTES. ALL AMMONIUM | | DIURANATE (ADU) PROCESS LINES HAVE BEEN SHUT DOWN AND SECURED PENDING A | | ROOT CAUSE INVESTIGATION. PRELIMINARY CORRECTIVE ACTIONS ARE BEING | | IMPLEMENTED TO PREVENT REOCCURRENCE. APPROPRIATE STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS | | WILL BE NOTIFIED. | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29224 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PRAIRIE ISLAND REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/21/95 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: MN |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:15 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-2-LP,[2] W-2-LP |EVENT DATE: 08/21/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 09:08[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: CARLSON |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/21/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |BRUCE JORGENSEN 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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE PLANT HAD AN ESF ACTUATION WHEN THEIR UNIT 2 CONTAINMENT AIR SAMPLE | | ISOLATION VALVES CLOSED. | | | | THE "CV-31642" AND "CV-31644" UNIT 2 CONTAINMENT AIR SAMPLE ISOLATION | | VALVES WENT CLOSED FOR NO APPARENT REASON. THESE VALVES NORMALLY ISOLATE ON | | AN ESF ACTUATION SIGNAL. AT THIS TIME THE LICENSEE DOES NOT KNOW WHAT | | CAUSED THE ISOLATION. THEY ARE STILL INVESTIGATING THE EVENT, SINCE THERE | | WAS NOTHING ON GOING AT THE TIME WHICH COULD HAVE RESULTED IN THE | | ISOLATION. THE RI WAS INFORMED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29225 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: TURKEY POINT REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/21/95 | |UNIT: [3] [4] [ ] STATE: FL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 19:35 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [3] W-3-LP,[4] W-3-LP |EVENT DATE: 08/21/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 11:15[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JONES |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/21/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |CHRIS CHRISTENSEN RDO | |HFIT 26.73 FITNESS FOR DUTY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | A FPL SUPERVISOR WAS CONFIRMED POSITIVE FOR COCAINE DURING A RANDOM DRUG | | TEST. | | | | THE FPL SUPERVISOR WAS CONFORMED POSITIVE FOR COCAINE BY THE COMPANY | | MEDICAL REVIEW OFFICER, BASED ON A RANDOM URINALYSIS DRUG TEST TAKEN ON | | 8/9/95. THE INDIVIDUAL'S GCMS LEVEL WAS 736NG/ML AND THE LICENSEE'S GCMS | | CUTOFF LEVEL FOR COCAINE IS 150 NG/ML. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF ON-SITE | | USAGE. THE INDIVIDUAL'S ACCESS HAS BEEN DENIED TO TURKEY POINT AND ST | | LUCIE. AN APPEAL OF THE TEST RESULTS IS BEING MADE. A COMPANY REVIEW OF THE | | INDIVIDUAL'S WORK ACTIVITIES FOR THE PAST NINETY DAYS IS UNDERWAY. THE RI | | WILL BE INFORMED. | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+