U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 10/04/95 - 10/05/95 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 29369 29415 29416 29417 29418 29419 29420 29421 !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29369 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: FERMI REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/25/95 | |UNIT: [2] [ ] [ ] STATE: MI |NOTIFICATION TIME: 08:25 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 09/25/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 07:30[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DALE HOSKINS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/04/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOSEPH SEBROSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |ROGER LANKSBURY RDO | |DDDD 73.71 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 2 | N Y 96 POWER OPERATION | 96 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | SECURITY DEGRADATION DISCOVERED. IMMEDIATE COMPENSATORY ACTION TAKEN UPON | | DISCOVERY. SEE HOO LOG FOR DETAILS. | | | | THE LICENSEE WILL NOTIFY THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1039 ON 10/04/95 BY RIVET ENTERED BY HOO JOLLIFFE * * * | | | | UPON FURTHER REVIEW BY PLANT SECURITY AND MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL, | | LICENSEE DETERMINED THAT THE ALARMS FOR THE SECURITY BARRIER WERE | | FUNCTIONAL BASED ON THE BARRIER ALARMS BEING INSPECTED AND OPERABILITY | | TESTED SATISFACTORILY. BASED ON THESE CONSIDERATIONS, NO CONDITION | | EXISTED THAT COULD HAVE ALLOWED UNAUTHORIZED OR UNDETECTED ACCESS. | | | | THUS, LICENSEE DESIRES TO RETRACT THIS EVENT. | | | | LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | HOO NOTIFIED R3DO KROPP. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29415 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: QUAD CITIES REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/04/95 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 05:09 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-3,[2] GE-3 |EVENT DATE: 10/04/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 01:53[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: CLARK |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/04/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |WAYNE KROPP RDO | |AESF 50.72(b)(2)(ii) ESF ACTUATION | | |AIND 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(D) ACCIDENT MITIGATION | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 2 | N Y 87 POWER OPERATION | 87 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - MCC FEED BREAKER TRIPPED AND HPCI TURBINE TURNING GEAR WOULD NOT ENGAGE - | | | | AT 0153 (CDT), MCC #29-2 FEED BREAKER TRIPPED ON OVERLOAD FOR UNKNOWN | | REASONS CAUSING A LOSS OF RPS 'B', A PARTIAL PCIS GROUP II ISOLATION | | (CONTAINMENT VENT, PURGE & SAMPLE VALVES), PCIS GROUP III ISOLATION | | (RWCU SYSTEM & Rx BUILDING VENTILATION SYSTEM), SBGT SYSTEM AUTO START, | | AND CONTROL ROOM VENTILATION SYSTEM ISOLATION. (ESF ACTUATION). | | | | LICENSEE IS INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF THE BREAKER TRIP. | | | | AT 0230 (CDT), IN AN UNRELATED EVENT, FOLLOWING A SHUTDOWN OF THE HPCI | | SYSTEM FOR SURVEILLANCE TESTING, THE HPCI TURBINE TURNING GEAR WOULD NOT | | ENGAGE. (ACCIDENT MITIGATION). | | | | LICENSEE IS DETERMINING CORRECTIVE ACTIONS. | | | | THESE EVENTS HAD NO IMPACT ON UNIT 1. | | | | LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29416 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: BROWNS FERRY REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/04/95 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: AL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 06:11 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4,[2] GE-4,[3] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 10/04/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 01:45[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BRIAN BOOHER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/04/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MARK LESSER RDO | |AINC 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(C) POT UNCNTRL RAD REL | | |AIND 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(D) ACCIDENT MITIGATION | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - SECONDARY CONTAINMENT VENTILATION DAMPERS FAILED TO CLOSE AS REQUIRED - | | | | AT 0145 (CDT), THE REACTOR ZONE VENTILATION SUPPLY SECONDARY CONTAINMENT | | INBOARD AND OUTBOARD ISOLATION DAMPERS (#2-FCO-64-13 & 14) FAILED TO CLOSE, | | AS REQUIRED. TECH SPEC LCO A/S 3.7.C.2 REQUIRES THE LICENSEE TO RESTORE | | SECONDARY CONTAINMENT INTEGRITY WITHIN 4 HOURS. | | | | AT 0211 (CDT), LICENSEE VERIFIED THAT THE DAMPERS CLOSED, AS DESIGNED, | | AFTER LIGHTLY TAPPING THE ISOLATION SOLENOIDS. | | | | AT 0214 (CDT), AFTER CYCLING THE DAMPERS SUCCESSFULLY 3 TIMES, LICENSEE | | EXITED THE A/S. | | | | LICENSEE IS INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE AND DETERMINING CORRECTIVE ACTIONS. | | | | LICENSEE TESTED THE SECONDARY CONTAINMENT VENTILATION ISOLATION DAMPERS ON | | ALL 3 UNITS TO VERIFY PROPER OPERATION. ONE ISOLATION DAMPER ON UNIT 1 WAS | | FOUND TO BE PHYSICALLY BINDING. LICENSEE DEACTIVATED ITS COMPANION DAMPER | | IN THE ISOLATED POSITION AND INITIATED ACTION TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. | | | | LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29417 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: FARLEY REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/04/95 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: AL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:58 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-3-LP,[2] W-3-LP |EVENT DATE: 10/04/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 10:16[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: PETE WEBB |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/04/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: UNUSUAL EVENT +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MARK LESSER RDO | |AAEC 50.72(a)(1)(i) EMERGENCY DECLARED |CHRIS GRIMES (NRR) EO | |NOCM COMM ASST BRIEF |PAUL WRIGHT FEMA | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | UNUSUAL EVENT DECLARED DUE TO THE THREAT OF HURRICANE OPAL | | | | AT 10:16 CDT, THE LICENSEE DECLARED AN UNUSUAL EVENT BECAUSE HURRICANE OPAL | | WAS PROJECTED TO AFFECT THE PLANT SITE AND BECAUSE THE HURRICANE WAS | | DETERMINED TO BE THREATENING. THE LICENSEE IS CURRENTLY PERFORMING SEVERE | | WEATHER PREPARATIONS. THERE ARE NO PROTECTIVE ACTIONS RECOMMENDED AT THIS | | TIME, AND A DECISION TO SHUT DOWN UNIT 2 HAS NOT YET BEEN MADE. HURRICANE | | OPAL IS CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO HIT THE COAST AT APPROXIMATELY 18:00 EDT | | TODAY, AND THE PLANT SITE IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 100 MILES INLAND. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED AN NRC ONSITE INSPECTOR (TINGEN), HOUSTON COUNTY IN | | ALABAMA, EARLY COUNTY IN GEORGIA, AND THE STATES OF ALABAMA AND GEORGIA. | | | | * * * 13:00 OCTOBER 4, 1995, COMMISSIONERS ASSISTANTS' BRIEFING * * * | | | | A COMMISSIONERS ASSISTANTS' BRIEFING WAS CONDUCTED IN ORDER TO DISCUSS THE | | AFFECTED NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS INCLUDING FARLEY, CRYSTAL RIVER (REFER TO | | EVENT NUMBER 29414.), AND HATCH. THE FOLLOWING NOTIFICATIONS WERE MADE | | (*INDICATES OFFICE DID NOT PARTICIPATE): ANALYSIS EVALUATION AND | | OPERATIONAL DATA (*JORDAN AND *ROSS), INCIDENT RESPONSE DIVISION (CONGEL, | | BAILEY, AND GIITTER), CHAIRMAN JACKSON (TSCHILTZ), COMMISSIONER ROGERS | | (COPLAN), REACTOR EVENTS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (CARPENTER), | | MATERIALS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (SCHLUETER), NUCLEAR REACTOR | | REGULATION EMERGENCY OFFICER (CHAFFEE), NUCLEAR MATERIALS SAFETY AND | | SAFEGUARDS EMERGENCY OFFICER (COOL), PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE (HAYDEN), | | CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS OFFICE (KEELING), SECY (HART), STATE PROGRAMS | | (*BANGART), NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION (GRIMES AND WEINS), NUCLEAR | | MATERIALS SAFETY AND SAFEGUARDS (*BRACH AND *COMBS), REGION II (COLLINS), | | REGION IV (COLLINS AND SLARANO), AND REGION II BRIEFER (CHRISTENSEN). | | | | AT 11:00 EDT, HURRICANE OPAL WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 283 MILES FROM | | FARLEY WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 150 MILES PER HOUR. THE STORM WAS MOVING | | NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 23 MILES PER HOUR WITH HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTENDING | | OUT 145 MILES FROM THE CENTER OF THE STORM. REGION II ENTERED THE | | MONITORING MODE AT 12:10 EDT. | | | | * * UPDATE AT 0004 ON 10/05/95 BY VAN LANDINGHAM TAKEN BY HOO JOLLIFFE * * | | | | AT 2255 (CDT) ON 10/04/95, LICENSEE TERMINATED THE UNUSUAL EVENT DUE TO THE | | PASSING OF THE THREAT TO THE PLANT FROM HURRICANE OPEL. THE PLANT | | EXPERIENCED MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF 36 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. | | THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO VITAL PLANT STRUCTURES OR EQUIPMENT AND NO | | PERSONNEL INJURIES. | | | | LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND WILL NOTIFY STATE AND | | LOCAL OFFICIALS OF THE TERMINATION OF THE UNUSUAL EVENT. | | | | HOO NOTIFIED R1DO LESSER, NRR EO MARSH, AND FEMA CANUPP OF THE TERMINATION | | OF THE UNUSUAL EVENT. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 29418 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: BRANDHURST, INC. |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/04/95 | | CITY: GREENVILLE REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:38 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: SC |EVENT DATE: 10/04/95 | |LICENSE#: 3120726-02G AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 00:00[EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/04/95 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |MARK LESSER RDO | | |JOHN AUSTIN (NMSS) EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: STEVE WAGNER |SCOTT CHEN EPA | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NINF INFORMATION ONLY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | PUBLIC CITIZEN PURCHASED TWO SELF-ILLUMINATED EXIT SIGNS CONTAINING NRC | | LICENSED MATERIAL AT A YARD SALE | | | | A PUBLIC CITIZEN PURCHASED TWO SELF-ILLUMINATED EXIT SIGNS AT A YARD SALE | | IN GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA. BECAUSE THE SIGNS WERE NOT VERY BRIGHT, THE | | INDIVIDUAL PARTIALLY DISASSEMBLED ONE OF THE SIGNS AND FOUND A WARNING | | LABEL INSIDE THAT REFERRED TO NRC LICENSED MATERIAL. THE COMPONENT WITH | | THE LABEL APPEARED TO BE IN TACT AT THE TIME OF THE NOTIFICATION. THE | | PUBLIC CITIZEN ALSO REPORTED THAT THE INDIVIDUAL WHO SOLD THE EXIT SIGNS AT | | THE YARD SALE INDICATED THAT HE HAD A BUNCH OF THEM. THE LABEL REFERENCED | | BRANDHURST, INC., LICENSE NUMBER 3120726-02G, MODEL NUMBER V10 OR U10, | | SERIAL NUMBER 27729, AND A MANUFACTURING DATE OF APRIL 1986. | | | | (REFER TO THE HOO LOG FOR YARD SALE LOCATION AND CONTACT ADDRESS AND | | TELEPHONE NUMBER.) | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29419 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: CRYSTAL RIVER REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/04/95 | |UNIT: [3] [ ] [ ] STATE: FL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:41 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [3] B&W-L-LP |EVENT DATE: 10/04/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 16:00[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: RICK SWEENEY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/04/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MARK LESSER 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 | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 3 | N Y 97 POWER OPERATION | 97 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | PRELIMINARY CALCULATIONS INDICATED THAT THE STRESS LEVEL FOR THE REACTOR | | BUILDING SPRAY PUMP MOTOR COOLER OUTLET PIPING EXCEEDED THE ALLOWABLE LIMIT | | BUT WAS LESS THAN THE ASSUMED YIELD STRESS. | | | | DURING A ROUTINE EVALUATION OF PIPE SUPPORT ADEQUACY, THE LICENSEE | | DETERMINED THAT PRELIMINARY CALCULATIONS APPEARED TO SHOW THAT THE STRESS | | LEVEL FOR THE REACTOR BUILDING SPRAY PUMP MOTOR COOLER OUTLET PIPING | | EXCEEDED THE CODE ALLOWABLE LIMIT BUT WAS LESS THAN THE ASSUMED YIELD | | STRESS. THE LICENSEE PLANS TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO TRY TO | | VERIFY SEVERAL ASSUMPTIONS. THE LICENSEE ALSO STATED THAT THERE WAS | | REASONABLE ASSURANCE THAT THE PUMP WAS OPERABLE DUE TO THE PREVIOUS FAILURE | | HISTORY, INSPECTION RESULTS, AND MARGIN BETWEEN THE ASSUMED YIELD STRESS | | AND PRELIMINARY CALCULATIONS. | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO NOTIFY THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | * * * 20:04 OCTOBER 4, 1995, UPDATE FROM HALNON RECEIVED BY TROCINE * * * | | | | REASONABLE ASSURANCE OF PUMP OPERABILITY WAS OBTAINED FROM THE FOLLOWING | | THREE ITEMS: CALCULATED STRESSES WERE WELL BELOW YIELD STRESSES, VISUAL | | INSPECTIONS REVEALED EXCELLENT PHYSICAL CONDITION OF THE AREAS OF CONCERN, | | AND THERE WAS A LOW PROBABILITY OF CONCURRENT EVENTS i.e., A LOSS OF | | COOLANT ACCIDENT SIMULTANEOUS WITH A WORST CASE SEISMIC EVENT IS REQUIRED | | TO OBTAIN THE STRESSES. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29420 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: BRAIDWOOD REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/04/95 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 20:03 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 10/04/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 16:45[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: STEFAN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/04/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |WAYNE KROPP 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 N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE LICENSEE REPORTED A DIESEL FUEL OIL SPILL TO COMMONWEALTH EDISON | | ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES(AT 17:15), THE ILLINOIS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT | | AGENCY(AT 17:40) AND THE NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER(AT 1:35). | | | | AT APPROXIMATELY 16:45 WHILE PUMPING DOWN THE "1A" & "1C" DIESEL OIL | | STORAGE TANKS, THE BAILING WIRE USED AND SUPPLIED BY FUEL QUALITY SERVICES | | TO RETAIN THE LOCKING EARS ON CAM-LOC FITTINGS BROKE. THIS ALLOWED THE | | CAM-LOC TO UNCOUPLE AND SPILL APPROXIMATELY 20-30 GALS OF DIESEL FUEL TO | | THE PAVEMENT IN THE UNIT 1 TRACKWAY. THE VENDOR SECURED THE LEAK BY | | PLUGGING THE HOSE, ISOLATING THE FUEL SOURCE AND STOPPING THE TRANSFER | | PUMPS. THE SHIFT ENGINEER WAS NOTIFIED AND ON-SITE HAZMAT TEAMS WERE | | DISPATCHED. CLEANUP OF THE FUEL OIL IS STILL UNDERWAY. THE RI WAS NOTIFIED | | AND THERE WILL BE NO PRESS RELEASE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29421 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SALEM REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/05/95 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NJ |NOTIFICATION TIME: 01:12 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 10/04/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 22:35[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: SERWAN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/05/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: ALERT +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOHN WHITE RDO | |ADEG 50.72(b)(1)(ii) DEGRAD COND DURING OP | | |AAEC 50.72(a)(1)(i) EMERGENCY DECLARED | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - ALERT DECLARED DUE TO LOSS OF CONTROL ROOM ANNUNCIATORS > 15 MINUTES - | | | | UNIT 1 IS IN MODE 6 (REFUELING) WITH THE CORE IN THE SPENT FUEL POOL. | | | | AT 2235 ON 10/04/95, UNIT 1 LOST GREATER THAN 75% OF THEIR CONTROL ROOM | | OVERHEAD ANNUNCIATOR SYSTEM. | | | | AT 2335 ON 10/04/95, LICENSEE RESET THEIR ANNUNCIATOR COMPUTER SYSTEM AND | | RESTORED ALL CONTROL ROOM ANNUNCIATORS TO OPERABLE STATUS. | | | | LICENSEE SATISFACTORILY PERFORMED A FUNCTIONAL TEST OF THE CONTROL ROOM | | ANNUNCIATORS. | | | | LICENSEE WAS PERFORMING A ROUTING NIGHTLY TEST OF THE SERVICE WATER SUMP | | LEVEL ALARM AT THE TIME OF THIS EVENT. NO OTHER TESTING WAS BEING | | PERFORMED AT THE TIME OF THE EVENT. | | | | UNIT 1 IS STABLE AND THERE IS NO ADVERSE EFFECT ON ANY PLANT SYSTEMS. | | | | THERE ARE NO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS AROUND THE PLANT. | | | | THERE IS NO RELEASE OF RADIATION FROM THE PLANT. | | | | LICENSEE WILL BE SUBMITTING AN LER TO THE NRC ON THIS EVENT. | | | | THERE IS NO EFFECT ON UNIT 2 WHICH IS IN MODE 5 (COLD SHUTDOWN) IN A | | MAINTENANCE OUTAGE. | | | | * * UPDATE AT 0214 ON 10/05/95 BY ZOOK/WILLBANKS TAKEN BY HOO JOLLIFFE * * | | | | LICENSEE INVESTIGATION HAS DETERMINED THAT 100% OF THE CONTROL ROOM | | ANNUNCIATORS HAD BEEN INOPERABLE FROM 2235 TO 2335 ON 10/04/95. | | | | AT 0138 ON 10/05/95, LICENSEE DECLARED AN ALERT DUE TO 100% OF UNIT 1 | | ANNUNCIATORS BEING INOPERABLE FOR GREATER THAN 15 MINUTES. | | | | LICENSEE IS STAFFING THEIR TSC AND EOF. | | | | LICENSEE IS PERFORMING A DIAGNOSTIC TEST OF THE CONTROL ROOM ANNUNCIATORS | | TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE LOSS OF THE CONTROL ROOM ANNUNCIATORS. | | | | LICENSEE NOTIFIED STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS WILL NOTIFY THE NRC RESIDENT | | INSPECTOR. | | | | HOO NOTIFIED R1DO WHITE, NRR EO MARSH, FEMA SIMMERS. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 0524 ON 10/05/95 BY CORNMAN TAKEN BY HOO JOLLIFFE * * * | | | | LICENSEE DIAGNOSTIC TEST OF THE CONTROL ROOM ANNUNCIATOR SYSTEM HAS | | DETERMINED THAT THE CONTROL ROOM ANNUNCIATOR SYSTEM IS OPERABLE, STABLE, | | AND RELIABLE. LICENSEE IS STILL DETERMINING THE CAUSE. | | | | AT 0522, BASED ON THE ABOVE, LICENSEE TERMINATED THE ALERT. | | | | LICENSEE WILL NOTIFY STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS AND THE NRC RESIDENT | | INSPECTOR AND WILL ISSUE A PRESS RELEASE. | | | | HOO NOTIFIED | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+