U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 02/07/96 - 02/08/96 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 29945 29946 29952 29953 29954 29955 29956 +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29945 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: CATAWBA REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/06/96 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: SC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:19 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 02/06/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 12:30[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: RUSSEL EDMOND |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/08/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DOUG WEAVER +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: UNUSUAL EVENT +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |CAUDLE JULIAN RDO | |AAEC 50.72(a)(1)(i) EMERGENCY DECLARED |ED GOODWIN EO | |ACCS 50.72(b)(1)(iv) ECCS INJECTION |SULLIVAN FEMA | |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 | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 2 | A/R Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 0 HOT STANDBY | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | UNUSUAL EVENT - LOSS OF OFFSITE POWER WITH ONE EDG INOPERABLE | | | | ALL OFFSITE POWER WAS LOST TO UNIT 2 AT 1230. THE UNIT TRIPPED AND ALL | | CONTROL RODS FULLY INSERTED. AN ECCS ACTUATION WAS RECEIVED BASED ON LOW | | MAIN STEAM LINE PRESSURE. THE 2A HIGH HEAD SAFETY INJECTION PUMP INJECTED | | TO THE RCS. THE SAFETY INJECTION SIGNAL HAS BEEN RESET AND INJECTION HAS | | BEEN SECURED. THE RCPs TRIPPED ON UNDER FREQUENCY. | | | | THE PLANT IS STABLE IN MODE 3. DECAY HEAT IS BEING REMOVED VIA THE STEAM | | GENERATOR PORVs. UNIT 2 DOES NOT HAVE ANY IDENTIFIED STEAM GENERATOR TUBE | | LEAKAGE. | | | | PRIOR TO THE EVENT, THE 2B EDG WAS MADE INOPERABLE FOR PLANNED MAINTENANCE. | | IN ADDITION, COMPONENT COOLING WATER TRAIN 2B, RHR TRAIN 2B, CONTAINMENT | | SPRAY TRAIN 2B, SERVICE WATER TRAIN 2B, VITAL BATTERIES B & D WERE OUT OF | | SERVICE FOR MAINTENANCE AT THE TIME OF THE EVENT. | | | | THE LICENSEE IS ATTEMPTING TO RESTORE THE INOPERABLE EQUIPMENT. THEY ARE | | TAKING STEPS TO ESTABLISH A SOURCE OF POWER FROM UNIT 1 PER THEIR EMERGENCY | | OPERATING PROCEDURES. THE CAUSE OF THE LOSS OF OFFSITE POWER WAS A FAULT | | ON ONE PHASE OF BOTH THE TRAIN A AND TRAIN B MAIN TRANSFORMERS. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE APPROPRIATE STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS AND WILL BE | | MAKING A PRESS RELEASE. THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | NOTE: SEE EVENT #29949 FOR A RELATED EVENT. | | | | ***UPDATE AT 19:00*** COMMISSIONER'S ASSISTANTS BRIEFING. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 0300 EST FROM NODINE ON 2/8/95 TAKEN BY KARSCH * * * | | THE OPERATIONS CENTER WAS NOTIFIED THAT THE LICENSEE TERMINATED THEIR | | UNUSUAL EVENT AT 0215 EST BY THE RESTORATION OF THE "B" TRAIN MAIN | | TRANSFORMER. OFF-SITE POWER IS SUPPLYING NON-VITAL LOADS. ESSENTIAL | | BUSSES ARE STILL CROSS CONNECTED TO UNIT 1. THE CAUSE OF THE "B" | | TRANSFORMER FAULT MIGHT HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY MOISTURE INTRUSION. THE FAULT | | IN THE "A" TRAIN MIGHT HAVE BEEN INITIATED BY THE "B" TRAIN FAULT THROUGH | | SOME RELATIONSHIP STILL TO BE DETERMINED. THE PLANT IS IN MODE 5, WITH | | DECAY HEAT REMOVAL VIA THE RESIDUAL HEAT REMOVAL SYSTEM. REACTOR COOLANT | | PUMPS HAVE NOT BEEN RESTARTED. PLANT RESTART IS NOT YET DETERMINED. THE | | LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. RGN 2 DO (JULIAN), NRR EO | | (VIRGILIO) AND FEMA (AUSTIN) NOTIFIED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29946 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: THREE MILE ISLAND REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/06/96 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: PA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:04 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] B&W-L-LP,[2] B&W-L-LP |EVENT DATE: 02/06/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 14:05[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: PAULES |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/07/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |CLIFFORD ANDERSON 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 | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | SAFEGUARDS SYSTEM DEGRADATION RELATED TO AREA BOUNDARY. IMMEDIATE | | COMPENSATORY MEASURES WERE TAKEN UPON DISCOVERY. THE RI WILL BE INFORMED. | | SEE HOO LOG FOR DETAILS. | | | | * * * UPDATE 1503 2/6/96 FROM GOODRICH TAKEN BY STRANSKY * * * | | | | LICENSEE IS RETRACTING THIS NOTIFICATION. NRC GENERIC LETTER 91-03 STATES | | THAT THIS TYPE OF EVENT IS NOT REPORTABLE. THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS | | BEEN INFORMED. NOTIFED R1DO (ANDERSON). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |TRANSPORTATION EVENT | |EVENT NUMBER: 29952 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: AMERSHAM CORPORATION |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/07/96 | | CITY: BURLINGTON REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:10 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: MA |EVENT DATE: 02/05/96 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 00:00[EST]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/07/96 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |ANDERSON RDO | | | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: L. PODOLAK | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NTRA TRANSPORTATION EVENT | | |BAB1 20.2201(a)(1)(i) LOST/STOLEN LNM>1000X | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 107Ci IR-192 SOURCE (YELLOW-III PACKAGE) LOST IN TRANSIT BY FEDERAL EXPRESS | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NRC THAT A 107Ci IR-192 SOURCE WAS LOST IN | | TRANSIT BETWEEN THE AMERSHAM FACILITY AND CONAM INSPECTION IN GARY, | | INDIANA. THE SOURCE WAS BEING SHIPPED IN A 10"x13"x8" PACKAGE, WHICH WEIGHS | | 90 LBS. DOSE RATE ON CONTACT WITH THE PACKAGE (A DOT YELLOW-III CONTAINER) | | IS 60mR/HR. | | | | THE LICENSEE REPORTED THAT THE PACKAGE WAS PICKED UP BY FEDERAL EXPRESS | | FROM AMERSHAM ON 1/29/96, AND TAKEN TO THE FEDERAL EXPRESS FACILITY IN | | BOSTON. FROM THERE, THE PACKAGE WAS MISDIRECTED TO A FACILITY IN | | SCARBOROUGH, ONTARIO, CANADA. THE PACKAGE WAS PICKED UP FROM THE FACILITY | | IN CANADA ON 2/1/96, BUT FEDERAL EXPRESS DOES NOT KNOW WHERE IT WENT FROM | | THAT POINT. | | | | THE LICENSEE RECEIVED NOTIFICATION FROM THE CUSTOMER ON 2/5/96, STATING | | THAT THE PACKAGE HAD NOT ARRIVED AT ITS DESTINATION. AMERSHAM THEN ASKED | | FEDERAL EXPRESS TO TRACE THE ROUTE OF THE PACKAGE. FEDERAL EXPRESS HAS | | ISSUED AN ALL POINTS BULLETIN TO ALL FEDEX FACILITIES IN ORDER TO TRACK | | DOWN THE PACKAGE. THE LICENSEE INTENDS TO CONTACT THE NRC REGION 1 OFFICE | | REGARDING THIS EVENT. | | | | ***UPDATE 02/07/96 @ 1611ET BY Dr. ROY PARKER TAKEN BY MACKINNON*** | | | | DR. ROY PARKER OF FEDERAL EXPRESS REPORTED THAT THE ABOVEMENTIONED 107Ci | | IR-192 SOURCE WAS FOUND AT THE FEDERAL EXPRESS HUB FACILITY LOCATED IN | | MEMPHIS, TN. THE SOURCE WILL BE SHIPPED BACK TO AMERSHAM. THE PACKAGE HAD | | NO SIGNS OF TAMPERING. R1DO (CLIFF ANDERSON) & NMSS EO (LARRY CAMPER) | | NOTIFIED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29953 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: VERMONT YANKEE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/07/96 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: VT |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:23 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 02/07/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 14:45[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: HENRIQUEZ |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/07/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |ANDERSON RDO | |AARC 50.72(b)(1)(v) OTHER ASMT/COMM INOP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | OFFSITE NOTIFICATION TRANSMITTER INOPERABLE FOR 15 MINUTES | | | | AT 1445, THE CONTROL ROOM WAS NOTIFIED THAT THE OFFSITE TRANSMITTER TO THE | | STATES OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, VERMONT AND MASSACHUSETTS WAS INOPERABLE BETWEEN | | 0930 AND 0945 DUE TO PROBLEMS WITH THE CONTROL PANEL. THE TRANSMITTER HAS | | BEEN REPAIRED. THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED BY THE | | LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29954 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: HADDAM NECK REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/07/96 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: CT |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:42 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 02/07/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 17:41[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: NEWT YOUNG |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/07/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |CLIFF ANDERSON RDO | |AOUT 50.72(b)(1)(ii)(B) OUTSIDE DESIGN BASIS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | PLANT WAS FOUND OUTSIDE OF ITS DESIGN BASIS WHEN CONNECTICUT RIVER WATER | | TEMPERATURE DROPPED BELOW 35øF. | | | | UPDATED FINAL SAFETY ANALYSIS REPORT (UFSAR) SECTION 9.2.1.2 ASSUMES THAT | | THE CONNECTICUT RIVER WATER TEMPERATURE IS AT LEAST 35øF. THE CONNECTICUT | | RIVER TEMPERATURE WAS FOUND TO BE < 35øF, WHICH PLACED THE PLANT OUTSIDE OF | | ITS DESIGN BASIS. THE SERVICE WATER TAKES SUCTION FROM THE CONNECTICUT | | RIVER. LOW SERVICE WATER TEMPERATURE COMBINED WITH EXCESSIVE FLOW THROUGH | | THE CONTAINMENT AIR RECIRCULATION FANS DURING A DESIGN BASIS ACCIDENT COULD | | RESULT IN OVERCOOLING OF THE CONTAINMENT. IN THIS SCENARIO, CONTAINMENT | | PRESSURE WOULD NOT INCREASE AS RAPIDLY AS ASSUMED IN THE UFSAR. THIS WOULD | | RESULT IN A SMALLER THAN EXPECTED BACK PRESSURE AGAINST THE WATER LEAKING | | FROM THE REACTOR COOLANT SYSTEM. THE LOWER THAN EXPECTED BACK PRESSURE | | WOULD CAUSE A HIGHER FLOW RATE THAN EXPECTED, AND FUEL WOULD BECOME | | UNCOVERED SOONER THAN ASSUMED BY THE UFSAR. THIS COULD RESULT IN THE FUEL | | EXCEEDING ITS CLADDING TEMPERATURE LIMIT OF 2200øF. | | | | ON 02/07/96, THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT ANALYZED THIS SCENARIO (RIVER WATER | | TEMPERATURE < 35øF) AND DETERMINED THAT THE 2200øF FUEL CLADDING | | TEMPERATURE WOULD NOT BE EXCEEDED DURING A DESIGN BASIS ACCIDENT. THE | | LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE STATE OF THIS EVENT. | | | | THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29955 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: MILLSTONE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/07/96 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: CT |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:54 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-3,[2] CE,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 01/08/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 02:30[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BERGIN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/07/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |CLIFF ANDERSON RDO | |ASHU 50.72(b)(1)(i)(A) PLANT S/D REQD BY TS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | PLANT SHOULD HAVE ENTERED A TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION SHUTDOWN ON 01/08/96 | | WHEN IT WAS DISCOVERED LINE BLOCKAGE, CAUSED BY ICING, WHICH ELIMINATED THE | | AUTOMATIC BACKWASH FEATURE FROM THEIR SERVICE WATER STRAINERS. | | | | AT 0230ET ON 01/08/96, THE LICENSEE DISCOVERED THAT THERE WAS LINE | | BLOCKAGE, CAUSED BY ICING, WHICH ELIMINATED THE AUTOMATIC BACKWASH FEATURE | | FROM THE SERVICE WATER DISCHARGE STRAINER. ALL THREE SERVICE WATER PUMPS | | DISCHARGE TO THE SAME COMMON DISCHARGE HEADER. UNIT AND OPERATIONS | | MANAGEMENT DID NOT RECOGNIZE THAT THE LOSS OF AUTOMATIC SELF CLEANING | | FEATURE RESULTED IN THE SERVICE WATER HEADERS BEING INOPERABLE. THE | | STRAINERS WERE CONSIDERED OPERABLE AT THAT TIME, SINCE THE DIFFERENTIAL | | PRESSURE ACROSS THE STRAINERS WAS NOT REQUIRED. UPON FURTHER REVIEW, THE | | OPERABILITY OF THE STRAINERS WAS CALLED INTO QUESTION. THIS WAS DOCUMENTED | | ON 02/05/96 AT 1330ET, WHEN THE LICENSEE DETERMINED THAT AN ENTRY INTO | | TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 3.0.3 SHOULD HAVE BEEN MADE. DURING A REPORTABILITY | | REVIEW OF THIS EVENT, THE LICENSEE DETERMINED ON 02/07/96 THAT AN IMMEDIATE | | REPORT WAS REQUIRED. THE STRAINERS WERE INOPERABLE FOR ABOUT 5 HOURS DUE TO | | THE ICE BLOCKAGE OF THE SERVICE WATER STRAINER BACKWASH DISCHARGE LINE. | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS OF THIS EVENT. THE RESIDENT | | INSPECTOR WAS INFORMED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29956 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: FERMI REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/07/96 | |UNIT: [2] [ ] [ ] STATE: MI |NOTIFICATION TIME: 23:34 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 02/07/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 21:45[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: PAUL KIEL |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/07/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOHN MADERA 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 Y 96 POWER OPERATION | 96 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | TORUS TO DRYWELL VACUUM BREAKER OPENED DURING A SURVEILLANCE TEST. | | | | DURING A SURVEILLANCE TEST ON THE DIVISION 1 THERMAL RECOMBINER, WHILE THE | | THERMAL RECOMBINER WAS BEING COOLED DOWN, A TORUS TO DRYWELL VACUUM BREAKER | | OPENED. SUCTION AIR FLOW WAS BEING TAKEN FROM THE TORUS AND DRYWELL AND ALL | | RETURN AIR WAS BEING DISCHARGED TO THE TORUS. WHEN TORUS PRESSURE EXCEEDED | | DRYWELL PRESSURE BY APPROXIMATELY 3.5" OF WATER, A TORUS TO DRYWELL VACUUM | | BREAKER OPENED TO EQUALIZE THE PRESSURE. THE CYCLING OF A TORUS TO DRYWELL | | VACUUM BREAKER IS CLASSIFIED AS AN ENGINEERED SAFETY FEATURE ACTUATION. | | THIS EVENT IS CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION. THE LICENSEE WILL NOTIFY THE | | COUNTY OF THIS EVENT. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+