U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 05/03/96 - 05/06/96 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 30277 30354 30411 30412 30413 30414 30415 30416 30417 30418 30419 30420 !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30277 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SALEM REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/11/96 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: NJ |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:22 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 04/11/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 15:30[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: KONOVALCHICK |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/03/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MOSLAK RDO | |APRE 50.72(b)(2)(vi) OFFSITE NOTIFICATION | | |HFIT 26.73 FITNESS FOR DUTY | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | 2 | N N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LICENSEE PLANS PRESS RELEASE REGARDING COCAINE FOUND IN PROTECTED AREA | | | | AT 1530, THE RADIATION PROTECTION SUPERVISOR WAS NOTIFIED THAT THE CONTENTS | | OF A PACKET FOUND ONSITE EARLIER IN THE DAY HAD TESTED POSITIVE FOR | | COCAINE. THE PACKET CONTAINED LESS THAN ONE OUNCE OF POWDER. THE PACKET | | HAD BEEN DISCOVERED BY A HEALTH PHYSICS TECHNICIAN IN A LOCKER WHERE HE WAS | | PLACING HIS BELONGINGS. THE LICENSEE QUARANTINED THE LOCKER ROOM AND | | PERFORMED A SEARCH OF ALL LOCKERS. THIS LOCKER ROOM IS PRIMARILY USED BY | | HEALTH PHYSICS TECHNICIANS. | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO MAKE A PRESS RELEASE REGARDING THIS EVENT. THE NRC | | RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE. | | | | * * * 2222 APRIL 11, 1996, UPDATE FROM SAUER TAKEN BY STRANSKY * * * | | | | THE LICENSEE CALLED TO CORRECT SOME INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE INITIAL | | REPORT. THE PACKET WAS FOUND BY THE HEALTH PHYSICS TECHNICIAN IN A LOCKER | | THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN ASSIGNED TO HIM BUT THAT HE HAD VACATED SOME TIME | | AGO. THE LICENSEE ALSO REPORTED THAT A DRUG SNIFFING DOG WAS BROUGHT IN TO | | SEARCH THE LOCKER ROOM, BUT NO ADDITIONAL DRUGS WERE FOUND. THE LICENSEE | | WILL PURSUE THIS MATTER FURTHER. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE. | | | | * * * 1455 APRIL 12, 1996, UPDATE FROM GALLAHER TAKEN BY STRANSKY * * * | | | | THE LICENSEE CALLED TO REPORT THAT NO PRESS RELEASE WOULD BE MADE REGARDING | | THIS EVENT. THE NRC OPERATIONS CENTER NOTIFIED THE R1DO (MOSLAK). | | | | * * * 1516 MAY 3, 1996, UPDATE FROM SAUER TAKEN BY TROCINE * * * | | | | THE LICENSEE IS RETRACTING THIS EVENT. | | | | PRELIMINARY TEST RESULTS INDICATED THAT THE SUBSTANCE IN THE PACKET WAS | | COCAINE. SINCE THAT TIME, THE SAMPLE WAS SENT TO THE NEW JERSEY STATE | | POLICE, AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THERE WERE NO ILLICIT SUBSTANCES IN THE | | PACKET. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. (REFER TO THE HOO LOG | | FOR A CONTACT TELEPHONE NUMBER.) THE NRC OPERATIONS CENTER NOTIFIED THE | | R1DO (MODES). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30354 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: BRAIDWOOD REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/24/96 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:52 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 04/24/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 15:05[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: ROONEY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/03/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |FARBER 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 N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | ACTUAL INTRODUCTION OF CONTRABAND INTO PROTECTED AREA BY CONTRACT EMPLOYEE | | | | NO HOSTILE INTENT WAS INVOLVED. (REFER TO THE HOO LOG FOR DETAILS.) | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE. | | | | * * * 1541 MAY 3, 1996, UPDATE FROM BROWNING RECEIVED BY TROCINE * * * | | | | THE LICENSEE IS RETRACTING THIS EVENT. (REFER TO THE HOO LOG FOR ADDITIONAL | | INFORMATION AND FOR A CONTACT TELEPHONE NUMBER.) | | | | THE LICENSEE RECEIVED CONCURRENCE ON THIS DECISION FROM AN NRC REGION 3 | | SAFEGUARDS INSPECTOR. THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED BY THE | | LICENSEE. THE NRC OPERATIONS CENTER NOTIFIED THE R3DO (RING). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30411 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: BIG ROCK POINT REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/03/96 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: MI |NOTIFICATION TIME: 08:55 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-1 |EVENT DATE: 05/03/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 08:30[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MIKE BOURASSA |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/03/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: UNUSUAL EVENT +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MARK RING RDO | |AENS 50.72(b)(1)(v) ENS INOPERABLE |CHRIS GRIMES EO | |AAEC 50.72(a)(1)(i) EMERGENCY DECLARED |RICH BARRETT AEOD | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LOSS OF ALL EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SYSTEM (ENS) AND LONG DISTANCE | | TELEPHONES AND SUBSEQUENT CONSERVATIVE DECLARATION OF UNUSUAL EVENT DUE TO | | POTENTIAL DIFFICULTY OF STATE AND LOCAL AGENCIES IN RESPONDING TO AN EVENT | | | | THE PLANT LOST ALL ENS AND COMMERCIAL TELEPHONES. THIS IS AN AREA WIDE | | PROBLEM. REPAIRS ARE BEING MADE. THERE IS A WORKING CELLULAR TELEPHONE IN | | THE CONTROL ROOM. (REFER TO THE HOO LOG FOR THE NUMBER OF THE CELLULAR | | TELEPHONE.) THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | * * * 1113 MAY 3, 1996, UPDATE FROM BOURASSA TAKEN BY STRANSKY * * * | | | | THE LICENSEE CONSERVATIVELY DECLARED AN UNUSUAL EVENT AT 1100 DUE TO THE | | POTENTIAL DIFFICULTY OF STATE AND LOCAL AGENCIES IN RESPONDING TO AN EVENT. | | THE LICENSEE REPORTED THAT THE CAUSE OF THE TELEPHONE OUTAGE IS A SEVERED | | FIBER OPTIC CABLE IN THE AREA OF THE PLANT. THE TELEPHONE COMPANY EXPECTS | | TO HAVE THE CABLE REPAIRED BY APPROXIMATELY 1300. LOCAL TELEPHONE SERVICE | | TO THE PLANT IS NOT ADVERSELY AFFECTED. THE LICENSEE HAS STAFFED ITS | | EMERGENCY OPERATING FACILITY, WHICH HAS LONG-DISTANCE TELEPHONE CAPABILITY | | AND WHICH CAN BE REACHED LOCALLY BY THE PLANT. THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR | | HAS BEEN INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE. THE NRC OPERATIONS CENTER NOTIFIED THE | | R3DO (RING), AEOD/ERB (BARRETT), NRR EO (GOODWIN), AND FEMA (KNUPP). | | | | * * * 1352 MAY 3, 1996, UPDATE FROM BOURASSA TAKEN BY TROCINE * * * | | | | ENS AND LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE CAPABILITIES WERE SATISFACTORILY RESTORED | | AND TESTED, AND THE UNUSUAL EVENT WAS TERMINATED AT 1342. THE LICENSEE | | NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. THE NRC OPERATIONS CENTER NOTIFIED | | THE R3DO (RING), AEOD/ERB (BARRETT), NRR EO (GOODWIN), AND FEMA (CIBOCH). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30412 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: BEAVER VALLEY REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/03/96 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: PA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:33 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-3-LP,[2] W-3-LP |EVENT DATE: 05/03/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 08:00[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: ZUPSIC |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/03/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MICHAEL MODES RDO | |NLTR LICENSEE 24 HR REPORT | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | GREATER THAN 1% OF STEAM GENERATOR TUBES ARE DEFECTIVE. | | | | WHILE INSPECTING 100% OF THE TUBES IN STEAM GENERATOR #RC-E-1A, THE | | LICENSEE DETERMINED THAT MORE THAN 1% OF THE TUBES WERE FOUND TO BE | | DEFECTIVE. A TOTAL OF 79 TUBES WERE FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE FROM THE PLUS | | POINT PROBE EXAMINATION OF THE HOT-LEG TOP-OF-TUBESHEET REGION. ALL | | DEFECTIVE TUBES HAVE BEEN PLUGGED. IN ACCORDANCE WITH TECHNICAL | | SPECIFICATION SURVEILLANCE REQUIREMENT 4.4.5.2, THESE INSPECTION RESULTS | | CORRESPOND TO A C-3 CLASSIFICATION FOR STEAM GENERATOR #RC-E-1A WHICH | | REQUIRES NRC NOTIFICATION. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30413 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: WASHINGTON NUCLEAR REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/04/96 | |UNIT: [2] [ ] [ ] STATE: WA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 06:24 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] GE-5 |EVENT DATE: 05/04/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 01:42[PDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: FLOOD |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/04/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |PHIL HARRELL RDO | |AESF 50.72(b)(2)(ii) ESF ACTUATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 2 | N N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | AUTOMATIC START OF THE #2 EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATOR (EDG) DUE TO AN | | UNDERVOLTAGE CONDITION | | | | AT 0142, VITAL BUS "SM-8" DE-ENERGIZED FOR UNKNOWN REASONS, CAUSING THE #2 | | EDG TO AUTOMATICALLY START. HOWEVER, THE EDG DID NOT LOAD BECAUSE THE | | BACKUP TRANSFORMER PROVIDED POWER TO THE "SM-8" BUS AUTOMATICALLY AFTER THE | | INITIAL POWER LOST. SUBSEQUENT PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT AN | | EQUIPMENT OPERATOR CLOSED THE DOOR OF THE ELECTRICAL AUXILIARY CABINET | | ASSOCIATED WITH THE NORMAL POWER SUPPLY TO BUS "SM-8" (BUS "SM-3") AS PART | | OF A CLEARANCE ORDER (TAG OUT) PROCESS. A RELAY OR RELAYS WERE JARRED BY | | THE DOOR CLOSURE, POSSIBLY CAUSING THE NORMAL POWER SUPPLY BREAKER TO OPEN | | AND RESULTING IN THE AUTOMATIC START OF THE #2 EDG. | | | | THE LICENSEE IS STILL INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE. DURING THE LOSS OF POWER TO | | THE BUS, THE UNIT ALSO LOST A RESIDUAL HEAT REMOVAL PUMP, WHICH WAS IN FUEL | | POOL COOLING ASSIST MODE, FOR APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES. HOWEVER, NO | | INCREASE IN FUEL POOL TEMPERATURE WAS NOTED. (THE UNIT IS CURRENTLY | | DEFUELED.) | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS INFORMED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30414 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: DIABLO CANYON REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/04/96 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: CA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 21:42 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 05/04/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 17:03[PDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BOB MAGRUDER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/04/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |PHIL HARRELL RDO | |AINC 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(C) POT UNCNTRL RAD REL | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 2 | N N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | EDDY CURRENT TESTING DETERMINED THAT GREATER THAN 1% OF THE #2-1 STEAM | | GENERATOR TUBES INSPECTED WERE DEFECTIVE. (REFER TO EVENT NUMBERS 30375 | | AND 30402 FOR SIMILAR EVENTS.) | | | | DURING THE 7th UNIT 2 REFUELING OUTAGE, ANALYSIS OF EDDY CURRENT TESTING | | DATA ON STEAM GENERATOR #2-1 INDICATED THAT GREATER THAN 1% OF THE TOTAL | | TUBES INSPECTED IN STEAM GENERATOR #2-1 WERE DEFECTIVE, AND 34 PLUGGABLE | | TUBES IN STEAM GENERATOR #2-1 HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED TO DATE. EDDY CURRENT | | INSPECTIONS ON STEAM GENERATOR #2-1 HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, BUT INSPECTIONS ON | | OTHER STEAM GENERATORS ARE STILL IN PROGRESS. (FUEL RELOAD IS CURRENTLY IN | | PROGRESS.) | | | | RESULTS OF THE #2-1 STEAM GENERATOR TUBE INSPECTION FALL INTO CATEGORY C-3 | | IN TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION TABLE 4.2-2. THE LICENSEE PLANS TO SUBMIT A | | SPECIAL REPORT TO THE NRC IN ACCORDANCE WITH TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION | | 4.4.5.5.C AND PLANS TO ISSUE A LICENSEE EVENT REPORT (BOTH WITHIN 30 DAYS). | | | | THE LICENSEE WILL NOTIFY THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30415 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: BRAIDWOOD REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/04/96 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 23:09 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 05/04/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 21:37[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: ROBERT YURKOVICH |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/04/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MARK RING RDO | |ARPS 50.72(b)(2)(ii) RPS ACTUATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 2 | M/R N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | MANUAL OPENING OF THE REACTOR TRIP BREAKERS WITH THE UNIT IN MODE 5 DUE TO | | FAILURE OF TWO RODS TO WITHDRAW DURING DIGITAL ROD POSITION INDICATION | | OPERABILITY TESTING | | | | DURING THE PERFORMANCE OF PROCEDURE BWVS1.3.3-1, "DIGITAL ROD POSITION | | INDICATION OPERABILITY CHECKOUT", RODS P-12 AND M-14 DID NOT WITHDRAW AS | | EXPECTED. ALL OTHER RODS IN SHUTDOWN BANK 'A' INDICATED 12 STEPS ON THE | | DIGITAL ROD POSITION INDICATION WITH GROUP 'A1' DEMAND INDICATING 9 STEPS | | AND GROUP 'A2' INDICATING 8 STEPS. SPECIAL TEST EXCEPTION 3.10.5, "TESTING | | OF THE DIGITAL ROD POSITION INDICATION," WAS IN PROGRESS, AND THE REACTOR | | TRIP BREAKERS WERE IMMEDIATELY OPENED. ALL RODS FULLY INSERTED. | | TROUBLESHOOTING IS CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30416 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: OYSTER CREEK REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/05/96 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NJ |NOTIFICATION TIME: 01:28 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-2 |EVENT DATE: 05/05/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 00:45[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: CIGANIK |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/05/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MICHAEL MODES RDO | |APRE 50.72(b)(2)(vi) OFFSITE NOTIFICATION | | | | | | |DAVIDSON, NMSS IAT | | |MCPEEK, NRR IAT | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 THAT IT WAS NOTIFIED BY THE LACEY TOWNSHIP POLICE | | DEPARTMENT AND THE OCEAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT OF A BOMB THREAT CALL. | | | | DURING THE FIRST CALL, THE INDIVIDUAL STATED THAT SIX BOMBS WOULD GO OFF IN | | ONE HOUR, AND DURING THE SECOND CALL, THE INDIVIDUAL STATED THAT SIX BOMBS | | WOULD GO OFF WITHIN 15 MINUTES. (AT TIME OF THIS REPORT NOTIFICATION, THE | | 15 MINUTES TIME PERIOD HAD EXPIRED.) THE MAN BELIEVED TO HAVE MADE THE | | CALLS WAS APPREHENDED AT 0120 AND IS CURRENTLY BEING INTERVIEWED BY | | AUTHORITIES. PLANT SECURITY IS MAKING SEARCHES OF THE PLANT BUT HAS NO | | REASON TO BELIEVE THAT ANY OF THE SECURITY AREAS HAVE BEEN PENETRATED. THE | | ONLY THING THE LICENSEE HAS TO GO BY ARE THE PHONE CALLS. IT IS UNKNOWN IF | | THE LICENSEE WILL NOTIFY THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE NOTIFIED BY THE LICENSEE. | | | | ***UPDATE AT 03:05 ON 05/05/96, BY CIGANIK TO GOULD*** | | | | THE SUSPECTED INDIVIDUAL TURNED OUT NOT TO BE THE ONE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE | | CALLS. THE SEARCH WAS COMPLETED AT 0145, AND NOTHING WAS FOUND. THE TIME | | FOR THE BOMBS TO GO OFF HAS EXPIRED, AND NO EXPLOSIONS OCCURRED. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |TRANSPORTATION EVENT | |EVENT NUMBER: 30417 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: NORTHERN STATES POWER CO. |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/05/96 | | CITY: MINNEAPOLIS REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:25 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: MN |EVENT DATE: 05/05/96 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 10:50[EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/05/96 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |MARK RING RDO | | |WILLIAM TRAVERS/NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BRIGHT |RICH BARRETT/ERB AEOD | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD |SHIEH DOE | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NTRA TRANSPORTATION EVENT | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | TRANSPORTATION EVENT | | (REFER TO EVENT #30418 FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.) | | | | CALL BACK NUMBER: NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER (800)424-8802 | | | | CALLER'S ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER | | | | TRANSPORTATION MODE: RAIL | | | | EXACT LOCATION OF EVENT: HASELTON RAIL YARD, YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO, MAHONING | | COUNTY | | | | NAME OF CARRIER: CONRAIL LOCATED IN GREENTREE, PENNSYLVANIA | | | | CARRIER CONTACT: TOM LEACH (412)928-7202 | | | | - SHIPPING PAPERS AVAILABLE: UNKNOWN | | | | - NAME OF SHIPPER: NORTHERN STATES POWER CO. (612)295-3739 | | | | - ADDRESS OF SHIPPER: UNKNOWN | | | | - NAME OF CONSIGNEE: UNKNOWN | | | | - ADDRESS OF CONSIGNEE: UNKNOWN | | | | - VEHICLE NUMBER: UNKNOWN | | | | - VEHICLE PLACARDED: UNKNOWN | | | | MATERIAL INVOLVED: RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL - MATERIAL TYPE UNKNOWN | | | | - TYPE OF PACKAGES: CONTAINER | | | | - NUMBER OF PACKAGES: ONE | | | | - PACKAGE LABEL: UNKNOWN | | | | - DOT PACKAGE SPECIFICATION MARKING: UNKNOWN | | | | - OTHER PACKAGE MARKINGS: UNKNOWN | | | | - MATERIAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: UN-2912 | | | | - CONDITION OF PACKAGES: BUCKLED CONTAINER DOOR | | | | - RADIATION SURVEY INFORMATION: UNKNOWN | | (PERFORMED BY, READINGS, INSTRUMENT, LOCATION): UNKNOWN | | | | MEDIA COVERAGE: UNKNOWN | | | | AGENCIES NOTIFIED: IN ADDITION TO THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION, THE | | NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER NOTIFIED THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY | | REGION V, NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD RAIL, FEDERAL RAILROAD | | ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION REGION V, | | OHIO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, AND PENNSYLVANIA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT | | AGENCY. | | | | AGENCIES ON SCENE: UNKNOWN | | | | INJURIES: NONE WERE REPORTED AT THE TIME OF THIS NOTIFICATION. | | | | CURRENT STATUS: PEOPLE ARE ON THE SITE INVESTIGATING TO DETERMINE IF ANY | | RELEASE HAS OCCURRED. NO EVACUATIONS HAVE BEEN ORDERED AT THIS TIME. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30418 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: MONTICELLO REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/05/96 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: MN |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:01 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-3 |EVENT DATE: 05/05/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 09:50[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MARY ANDERSON |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/05/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MARK RING RDO | |APRE 50.72(b)(2)(vi) OFFSITE NOTIFICATION |WILLIAM TRAVERS/NMSS EO | | | | | |RICH BARRETT/ERB AEOD | | |PETTY OFFICER BRIGHT DOT | | |SHAWN MYERS DOE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 OF A RAIL SHIPMENT OF USED TURBINE PARTS THAT SHIFTED | | DURING TRANSIT AND DAMAGED THE CONTAINER (REFER TO EVENT #30417 FOR | | ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.) | | | | A RAIL SHIPMENT OF USED TURBINE PARTS WITH A TOTAL CURIE CONTENT OF 0.038 | | CURIES SHIFTED DURING TRANSIT. THE PARTS WERE LOCATED IN A 20-FOOT C-VAN | | WHICH SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE DOOR OF THE CONTAINER WHEN THE PARTS SHIFTED. | | THE BOTTOM OF THE DOOR WAS OPEN APPROXIMATELY 6 INCHES. THE RAIL CARRIER | | (CONRAIL) NOTICED THE BUCKLING OF THE CONTAINER DOOR AND CONTACTED THE | | DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. THE CONTAINER IS CURRENTLY LOCATED IN | | CONRAIL'S YARD IN YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO. THE FINAL DESTINATION OF THE CONTAINER | | WAS INTENDED TO BE ALERON IN WAMPUM, PENNSYLVANIA. | | | | APPARENTLY, NONE OF THE PARTS HAVE FALLEN OUT OF THE CONTAINER, BUT THE | | EXTENT OF ANY CONTAMINATION THAT MAY HAVE SPREAD IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. | | AS A RESULT, A LICENSEE CONTRACTOR IS CURRENTLY EN ROUTE TO THE SITE TO | | SURVEY THE SITUATION AND REPORT BACK TO THE LICENSEE. CONRAIL IS | | RESTRICTING ACCESS UNTIL THE LICENSEE'S CONTRACTOR ARRIVES TO SURVEY THE | | SITUATION. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND PLANS TO NOTIFY THE | | APPLICABLE STATE AND LOCAL AGENCIES. THE LICENSEE IS NOT PLANNING TO ISSUE | | A PRESS RELEASE AT THIS TIME. | | | | * * * 1653 MAY 5, 1996, UPDATE FROM ANDERSON RECEIVED BY TROCINE * * * | | | | PRIOR TO THIS EVENT, THERE WERE TWO C-VANS ON A SINGLE RAIL CAR. THE FIRST | | C-VAN WAS LOCATED 14 FEET AWAY FROM THE FRONT OF THE RAIL CAR, AND THE | | SECOND C-VAN WAS LOCATED 3 FEET BEHIND THE FIRST C-VAN. | | | | INSPECTION OF THE AS-FOUND CONDITION AFTER THIS EVENT REVEALED THAT THE | | FIRST C-VAN HAD MOVED FORWARD AND WAS TOUCHING THE FRONT OF THE RAIL CAR. | | IT WAS POSITIONED ON A DIAGONAL WITH APPROXIMATELY THREE FEET OF THE REAR | | OF THE C-VAN EXTENDING OVER THE EDGE OF THE RAIL CAR. ALTHOUGH THE FIRST | | CONTAINER HAD MOVED FORWARD ON THE RAIL CAR, IT WAS NOT BREACHED. THE | | SECOND CONTAINER HAD NOT MOVED SIGNIFICANTLY, BUT IT WAS BREACHED. THE | | DOOR ON THE FRONT PART OF THE SECOND C-VAN WAS OPENED SIX INCHES, AND A | | SURVEY OF THE RAIL CAR IMMEDIATELY AROUND THE OPENING INDICATED THAT | | CONTAMINATION WAS LESS THAN THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION LIMIT OF 2,200 | | DISINTEGRATIONS PER MINUTE PER 100 SQUARE CENTIMETERS. THE LICENSEE IS IN | | THE PROCESS OF DISPATCHING A MANAGEMENT REPRESENTATIVE TO YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO, | | TO OVERSEE THE OPERATION AND TO EFFECT ANY NECESSARY REPAIRS. | | | | THE LICENSEE WILL NOTIFY THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. THE NRC OPERATIONS | | CENTER NOTIFIED THE R3DO (RING), AEOD/ERB (BARRETT), AND NMSS EO (TRAVERS), | | DOT (BRIGHT), AND DOE (MYERS). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30419 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: COMANCHE PEAK REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/05/96 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: TX |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:26 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 05/05/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 12:55[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MIKE SMITH |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/05/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |PHIL HARRELL RDO | |AESF 50.72(b)(2)(ii) ESF ACTUATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 2 | N N 0 HOT STANDBY | 0 HOT STANDBY | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | INADVERTENT AUTOMATIC AUXILIARY FEEDWATER PUMP INITIATION SIGNAL FOLLOWING | | THE INSTALLATION OF A NEW CONTROLLER FOR THE '2A' AND '2B' MAIN FEEDWATER | | PUMPS | | | | DURING TESTING COMPLETION FOR NEW GENERAL ELECTRIC CONTROLLER FOR MAIN | | FEEDWATER PUMPS '2A' AND '2B', AN INADVERTENT AUTOMATIC START SIGNAL WAS | | PROCESSED FOR AUXILIARY FEEDWATER. THE CONTROLLER HAS THREE COMPUTER | | UNITS, AND TWO OF THE THREE COMPUTER UNITS HAVE TO BE RUNNING TO MAINTAIN | | THE SYSTEM. PRIOR TO THE EVENT, THE LICENSEE SUCCESSFULLY SHUT THE FIRST | | TWO COMPUTERS DOWN AND REBOOTED THEM TO CLEAR OUT THE TEST DATA. WHEN THE | | LICENSEE SHUT THE THIRD COMPUTER DOWN, AN UNEXPECTED MAIN FEEDWATER PUMP | | TRIP SIGNAL WAS GENERATED. THE MAIN FEEDWATER PUMPS WERE NOT RUNNING AT | | THE TIME, AND AUXILIARY FEEDWATER WAS BEING USED TO SUPPLY COOLING WATER TO | | THE STEAM GENERATORS. THE MAIN FEEDWATER PUMP TRIP SIGNAL IN TURN | | GENERATED AN AUTOMATIC AUXILIARY FEEDWATER PUMP START SIGNAL WHICH CAUSED | | THE AUXILIARY FEEDWATER PUMP CONTROL VALVES TO FULLY OPEN. OPERATORS | | SUCCESSFULLY THROTTLED THESE CONTROL VALVES TO REDUCE THE AUXILIARY | | FEEDWATER SYSTEM FLOW. THERE WAS NO TEMPERATURE EFFECT ON THE PRIMARY | | SYSTEM, AND ALL SYSTEMS FUNCTIONED AS REQUIRED DURING THE PLANT RESPONSE TO | | THIS TRANSIENT. THE LICENSEE IS INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF THIS EVENT. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30420 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SALEM REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/06/96 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: NJ |NOTIFICATION TIME: 00:45 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 05/05/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 23:35[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: HAMILTON |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/06/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NINF INFORMATION ONLY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | 2 | N N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LICENSEE PERSONNEL RESCUED THREE PEOPLE FROM THE DELAWARE RIVER AFTER THEIR | | BOAT BECAME PARTIALLY SUBMERGED. | | | | A SMALL PLEASURE CRAFT EITHER EXPERIENCED MECHANICAL PROBLEMS OR RAN OUT OF | | GAS ON THE DELAWARE RIVER IN FRONT OF THE LICENSEE'S CIRCULATING WATER | | STRUCTURE, AND BEGAN TO SINK AFTER TAKING ON WATER DUE TO ROUGH RIVER | | CONDITIONS. THE LICENSEE'S ON SITE PERSONNEL SET OUT TO SUCCESSFULLY RESCUE | | TO THREE PERSONS FROM THE WATER. AFTER BEING RESCUED, THE THREE INDIVIDUALS | | WERE THEN SENT TO OFF SITE MEDICAL FACILITIES. THE VESSEL IS CURRENTLY TIED | | TO THE EXTERIOR OF THE CIRC WATER STRUCTURE AND IS PARTIALLY SUBMERGED. | | THEY WILL MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO REMOVE THE VESSEL FROM THE FRONT OF THE CIRC | | WATER STRUCTURE. DUE TO THE VESSEL'S LOCATION, THE PLANT HAD TO SECURE | | THEIR ONLY RUNNING CIRC WATER PUMP UNTIL THE VESSEL IS REMOVED FROM THE | | FRONT OF THE CIRC WATER STRUCTURE. SECURING THIS PUMP WILL NOT HAVE ANY | | ADVERSE AFFECT ON THE PLANT. THE RI WILL BE INFORMED AND LOCAL AGENCIES | | HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+