U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 09/05/96 - 09/06/96 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 30958 30960 30961 30962 30963 30964 30965 30966 30967 30968 +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |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: 09/06/96 | |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. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1016 ON 09/05/96 BY BOB SMOLE ENTERED BY JOLLIFFE * * * | | | | UNIT 1 IS STABLE IN COND 3 (HOT S/D); COND 4 (COLD S/D) ESTIMATED BY 1230. | | UNIT 2 IS STABLE IN COND 3 (HOT S/D); COND 4 (COLD S/D) ESTIMATED BY 1300. | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | THE HOO NOTIFIED R2DO CASTO & NRR EO GOODWIN. | | | | A BRIEFING WAS HELD AT 1500. COMMISSIONERS' ASSISTANTS BRIEFING | | NOTIFICATIONS (*INDICATES OFFICE DID NOT PARTICIPATE): AEOD(JORDAN), | | ERB(RUBIN), JACKSON(VIETTI-COOK), ROGERS(SORENSON), DICUS(MARKLEY), | | DIAZ(ADER), McGAFFIGAN(GRAY), EDO(MCREE), EO(DENNIG), PAO(GAGNER), | | CAO(CALLAHAN), SECY(HILL), STATE(VIRGILIO), IP(*), BRIEFER(PIERCE SKINNER). | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1545 ON 09/05/96 BY PALMETER ENTERED BY WEAVER * * * | | | | BOTH UNITS ARE IN COLD SHUTDOWN AS OF 1543. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 0543 ON 09/06/96 BY PALMETER ENTERED BY JOLLIFFE * * * | | | | AT 0515 ON 09/06/96, THE FRAN HURRICANE WARNING FOR THE BRUNSWICK AREA HAS | | BEEN DOWNGRADED TO A TROPICAL STORM WARNING. THE LICENSEE IS CONDUCTING | | DAMAGE ASSESSMENT. THERE IS NO KNOWN DAMAGE TO PLANT STRUCTURES OR | | EQUIPMENT AT THE PRESENT TIME. PRESENT WIND SPEED AT THE PLANT IS 30 TO | | 45 MPH. | | | | NOTE: SEE EVENT #30965 FOR A RELATED EVENT. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |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. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30961 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: BYRON REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/05/96 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:07 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 09/05/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 07:09[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: SCOTT FRUIN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/05/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |ROGER LANKSBURY RDO | |DDDD 73.71 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH |BOB DENNIG EO | | |STUART RUBIN AEOD | | |GENE McPEEK, NRR IAT | | |JOHN DAVVIDSON, NMSS IAT | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 97 POWER OPERATION | 97 POWER OPERATION | | 2 | N N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - SECURITY EVENT - CONTRACTOR ATTEMPTED TO BRING A WEAPON & AMMO ONSITE - | | | | A CONTRACTOR ATTEMPTED TO BRING A WEAPON AND AMMUNITION INTO THE PLANT | | PROTECTED AREA. THE LICENSEE TOOK IMMEDIATE COMPENSATORY MEASURES UPON | | DISCOVERY. THE CONTRACTOR WAS TRANSPORTED OFFSITE TO THE LOCAL JAIL. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 30962 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: DUPONT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/05/96 | | CITY: NEWBURGH REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 12:20 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: NY |EVENT DATE: 09/05/96 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 09:00[EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/05/96 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |DAVID SILK RDO | | | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: LEONARD SMITH | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DOUG WEAVER | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NINF INFORMATION ONLY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | A FEDERAL EXPRESS PLANE CONTAINING SMALL AMOUNTS OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL | | BURNED ON THE GROUND AT STEWART INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN NEW YORK | | | | A FEDERAL EXPRESS PLANE ON ITS WAY FROM MEMPHIS TO BOSTON MADE AN EMERGENCY | | LANDING AT STEWART INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BECAUSE OF A FIRE. THE CREW | | EVACUATED THE PLANE WITHOUT INJURY; HOWEVER THE PLANE CONTINUED TO BURN. | | A REPRESENTATIVE OF DUPONT INFORMED THE OPERATIONS CENTER THAT THE PLANE | | CONTAINED SMALL AMOUNTS OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL (50 ęCi OF C-14; 250 ęCi OF | | P-32; 2 mCi S-35; 50 ęCi H-3). HE ALSO KNEW THAT DUPONT/MERCK HAD SHIPPED | | SOME RADIOPHARMICEUTICALS ON THE SAME PLANE, BUT HE DID NOT KNOW THE | | QUANTITIES INVOLVED. | | | | CONTACT PHONE NUMBERS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE HOO LOG. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30963 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: BRUNSWICK REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/05/96 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: NC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:21 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4,[2] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 09/05/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 16:45[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BAIN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/05/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DOUG WEAVER +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |CHARLES CASTO RDO | |ADEV 50.72(b)(1)(i)(B) DEVIATION FROM T SPEC | | |APRE 50.72(b)(2)(vi) OFFSITE NOTIFICATION | | |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 N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | 2 | N N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - SEVERAL NRC NOTIFICATIONS DUE TO HURRICANE FRAN - | | | | 1) DUE TO HURRICANE FRAN'S APPROACH TO THE SITE, OUTSIDE SECURITY AND FIRE | | WATCHES ARE BEING SECURED FOR PERSONNEL SAFETY. THIS IS A DEVIATION FROM | | THE PLANT'S SECURITY PLAN AND FIRE PROTECTION PROGRAM IAW 10CFR50.54X&Y. | | | | 2) THE STORM DRAIN COLLECTOR BASIN OVERFLOW ISOLATION VALVE IS BEING | | OPENED TO RELEASE SITE STORM DRAINAGE DIRECTLY TO THE DISCHARGE CANAL. THIS | | BYPASSES THE NORMAL FLOW PATH, REQUIRING NOTIFICATION TO THE STATE. THIS | | RELEASE PATH IS NOT AUTHORIZED BY THE NPDES PERMIT. THIS ACTION HAS BEEN | | TAKEN SO THAT AN OPERATOR WOULD NOT HAVE TO OPEN THIS VALVE DURING | | THE FULL FORCE OF THE HURRICANE. | | | | 3) SEVEN OF THE OFFSITE SIRENS HAVE BEEN LOST AS A RESULT OF THE HURRICANE. | | | | NORMAL SECURITY AND FIRE WATCHES WILL BE RESUMED AS SOON AS CONDITIONS | | PERMIT. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 30964 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: GE NUCLEAR ENERGY |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/05/96 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM FUEL FABRICATION |NOTIFICATION TIME: 19:25 [ET]| |COMMENTS: LEU CONVERSION (UF6 TO UO2) |EVENT DATE: 09/05/96 | | LEU FABRICATION |EVENT TIME: 19:20[EDT]| | LWR COMMERICAL FUEL |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/05/96 | | CITY: WILMINGTON REGION: 2 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: NEW HANOVER STATE: NC |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: SNM-1097 AGREEMENT: Y |CHARLES CASTO RDO | | DOCKET: 07001113 |FRED COMBS, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+STUART RUBIN AEOD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BOB PACE |CEGIELSKI FEMA | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DOUG WEAVER |JOHNSON DOE | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: ALERT | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |AAEC 50.72(a)(1)(i) EMERGENCY DECLARED | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - ALERT DECLARED DUE TO SUSTAINED WINDS ABOVE 75 MPH FROM HURRICANE FRAN - | | | | THE PLANT IS SHUTDOWN, WITH ONLY EMERGENCY STAFF ON SITE. | | | | NO DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES AT THIS TIME, A FEW TREES HAVE BEEN KNOCKED DOWN. | | ALL ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS ARE FUNCTIONING. ALL CRITICALITY AND RADIOLOGICAL | | SYSTEMS OPERATING. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 2220 ON 09/05/96 BY BOB PACE ENTERED BY WEAVER * * * | | | | MINOR DAMAGE ON SITE; ONE SECONDARY POWER SUPPLY WAS LOST AND SOME SHEET | | METAL WAS BLOWN OFF THE SIDE OF THE FUEL MANUFACTURING BUILDING. NO FUEL | | WAS DAMAGED. HOO NOTIFIED R2DO CASTO, NMSS EO COMBS, R2IRC BARR, NMSS | | ROTH. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 0135 ON 09/06/96 BY BOB PACE ENTERED BY JOLLIFFE * * * | | | | AT 0133 ON 09/06/96, THE LICENSEE TERMINATED THE ALERT AFTER SUSTAINED | | WINDS DROPPED BELOW 75 MPH. THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT | | INSPECTOR AND WILL NOTIFY STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS OF THE ALERT | | TERMINATION. | | | | THE HOO NOTIFIED R2 IRC KEN BARR, AEOD OPERATIONS CENTER JOE HIMES, | | NMSS EO COOL, FEMA DAN RISHE, DOE REGGIE JOHNSON, EPA JOE CHECKAN, NMSS | | ROTH, | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30965 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: BRUNSWICK REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/05/96 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: NC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 20:20 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4,[2] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 09/05/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 20:13[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JOE SMITH |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/05/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DOUG WEAVER +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: UNUSUAL EVENT +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |CHARLES CASTO RDO | |AAEC 50.72(a)(1)(i) EMERGENCY DECLARED |GUS LAINAS, NRR EO | |DDDD 73.71 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH |CEGIELSKI FEMA | | |STUART RUBIN AEOD | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - UNUSUAL EVENT DECLARED BASED ON SECURITY CONCERNS DUE TO HURRICANE FRAN - | | | | THE LICENSEE DELCARED AN UNUSUAL EVENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR EMERGENCY | | PLAN BASED ON SECURITY DEGRADATIONS ON SITE CAUSED BY HURRICANE FRAN. THE | | DETAILS ARE CONTAINED IN THE HOO LOG. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS AND THE NRC RESIDENT | | INSPECTOR. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 0507 ON 09/06/96 BY JOE SMITH ENTERED BY JOLLIFFE * * * | | | | AT 0451 ON 09/06/96 LICENSEE REESTABLISHED PLANT SECURITY MEASURES AND | | TERMINATED THE UNUSUAL EVENT. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND WILL NOTIFY STATE AND | | LOCAL OFFICIALS OF THE TERMINATION OF THIS (SECURITY) UNUSUAL EVENT. SEE | | EVENT 30958. | | | | THE HOO NOTIFIED R2IRC KEN BARR, HQ OPERATIONS CENTER JEAN TREFETHEN AND | | TOM LEE, FEMA BAGWELL. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30966 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: CLINTON REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/05/96 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 22:45 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-6 |EVENT DATE: 09/05/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 21:10[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DAVID HODEL |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/05/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DOUG WEAVER +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: UNUSUAL EVENT +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |ROGER LANKSBURY RDO | |AAEC 50.72(a)(1)(i) EMERGENCY DECLARED |GUS LAINAS, NRR EO | |ASHU 50.72(b)(1)(i)(A) PLANT S/D REQD BY TS |CEGELESKI FEMA | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 56 POWER OPERATION | 56 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - UNUSUAL EVENT DECLARED BASED ON UNIDENTIFIED LEAKAGE GREATER THAN 5 GPM - | | | | LEAKAGE EXCEEDED 5 GPM WHILE THE LICENSEE WAS ISOLATING THE "B" REACTOR | | RECIRCULATION LOOP. THE LICENSEE HAD BEEN TRACKING SUSPECTED SEAL LEAKAGE | | ON THE "B" REACTOR RECIRC PUMP. WHEN LEAKAGE REACHED 4 GPM THEY BEGAN TO | | ISOLATE THE "B" LOOP. IN THE COURSE OF THIS ACTION LEAKAGE EXCEEDED 5 GPM. | | LEAKAGE AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT WAS ABOUT 6 GPM. | | | | THE LICENSEE EXPECTS THAT ISOLATING THE LOOP WILL REDUCE THE LEAKAGE TO | | LESS THAN 5 GPM. THEIR INTENT IS TO OPERATE SINGLE LOOP UNTIL THE NEXT | | REFUELING OUTAGE WHICH IS SCHEDULED TO START IN OCTOBER. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE STATE OF ILLINOIS AND THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR | | AND WILL ISSUE A PRESS RELEASE. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 0254 ON 09/06/96 BY JIM SCHOTTLE ENTERED BY JOLLIFFE * * * | | | | TECH SPEC LCO A/S 3.5.4 REQUIRES THE LICENSEE TO REDUCE UNIDENTIFIED | | LEAKAGE INTO THE DRYWELL TO LESS THAN 5 GPM WITHIN 4 HOURS OR TO PLACE THE | | PLANT IN AT LEAST CONDITION 3 WITHIN 12 HOURS AND CONDITION 4 WITHIN THE | | FOLLOWING 36 HOURS. | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS BEEN UNABLE TO REDUCE THE LEAKAGE TO BELOW 5 GPM AND | | AT 0055 (CDT), THE LICENSEE BEGAN SHUTTING THE PLANT DOWN FROM 56% POWER. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | THE HOO NOTIFIED R3DO ROGER LANKSBURY AND NRR EO GUS LAINAS. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30967 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: HARRIS REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/06/96 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 02:50 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-3-LP |EVENT DATE: 09/06/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 02:09[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: ERIC McCARTNEY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/06/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |CHARLES CASTO RDO | |AENS 50.72(b)(1)(v) ENS INOPERABLE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N N 0 HOT STANDBY | 0 HOT STANDBY | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE PLANT LOST 32 OF 81 OFFSITE EMERGENCY SIRENS DUE TO HURRICANE FRAN. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND STATE OFFICIALS AND | | IS NOTIFYING LOCAL COUNTY OFFICIALS. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30968 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: HARRIS REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/06/96 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 05:50 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-3-LP |EVENT DATE: 09/06/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 05:15[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: ERIC McCARTNEY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/06/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |CHARLES CASTO RDO | |ANOT 50.72(b)(1)(iii) OTHER NATURL/EXT COND | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N N 0 HOT STANDBY | 0 HOT STANDBY | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - WIND DAMAGE FROM HURRICANE FRAN HAMPERING ACCESS TO THE SITE - | | | | AS A RESULT OF WIND DAMAGE FROM HURRICANE FRAN, TREES HAVE FALLEN ACROSS | | THE ROADS HAMPERING ACCESS TO THE SITE. THIS CONDITION IS BEING REPORTED | | AS A NATURAL PHENOMENON CONDITION THAT MIGHT SIGNIFICANTLY HAMPER THE | | ABILITY OF PERSONNEL TO AUGMENT THE THE STAFF IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY. | | SUFFICIENT PERSONNEL ARE AVAILABLE ONSITE AT THE PRESENT TIME TO STAFF | | REQUIRED DUTY STATIONS FOR AT LEAST 24 HOURS. NO EMERGENCY CONDITION | | EXISTS AT THIS TIME REQUIRING STAFF AUGMENTATION. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND WILL NOTIFY STATE AND | | LOCAL OFFICIALS. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+