U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 10/23/95 - 10/24/95 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 29481 29495 29496 29497 29498 !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29481 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: MONTICELLO REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/20/95 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: MN |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:14 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-3 |EVENT DATE: 10/20/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 07:10[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: STEVE GORTON |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/23/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |THOMAS BURDICK RDO | |AINC 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(C) POT UNCNTRL RAD REL | | |NLCO TECH SPEC LCO A/S | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LICENSEE IS IN A 12 HOUR TECH SPEC LCO DUE TO LOSS OF CONTAINMENT | | INTEGRITY. | | | | WHILE PERFORMING TEST 255-18-1A; "TIP (TRAVELING IN-CORE PROBE) BALL VALVE | | QUARTERLY EXERCISE" STEP FIVE, TIP 2-1 OPENED, BUT THE CLOSING FUNCTION ON | | THE CONTROL UNIT MODULE WAS LOST. THIS MEANS THAT THE VALVE CAN NOT BE | | CLOSED FROM THE MODULE AND MAY ALSO PRECLUDE AUTOMATIC OPERATION ON A GROUP | | 2 ISOLATION. THE LICENSEE IS TROUBLESHOOTING TO ATTEMPT TO DETERMINE IF | | THE AUTOMATIC CLOSING FEATURE HAS ALSO BEEN LOST. SINCE THE ONLY BACK-UP | | TO THIS VALVE IS THE CRUSH VALVE, WHICH THE LICENSEE WILL ONLY CLOSE IN AN | | ACTUAL EMERGENCY, THE LICENSEE IS IN TECH SPEC 3.7.A.2 (CONTAINMENT | | INTEGRITY REQUIREMENTS). THIS TECH SPEC HAS A 12 HOUR ACTION STATEMENT. | | THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | * * * UPDATE 10/20/95 @ 1443 BY GORTON TAKEN BY STRANSKY * * * | | | | THE LICENSEE IS RETRACTING THIS EVENT NOTIFICATION. THE LICENSEE HAS | | DETERMINED THAT THE VALVE WOULD HAVE CLOSED IF A GROUP 2 ISOLATION SIGNAL | | OCCURRED. THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE INFORMED. NOTIFIED R3DO | | (BURDICK). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 29495 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: 3M COMPANY |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/23/95 | | CITY: MINNEAPOLIS/ST. REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:05 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: MN |EVENT DATE: 10/20/95 | |LICENSE#: 22-0057-03 AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 10:00[CDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/23/95 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |GARY SHEAR RDO | | |DON COOL EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DUANE C HALL | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |BAB2 20.2201(a)(1)(ii) LOST/STOLEN LNM>10X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | TRITIUM STATIC METER FOUND MISSING DURING INVENTORY CHECK AT 3M COMPANY | | LOCATED IN MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL, MN. | | | | DURING AN INVENTORY CHECK WHICH COMMENCED IN JULY LICENSEE DISCOVERED THAT | | ONE OF THEIR TRITIUM STATIC METERS WAS MISSING FROM ITS STORAGE LOCKER. | | LICENSEE ASKED EMPLOYEES IF THEY HAD SEEN THE TRITIUM STATIC METER. NOBODY | | HAS SEEN THE METER. THE TRITIUM STATIC METER IS USED TO MEASURE STATIC | | ELECTRICITY IN PRODUCTION PLANTS. IT LOOKS LIKE A BROWN HAND GUN AND ITS | | DIMENSIONS ARE (7" HIGH, 6.25" LONG, & 2.125" THICK). LICENSEE SAID THAT | | ITS DESIGNATED 3M MODEL NUMBER IS 703. THE TRITIUM FOIL LOCATED INSIDE THE | | TRITIUM STATIC METER WAS MADE BY SAFETY LIGHT CORPORATION. THE TRITIUM FOIL | | REGISTRATION NUMBER IS NR-579-S-106-5. THE ACTIVITY OF THE TRITIUM FOIL | | BACK IN OCTOBER OF 1985 WAS 200 mCi's. THE ACTIVITY OF THE TRITIUM FOIL IS | | NOW 114 mCi's. THE TRITIUM STATIC METER IS INSIDE A BROWN CARRYING CASE AND | | IT POSES NO HAZARD TO PERSONNEL. LICENSEE WILL SUBMIT A WRITTEN REPORT ON | | THIS EVENT IN THE NEXT 30 DAYS. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29496 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: QUAD CITIES REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/23/95 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:23 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-3,[2] GE-3 |EVENT DATE: 10/23/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 14:45[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: KEN PIOTEREK |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/23/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOSEPH SEBROSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |GARY SHEAR RDO | |AESS 50.72(b)(1)(v) EMERGENCY SIREN INOP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | 2 | N N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE EMERGENCY SIREN FOR ROCK ISLAND COUNTY WERE DISCOVERED TO BE | | INOPERABLE. | | | | AT 14:45 THE LICENSEE WAS NOTIFIED BY COUNTY OFFICIALS THAT THE EMERGENCY | | SIRENS FOR ROCK ISLAND COUNTY WERE FOUND TO BE INOPERABLE. THE SIRENS ARE | | INOPERABLE DUE TO A BAD CONTROLLER AND THEY CAN NOT BE REPAIRED WITHIN ONE | | HOUR. THE SIRENS HAVE BEEN INOPERABLE SINCE APPROXIMATELY 13:00 AND COUNTY | | OFFICIALS ARE ATTEMPTING TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM. | | | | THE SIRENS ON THE IOWA SIDE OF THE EMERGENCY PLANNING ZONE ARE NOT AFFECTED | | BY THIS PROBLEM. THE LICENSEE HAS NOTIFIED THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | * * * UPDATE @ 17:24 FROM SCHARES TAKEN BY SEBROSKY * * * | | THE EMERGENCY SIRENS WERE RETURNED TO SERVICE AT 15:32. THE LICENSEE WILL | | INFORM THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR. HOO NOTIFIED R3DO(SHEAR). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29497 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: BYRON REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/23/95 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:57 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 10/23/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 16:25[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: ED LAMKEN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/23/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOSEPH SEBROSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |GARY SHEAR 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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | OFFSITE NOTIFICATION DUE TO A HYDRAZINE DISCHARGE THAT MAY HAVE EXCEEDED | | THE NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) PERMIT. | | | | WHILE IN A PLANNED MAINTENANCE OUTAGE THE SECONDARY SIDE STEAM GENERATOR | | (SG), DRAINING THE 'A' SG RESULTED IN THE RELEASE OF 12 PPM HYDRAZINE TO | | THE CIRC WATER SYSTEM, WHICH WAS SUBSEQUENTLY RELEASED TO THE ROCK RIVER. A | | SAMPLE OF THE CIRC WATER BLOWDOWN AT THE TIME OF THE RELEASE WAS LESS THAN | | THE LOWER LIMIT OF DETECTION. THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE ILLINOIS EPA AND | | THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER AS A PRECAUTIONARY | | MEASURE. THE LICENSEE IS CURRENTLY REVIEWING THE EVENT TO SEE IF AN ACTUAL | | NPDES PERMIT LIMIT WAS EXCEEDED. | | | | THE SECONDARY SIDE DRAIN DOWN OF THE 'A' SG HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND THE | | LICENSEE IS CURRENTLY DRAINING THE SECOND SG WHICH IS THE 'D' SG. A | | SAMPLING PROGRAM HAS BEEN INITIATED WITH ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROL DURING THE | | CONTINUATION OF THE STEAM GENERATOR DRAINING. DURING THE RELEASE THE | | LICENSEE SAMPLED THE 'A' SG FOR CHEMICAL ANALYSIS, THE RESULTS OF THE | | ANALYSIS SHOWED THE PRESENCE OF HYDRAZINE WHICH THE LICENSEE DID NOT | | EXPECT. THE LICENSEE IS INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF THE HYDRAZINE IN THE | | 'A' SG. AT THIS TIME THE LICENSEE SUSPECTS THAT THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM IS | | PERSONNEL ERROR. | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS INFORMED THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |IRRETRIEVABLE WELL LOGGING SOURCE | |EVENT NUMBER: 29498 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: SCHLUMBERGER WELLS SERVICES |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/23/95 | | CITY: NEW ORLEANS REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 23:37 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: LA |EVENT DATE: 10/23/95 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 20:30[CDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/23/95 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |LINDA HOWELL RDO | | | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: GARY RE | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |EIRR 39.77(c) WELL LOGGING SOURCE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | SCHLUMBERGER WELLS SERVICES LOCATED IN NEW ORLEANS, LA WANTS TO ABANDON TWO | | STUCK SOURCES LOCATED IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. | | | | SCHLUMBERGER WELLS SERVICES FOR THE LAST THREE DAYS HAS BEEN TRYING TO | | RETRIEVE TWO STUCK WELL LOGGING SOURCES LOCATED AT THE OUTER CONTINENTAL | | SHELF-GULF OF MEXICO (OSC-G) BLOCK 10311 WELL #4. THE WELL IS OWNED BY ORYX | | ENERGY SYSTEMS AND THE DRILLING RIG IS OWNED BY APPLIED DRILLING TECHNOLOGY | | INC. THE TWO SOURCES ARE STUCK IN A WELL 6178' UNDERNEATH AN OIL DRILLING | | PLATFORM LOCATED IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. THE SOURCES THAT THEY WANT TO | | ABANDONED ARE A CESIUM-137 1.7curie SOURCE AND AN AMERICIUM-241/BERYLLIUM | | 16curie SOURCE. LICENSEE WANTS TO ABANDON THE SOURCES AFTER ENTOMBING THE | | SOURCES IN CONCRETE. LICENSEE DID NOT HAVE HIS NRC LICENSE NUMBER. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+