U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 12/28/95 - 12/29/95 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 29765 29771 29773 29774 29775 29776 !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29765 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: VERMONT YANKEE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 12/25/95 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: VT |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:53 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 12/25/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 13:45[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JOHN BROOKS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 12/28/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MICHAEL MODES 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 | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION (NOAA) LINK BETWEEN THE | | SITE AND "JPS" OFFICE LOCATED IN BURLINGTON, VERMONT, WAS LOST FOR | | APPROXIMATELY 9 MINUTES. | | | | THE NOAA LINE USED TO NOTIFY THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT AN ACCIDENT HAS | | OCCURRED AT THE PLANT WAS FOUND TO BE INOPERABLE AT 1345 ET. THE LICENSEE | | NOTIFIED "JPS" (COMMUNICATION COMPANY FOR LICENSEE) THAT THE NOAA LINK WAS | | INOPERABLE. "JPS" FOUND THAT A SWITCH IN ITS OFFICE ASSOCIATED WITH THE | | NOAA LINK WAS IN THE "OFF" POSITION INSTEAD OF BEING IN THE "ON" POSITION. | | THE NOAA LINK WAS RESTORED TO SERVICE WHEN THE SWITCH WAS REPLACED TO ITS | | "ON" POSITION. THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE STATES OF VERMONT, NEW HAMPSHIRE, | | AND MASSACHUSETTS THAT THE NOAA LINK WAS LOST. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE NOTIFIED BY THE LICENSEE. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 0813 ON 12/28/95, FROM BROOKS TAKEN BY STRANSKY * * * | | | | THE LICENSEE IS RETRACTING THIS NOTIFICATION. THE LICENSEE HAS DETERMINED | | THAT THIS LINK WAS NEVER TOTALLY INOPERABLE. THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR | | WILL BE INFORMED. NOTIFIED R1DO (GRAY). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29771 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: WATERFORD REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 12/27/95 | |UNIT: [3] [ ] [ ] STATE: LA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:58 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [3] CE |EVENT DATE: 12/27/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 17:40[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BRIAN HOOD |LAST UPDATE DATE: 12/28/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: UNUSUAL EVENT +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |BLAINE MURRAY RDO | |AAEC 50.72(a)(1)(i) EMERGENCY DECLARED |PHIL MCKEE EO | | |SULLIVAN FEMA | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LICENSEE DECLARED AN UNUSUAL EVENT DUE TO INCREASED AWARENESS BY PLANT | | STAFF OF A NATURAL GAS LEAK FROM THE SUPPLY LINE TO WATERFORD UNITS 1 & 2. | | | | THE LICENSEE WAS NOTIFIED OF A NATURAL GAS LEAK FROM THE SUPPLY LINE TO | | WATERFORD UNITS 1 & 2. WATERFORD UNITS 1 & 2 CAN USE EITHER NATURAL GAS OR | | OIL AS FUEL TO GENERATE ELECTRICITY. IT WILL TAKE TWO TO THREE HOURS TO | | REPAIR THE LEAK. NO NATURAL GAS FUMES HAVE BEEN DETECTED AT THE WATERFORD | | UNIT 3 SITE, AND THIS GAS LEAK DOES NOT POSE ANY THREAT TO PERSONNEL COMING | | TO OR LEAVING THE PLANT SITE. WATERFORD UNITS 1 & 2 ARE LESS THAN ONE MILE | | FROM WATERFORD UNIT 3. THE LICENSEE ENTERED ITS EMERGENCY PLAN FOR | | TOXIC/CHEMICAL EMERGENCY, "EB1-004," (INCREASED AWARENESS OF PLANT STAFF, | | STATE, & LOCAL OFFICIALS). THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS | | OF THIS EVENT. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE INFORMED OF THIS EVENT. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 0000 ON 12/28/95, FROM BAKER TAKEN BY MACKINNON * * * | | | | THE LICENSEE TERMINATED THE UNUSUAL EVENT AT 2240 CST ON 12/27/95. A | | COMPRESSION FITTING ON A NATURAL GAS VENT LINE HAS BEEN REPLACED, AND THE | | LEAK HAS BEEN STOPPED. THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE INFORMED. | | NOTIFIED R4DO (MURRAY), FEMA (WITZENBERG). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29773 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: OYSTER CREEK REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 12/28/95 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NJ |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:31 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-2 |EVENT DATE: 12/27/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 16:30[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: CIGANIK |LAST UPDATE DATE: 12/28/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |GRAY 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 HOT SHUTDOWN | 0 HOT SHUTDOWN | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LICENSEE NOTIFIED OFFSITE AGENCIES REGARDING FISH KILL IN DISCHARGE CANAL. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED OFFSITE AGENCIES REGARDING A LARGE FISH KILL. THE | | LICENSEE REPORTED THAT APPROXIMATELY 478 STRIPED BASS, 206 WHITE PERCH, AND | | 4 AMERICAN EEL HAVE BEEN RECOVERED FROM THE PLANT DISCHARGE CANAL. THE | | LICENSEE IS STILL RECOVERING FISH SO THE TOTALS WILL PROBABLY BE SOMEWHAT | | HIGHER. THE FISH HAVE BEEN DYING AS PLANT DISCHARGE TEMPERATURES DECREASE | | DUE TO REDUCED DECAY HEAT LOADS. WHEN THE UNIT SCRAMMED ON 12/18/95, WATER | | TEMPERATURE IN THE DISCHARGE CANAL WAS APPROXIMATELY 50øF, BUT IT HAS BEEN | | DECREASING SINCE THEN. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE INFORMED OF THIS NOTIFICATION BY THE | | LICENSEE. THE LICENSEE MAY MAKE A PRESS RELEASE REGARDING THIS EVENT. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 29774 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: CTI ALASKA, INC |NOTIFICATION DATE: 12/28/95 | | CITY: PRUDHOE BAY REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:00 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: AK |EVENT DATE: 12/23/95 | |LICENSE#: 50-19202-01 AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 22:00[YT ]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 12/28/95 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |BLAINE MURRAY RDO | | | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: SANDY WATSON | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NONR OTHER UNSPEC REQMNT | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | CTI ALASKA, INC., ANCHORAGE, ALASKA. RADIOGRAPHER EXPOSED WHEN SOURCE | | FAILED TO RETRACT COMPLETELY INTO THE CAMERA SHIELD. | | | | A RADIOGRAPHER IN PRUDHOE BAY, ALASKA, WAS EXPOSED BECAUSE A SOURCE | | (IRIDIUM-192) DID NOT FULLY RETRACT INTO THE CAMERA'S SHIELDED SECTION. THE | | EXPOSED INDIVIDUAL'S DOSIMETER WAS OFF-SCALE HIGH. THE DOSIMETER HAS A | | RANGE OF 0-200 mR/Hr. THE INDIVIDUAL'S FILM BADGE WAS SENT FOR PROCESSING | | ON DECEMBER 27, 1995. RESULTS ARE EXPECTED LATER TODAY. | | | | THE LICENSEE IS INVESTIGATING WHY THE SOURCE FAILED TO RETRACT. WHEN THE | | RADIOGRAPHER REALIZED THAT THE SOURCE WAS NOT FULLY RETRACTED, HE | | SUCCESSFULLY RETRACTED THE SOURCE. THE LICENSEE REPORTED THIS INCIDENT TO | | THE NRC WALNUT CREEK FIELD OFFICE (BETH PRANGE) ON DECEMBER 28, 1995. | | | | (REFER TO THE NRC HOO LOG FOR A LICENSEE CONTACT TELEPHONE NUMBER.) | | | | * * * 1713 DECEMBER 28, 1995, UPDATE FROM WATSON TAKEN BY TROCINE * * * | | | | THE INDIVIDUAL'S FILM BADGE RESULTS INDICATED AN EXPOSURE OF 500 mR WHOLE | | BODY DEEP AND SHALLOW. (THIS IS NOT AN OVEREXPOSURE.) THE INDIVIDUAL IS | | CURRENTLY OUT OF STATE AND CANNOT BE REACHED IN ORDER TO GET THE CORRECT | | INFORMATION TO CALCULATE AN EXTREMITY EXPOSURE. THE LICENSEE PLANS TO | | FOLLOWUP WITH THE INDIVIDUAL AND IS CURRENTLY PERFORMING TESTING ON THE | | EQUIPMENT INVOLVED. THE LICENSEE STATED THAT THE 84-CURIE IRIDIUM-192 | | SOURCE WAS PARTIALLY SHIELDED IN THE DEVICE AT THE TIME OF THE EVENT. | | | | THE NRC OPERATIONS CENTER NOTIFIED THE R4DO (MURRAY). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29775 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: HARRIS REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 12/28/95 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:17 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-3-LP |EVENT DATE: 12/28/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 14:25[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: CARRY FLEMMING |LAST UPDATE DATE: 12/28/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |THOMAS DECKER 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 N 0 HOT STANDBY | 0 HOT STANDBY | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | UNEXPECTED OPENING OF ONE REACTOR TRIP BREAKER WITH THE UNIT IN MODE 3 | | | | WHILE THE UNIT WAS IN MODE 3 WITH ALL CONTROL RODS FULLY INSERTED, AN | | UNEXPECTED OPENING OF THE 'A' TRAIN REACTOR TRIP BREAKER OCCURRED DURING | | LOGIC TESTING OF THE 'A' TRAIN SOLID STATE PROTECTION SYSTEM. THE PLANT | | WAS AT NORMAL NO-LOAD TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE, AND ALL SYSTEMS FUNCTIONED | | AS REQUIRED. THERE WERE NO ENGINEERED SAFETY FEATURES ACTUATIONS | | ASSOCIATED WITH THIS EVENT. | | | | THE OPENING OF THE BREAKER OCCURRED WHEN THE LOGIC 'A' TEST SWITCH WAS | | BEING REPOSITIONED TO THE 'OFF' POSITION AFTER COMPLETING THE TEST OF THE | | PRESSURIZER TRIP CIRCUITRY. THE OPENING OF THE BREAKER WAS NOT | | ACCOMPLISHED BY ANY VALID REACTOR PROTECTION SYSTEM ACTUATION SIGNALS. TWO | | ADDITIONAL OPENINGS OF THE SAME BREAKER OCCURRED WHEN THE I&C TECHNICIANS | | REPEATED THE APPLICABLE STEPS OF THE PROCEDURE FOR THE POSITIONING OF THE | | LOGIC 'A' TEST SWITCH. INVESTIGATIONS ARE IN PROGRESS CONCERNING THE | | OPENING OF THE BREAKER AND THE SUBSEQUENT ACTIONS BY THE TECHNICIANS. | | | | THE UNIT IS CURRENTLY STABLE IN MODE 3. PRESSURIZER HEATERS AND SPRAYS, | | NORMAL CHARGING AND LETDOWN, AND THE REACTOR COOLANT PUMPS ARE BEING USED | | FOR PRIMARY PRESSURE, INVENTORY, AND TRANSPORT CONTROL. AUXILIARY | | FEEDWATER (WHICH WAS MANUALLY STARTED PER PROCEDURE) IS BEING SUPPLIED TO | | THE STEAM GENERATORS, AND SECONDARY STEAM IS BEING DUMPED TO THE CONDENSER. | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29776 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: NORTH ANNA REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 12/28/95 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: VA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:40 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-3-LP,[2] W-3-LP |EVENT DATE: 12/28/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 15:30[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MICHAEL S. BECKER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 12/28/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |THOMAS DECKER 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 Y 92 POWER OPERATION | 92 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | OFFSITE NOTIFICATION OF A SMALL OIL SPILL TO STATE WATERS | | | | AT 1530 CST, AN OIL SPILL OCCURRED WHEN A CIRCULATING WATER SCREEN, CHAIN | | DRIVE OIL RESERVOIR, DRAIN PETCOCK WAS FOUND OPEN. APPROXIMATELY THREE TO | | FIVE GALLONS OF OIL SPILLED OUT, AND APPROXIMATELY ONE QUART OF OIL REACHED | | THE SCREEN WASH BOOM AREA. ALL OF THE OIL WAS RETAINED BY THE BOOM AND WAS | | SUBSEQUENTLY CLEANED UP. | | | | PER ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES, THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE VIRGINIA STATE | | DEPARTMENT OF WATER QUALITY AT 1630. THE LICENSEE WILL ALSO NOTIFY THE NRC | | RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+