U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 10/07/96 - 10/08/96 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 30914 31105 31106 31107 31108 31109 31110 +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30914 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: MAINE YANKEE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/22/96 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: ME |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:25 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] CE |EVENT DATE: 08/22/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 15:00[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JERRY MAYBEN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/07/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |ROBERT BORES RDO | |APRE 50.72(b)(2)(vi) OFFSITE NOTIFICATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | OFFSITE NOTIFICATION REGARDING STEEL PLATE STOCK MATERIAL DELIVERED TO THE | | PLANT THAT WAS 50 TO 150 COUNTS PER MINUTE ABOVE BACKGROUND | | | | THE LICENSEE HAD STEEL PLATE STOCK MATERIAL DELIVERED TO THE PLANT AND | | LATER DETERMINED THAT IT WAS 50 TO 150 COUNTS PER MINUTE ABOVE BACKGROUND. | | THE STOCK MATERIAL WAS 1/4-INCH STEEL PLATE MEASURING 48 INCHES BY 96 | | INCHES. TWO PLATES WERE IDENTIFIED AND TRACED TO THE SAME PURCHASE ORDER. | | THE MANUFACTURER WAS GULF STATES. | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS SINCE LABELLED THIS MATERIAL AND HAS ROPED IT OFF. IN | | ADDITION, AN ACCOUNTING OF STOCK USED IN THE PLANT IS ONGOING. | | | | THIS ISSUE WAS IDENTIFIED WHEN A PLANT MECHANIC TOOK A PIECE OF ONE OF | | THESE PLATES INTO THE HOT SIDE TO WORK. WHEN THE MECHANIC BROUGHT THE | | PIECE BACK OUT AND FRISKED IT, MONITOR ALARMS ALERTED THE MECHANIC AND | | HEALTH PHYSICS PERSONNEL TO THE PROBLEM. LICENSEE PERSONNEL SUBSEQUENTLY | | TRACED THIS PIECE BACK TO THE STOCK MATERIAL LOCATED IN THE WAREHOUSE. | | | | THE LICENSEE ALSO DISCOVERED THAT TWO ROUND PIECES HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN CUT | | OUT OF THE STOCK MATERIAL IN QUESTION. THE LICENSEE CURRENTLY BELIEVES | | THAT THESE PIECES MAY HAVE BEEN USED AS BLANK FLANGES. AN EFFORT TO | | ACCOUNT FOR THIS MATERIAL IS ONGOING. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND AN OFFSITE STATE | | AGENCY. | | | | * * * UPDATE 1735EDT 10/7/96 FROM WALTER JOHNSON TO S.SANDIN * * * | | | | THE LICENSEE IS UPDATING THIS REPORT TO INCLUDE FINDINGS OF THEIR | | INVESTIGATION WHICH WERE FINALIZED AT 1700EDT ON 10/7/96. | | | | "THIS IS AN UPDATE TO A NOTIFICATION MADE ON 8/22/96 AT 1500. AT THAT | | TIME, WE REPORTED THAT STOCK MATERIAL (1/4" STEEL PLATE) HAD BEEN DELIVERED | | TO THE WAREHOUSE WITH RADIATION LEVELS ABOVE BACKGROUND." | | | | "FURTHER ANALYSIS REVEALED THAT THE MATERIAL IS NOT RADIOACTIVE, BUT HAD | | FIRMLY FIXED SURFACE CONTAMINATION. IT HAS ALSO BEEN DETERMINED THAT THE | | MATERIAL HAD BEEN ON THE HOT SIDE OF THE PLANT AND WAS LATER RETURNED TO | | THE WAREHOUSE." | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE STATE OF MAINE AND THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | NOTIFIED R1DO(ESELGROTH). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31105 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: CRYSTAL RIVER REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/07/96 | |UNIT: [3] [ ] [ ] STATE: FL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 09:10 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [3] B&W-L-LP |EVENT DATE: 10/07/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 08:49[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JEFF BECK |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/08/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: UNUSUAL EVENT +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |PAUL FREDRICKSON RDO | |AAEC 50.72(a)(1)(i) EMERGENCY DECLARED |AL CHAFFEE EO | |ANHU 50.72(b)(1)(iii) HURRICANE |STORER FEMA | | |FRANK CONGEL AEOD | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 3 | N N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | UNUSUAL EVENT DECLARED AT 0849 EDT DUE TO THE IMPENDING ARRIVAL OF | | HURRICANE JOSEPHINE. | | | | WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA AND THE CRYSTAL RIVER SITE HAVE BEEN PLACED INTO A | | HURRICANE WARNING DUE TO HURRICANE JOSEPHINE. LAND FALL IS EXPECTED EARLY | | TUESDAY MORNING NORTH OF THE SITE. STORM SURGES OF SIX TO SEVEN FEET ARE | | EXPECTED FOR CITRUS COUNTY. PRESENT WIND SPEED AT THE SITE IS 12 MPH. THE | | LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR, STATE AND COUNTY GOVERNMENTS | | AND A PRESS RELEASE WILL BE ISSUED. | | | | * * * UPDATE 1207EDT 10/7/96 FROM TYRIE TO S.SANDIN * * * | | THE LICENSEE IS CORRECTING THE PREVIOUS NOTIFICATION TO SHOW THAT TROPICAL | | STORM JOSEPHINE HAS SUSTAINED WINDS OF 70MPH AND IS EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN | | TO HURRICANE FORCE WITHIN THE NEXT 12 HOURS. ALL OTHER INFORMATION IS | | CORRECT. | | | | ***UPDATE ON 10/08/96 @ 00:04 BY MARSHALL TO GOULD*** THE HURRICANE WARNING | | WAS DISCONTINUED AT 23:00 AND THE NOUE WAS TERMINATED AT 23:26. THE RI WAS | | INFORMED ALONG WITH STATE AND LOCAL AGENCIES. THERE WILL BE A PRESS | | RELEASE. RDO POTTER, EO BATEMAN, FEMA RISHE WERE NOTIFIED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31106 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: KEWAUNEE REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/07/96 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: WI |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:25 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-2-LP |EVENT DATE: 10/07/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 13:30[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: TIM SMITH |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/07/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |M. LEACH RDO | |ADAS 50.72(b)(2)(i) DEG/UNANALYZED COND | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LICENSEE EVALUATION OF STEAM GENERATOR EDDY CURRENT RESULTS CAUSES BOTH | | STEAM GENERATORS TO BE CLASSIFIED AS "C-3" PER UNIT TS. | | | | "THE ANALYSIS OF THE "A" AND "B" STEAM GENERATOR EDDY CURRENT RESULTS | | DETERMINED THAT MORE THAN 1% OF THE SLEEVED TUBES ARE DEFECTIVE. THIS | | PLACES THE "A" AND "B" STEAM GENERATORS IN THE "C-3" CLASSIFICATION PER | | KEWAUNEE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS." | | | | "IN STEAM GENERATOR "A", 176 OF 1602 TUBES AND IN STEAM GENERATOR "B" 118 | | OF 1771 TUBES WERE DETERMINED TO BE DEFECTIVE IN THE UPPER EXPANSION | | JOINT." | | | | "CORRECTIVE ACTIONS INCLUDE: | | | | 1. INSPECT 100% OF THE SLEEVED TUBES IN THE "A" AND "B" STEAM GENERATORS, | | 2. PLUG OR REPAIR DEFECTIVE TUBES, | | 3. ENSURE PLUGGING RATE DOES NOT RESULT IN AN UNANALYZED CONDITION." | | | | EACH STEAM GENERATOR HAS 3388 TUBES TOTAL. STEAM GENERATORS "A" AND "B" | | CURRENTLY HAVE 2617 AND 2870 TUBES INSERVICE, RESPECTIVELY, OF WHICH 1702 | | AND 1870 ARE SLEEVED. THE LICENSEE ATTRIBUTES THE UPPER EXPANSION JOINT | | DEFECTS TO INSTALLATION INDUCED CRACKING AND IS INVESTIGATING LASER WELD | | REPAIR. THE ABOVE REFERENCE TO PLUGGING RATE IS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF TUBES | | PLUGGED. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31107 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: MILLSTONE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/07/96 | |UNIT: [ ] [ ] [3] STATE: CT |NOTIFICATION TIME: 19:28 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-3,[2] CE,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 10/07/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 19:14[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: KEITH COVIN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/07/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |PETER ESELGROTH RDO | |AOUT 50.72(b)(1)(ii)(B) OUTSIDE DESIGN BASIS | | |NLCO TECH SPEC LCO A/S | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | | | | | 3 | N N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | DISCOVERY OF A LOOSE PIPE CLAMP ON A POWER OPERATED RELIEF VALVE (PORV) | | SUPPORT PLACED UNIT 3 OUTSIDE ITS DESIGN BASIS. | | | | "CERTAIN EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN DISCOVERED TO BE OUTSIDE THE DESIGN BASIS. | | REPAIRS ARE IN PROGRESS. THE EVENT IS TERMINATED." | | | | AT 1430 EDT, AN ADVERSE CONDITION REPORT IDENTIFIED THAT A LOOSE PIPE CLAMP | | HAD BEEN DISCOVERED ON A SUPPORT FOR ONE OF THE TWO PORVs DURING A SNUBBER | | WALKDOWN. AT 1640 EDT, THE LICENSEE ENTERED TS 3.4.9.3 (RCS INTEGRITY) | | WHICH REQUIRES THAT THE PIPE CLAMP BE REPAIRED WITHIN 24 HOURS OR THE RCS | | BE VENTED THROUGH A 5.4 SQUARE INCH AREA. THE LICENSEE HAS REPAIRS IN | | PROGRESS WITH A CONTINGENCY PLAN IN PLACE TO REMOVE ONE OF THE SAFETY | | VALVES, IF NECESSARY. THE CAUSE OF THIS FAILURE IS UNKNOWN AND THE TIME | | THIS CONDITION EXISTED IS INDETERMINATE. THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM STATE | | OFFICIALS AND HAS ALREADY INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31108 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: FERMI REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/07/96 | |UNIT: [2] [ ] [ ] STATE: MI |NOTIFICATION TIME: 23:40 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 10/07/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 22:45[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: SKLARCZYK |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/07/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: | | |DDDD 73.71 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 2 | N N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | ACTUAL POSSESSION OF CONTRABAND IN THE PA BY A CONTRACTOR. IMMEDIATE | | COMPENSATORY MEASURES TAKEN ON DISCOVERY. THE RI WILL BE INFORMED. SEE HOO | | LOG FOR DETAILS. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31109 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: DRESDEN REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/08/96 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [3] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 03:09 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-1,[2] GE-3,[3] GE-3 |EVENT DATE: 10/08/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 00:30[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: HANSON |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/08/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: | | |AIND 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(D) ACCIDENT MITIGATION | | |NLCO TECH SPEC LCO A/S | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | 3 | N Y 82 POWER OPERATION | 82 POWER OPERATION | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | BOTH UNITS ENTERED A 14 DAY LCO ACTION STATEMENT THAT REQUIRES THEM TO BE | | IN A CONDITION WHERE SECONDARY CONTAINMENT IS NOT REQUIRED. | | | | WHILE MEASURING THE CONTROL ROOM PRESSURE BOUNDARIES, SYSTEM ENGINEERING | | FOUND THAT THE CONTROL ROOM COULD NOT BE PRESSURIZED TO THE REQUIRED 1/8" | | H2O GAUGE WITH RESPECT TO ALL ADJACENT AREAS AS REQUIRED IN THE DESIGN | | BASIS AND UFSAR SECTION 6.4. BOTH UNITS THEN ENTERED A 14 DAY | | ADMINISTRATIVE TECH REQUIREMENT TO RESTORE TO OPERABLE STATUS OR WITHIN THE | | FOLLOWING 36 HOURS BE IN A CONDITION WHERE SECONDARY CONTAINMENT IS NOT | | REQUIRED. ENGINEERING WILL DEVELOP A SPECIAL PROCEDURE TO ISOLATE CERTAIN | | FLOW PATHS TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL LEAKAGE PATHS. THE RI WILL BE INFORMED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31110 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: BRUNSWICK REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/08/96 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: NC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 03:12 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4,[2] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 10/08/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 01:35[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: KITCHEN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/08/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOHN POTTER RDO | |APRE 50.72(b)(2)(vi) OFFSITE NOTIFICATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE LICENSEE WILL NOTIFY THE NORTH CAROLINA DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL | | MANAGEMENT THAT THEY EXCEEDED THEIR NPDS OPERATING PERMIT #NC0007064. | | | | | | DUE TO HEAVY RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM JOSEPHINE, THE STORM | | DRAIN BASIN WATER LEVEL WAS APPROACHING OVERFLOW LEVELS. TO PREVENT DAMAGE | | TO THE MOTOR DRIVEN STORM DRAIN PUMPS, THE WATER WAS DIRECTLY RELEASED TO | | THE DISCHARGE CANAL VIA THE MANUAL OVERFLOW VALVE. THE LICENSEE WILL ALSO | | ISSUE A WRITTEN REPORT TO THE STATE. THERE SHOULD BE ONLY MINIMAL SAFETY | | SIGNIFICANCE. WATER SAMPLES TAKEN AT 01:10 INDICATED NO DETECTABLE | | ACTIVITY. THEY WILL CLOSE THE OVERFLOW VALVE WHEN WEATHER CONDITIONS | | PERMIT. THE RI WAS NOTIFIED ALONG WITH THE STATE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+