U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 09/06/95 - 09/07/95 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 29292 29297 29298 29299 29300 +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29292 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: DRESDEN REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/05/95 | |UNIT: [ ] [ ] [3] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 07:18 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-1,[2] GE-3,[3] GE-3 |EVENT DATE: 09/05/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 04:24[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: K POLSON |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/06/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |PAT HILAND RDO | |AESF 50.72(b)(2)(ii) ESF ACTUATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | | | | | 3 | N N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | RECEIVED GROUP 5 ISOLATION (ISOLATION CONDENSER) WHILE PERFORMING STARTUP | | CHECKLIST. | | | | WHILE PERFORMING THE STARTUP CHECKLIST IN PREPARATION FOR STARTUP ON SECOND | | SHIFT, A GROUP 5 ISOLATION WAS RECEIVED[ISOLATION CONDENSER ISOLATION | | VALVES 1301-4(AC) & 1301-1 (AC) CLOSED]. THIS OCCURRED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO | | PLACE THE ISOLATION CONDENSER IN STANDBY. 3-1301-4(AC) VALVE HAD BEEN FULLY | | OPENED. WHILE OPENING 3-1301-1 (AC) VALVE, THE ISOLATION OCCURRED. LICENSEE | | SAYS THAT THIS PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED BEFORE. AT THE PRESENT TIME THE | | LICENSEE CANNOT RESET THE ISOLATION SIGNAL. | | | | RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 0005 EDT ON 9/6/95 FROM BRYAN HANSON TAKEN BY KARSCH * * * | | TROUBLESHOOTING REVEALED SEVERAL SENSING LINES THAT WERE DRAINED. THEY | | WERE REFILLED. AT 2045 CDT ON 9/5/95, WHEN THE LICENSEE ATTEMPTED TO PLACE | | THE ISOLATION CONDENSER INTO STANDBY IT ISOLATED AGAIN. A MORE EXTENSIVE | | ROOT CAUSE INVESTIGATION WILL BE CONDUCTED. THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC | | RESIDENT INSPECTOR. R3DO (GARDNER) NOTIFIED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29297 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SOUTH TEXAS REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/06/95 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: TX |NOTIFICATION TIME: 00:37 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 09/05/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 01:00[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: WALT SMITH |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/06/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |GENE BATES RDO | |NLCO TECH SPEC LCO A/S | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | VIOLATION OF TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS REPORTABLE UNDER SECTION G OF THE | | OPERATING LICENSE. | | | | A CONTROL ROOM RADIATION MONITOR, RT-8034, FAILED A CHANNEL CHECK AT 0100 | | EDT ON 9/5/95. THIS WAS NOT NOTED BY THE CONTROL ROOM OPERATORS UNTIL | | ALMOST 13 HOURS HAD ELAPSED. THE ACTIONS OF TECH SPEC TABLE 3.3.3.10.D | | ACTION 28 WERE NOT PERFORMED WITHIN THE REQUIRED TIME LIMIT. THE LICENSEE | | INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29298 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: NINE MILE POINT REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/06/95 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:41 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-2,[2] GE-5 |EVENT DATE: 09/06/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 14:20[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BRIAN BOOTH |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/06/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOSEPH SEBROSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |GLENN MEYER RDO | |AESF 50.72(b)(2)(ii) ESF ACTUATION |CHRIS GRIMES EO | |APRE 50.72(b)(2)(vi) OFFSITE NOTIFICATION | | | |RICH BARRETT ERB | | |HENRY BAILEY ERB | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 2 | N N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | A PARTIAL LOSS OF OFFSITE POWER CAUSED THE LOSS OF SHUTDOWN COOLING FOR | | APPROXIMATELY 12 MINUTES. THE REACTOR TEMPERATURE INCREASED FROM 111øF TO | | 118øF BEFORE SHUTDOWN COOLING WAS RESTORED. | | | | AT 14:20, NINE MILE 2 EXPERIENCED AN APPARENT FAULT IN 1 OF 2 TRANSFORMERS | | SUPPLYING POWER TO THE SHUT DOWN PLANT FROM OFFSITE. CONCURRENT WITH THE | | LOSS OF RESERVE STATION TRANSFORMER "B" AND ITS ASSOCIATED 13.8KV | | SWITCHGEAR BUS "003", THE REMAINING NORMAL 13.8 KV SWITCHGEAR BUS "001" (A | | NON-SAFETY BUS) DEENERGIZED ITSELF FOR REASONS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. THIS | | RESULTED IN THE LOSS OF POWER TO ALL NON-SAFETY BUSSES AND THE LOSS OF | | OFFSITE POWER TO THE DIVISION II EMERGENCY BUS. | | | | THE THREE EMERGENCY AC BUSSES ARE CURRENTLY ENERGIZED, ALTHOUGH DIVISION II | | EXPERIENCED A MOMENTARY LOSS OF POWER WHEN THE "B" TRANSFORMER LOSS | | OCCURRED. THE ASSOCIATED DIVISION II EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATOR AUTO | | STARTED ON BUS UNDERVOLTAGE AND REENERGIZED THE EMERGENCY BUS WITHIN | | SECONDS. DIVISION I EMERGENCY SWITCH GEAR NEVER LOST OFFSITE POWER AND | | REMAINS FED FROM OFFSITE LINE #5. DIVISION III IS CURRENTLY ENERGIZED BY | | ITS RESPECTIVE DIESEL WHICH WAS RUNNING LOADED, AND IN PARALLEL WITH | | OFFSITE POWER AT THE TIME OF THE TRANSIENT. OFFSITE POWER REMAINS | | AVAILABLE TO DIVISION III. | | | | THE MOMENTARY LOSS OF DIVISION II POWER CAUSED MULTIPLE ESF | | ACTUATIONS/TRIPS INCLUDING PRIMARY CONTAINMENT ISOLATIONS, PARTIAL LOSS OF | | SERVICE WATER, TRIP OF THE SPENT FUEL COOLING PUMP, RPS LOGIC, AND A LOSS | | OF THE RUNNING SHUTDOWN COOLING SYSTEM RHS "B". | | | | COOLANT TEMPERATURE AT THE TIME OF THE TRIP WAS 111øF. SHUTDOWN COOLING | | WAS RESTORED AT 14:32 WITH COOLANT TEMPERATURE AT 118øF. TEMPERATURE | | CONTROL HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED AT THIS TIME. | | | | THE LICENSEE IS INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. PLANS ARE BEING | | MADE TO REENERGIZE NORMAL SWITCH GEAR BUS 003 FROM LINE "5". THE | | ELECTRICAL TRANSIENT HAD NO EFFECT ON UNIT 1. LOW PRESSURE CORE SPRAY AND | | LOW PRESSURE COOLANT INJECTION (LPCI) "A" AND "C" ARE OPERABLE. LPCI "B" | | IS ALIGNED IN THE SHUTDOWN COOLING MODE OF OPERATION. HIGH PRESSURE CORE | | SPRAY IS NOT OPERABLE AT THIS TIME. ALL EDGs ARE OPERABLE AND THE WEATHER | | IN THE AREA IS CLEAR. | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS INFORMED THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND STATE AND LOCAL | | OFFICIALS. IN ADDITION THE LICENSEE WILL ISSUE A PRESS RELEASE. | | | | * * * UPDATE @ 18:02 9/6/95 FROM BOOTH TAKEN BY SEBROSKY * * * | | AT 18:02 OFFSITE POWER TO THE NON-SAFETY BUS "003" FROM LINE "5" WAS | | RESTORED. THE LICENSEE IS STILL IN THE PROCESS OF RESTORING SPENT FUEL | | POOL COOLING. HOO NOTIFIED R1DO(MEYERS) AND EO(WESSMAN). | | | | * * * UPDATE @ 23:39 9/6/95 FROM MANLY TAKEN BY SEBROSKY * * * | | SPENT FUEL POOL COOLING WAS RESTORED AT APPROXIMATELY 23:20. SPENT FUEL | | POOL TEMPERATURE IS CURRENTLY 88øF. AT THE START OF THE EVENT SPENT FUEL | | POOL TEMPERATURE WAS 80øF. NON-SAFETY BUS "001" REMAINS DEENERGIZED AND | | THE DIVISION II EDG IS STILL SUPPLYING POWER TO ITS RESPECTIVE BUS. THE | | DIVISION III EDG WAS SECURED AT 20:09. DIVISION I AND III REMAIN ENERGIZED | | FROM OFFSITE POWER. | | | | THE LICENSEE IS DEVELOPING A PLAN TO RESTORE OFFSITE POWER TO THE DIVISION | | II BUS AND IS ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF RESTORING THE CONTROL ROD DRIVE SYSTEM | | FOR INVENTORY CONTROL. THE LICENSEE IS ALSO INVESTIGATING IF DUE TO THE | | LOSS OF POWER TO THE NON-SAFETY BUSSES THE CONDENSATE DEMINERALIZERS | | RELEASED RESIN TO THE MAIN CONDENSER. | | | | HOO NOTIFIED R1DO() AND EO(). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 29299 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: SYNCOR INTERNATIONAL |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/06/95 | | CITY: APPLETON REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 21:09 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: WI |EVENT DATE: 09/06/95 | |LICENSE#: 48-26465-01MD AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 09:30[CDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/06/95 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |RONALD GARDNER RDO | | | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DAVID PELLICCIARINI | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOSEPH SEBROSKY | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NINF INFORMATION ONLY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | SYNCOR INTERNATIONAL OF CHATSWORTH, CALIFORNIA CALLED TO REPORT A PROBLEM | | AT THEIR APPLETON WISCONSIN FACILITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH 10 CFR 20.1906(D). | | | | AT APPROXIMATELY 09:30 CDT TODAY THE LICENSEE'S PHARMACY IN APPLETON | | RECEIVED A TECHNETIUM-99M GENERATOR SHIPMENT FROM DUPONT-MERCK. AT THE | | TIME OF THE DELIVERY THE PHARMACY PERSONNEL NOTICED AN ELEVATED BACKGROUND | | RADIATION READING IN THE FACILITY. DURING THE CHECK-IN PROCEDURE FOR THE | | GENERATOR EXCESSIVE RADIATION READINGS WERE DISCOVERED AROUND THE BOX | | CONTAINING THE GENERATOR. THE RADIATION LEVELS RANGED FROM 240 TO 400 | | MILLIROENTGENS PER HOUR AROUND THE SURFACE OF THE BOX. THIS EXCEEDS THE | | REQUIREMENT FOR EXTERNAL RADIATION LIMIT ON ANY SURFACE OF THE PACKAGE OF | | 200 MILLIREM PER HOUR. | | | | WHEN THE BOX ARRIVED AT THE APPLETON FACILITY THE LICENSEE'S STAFF NOTICED | | A TEAR IN THE BOX, HOWEVER THERE WAS NO VISIBLE INDICATION OF LEAKAGE FROM | | THE GENERATOR. THE STAFF REMOVED THE GENERATOR FROM THE BOX AND NOTED NO | | VISIBLE DAMAGE TO THE GENERATOR ITSELF. THE STAFF DID FIND EVIDENCE OF | | EXTERNAL SURFACE CONTAMINATION ON THE BOX. THE AMOUNT AND EXTENT OF THE | | CONTAMINATION IS NOT CLEAR AT THIS TIME BECAUSE THE PERSON REPORTING THE | | PROBLEM WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE SURVEYS. | | | | THE LICENSEE PLACED THE GENERATOR BEHIND LEAD SHIELDING, AND CONTACTED THE | | CARRIER OF THE PACKAGE (FEDERAL EXPRESS). THE LICENSEE ALSO NOTIFIED | | DUPONT-MERCK OF THE PROBLEM. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29300 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: DIABLO CANYON REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/06/95 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: CA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 21:36 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 09/06/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 15:55[PDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DAVID PATTY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/06/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOSEPH SEBROSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |GENE BATES RDO | |ARPS 50.72(b)(2)(ii) RPS ACTUATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | A/R Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 0 HOT STANDBY | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | REACTOR TRIP DUE TO A TURBINE TRIP. | | | | THE CAUSE OF THE TURBINE TRIP IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. DURING THE | | POST TRIP RESPONSE DIESEL GENERATOR "11" STARTED BUT DID NOT LOAD. THE | | CAUSE OF THE DIESEL STARTING WAS DUE TO A VOLTAGE DIP WHILE LOADS WERE | | BEING TRANSFERRED TO THE STARTUP TRANSFORMER. | | | | ALL RODS FULLY INSERTED AND NO PRIMARY OR SECONDARY RELIEF VALVES OR PORVS | | OPENED. ALL ELECTRICAL BUSSES TRANSFERRED AS EXPECTED. THE MAIN CONDENSER | | IS AVAILABLE AS A HEAT SINK. AUXILIARY FEEDWATER (AFW) MOTOR DRIVEN AND | | TURBINE DRIVEN PUMPS AUTOMATICALLY STARTED AND RESTORED STEAM GENERATOR | | WATER LEVEL. THE MOTOR DRIVEN AFW PUMPS ARE CURRENTLY MAINTAINING STEAM | | GENERATOR WATER LEVEL. ALL ECCS AND EDGs ARE OPERABLE. | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS INFORMED THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND WILL ISSUE A PRESS | | RELEASE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+