U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 07/08/96 - 07/09/96 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 30719 30720 30721 30722 30723 30724 +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30719 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PALO VERDE REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/08/96 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: AZ |NOTIFICATION TIME: 04:57 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] CE,[2] CE,[3] CE |EVENT DATE: 07/08/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 00:00[MST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: RAY ROBERTS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/08/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |CHARLES CAIN 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 Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE DOT NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER AND THE ARIZONA | | DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY THAT THEY SPILLED 500 GALLONS OF WATER | | FROM THEIR CONDENSATE POLISHER/DEMINERALIZER BEDS INTO THE YARD BY THE | | TURBINE BUILDING. THE WATER CONTAINED HIGH TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS AND HAD | | A pH OF 13. THE SPILL AFFECTED ABOUT 1000 SQUARE FEET OF GROUND INSIDE THE | | PROTECTED AREA. THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30720 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: MAINE YANKEE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/08/96 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: ME |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:13 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] CE |EVENT DATE: 07/08/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 14:30[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: WALDMAN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/08/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JIM TRAPP 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 | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 90 POWER OPERATION | 90 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE PLANT ENTERED AN LCO DUE TO BOTH EMERGENCY DIESELS BEING DECLARED | | INOPERABLE. | | | | DURING A PROGRAMMATIC REVIEW OF THE FSAR, PLANT ENGINEERS DETERMINED THE | | INLET AND EXHAUST DAMPERS TO THE DIESEL GENERATOR ENCLOSURE MAY NOT | | WITHSTAND A TORNADO IN THE CLOSED POSITION. THEREFORE, BOTH DIESEL | | GENERATORS WERE DECLARED INOPERABLE AND THE PLANT ENTERED AN LCO TO RESTORE | | ONE DIESEL WITHIN 2 HRS. THE CORRECTIVE ACTION IS TO TAG OUT THE DAMPERS IN | | THE OPEN POSITION SO A TORNADO WOULD NOT DAMAGE THEM DUE TO DIFFERENTIAL | | PRESSURE. THE DAMPERS WILL BE MECHANICALLY BLOCKED OPEN WITH A SEISMICALLY | | QUALIFIED RESTRAINT. THE DESIGN BASIS FOR THE VENTILATION DAMPERS RELATIVE | | TO TORNADOS IS NOT DEFINED. THE PLANT RESTORED BOTH DIESEL GENERATORS TO | | OPERABLE STATUS AND EXITED THE LCO AT 14:35, WHEN THEY TURNED THE FANS ON | | TO OPEN THE DAMPERS. THE MECHANICAL RESTRAINTS WILL BE INSTALLED LATER | | TODAY. THE RI WAS INFORMED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30721 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: NINE MILE POINT REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/08/96 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:56 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-2,[2] GE-5 |EVENT DATE: 07/08/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 14:17[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: KAHN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/08/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JIM TRAPP RDO | |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 | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE LICENSEE DECLARED HPCS INOPERABLE, BUT AVAILABLE, AND ENTERED A 14 DAY | | LCO ACTION STATEMENT. | | | | THE CAUSE OF THE INOPERABILITY IS DUE TO SURVEILLANCE IDENTIFIED PROBLEMS | | INDICATING A REDUCED FLOW OF COOLING WATER EXISTS TO THE UNIT COOLER IN THE | | HPCS SWITCHGEAR ROOM. PLANT PROCEDURES REQUIRE DECLARING THE SWITCHGEAR | | INOPERABLE(ALTHOUGH IT REMAINS AVAILABLE). WITH HPCS SWITCHGEAR INOPERABLE, | | HPCS IS ALSO INOPERABLE. THE CAUSE OF THE REDUCED FLOW IS DUE TO THE TWO | | CHECK VALVES IN THE COOLING WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM FAILING THE SURVEILLANCE. | | TWO VALVES FAILED THE FORWARD FLOW TEST AND ONE VALVE FAILED THE REVERSE | | FLOW TEST. THEY WILL ATTEMPT TO REPAIR THE VALVES. THE RI WILL BE INFORMED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30722 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: QUAD CITIES REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/08/96 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:43 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-3,[2] GE-3 |EVENT DATE: 07/08/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 17:05[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: SCOTT |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/08/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JAMES CREED 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 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | 2 | N N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE LICENSEE HAS DETERMINED THAT A POSTULATED FIRE COULD DAMAGE MOTOR | | OPERATED VALVES(MOV's) THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR A SAFE SHUTDOWN. | | | | DURING AN ENGINEERING REVIEW OF NRC INFORMATION NOTICE 92-18, IT WAS | | DETERMINED THAT A POSTULATED FIRE COULD DAMAGE MOV's REQUIRED FOR SAFE | | SHUTDOWN OF PLANT DUE TO A SINGLE HOT SHORT WHICH WOULD BYPASS THE TORQUE | | AND LIMIT SWITCHES. THIS CONDITION IS BEYOND THAT WHICH HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN | | ANALYZED IN ACCORDANCE WITH 10CFR50 APPENDIX R. THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY | | 36-37 MOV's IN THE FOLLOWING AFFECTED SYSTEMS: RCIC, HPCI, RHR, | | RECIRCULATION AND SAFE SHUTDOWN. REPAIRS(MODIFICATION OF BREAKER CUBICLES) | | ARE UNDERWAY AND WILL BE COMPLETED PRIOR TO STARTUP. THE RI WAS INFORMED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |TRANSPORTATION EVENT | |EVENT NUMBER: 30723 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: ROADWAY EXPRESS |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/08/96 | | CITY: DURHAM REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 19:34 [ET]| | COUNTY: DURHAM STATE: NC |EVENT DATE: 07/08/96 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 19:05[EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/08/96 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |THOMAS DECKER RDO | | |JOE HOLONICH EO | +------------------------------------------------+CANUPP FEMA | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: RUTHERFORD(NRC) | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NTRA TRANSPORTATION EVENT | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | TRANSPORTATION EVENT | | | | CALL BACK NUMBER:( 919-596-8175) | | | | CALLER'S ORGANIZATION: ROADWAY EXPRESS | | | | TRANSPORTATION MODE: HIGHWAY | | | | EXACT LOCATION OF EVENT: NORTH CAROLINA, DURHAM COUNTY, DURHAM | | 920 ELLIS RD | | | | | | | | NAME OF CARRIER: ROADWAY EXPRESS | | | | -SHIPPING PAPERS AVAILABLE: NO | | | | -NAME OF SHIPPER(FROM SHIPPING PAPERS): NONE | | | | -ADDRESS OF SHIPPER(FROM SHIPPING PAPERS): NONE | | | | -NAME OF CONSIGNEE(FROM SHIPPING PAPERS): NONE | | | | -ADDRESS OF CONSIGNEE(FROM SHIPPING PAPERS): NONE | | | | -VEHICLE NUMBER: NONE | | -VEHICLE PLACARDED(Y/N): NONE | | | | MATERIAL INVOLVED: RADIOACTIVE "DIRT" | | | | -TYPE OF PACKAGES: 55 GAL. DRUM | | | | -NUMBER OF PACKAGES: UNKNOWN | | | | -PACKAGE LABEL: RADIOACTIVE | | | | -DOT PACKAGE SPECIFICATION MARKING: UNKNOWN | | | | -OTHER PACKAGE MARKINGS: NO | | | | -MATERIAL ID NUMBER(FROM SHIPPING PAPERS): NONE | | | | -CONDITION OF PACKAGES: LEAKING | | | | -RADIATION SURVEY INFORMATION: NONE | | | | | | MEDIA COVERAGE(Y/N): N | | | | AGENCIES NOTIFIED: DOT, DOE, STATE, LOCAL NOTIFIED BY NATIONAL RESPONSE | | CENTER | | | | AGENCIES ON SCENE: UNKNOWN | | | | INJURIES: NONE | | | | CURRENT STATUS: APPROXIMATELY 1 CUP OF RADIOACTIVE "DIRT" LEAKED FROM A 55 | | GAL DRUM LOCATED ON A TRAILER. TRAILER HAS BEEN REMOVED. | | | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |TRANSPORTATION EVENT | |EVENT NUMBER: 30724 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: FEDERAL EXPRESS |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/09/96 | | CITY: BATON ROUGE REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 04:17 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: LA |EVENT DATE: 07/09/96 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 01:00[CDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/09/96 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |BLAINE MURRAY RDO | | |JOE HOLONICH EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: CHECKAN |BARRETT IRD | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NTRA TRANSPORTATION EVENT | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | REPORT RECEIVED FROM THE DOT/NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER. | | A CART BROKE A PACKAGE CONTAINING CHROMIUM-51. 7.5 mCi WERE RELEASED. THE | | AREA OF THE CONTAMINATION IS BEING DETERMINED. NO ASSISTANCE WAS REQUESTED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+