U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 09/20/95 - 09/21/95 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 29339 29346 29351 29352 29353 29354 29355 29356 +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29339 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: ARKANSAS NUCLEAR REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/15/95 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: AR |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:01 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] B&W-L-LP,[2] CE |EVENT DATE: 09/15/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 11:30[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MICHAEL HIGGINS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/20/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DOUG WEAVER +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |IAN BARNES RDO | |DDDD 73.71 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | 2 | N Y 98 POWER OPERATION | 98 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | A CONTRACT EMPLOYEE RECEIVED A PRESUMPTIVE POSITIVE FOR OPIATES AND PCP AS | | PART OF A PRE-ACCESS DRUG SCREENING EXAM. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE PCP | | POSITIVE WAS A MACHINE POSITIVE (I.E. NOT ACTUALLY POSITIVE). THE OPIATE | | SAMPLE HAS BEEN SENT OFF FOR CONFIRMATION. | | | | THE INDIVIDUAL WAS INADVERTENTLY RELEASED FOR UNESCORTED ACCESS AND WAS | | GRANTED UNESCORTED ACCESS. THE EMPLOYEE'S KEY CARD WAS DEACTIVATED, AND | | THE INDIVIDUAL WAS REMOVED FROM THE PROTECTED AREA. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | ***UPDATE 10:28 @ 9/20/95 BY HIGGINS TO GOULD*** THE LICENSEE IS UPDATING | | THIS EVENT FOLLOWING THE MEDICAL REVIEW OFFICER (MRO) REVIEW OF OFFSITE LAB | | RESULTS AND THE CONCLUSION THAT THE RESULTS WERE NEGATIVE BASED ON A VALID | | PRESCRIPTION. THE INDIVIDUAL'S UNESCORTED ACCESS AUTHORIZATION WAS | | RE-INSTALLED ON 9/18/95 AFTER THE MRO REVIEW. THE RI WILL BE INFORMED. | | NOTIFIED REG 4(MURRAY) | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29346 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: WOLF CREEK REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/19/95 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: KS |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:32 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 09/19/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 12:05[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JOHN JOHNSON |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/20/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DOUG WEAVER +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |BLAINE MURRAY RDO | |DDDD 73.71 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 78 POWER OPERATION | 78 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - CONTRABAND FOUND IN THE PROTECTED AREA - | | | | THE CONTRABAND HAS BEEN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY BY THE SECURITY FORCE. THE | | LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. SEE HOO LOG FOR DETAILS. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1451 ON 9/20/95 BY YUNK TAKEN BY WEAVER * * * | | | | THE LICENSEE WISHES TO CHANGE THE ARTICLE UNDER WHICH THIS EVENT WAS | | REPORTED. THE NEW 10 CFR PART IS 26.73.A, FITNESS FOR DUTY. THIS CHANGE | | OCCURRED BASED ON A LICENSING REVIEW OF THE INITIAL REPORT. THE LICENSEE | | WILL INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29351 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SUSQUEHANNA REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/20/95 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: PA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 05:46 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4,[2] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 09/20/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 04:15[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BOYLE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/20/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |LAWRENCE DOERFLEIN RDO | |ADAS 50.72(b)(2)(i) DEG/UNANALYZED COND | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 2 | N N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE LICENSEE REPORTED THAT THE PLANT FAILED THE MAIN STEAM ISOLATION VALVE | | (MSIV) LOCAL LEAK RATE TEST (LLRT). | | | | THIS WAS DETERMINED FROM THE DATA EVALUATION FROM THE MSIV LLRT INDICATING | | THAT THE LEAKAGE THROUGH THE MSIVs HAS DEGRADED BEYOND THE TS 3.6.1.2.C | | LIMIT OF 21.7 SLM(46 SCFH). THE AS FOUND LEAKAGE WAS 27.4 SLM. THE LEAKAGE | | OF THE MSIVs ABOVE THE TS LIMIT CONSTITUTES AN EVENT FOUND WHILE THE | | REACTOR IS SHUTDOWN THAT RESULTED IN A DEGRADATION OF PRINCIPAL SAFETY | | BARRIERS. | | | | THE LICENSEE WAS ALLOWED TO RESTROKE THE VALVES PER PROCEDURES TO ATTEMPT | | TO GET A BETTER SEAL. THIS WAS DONE, AND A RETEST WAS PERFORMED WITH THE | | RESULTING DATA BEING SATISFACTORY. THE RI WAS INFORMED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29352 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: THREE MILE ISLAND REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/20/95 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: PA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 09:03 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] B&W-L-LP,[2] B&W-L-LP |EVENT DATE: 09/20/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 08:10[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: LARRY MCNEAR |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/20/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOSEPH SEBROSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |LAWRENCE DOERFLEIN RDO | |DDDD 73.71 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH | | | | | | |NANCY ERVIN IAT | | |SUE GAGNER PA | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | SAFEGUARDS SYSTEM DEGRADATION RELATED TO THE PROTECTED AREA BOUNDARY. | | | | WHILE PERFORMING A REVIEW OF THE SECURITY BOUNDARY DUE TO A PREVIOUS EVENT | | (SEE EVENT # 29336), AN ADDITIONAL BREACH IN THE PROTECTED AREA BOUNDARY | | WAS DISCOVERED. IMMEDIATE COMPENSATORY ACTIONS WERE TAKEN UPON DISCOVERY. | | SEE HOO LOG FOR DETAILS. | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS NOTIFIED THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND MAY ISSUE A PRESS | | RELEASE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29353 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: MILLSTONE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/20/95 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: CT |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:15 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-3,[2] CE,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 09/20/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 16:00[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DAVID VAIL |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/20/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DOUG WEAVER +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |LAWRENCE DOERFLEIN 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 | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | ALL STANDARD REVIEW PLAN (SRP) SPENT FUEL POOL COOLING REQUIREMENTS NOT MET | | | | SRP SECTION 9.1.3 REQUIRES THAT THE SPENT FUEL POOL COOLING BE MAINTAINED | | WITH THE LOSS OF OFFSITE POWER AND ONE ADDITIONAL SINGLE FAILURE. DURING | | REFUELING ACTIVITIES, THE LICENSEE'S TECH SPECS ALLOW FOR TWO OFFSITE | | SOURCES OF POWER AND ONE EMERGENCY SOURCE OF POWER. IF YOU ASSUME THAT THE | | SINGLE FAILURE OCCURS IN THE EMERGENCY POWER SOURCE, SPENT FUEL POOL | | COOLING COULD NOT BE MAINTAINED IN THE EVENT OF A LOSS OF ALL OFFSITE | | POWER. | | | | THE PLANT SUBMITTED A REQUEST TO THE NRC ON 9/12/95 ON THIS ISSUE. THE | | REQUEST STIPULATED THAT THE LICENSEE BE REQUIRED TO MEET THE TECH SPEC | | REQUIREMENTS AND NOT THOSE SPECIFIED IN SECTION 9.1.3 OF THE SRP RELATED TO | | SPENT FUEL POOL COOLING. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AS WELL AS APPROPRIATE | | STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 29354 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: UNKNOWN |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/20/95 | | CITY: EAST ORANGE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:30 [ET]| | COUNTY: ESSEX STATE: NJ |EVENT DATE: 09/20/95 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 15:00[EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/20/95 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |LAWRENCE DOERFLEIN RDO | | |ROBERT PIERSON EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BOB STERN | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DOUG WEAVER | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NINF INFORMATION ONLY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THIS REPORT WAS PHONED IN BY THE NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL | | PROTECTION. | | | | A TRUCK SET OFF RADIATION MONITORS WHEN IT ENTERED THE ESSEX COUNTY | | RECYCLING FACILITY IN EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY. ON-CONTACT READINGS WITH | | THE TRUCK WERE 5 mR/HR. READINGS @ 1 METER FROM THE TRUCK WERE 1.5 mR/HR. | | THE ISOTOPE INVOLVED HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS I-131. | | | | THE TRUCK BELONGED TO WHITE BROTHERS TRUCKING OF ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY. THE | | STATE OF NEW JERSEY HAS RESPONDED AND WILL ISOLATE THE TRUCK AT THE WHITE | | BROTHERS FACILITY IN ELIZABETH UNTIL PROPER DISPOSAL CAN BE ARRANGED. | | | | CONTACT PHONE NUMBERS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE HOO LOG. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29355 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: HOPE CREEK REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/20/95 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NJ |NOTIFICATION TIME: 22:05 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 09/20/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 20:00[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MIKE PHILLIPS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/20/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DOUG WEAVER +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |LAWRENCE DOERFLEIN RDO | |AIND 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(D) ACCIDENT MITIGATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | HPCI INOPERABLE | | | | THE WATER CONTENT IN THE HPCI TURBINE OIL RESERVOIR EXCEEDED THE LIMIT OF | | .20%. THE ACTUAL CONTENT WAS .23%. THE PLANT HAS DRAINED SEVERAL GALLONS | | OF WATER FROM THE OIL RESERVOIR AND WILL RE-SAMPLE. | | | | THE SOURCE OF THE WATER IS UNKNOWN, BUT THE LICENSEE HAS SPECULATED THAT | | THE WATER MAY BE COMING FROM A LEAKING STEAM ADMISSION VALVE. THE LAST | | SURVEILLANCE RUN OF THE TURBINE WAS ON SEPTEMBER 12TH. | | | | ALL OTHER SAFETY-RELATED EQUIPMENT IS OPERABLE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE | | STATION SERVICE WATER PUMP. | | | | THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND LOWER ALLOWAYS | | CREEK TOWNSHIP. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29356 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: DUANE ARNOLD REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/21/95 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: IA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 01:25 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 09/20/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 23:00[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: HUPKE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/21/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: | | |AIND 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(D) ACCIDENT MITIGATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE LICENSEE REPORTED A CONDITION WHERE THE INBOARD HPCI STEAM SUPPLY LINE | | DID NOT ISOLATE ON AN ISOLATION SIGNAL. | | | | WHILE THEY WERE WARMING THE HPCI STEAMLINE IN THE PROCESS OF VERIFYING THE | | OPERABILITY OF HPCI, THEY RECEIVED A HPCI STEAMLINE HIGH FLOW SIGNAL AND A | | HPCI TURBINE TRIP ALARM. THEY BELIEVE IT WAS A SPURIOUS ALARM. THEY ALSO | | RECEIVED A GROUP 6A ISOLATION SIGNAL WHICH SHOULD HAVE ISOLATED "MO2238" | | (INBOARD HPCI STEAM SUPPLY VALVE) BUT IT DID NOT. AS A RESULT, THEY HAD TO | | CLOSE THE VALVE AND TAG IT DE-ENERGIZED CLOSED. HPCI IS STILL INOPERABLE, | | HOWEVER, FROM THE PREPLANNED MAINTENANCE ACTIVITY. THEY ARE ALSO STILL IN | | A 14-DAY LCO AS A RESULT OF THE MAINTENANCE ACTIVITY. THE RI WAS INFORMED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+