U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 11/14/95 - 11/15/95 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 29595 29596 29597 29598 29599 +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29595 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: COMANCHE PEAK REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 11/14/95 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: TX |NOTIFICATION TIME: 08:00 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 11/14/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 06:58[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: GREG BRYAN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 11/14/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOSEPH SEBROSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |GARY SANBORN RDO | |AARC 50.72(b)(1)(v) OTHER ASMT/COMM INOP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 COMPUTER SYSTEM HAS BEEN TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE FOR PREPLANNED | | MAINTENANCE. DURING THIS TIME THE SAFETY PARAMETER DISPLAY (SPDS) WILL NOT | | BE OPERABLE. | | | | THE UNIT 2 PLANT COMPUTER SYSTEM WAS TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE FOR MULTIPLE | | MODIFICATIONS TO THE SOFTWARE, DATA FILES, AND DATABASES. THESE | | MODIFICATIONS WERE DUE TO A REVALIDATION EFFORT OF THE PLANT COMPUTER | | SYSTEM IN RESPONSE TO THE RECOMMENDED CORRECTIVE ACTION FOR LER | | 445/94-004-00. THE PLANT COMPUTER OUTAGE IS EXPECTED TO LAST APPROXIMATELY | | 12 HOURS. DISPLAYS FOR THE VARIOUS ACCIDENT MONITORING INSTRUMENTS WILL BE | | AVAILABLE TO THE PLANT OPERATORS DURING THE TIME THE PLANT COMPUTER IS | | DOWN. IF PLANT OPERATORS NEED TO USE THE PLANT COMPUTER IT WILL BE | | POSSIBLE TO RETURN THE SYSTEM TO THE OPERATORS IN THE PRE-MODIFICATION | | CONFIGURATION WITHIN APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES. | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS INFORMED THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | ***UPDATE @ 1911EST 11/14/95 BY GREG BRYAN TAKEN BY MACKINNON*** | | | | LICENSEE COMPLETED MODIFICATION TO THEIR PLANT COMPUTER AND RESTORED THE | | PLANT COMPUTER AND THE SPDS TO SERVICE AT 1743 CST. R4DO (GARY SANBORN) | | NOTIFIED. | | | | THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29596 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: INDIAN POINT REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 11/14/95 | |UNIT: [2] [ ] [ ] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:05 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] W-4-LP,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 11/14/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 10:48[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DENNIS CORNAX |LAST UPDATE DATE: 11/14/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOSEPH SEBROSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JENNY JOHANSEN RDO | |ADEG 50.72(b)(1)(ii) DEGRAD COND DURING OP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 ISOLATION VALVE SEAL WATER SYSTEM (IVSWS) WAS FOUND TO BE IN A | | CONDITION OUTSIDE ITS DESIGN BASIS. | | | | THE IVSWS IS USED TO SUPPLY SEAL NITROGEN BETWEEN CONTAINMENT ISOLATION | | VALVES DURING AN ACCIDENT TO MINIMIZE RADIOACTIVE RELEASES. ON 11/13/95 | | WHILE PREPARING TO ISOLATE THE NITROGEN SUPPLY TRUCK FILL HEADER TO THE | | IVSWS A CONDITION WAS IDENTIFIED WHICH WOULD RENDER THE IVSWS OUTSIDE OF | | ITS DESIGN BASIS. A VALVE WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN OPENED WAS FOUND TO BE | | CLOSED. THIS VALVE WAS IN A LINE THAT SUPPLIES NITROGEN TO THE IVSWS TANK | | AND TO THE HIGH PRESSURE NITROGEN PORTION OF THE IVSWS FROM A BANK OF TEN | | BOTTLES WHICH ARE SEISMICALLY SUPPORTED. AN INVESTIGATION WAS CONDUCTED TO | | DETERMINE IF ANOTHER BACKUP BOTTLE HAD BEEN ALIGNED AS DESIGNED TO SUPPLY | | THIS NITROGEN. THIS INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT THE BACKUP BOTTLE HAD NOT | | BEEN ALIGNED. IN THIS CONFIGURATION THE SUPPLY OF NITROGEN TO THE IVSWS | | WAS A SUPPLY TRUCK WHICH IS NOT SEISMICALLY DESIGNED. THIS CONDITION | | RESULTED IN THE IVSWS BEING OUTSIDE ITS DESIGN BASIS. | | | | IN A SEISMIC EVENT A BREAK IN THE LINE TO THE TRUCK WOULD RENDER THE IVSWS | | INOPERABLE. THE LICENSEE IS CONTINUING TO INVESTIGATE THE PROBLEM, AND AT | | THIS TIME IS NOT SURE HOW LONG THE CONDITION HAD EXISTED. THE IVSWS HAS | | BEEN ALIGNED TO ITS PROPER CONFIGURATION. | | | | THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29597 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: FARLEY REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 11/14/95 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: AL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:59 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-3-LP,[2] W-3-LP |EVENT DATE: 11/14/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 09:36[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: OLDFIELD |LAST UPDATE DATE: 11/14/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |PIERCE SKINNER RDO | |AESF 50.72(b)(2)(ii) ESF ACTUATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 92 POWER OPERATION | 95 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | "1B" MOTOR DRIVEN AUXILIARY FEEDWATER PUMP (MDAFW) INADVERTENTLY STARTED | | DURING DRESS REHEARSAL FOR ANNUAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS EXERCISE | | | | THE DRILL SHIFT SUPERVISOR WAS IN PHONE COMMUNICATION WITH A DRILL | | ELECTRICIAN STATIONED AT THE "1B" MDAFW PUMP BREAKER (DG10). THE DRILL | | ELECTRICIAN RECEIVED A DRILL MESSAGE FROM THE DRILL SHIFT SUPERVISOR TO | | CLOSE THE "1B" MDAFW PUMP BREAKER. THE DRILL SHIFT SUPERVISOR MEANT TO SAY | | "SIMULATE CLOSING THE 1B MDAFW PUMP BREAKER". THE DRILL ELECTRICIAN CLOSED | | THE "1B" MDAFW PUMP BREAKER DG10, CAUSING THE PUMP TO START. THE MDAFW PUMP | | RAN FOR ABOUT TEN SECONDS BEFORE IT WAS SECURED. "1B" MDAFW PUMP HAS BEEN | | RETURNED TO ITS NORMAL LINEUP AND AN INVESTIGATION OF THE EVENT IS IN | | PROGRESS. THE DRILL ELECTRICIAN HAD PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED STANDING | | INSTRUCTIONS TO SIMULATE CLOSING, OPENING AND THEN CHECKING THE BREAKER | | CHARGING SPRING. STEAM GENERATOR WATER LEVELS DID NOT INCREASE DURING THIS | | EVENT. | | | | RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 29598 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: RTI PROCESS TECHNOLOGY |NOTIFICATION DATE: 11/14/95 | | CITY: HAW RIVER REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:55 [ET]| | COUNTY: ALAMANCE STATE: NC |EVENT DATE: 11/13/95 | |LICENSE#: 001-0701-01 AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 23:00[EST]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 11/14/95 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |PIERCE SKINNER RDO | | |Dr. COOL (NMSS) EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: ROBIN HADEN | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ms ROBIN HADEN, CHIEF OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS SECTION FOR THE STATE OF | | NORTH CAROLINA REPORTED THE FOLLOWING EVENT BECAUSE OF POTENTIAL GENERIC | | CONCERNS. | | RADIATION SAFETY OFFICER (BONNIE BISHOP) FOR RTI PROCESS TECHNOLOGY, 1148 | | PORTER AVE. HAW RIVER, NC. REPORTED THE FOLLOWING EVENT TO THE STATE OF | | NORTH CAROLINA RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS SECTION. | | ON 11/13/95 AT 2300 HOURS A SOURCE RACK CABLE IN THEIR PANORAMIC IRRADIATOR | | (MEGACURIES) BROKE AND THE SOURCE RACK FELL THREE FEET INTO THE BOTTOM OF | | THE IRRADIATOR POOL. NONE OF THE SOURCES IN THE SOURCE RACK WERE DAMAGED | | AND NOBODY RECEIVED ANY EXPOSURE FROM THIS EVENT. STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA | | REQUESTED RTI PROCESS TECHNOLOGY TO PERFORM A METALLURGICAL TEST OF THE | | BROKEN CABLE TO FIND OUT WHY THE CABLE BROKE. RTI PROCESS TECHNOLOGY IS | | TAKING THE SOURCES OUT OF THE RACK AND INSPECTING EACH SOURCE INDIVIDUALLY | | FOR DAMAGE. AFTER THE INSPECTION OF THE SOURCES IS COMPLETED THEY WILL | | PLACE THE SOURCES BACK IN THE RACK. THE CABLE THAT BROKE IS BEING REPLACED. | | Ms. ROBIN HADEN WAS NOT SURE IF THIS WAS A REPORTABLE EVENT. | | | | SEE HOO LOG BOOK FOR MORE DETAILS. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29599 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: WATERFORD REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 11/14/95 | |UNIT: [3] [ ] [ ] STATE: LA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:31 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [3] CE |EVENT DATE: 11/14/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 15:45[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: GREG SCOTT |LAST UPDATE DATE: 11/14/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |GARY SANBORN RDO | |DDDD 73.71 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 3 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | DISCOVERY OF CRIMINAL ACT INVOLVING AN INDIVIDUAL (CONTRACT EMPLOYEE) | | GRANTED ACCESS TO THE SITE. IMMEDIATE COMPENSATORY MEASURES TAKEN UPON | | DISCOVERY. HIS UNESCORTED ACCESS WAS TERMINATED. INFORMATION ON THIS | | INDIVIDUAL WAS PLACED IN THEIR SECURITY QUALIFICATION TRACKING SYSTEM. | | LICENSEE DID NOT KNOW HOW LONG THIS INDIVIDUAL HAD UNESCORTED ACCESS TO THE | | PLANT AND WHAT WORK HE PERFORMED. | | | | RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+