U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 05/08/96 - 05/09/96 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 30307 30432 30433 30434 30435 30436 30437 30438 30439 30440 30441 +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 30307 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: PHARMALOGIC PENN LTD. |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/18/96 | | CITY: BINGHAMTON REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:36 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: NY |EVENT DATE: 04/18/96 | |LICENSE#: 37-30219-01MD AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 08:55[EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/08/96 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |JOHN WHITE RDO | | |FRED COMBS EO | +------------------------------------------------+RICH BARRETT (ERB) AEOD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JEFF LETENORE | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |BAF2 20.2205(b) UNINTENTIONAL EXPOSUR | | |BAE1 20.2202(b)(1) PERS OVEREXPOSURE | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | BINGHAMTON GENERAL HOSPITAL, BINGHAMTON, NY. POSSIBLE PERSONNEL OVER | | EXPOSURE. | | | | PHARMALOGIC PENN LTD. OF SAYRE, PA. IS A PHARMACEUTICAL SUPPLIER FOR THE | | NUCLEAR MEDICINE DEPARTMENTS OF SEVERAL HOSPITALS IN PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW | | YORK. AT 0600 EDT THIS MORNING, THEIR DRIVER PICKED UP A RETURN SHIPMENT | | FROM BINGHAMTON GENERAL HOSPITAL. AT 0855 EDT, A SURVEY OF THE SHIPPING | | CONTAINER EXHIBITED A SURFACE READING IN EXCESS OF 200 mR/Hr. FURTHER | | INVESTIGATION REVEALED AN UNSHIELDED VIAL CONTAINING 27.5 mCi OF Tc-99m. | | CALCULATIONS DETERMINED THAT THE SOURCE STRENGTH YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT THE | | HOSPITAL WAS 200 mCi. | | | | THE HOSPITAL STATED THAT THE SHIPPING CONTAINER WITH THE UNSHIELDED SOURCE | | WAS STORED OVERNIGHT IN AN UNOCCUPIED ROOM, AND THE MEDICAL TECHNICIANS WHO | | MIGHT HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO THE SOURCE WORE DOSIMETRY. THE DRIVER HAD THE | | SHIPPING CONTAINER IN THE BED OF A PICK UP TRUCK. HIS DOSIMETRY WAS SENT | | FOR EVALUATION TODAY. THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED RGN 1 (DR. SITAR LODHI) AND | | THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. | | | | * * * UPDATE 1152 05/08/96, FROM LETENDRE TAKEN BY STRANSKY * * * | | | | THE LICENSEE REPORTED THAT EVALUATION OF THE DRIVER'S TLD INDICATES THAT HE | | DID NOT RECEIVE ANY EXPOSURE AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT. THE DRIVER'S | | FINGER DOSIMETRY RESULTS HAVE NOT YET BEEN RECEIVED. R1DO (URBAN) NOTIFIED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30432 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SOUTH TEXAS REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/08/96 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: TX |NOTIFICATION TIME: 00:16 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 05/07/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 18:30[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: HOWARD ALLGEYER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/08/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |GARY SANBORN RDO | |NLTR LICENSEE 24 HR REPORT | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LICENSEE FAILED TO PLACE AN ESSENTIAL CHILLED WATER PUMP ON AN INCREASED | | FREQUENCY TESTING CYCLE BECAUSE OF HIGH PUMP VIBRATION. | | | | DURING THE BACKGROUND SURVEILLANCE REVIEW AND TRENDING FOR SURVEILLANCE | | TEST OPSP03-CH-0001 (ESSENTIAL CHILLED WATER PUMP 11A INSERVICE TEST) | | PERFORMED ON 02/01/96, THE LICENSEE NOTED THAT ESSENTIAL CHILLED WATER PUMP | | 11A SHOULD HAVE BEEN PLACED ON AN INCREASED FREQUENCY TESTING CYCLE WHEN | | PUMP VIBRATION POINT 4H WAS MEASURED IN THE ALERT HIGH RANGE. THE POINT | | WAS MEASURED AT 0.09in/sec. THE ACCEPTABLE RANGE IS ó 0.075in/sec. ASME | | SECTION XI, SUBSECTION IWP-3230, STATES THAT THE FREQUENCY OF TESTING | | SPECIFIED IN ASME SECTION XI, SUBSECTION IWP-3400 SHALL BE DOUBLED UNTIL | | THE CAUSE OF THE DEVIATION IS DETERMINED AND THE CONDITION IS CORRECTED. | | THIS INCREASED FREQUENCY TESTING REQUIREMENT WAS NOT PERFORMED SINCE THE | | ALERT HIGH READING REMAINED UNDETECTED UNTIL THE FINAL STAGE OF THE | | BACK-END REVIEW PROCESS. THIS ACTION WAS NOT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SOUTH | | TEXAS TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 4.0.5. THIS EVENT IS REPORTABLE IN | | ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 2G OF THE SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT ELECTRIC GENERATING | | STATION OPERATING LICENSE. ADDITIONALLY, THE SURVEILLANCE TEST OF CONCERN | | HAS SINCE BEEN REPERFORMED AS PART OF THE REGULAR SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM | | SCHEDULED ON 04/24/96. THE DATA COLLECTED FOR PUMP VIBRATION POINT 4H WAS | | FOUND TO HAVE RETURNED TO THE ACCEPTABLE RANGE (ó 0.075in/sec). THE | | MEASURED VIBRATION POINT 4H WAS 0.06in/sec ON 04/24/96. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE OF THIS | | NOTIFICATION. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30433 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: CATAWBA REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/08/96 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: SC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 04:42 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 05/08/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 04:21[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BREWER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/08/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |PIERCE SKINNER 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 | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 95 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION REQUIRED SHUTDOWN BECAUSE TWO CONTROL RODS ARE | | BELOW THEIR INSERTION LIMITS. | | | | DURING PERFORMANCE OF ROD CONTROL CLUSTER ASSEMBLY MOVEMENT PERIODIC TEST, | | CONTROL ROD ASSEMBLIES "H6" & "H10", LOCATED IN CONTROL BANK "A" GROUP 1, | | FAILED TO WITHDRAW TO THEIR ORIGINAL POSITION AFTER BEING INSERTED 10 | | STEPS. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 3.1.3.6 REQUIRES THAT ALL THE CONTROL BANKS | | BE ABOVE 222 STEPS. ASSEMBLIES "H6" & "H10" ARE AT 216 STEPS AS INDICATED | | BY THEIR DIGITAL ROD POSITION INDICATION (DRPI). THE LICENSEE SUSPECTS AN | | ELECTRICAL FAILURE IN CONTROL BANK "A", GROUP 1 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. THE | | TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION REQUIRED SHUTDOWN WAS ENTERED AT 0220 EDT. THE | | UNIT IS REQUIRED TO BE IN HOT STANDBY BY 0820 EDT. ALL EMERGENCY CORE | | COOLING SYSTEMS AND ASSOCIATED EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATORS ARE FULLY | | OPERABLE IF NEEDED. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE OF THIS EVENT. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30434 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: CATAWBA REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/08/96 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: SC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 09:21 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 05/08/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 07:55[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BEAVER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/08/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JACK CRLENJAK RDO | |AESF 50.72(b)(2)(ii) ESF ACTUATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | RECEIVED A P-12 SIGNAL (STEAM DUMP BLOCK SIGNAL) WHEN Tave REACHED ITS LOW | | LOW SETPOINT OF 553øF. | | | | REACTOR COOLANT TEMPERATURE DECREASED FASTER THAN LICENSEE COULD ISOLATE | | STEAM SUPPLY TO UNIT 1 AND UNIT 2 AUXILIARY LOADS WHICH RESULTED IN A P-12 | | (STEAM DUMP BLOCK) SIGNAL. THE STEAM DUMPS WERE ALREADY CLOSED WHEN | | REACTOR COOLANT TEMPERATURE DECREASED TO 553øF (LOW LOW Tave) WHICH | | GENERATED THE P-12 SIGNAL. THE LICENSEE ISOLATED THE UNIT 1 STEAM SUPPLY | | TO THE AUXILIARY LOADS WHICH CAUSED REACTOR COOLANT TEMPERATURE TO INCREASE | | BACK TO A Tave NO LOAD CONDITION OF 557øF. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE NOTIFIED BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30435 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: OCONEE REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/08/96 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [3] STATE: SC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 09:56 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] B&W-L-LP,[2] B&W-L-LP,[3] B&W-L-LP |EVENT DATE: 05/07/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 15:15[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: P BEATTY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/08/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JACK CRLENJAK RDO | |HFIT 26.73 FITNESS FOR DUTY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 67 POWER OPERATION | 67 POWER OPERATION | | 3 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | VENDOR SUPERVISOR TESTED POSITIVE ON A RANDOM DRUG TEST. | | | | A VENDOR SUPERVISOR TESTED POSITIVE ON A RANDOM DRUG TEST WHICH WAS | | PERFORMED ON 04/29/96. THE VENDOR SUPERVISOR WAS RETESTED AGAIN ON | | 05/01/96. THE LICENSEE RECEIVED THE RETEST RESULTS ON 05/07/96 AT 1515 | | EDT. THE VENDOR SUPERVISOR HAD TESTED POSITIVE FOR DRUGS ON THE RETEST. THE | | SUPERVISOR'S ACCESS BADGE WAS DENIED. THIS PERSON HAS BEEN TERMINATED FROM | | THE SITE. THIS PERSON DID NOT OPERATE ANY PLANT EQUIPMENT OR HAVE ACCESS | | TO VITAL AREAS. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30436 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SALEM REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/08/96 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: NJ |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:11 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 05/08/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 10:26[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: KONOVALCHICK |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/08/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |RICHARD URBAN 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 | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 2 | N N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LOSS OF ALL OVERHEAD ANNUNCIATORS WHILE HOOKING TEST EQUIPMENT TO TAKE | | VOLTAGE READING ON THE OVERHEAD ANNUNCIATOR SYSTEM | | | | SALEM ELECTRICAL INSTRUMENT AND CONTROL WERE PERFORMING SCHEDULED | | PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE VOLTAGE READINGS ON THE OVERHEAD ANNUNCIATOR SYSTEM | | SEQUENCE OF EVENTS RECORDER (SER) COMMON 5-VOLT POWER SUPPLY BUS. WHILE | | CONNECTING THE TEST EQUIPMENT THE VOLTAGE DROPPED, AND THE SER SHUT DOWN. | | THIS RESULTED IN THE UNANTICIPATED LOSS OF ALL THE OVERHEAD ANNUNCIATORS. | | THE LICENSEE ENTERED ITS ABNORMAL OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR LOSS OF ALL | | OVERHEAD ANNUNCIATORS. PLANT PERSONNEL WERE DISPATCHED TO MONITOR SAFETY | | RELATED PARAMETERS. AT THIS TIME THE LICENSEE IS MONITORING SPENT FUEL | | POOL COOLING SYSTEM, COMPONENT COOLING SYSTEM, SERVICE WATER SYSTEM, | | VENTILATION SYSTEMS, AND ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS. ALL VITAL | | ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS ARE AVAILABLE EXPECT FOR THE "2C" EMERGENCY DIESEL | | GENERATOR WHICH IS BEING TESTED. IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN THE LICENSEE WAS | | HOOKING UP THE TEST EQUIPMENT, THE POWER SUPPLY TO THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS | | RECORDER SPIKED. THE LICENSEE WILL VERIFY THE POWER SUPPLY OUTPUT, THEN | | RESET IN ACCORDANCE WITH NORMAL OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR THE ANNUNCIATOR | | SYSTEM. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE OF THIS EVENT. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1911 ON 05/08/96, BY KONOVALCHICK ENTERED BY JOLLIFFE * * * | | | | AT 1820, THE LICENSEE SATISFACTORILY COMPLETED A FUNCTIONAL TEST OF THE | | OVERHEAD ANNUNCIATOR SYSTEM, DECLARED THE SYSTEM OPERABLE, AND RESTORED ALL | | SYSTEMS AND EQUIPMENT TO NORMAL. THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT | | INSPECTOR. THE HOO NOTIFIED R1DO (RICH URBAN). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30437 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: FITZPATRICK REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/08/96 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 12:06 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 05/08/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 08:30[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: TOM PELTON |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/08/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |RICHARD URBAN 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 NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL | | CONTROL THAT THE SUSPENDED SOLIDS IN A DISCHARGE FROM THE PLANT MAKEUP | | WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM (109 PPM) DURING A BLOWDOWN OF THE 'B' ANTHRACITE | | FILTER EXCEEDED THE STATE POLLUTION DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM PERMIT | | LIMIT OF 50 PPM. THE LICENSEE HAS STOPPED THE DISCHARGE. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30438 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: QUAD CITIES REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/08/96 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 12:35 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-3,[2] GE-3 |EVENT DATE: 05/08/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 10:45[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: KEITH LEECH |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/08/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JAMES CREED RDO | |DDDD 73.71 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | SECURITY EVENT - | | | | COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY CORPORATE SECURITY EVENT INVOLVING | | FALSIFICATION OF RECORDS BY CONTRACTOR COMPANY. IMMEDIATE COMPENSATORY | | MEASURES HAVE BEEN TAKEN. INVESTIGATION AND CORRECTIVE ACTIONS ARE | | CONTINUING. SEE HOO LOG FOR DETAILS. THE LICENSEE WILL SUBMIT A WRITTEN | | REPORT TO THE NRC WITHIN 30 DAYS. | | | | THIS EVENT AFFECTS ALL SIX COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY PLANTS: BRAIDWOOD, | | BYRON, DRESDEN, LaSALLE, QUAD CITIES, AND ZION. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30439 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: INDIAN POINT REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/08/96 | |UNIT: [2] [ ] [ ] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:04 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] W-4-LP,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 05/08/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 14:00[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DENNIS CORNAX |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/08/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |RICHARD URBAN 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 | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - CVC SYSTEM PIPE RESTRAINT BRACKETS FOUND IN DEGRADED CONDITION - | | | | DURING A SYSTEM WALKDOWN, PIPE RESTRAINT BRACKETS ON THE CHEMICAL AND | | VOLUME CONTROL (CVC) SYSTEM WERE FOUND TO BE IN A DEGRADED CONDITION | | (MISSING U-BOLT NUTS, ETC). THIS CONDITION POTENTIALLY PLACES THE CVC | | SYSTEM OUTSIDE THE DESIGN BASIS OF THE PLANT. | | | | THESE BRACKETS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH PIPING IN THE LETDOWN PORTION OF THE | | CVC SYSTEM OUTSIDE CONTAINMENT, DOWNSTREAM OF THE CONTAINMENT ISOLATION | | VALVES AND THE LETDOWN ORIFICES, AND UPSTREAM OF THE VOLUME CONTROL TANK. | | THIS PORTION OF THE CVC SYSTEM DOES NOT PERFORM AN ACCIDENT MITIGATION | | FUNCTION, A SAFE SHUTDOWN FUNCTION, OR A REACTOR ISOLATION FUNCTION. | | | | THE EVALUATION OF THE PIPING CONNECTED TO VALVE #LCV-112A AND ITS | | ASSOCIATED BRACKETS IS EXPECTED TO DEMONSTRATE SATISFACTORY RESULTS. THE | | EVALUATION OF THE PIPING CONNECTED TO VALVE #TCV-149 AND ITS ASSOCIATED | | BRACKETS IS EXPECTED TO DEMONSTRATE MARGINAL RESULTS. | | | | A LICENSEE EVALUATION OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF A BREAK IN THIS LINE USING | | CURRENT PLANT CONDITIONS HAS DEMONSTRATED THAT A POSTULATED BREAK IN THIS | | LINE WOULD RESULT IN AN OFFSITE DOSE MUCH LESS THAN THAT EVALUATED IN THE | | UFSAR. | | | | THE LICENSEE IS EXPEDITIOUSLY TAKING CORRECTIVE ACTIONS TO RESTORE THE | | SYSTEM COMPONENTS TO NORMAL CONFIGURATION. | | | | THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30440 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: COOK REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/08/96 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: MI |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:38 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 05/08/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 11:44[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: RANDY PTACEK |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/08/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JAMES CREED 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 | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 2 | A/R Y 7 STARTUP | 0 HOT STANDBY | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - AUTOMATIC REACTOR TRIP FROM 7% POWER DUE TO MAIN TURBINE TRIP DURING A | | TEST - | | | | UNIT 2 HAD RECENTLY STARTED UP FOLLOWING A REFUELING OUTAGE. | | | | DURING THE PERFORMANCE OF A MAIN TURBINE OVERSPEED TEST, THE MAIN TURBINE | | SPEED WAS INCREASED FROM THE CONTROL ROOM UNTIL AN OVERSPEED CONDITION WAS | | GENERATED. UPON RECEIPT OF THE MAIN TURBINE OVERSPEED CONDITION, 1 OF 2 | | MAIN TURBINE IMPULSE PRESSURE SENSORS INDICATED THAT MAIN TURBINE POWER HAD | | EXCEEDED 10% POWER. WHEN GREATER THAN 10% MAIN TURBINE POWER IS INDICATED, | | PERMISSIVE P-7 IS CLEARED WHICH ALLOWS A MAIN TURBINE TRIP SIGNAL TO | | GENERATE A REACTOR TRIP SIGNAL. BELOW 10% POWER, THE REACTOR TRIP SIGNAL | | IS BLOCKED. WITH THE 10% MAIN TURBINE POWER INDICATED ON ONE OF THE MAIN | | TURBINE IMPULSE PRESSURE SENSORS AND THE MAIN TURBINE TRIPPED FOR THE | | OVERSPEED TEST, A REACTOR TRIP SIGNAL WAS GENERATED, AS DESIGNED. | | | | THE REACTOR AUTOMATICALLY TRIPPED FROM 7% POWER. ALL CONTROL RODS INSERTED | | COMPLETELY. STEAM (A SMALL AMOUNT) IS BEING DUMPED TO THE MAIN CONDENSER. | | THE LICENSEE IS INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF THE MAIN TURBINE IMPULSE | | PRESSURE SENSOR RESPONSE. | | | | FOLLOWING THE REACTOR TRIP, LETDOWN ISOLATED, THE MAIN FEEDWATER SYSTEM | | ISOLATED, AND THE AUXILIARY FEEDWATER (AFW) SYSTEM ACTUATED AS DESIGNED. | | HOWEVER, AN AFW MOTOR-OPERATED DISCHARGE VALVE (#2-FMO-222) FAILED TO CLOSE | | UPON RECEIPT OF AN AUTOMATIC ISOLATION SIGNAL, AND IT FAILED TO RESPOND TO | | A MANUAL CLOSE SIGNAL FROM CONTROL ROOM OPERATORS. THE LICENSEE IS | | INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE. UNIT 2 IS STABLE IN MODE 3 (HOT STANDBY). | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 30441 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: COMBUSTION ENGINEERING INC. |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/08/96 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM FUEL FABRICATION |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:50 [ET]| |COMMENTS: LEU CONVERSION (UF6 to UO2) |EVENT DATE: 05/08/96 | | COMMERCIAL LWR FUEL |EVENT TIME: 06:30[CDT]| | |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/08/96 | | CITY: HEMATITE REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: JEFFERSON STATE: MO |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: SNM-33 AGREEMENT: N |JAMES CREED RDO | | DOCKET: 07000036 |MIKE BELL, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+FRANK CONGEL AEOD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BOB SHARKEY | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NBNL RESPONSE-BULLETIN | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | -24 HOUR DEGRADED CRITICALITY SAFETY CONTROL REPORT (NRC BULLETIN #91-01)- | | | | ONE OF TWO CRITICALITY SAFETY CONTROLS (FAVORABLE GEOMETRY CONFIGURATION) | | WAS DEGRADED; THE OTHER (MOISTURE CONTROL) WAS NOT DEGRADED. | | | | AT 0600 (CDT), THE VIBRATORY FEEDER FOR THE PELLET GRINDER IN THE ERBIA | | PELLET PRODUCTION PLANT STOPPED WORKING. AFTER OBTAINING RESPIRATORY | | PROTECTION, THE OPERATOR OPENED THE ACCESS PORT TO THE UNIT AND NOTED | | AN UNUSUAL ACCUMULATION OF PELLETS. THE OPERATOR REMOVED APPROXIMATELY | | 145 KG OF PELLETS FROM THE BODY OF THE FEEDER UNIT AND STORED THEM IN | | SAFE SLAB PANS. | | | | THE PELLETS ARE URANIUM DIOXIDE ENRICHED TO 4.0 WEIGHT % IN THE U-235 | | ISOTOPE. THE PELLETS CONTAIN 1.84 WEIGHT % ERBIUM AS A BURNABLE NEUTRON | | POISON. DURING MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES, GAPS WERE INADVERTENTLY LEFT IN | | THE WORKING SURFACE OF THE FEEDER. PELLETS FELL THROUGH THESE GAPS INTO | | THE BODY OF THE FEEDER. THESE UNITS ARE INSPECTED FOR PELLET ACCUMULATION | | DURING ASSAY CHANGE ABOUT 20 TIMES PER YEAR. NORMALLY, NO MORE THAN | | 15 OR 20 PELLETS ARE FOUND. THE FEEDER IS ENCLOSED IN A VENTILATED HOOD | | AND CANNOT RETAIN MODERATOR ABOVE A SAFE SLAB. NO MODERATOR WAS FOUND IN | | THE BODY OF THE FEEDER. | | | | A BRACKET HAS BEEN INSTALLED TO ELIMINATE THE GAPS. PLEXIGLAS INSPECTION | | PORTS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED TO ENSURE DETECTION OF PELLET ACCUMULATION IN | | THE FEEDER. TWO OTHER UNITS OF THIS DESIGN ARE AT THIS FACILITY. ONE IS | | NOT IN SERVICE. THE OTHER HAS BEEN INSPECTED AND FOUND TO HAVE NO GAPS IN | | THE WORKING SURFACE AND TO HAVE NO UNUSUAL ACCUMULATION OF PELLETS. | | MODIFICATIONS BEING MADE TO THE ERBIA PLANT UNIT WILL ALSO BE MADE TO THE | | OTHER TWO UNITS. | | | | A ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS TEAM HAS BEEN SELECTED TO EVALUATE THIS CONDITION | | AND TO REVIEW THE PELLET PLANT FOR OTHER AREAS OF POTENTIAL MATERIAL | | ACCUMULATION. | | | | SEE THE HOO LOG FOR CALLER'S TELEPHONE NUMBERS. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+