U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 09/04/96 - 09/05/96 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 30940 30954 30955 30956 30957 30958 30959 30960 +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30940 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: BEAVER VALLEY REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/29/96 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: PA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 20:31 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-3-LP,[2] W-3-LP |EVENT DATE: 08/29/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 19:30[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MIKE JOHNSTON |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/04/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |LAURIE PELUSO RDO | |DSAF 73.71(b)(1) SECURITY DEGRADATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 46 POWER OPERATION | 46 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | POTENTIALLY MISSING SAFEGUARDS INFORMATION | | | | DURING AN ONGOING ANNUAL AUDIT OF SAFEGUARDS RECORDS FOR THE MAINTENANCE | | DEPARTMENT, TWO SECURITY SYSTEM WIRING DIAGRAMS WERE FOUND TO BE MISSING | | FROM THEIR ASSIGNED STORAGE LOCATION. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT COMPROMISE OF | | THESE DIAGRAMS COULD ASSIST AN INDIVIDUAL IN GAINING UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO | | THE SITE. SECURITY FOLLOWUP INVESTIGATIONS ARE ONGOING AND HAVE FOUND NO | | ANOMALIES AT THIS POINT. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | *** 1627 SEPTEMBER 4, 1996, UPDATE FROM JOHNSTON RECEIVED BY TROCINE *** | | | | THE LICENSEE'S CONTINUING INVESTIGATION HAS NOT LOCATED THE TWO MISSING | | DIAGRAMS. HOWEVER, DURING THE LICENSEE ENSUING INVESTIGATION OF THIS | | INCIDENT, IT WAS IDENTIFIED THAT SIX ADDITIONAL DRAWINGS WERE UNACCOUNTED | | FOR. IT WAS ALSO DISCOVERED THAT SEVERAL DOCUMENTS WERE NOT PROTECTED IN | | ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF SITE PROCEDURES FOR SAFEGUARDS | | INFORMATION. THESE DOCUMENTS INCLUDED WIRING LISTS AND CONSTRUCTION | | DRAWINGS. ADDITIONALLY, IT WAS IDENTIFIED THAT KNOWLEDGE OF THE | | COMBINATION TO A STORAGE CABINET FOR MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT SAFEGUARDS | | DOCUMENTS HAD NOT BEEN ADEQUATELY CONTROLLED. | | | | AS A RESULT, THE COMBINATION FOR THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT SAFEGUARDS | | STORAGE CABINET LOCK HAS BEEN CHANGED, AND THE NUMBER OF CUSTODIANS HAS | | BEEN REDUCED. ADDITIONALLY, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SITE SAFEGUARDS STORAGE | | LOCATIONS HAS BEEN REDUCED, AND THE COMBINATIONS WILL BE CHANGED FOR THE | | STORAGE CABINETS IN ALL REMAINING AREAS. MANAGEMENT EXPECTATIONS FOR THE | | CONTROL OF SAFEGUARDS INFORMATION HAVE ALSO BEEN CLEARLY COMMUNICATED TO | | ASSIGNED PERSONNEL. IN ADDITION, THE LICENSEE PLANS TO COMPLETE A | | COMPREHENSIVE INVENTORY OF ALL SAFEGUARDS INFORMATION BY SEPTEMBER 15, | | 1996. THERE HAVE BEEN NO KNOWN SECURITY SYSTEM COMPROMISES AS A RESULT OF | | THIS INFORMATION BEING UNACCOUNTED FOR. | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO INCLUDE ANY ADDITIONAL SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION | | PERTINENT TO THIS EVENT IN THE 30-DAY LICENSEE EVENT REPORT. THE LICENSEE | | NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. THE NRC OPERATIONS CENTER NOTIFIED | | THE R1DO (SILK). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30954 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: HARRIS REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/04/96 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 02:10 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-3-LP |EVENT DATE: 09/03/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 23:42[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: ERIC McCARTNEY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/04/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |CHARLES CASTO RDO | |ARPS 50.72(b)(2)(ii) RPS ACTUATION | | |AESF 50.72(b)(2)(ii) ESF ACTUATION | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | M/R Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 0 HOT STANDBY | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - MANUAL Rx TRIP FROM 100% POWER DUE TO LOSS OF NORMAL SERVICE WATER SYSTEM | | | | THE PLANT WAS OPERATING AT 100% POWER WHEN FLOW AND PRESSURE FOR THE NORMAL | | SERVICE WATER SYSTEM WAS LOST FOR UNKNOWN REASONS. CONTROL ROOM OPERATORS | | MANUALLY STARTED THE STANDBY NORMAL SERVICE WATER PUMP, BUT IT TRIPPED | | AFTER TWO TO THREE MINUTES FOR UNKNOWN REASONS. THIS RESULTED IN A LOSS OF | | COOLING WATER TO THE MAIN FEEDWATER AND CONDENSATE PUMPS. | | | | AT 2342 ON 09/03/96, CONTROL ROOM OPERATORS MANUALLY TRIPPED THE REACTOR | | FROM 100% POWER. ALL CONTROL RODS INSERTED COMPLETELY. THE AUXILIARY | | FEEDWATER SYSTEM AUTOMATICALLY STARTED ON THE LOW-LOW STEAM GENERATOR WATER | | LEVEL SETPOINT DUE TO SHRINK FROM THE REACTOR TRIP. STEAM IS BEING DUMPED | | TO THE ATMOSPHERE VIA THE STEAM GENERATOR POWER OPERATED RELIEF VALVES. | | THE PLANT IS STABLE IN MODE 3 (HOT STANDBY). | | | | THE LICENSEE IS INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF THE LOSS OF THE NORMAL SERVICE | | WATER SYSTEM. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |HOSPITAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 30955 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: WALTER REED MEDICAL CENTER |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/04/96 | | CITY: WASHINGTON D.C. REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 09:13 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: DC |EVENT DATE: 07/08/96 | |LICENSE#: 08-01738-02 AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 08:00[EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/04/96 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |DAVID SILK RDO | | | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: COL. WILLIAM JOHNSON, USA | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |BAB2 20.2201(a)(1)(ii) LOST/STOLEN LNM>10X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | EIGHT CARBON-14 SOURCES AND THREE TRITIUM SOURCES WERE FOUND TO BE MISSING | | FROM WALTER REED MEDICAL CENTER IN WASHINGTON,D.C. | | | | THE SOURCES WERE LAST SEEN DURING THE PERFORMANCE OF A PHYSICAL INVENTORY | | CHECK THAT OCCURRED THE WEEK OF JUNE 24, 1996. THE SOURCES WERE LOCKED | | INSIDE A FREEZER LOCATED AT WALTER REED MEDICAL CENTER. THE TOTAL ACTIVITY | | OF THE EIGHT CARBON-14 SOURCES WAS 1.458 mCi AND TOTAL ACTIVITY OF THE | | THREE MISSING TRITIUM SOURCES IS 0.917mCi. THE EIGHT CARBON-14 SOURCES | | WERE IN A LIQUID FORM. THE MISSING RADIOACTIVE SOURCES WERE FIRST | | DISCUSSED AT A JULY 8, 1996, MEETING AT WALTER REED MEDICAL CENTER. THE | | RADIATION SAFETY OFFICER SAID THAT HE HAD JUST SIGNED SOME PAPERS TO | | PERFORM A FORMAL INVESTIGATION OF THIS EVENT AND THAT HE HAD BECOME AWARE | | OF THIS EVENT AT 0800 EDT ON SEPTEMBER 3, 1996. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 30956 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: US NAVY RADIATION SAFETY COMMITTEE |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/04/96 | | CITY: ARLINGTON REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:21 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: VA |EVENT DATE: 08/09/96 | |LICENSE#: 45-23645-01NA AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 12:00[EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/04/96 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |CHARLES CASTO RDO | | |DON COOL, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+STUART RUBIN, IRD AEOD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: LCDR J. POMERVILLE |JOHN WILLIAMS DOE | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE |CHIN, NAT RES CTR DOT | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |BAB2 20.2201(a)(1)(ii) LOST/STOLEN LNM>10X | | |NTRA TRANSPORTATION EVENT | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - LOSS OF LICENSED NUCLEAR MATERIAL ON BOARD DOWNED U.S. NAVY AIRCRAFT - | | | | ON 08/09/96, A U.S. NAVY F/A-18C FIGHTER AIRCRAFT (2 SEATER) CRASHED AT SEA | | NEAR PUERTO RICO DURING A ROUTINE TRAINING MISSION FROM THE USS THEODORE | | ROOSEVELT (CVA 71). THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOST AT 35 DEGREES 45 MINUTES NORTH | | LATITUDE AND 64 DEGREES 48 MINUTES WEST LONGITUDE. THE DEPTH OF THE OCEAN | | AT THAT POSITION IS PRESENTLY UNKNOWN. | | | | A LASER TARGET DESIGNATOR POD WHICH CONTAINED TWO AMERSHAM MODEL #AMM1001H | | FOIL SOURCES EACH CONTAINING 4.5 ęCi OF AMERICIUM-241 WAS MOUNTED ONBOARD | | THE AIRCRAFT. | | | | SEARCH AND RESCUE EFFORTS ARE CURRENTLY ONGOING. | | | | THERE IS NO POTENTIAL FOR EXPOSURE TO PERSONNEL FROM THIS DEVICE. | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO SUBMIT A WRITTEN REPORT TO REGION II WITHIN 30 DAYS. | | | | (REFER TO THE HOO LOG FOR CONTACT TELEPHONE NUMBER.) | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30957 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: QUAD CITIES REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/04/96 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:58 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-3,[2] GE-3 |EVENT DATE: 09/04/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 13:25[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: KENNETH J. PIOTEREK |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/04/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: UNUSUAL EVENT +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |ROGER LANKSBURY RDO | |AAEC 50.72(a)(1)(i) EMERGENCY DECLARED |ED GOODWIN, NRR EO | | |STUART RUBIN, IRD AEOD | | |DEPUY FEMA | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 8 STARTUP | 8 STARTUP | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | AFTER-THE-FACT SIMULTANEOUS DECLARATION AND TERMINATION OF AN UNUSUAL EVENT | | DUE TO EXPIRATION OF A TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION TIME LIMIT | | | | AT 1342 CDT ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1996, THE UNIT 1 MODE SWITCH WAS MOVED FROM THE | | RUN MODE POSITION TO THE STARTUP/HOT STANDBY MODE POSITION WITH THE UNIT AT | | APPROXIMATELY 8% REACTOR POWER. AT APPROXIMATELY 1000 CDT ON SEPTEMBER 3, | | 1996, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT NOT ALL INSTRUMENTS REQUIRED TO BE OPERABLE | | FOR THE STARTUP MODE PER TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION TABLE 3.1-2 HAD BEEN | | SURVEILLANCE TESTED IN THE REQUIRED FREQUENCY. (THIS INCLUDED ALL | | INTERMEDIATE RANGE MONITORS AND ALL AVERAGE POWER RANGE MONITORS.) THE | | APPROPRIATE SURVEILLANCES WERE STARTED IMMEDIATELY. | | | | IN THIS CASE, TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS REQUIRED THE LICENSEE TO INITIATE | | INSERTION OF OPERABLE RODS AND TO COMPLETE INSERTION OF ALL OPERABLE RODS | | WITHIN FOUR HOURS. INSTEAD OF TAKING THIS ACTION, THE LICENSEE | | INAPPROPRIATELY EXERCISED THE 24-HOUR PERIOD TO PERFORM MISSED TECHNICAL | | SPECIFICATION SURVEILLANCES AS SPECIFIED IN GENERIC LETTER 87-09. | | | | THE SURVEILLANCES WERE COMPLETED SATISFACTORILY AT 1906 CDT ON SEPTEMBER 3, | | 1996. THEREFORE, FROM 1400 CDT (FOUR HOURS AFTER IDENTIFICATION) UNTIL | | 1906 CDT ON SEPTEMBER 3, 1996, THE UNIT MET EMERGENCY ACTION LEVEL MU-10, | | TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION TIME LIMIT EXPIRED. AS A RESULT, THE LICENSEE | | SUBSEQUENTLY DECLARED AND TERMINATED AN UNUSUAL EVENT SIMULTANEOUSLY AT | | 1325 CDT ON SEPTEMBER 4, 1996. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND THE STATE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30958 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: BRUNSWICK REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/04/96 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: NC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:22 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4,[2] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 09/04/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 17:35[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: LAURIE LADD |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/04/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: UNUSUAL EVENT +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |CHARLES CASTO RDO | |AAEC 50.72(a)(1)(i) EMERGENCY DECLARED |GUS LAINAS, NRR EO | |ANHU 50.72(b)(1)(iii) HURRICANE |STUART RUBIN, IRD AEOD | | |DAN SULLIVAN FEMA | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | DECLARATION OF AN UNUSUAL EVENT DUE TO ISSUANCE OF A HURRICANE WARNING | | | | AT 1735 ON SEPTEMBER 4, 1996, BOTH UNITS ENTERED AN UNUSUAL EVENT DUE TO | | THE DECLARATION OF A HURRICANE WARNING. AS A RESULT OF THIS CONDITION, THE | | LICENSEE ENTERED ITS ABNORMAL OPERATING PROCEDURE, AND PER THIS PROCEDURE, | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO PLACE BOTH UNITS IN A COLD SHUTDOWN CONDITION TWO | | HOURS PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ONSITE. THE LICENSEE | | CURRENTLY PLANS TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE TO IDENTIFY THE TIME THAT THE | | HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE ONSITE. | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS NOTIFIED THE STATE AND LOCAL WARNING POINTS AND EMERGENCY | | OPERATING CENTERS AND PLANS TO NOTIFY THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | *** 1927 SEPTEMBER 4, 1996, UPDATE FROM LADD RECEIVED BY TROCINE *** | | | | IN ANTICIPATION OF HURRICANE FRAN, THE LICENSEE ANTICIPATES COMMENCING UNIT | | SHUTDOWNS AT 2100 AND 2300 TODAY FOR UNITS 1 AND 2, RESPECTIVELY. | | | | THE NRC OPERATIONS CENTER NOTIFIED THE R2DO (CASTO), NRR EO (LAINAS), AND | | AEOD IRD (RUBIN). | | | | *** 1948 SEPTEMBER 4, 1996, UPDATE FROM RAGSDALE RECEIVED BY TROCINE *** | | | | THE ONSET OF HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ONSITE IS CURRENTLY ESTIMATED TO BE AT | | 2400 ON SEPTEMBER 5, 1996 (0000 ON SEPTEMBER 6, 1996). | | | | THE NRC OPERATIONS CENTER NOTIFIED THE R2DO (CASTO), NRR EO (LAINAS), AND | | AEOD IRD (RUBIN). | | | | *** 2355 SEPTEMBER 4, 1996, UPDATE FROM RAGSDALE RECEIVED BY TROCINE *** | | | | THE SHUTDOWN OF UNIT 1 WAS COMMENCED AT APPROXIMATELY 2100, AND THE | | SHUTDOWN OF UNIT 2 IS NOW SCHEDULED TO COMMENCE IN APPROXIMATELY 30 | | MINUTES. THE ONSET OF HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ONSITE IS NOW ANTICIPATED TO | | BE AT 1600 ON SEPTEMBER 5, 1996. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 0033 ON 09/05/96 BY RAGSDALE ENTERED BY JOLLIFFE * * * | | | | UNIT 1 IS AT 38% POWER & SHUTTING DOWN; CONDITION 3 ESTIMATED BY 0500. | | UNIT 2 IS AT 100% POWER & SHUTTING DOWN; CONDITION 3 ESTIMATED BY 0700. | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 0446 ON 09/05/96 BY RAGSDALE ENTERED BY JOLLIFFE * * * | | | | UNIT 1 IS STABLE IN CONDITION 3 (HOT SHUTDOWN). | | UNIT 2 IS AT 30% POWER & SHUTTING DOWN; CONDITION 3 ESTIMATED BY 0700. | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 0623 ON 09/05/96 BY RAGSDALE ENTERED BY JOLLIFFE * * * | | | | UNIT 1 IS STABLE IN CONDITION 3 (HOT SHUTDOWN). | | UNIT 2 IS STABLE IN CONDITION 3 (HOT SHUTDOWN). | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | THE HOO NOTIFIED R2DO CASTO, NRR EO LAINAS, AND AEOD RUBIN. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30959 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: OYSTER CREEK REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/04/96 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NJ |NOTIFICATION TIME: 21:52 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-2 |EVENT DATE: 09/04/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 20:53[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: FRANK CIGANIK |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/04/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |DAVID SILK RDO | |ARPS 50.72(b)(2)(ii) RPS ACTUATION | | |AESF 50.72(b)(2)(ii) ESF ACTUATION | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | A/R Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 0 HOT SHUTDOWN | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | AUTOMATIC REACTOR SCRAM FROM FULL POWER DUE TO LOW CONDENSER VACUUM | | | | AN AUTOMATIC REACTOR SCRAM OCCURRED FROM FULL POWER DUE TO LOW CONDENSER | | VACUUM. THE CAUSE OF THE DECREASE IN CONDENSER VACUUM WAS THE FAILURE OF A | | CONDENSER VALVE TO CLOSE AS REQUIRED DURING THE BACKWASH SEQUENCE. ALL | | RODS FULLY INSERTED FOLLOWING THE REACTOR SCRAM. THE ISOLATION CONDENSERS | | INITIATED DUE TO AN INCREASE IN PRESSURE, AND THEY WERE SUBSEQUENTLY | | MANUALLY RESET TO AUTOMATIC/STANDBY. IN ADDITION, THE ELECTROMATIC RELIEF | | VALVES (POWER-OPERATED RELIEF VALVES) OPEN AND THEN RECLOSE DUE TO THE | | PRESSURE TRANSIENT. ALL SYSTEMS FUNCTIONED AS REQUIRED, AND THERE WAS | | NOTHING THAT WAS UNUSUAL OR NOT UNDERSTOOD. | | | | THE LICENSEE WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED TO BEGIN REFUELING OUTAGE #16R AT | | 2400 ON SEPTEMBER 7, 1996. AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT, THE LICENSEE PLANS | | TO PLACE THE UNIT IN A COLD SHUTDOWN CONDITION AND ENTER REFUELING OUTAGE | | #16R PREMATURELY. | | | | PLANT CONDITIONS ARE CURRENTLY STABLE. REACTOR VESSEL LEVEL IS BEING | | CONTROLLED BY THE USE OF THE CONTROL ROD DRIVE SYSTEM, AND THE CONDENSATE | | AND FEEDWATER SYSTEM IS AVAILABLE IF NEEDED. CONDENSER VACUUM HAS BEEN | | RECOVERED, AND THE CONDENSER IS AVAILABLE AS A HEAT SINK. | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO NOTIFY THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND MAY ISSUE A | | PRESS RELEASE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30960 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: INDIAN POINT REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/05/96 | |UNIT: [2] [ ] [ ] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 00:13 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] W-4-LP,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 09/04/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 23:45[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: PHIL SANTINI |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/05/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |DAVID SILK RDO | |ANHU 50.72(b)(1)(iii) HURRICANE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - LICENSEE IS TRACKING HURRICANE FRAN - | | | | AT 2345 ON 09/04/96, THE LICENSEE ENTERED THEIR ABNORMAL OPERATING | | INSTRUCTION ON HURRICANE TRACKING DUE TO THE DECLARATION OF A HURRICANE | | WARNING FOR HURRICANE FRAN WITH WINDS IN EXCESS OF 100 MPH WITHIN A 500 | | NAUTICAL MILE RADIUS OF THE PLANT. | | | | THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+